1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.

1 In diebus illis ægrotavit Ezechias usque ad mortem; et introivit ad eum Isaias, filius Amos, propheta, et dixit ei: Hæc dicit Dominus: Dispone domui tuæ, quia morieris tu, et non vives.

2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord,

2 Et convertit Ezechias faciem suam ad parietem, et oravit ad Dominum,

3 And said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

3 et dixit: Obsecro, Domine, memento, quæso, quomodo ambulaverim coram te in veritate et in corde perfecto, et quod bonum est in oculis tuis fecerim. Et flevit Ezechias fletu magno.

4 ¶ Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,

4 Et factum est verbum Domini ad Isaiam, dicens:

5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

5 Vade, et dic Ezechiæ: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus David patris tui: Audivi orationem tuam, et vidi lacrimas tuas; ecce ego adjiciam super dies tuos quindecim annos,

6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.

6 et de manu regis Assyriorum eruam te, et civitatem istam, et protegam eam.

7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken;

7 Hoc autem tibi erit signum a Domino, quia faciet Dominus verbum hoc quod locutus est:

8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.

8 ecce ego reverti faciam umbram linearum per quas descenderat in horologio Achaz in sole, retrorsum decem lineis. Et reversus est sol decem lineis per gradus quos descenderat.

9 ¶ The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:

9 ¶ Scriptura Ezechiæ, regis Juda, cum ægrotasset et convaluisset de infirmitate sua.

10 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

10 ¶ Ego dixi in dimidio dierum meorum:
Vadam ad portas inferi;
quæsivi residuum annorum meorum.

11 I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

11 Dixi: Non videbo Dominum Deum
in terra viventium;
non aspiciam hominem ultra,
et habitatorem quietis.

12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

12 Generatio mea ablata est, et convoluta est a me,
quasi tabernaculum pastorum.
Præcisa est velut a texente vita mea;
dum adhuc ordirer, succidit me:
de mane usque ad vesperam finies me.

13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

13 Sperabam usque ad mane;
quasi leo, sic contrivit omnia ossa mea:
de mane usque ad vesperam finies me.

14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

14 Sicut pullus hirundinis, sic clamabo;
meditabor ut columba.
Attenuati sunt oculi mei, suspicientes in excelsum.
Domine, vim patior: responde pro me.

15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

15 Quid dicam, aut quid respondebit mihi,
cum ipse fecerit?
Recogitabo tibi omnes annos meos
in amaritudine animæ meæ.

16 O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.

16 Domine, si sic vivitur,
et in talibus vita spiritus mei,
corripies me, et vivificabis me.

17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

17 Ecce in pace amaritudo mea amarissima.
Tu autem eruisti animam meam
ut non periret;
projecisti post tergum tuum
omnia peccata mea.

18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

18 Quia non infernus confitebitur tibi,
neque mors laudabit te:
non exspectabunt qui descendunt in lacum
veritatem tuam.

19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

19 Vivens, vivens ipse confitebitur tibi,
sicut et ego hodie;
pater filiis notam faciet
veritatem tuam.

20 The Lord was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.

20 Domine, salvum me fac!
et psalmos nostros cantabimus
cunctis diebus vitæ nostræ
in domo Domini.

21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.

21 ¶ Et jussit Isaias ut tollerent massam de ficis, et cataplasmarent super vulnus, et sanaretur.

22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?

22 Et dixit Ezechias: Quod erit signum quia ascendam in domum Domini?