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Isaiah 38 Catholic Public Domain Version
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1 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was near death. And so, Isaiah, the son of Amoz, the prophet, entered to him, and he said to him: “Thus says the Lord: Put your house in order, for you shall die, and you shall not live.”
1 EN aquellos días cayó Ezechîas enfermo para morir. Y vino á él Isaías profeta, hijo de Amoz, y díjole: Jehová dice así: Ordena tu casa, porque tú morirás, y no vivirás.
2 And Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and he prayed to the Lord.
2 Entonces volvió Ezechîas su rostro á la pared, é hizo oración á Jehová,
3 And he said: “I beg you, Lord, I beseech you, to remember how I walked before you in truth and with a whole heart, and that I have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept with a great weeping.
3 Y dijo: Oh Jehová, ruégote te acuerdes ahora que he andado delante de ti en verdad y con íntegro corazón, y que he hecho lo que ha sido agradable delante de tus ojos. Y lloró Ezechîas con gran lloro.
4 And the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying:
4 Entonces fué palabra de Jehová á Isaías, diciendo:
5 “Go and say to Hezekiah: Thus says the Lord, the God of David, your father: I have heard your prayer, and I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your days.
5 Ve, y di á Ezechîas: Jehová Dios de David tu padre dice así: Tu oración he oído, y visto tus lágrimas: he aquí que yo añado á tus días quince años.
6 And I will rescue you and this city from the hand of the king of the Assyrians, and I will protect it.
6 Y te libraré, y á esta ciudad, de mano del rey de Asiria; y á esta ciudad ampararé.
7 And this will be a sign for you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this word, which he has spoken:
7 Y esto te será señal de parte de Jehová, que Jehová hará esto que ha dicho:
8 Behold, I will cause the shadow of the lines, which has now descended on the sundial of Ahaz, to move in reverse for ten lines.” And so, the sun moved backward by ten lines, through the degrees by which it had descended.
8 He aquí que yo vuelvo atrás la sombra de los grados, que ha descendido en el reloj de Achâz por el sol, diez grados. Y el sol fué tornado diez grados atrás, por los cuales había ya descendido.
9 The writing of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, after he had fallen ill and had recovered from his sickness:
9 Escritura de Ezechîas rey de Judá, de cuando enfermó y sanó de su enfermedad.
10 “I said: In the middle of my days, I will go to the gates of Hell. So I sought the remainder of my years.
10 Yo dije: En el medio de mis días iré á las puertas del sepulcro: privado soy del resto de mis años.
11 I said: I will not see the Lord God in the land of the living. I will no longer behold man, nor the habitation of rest.
11 Dije: No veré á JAH, á JAH en la tierra de los que viven: ya no veré más hombre con los moradores del mundo.
12 My longevity has been taken away; it has been folded up and taken from me, like the tent of a shepherd. My life has been cut off, as if by a weaver. While I was still beginning, he cut me off. From morning until evening, you have marked out my limits.
12 Mi morada ha sido movida y traspasada de mí, como tienda de pastor. Como el tejedor corté mi vida; cortaráme con la enfermedad; me consumirás entre el día y la noche.
13 I hoped, even until morning. Like a lion, so has he crushed all my bones. From morning until evening, you have marked my limits.
13 Contaba yo hasta la mañana. Como un león molió todos mis huesos: de la mañana á la noche me acabarás.
14 I will cry out, like a young swallow. I will meditate, like a dove. My eyes have been weakened by gazing upward. O Lord, I suffer violence! Answer in my favor.
14 Como la grulla y como la golondrina me quejaba; gemía como la paloma: alzaba en alto mis ojos: Jehová, violencia padezco; confórtame.
15 What can I say, or what would he answer me, since he himself has done this? I will acknowledge to you all my years, in the bitterness of my soul.
15 ¿Qué diré? El que me lo dijo, él mismo lo ha hecho. Andaré recapacitando en la amargura de mi alma todos los años de mi vida.
16 O Lord, if such is life, and if the life of my spirit is of such a kind, may you correct me and may you cause me to live.
16 Oh Señor, sobre ellos vivirán [tus piedades], y á todos [diré consistir] en ellas la vida de mi espíritu; pues tú me restablecerás, y me harás que viva.
17 Behold, in peace my bitterness is most bitter. But you have rescued my soul, so that it would not perish. You have cast all my sins behind your back.
17 He aquí amargura grande me [sobrevino] en la paz: mas á ti plugo librar mi vida del hoyo de corrupción: porque echaste tras tus espaldas todos mis pecados.
18 For Hell will not confess to you, and death will not praise you. Those who descend into the pit will not hope for your truth.
18 Porque el sepulcro no te celebrará, ni te alabará la muerte; ni los que descienden al hoyo esperarán tu verdad.
19 The living, the living, these will give praise to you, as I also do this day! The father will make the truth known to the sons.
19 El que vive, el que vive, éste te confesará, como yo hoy: el padre hará notoria tu verdad á los hijos.
20 O Lord, save me! And we will sing our psalms, all the days of our life, in the house of the Lord.”
20 Jehová para salvarme; por tanto cantaremos nuestros salmos en la casa de Jehová todos los días de nuestra vida.
21 Now Isaiah had ordered them to take a paste of figs, and to spread it like plaster over the wound, so that he would be healed.
21 Y había dicho Isaías: Tomen masa de higos, y pónganla en la llaga, y sanará.
22 And Hezekiah said, “What will be the sign that I may go up to the house of the Lord?”
22 Había asimismo dicho Ezechîas: ¿Qué señal tendré de que he de subir á la casa de Jehová?
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Hezekiah
A great reformer who trusted God and saw Jerusalem delivered from Assyria.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 18-20; 2 Chron. 29-32; Isa. 36-39; Matt. 1:9-10
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Chronicles 32:24; Isaiah 38:1–8; 2 Kings 20:1–11; 2 Samuel 17:23; Jonah 3:10
- 2 Matthew 6:6; Psalm 50:15; 1 Kings 8:30; Psalm 91:15
- 3 Hebrews 5:7; Hebrews 6:10; Psalm 18:20–27; Nehemiah 13:14; 2 Chronicles 31:20–21
- 5 1 John 5:14–15; Psalm 34:5–6; Revelation 7:17; Luke 1:13; Psalm 147:3
- 6 Isaiah 37:35; Isaiah 31:4–5; Isaiah 12:6; 2 Timothy 4:17; 2 Chronicles 32:22
- 7 Isaiah 37:30; Judges 6:37–39; 2 Kings 20:8–21; Judges 6:17–22; Isaiah 7:11–14
- 8 2 Kings 20:9–11; Joshua 10:12–14; Matthew 16:1; 2 Chronicles 32:24; 2 Chronicles 32:31
- 9 Judges 5:1–31; Job 5:18; Psalm 18:1; Isaiah 12:1–6; Jonah 2:1–9
- 10 2 Corinthians 1:9; Psalm 102:24; Job 7:7; Psalm 107:18; Isaiah 38:1
- 11 Psalm 27:13; Psalm 116:8–9; Ecclesiastes 9:5–6; Psalm 6:4–5; Job 35:14–15
- 12 2 Corinthians 5:1; Hebrews 1:12; Psalm 73:14; Isaiah 13:20; James 4:14
- 13 Psalm 51:8; Daniel 6:24; 1 Kings 13:24–26; Psalm 39:10; 1 Corinthians 11:30–32
- 14 Isaiah 59:11; Psalm 69:3; Job 30:29; Ezekiel 7:16; Psalm 123:1–4
- 15 Job 7:11; 1 Kings 21:27; Job 10:1; Job 21:25; 2 Kings 4:27
- 16 Psalm 119:25; 1 Corinthians 11:32; Hebrews 12:10–11; Matthew 4:4; Job 33:19–28
- 17 Isaiah 43:25; Micah 7:18–19; Jonah 2:6; Psalm 30:3; Jeremiah 31:34
- 18 Ecclesiastes 9:10; Psalm 30:9; Psalm 6:5; Psalm 88:10–11; Psalm 115:17–18
- 19 Deuteronomy 6:7; Psalm 119:175; Deuteronomy 4:9; Psalm 78:3–6; Deuteronomy 11:19
- 20 Psalm 116:2; Psalm 145:2; Psalm 150:4; Psalm 33:2; Psalm 51:15
- 21 2 Kings 20:7–8; John 9:6; Mark 7:33
- 22 2 Kings 20:8; John 5:14; Psalm 118:18–19; Psalm 84:1–2; Psalm 84:10–12
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