Isaiah 38 Clementine Vulgate
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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.
1 In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Set your house in order, for you will die, and not live.’”
2 Et convertit Ezechias faciem suam ad parietem, et oravit ad Dominum,
2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh,
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.
3 and said, “Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4 Et factum est verbum Domini ad Isaiam, dicens:
4 Then Yahweh’s word came to Isaiah, saying,
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,
5 “Go, and tell Hezekiah, ‘Yahweh, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
6 et de manu regis Assyriorum eruam te, et civitatem istam, et protegam eam.
6 I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.
7 Hoc autem tibi erit signum a Domino, quia faciet Dominus verbum hoc quod locutus est:
7 This shall be the sign to you from Yahweh, that Yahweh will do this thing that he has spoken.
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.
8 Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps.”’” So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone down.
9 Scriptura Ezechiæ, regis Juda, cum ægrotasset et convaluisset de infirmitate sua.
9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and had recovered of his sickness:
10 [Ego dixi in dimidio dierum meorum: Vadam ad portas inferi; quæsivi residuum annorum meorum.
10 I said, “In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years.”
11 Dixi: Non videbo Dominum Deum in terra viventium; non aspiciam hominem ultra, et habitatorem quietis.
11 I said, “I won’t see Yah, Yah in the land of the living. I will see man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
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.
12 My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night you will make an end of me.
13 Sperabam usque ad mane; quasi leo, sic contrivit omnia ossa mea: de mane usque ad vesperam finies me.
13 I waited patiently until morning. He breaks all my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me.
14 Sicut pullus hirundinis, sic clamabo; meditabor ut columba. Attenuati sunt oculi mei, suspicientes in excelsum. Domine, vim patior: responde pro me.
14 I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security.”
15 Quid dicam, aut quid respondebit mihi, cum ipse fecerit? Recogitabo tibi omnes annos meos in amaritudine animæ meæ.
15 What will I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul.
16 Domine, si sic vivitur, et in talibus vita spiritus mei, corripies me, et vivificabis me.
16 Lord, men live by these things; and my spirit finds life in all of them. You restore me, and cause me to live.
17 Ecce in pace amaritudo mea amarissima. Tu autem eruisti animam meam ut non periret; projecisti post tergum tuum omnia peccata mea.
17 Behold, for peace I had great anguish, but you have in love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
18 Quia non infernus confitebitur tibi, neque mors laudabit te: non exspectabunt qui descendunt in lacum veritatem tuam.
18 For Sheol can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth.
19 Vivens, vivens ipse confitebitur tibi, sicut et ego hodie; pater filiis notam faciet veritatem tuam.
19 The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do today. The father shall make known your truth to the children.
20 Domine, salvum me fac ! et psalmos nostros cantabimus cunctis diebus vitæ nostræ in domo Domini.]
20 Yahweh will save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in Yahweh’s house.
21 Et jussit Isaias ut tollerent massam de ficis, et cataplasmarent super vulnus, et sanaretur.
21 Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover.”
22 Et dixit Ezechias: Quod erit signum quia ascendam in domum Domini?
22 Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I will go up to Yahweh’s house?”
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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
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- 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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