Ezechias being sick is told by Isaias that he shall die: but praying to God obtaineth fifteen years longer life, 8. and in confirmation thereof receiveth a sign in Achaz' dial, returning back ten lines. 12. To the Assyrians bringing him presents, he sheweth all his treasures. 16. Which Isaias reproving prophesieth the captivity of Juda. 20. Ezechias dieth, and his son Manasses reigneth.Ezechias being sick is told by Isaias that he shal die: but praying to God obtayneth fiftenne yeares longer life, 8. and in confirmation therof receiueth a signe in Achaz dial, returning back tenne lines. 12. To the Assyrians bringing him presents, he sheweth al his treasures. 16. Which Isaias reprouing prophecieth the captiuitie of Iuda. 20. Ezechias dieth, and his sonne Manasses reigneth.✦
In those days Ezechias was sick even to death: and Isaie the son of Amos the prophet, came and said to him: Thus saith our Lord God: Take praecipe: charge: set thy house in order with thy house, for thou shalt die, and shalt not live.IN those dayes Ezechias was sick euen to death: and Isaie the sonne of Amos the prophete, came and sayd to him: Thus sayth our Lord God: Take order with thy house, for thou shalt die, and shalt not liue.In diebus illis ægrotavit Ezechias usque ad mortem : et venit ad eum Isaias filius Amos propheta, dixitque ei : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Præcipe domui tuæ : morieris enim tu, et non vives.
2Who turned his face to the wall, and prayed our Lord, saying:Who turned his face to the wal, and prayed our Lord, saying:Qui convertit faciem suam ad parietem, et oravit Dominum, dicens :
3I beseech thee Lord, remember I pray thee how I have walked before thee in truth, and in a perfect heart, and have done that which is liked before thee. Ezechias therefore wept with great weeping.I besech thee Lord, remember I pray thee how I haue walked before thee in truth, and in a perfect hart, and haue done that which is liked before thee. Ezechias therfore wept with great weeping.Obsecro, Domine : memento, quæso, quomodo ambulaverim coram te in veritate, et in corde perfecto, et quod placitum est coram te fecerim. Flevit itaque Ezechias fletu magno.
4And before Isaie was gone out of the midst of the court, the word of our Lord came to him, saying:And before Isaie was gone out of the middes of the court, the word of our Lord came to him, saying:Et antequam egrederetur Isaias mediam partem atrii, factus est sermo Domini ad eum, dicens :
5Return, and tell Ezechias the duci: leader, ruler of my people: Thus saith our Lord the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, and seen thy tears: and behold I have healed thee, the third day thou shalt go up to the temple of the Lord.Returne, and tel Ezechias the prince of my people: Thus sayth our Lord the God of Dauid thy father: I haue heard thy prayer, and seene thy teares: and behold I haue healed thee, the third day thou shalt goe vp to the temple of the Lord.Revertere, et dic Ezechiæ duci populi mei : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus David patris tui : Audivi orationem tuam, et vidi lacrimas tuas, et ecce sanavi te : die tertio ascendes templum Domini.
6And I will add to thy days fifteen years: yea & out of the hand of the king of Assyrians I will deliver thee, and this city, & I will protect this city for my sake, and for David my servant.And I wil adde to thy daies fiftene yeares: yea & out of the hand of the king of Assyrians I wil deliuer thee, and this citie, & I wil protect this citie for my sake, and for Dauid my seruant.Et addam diebus tuis quindecim annos : sed et de manu regis Assyriorum liberabo te, et civitatem hanc : et protegam urbem istam propter me, et propter David servum meum.
7And Isaie said: Fetch me a bunch of figs. Which when they had brought, and had laid it upon his sore, he was cured.And Isaie said: Fetch me a bunch of figges. Which when they had brought, and had layd it vpon his sore, he was cured.Dixitque Isaias : Afferte massam ficorum. Quam cum attulissent, et posuissent super ulcus ejus, curatus est.
8And Ezechias had said to Isaie: What sign shall there be, that our Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up the third day to the temple of our Lord?And Ezechias had sayd to Isaie: What signe shal there be, that our Lord wil heale me, and that I shal goe vp the third day to the temple of our Lord?Dixerat autem Ezechias ad Isaiam : Quod erit signum, quia Dominus me sanabit, et quia ascensurus sum die tertia templum Domini ?
9To whom Isaie said: This shall be the sign from our Lord, that our Lord will do the word, which he hath spoken: Wilt thou that the shadow go forward ten lines, or that it go back so many degrees?To whom Isaie sayd: This shal be the signe from our Lord, that our lord wil doe the word, which he hath spoken: Wilt thou that the shadow goe forward ten lines, or that it goe backe soe many degrees?Cui ait Isaias : Hoc erit signum a Domino quod facturus sit Dominus sermonem quem locutus est : vis ut ascendat umbra decem lineis, an ut revertatur totidem gradibus ?
10And Ezechias said: It is an easy matter for the shadow to go forward ten lines, neither will I that this be done, but that it return back ten degrees.And Ezechias sayd: It is an easie matter for the shadow to goe forward ten lines, neither wil I that this be done, but that it returne back ten degrees.Et ait Ezechias : Facile est umbram crescere decem lineis : nec hoc volo ut fiat, sed ut revertatur retrorsum decem gradibus.
11Isaie therefore the prophet invocavit: called upon, invoked our Lord, and brought back the shadow by the lines, by the which it was now gone down in the dial of Achaz, backward ten degrees.Isaie therfore the prophet inuocated our Lord, and brought backe the shadow by the lines, by the which it was now gone downe in the dial of Achaz, backward ten degrees.Invocavit itaque Isaias propheta Dominum, et reduxit umbram per lineas quibus jam descenderat in horologio Achaz, retrorsum decem gradibus.
12In that time Berodach Baladan, the son of Baladan, the king of the Babylonians sent letters and gifts to Ezechias: for he had heard that Ezechias had been sick.In that time Berodach Baladan, the sonne of Baladan, the king of the Babilonians sent letters and giftes to Ezechias: for he had heard that Ezechias had bene sicke.✦In tempore illo misit Berodach Baladan, filius Baladan, rex Babyloniorum, litteras et munera ad Ezechiam : audierat enim quod ægrotasset Ezechias.
13And Ezechias rejoiced in their coming, and he shewed them the house of aromatical spices, and gold and silver, and divers precious, odours, ointments also, and the house of his vessels, and all that he had in his treasures. There was not any thing which Ezechias shewed them, not in his house, and in all his power.And Ezechias reioysed in their coming, and he shewed them the house of aromatical spices, and gold and siluer, and diuerse precious, odours, oyntementes also, and the house of his vessels, and al that he had in his treasures. There was not any thing which Ezechias shewed them, not in his house, and in al his powre.Lætatus est autem in adventu eorum Ezechias, et ostendit eis domum aromatum, et aurum et argentum, et pigmenta varia, unguenta quoque, et domum vasorum suorum, et omnia quæ habere poterat in thesauris suis. Non fuit quod non monstraret eis Ezechias in domo sua, et in omni potestate sua.
14And Isaie the prophet came to king Ezechias, and said to him: What said these men? or from whence came they to thee? To whom Ezechias said: From a far country they came to me out of Babylon.And Isaie the prophete came to king Ezechias, and sayd to him: What sayd these men? or from whence came they to thee? To whom Ezechias said: From a far countrie they came to me out of Babylon.Venit autem Isaias propheta ad regem Ezechiam, dixitque ei : Quid dixerunt viri isti ? aut unde venerunt ad te ? Cui ait Ezechias : De terra longinqua venerunt ad me, de Babylone.
15But he answered: What saw they in thy house? Ezechias said: They saw all things whatsoever are in my house: there is nothing that I have not shewed them in my treasures.But he answered: What saw they in thy house? Ezechias sayd: They saw al things whatsoeuer are in my house: there is nothing that I haue not shewed them in my treasures.At ille respondit : Quid viderunt in domo tua ? Ait Ezechias : Omnia quæcumque sunt in domo mea, viderunt : nihil est quod non monstraverim eis in thesauris meis.
16Isaie therefore said to Ezechias, hear the word of our Lord:Isaie therfore said to Ezechias, heare the word of our Lord:Dixit itaque Isaias Ezechiæ : Audi sermonem Domini :
17Behold the days shall come, & all things shall be taken away, that are in thy house, and that thy fathers have laid up until this day, into Babylon: there shall not any thing remain, saith our Lord.Behold the daies shal come, & al things shal be taken away, that are in thy house, and that thy fathers haue layd vp vntil this day, into Babylon: there shal not anie thing remayne, sayth our Lord.Ecce dies venient, et auferentur omnia quæ sunt in domo tua, et quæ condiderunt patres tui usque in diem hanc, in Babylonem : non remanebit quidquam, ait Dominus.
18Yea of the children also that come forth of thee, whom thou shalt beget shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.Yea of the children also that come forth of thee, whom thou shalt beget shalbe taken away, and they shal be eunuches in the palace of the king of Babylon.Sed et de filiis tuis qui egredientur ex te, quos generabis, tollentur, et erunt eunuchi in palatio regis Babylonis.
19Ezechias said to Isaie: The word of our Lord which thou hast spoken is good: be there peace and truth in my days.Ezechias said to Isaie: The word of our Lord which thou hast spoken is good: be there peace and truth in my daies.Dixit Ezechias ad Isaiam : Bonus sermo Domini quem locutus es : sit pax et veritas in diebus meis.
20But the rest of the words of Ezechias, and all his strength, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought waters in to the city, are not these things written in the Book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?But the rest of the wordes of Ezechias, and al his strength, and how he made a poole, and a conduite, and brought waters in to the citie, are not these things writen in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iuda?Reliqua autem sermonum Ezechiæ, et omnis fortitudo ejus, et quomodo fecerit piscinam et aquæductum, et introduxerit aquas in civitatem, nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Juda ?
21And Ezechias slept with his fathers, and Manasses his son reigned for him.And Ezechias slept with his fathers, and Manasses his sonne reigned for him.Dormivitque Ezechias cum patribus suis, et regnavit Manasses filius ejus pro eo.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.