1 in diebus illis aegrotavit Ezechias usque ad mortem
et venit ad eum Esaias filius Amos prophetes
dixitque ei haec dicit Dominus Deus
praecipe domui tuae morieris enim et non vives
2 qui convertit faciem suam ad parietem
et oravit Dominum dicens
3 obsecro Domine
memento quomodo ambulaverim coram te
in veritate et in corde perfecto
et quod placitum est coram te fecerim
flevit itaque Ezechias fletu magno
4 et antequam egrederetur Esaias mediam partem atrii
factus est sermo Domini ad eum dicens
5 revertere et dic Ezechiae duci populi mei
haec dicit Dominus Deus David patris tui
audivi orationem tuam
vidi lacrimam tuam et ecce sanavi te
die tertio ascendes templum Domini
6 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
7 dixitque Esaias adferte massam ficorum
quam cum adtulissent et posuissent super ulcus eius curatus
est
8 dixerat autem Ezechias ad Esaiam
quod erit signum quia Dominus me sanabit
et quia ascensurus sum die tertio templum Domini
9 cui ait Esaias hoc erit signum a Domino
quod facturus sit Dominus sermonem quem locutus est
vis ut accedat umbra decem lineis
an ut revertatur totidem gradibus
10 et ait Ezechias facile est umbram crescere decem lineis
nec hoc volo ut fiat sed ut revertatur retrorsum decem gradibus
11 invocavit itaque Esaias propheta Dominum
et reduxit umbram per lineas quibus iam descenderat in horologio Ahaz
retrorsum decem gradibus
12 in tempore illo misit Berodach Baladan filius Baladan rex
Babyloniorum
litteras et munera ad Ezechiam
audierat enim quod aegrotasset Ezechias
13 laetatus est autem in adventum eorum Ezechias
et ostendit eis domum aromatum
et aurum et argentum et pigmenta varia
unguenta quoque et domum vasorum suorum
et omnia quae habere potuerat in thesauris suis
non fuit quod non monstraret eis Ezechias
in domo sua et in omni potestate sua
14 venit autem Esaias propheta ad regem Ezechiam dixitque ei
quid dixerunt viri isti aut unde venerunt ad te
cui ait Ezechias de terra longinqua venerunt de Babylone
15 at ille respondit quid viderunt in domo tua
ait Ezechias omnia quae sunt in domo mea viderunt
nihil est quod non monstraverim eis in thesauris meis
16 dixit itaque Esaias Ezechiae audi sermonem Domini
17 ecce dies venient
et auferentur omnia quae sunt in domo tua
et quae condiderunt patres tui usque in diem hanc in Babylone
non remanebit quicquam ait Dominus
18 sed et de filiis tuis qui egredientur ex te quos generabis tollentur
et erunt eunuchi in palatio regis Babylonis
19 dixit Ezechias ad Esaiam
bonus sermo Domini quem locutus est
sit pax et veritas in diebus meis
20 reliqua autem sermonum Ezechiae et omnis fortitudo eius
et quomodo fecerit piscinam et aquaeductum
et introduxerit aquas in civitatem
nonne haec scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Iuda
21 dormivitque Ezechias cum patribus suis
et regnavit Manasses filius eius pro eo
1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. 2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, 3 I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now 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. 4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. 6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake. 7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
8 ¶ And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day? 9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? 10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. 11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
12 ¶ At that time Berodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
14 ¶ Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon. 15 And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. 16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. 17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. 18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. 19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good , if peace and truth be in my days?
20 ¶ And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.