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1And when king Ezechias heard these words, he rent his garments, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.Tali cose avendo udite il re Ezechia, si stracciò le sue vesti, e si coperse di sacco, e se n'andò alla casa del Signore,VVHICH thinges when Ezechias the king had heard, he rent his garmentes, and was couered with sackcloth, and entered into the house of our Lord.Quæ cum audisset Ezechias rex, scidit vestimenta sua, et opertus est sacco, ingressusque est domum Domini. 2And he sent Eliacim, who was over the house, and Sobna, the scribe, and the ancients of the priests, covered with sackcloths, to Isaias, the prophet, the son of Amos.E mandò Eliacim maggiordomo, e Sobna dottor della legge, e i più vecchi sacerdoti coperti di sacco ad Isaia figliuolo di Amos, profeta:And he sent Eliacim the gouernour of the house, and Sobna the scribe, and the ancientes of the priestes couered with sackclothes, to Isaias the prophete the sonne of Amos.Et misit Eliacim præpositum domus, et Sobnam scribam, et senes de sacerdotibus, opertos saccis, ad Isaiam prophetam filium Amos. 3And they said to him: Thus saith Ezechias: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: the children are come to the birth, and the woman in travail hath not strength.I quali gli dissero: Ezechia dice così: Giorno di tribolazione, e di minaccia, e di bestemmia egli è questo giorno: i figliuoli si son condotti fino al parto, ma la partoriente è priva di forze.Who sayd to him: Thus saith Ezechias: This day is a day of tribulation, and rebuke, and of blasphemie: the children are come to the birth, and the woman in trauel hath not strength.Qui dixerunt: Hæc dicit Ezechias: Dies tribulationis, et increpationis, et blasphemiæ dies iste: venerunt filii usque ad partum, et vires non habet parturiens. 4It may be the Lord, thy God, will hear all the words of Rabsaces, whom the king of the Assyrians, his master, hath sent to reproach the living God, and to reprove with words, which the Lord, thy God, hath heard: and do thou offer prayer for the remnants that are found.Forse il Signore Dio tuo avrà posto mente a tutti i discorsi di Rabsace mandato dal re degli Assiri suo signore ad oltraggiare il Dio vivente, e a vituperarlo colle parole, le quali il Signore Dio tuo ha sentite: fa adunque orazione per gli avanzi, che restano.If perhaps our Lord thy God wil heare al the wordes of Rabsaces, whom the king of the Assyrians his maister hath sent to vpbrayd the liuing God, and reproue with wordes, which our Lord thy God hath heard: and make thou prayer for the remnantes that are found.Si forte audiat Dominus Deus tuus universa verba Rabsacis, quem misit rex Assyriorum dominus suus ut exprobraret Deum viventem et argueret verbis, quæ audivit Dominus Deus tuus: et fac orationem pro reliquiis quæ repertæ sunt.

5So the servants of king Ezechias came to Isaias.Andarono adunque i servi del re Ezechia a trovare Isaia.The seruantes therfore of king Ezechias came to Isaie.Venerunt ergo servi regis Ezechiæ ad Isaiam. 6And Isaias said to them: Thus shall you say to your master: Thus saith the Lord: Be not afraid for the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of the Assyrians have blasphemed me.E Isaia disse loro: Voi direte al signor vostro: Queste cose dice il Signore: Non ti impaurire per le parole, che hai sentite, colle quali i servi del re Assiro han bestemmiato contro di me.And Isaie sayd to them: Thus shal you say to your maister: Thus sayth our Lord: Feare not for the wordes, which thou hast heard, with which the seruantes of the king of the Assyrians haue blasphemed me.Dixitque eis Isaias: Hæc dicetis domino vestro: Hæc dicit Dominus: Noli timere a facie sermonum quos audisti, quibus blasphemaverunt pueri regis Assyriorum me. 7Behold I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a message, and shall return into his own country, and I will make him fall by the sword in his own country.Ecco, che io manderò a lui uno spirito, ed egli udirà una nuova, e se ne tornerà al suo paese, e io lo farò cadere di spada nel suo paese.Behold I wil send into him a spirit, and he shal here a message, and shal returne into his country, and I wil ouerthrow him with the sword in his country.Ecce ego immittam ei spiritum, et audiet nuntium, et revertetur in terram suam, et dejiciam eum gladio in terra sua. 8And Rabsaces returned, and found the king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachis.Frattanto Rabsace tornò al re degli Assiri, e trovollo che assediava Lobna: perocché avea già saputo, com' egli si era partito da Lachis.Rabsaces therfore returned, and found the king of Assyrians expugning Lobna: for he heard that he was departed from Lachis.Reversus est ergo Rabsaces, et invenit regem Assyriorum expugnantem Lobnam: audierat enim quod recessisset de Lachis. 9And when he heard of Tharaca, king of Ethiopia: Behold, he is come out to fight with thee: and was going against him, he sent messengers to Ezechias, saying:E (Sennacherib ) avendo udito come Tharaca re di Etiopia si era mosso per venir con lui a battaglia, nel movere il campo contro di lui, mandò ambasciadori ad Ezechia, e disse loro:And when he had heard of Tharaca the king of Aethiopia, saying: Behold, he is come forth to fight agaynst thee: and went agaynst him, he sent messengers to Ezechias, saying:Cumque audisset de Tharaca rege Æthiopiæ, dicentes: Ecce egressus est ut pugnet adversum te: et iret contra eum, misit nuntios ad Ezechiam, dicens:

10Thus shall you say to Ezechias, king of Juda: Let not thy God deceive thee, in whom thou trustest: and do not say: Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.Così direte ad Ezechia re di Giuda: Non ti lasciar sedurre dal Dio tuo, in cui tu hai fidanza, e non dire: Gerusalemme non sarà data in poter del re degli Assiri:Say this to Ezechias the king of Iuda: Let not thy God seduce thee, in whom thou hast confidence: neither say thou: Ierusalem shal not be deliuered into the handes of the king of the Assyrians.Hæc dicite Ezechiæ regi Juda: Non te seducat Deus tuus in quo habes fiduciam, neque dicas: Non tradetur Jerusalem in manus regis Assyriorum. 11Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of the Assyrians have done to all countries, how they have laid them waste: and canst thou alone be delivered?Perocché tu hai sentito quello, che han fatto i re degli Assiri in tutti agli altri paesi, e come gli han devastati: sarai dunque tu il solo, che potrai liberarteneFor thou thy self hast heard what the kinges of the Assyrians haue done to al the countries, how they haue spoyled them: canst thou therfore onlie be deliuered?Tu enim ipse audisti quæ fecerunt reges Assyriorum universis terris, quomodo vastaverunt eas: num ergo solus poteris liberari ? 12Have the gods of the nations delivered any of them, whom my fathers have destroyed, to wit, Gozan, and Haran, and Reseph, and the children of Eden, that were in Thelassar?Forse che gli dei delle nazioni ne han liberata alcuna di quelle, che furono sterminate da' padri miei, viene a dire, Gozan, e Haran, e Reseph, e i figliuoli di Eden, che erano a Thelassar?Why haue the goddes of the Nations deliuered al those, whom my fathers haue destroyed, to witte, Gozan, & Haran, and Reseph, and the children of Eden, which were in Thelassar?Numquid liberaverunt dii gentium singulos quos vastaverunt patres mei, Gozan videlicet, et Haran, et Reseph, et filios Eden qui erant in Thelassar ? 13Where is the king of Emath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, and of Ana, and of Ava?Dov'è il re di Emath, e il re di Arphad, e il re della città di Sepharvaim, e di Ana, e di Ava?Where is the king of Emath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the citie of Sepharuaim, of Ana and Aua?ubi est rex Emath, et rex Arphad, et rex civitatis Sepharvaim, Ana, et Ava ? 14And when Ezechias had received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and had read it, he went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord,Ricevuta adunque Ezechia la lettera pelle mani degli ambasciadori, e avendola letta, se n'andò al tempio del Signore, è la distese dinanzi al Signore;Therfore when Ezechias had receiued the letters of the hand of messengers, & had read them, he went vp into the house of our Lord, & layd them open before our Lord,Itaque cum accepisset Ezechias litteras de manu nuntiorum, et legisset eas, ascendit in domum Domini, et expandit eas coram Domino, 15And he prayed in his sight, saying: O Lord God of Israel, who sittest upon the cherubims, thou alone art the God of all the kings of the earth: thou madest heaven and earth:E fece orazione nel cospetto di lui, e disse: Signore Dio d'Israele, che siedi sopra i Cherubini, tu sei il solo Dio di tutti i re della terra: tu facesti il cielo, e la terra:& prayd in his sight, saying: Lord God of Israel, which sittest vpon the cherubins, thou art the only God of al the kinges of the earth: thou madest heauen and earth:et oravit in conspectu ejus, dicens: Domine Deus Israël, qui sedes super cherubim, tu es Deus solus regum omnium terræ: tu fecisti cælum et terram.

16Incline thy ear, and hear: open, O Lord, thy eyes and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to upbraid unto us the living God.Porgi l'orecchio, e ascolta: apri, o Signore, gli occhi tuoi, e mira: ascolta tutto quel, che dice Sennacherib, il quale ha mandato ad oltraggiare tra noi il Dio vivo.Incline thine eare, and heare: open Lord thine eies, and see: and heare al the wordes of Sennacherib, who hath sent to vpbrayd vnto vs the liuing God.Inclina aurem tuam, et audi: aperi, Domine, oculos tuos, et vide: audi omnia verba Sennacherib, qui misit ut exprobraret nobis Deum viventem. 17Of a truth, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have destroyed nations, and the lands of them all.Egli è vero, o Signore, che i re degli Assiri han desolate le genti, e tutte le terre loro:In verie deede Lord, the kinges of the Assyrians haue destroyed Nations, and the countries of al.Vere, Domine, dissipaverunt reges Assyriorum gentes, et terras omnium. 18And they have cast their gods into the fire: for they were not gods, but the work of men’s hands, of wood and stone, and they destroyed them.E han gettati nel fuoco gli dei loro: perocché eglino non erano dei, ma opere delle mani degli uomini fatte di legno, e di sasso; ed ei le distrussero.And they haue cast their goddes into fire: for they were not goddes, but the workes of mens handes of wood and stone, and they destroyed them.Et miserunt deos eorum in ignem: non enim erant dii, sed opera manuum hominum, ex ligno et lapide: et perdiderunt eos. 19Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, the only God.Adesso pertanto, o Signore Dio nostro, salvaci dalle mani di costui, affinchè i regni tutti della terra conoscano, come tu se' il Signore, il soloNow therfore O Lord our God, saue vs from his hand, that al the kingdomes of the earth may know, that thou art the Lord the onlie God.Nunc igitur Domine Deus noster, salvos nos fac de manu ejus, ut sciant omnia regna terræ quia tu es Dominus Deus solus. 20And Isaias, the son of Amos, sent to Ezechias, saying: Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel: I have heard the prayer thou hast made to me concerning Sennacherib, king of the Assyrians.E Isaia figliuolo di Amos mandò a dire ad Ezechia: Queste cose dice il Signore Dio d'Israele: Ho udito la preghiera, che tu mi hai fatta riguardo a Sennacherib re degli Assiri.And Isaie the sonne of Amos sent to Ezechias, saying: Thus saith our Lord the God of Israel: That which thou hast besought me concerning Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians, I haue heard.Misit autem Isaias filius Amos ad Ezechiam, dicens: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël: Quæ deprecatus es me super Sennacherib rege Assyriorum, audivi.

21This is the word that the Lord hath spoken of him: The virgin, the daughter of Sion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn: the daughter of Jerusalem hath wagged her head behind thy back.Ecco quello, che il Signore ha detto di lui: Ella ti ha disprezzato, e ti ha schernito la vergine figlia di Sion: dietro a te ella ha scosso il capo la figliuola di Gerusalemme.This is the word, that our Lord hath spoken of him: The virgine daughter of Sion hath dispised thee, and scorned thee: Behinde thy backe hath the daughter of Ierusalem wagged her head.Iste est sermo, quem locutus est Dominus de eo: Sprevit te, et subsannavit te, virgo filia Sion: / post tergum tuum caput movit, filia Jerusalem. 22Whom hast thou reproached, and whom hast thou blasphemed? against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high? against the holy one of Israel.Chi hai tu dunque oltraggiato, e chi hai tu bestemmiato? contro di chi hai tu alzata la voce, e levati in alto i tuoi occhi? contro il Santo d'Israele.Whom hast thou vpbrayded, and whom hast thou blasphemed? against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted vp thine eies in high? against the holie one of Israel.Cui exprobrasti, et quem blasphemasti ? / contra quem exaltasti vocem tuam, et elevasti in excelsum oculos tuos ? / Contra Sanctum Israël. 23By the hand of thy servants thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said: With the multitude of my chariots I have gone up to the height of the mountains, to the top of Libanus, and have cut down its tall cedars, and its choice fir trees. And I have entered into the furthest parts thereof, and the forest of its Carmel.Per bocca de' servi tuoi hai vituperato il Signore, e hai detto: Colla moltitudine de' miei cocchi son io salito sui monti eccelsi, sulle cime del Libano, e ho troncati gli alti suoi cedri, e i suoi abeti migliori. E sono arrivato fino alla sua vetta, e ai boschi del suo Carmelo.By the hand of thy seruantes thou hast vpbrayded our Lord, and hast sayd: In the multitude of my chariotes haue I climed the height of mouutaynes, in the toppe of Libanus, and haue cut downe high cedars therof, and the chosen firretrees of it. And I haue entered into the borders therof, & the forrest of the carmel therofPer manum servorum tuorum exprobrasti Domino, et dixisti: / In multitudine curruum meorum ascendi excelsa montium in summitate Libani, / et succidi sublimes cedros ejus, et electas abietes illius. / Et ingressus sum usque ad terminos ejus, / et saltum Carmeli ejus 24I have cut down, and I have drunk strange waters, and have dried up with the soles of my feet all the shut up waters.Io gli ho atterrati. Io ho bevute le acque altrui, e nel mio passaggio ho asciugate tutte le acque arginate.haue I cut downe. And I haue drunke strange waters, and haue dried vp with the steppes of my feete al the waters in closed.ego succidi. / Et bibi aquas alienas, et siccavi vestigiis pedum meorum omnes aquas clausas.

25Hast thou not heard what I have done from the beginning? from the days of old I have formed it, and now I have brought it to effect: that fenced cities of fighting men should be turned to heaps of ruins:Non hai tu sentito dire quel, ch'io feci a principio? Fin dagli antichi giorni io ordii questo, e ora lo eseguisco: le città fatte forti dai lor combattenti son ridotte come colline deserte.Why, hast thou not heard what I haue done from the begining? From ancient daies I haue made that thing, and now I haue brought it to effect: and fensed cities shal be into ruine of litle hilles bickering together.Numquid non audisti quid ab initio fecerim ? / ex diebus antiquis plasmavi illud, et nunc adduxi: / eruntque in ruinam collium pugnantium civitates munitæ. 26And the inhabitants of them were weak of hand, they trembled and were confounded, they became like the grass of the field, and the green herb on the tops of houses, which withered before it came to maturity.E coloro, che le abitano, imbelli di braccio, tremarono, e si sbigottirono, diventarono come il fieno nel campo, e come l'erba verde dei tetti, la quale si secca prima di giungere a maturità.And they that sitte in them, weake of hand, they haue trembled and are confounded, they became as the grasse of the field, and the greene herbe of the roofes of houses, which withered before it came to ripenesse.Et qui sedent in eis, humiles manu, contremuerunt et confusi sunt: / facti sunt velut fœnum agri, et virens herba tectorum, / quæ arefacta est antequam veniret ad maturitatem. 27Thy dwelling, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy way I knew before, and thy rage against me.Io previdi il tuo stare, e l'andare, il venire, e la strada, che tu facesti, e il tuo furore contro di me.Thy habitation, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy waye I haue knowen before, & thy surie against me.Habitaculum tuum, et egressum tuum, et introitum tuum, et viam tuam ego præscivi, / et furorem tuum contra me. 28Thou hast been mad against me, and thy pride hath come up to my ears: therefore I will put a ring in thy nose, and a bit between thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.Tu hai insolentito contro di me, e la tua superbia si è fatta sentire alle mie orecchie: io adunque metterò un anello alle tu narici, e un morso alla tua bocca, e ti rimenerò indietro per la strada, per cui se' venuto.Thou hast bene madde against me, & thy pride hath ascended into myn eares: I therfore wil put a ring in thy nostrels, and a bitte in thy lippes, and wil bring thee back into the way, by the which thou camest.Insanisti in me, et superbia tua ascendit in aures meas: / ponam itaque circulum in naribus tuis, et camum in labiis tuis, / et reducam te in viam per quam venisti.

29And to thee, O Ezechias, this shall be a sign: Eat this year what thou shalt find: and in the second year, such things as spring of themselves: but in the third year sow and reap: plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.Or a te, Ezechia, io do questo segno: Mangia quest'anno quello, che troverai: il secondo anno poi, quello, che nascerà da se stesso; ma il terzo anno seminate, e mietete, piantate le vigne, e mangiatene il frutto.And to thee Ezechias this shal be a signe: Eate this yeare what thou shalt finde: & in the second yeare, the things that growe of themselues: moreouer in the third yeare sawe ye and reape plant ye vineyardes, and eate the fruite of them.Tibi autem, Ezechia, hoc erit signum: / comede hoc anno quæ repereris: / in secundo autem anno, quæ sponte nascuntur: / porro in tertio anno seminate et metite: / plantate vineas, et comedite fructum earum. 30And whatsoever shall be left of the house of Juda, shall take root downward, and bear fruit upward.E tutto quello, che resterà della casa di Giuda, getterà sue radici all'ingiù, e fruttificherà all'insù:And whatsoeuer shal be leaft of the house of Iuda, shal take roote downeward, and beare fruit vpward.Et quodcumque reliquum fuerit de domo Juda, mittet radicem deorsum, / et faciet fructum sursum. 31For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and that which shall be saved out of mount Sion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.Perocché da Gerusalemme usciranno fuora gli avanzi, e dal monte di Sion, gente, che avrà salute: lo zelo del Signore degli eserciti farà questo.For out of Ierusalem there shal remmantes goe forth, and that which is to be saued from the mounte of Sion: the zeale of the Lord of hostes shal doe thisDe Jerusalem quippe egredientur reliquiæ, / et quod salvetur de monte Sion: / zelus Domini exercituum faciet hoc. 32Wherefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians: He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow into it, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a trench about it.Per la qual cosa ecco quello, che del re degli Assiri dice il Signore: Egli non porrà il piede in questa città, e non tirerà contro di lei una freccia, né (il soldato) sotto lo scudo la assalirà, né egli la circonderà di trinciera.Wherfore thus sayth our Lord of the king of the Assyrians: He shal not enter into this citie, nor shoote arrowe into it, neither shal shield occupie it, nor munition compasse it.Quam ob rem hæc dicit Dominus de rege Assyriorum: / Non ingredietur urbem hanc, nec mittet in eam sagittam, / nec occupabit eam clypeus, nec circumdabit eam munitio.

33By the way that he came he shall return: and into this city he shall not come, saith the Lord.Ei se ne tornerà per la strada, onde è venuto, e non porrà piede in questa città, dice il Signore.By the way, that he came, he shal returne: and into this citie he shal nos enter, sayth our LordPer viam qua venit, revertetur: / et civitatem hanc non ingredietur, dicit Dominus. 34And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for David, my servant’s sake.Io proteggerò questa città, e la salverò per amore di me, e per amore di Davidde mio servo.And I wil protect this citie, and wil saue it for my self, and for Dauid my seruant.Protegamque urbem hanc, et salvabo eam propter me, / et propter David servum meum. 35And it came to pass that night, that an angel of the Lord came, and slew in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when he arose early in the morning, he saw all the bodies of the dead.Or egli avvenne, che quella notte venne l'Angelo del Signore, e uccise nel campo degli Assiri cento ottantacinque mila uomini. Ed essendosi (il re) levato di gran mattino, vide i corpi morti, e si ritirò, e se n'andò,It came to passe therfore in that night, an Angel of our Lord came, and stroke in the campe of the Assyrians an hundred eightie fiue thousand. And when he was risen early, he sawe al the bodies of the dead,Factum est igitur in nocte illa, venit angelus Domini, et percussit in castris Assyriorum centum octoginta quinque millia. Cumque diluculo surrexisset, vidit omnia corpora mortuorum: et recedens abiit, 36And Sennacherib, king of the Assyrians, departing, went away, and he returned and abode in Ninive.E tornò Sennacherib re degli Assiri a Ninive, e ivi si fermò.and Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians departing went away, and taried in Niniue.et reversus est Sennacherib rex Assyriorum, et mansit in Ninive. 37And as he was worshipping in the temple of Nesroch, his god, Adramelech and Sarasar, his sons, slew him with the sword, and they fled into the land of the Armenians, and Asarhaddon, his son, reigned in his stead.E mentre egli adorava nel tempio il suo dio Nesroch, i suoi figliuoli Adramelech, e Sarasar lo uccisero a colpi di spada, e fuggirono nell'Armenia, e succedette a lui nel regno Asarhaddon suo figliuolo.And when he adored in the temple of Nesroch his god, Adramelech and Sarasar his sonnes stroke him with the sword, and they fled into the land of the Armenians, and Asarhaddon his sonne reigned for him.Cumque adoraret in templo Nesroch deum suum, Adramelech et Sarasar filii ejus percusserunt eum gladio, fugeruntque in terram Armeniorum: et regnavit Asarhaddon filius ejus pro eo.