37 — Isaia

1And it came to pass, when king Ezechias had heard it, that he rent his garments and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.E quando il re Ezechia ebbe udito, stracciò le sue vesti, e si involse nel cilicio, ed entrò nella casa del Signore.AND it came to passe, when king Ezechias had heard it, he rent his garments, and was wrapped in sackcloth, & entred into the house of our Lord.Et factum est, cum audisset rex Ezechias, scidit vestimenta sua, et obvolutus est sacco, et intravit in domum Domini. 2And he sent Eliacim who was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and the ancients of the priests covered with sackcloth, to Isaias the son of Amos the prophet.E mandò Eliacim prefetto della casa, e Sobna dottor della legge, e gli anziani de' sacerdoti vestiti di cilizio ad Isaia figliuolo di Amos profeta,And he sent Eliacim which was ouer the house, and Sobna the scribe, and the ancients of the priestes couered with sackclothes to Isaie, the sonne of Amos the prophete,Et misit Eliacim, qui erat super domum, et Sobnam scribam, et seniores de sacerdotibus, opertos saccis, ad Isaiam, filium Amos, prophetam, 3And they said to him: Thus saith Ezechias: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.E questi gli dissero: Ezechia dice: Giorno di tribolazione, e di gastigo, e di bestemmia egli è questo: i figliuoli sono stati condotti fino al parto, e manca la forza per partorirli.and they sayd to him: Thus sayth Ezechias: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemie: because the children are come euen to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.et dixerunt ad eum: Hæc dicit Ezechias: Dies tribulationis, et correptionis, et blasphemiæ, dies hæc; quia venerunt filii usque ad partum, et virtus non est pariendi. 4It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabsaces, whom the king of the Assyrians his master hath sent to blaspheme the living God, and to reproach with words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up by prayer for the remnant that is left.Se il Signore Dio tuo ha udite le parole di Rabsace mandato dal re Assiro suo signore a bestemmiare il Dio vivo, ed a schernirlo con que' discorsi, che il Signore Dio tuo ha sentiti: alza adunque tu la tua orazione per que', che ancora rimangono.If by any meanes our Lord thy God wil heare the wordes of Rabsaces, whom the king of Assyrians his Lord hath sent to blaspheme the liuing God. & to vpbraide with words which our Lord thy God hath heard: lift vp prayer therfore for the remnant that are left.Si quomodo audiat Dominus Deus tuus verba Rabsacis, quem misit rex Assyriorum dominus suus ad blasphemandum Deum viventem et exprobrandum sermonibus quos audivit Dominus Deus tuus: leva ergo orationem pro reliquiis quæ repertæ sunt.

5And the servants of Ezechias came to Isaias.E andarono i servi di Ezechia da Isaia:And the seruāts of Ezechias came to Isaie.Et venerunt servi regis Ezechiæ ad Isaiam. 6And Isaias said to them: Thus shall you say to your master: Thus saith the Lord: Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of the Assyrians have blasphemed me.E Isaia disse loro: Dite questo al vostro padrone: Il Signore dice: Non ti faccian paura le parole, che hai udite, colle quali i servi del re degli Assirj mi hanno bestemmiato.And Isaie sayd to them: Thus shal you say to your master: Thus saith our Lord: Feare not at the face of the wordes, which thou hast heard, where with the seruants of the king of the Assyrians haue blasphemed me.Et dixit ad eos Isaias: Hæc dicetis domino vestro: Hæc dicit Dominus: Ne timeas a facie verborum quæ audisti, quibus blasphemaverunt pueri regis Assyriorum me. 7Behold, I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a message, and shall return to his own country, and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own country.Ecco, che io darò a lui uno spirito, e gli sarà recato un avviso, e tornerà al suo paese, e farollo perire di spada nel suo paese.Behold, I wil geue him a spirit, and he shal heare a message and shal returne to his countrie, and I wil make him fal by the sword in his owne countrie.Ecce ego dabo ei spiritum, et audiet nuntium, et revertetur ad terram suam, et corruere eum faciam 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.E se v'andò' Rabsace, che aveva udito come il re degli Assirj era sloggiato da Lachis, e trovollo, che faceva assedio di Lobna,And Rabsaces returned, and found the king of Assyrians fighting agaynst Lobna. For he heard that he was departed from Lachis,Reversus est autem Rabsaces, et invenit regem Assyriorum præliantem adversus Lobnam: audierat enim quia profectus esset de Lachis. 9And he heard say about Tharaca the king of Ethiopia: He is come forth to fight against thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Ezechias, saying:E udì novelle intorno a Taraca re dell'Etiopia, come questi veniva per combatterlo. La qualcosa poiché ebbe udita, mandò ambasciadori ad Ezechia, dicendo:and he heard of Tharaca the king of Aethiopia, them that sayd: He is come forth to fight agaynst thee. Which when he had heard, he sent messengers to Ezechias, saying:Et audivit de Tharaca rege Æthiopiæ, dicentes: Egressus est ut pugnet contra te. Quod cum audisset, misit nuntios ad Ezechiam, dicens:

10Thus shall you speak to Ezechias the king of Juda, saying: Let not thy God deceive thee, in whom thou trustest, saying: Jerusalem shall not be given into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.Direte ad Ezechia re di Giuda: Non t'inganni il tuo Dio a cui tu ti affidi col dire: Non sarà data Gerusalemme in potere del re Assiro.Thus shal you say to Ezechaias the king of Iuda, speaking: Let not thy God deceiue thee, in whom thou hast confidence, saying: Ierusalen shal not be geuen into the hand of the king of the Assyrians.Hæc dicetis Ezechiæ regi Judæ, loquentes: Non te decipiat Deus tuus in quo tu confidis, dicens: Non dabitur Jerusalem in manu regis Assyriorum. 11Behold thou hast heard all that the kings of the Assyrians have done to all countries which they have destroyed, and canst thou be delivered?Ecco, che tu hai sentito tutto quel, che han fatto i re Assiri a tutte queste regioni, le quali eglino hanno sterminate; e tu potrai liberartene?Loe thou hast heard al thinges the kinges of the Assyrians haue done to al countries, which they haue subuerted, and canst thou be deliuered?Ecce tu audisti omnia quæ fecerunt reges Assyriorum omnibus terris, quas subverterunt: et tu poteris liberari ? 12Have the gods of the nations delivered them whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozam, and Haram, and Reseph, and the children of Eden, that were in Thalassar?Hann'eglino forse gli dei delle genti salvato quegli, a' quali portaron rovina i padri miei, Gozan, e Haram e Reseph, e i figliuoli di Eden, che erano in Thelassar?Why, haue the goddes of the nations deliuered them, whom my fathers haue subuerted, Gozam, and Haram, and Reseph, and the children of Eden, that were in Thalassar?Numquid eruerunt eos dii gentium quos subverterunt patres mei, Gozam, et Haram, et Reseph, et filios Eden qui erant in Thalassar ? 13Where is the king of Emath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Ana, and of Ava?Dov'è il re di Emath, e il re di Arphad, e il re della città di Sepharvaim, 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, & Aua?Ubi est rex Emath, et rex Arphad, et rex urbis Sepharvaim, Ana, et Ava ? 14And Ezechias took the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it, and went up to the house of the Lord, and Ezechias spread it before the Lord.E prese Ezechia la lettera dalle mani degli ambasciadori, e la lesse, e andossene alla casa del Signore, e la distese dinanzi al Signore.And Ezechias tooke the letters of the hand of the messengers, and read them, and went vp into the house of our Lord, and Ezchias layd them open before our Lord.Et tulit Ezechias libros de manu nuntiorum, et legit eos, et ascendit in domum Domini, et expandit eos Ezechias coram Domino:

15And Ezechias prayed to the Lord, saying:E fece orazione Ezechia al Signore, dicendo:And Ezchias prayed to our Lord, saying:et oravit Ezechias ad Dominum, dicens: 16Lord of hosts, God of Israel who sittest upon the cherubims, thou alone art the God of all the kingdoms of the earth, thou hast made heaven and earth.Signore degli eserciti, Dio d'Israele, che siedi sopra i cherubini; tu solo se Dio di tutti i regni della terra tu facesti il cielo, e la terraO Lord of hostes God of Israel, which sittest vpon the Cherubs, thou art the onlie God of al the kingdomes of the earth, thou hast made heauen and earth.Domine exercituum, Deus Israël, qui sedes super cherubim, tu es Deus solus omnium regnorum terræ: tu fecisti cælum et terram. 17Incline, O Lord, thy ear, and hear: open, O Lord, thy eyes, and see, and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he hath sent to blaspheme the living God.Porgi Signore le tue orecchie, ed ascolta: apri Signore gli occhi tuoi, e vedi, ed ascolta tutto quello, che manda a dire Sennacherib bestemmiando il Dio vivo.Incline ô Lord thine eare, and heare: open ô Lord thine eies, and see, and heare al the wordes of Sennacherib, which he hath sent to blaspheme the liuing God.Inclina, Domine, aurem tuam, et audi; aperi, Domine, oculos tuos, et vide: et audi omnia verba Sennacherib, quæ misit ad blasphemandum Deum viventem. 18For of a truth, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste lands, and their countries.Vero è, o Signore, che i re degli Assirj han disertate le genti, e i loro paesi.For in verie deede, ô Lord, the kinges of the Assyrians haue made landes desolate, and the countries of the same.Vere enim, Domine, desertas fecerunt reges Assyriorum terras, et regiones earum, 19And they have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, but the works of men’s hands, of wood and stone: and they broke them in pieces.Ed han dati alle fiamme gli dei loro: perocché non erano dei, ma opere delle mani degli uomini, legni, e sassi: e gli hanno fatti in pezzi.And they haue geuen their goddes to fyre: for they were not goddes, but the workes of mens handes, wood & stone: & they brake them in peeces.et dederunt deos earum igni: non enim erant dii, sed opera manuum hominum, lignum et lapis, et comminuerunt eos. 20And now, O Lord our God, save us out of his hand: and let all the kingdoms of the earth know, that thou only art the Lord.Ma tu adesso, o Signore Dio nostro, salvaci dalle mani di lui; e i regni tutti della terra conoscano, che tu se solo il Signore.And now ô Lord our God saue vs out of his hand: and let al the kingdomes of the earth knowe, that thou onlie art the Lord.Et nunc, Domine Deus noster, salva nos de manu ejus, et cognoscant omnia regna terræ quia tu es Dominus solus.

21And Isaias the son of Amos sent to Ezechias, saying: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: For the prayer thou hast made to me concerning Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians:E Isaia figliuolo di Amos mandò a dire ad Ezechia: Il Signore Dio d'Israele dice così: Quanto a quello, che tu mi hai pregato di fare riguardo a Sennacherib re degli Assirj:And Isaie the sonne of Amos sent to Ezechias, saying: Thus sayth our Lord the God of Israel: For the thinges that thou praied me concerning Sennacherib the king of Assyrians:Et misit Isaias, filius Amos, ad Ezechiam, dicens: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël: Pro quibus rogasti me de Sennacherib, rege Assyriorum, 22This is the word which 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 the head after thee.Ecco quello che ha detto il Signore contro di lui: Egli ti ha disprezzato, e ti ha insultato, o vergine figlia di Sion: ha scosso la testa dietro a te, figliuola di Gerusalemme.this is the word which our Lord hath spoken vpon him: The virgin daughter of Sion hath despised thee, and scorned thee: the daughter of Ierusalem hath wagged the head after thee.hoc est verbum quod locutus est Dominus super eum: Despexit te et subsannavit te, / virgo filia Sion; / post te caput movit, / filia Jerusalem. 23Whom hast thou reproached, and whom hast thou blasphemed, and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.Chi hai tu oltraggiato, e chi hai tu bestemmiato, e contro di chi hai alzata la voce, e il superbo tuo sguardo? Contro il Santo d'Israele.Whom hast thou vpbrayded, and whom hast thou blasphemed, and vpon whom hast thou exalted voice, and lifted vp the height of thine eies? To the holie one of Israel.Cui exprobrasti ? et quem blasphemasti ? / et super quem exaltasti vocem, / et levasti altitudinem oculorum tuorum ? / ad Sanctum Israël. 24By 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 I will cut down its tall cedars, and its choice fir trees, and will enter to the top of its height, to the forest of its Carmel.Per mezzo de' servi tuoi hai oltraggiato il Signore, ed hai detto: io colla moltitudine de' miei cocchi sono salito sugli alti monti, su' gioghi del Libano: troncherò i suoi cedri più alti, e gli scelti suoi abeti, salirò alla ultima cima di esso, ed entrerò nella boscaglia del suo Carmelo.By the hand of thy seruants thou hast vpbrayded our Lord: and hast sayd: In the multitude of my chariotes haue I climed the height of mountaynes, the toppes of Libanus: and I wil cut downe the high cedres therof, & the chosen firre trees therof, and wil enter to the toppe of the height therof, to the forest of his Carmel.In manu servorum tuorum exprobrasti Domino, / et dixisti: In multitudine quadrigarum mearum / ego ascendi altitudinem montium juga Libani; / et succidam excelsa cedrorum ejus, / et electas abietes illius, / et introibo altitudinem summitatis ejus, / saltum Carmeli ejus.

25I have digged, and drunk water, and have dried up with the sole of my foot, all the rivers shut up in banks.Io ho scavato, ed ho bevuto le acque, e dovunque ho posti i piedi, ho asciugati tutti i rivi correnti tralle loro ripe.I haue digged, and drunken the water, and haue dried vp with the steppe of my foote al the riuers of the rampiers.Ego fodi, et bibi aquam, / et exsiccavi vestigio pedis mei / omnes rivos aggerum. 26Hast thou not heard what I have done to him of old? from the days of old I have formed it: and now I have brought it to effect: and it hath come to pass that hills fighting together, and fenced cities should be destroyed.Ma non hai tu udito, che io già tempo ordinai queste cose; Io già ab antico le concepii; ed ora le ho poste ad effetto; e sono eseguite, talmente chè sono distrutte le rocche, che fan resistenza, e le munite città.Why, hast thou not heard, what I haue done to him of old? from ancient daies haue I formed it: and now I haue brought it to effect: and it is made to the rooting out of litle hilles bickering together, and of sensed cities.Numquid non audisti quæ olim fecerim ei ? / Ex diebus antiquis ego plasmavi illud; / et nunc adduxi, / et factum est in eradicationem collium compugnantium, / et civitatum munitarum. 27The inhabitants of them were weak of hand, they trembled, and were confounded: they became like the grass of the field, and the herb of the pasture, and like the grass of the housetops, which withered before it was ripe.Gli abitatori di queste come monchi tremarono, e si spaurirono, son divenuti come lo strame de' campi, e il fieno de' pascoli, e l'erba dei tetti, che secca prima di esser a maturità.The inhabitants of them with shortened hand haue trembled, and are confounded: they are become as hay of the field, and grasse of the pasture ground, and herbe of the house toppes, which hath withered before it was ripe.Habitatores earum breviata manu / contremuerunt, et confusi sunt. / Facti sunt sicut fœnum agri, / et gramen pascuæ, / et herba tectorum, / quæ exaruit antequam maturesceret. 28I know thy dwelling, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.Lo conobbi il tuo stare, e l'andare, e 'l venire, e la stoltezza tua contro di me.I haue knowen thy habitation, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy madnes agaynst me.Habitationem tuam, et egressum tuum, / et introitum tuum cognovi, / et insaniam tuam contra me. 29When thou wast mad against me, thy pride came 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.Quando tu infuriavi contro di me, pervenne alle mie orecchie la tua arroganza: io pertanto metterò alle tue narici un anello, ed un freno alle tue labbra, e ti rimenerò per quella strada, per cui venisti.When thou didstrage agaynst me, thy pride ascended into mine eares: therfore I wil put a ring in thy nosthrels, and a bitte in thy lippes, & wil bring thee backe into the way, by which thou camest.Cum fureres adversum me, / superbia tua ascendit in aures meas. / Ponam ergo circulum in naribus tuis, / et frenum in labiis tuis, / et reducam te in viam / per quem venisti.

30But to thee this shall be a sign: Eat this year the things that spring of themselves, and in the second year eat fruits: but in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.Ma tu (o Ezechia) ecco il segno, che avrai: Mangia per quest'anno quello, che spontaneamente darà la terra; ed il secondo anno viverai di pomi: il terzo anno poi seminate, e mietete, e piantate vigne, e mangiatene i frutti.But to thee this shal be a signe: eate this yeare the thinges that grow of themselues, and in the second yeare eate fruites: but in the third yeare sow and reape, & plant vineyards, and eate the fruite of them.Tibi autem hoc erit signum: comede hoc anno quæ sponte nascuntur, et in anno secundo pomis vescere; in anno autem tertio seminate et metite, et plantate vineas, et comedite fructum earum. 31And that which shall be saved of the house of Juda, and which is left, shall take root downward, and shall bear fruit upward:E quel, che si salverà, e quello, che rimarrà della casa di Giuda, getterà all'ingiù le sue radici, e fruttificherà in alto:And that which shal be saued of the house of Iuda, and which is leaft, shal take roote downeward, and shal beare fruite vpward:Et mittet id quod salvatum fuerit de domo Juda, et quod reliquum est, radicem deorsum, et faciet fructum sursum: 32For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and salvation from mount Sion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.Perocché di Gerusalemme usciranno gli avanzi, e dal monte di Sion i salvati: lo zelo del Signor degli eserciti farà tal cosa.because out of Ierusalem there shal a remnant goe forth, and saluation from mount Sion: the zele of the Lord of hostes shal doe this.quia de Jerusalem exibunt reliquiæ, et salvatio de monte Sion: zelus Domini exercituum faciet istud. 33Wherefore 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 così dice il Signore riguardo al re Assiro: Ei non porrà il piede in questa città, né getterà qua una saetta, né la scalerà il soldato coperto di scudo, né egli alzerà terra all'intorno.Therfore thus sayth our Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians: He shal not enter this citie, and he shal not shoote arrow there, and shilde shal not occupie it, and he shal not cast rampier about it:Propterea hæc dicit Dominus de rege Assyriorum: Non intrabit civitatem hanc, / et non jaciet ibi sagittam, / et non occupabit eam clypeus, / et non mittet in circuitu ejus aggerem. 34By the way that he came, he shall return, and into this city he shall not come, saith the Lord.Per la strada, per cui venne, ritornerà, e non entrerà in questa città, dice il Signore.In the way that he came, by the same he shal returne, and into this citie he shal not enter, sayth our Lord.In via qua venit, per eam revertetur, / et civitatem hanc non ingredietur, dicit Dominus.

35And I will protect this city, and will save it for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.Ed io proteggerò questa città, affin di salvarla a causa mia, e a causa di Davidde mio servo.And I wil protect this citie, that I may saue it for myne owne sake, and for Dauids sake my seruant.Et protegam civitatem istam, ut salvem eam / propter me, et propter David, servum meum. 36And the angel of the Lord went out and slew in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And they arose in the morning, and behold they were all dead corpses.Venne adunque un angelo del Signore, e percosse negli alloggiamenti degli Assirj cento ottantacinque mila uomini: e la mattina alla levata, ecco che tutti questi, eran morti cadaveri.And the Angel of our Lord came forth, and stroke in the campe of the Assyrians an hundred eightie fiue thousand. And they arose in the morning, and behold, al were carcasses of dead men.Egressus est autem angelus Domini, et percussit in castris Assyriorum centum octoginta quinque millia. Et surrexerunt mane, et ecce omnes cadavera mortuorum. 37And Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians went out and departed, and returned, and dwelt in Ninive.E partissi, e se v'andò, e tornò Sennacheribbe re degli Assirj a posarsi in Ninive.And he went out, and departed, and Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians returned, and dwelt in Niniue.Et egressus est, et abiit, et reversus est Sennacherib, rex Assyriorum, et habitavit in Ninive. 38And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the temple of Nesroch his god, that Adramelech and Sarasar his sons slew him with the sword: and they fled into the land of Ararat, and Asarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.Ed avvenne, che mentre adorava nel tempio Nesroch suo Dio, Adramelech, e Savasar suoi figliuoli lo uccisero a colpi di spada, e fuggirono nel paese di Ararat, e regnò in luogo di lui il figliuol suo Asarhaddon.And it came to passe, 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 Ararat, & Asarhaddon his sonne reigned for him.Et factum est, cum adoraret in templo Nesroch deum suum, Adramelech et Sarasar, filii ejus, percusserunt eum gladio, fugeruntque in terram Ararat; et regnavit Asarhaddon, filius ejus, pro eo.