Isaías 38
La Biblia de las Américas
Enfermedad y curación de Ezequías
38 (A)En aquellos días Ezequías cayó enfermo de muerte(B). Y vino a él el profeta Isaías, hijo de Amoz(C), y le dijo: Así dice el Señor: «Pon tu casa en orden, porque morirás(D) y no vivirás». 2 Entonces Ezequías volvió su rostro hacia la pared y oró al Señor, 3 y dijo: Te ruego, oh Señor, que te acuerdes(E) ahora de cómo yo he andado delante de ti en verdad(F) y con corazón íntegro(G), y he hecho lo bueno ante tus ojos(H). Y Ezequías lloró amargamente[a](I). 4 Entonces la palabra del Señor vino a Isaías, diciendo: 5 Ve y di a Ezequías: «Así dice el Señor, Dios de tu padre David: “He escuchado tu oración y he visto tus lágrimas; he aquí, añadiré quince años(J) a tus días. 6 Y te libraré a ti y a esta ciudad de la mano[b] del rey de Asiria, y defenderé esta ciudad(K)”». 7 Esta será para ti la señal(L) del Señor, de que el Señor hará lo que ha dicho: 8 He aquí, haré que la sombra en las gradas, que ha descendido con el sol en las gradas de Acaz, vuelva atrás diez grados[c](M). Y la sombra del sol retrocedió diez grados[d] en las gradas por las que había descendido(N).
9 Escritura de Ezequías, rey de Judá, cuando enfermó y sanó[e] de su enfermedad.
10 Yo dije: A la mitad de mis días(O)
he de entrar por las puertas del Seol[f](P);
se me priva del resto de mis años(Q).
11 Dije: No veré al Señor,
al Señor en la tierra de los vivientes(R);
no veré más hombre alguno entre los habitantes del mundo.
12 Como tienda de pastor, mi morada es arrancada y alejada de mí(S);
como tejedor(T) enrollé mi vida(U).
Del telar, Él me cortó(V);
del día a la noche acabas conmigo(W).
13 Sosegué mi alma hasta la mañana.
Como león(X), Él rompe todos mis huesos(Y);
del día a la noche, acabas conmigo(Z).
14 Como golondrina, como grulla(AA), así me quejo[g],
gimo como una paloma(AB);
mis ojos miran ansiosamente a las alturas(AC).
Oh Señor, estoy oprimido, sé tú mi ayudador(AD).
15 ¿Qué diré?
Pues[h] Él me ha hablado y Él mismo lo ha hecho(AE).
Andaré errante(AF) todos mis años a causa de la amargura de mi alma(AG).
16 Oh Señor, por estas cosas[i] viven los hombres(AH),
y en todas ellas está la vida de mi espíritu.
Restabléceme la salud(AI) y haz[j] que viva(AJ).
17 He aquí, por mi bienestar tuve gran amargura;
eres tú quien ha guardado[k] mi alma del abismo de la nada[l](AK),
porque echaste tras tus espaldas todos mis pecados(AL).
18 Pues el Seol no te expresa gratitud,
ni la muerte te alaba.
Los que descienden a la fosa no pueden esperar tu fidelidad[m](AM).
19 El que vive, el que vive es el que te da gracias, como yo lo hago hoy(AN).
El padre cuenta a sus hijos tu fidelidad[n](AO).
20 El Señor me salvará;
y tocaremos mis canciones en instrumentos de cuerda(AP)
todos los días de nuestra vida(AQ) en la casa del Señor(AR).
21 E Isaías había dicho: Que tomen una masa de higos y la pongan en la llaga[o] para que se recupere(AS). 22 Entonces Ezequías había dicho: ¿Cuál será la señal de que subiré a la casa del Señor(AT)?
Footnotes
- Isaías 38:3 Lit., gran llanto
- Isaías 38:6 Lit., palma
- Isaías 38:8 O, gradas
- Isaías 38:8 O, gradas
- Isaías 38:9 Lit., vivió después
- Isaías 38:10 I.e., región de los muertos
- Isaías 38:14 Lit., así chirrío
- Isaías 38:15 El Targum y los M.M.M. dicen: ¿Y hablaré porque
- Isaías 38:16 Lit., por ellos
- Isaías 38:16 Lit., Y me restablecerás y harás
- Isaías 38:17 Así en algunas versiones antiguas; en heb., amado
- Isaías 38:17 O, destrucción
- Isaías 38:18 O, verdad
- Isaías 38:19 O, verdad
- Isaías 38:21 O, el tumor ulcerado
Isaiah 38
New King James Version
Hezekiah’s Life Extended(A)
38 In (B)those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: (C)‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’ ”
2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the Lord, 3 and said, (D)“Remember now, O Lord, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a [a]loyal heart, and have done what is good in Your (E)sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4 And the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying, 5 “Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will add to your days fifteen years. 6 I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and (F)I will defend this city.” ’ 7 And this is (G)the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing which He has spoken: 8 Behold, I will bring the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down with the sun on the sundial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward.” So the sun returned ten degrees on the dial by which it had gone down.
9 This is the writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:
10 I said,
“In the prime of my life
I shall go to the gates of Sheol;
I am deprived of the remainder of my years.”
11 I said,
“I shall not see [b]Yah,
The Lord (H)in the land of the living;
I shall observe man no more [c]among the inhabitants of [d]the world.
12 (I)My life span is gone,
Taken from me like a shepherd’s tent;
I have cut off my life like a weaver.
He cuts me off from the loom;
From day until night You make an end of me.
13 I have considered until morning—
Like a lion,
So He breaks all my bones;
From day until night You make an end of me.
14 Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered;
(J)I mourned like a dove;
My eyes fail from looking upward.
O [e]Lord, I am oppressed;
[f]Undertake for me!
15 “What shall I say?
[g]He has both spoken to me,
And He Himself has done it.
I shall walk carefully all my years
(K)In the bitterness of my soul.
16 O Lord, by these things men live;
And in all these things is the life of my spirit;
So You will restore me and make me live.
17 Indeed it was for my own peace
That I had great bitterness;
But You have lovingly delivered my soul from the pit of corruption,
For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
18 For (L)Sheol cannot thank You,
Death cannot praise You;
Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your truth.
19 The living, the living man, he shall praise You,
As I do this day;
(M)The father shall make known Your truth to the children.
20 “The Lord was ready to save me;
Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments
All the days of our life, in the house of the Lord.”
21 Now (N)Isaiah had said, “Let them take a lump of figs, and apply it as a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover.”
22 And (O)Hezekiah had said, “What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 38:3 whole or peaceful
- Isaiah 38:11 Heb. Yah, Yah
- Isaiah 38:11 LXX omits among the inhabitants of the world
- Isaiah 38:11 So with some Heb. mss.; MT, Vg. rest; Tg. land
- Isaiah 38:14 So with Bg.; MT, DSS Lord
- Isaiah 38:14 Be my surety
- Isaiah 38:15 So with MT, Vg.; DSS, Tg. And shall I say to Him; LXX omits first half of this verse
Isaiah 38
King James Version
38 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord,
3 And said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, 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 Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,
5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken;
8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:
10 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
11 I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
16 O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
20 The Lord was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord.
21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?
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