إشَعْياء 39

١ 1 فِي أَثْنَاءِ هَذِهِ الْفَتْرَةِ، بَعَثَ مَرُودَخُ بَلادَانَ بْنُ بَلادَانَ مَلِكُ بَابِلَ رَسَائِلَ وَهَدَايَا إِلَى حَزَقِيَّا بَعْدَ أَنْ سَمِعَ بِمَرَضِهِ وَشِفَائِهِ مِنْهُ،

At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness and recovery.

٢ 2 فَرَحَّبَ بِهِمْ حَزَقِيَّا تَرْحِيباً حَارّاً، وَأَطْلَعَهُمْ عَلَى مَا فِي خَزَائِنِهِ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ وَأَطْيَابٍ وَعُطُورٍ، وَعَلَى مَخَازِنِ أَسْلِحَتِهِ. لَمْ يَبْقَ شَيْءٌ فِي قَصْرِهِ وَفِي حَوْزَتِهِ لَمْ يُرِهِمْ إِيَّاهُ.

And Hezekiah welcomed the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his entire armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.

٣ 3 فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ إِشَعْيَاءُ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ حَزَقِيَّا وَسَأَلَهُ: «مَاذَا قَالَ هَؤُلاءِ الْقَوْمُ، وَمِنْ أَيْنَ قَدِمُوا إِلَيْكَ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «قَدْ أَقْبَلُوا إِلَيَّ مِنْ بَلَدٍ بَعِيدٍ، مِنْ بَابِلَ». فَعَادَ يَسْأَلُهُ: «مَاذَا شَاهَدُوا فِي قَصْرِكَ؟»

Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came to me from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”

٤ 4 فَأَجَابَ حَزَقِيَّا: «شَاهَدُوا كُلَّ مَا فِي قَصْرِي. لَمْ يَبْقَ شَيْءٌ فِي مَخَازِنِي لَمْ أُطْلِعْهُمْ عَلَيْهِ».

“What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”

٥ 5 عِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ إِشَعْيَاءُ لِحَزَقِيَّا: «اسْمَعْ قَوْلَ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ:

Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD of Hosts:

٦ 6 هَا أَيَّامٌ تَأْتِي يُنْقَلُ فِيهَا إِلَى بَابِلَ كُلُّ مَا فِي قَصْرِكَ مِمَّا ادَّخَرَهُ أَسْلافُكَ وَلا يَبْقَى مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ.

The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.

٧ 7 وَيُسْبَى بَعْضُ أَبْنَائِكَ الْخَارِجِينَ مِنْ صُلْبِكَ لِيَكُونُوا خِصْيَاناً فِي قَصْرِ مَلِكِ بَابِلَ».

And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

٨ 8 فَقَالَ حَزَقِيَّا لإِشَعْيَاءَ: «صَالِحٌ هُوَ قَوْلُ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي أَعْلَنْتَهُ». ثُمَّ حَدَّثَ نَفْسَهُ: «لِيَكُنْ فَقَطْ سَلامٌ وَأَمْنٌ فِي عَهْدِي».

But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”