Isaiah 39

1 To nathuem ah Babylon siangpahrang, Baladan capa Merodak-Baladan mah, Hezekiah loe ngannat, toe ngantui let boeh, tiah thaih naah, ca hoi tangqumnawk to pat pae.

Soon after that, Baladan’s son Merodach-Baladan, the King of Babylon, heard a report that Hezekiah had been very sick but that he had recovered. So he wrote some notes and gave them to some messengers to take to Hezekiah, along with a gift.

2 Hezekiah mah to laicaehnawk to anghoehaih hoiah dawt moe, hmuenmae suekhaih imthung ih atho kaom hmuenmaenawk to patuek, sui hoi sumkanglung, hmuihoih tuinawk, atho kaom situi, hmuenmae patunghaih ahmuennawk, kahoih koek qawk ah suek ih hmuenmaenawk to anih mah patuek; Hezekiah mah a imthung ih hmuen hoi a prae thungah kaom hmuennawk nihcae khae patuek ai ih hmuen tidoeh om ai.

[When the messengers arrived], Hezekiah welcomed them gladly. [Then] he showed them everything that was in his (treasure houses/places where very valuable things were kept)—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the nice-smelling [olive] oil. He also took them to see the place where they kept their soldiers’ weapons, and he showed them the other valuable things that were in the storehouses. Hezekiah showed them everything [LIT] that was in the palace or in other places [HYP].

3 To naah tahmaa Isaiah loe Hezekiah siangpahrang khaeah caeh moe, Hae kaminawk mah timaw thuih o? Naabang hoiah maw angzoh o? tiah a duengh. Hezekiah mah, Angthla parai prae, Babylon hoiah angzoh o, tiah a naa.

Then I went to King Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did those men come from, and what did they want?” He replied, “They came from the far away land of Babylon.”

4 To naah tahmaa mah, Na siangpahrang imthung ih tih hmuennawk maw a hnuk o loe? tiah a duengh. Hezekiah mah, Ka siangpahrang imthung ih hmuennawk to a hnuk o boih; hmuenmae ka suekhaih ahmuen ah kaom hmuennawk thungah nihcae mah hnuk ai ih hmuenmae tidoeh om ai, tiah a naa.

I asked him, “What did they see in your palace?” Hezekiah replied, “They saw everything. I showed them absolutely everything that I own—all my valuable things.”

5 To naah Isaiah mah, Misatuh kaminawk Angraeng ih lok to tahngai ah;

Then I said to Hezekiah, “Listen to this message from the Commander of the armies of angels:

6 khenah, Na siangpahrang imthung ih hmuenmaenawk boih, nam panawk mah vaihni ni khoek to patung o ih hmuenmaenawk boih, Babylon ah phaw o tih boeh; maeto doeh anghmat o sak mak ai, tiah Angraeng mah thuih.

'There will be a time when everything in your palace, all the valuable things that your ancestors stored there up until the present time, will be carried away to Babylon. Yahweh says that there will be nothing left.

7 Thoemto na caanawk, nangmah ih athii angan thung hoi tacawt kaminawk to nihcae mah naeh o boih ueloe, nihcae to Babylon siangpahrang im ah tangyat kret pae o tih, tiah a naa.

Furthermore, some of your sons will be forced to go to Babylon. They will be castrated in order that they can become servants in the palace of the king of Babylon.'”

8 Hezekiah mah kawbangah doeh ka hing nathung loe misa mong tangtanghaih to om tih, tiah a poek; anih mah Isaiah khaeah, Na thuih ih Angraeng lok loe hoih, tiah a naa.

Then Hezekiah replied to me, “That message from Yahweh that you have given to me is good.” He said that because he was thinking, “Even if that happens, there will be peace, and people in this country will be safe during the time that I am alive.”