Isaiah 39
1 At that time, Merodach Baladan, the son of Baladan, the king of Babylon, sent letters and gifts to Hezekiah. For he had heard that he had fallen ill and had recovered.
Kring den tid sende Babel-kongen Merodak Baladan Baladansson brev og gåva til Hizkia, då han høyrde at han hadde vore sjuk og vorte frisk att.
2 And Hezekiah rejoiced over them, and he showed them the storehouses of his aromatic spices, and of the silver and gold, and of the perfumes and precious ointments, and all the repositories for his belongings, and all the things that were found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah did not show them.
Hizkia var glad for dei kom, og han synte deim skattkammeret sitt, sylvet og gullet og kryddorne og den kostelege oljen, og heile våpnhuset sitt og alt som fanst i skattkammeri hans; det fanst ikkje den ting i hans hus og i heile hans rike som ikkje Hizkia synte deim.
3 Then Isaiah the prophet entered before king Hezekiah, and he said to him, “What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?” And Hezekiah said, “They came to me from a far away land, from Babylon.”
Då kom profeten Jesaja til kong Hizkia og spurde honom: «Kva hev desse mennerne sagt, og kvar helst kom dei frå til deg?» Og Hizkia svara: «Frå eit land langt burte, frå Babel kom dei til meg.»
4 And he said, “What did they see in your house?” And Hezekiah said: “They have seen all the things that are in my house. There was nothing that I did not show them among my treasures.”
«Kva hev dei set i huset ditt?» spurde han. «Alt som i huset mitt finst hev dei set, » svara Hizkia; «det fanst ikkje den ting i skattkammeri mine som eg ikkje synte deim.»
5 And Isaiah said to Hezekiah: “Hear the word of the Lord of hosts:
Då sagde Jesaja til Hizkia: «Høyr ordet frå Herren, allhers drott:
6 Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and all that your fathers have stored up, even to this day, will be taken away to Babylon. There will be nothing left behind, says the Lord.
Sjå, dagar kjem då alt som finst i huset ditt, det federne dine hev samla alt til i dag, det skal verta ført til Babel; aldri ein grand skal verta att, segjer Herren.
7 And your children, who will issue from you, whom you will produce, they will be taken away. And they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
Og sume av sønerne dine, ætta frå deg, utstokne frå deg, skal takast, og dei skal verta hirdmenner i slottet åt Babel-kongen.»
8 And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord which he has spoken is good.” And he said, “But let there be peace and truth in my days.”
Då sagde Hizkia til Jesaja: «Godt er Herrens ord som du hev tala.» Og han sagde framleides: «Det vert då fred og trygd so lenge eg liver.»
