Isaiah 39

1 At the same time Merodach-baladan, son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, because he had heard that Hezekiah was sick and had recovered.

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

2 Hezekiah happily welcomed the visitors and showed them what he had in his treasury—all the silver, the gold, the spices, and the expensive oils. He also showed them his whole armory and all that he had in his storehouses. In fact there wasn't anything in his palace or in the whole of his kingdom that Hezekiah didn't show them.

٢ 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.

3 Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did those men come from, and what did they tell you?” “They came to see me from a long way away, from Babylon,” Hezekiah replied.

٣ 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؟»

4 “What did they see in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They saw everything in my palace,” replied Hezekiah. “There wasn't anything in all my storehouses I didn't show them.”

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

5 Isaiah told Hezekiah, “Listen to what the Lord says:

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

6 You can be certain that the time is coming when everything in your palace, and everything that your forefathers have saved up until now, will be taken away to Babylon. There will be nothing left, says the Lord.

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

7 Some of your sons, your own offspring, will be taken to serve as eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

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

8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The message from the Lord that you have told me is fine.” For he said to himself, “There'll definitely be peace and safety in my lifetime.”

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