< Isaiah 39 >

1 At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.
Ngalesosikhathi uMerodaki-Baladani, indodana kaBaladani inkosi yeBhabhiloni, wathumela izincwadi lesipho kuHezekhiya, ngoba wayezwile ukuthi ubekade egula, useqinile.
2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not.
UHezekhiya wasethokoza ngazo, wabatshengisa indlu yokuligugu kwakhe, isiliva, legolide, lamakha, lamafutha amahle, lendlu yonke yezikhali zakhe, lakho konke okwatholakala kokuligugu kwakhe; kakubanga lalutho endlini yakhe lembusweni wakhe wonke uHezekhiya angabatshengisanga lona.
3 Then came Isaiah the prophet to king Hezekiah, and said to him, What said these men? and from where came they to you? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country to me, even from Babylon.
Wasefika uIsaya umprofethi enkosini uHezekhiya, wathi kuyo: Atheni lamadoda? Futhi avele ngaphi esiza kuwe? UHezekhiya wasesithi: Avele elizweni elikhatshana esiza kimi, eBhabhiloni.
4 Then said he, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them.
Wasesithi: Aboneni endlini yakho? UHezekhiya wasesithi: Abone konke okusendlini yami; kakulalutho phakathi kokuligugu kwami engingawatshengisanga lona.
5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts:
UIsaya wasesithi kuHezekhiya: Zwana ilizwi leNkosi yamabandla.
6 Behold, the days come, that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, says the LORD.
Khangela, insuku ziyeza lapho konke okusendlini yakho, lalokho oyihlo abakubuthelelayo kuze kube lamuhla, kuzathwalelwa eBhabhiloni; kakuyikusala lutho, kutsho iNkosi.
7 And of your sons that shall issue from you, which you shall beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
Njalo bazathatha emadodaneni akho azaphuma kuwe, ozawazala; njalo abe ngabathenwa esigodlweni senkosi yeBhabhiloni.
8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which you have spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
UHezekhiya wasesithi kuIsaya: Ilizwi leNkosi olikhulumileyo lilungile. Wathi futhi: Ngoba kuzakuba lokuthula leqiniso ensukwini zami.

< Isaiah 39 >