Isaiah 39
1 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.
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 [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].
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 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.”
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 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.”
«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 Then I said to Hezekiah, “Listen to this message from the Commander of the armies of angels:
Då sagde Jesaja til Hizkia: «Høyr ordet frå Herren, allhers drott:
6 '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.
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 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.'”
Og sume av sønerne dine, ætta frå deg, utstokne frå deg, skal takast, og dei skal verta hirdmenner i slottet åt Babel-kongen.»
8 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.”
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.»
