Isaiah 39

1 At that time Marduk-Baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah; for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick and had recovered.

那時，巴比倫王巴拉丹的兒子默洛達客巴拉丹給希則克雅呈上書信和禮物，因為他聽說希則克雅患病好了。

2 Hezekiah was pleased by these things; he showed the messengers his storehouse of valuable things—the silver, the gold, the spices and precious oil, the storehouse of his weapons, and all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his kingdom, that Hezekiah did not show them.

希則克雅對他們非常 高興，就叫使者參觀自己的寶庫、金銀、香料、珍膏和武器，以及他府庫內所有的財寶：凡他宮中和全國內所有的，希則克雅沒有不叫他們參觀的。

3 Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men say to you? Where did they come from?” Hezekiah said, “They came to me from the distant country of Babylon.”

依撒意亞先知來到希則克雅王前對他說：「這些人說了什麼﹖他們是從什麼地方到你這裏來的﹖」希則克雅回答說：「他們是從遠方，從巴比倫到我這裏來的。」

4 Isaiah asked, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah answered, “They have seen everything in my house. There is nothing among my valuable things that I have not shown them.”

先知又問說：「他們在你宮裏看見了什麼﹖」希則克雅回答說：「凡我宮裏所有的，他們都看了；凡我府庫內所有的，沒有一樣我不叫他們不看的。」

5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Listen to the word of Yahweh of hosts:

依撒意亞遂對希則克雅說：「你聽萬軍上主的話罷！

6 'Look, the days are about to come when everything in your palace, the things that your ancestors stored away until this present day, will be carried to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says Yahweh.

看，日子要到，凡你宮中所有的，及你祖先直到今日所積蓄的，都要被帶到巴比倫去，什麼都不會留下：上主說。

7 The sons born from you, whom you yourself have fathered—they will take them away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.'”

此外，由你所出，即你所生的子孫中，也有一些要被擄去，在巴比倫王的宮殿裏充當太監。」

8 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of Yahweh that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “There will be peace and stability in my days.”

希則克雅便對依撒意亞說：「你所說的上主的話很好。」他想：「只願在我有生之日有平安，有安全！」