Isaïe 39

1 En ce temps-là, Merodac-Baladan, fils de Baladan, roi de Babylone, envoya une lettre et un présent à Ézéchias; or il avait appris qu’il avait été malade, et qu’il était rétabli.

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.

2 Et Ézéchias se réjouit [de leur venue], et leur montra la maison [où étaient renfermés] ses objets précieux, l’argent et l’or, et les aromates et l’huile fine, et tout son arsenal, et tout ce qui se trouvait dans ses trésors; il n’y eut rien qu’Ézéchias ne leur montrât dans sa maison et dans tous ses domaines.

[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].

3 Et Ésaïe le prophète vint vers le roi Ézéchias, et lui dit: Qu’ont dit ces hommes, et d’où sont-ils venus vers toi? Et Ézéchias dit: Ils sont venus vers moi d’un pays éloigné, de Babylone.

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.”

4 Et [Ésaïe] dit: Qu’ont-ils vu dans ta maison? Et Ézéchias dit: Ils ont vu tout ce qui est dans ma maison; il n’y a rien dans mes trésors que je ne leur aie montré.

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.”

5 Et Ésaïe dit à Ézéchias: Écoute la parole de l’Éternel des armées:

Then I said to Hezekiah, “Listen to this message from the Commander of the armies of angels:

6 Voici, des jours viennent où tout ce qui est dans ta maison, et ce que tes pères ont amassé jusqu’à ce jour, sera porté à Babylone; il n’en restera rien, dit l’Éternel.

'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.

7 Et on prendra de tes fils, qui sortiront de toi, que tu auras engendrés, et ils seront eunuques dans le palais du roi de Babylone.

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.'”

8 Et Ézéchias dit à Ésaïe: La parole de l’Éternel, que tu as prononcée, est bonne. Puis il dit: Car il y aura paix et stabilité pendant mes jours.

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.”