Jesaja 39

1 Zu jener Zeit sandte Merodoch Baladan, Baladans Sohn, der Babelkönig, Schreiber mit Geschenken zu Ezechias, auf die Nachricht hin, daß er krank gewesen und wieder zu Kräften gelangt sei.

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 Ezechias freute sich darüber und zeigte ihnen sein Schatzhaus, das Silber und das Gold, die Spezereien und das Feinöl und sein ganzes Zeughaus und alles andere in seinen Schatzkammern. Nichts gab es in seinem Hause und in seinem ganzen Herrschaftsgebiete, was ihnen Ezechias nicht gezeigt hätte.

[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 Da kam der Prophet Isaias zum König Ezechias und sprach zu ihm: "Was haben diese Männer denn gesprochen? Woher kommen sie zu dir?" Da sprach Ezechias: "Aus fernem Lande kommen sie zu mir, aus Babel."

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 Da sprach er: "Was haben sie in deinem Hause sich besehen?" Ezechias sprach: "Alles haben sie in meinem Hause sich besehen. Nichts gibt es, was ich ihnen in meinen Schatzkammern nicht vorgewiesen hätte."

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 Da sprach Isaias zu Ezechias: "Vernimm das Wort des Herrn der Heerscharen!

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

6 'Einst kommen Tage, da alles, was in deinem Hause ist, was deine Väter bis auf diesen Tag sich aufgespeichert, nach Babel fortgebracht wird. Nichts läßt man übrig', spricht der Herr.

'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 Und auch von deinen Leibessöhnen, die du noch zeugst, wird man dann einige nehmen, damit sie Kämmerlinge im Palast des Babelkönigs werden."

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 Da sprach Ezechias zu Isaias. "Das Herrnwort, das du angekündigt hast, ist recht." Dann sprach er. "Ein dauerhafter Friede herrsche noch in meinen Tagen!"

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.”