< Ἠσαΐας 39 >
1 Κατ' εκείνον τον καιρόν Μερωδάχ-βαλαδάν, ο υιός του Βαλαδάν, βασιλεύς της Βαβυλώνος, έστειλεν επιστολάς και δώρα προς τον Εζεκίαν, ακούσας ότι ηρρώστησε και ανέλαβε.
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 Και εχάρη δι' αυτά ο Εζεκίας και έδειξεν εις αυτούς τον οίκον των πολυτίμων πραγμάτων αυτού, τον άργυρον και τον χρυσόν και τα αρώματα και τα πολύτιμα μύρα και πάσαν την οπλοθήκην αυτού και παν ό, τι ευρίσκετο εν τοις θησαυροίς αυτού· δεν ήτο ουδέν εν τω οίκω αυτού ουδέ υπό πάσαν την εξουσίαν αυτού, το οποίον ο Εζεκίας δεν έδειξεν εις αυτούς.
[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 Τότε ήλθεν Ησαΐας ο προφήτης προς τον βασιλέα Εζεκίαν και είπε προς αυτόν, Τι λέγουσιν ούτοι οι άνθρωποι και πόθεν ήλθον προς σε; Και ο Εζεκίας είπεν, Από γης μακράς έρχονται προς εμέ, από Βαβυλώνος.
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 Ο δε είπε, Τι είδον εν τω οίκω σου; Και απεκρίθη ο Εζεκίας, Είδον παν ό, τι είναι εν τω οίκω μου· δεν είναι ουδέν εν τοις θησαυροίς μου, το οποίον δεν έδειξα εις αυτούς.
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 Τότε είπεν ο Ησαΐας προς τον Εζεκίαν, Άκουσον τον λόγον του Κυρίου των δυνάμεων.
Then I said to Hezekiah, “Listen to this message from the Commander of the armies of angels:
6 Ιδού, έρχονται ημέραι, καθ' ας παν ό, τι είναι εν τω οίκω σου και ό, τι οι πατέρες σου εναπεταμίευσαν μέχρι της ημέρας ταύτης, θέλει μετακομισθή εις την Βαβυλώνα· δεν θέλει μείνει ουδέν, λέγει Κύριος·
'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 και εκ των υιών σου, οίτινες θέλουσιν εξέλθει από σου, τους οποίους θέλεις γεννήσει, θέλουσι λάβει· και θέλουσι γείνει ευνούχοι εν τω παλατίω του βασιλέως της Βαβυλώνος.
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 Τότε είπεν ο Εζεκίας προς τον Ησαΐαν, Καλός ο λόγος του Κυρίου, τον οποίον ελάλησας. Είπεν έτι, Διότι θέλει είσθαι ειρήνη και ασφάλεια εν ταις ημέραις μου.
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.”