Isaías 39

1 Naquele tempo, Merodaque-Baladã, filho de Baladã, rei da Babilônia, enviou [mensageiros com] cartas e um presente a Ezequias, porque tinha ouvido que ele havia ficado doente e já tinha se curado.

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 E Ezequias se alegrou com eles, e lhes mostrou a casa de teu tesouro, a prata, o ouro, as especiarias, os melhores óleos, e toda a sua casa de armas, e tudo quanto se achou em seus tesouros; coisa nenhuma houve, nem em sua casa, nem em todo o seu domínio, que Ezequias não lhes mostrasse.

[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 Então o profeta Isaías veio ao rei Ezequias, e lhe disse: O que aqueles homens disseram? E de onde eles vieram a ti? E Ezequias disse: Eles vieram a mim de uma terra distante, da Babilônia.

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 E ele lhe disse: O que viram em tua casa? E Ezequias disse: Eles viram tudo quanto há em minha casa; coisa nenhuma há em meus tesouros que eu não tenha lhes mostrado.

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 Então Isaías disse a Ezequias: Ouve a palavra do SENHOR dos exércitos:

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

6 Eis que vem dias em que tudo quanto houver em tua casa, e que teus pais acumularam até o dia de hoje, será levado à Babilônia; nada restará, diz o SENHOR.

'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 E [até] de teus filhos, que procederem de ti, e tu gerares, tomarão; e eles serão eunucos no palácio do rei da Babilônia.

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 Então Ezequias disse a Isaías: Boa é a palavra do SENHOR que falaste. Disse também: Pois haverá paz e segurança em meus dias.

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.”