Ishacyaah 39

1 Waagaas Merodag Baladaan oo ahaa ina Baladaan, oo boqorkii Baabuloon ahaa ayaa warqado iyo hadiyad Xisqiyaah u soo diray, waayo, wuxuu maqlay inuu bukay oo haddana bogsaday.

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 Oo Xisqiyaahna aad buu iyagii ugu farxay, oo wuxuu tusay gurigii ay yiilleen waxyaalihiisii qaaliga ahaa, kuwaasoo ahaa lacagtii, iyo dahabkii, iyo uunsigii, iyo saliiddii qaaliga ahayd, iyo gurigiisii hubka oo dhan, iyo kulli waxyaalihii khasnadihiisa ku jiray oo dhan. Oo Xisqiyaah wax uusan iyaga tusin laguma arag gurigiisa iyo dowladdiisa oo dhan.

[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 Markaasaa Nebi Ishacyaah u yimid Boqor Xisqiyaah, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, War nimankanu maxay yidhaahdeen? Xaggee bayse kaaga yimaadeen? Kolkaasaa Xisqiyaah yidhi, Waxay iiga yimaadeen dal fog, kaasoo ah Baabuloon.

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 Markaasuu ku yidhi, Maxay gurigaaga ku arkeen? Oo Xisqiyaah wuxuu ugu jawaabay, Way wada arkeen waxa gurigayga yaal oo dhan, oo khasnadahayga kuma jiraan wax aanan tusin.

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 Kolkaasaa Ishacyaah wuxuu Xisqiyaah ku yidhi, Haddaba bal maqal erayga Rabbiga ciidammada.

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

6 Bal eeg, waxaa iman doona maalmaha waxa gurigaaga yaal oo dhan iyo wixii ay awowayaashaa ilaa maantadan kaydiyeen Baabuloon loo qaadan doono. Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Waxba ma hadhi doonaan.

'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 Wiilashaada kaa soo bixi doona, oo aad dhali doontana waa la kaxaysan doonaa, oo iyana waxay ahaan doonaan bohommo jooga daarta boqorka Baabuloon.

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 Markaasaa Xisqiyaah wuxuu Ishacyaah ku yidhi, Erayga Rabbiga oo aad ku hadashay waa wanaagsan yahay. Oo weliba wuxuu kaloo yidhi, Waayo, waxaa jiri doona nabad iyo run intaan noolahay.

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.”