Isaías 39

1 En aquel tiempo, Merodac-baladán, hijo de Baladán, rey de Babilonia, envió cartas y un regalo a Ezequías, pues se enteró de que había estado enfermo y se había recuperado.

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 Ezequías se alegró de ellos, y les mostró la casa de sus cosas preciosas, la plata, el oro, las especias y el aceite precioso, y toda la casa de su armadura, y todo lo que se encontraba en sus tesoros. No había nada en su casa, ni en todo su dominio, que Ezequías no les mostrara.

[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 Entonces el profeta Isaías se acercó al rey Ezequías y le preguntó: “¿Qué han dicho estos hombres? ¿De dónde vinieron a ti?” Ezequías dijo: “Han venido de un país lejano a mí, incluso de Babilonia”.

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 Entonces preguntó: “¿Qué han visto en tu casa?” Ezequías respondió: “Han visto todo lo que hay en mi casa. No hay nada entre mis tesoros que no les haya 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 Entonces Isaías dijo a Ezequías: “Escucha la palabra de Yahvé de los Ejércitos:

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

6 ‘He aquí que vienen días en que todo lo que hay en tu casa, y lo que tus padres han almacenado hasta hoy, será llevado a Babilonia. No quedará nada’, dice el Señor.

'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 ‘Se llevarán a tus hijos que saldrán de ti, a los que engendrarás, y serán eunucos en el palacio del rey de Babilonia’”.

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 Entonces Ezequías dijo a Isaías: “La palabra de Yahvé que has dicho es buena”. Dijo además: “Porque habrá paz y verdad en mis días”.

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.”