Isaías 39

1 En aquel tiempo Merodac-Baladán, hijo de Baladán, rey de Babilonia, al saber que Ezequías estuvo enfermo y fue restablecido, le envió cartas y un presente.

At the same time Merodach-baladan, son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, because he had heard that Hezekiah was sick and had recovered.

2 Ezequías se alegró con ellos. Les mostró la tesorería, la plata y el oro, las especias y los ungüentos aromáticos, toda su casa de armas y todo lo que se encontraba entre sus tesoros. No hubo algo en su palacio ni en sus dominios que Ezequías no les mostrara.

Hezekiah happily welcomed the visitors and showed them what he had in his treasury—all the silver, the gold, the spices, and the expensive oils. He also showed them his whole armory and all that he had in his storehouses. In fact there wasn't anything in his palace or in the whole of his kingdom that Hezekiah didn't show them.

3 Entonces el profeta Isaías fue al rey Ezequías y le preguntó: ¿Qué dijeron aquellos hombres y de dónde vienen a visitarte? Ezequías respondió: De una tierra lejana vinieron a visitarme, de Babilonia.

Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did those men come from, and what did they tell you?” “They came to see me from a long way away, from Babylon,” Hezekiah replied.

4 Isaías le preguntó: ¿Qué vieron en tu palacio? Y Ezequías respondió: Vieron todo cuanto hay en mi palacio. Nada hay entre mis tesoros que no les mostré.

“What did they see in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They saw everything in my palace,” replied Hezekiah. “There wasn't anything in all my storehouses I didn't show them.”

5 Entonces Isaías dijo a Ezequías: Escucha la Palabra de Yavé de las huestes:

Isaiah told Hezekiah, “Listen to what the Lord says:

6 Mira, vienen días cuando todo lo que hay en tu palacio, cuanto tus antepasados atesoraron hasta hoy, será llevado a Babilonia. Nada quedará, dice Yavé.

You can be certain that the time is coming when everything in your palace, and everything that your forefathers have saved up until now, will be taken away to Babylon. There will be nothing left, says the Lord.

7 Tomarán de los hijos que descienden de ti, a quienes tú engendraste, para que sean oficiales en el palacio del rey de Babilonia.

Some of your sons, your own offspring, will be taken to serve as eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

8 Entonces Ezequías dijo a Isaías: La Palabra de Yavé que hablaste es buena. Porque pensó: Habrá paz y seguridad en mis días.

Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The message from the Lord that you have told me is fine.” For he said to himself, “There'll definitely be peace and safety in my lifetime.”