Isaya 39

1 Katika mda ule Merodaki mtoto wa Baladani, mfalme wa Babeli, alituma zawadi na barua kwa Hezekia; maana alisikia Hezekia alikuwa anaumwa na amepona.

At that time Merodach Baladan, the son of Baladan king of Babylon, sent letters and presents to Ezechias: for he had heard that he had been sick and was recovered.

2 Hezekia alifurahishwa na hivi vitu; alimuonyesha mjumbe nyumba ya ghala la vitu vya thamani- vitu kama fedha, dhahabu, viungo, na mafuta ya thamani, ghala la kuwekea silaha zake, na vitu vyote vilivyopatikana kwenye stoo yake. Hapakuwa na kitu katika nyumba yake, wala ufalme wake wote, Hezekia hakuwaonyesha wao.

And Ezechias rejoiced at their coming, and he shewed them the storehouses of his aromatical spices, and of the silver, and of the gold, and of the sweet odours, and of the precious ointment, and all the storehouses of his furniture, and all things that were found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion that Ezechias shewed them not.

3 Basi Isaya nabii alikuja kwa mfalme Hezekia na kumuuliza, ''Je watu hawa wamekuambia nini? wametoka wapi?, ''Wamekuja kwangu kutoka mbali nchi ya Babeli.''

Then Isaias the prophet came to king Ezechias, and said to him: What said these men, and from whence came they to thee? And Ezechias said: From a far country they came to me, from Babylon.

4 Isaya akamuuliza je ni vitu gani walivyoviona katika nyumba yako? Hezekia akajibu, ''Wameona kila kitu katika nyumba nyangu. Hakuna kitu miongoni mwa vitu vyangu vya thamani ambavyo sijawaonyesha.''

And he said: What saw they in thy house? And Ezechias said: All things that are in my house have they seen, there was not any thing which I have not shewn them in my treasures.

5 Basi Isaya akamwambia Hezekia, ''Sikiliza neno la Yahwe wa majeshi:

And Isaias said to Ezechias: Rear the word of the Lord of hosts.

6 'Tazama siku inakaribia kuja pale kila kitu katika nyumba yako, vitu ambavyo mababu zako wamevihifadhi mbali mpaka mda huu wa sasa Vitapelekwa Babeli. Hakuna kitakachobakizwa, asema Yahwe.

Behold the days shall come, that all that is in thy house, and that thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried away into Babylon: there shall not any thing be left, saith the Lord.

7 Na watoto watazaliwa kutoka kwako, ambao wewe mwenyewe utawazaa- watachukuliwa mbali, na watakuwa matoashi katika jumba la mfalme wa Babeli.''

And of thy children, that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, they shall take away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

8 Basi Hezekia akamwambia Isaya, ''Neno la Yahwe alilolizunumza ni zuri.'' Maana alifikiria, ''Patakuwa na amani na utulivu katika siku zangu.''

And Ezechias said to Isaias: The word of the Lord, which he hath spoken, is good. And he said: Only let peace and truth be in my days.