Jesaja 39

1 Vid samma tid sände Merodak-Baladan, Baladans son, konungen i Babel, brev och skänker till Hiskia; och han fick höra, att denne hade varit sjuk, men blivit återställd.

At that time Marodach Baladan, the son of Baladan, the king of Babylonia, sent letters and ambassadors and gifts to Ezekias: for he had heard that he had been sick [even] to death, and was recovered.

2 Och Hiskia gladde sig över deras ankomst och visade dem sitt förrådshus, sitt silver och guld, sina välluktande kryddor och sina dyrbara oljor och hela sitt tyghus och allt vad som fanns i hans skattkamrar. Intet fanns i Hiskias hus eller eljest i hans ägo, som han icke visade dem.

And Ezekias was glad of their coming, and he showed them the house of [his] spices, and of silver, and gold, and myrrh, and incense, and ointment, and all the houses of his treasures, and all that he had in his stores: and there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, which Ezekias did not show.

3 Men profeten Jesaja kom till konung Hiskia och sade till honom: "Vad hava dessa män sagt, och varifrån hava de kommit till dig?" Hiskia svarade: "De hava kommit till mig ifrån fjärran land, ifrån Babel."

And Esaias the prophet came to king Ezekias, and said to him, What say these men? and whence came they to you? and Ezekias said, They are come to me from a land afar off, from Babylon.

4 Han sade vidare: "Vad hava de sett i ditt hus?" Hiskia svarade: "Allt som är i mitt hus hava de sett: intet finnes i mina skattkamrar, som jag icke har visat dem."

And Esaias said, What have they seen in your house? and Ezekias said, They have seen everything in my house; and there is nothing in my house which they have not seen: yes, also the [possessions] in my treasuries.

5 Då sade Jesaja till Hiskia: "Hör HERREN Sebaots ord:

And Esaias said to him, Hear the word of the Lord of hosts:

6 Se, dagar skola komma, då allt som finnes i ditt hus och som dina fäder hava samlat ända till denna dag skall föras bort till Babel; intet skall bliva kvar, säger HERREN.

Behold, the days come, when they shall take all the [things that are] in your house, and all that your fathers have gathered until this day, shall go to Babylon; and they shall not leave anything at all: and God has said,

7 Och söner till dig, de som skola utgå av dig och som du skall föda, dem skall man taga, och de skola bliva hovtjänare i den babyloniske konungens palats."

that they shall take also of your children whom you shall beget; and they shall make them eunuchs in the house of the king of the Babylonians.

8 Hiskia sade till Jesaja: "Gott är det HERRENS ord, som du har talat." Och han sade ytterligare: "Frid och trygghet skola ju få råda i min tid."

And Ezekias said to Esaias, Good is the word of the Lord, which he has spoken: let there, I pray, be peace and righteousness in my days.