اشعیا 39

۱ 1 در آن زمان مرودک بلدان بن بلدان پادشاه بابل مکتوبی و هدیه‌ای نزدحزقیا فرستاد زیرا شنیده بود که بیمار شده وصحت یافته است.

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.

۲ 2 و حزقیا از ایشان مسرورشده، خانه خزاین خود را از نقره و طلا و عطریات و روغن معطر و تمام خانه اسلحه خویش و هرچه را که در خزاین او یافت می‌شد به ایشان نشان دادو در خانه‌اش و در تمامی مملکتش چیزی نبودکه حزقیا آن را به ایشان نشان نداد.

[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].

۳ 3 پس اشعیانبی نزد حزقیا پادشاه آمده، وی را گفت: «این مردمان چه گفتند و نزد تو از کجا آمدند؟» حزقیاگفت: «از جای دور یعنی از بابل نزد من آمدند.»

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.”

۴ 4 او گفت: «در خانه تو چه دیدند؟» حزقیا گفت: «هرچه در خانه من است دیدند و چیزی درخزاین من نیست که به ایشان نشان ندادم.»

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.”

۵ 5 پس اشعیا به حزقیا گفت: «کلام یهوه صبایوت را بشنو:

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

۶ 6 اینک روزها می‌آید که هرچه در خانه تو است و آنچه پدرانت تا امروز ذخیره کرده‌اند به بابل برده خواهد شد. و خداوندمی گوید که چیزی از آنها باقی نخواهد ماند.

'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.

۷ 7 وبعضی از پسرانت را که از تو پدید آیند و ایشان راتولید نمایی خواهند گرفت و در قصر پادشاه بابل خواجه‌سرا خواهند شد.»

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.'”

۸ 8 حزقیا به اشعیا گفت: «کلام خداوند که گفتی نیکو است و دیگر گفت: هرآینه در ایام من سلامتی و امان خواهد بود.»

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.”