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39 Në atë kohë Merodak-Baladani, bir i Baladanit, mbre ti Babilonisë, i dërgoi letra dhe një dhuratë Ezekias, sepse kishte dëgjuar që ai kishte qenë i sëmurë dhe ishte shëruar.

Ezekia u gëzua dhe u tregoi të dërguarve shtëpinë e thesaret të tij, argjendin, arin, aromat, melhemin e çmuar, tërë arsenalin e tij dhe të gjitha ato që ndodheshin në thesaret e tij; nuk mbeti asgjë nga pallati i tij dhe nga e gjithë mbretëria që Ezekia nuk ua tregoi atyre.

Atëherë profeti Isaia erdhi te mbreti Ezekia dhe i tha: "Çfarë thanë ata njerëz dhe nga kanë ardhur te ti?". Ezekia u përgjigj: "Kanë ardhur tek unë nga një vend i largët, nga Babilonia".

Isaia pyeti akoma: "Çfarë panë në pallatin tënd?". Ezekia u përgjigj: Panë gjithçka që ndodhet në pallatin tim; nuk mbeti asgjë nga thesaret ee mia që nuk ua tregova atyre.

Atëherë Isaia i tha Ezekias: "Dëgjo fjalën e Zotit të ushtrive:

Ja, do të vijnë ditë në të cilat gjithçka që ndodhet në pallatin tënd dhe ato që etërit e tu kanë grumbulluar deri më sot do të mbarten në Babiloni; nuk do të mbetet asgjë, thotë Zoti.

Do të marrin gjithashtu bijtë që kanë dalë prej teje dhe që janë lindur nga ti, do t’i bëjnë eunukë në pallatin e mbretit të Babilonisë".

Ezekia i tha pastaj Isaias: "Fjala e Zotit që ti shqiptove është e mirë". Pastaj shtoi: "Do të ketë të paktën paqe dhe siguri gjatë jetës sime".

Envoys From Babylon(A)

39 At that time Marduk-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon(B) sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of his illness and recovery. Hezekiah received the envoys(C) gladly and showed them what was in his storehouses—the silver, the gold,(D) the spices, the fine olive oil—his entire armory and everything found among his treasures.(E) There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.

Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked, “What did those men say, and where did they come from?”

“From a distant land,(F)” Hezekiah replied. “They came to me from Babylon.”

The prophet asked, “What did they see in your palace?”

“They saw everything in my palace,” Hezekiah said. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”

Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word(G) of the Lord Almighty: The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your predecessors have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon.(H) Nothing will be left, says the Lord. And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.(I)

“The word of the Lord you have spoken is good,(J)” Hezekiah replied. For he thought, “There will be peace and security in my lifetime.(K)

39 At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.

And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon.

Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord of hosts:

Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.

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

Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.