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Ang mga Mensahero Halin sa Babilonia

39 Sang sadto nga tion, ang hari sang Babilonia nga si Merodac Baladan, nga anak ni Baladan, nakabalita nga nag-ayo na si Hezekia sa iya sakit. Gani nagpadala siya sang mga sulat kag regalo kay Hezekia paagi sa mga mensahero. Gin-abiabi ni Hezekia ang mga mensahero kag ginpakita niya sa ila ang mga butang sa iya talaguan sang manggad—ang mga pilak, mga bulawan, mga panakot, mga maayo nga klase sang lana, ang iya mga armas, kag ang iban pa niya nga mga manggad. Wala sing bisan ano nga ara sa iya palasyo ukon ginharian nga wala niya ginpakita sa ila.

Karon, nagkadto si Propeta Isaias kay Haring Hezekia kag nagpamangkot, “Diin bala naghalin ina nga mga tawo, kag ano ang ila kinahanglan?” Nagsabat si Hezekia, “Halin sila sa malayo nga lugar, sa Babilonia.” Nagpamangkot pa gid ang propeta, “Ano ang ila nakita sa imo palasyo?” Nagsabat si Hezekia, “Nakita nila ang tanan sa akon palasyo. Wala gid sing bisan ano sa akon manggad nga wala ko ginpakita sa ila.” Dayon nagsiling si Isaias kay Hezekia, “Pamatii ining mensahi sang Ginoo nga Makagagahom: Magaabot gid ang tion nga dal-on sa Babilonia ang tanan nga pagkabutang sa imo palasyo, ang tanan nga natipon sang imo mga katigulangan nga ara pa hasta subong. Wala gid sing may mabilin, siling sang Ginoo. Kag ang iban sa imo palaabuton nga mga kaliwat, pagabihagon kag mangin mga alagad sila sa palasyo sang hari sang Babilonia.” Naghunahuna si Hezekia nga indi ina matabo sa iya tiyempo kundi may kalinong kag wala sing katalagman samtang buhi pa siya. Gani nagsiling siya kay Isaias, “Maayo inang mensahi sang Ginoo nga ginhambal mo sa akon.”

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.