1 Naquele tempo enviou Merodaque-Baladã, filho de Baladã, rei de babilônia, cartas e um presente a Ezequias, porque tinha ouvido dizer que havia estado doente e que já tinha convalescido.

2 E Ezequias se alegrou com eles, e lhes mostrou a casa do seu tesouro, a prata, e o ouro, e as especiarias, e os melhores ungüentos, e toda a sua casa de armas, e tudo quanto se achava nos seus tesouros; coisa nenhuma houve, nem em sua casa, nem em todo o seu domínio, que Ezequias não lhes mostrasse.

3 Então o profeta Isaías veio ao rei Ezequias, e lhe disse: Que foi que aqueles homens disseram, e de onde vieram a ti? E disse Ezequias: De uma terra remota vieram a mim, de babilônia.

4 E disse ele: Que foi que viram em tua casa? E disse Ezequias: Viram tudo quanto há em minha casa; coisa nenhuma há nos meus tesouros que eu deixasse de lhes mostrar.

5 Então disse Isaías a Ezequias: Ouve a palavra do Senhor dos Exércitos:

6 Eis que virão dias em que tudo quanto houver em tua casa, e o que entesouraram teus pais até ao dia de hoje, será levado para babilônia; não ficará coisa alguma, disse o SENHOR.

7 E até de teus filhos, que procederem de ti, e tu gerares, tomarão, para que sejam eunucos no palácio do rei de babilônia.

8 Então disse Ezequias a Isaías: Boa é a palavra do Senhor que disseste. Disse mais: Pois haverá paz e verdade em meus dias.

1 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.

2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and showed 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 armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not.

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

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

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

6 Behold, the days come, that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, said the LORD.

7 And of your sons that shall issue from you, which you shall beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which you have spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.