1In tempore illo misit Merodach Baladan,At that time, Merodach Baladan,filius Baladan,the son of Baladan,rex Babylonis,the king of Babylon,libros et munera ad Ezechiam:sent letters and gifts to Hezekiah.audierat enim quod ægrotasset et convaluisset.For he had heard that he had fallen ill and had recovered.
2Lætatus est autem super eis Ezechias, et ostendit eis cellam aromatum,And Hezekiah rejoiced over them, and he showed them the storehouses of his aromatic spices,et argenti, et auri,and of the silver and gold,et odoramentorum, et unguenti optimi,and of the perfumes and precious ointments,et omnes apothecas supellectilis suæ,and all the repositories for his belongings,et universa quæ inventa sunt in thesauris ejus.and all the things that were found in his treasures.Non fuit verbum quod non ostenderet eis Ezechias in domo sua,There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion,et in omni potestate sua.that Hezekiah did not show them.
3Introivit autem Isaias propheta ad Ezechiam regem,Then Isaiah the prophet entered before king Hezekiah,et dixit ei:and he said to him,Quid dixerunt viri isti,“What did these men say,et unde venerunt ad te?and from where did they come to you?”Et dixit Ezechias:And Hezekiah said,De terra longinqua venerunt ad me,“They came to me from a far away land,de Babylone.from Babylon.”
4Et dixit:And he said,Quid viderunt in domo tua?“What did they see in your house?”Et dixit Ezechias:And Hezekiah said:Omnia quæ in domo mea sunt viderunt;“They have seen all the things that are in my house.non fuit res quam non ostenderim eis in thesauris meis.There was nothing that I did not show them among my treasures.”
5Et dixit Isaias ad Ezechiam:And Isaiah said to Hezekiah:Audi verbum Domini exercituum.“Hear the word of the Lord of hosts:
6Ecce dies venient, et auferentur omnia quæ in domo tua sunt,Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house,et quæ thesaurizaverunt patres tui usque ad diem hanc,and all that your fathers have stored up, even to this day,in Babylonem; non relinquetur quidquam,will be taken away to Babylon. There will be nothing left behind,dicit Dominus.says the Lord.
7Et de filiis tuis,And your children,qui exibunt de te,who will issue from you,quos genueris,whom you will produce,tollent,they will be taken away.et erunt eunuchi in palatio regis Babylonis.And they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
8Et dixit Ezechias ad Isaiam:And Hezekiah said to Isaiah,Bonum verbum Domini,“The word of the Lord which he has spoken is good.”quod locutus est.And he said,Et dixit:“But let there be peaceFiat tantum pax et veritas in diebus meis!and truth in my days.”