1希西家展示所有寶物(王下20:12~15。參代下32:27~31)那時,巴比倫王巴拉但的兒子米羅達.巴拉但,聽說希西家病了,又痊愈了,就派人送信和禮物給希西家。
1At that time, Merodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he heard that he had been sick, and had recovered.
2希西家就十分高興,並且把他的寶庫、銀子、金子、香料和貴重的油,以及他整個武器庫裡和他府庫裡的一切物件,都給使者們看;他家裡和他全國裡的東西,希西家沒有一樣不給他們看。
2Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, 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 didn’t show them.
3於是以賽亞先知來見希西家王,問他說:“這些人說了些甚麼?他們從哪裡來見你?”希西家說:“他們是從遠方的巴比倫來見我的。”
3Then Isaiah the prophet came to king Hezekiah, and asked him, “What did these men say? Where did they come from to you?” Hezekiah said, “They have come from a country far from me, even from Babylon.”
4以賽亞又問:“他們在你家裡看見了甚麼?”希西家回答:“我家中所有的,他們都看了;我的財寶中,沒有一樣不給他們看。”
4Then he asked, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.”
5以賽亞預言被擄(王下20:16~19)以賽亞對希西家說:“你要聽萬軍之耶和華的話。
5Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of Yahweh of Armies:
6看哪!日子必到,你家中所有的,以及你列祖所積蓄到今日的,都要被帶到巴比倫去,一樣也不留,這是耶和華說的。
6‘Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried to Babylon. Nothing will be left,’ says Yahweh.
7從你所出的眾子,就是你所生的,其中必有被擄去的,在巴比倫王宮裡作太監。”
7‘They will take away your sons who will issue from you, whom you shall father, and they will be eunuchs in the king of Babylon’s palace.’”
8希西家對以賽亞說:“你所說耶和華的話不錯呀!”因為他心裡想:“在我有生之日,必有平安和穩固。”
8Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “Yahweh’s word which you have spoken is good.” He said moreover, “For there will be peace and truth in my days.”