¹U to vrijeme posla babilonski kralj Merodak Baladan, sin Baladanov, pisma s darom Ezekiji, jer bijaše čuo da se razbolio i ozdravio.

¹At that time Merodach-Baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent a letter and a present to Hezekiah; for he had heard that he had been sick and had recovered.

²Ezekija se obradova tome i pokaza poslanicima svoju riznicu - srebro, zlato, miomirise i mirisavo ulje - svoju oružanu i sve što je bilo u skladištima. Nije bilo ničega u njegovu dvoru i u svemu njegovu gospodarstvu što im Ezekija nije pokazao.

²And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver and the gold, and the spices and the fine oil, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found amongst his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah did not shew them.

³Tada prorok Izaija dođe kralju Ezekiji i upita ga: "Što su rekli ti ljudi i odakle su došli k tebi?" Ezekija odgovori: "Došli su iz daleke zemlje, iz Babilona."

³Then came the prophet Isaiah to king Hezekiah, and said to him, What said these men? and from whence came they to thee? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country to me, from Babylon.

⁴Izaija upita dalje: "Što su vidjeli u tvojem dvoru?" Ezekija odgovori: "Vidjeli su sve što je u mojem dvoru; nema u mojim skladištima ničega što im nisam pokazao."

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

⁵Tad Izaija reče Ezekiji: "Čuj riječ Jahve nad Vojskama:

⁵And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah of hosts:

⁶'Evo dolaze dani kada će sve što je u tvojem dvoru, sve što su tvoji oci nakupili do danas, biti odneseno u Babilon. Ništa neće ostati,' kaže Jahve.

⁶Behold, days come when all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith Jehovah.

⁷'A od sinova koji poteku od tebe, koji ti se rode, neke će uzeti da budu uškopljeni dvorani babilonskoga kralja.'"

⁷And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.

⁸Ezekija odgovori Izaiji: "Povoljna je riječ koju ti je Jahve objavio." A mislio je: "Bit će barem mira i sigurnosti za moga života."

⁸And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of Jehovah which thou hast spoken. And he said, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.