1 Ved den Tid sendte Bal'adans Søn, Kong Merodak-Bal'adan af Babel, Brev og Gave til Ezekias, da han hørte, at han havde været syg, men var blevet rask.

1 At that time Merodach-baladan 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 Og Ezekias glædede sig over deres Komme og viste dem Huset, hvor han havde sine Skatte, Sølvet og Guldet, Røgelsestofferne, den fine Olie, hele sit Våbenoplag og alt, hvad der var i hans Skatkamre; der var ikke den Ting i hans Hus og hele hans Rige, som Ezekias ikke viste dem.

2 Hezekiah was pleased, and showed them all his treasure house, the silver and the gold and the spices and the precious oil and his whole armory and all that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.

3 Da kom Profeten Esajas til Kong Ezekias og sagde til ham: "Hvad sagde disse Mænd, og hvorfra kom de til dig?" Ezekias svarede: "De kom fra et fjernt Land, fra Babel."

3 Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where have they come to you?” And Hezekiah said, “They have come to me from a far country, from Babylon.”

4 Da spurgte han: "Hvad fik de at se i dit Hus?" Ezekias svarede: "Alt, hvad der er i mit Hus, så de; der er ikke den Ting i mine Skatkamre, jeg ikke viste dem."

4 He said, “What have they seen in your house?” So Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasuries that I have not shown them.”

5 Da sagde Esajas til Ezekias: "Hør Hærskarers HERREs Ord!

5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord of hosts,

6 Se, Dage skal komme, da alt, hvad der er i dit Hus, og hvad dine Fædre har samlet indtil denne Dag, skal bringes til Babel og intet lades tilbage, siger HERREN.

6 ‘Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house and all that your fathers have laid up in store to this day will be carried to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the Lord.

7 Og af dine Sønner, der nedstammer fra dig, og som du avler, skal nogle tages og gøres til Hofmænd i Babels Konges Palads!"

7 ‘And some of your sons who will issue from you, whom you will beget, will be taken away, and they will become officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”

8 Men Ezekias sagde til Esajas: "det Ord fra HERREN, du har talt, er godt!" Thi han tænkte: "Så bliver der da Fred og Tryghed, så længe jeg lever!" 

8 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “For there will be peace and truth in my days.”

Det Nye Testamente 1907. Det Gamle Testamente 1931

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