1V té době babylonský král Marduk-bal-adan, syn Bal-adanův, poslal Ezechiášovi list a dar, neboť slyšel o jeho nemoci a uzdravení.2Ezechiáš posly radostně přijal a ukázal jim celou svou klenotnici, stříbro, zlato, balzámy a výborný olej. Ukázal jim i celou zbrojnici a všechno, co se jen našlo v jeho pokladnicích. V celém jeho paláci a v celém jeho panství nebylo nic, co by jim Ezechiáš neukázal.3Pak za králem Ezechiášem přišel prorok Izaiáš a ptal se: „Co říkali ti muži? Odkud přišli?“ „Přišli z veliké dálky, až z Babylonu,“ odpověděl Ezechiáš.4„Co ve tvém paláci viděli?“ ptal se dál. „Viděli všechno, co v paláci mám,“ odvětil Ezechiáš. „Není nic, co bych jim ze svých pokladů neukázal.“5Izaiáš na to Ezechiášovi řekl: „Slyš slovo Hospodina zástupů:6Hle, přicházejí dny, kdy vše, co máš v paláci, všechno, co až dodnes nashromáždili tví předkové, bude odneseno do Babylonu. Nezůstane nic, praví Hospodin.7I tvoji synové, tví vlastní potomci, budou zajati a stanou se eunuchy v paláci babylonského krále!“8„Slovo Hospodinovo, které jsi řekl, je dobré,“ odpověděl Ezechiáš. Pomyslel si totiž: „Za mých dnů bude pokoj a bezpečí.“
1At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered. (2Kr 20,12; 2Pa 32,31)2And Hezekiah welcomed them gladly. And he showed them his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his whole armory, all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them. (2Kr 18,15; 2Pa 32,25)3Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say? And from where did they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “They have come to me from a far country, from Babylon.”4He said, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing in my storehouses that I did not show them.”5Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord of hosts:6Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says the Lord. (2Kr 24,13; 2Kr 25,13)7And some of your own sons, who will come from you, whom you will father, shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” (Da 1,2; Da 1,7)8Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “There will be peace and security in my days.” (2Pa 32,26)