Isaías 39

Ka Pōwhiritia ngā Karere mai i Papurōna

1 I taua wā ka tukua mai he pukapuka me tētahi hākari ki a Hetekia e Meroraka Pararana, tama a Pararana kīngi o Papurōna; i rongo hoki i te mate ia, ā, kua ora. 2 Ā, koa tonu a Hetekia ki a rātou, whakakitea ana e ia ki a rātou te whare o āna mea papai, te hiriwa, te kōura, ngā kīnaki kakara, te hinu pai, me te whare katoa o āna mea mō te whawhai, me ngā mea katoa i rokohanga ki roto ki ōna taonga; kāhore tētahi mea o tōna whare, o tōna kīngitanga katoa, i kore te whakakitea e Hetekia ki a rātou.

3 Kātahi a Ihāia poropiti ka haere ki a Kīngi Hetekia, ka mea ki a ia, "I pēhea mai ēnei tāngata? I haere mai hoki rātou i hea ki a koe?"

Anō rā ko Hetekia, "I haere mai rātou ki ahau, i te whenua hoi, i Papurōna."

4 Anō rā ko tērā, "Ko ēhea mea i kitea e rātou i roto i tōu whare?"

Ka mea a Hetekia, "Kua kitea e rātou ngā mea katoa i tōku whare. Kāhore tētahi mea i roto i ōku taonga i kore te whakakitea e ahau ki a rātou."

5 Nā, ka mea a Ihāia ki a Hetekia, "Whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowā o ngā mano: 6 Nanā, kei te haere mai ngā rā e kawea ai ki Papurōna ngā mea katoa o tōu whare, me ngā mea kua rongoātia nei e ōu mātua ā taea noatia tēnei rā. E kore tētahi mea e mahue, e ai tā Ihowā. 7 Ka tangohia anō e rātou ētahi o āu tama e puta mai i a koe, e whānau nei māu, ā, hei unaka rātou ki te whare o te kīngi o Papurōna."

8 Anō rā ko Hetekia ki a Ihāia, "Pai tonu te kupu a Ihowā i kōrerotia nā e koe." I mea hoki ia, "Ka mau hoki te rongo me te pono i ōku rā."

1 At 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 was recovered. 2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and 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 showed them not. 3 Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon. 4 Then said he, What have they seen in thy house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them. 5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah of hosts: 6 Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith Jehovah. 7 And 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. 8 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of Jehovah which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.