Livre d'Isaïe 39

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 En ce temps-là, Mérodak-Baladan, fils de Baladan, roi de Babylone, envoya des lettres et un présent àEzéchias, car il avait appris sa maladie et son rétablissement.	1 At that time, Merodach Baladan, the son of Baladan, the king of Babylon, sent letters and gifts to Hezekiah. For he had heard that he had fallen ill and had recovered.
2 Ezéchias s'en réjouit et il montra aux messagers sa chambre du trésor, l'argent, l'or, les aromates,l'huile précieuse ainsi que son arsenal et tout ce qui se trouvait dans ses magasins. Il n'y eut rien qu'Ezéchias neleur montrât dans son palais et dans tout son domaine.	2 And Hezekiah rejoiced over them, and he showed them the storehouses of his aromatic spices, and of the silver and gold, and of the perfumes and precious ointments, and all the repositories for his belongings, and all the things that were found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah did not show them.
3 Alors le prophète Isaïe vint trouver le roi Ezéchias et lui demanda: "Qu'ont dit ces gens-là, et d'oùsont-ils venus chez toi?" Ezéchias répondit: "Ils sont venus d'un pays lointain, de Babylone."	3 Then Isaiah the prophet entered before king Hezekiah, and he said to him, “What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?” And Hezekiah said, “They came to me from a far away land, from Babylon.”
4 Isaïe reprit: "Qu'ont-ils vu dans ton palais?" Ezéchias répondit: "Ils ont vu tout ce qu'il y a dans monpalais: il n'y a dans mes magasins rien que je ne leur aie montré."	4 And he said, “What did they see in your house?” And Hezekiah said: “They have seen all the things that are in my house. There was nothing that I did not show them among my treasures.”
5 Alors Isaïe dit à Ezéchias: "Ecoute la parole de Yahvé Sabaot!	5 And Isaiah said to Hezekiah: “Hear the word of the Lord of hosts:
6 Des jours viennent où tout ce qui est dans ton palais, tout ce qu'ont amassé tes pères jusqu'à ce jour,sera emporté à Babylone. Rien ne sera laissé, dit Yahvé.	6 Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and all that your fathers have stored up, even to this day, will be taken away to Babylon. There will be nothing left behind, says the Lord.
7 Parmi les fils issus de toi, ceux que tu as engendrés, on en prendra pour être eunuques dans le palaisdu roi de Babylone."	7 And your children, who will issue from you, whom you will produce, they will be taken away. And they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
8 Ezéchias dit à Isaïe: "C'est une parole favorable de Yahvé que tu annonces." Il pensait en effet: "Il yaura paix et sûreté ma vie durant."	8 And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord which he has spoken is good.” And he said, “But let there be peace and truth in my days.”