Messengers from Babylonia
(2 Kings 20.12-19)1 About that same time the king of Babylonia, Merodach Baladan, son of Baladan, heard that King Hezekiah had been sick, so he sent him a letter and a present. 2 Hezekiah welcomed the messengers and showed them his wealth—his silver and gold, his spices and perfumes, and all his military equipment. There was nothing in his storerooms or anywhere in his kingdom that he did not show them. 3 Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did these messengers come from and what did they say to you?”
Hezekiah answered, “They came from a very distant country, from Babylonia.”
4 “What did they see in the palace?”
“They saw everything. There is nothing in the storerooms that I didn't show them.”
5 Isaiah then told the king, “The Lord Almighty says that 6 a time is coming when everything in your palace, everything that your ancestors have stored up to this day, will be carried off to Babylonia. Nothing will be left. 7 Some of your own direct descendants will be taken away and made eunuchs to serve in the palace of the king of Babylonia.”
8 King Hezekiah understood this to mean that there would be peace and security during his lifetime, so he replied, “The message you have given me from the Lord is good.”
Kiilaalu mennu bota Babiloni
(2 Mansoolu 20:12-19)1 Wo waatoo la, Babiloni mansa Merodaki-Baladani, Baladani dinkewo, ye kiilaalu kii, ka leetaroolu niŋ soorifeŋo samba naŋ Hesekiya ye. A ye a moyi le ko, Hesekiya kuuranta le nuŋ, a naata kendeyaa. 2 Hesekiya ye ì jiyaa. Bituŋ a ye a la naafulu maabodulaa muumewo yitandi kiilaalu ñinnu la: kodiforoo, sanoo, seerandi feŋolu, tulu foroo, a la kelejooraŋolu bee, aniŋ feŋo meŋ bee be a la maabori buŋolu kono. Feŋ te Hesekiya la mansasuwo kono, waraŋ a la bankoo bee kaŋ, a maŋ meŋ yitandi ì la.
3 Bituŋ Annabilayi Yesaya taata Mansa Hesekiya kaŋ, a ye a ñininkaa ko, “Wo kewolu ye muŋ ne fo? Ì bota naŋ mintoo le?” Hesekiya ye a jaabi ko, “Ì bota naŋ Babiloni bankoo le kaŋ, banku jamfariŋ baa le mu, ka naa jaŋ.” 4 Yesaya ye a ñininkaa ko, “Ì ye muŋ ne je i la mansasuwo kono?” Hesekiya ye a jaabi ko, “Ì ye feŋo bee le je meŋ be n na mansasuwo kono. Feŋ te n na maabori buŋolu kono, m maŋ meŋ yitandi ì la.”
5 Bituŋ Yesaya ko Hesekiya ye ko, “I lamoyi. Yaawe* Alihawaa Maariyo* ko, 6 waatoo be naa le, feŋo meŋ bee be i la mansasuwo kono, aniŋ i mumuñolu ye feŋo meŋ bee kafu ñoo ma ka naa bula bii la, ì be a taa la le ka a samba Babiloni bankoo kaŋ. Feŋ te tu la jee, Yaawe le ye a fo. 7 I faŋo dinkewo doolu, i ye mennu wuluu, ì be ì samba la le. Ì be ì seenee la le ka ke dookuulaalu ti Babiloni mansa la mansasuwo kono.” 8 Bituŋ Hesekiya ye ñiŋ fahaamu ko, ate la waatoo la, kayiroo niŋ yiriwaa be tara la keriŋ ne, a ko Yesaya ye ko, “I ye kibaaroo meŋ naati ko bo Yaawe bulu, a beteyaata le.”
