The king of Babylon sent legates, to visit king Ezechias, and congratulate his recovery of health. 2. He showeth them all his riches, 5. for which Isaie reprehendeth him: and prophesieth that the Babylonians will spoil Jerusalem.The king of Babylon sent legates, to visite king Ezechias, and congratulate his recouerie of health. 2. He sheweth them al his riches, 5. for which Isaie reprehendeth him : and prophecieth that the Babylonians wil spoile Ierusalem.✦
At that time Merodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters & gifts to Ezechias: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.AT THAT time Merodach Baladan the sonne of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters & giftes to Ezechias: for he had heard that he had bene sicke, and was recouered.✦In tempore illo misit Merodach Baladan, filius Baladan, rex Babylonis, libros et munera ad Ezechiam : audierat enim quod ægrotasset et convaluisset.
2And Ezechias rejoiced upon them, and he showed them the storehouse of aromatical spices, and of silver, and of gold, and of sweet odours, and of the best ointment, and all the storehouses of his supellectilis: household goods, fittings, and all things that were found in his treasures. There was not any thing, which Ezechias showed them not in his house, and in all his dominion.And Ezechias reioyced vpon them, and he shewed them the storehouse of aromatical spices, and of siluer, and of gold, and of sweete odours, and of the best oyntment, and al the storehouses of his furniture, and al thinges that were found in his treasures. There was not anie thing, which Ezechias shewed them not in his house, and in al his dominion.✦Lætatus est autem super eis Ezechias, et ostendit eis cellam aromatum, et argenti, et auri, et odoramentorum, et unguenti optimi, et omnes apothecas supellectilis suæ, et universa quæ inventa sunt in thesauris ejus. Non fuit verbum quod non ostenderet eis Ezechias in domo sua, et in omni potestate sua.
3But Isaie the prophet went in to Ezechias the king, and said to him: What said these men, and from whence came they to thee? And Ezechias said: From a far country they came to me, from Babylon.But Isaie the prophet went in to Ezechias the king, and said to him : What sayd these men, and from whence came they to thee? And Ezechias sayd : From a far countrie they came to me, from Babylon.Introivit autem Isaias propheta ad Ezechiam regem, et dixit ei : Quid dixerunt viri isti, et unde venerunt ad te ? Et dixit Ezechias : De terra longinqua venerunt ad me, de Babylone.
4And he said: What saw they in thy house? And Ezechias said all things that are in my house have they seen, there was not any thing, which I have not showed them in my treasures.And he sayd : What saw they in thy house? And Ezechias sayd al thinges that are in my house haue they sene, there was not anie thing, which I haue not shewed them in my treasures.Et dixit : Quid viderunt in domo tua ? Et dixit Ezechias : Omnia quæ in domo mea sunt viderunt ; non fuit res quam non ostenderim eis in thesauris meis.
5And Isaie said to Ezechias: Hear the word of the Lord of hosts.And Isaie sayd to Ezechias : Heare the word of the Lord of hostes.Et dixit Isaias ad Ezechiam : Audi verbum Domini exercituum.
6Behold the days shall come: and all things that are in thy house, and that thy fathers have laid up for treasure until this day, shall be taken away into Babylon: there shall not any thing be left, saith our Lord.Behold the daies shal come : and al thinges that are in thy house, and that thy fathers haue layd vp for treasure vntil this day, shal be taken away into Babylon: there shal not any thing be leaft, sayth our Lord.✦Ecce dies venient, et auferentur omnia quæ in domo tua sunt, et quæ thesaurizaverunt patres tui usque ad diem hanc, in Babylonem ; non relinquetur quidquam, dicit Dominus.
7And of thy children, which shall come forth of thee, whom thou shalt beget, they shall take away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.And of thy children, which shal come forth of thee, whom thou shalt beget, they shal take away, and they shal be eunuches in the palace of the king of Babylon.Et de filiis tuis, qui exibunt de te, quos genueris, tollent, et erunt eunuchi in palatio regis Babylonis.
8And Ezechias said to Isaie: The word of our Lord which he hath spoken is good. And he said: Only be there peace and truth in my days.And Ezechias sayd to Isaie: The word of our Lord which he hath spoken is good. And he said : Onlie be there peace and truth in my daies.✦Et dixit Ezechias ad Isaiam : Bonum verbum Domini, quod locutus est. Et dixit : Fiat tantum pax et veritas in diebus meis !
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.