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Wakati huo Merodaki-baladani, mwana wa Baladani, mfalme wa Babeli, alipeleka barua na zawadi kwa Hezekia; kwa maana amepata habari kwamba amekuwa hawezi, na kwamba amepona.
At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness and recovery.
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Hezekia akawafurahia, akawaonyesha nyumba yake yenye vitu vyake vya thamani, fedha na dhahabu, na manukato, na marhamu ya thamani, na nyumba yote yenye silaha zake za vita, na vitu vyote vilivyoonekana katika hazina zake; hapakuwa na kitu nyumbani mwake wala katika ufalme wake asichowaonyesha.
And Hezekiah welcomed the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his entire armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
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Ndipo Isaya nabii akamwendea mfalme Hezekia, akamwambia, Watu hawa walisema nini? Nao wametoka wapi kuja kwako? Hezekia akasema, Wametoka katika nchi iliyo mbali, wakaja kwangu toka Babeli.
Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came to me from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”
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Ndipo akasema, Wameona nini katika nyumba yako? Hezekia akajibu, Wameviona vitu vyote vilivyomo nyumbani mwangu; hapana kitu katika hazina zangu nisichowaonyesha.
“What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”
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Ndipo Isaya akamwambia Hezekia, Basi, lisikie neno la Bwana wa majeshi.
Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD of Hosts:
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Tazama, siku zinakuja, ambazo vitu vyote vilivyomo nyumbani mwako, na hivyo vilivyowekwa akiba na baba zako hata leo, vitachukuliwa mpaka Babeli; hapana kitu cho chote kitakachosalia; asema Bwana.
The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
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Na baadhi ya wana wako utakaowazaa, watakaotoka kwako, watawachukulia mbali; nao watakuwa matowashi katika jumba la mfalme wa Babeli.
And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
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Ndipo Hezekia akamwambia Isaya, Neno la Bwana ulilolinena ni jema. Tena akamwambia, Maana itakuwapo amani na kweli katika siku zangu mimi.
But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”