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OET (OET-LV) at_time the_that Mərʼ-dak he_sent Balʼₐdān the_son_of Balʼₐdān the_king_of Bāⱱel letters and_a_gift to Ḩizqiyyāh and_he/it_listened if/because_that he_had_been_sick and_he_was_strong.
OET (OET-RV) At that time, Babylonian King Marduk-Baladan (son of Baladan) sent messengers with letters and a gift to King Hizkiyah because he had heard that he’d been sick and then recovered.
Note 1 topic: writing-newevent
בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֡וא
(Some words not found in UHB: at,time the=that Shalah Mərʼ-dak -balʼādān son_of Balʼₐdān king Bāⱱel letters and,a_gift to/towards Ḩizqiyyāh and=he/it_listened that/for/because/then/when sick and,he_was_strong )
The author is using the time reference At that time to introduce a new event in the story. Use a word, phrase, or other method in your language that is natural for introducing a new event. Alternate translation: [And it happened]
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
שָׁלַ֡ח מְרֹדַ֣ךְ בַּ֠לְאֲדָן בֶּֽן־בַּלְאֲדָ֧ן מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֛ל סְפָרִ֥ים וּמִנְחָ֖ה אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ וַיִּשְׁמַ֕ע כִּ֥י חָלָ֖ה וַֽיֶּחֱזָֽק
(Some words not found in UHB: at,time the=that Shalah Mərʼ-dak -balʼādān son_of Balʼₐdān king Bāⱱel letters and,a_gift to/towards Ḩizqiyyāh and=he/it_listened that/for/because/then/when sick and,he_was_strong )
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [since Merodach-Baladan, the son of Baladan, the king of Babylon, had heard that Hezekiah was sick, he sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah]
Note 3 topic: translate-textvariants
מְרֹדַ֣ךְ בַּ֠לְאֲדָן
Mərʼ-dak (Some words not found in UHB: at,time the=that Shalah Mərʼ-dak -balʼādān son_of Balʼₐdān king Bāⱱel letters and,a_gift to/towards Ḩizqiyyāh and=he/it_listened that/for/because/then/when sick and,he_was_strong )
Some ancient manuscripts read “Merodach Baladan.” The ULT follows that reading. Other ancient manuscripts and the parallel passage in [2 Kings 20:12](../2ki/20/12.md) read “Berodach Baladan.” If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to use the reading that it uses. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to use the reading of the ULT.
Note 4 topic: translate-plural
סְפָרִ֥ים
letters
See how you translated the similar expression in [37:14](../37/14.md). Alternate translation: [a letter]
OET (OET-LV) at_time the_that Mərʼ-dak he_sent Balʼₐdān the_son_of Balʼₐdān the_king_of Bāⱱel letters and_a_gift to Ḩizqiyyāh and_he/it_listened if/because_that he_had_been_sick and_he_was_strong.
OET (OET-RV) At that time, Babylonian King Marduk-Baladan (son of Baladan) sent messengers with letters and a gift to King Hizkiyah because he had heard that he’d been sick and then recovered.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.