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| 1. | Kwasekusithi inkosi uHezekhiya isi ku zwile, yadabula izigqoko zayo, yazembesa ngelembu lesaka, yangena endlini ye Nkosi. |
| 2. | Yasithuma uEliyakhimi owayephezu kwendlu, loShebina umabhalane, labadala babapristi bembethe amalembu amasaka, kuIsaya umprofethi indodana kaAmozi. |
| 3. | Basebesithi kuye: Utsho njalo UHezekhiya: Lolusuku lusuku lohlupho lolokusolwa lolokweyiswa, ngoba abantwana sebefikile ekuzalweni, kanti akulamandla okubeletha. |
| 4. | Mhlawumbe i Nkosi, uNkulunkulu wakho, izawezwa amazwi kaRabi-Shake, onkosi yeAsiriya, inkosi yakhe, emthume ukuthuka uNkulunkulu ophilayo, lokusola ngamazwi i Nkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ewazwileyo. Ngakho phakamisa umkhuleko ngensali etholakeleyo. |
| 5. | Ngakho inceku zenkosi uHezekhiya zafika kuIsaya. |
| 6. | UIsaya wasesithi kuzo: Lizakutsho njalo enkosini yenu: Itsho njalo i Nkosi: Ungesabi amazwi owezwileyo, inceku zenkosi yeAsiriya ezingithuke ngawo. |
| 7. | Khangela, ngizafaka umoya kuyo, njalo izakuzwa ihungahunga, ibuyele elizweni layo; njalo ngizayenza ukuthi iwe ngenkemba elizweni layo. |
| 8. | URabi-Shake wasebuyela, wafica inkosi yeAsiriya isilwa imelene leLibhina; ngoba wayezwile ukuthi isisukile eLakishi. |
| 9. | Wasesizwa ngoTirihaka inkosi yeEtiyopiya kuthiwa: Uphumile uku za kulwa lawe. Esekuzwile wathuma izithunywa kuHezekhiya esithi: |
| 10. | Lizakhuluma kanje kuHezekhiya inkosi yakoJuda: UNkulunkulu wakho othembele kuye kangakukhohlisi esithi: IJerusalema kayiyikunikelwa esandleni senkosi yeAsiriya. |
| 11. | Khangela, wena usuzwile ukuthi amakhosi eAsiriya enzeni kuwo wonke amazwe ngokuwatshabalalisa. Wena-ke uzakhululwa yini? |
| 12. | Onkulunkulu bezizwe bazikhulula yini obaba abazichithayo, iGozani leHarani leRezefi, labantwana beEdeni ababeseTelasari? |
| 13. | Ingaphi inkosi yeHamathi, lenkosi yeArpadi, lenkosi yomuzi weSefavayimi, iHena, leIva? |
| 14. | UHezekhiya wasesemukela izincwadi esandleni sezithunywa, wazifunda, wasesenyukela endlini ye Nkosi, uHezekhiya wazichaya phambi kwe Nkosi. |
| 15. | UHezekhiya wasekhuleka e Nkosi ni, esithi: |
| 16. | Nkosi yamabandla, Nkulunkulu kaIsrayeli, ohlala phakathi kwamakherubi*, nguwe wedwa onguNkulunkulu wayo yonke imibuso yomhlaba; wena wenzile amazulu lomhlaba. |
| 17. | Thoba indlebe yakho, Nkosi, uzwe, vula amehlo akho, Nkosi, ubone; uzwe amazwi wonke kaSenakheribi awathumele ukuklolodela uNkulunkulu ophilayo. |
| 18. | Isibili, Nkosi, amakhosi eAsiriya achithile zonke izizwe lamazwe azo; |
| 19. | aphosela onkulunkulu bazo emlilweni, ngoba babengesibo onkulunkulu, kodwa umsebenzi wezandla zabantu, izigodo lamatshe; ngalokho bababhubhisa. |
| 20. | Ngakho-ke, Nkosi Nkulunkulu wethu, sisindise esandleni sakhe, ukuze yonke imibuso yomhlaba yazi ukuthi wena wedwa uyi Nkosi. |
| 21. | UIsaya indodana kaAmozi wasethumela kuHezekhiya, esithi: Itsho njalo I Nkosi, uNkulunkulu kaIsrayeli: Ngenxa yokuthi ukhuleke kimi ngoSenakheribi inkosi yeAsiriya, |
| 22. | leli yilizwi i Nkosi elikhulume ngaye: Intombi emsulwa, indodakazi yeZiyoni ikudelele, yakuklolodela; indodakazi yeJerusalema inikine ikhanda layo ngemva kwakho. |
| 23. | Uklolodele bani wamthuka? Uphakamisele bani ilizwi, waphakamisela amehlo akho phezulu? Umelene loNgcwele kaIsrayeli. |
| 24. | Uklolodele iNkosi ngesandla sezinceku zakho, wathi: Ngobunengi bezinqola zami mina ngenyukele endaweni ephakemeyo yezintaba, ezinhlangothini zeLebhanoni. Njalo ngizagamula imisedari yayo emide, ikhethelo lezihlahla zamafiri ayo, ngingene ekuphakameni kwemingcele yayo, igusu leKharmeli layo. |
| 25. | Mina ngigebhe, nganatha amanzi, langengaphansi yenyawo zami ngomisa yonke imifula yezindawo ezivinjelweyo. |
| 26. | Kawuzwanga yini endulo, ukuthi ngakwenza, ensukwini zendulo, ukuthi ngakubumba? Khathesi sengikwenze kwenzakala, ukuthi ube ngowokudiliza imizi evikelweyo ibe zinqumbi zamanxiwa. |
| 27. | Ngakho abahlali bayo babe babelesandla esifitshane, besaba babe lenhloni, baba njeng otshani beganga, lemibhida eluhlaza, utshani obuphezu kwezindlu, lamabele atshazwe engakakhuliyo. |
| 28. | Kodwa ngiyakwazi ukuhlala kwakho, lokuphuma kwakho, lokungena kwakho, lokungithukuthelela kwakho. |
| 29. | Ngoba ukungithukuthelela kwakho, lokuziqakisa kwakho kwenyukele endlebeni zami, ngakho ngizakufaka umkhala wami emakhaleni akho, letomu lami endebeni zakho, ngikubuyisele ngendlela oweza ngayo. |
| 30. | Lokhu kuzakuba yisibonakaliso kuwe; lonyaka uzakudla okuzikhulelayo; langomnyaka wesibili umkhukhuzela; kuthi ngomnyaka wesithathu lihlanyele, livune, lihlanyele izivini lidle izithelo zazo. |
| 31. | Lokuphephileyo kwendlu yakoJuda okuseleyo kuzaphinda kugxumeke impande phansi, kuthele izithelo phezulu. |
| 32. | Ngoba kuzaphuma eJerusalema insali, lokuphephileyo entabeni yeZiyoni. Ukutshiseka kwe Nkosi yamabandla kuzakwenza lokhu. |
| 33. | Ngakho itsho njalo i Nkosi ngenkosi yeAsiriya: Kayiyikungena kulumuzi, kayiyikutshoka umtshoko khona, kayiyikuza phambi kwawo ile sihlangu, kayiyikubuthelela idundulu maqondana lawo. |
| 34. | Ngendlela eyeza ngayo, ngayo izabuyela, kayiyikungena kulo umuzi, itsho i Nkosi. |
| 35. | Ngoba ngizawuvikela lumuzi ngiwusindise ngenxa yami, langenxa kaDavida inceku yami. |
| 36. | Khona kwaphuma ingilosi ye Nkosi, yatshaya enkambeni yamaAsiriya abazinkulungwane ezilikhulu lamatshumi ayisificaminwembili lanhlanu. Kwathi bevuka ekuseni kakhulu, khangela-ke, bonke babeyizidumbu ezifileyo. |
| 37. | Ngakho uSenakheribi inkosi yeAsiriya wasuka, wahamba ebuyela, wahlala eNineve. |
| 38. | Kwasekusithi ekhonza endlini kaNisiroki unkulunkulu wakhe, oAdrameleki loSharezeri amadodana akhe bamtshaya ngenkemba, bona baphephela elizweni leArarathi; uEsarihadoni indodana yakhe wasebusa esikhundleni sakhe. |
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