Ukugula kukaHezekiya nokufa kwakhe
1Ngalezozinsuku uHezekiya wagula, wayephansi kokufa. Kwafika kuye uIsaya umprofethi, indodana ka-Amose, wathi kuye: Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: Yalela indlu yakho, ngokuba uyakufa, awuyikusinda.
2Wayesephendulela ubuso bakhe odongeni, wakhuleka kuJehova, wathi:
3Ngiyacela, Jehova: ake ukhumbule ukuthi ngihambile phambi kwakho ngeqiniso nangenhliziyo epheleleyo, ngenzile okuhle emehlweni akho. Wayesekhala uHezekiya ngokukhala okukhulu.
4Kwathi uIsaya engakaphumi emzini ongaphakathi, izwi likaJehova lafika kuye, lathi:
5Buya, uthi kuHezekiya umholi wabantu bami: Usho kanje uJehova uNkulunkulu kaDavide uyihlo, uthi: Ngizwile umkhuleko wakho, ngibonile izinyembezi zakho; bheka, ngiyakukuphilisa; ngosuku lwesithathu uyakwenyukela endlini kaJehova.
6Ngiyakwenezela ezinsukwini zakho iminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu, ngikophule wena nalomuzi esandleni senkosi yaseAsiriya; ngiyakuwuvikela lomuzi ngenxa yami nangenxa yenceku yami uDavide.
7Wathi uIsaya: Landani isigaxa samakhiwane. Basilanda, basibeka ethumbeni, wasinda.
8Wayesethi uHezekiya kuIsaya: Siyakuba-yini isibonakaliso sokuthi uJehova uyangiphilisa nokuthi ngiyakwenyukela endlini kaJehova ngosuku lwesithathu na?
9Wathi uIsaya: Lesi siyakuba-yisibonakaliso kuwe esivela kuJehova sokuthi uJehova uyakukwenza lokho akukhulumileyo: isithunzi siyakuya phambili izinyathelo eziyishumi, noma siyakubuya izinyathelo eziyishumi na?
10UHezekiya wathi: Kulula kuso isithunzi ukuba selule izinyathelo eziyishumi; qha, isithunzi masibuye izinyathelo eziyishumi.
11UIsaya umprofethi wakhala kuJehova, wasibuyisa isithunzi izinyathelo eziyishumi ebesizehlile ezinyathelweni zika-Ahazi.
Izithunywa zaseBabele
12Ngalesosikhathi uMerodaki-Baladani indodana kaBaladani, inkosi yaseBabele, wathuma abanezincwadi nesipho kuHezekiya, ngokuba wayezwile ukuthi uHezekiya kade egula.
13UHezekiya wabalalela, wababonisa yonke indlu yengcebo yakhe, isiliva, negolide, namakha, namafutha amahle, nendlu yezikhali zakhe, nakho konke okwafunyanwa engcebeni yakhe; akubangakho-nto endlini yakhe nasembusweni wakhe wonke angababonisanga yona.
14Wayesefika uIsaya umprofethi enkosini uHezekiya, wathi kuye: Batheni labobantu; bezé kuwe bevelaphi na? Wathi uHezekiya: Bavela ezweni elikude eBabele.
15Wayesethi: Baboneni endlini yakho na? UHezekiya wathi: Baboné konke okusendlini yami; akukho-nto phakathi kwengcebo yami engingababonisanga yona.
16UIsaya wathi kuHezekiya: Yizwa izwi likaJehova.
17Bheka, izinsuku ziyeza, lapho konke okusendlini yakho nalokho oyihlo abakubekelele khona kuze kube-namuhla kuyakuyiswa eBabele; akuyikusala-lutho, usho uJehova.
18Nasemadodaneni akho ayakuphuma kuwe, oyakuwazala, bayakuwathatha abe-yizinceku endlini yobukhosi yenkosi yaseBabele.
19Wayesethi uHezekiya kuIsaya: Lihle izwi likaJehova olikhulumileyo. Wathi futhi: Akunjalo, uma kuyakuba-khona ukuthula nokulondeka emihleni yami, na?
20Ezinye izindaba zikaHezekiya, nawo onke amandla akhe, nokwenza kwakhe ichibi nomsele, nokungenisa kwakhe amanzi emzini, angithi kulotshiwe encwadini yezindaba zemihla ngemihla yamakhosi akwaJuda na?
21UHezekiya wayeselala koyise. UManase indodana yakhe waba-yinkosi esikhundleni sakhe.
