UISAYA 39

₁Ngalesosikhathi uMerodaki-Baladani indodana kaBaladani inkosi yaseBabele wathuma abanezincwadi nesipho kuHezekiya, lapho ezwile ukuthi kade egula, kepha usesimamile.

₂UHezekiya wathokoza ngabo, wababonisa indlu yengcebo yakhe, isiliva, negolide, namakha, namafutha amahle, nayo yonke indlu yezikhali zakhe, nakho konke okwafunyanwa engcebeni yakhe; akubangakho-nto endlini yakhe nasembusweni wakhe wonke uHezekiya angababonisanga yona.

₃Wayesefika uIsaya umprofethi enkosini uHezekiya, wathi kuye: Batheni labobantu; bezé kuwe bevelaphi na? Wathi uHezekiya: Bavela ezweni elikude, iBabele, bezé kimi.

₄Wayesethi: Baboneni endlini yakho na? UHezekiya wathi: Baboné konke okusendlini yami; akukho-nto phakathi kwengcebo yami engingababonisanga yona.

₅UIsaya wathi kuHezekiya: Yizwa izwi likaJehova-Sebawoti.

₆Bheka, izinsuku ziyeza, lapho konke okusendlini yakho nalokho oyihlo abakubekelele khona kuze kube-namuhla kuyakuyiswa eBabele; akuyikusala-lutho, usho uJehova.

₇Nasemadodaneni akho ayakuphuma kuwe, oyakuwazala, bayakuwathatha abeyizinceku endlini yobukhosi yenkosi yaseBabele.

₈Wayesethi uHezekiya kuIsaya: Lihle izwi likaJehova olikhulumileyo. Wathi futhi: Ngokuba kuyakuba-khona ukuthula nokulondeka emihleni yami.