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