2 Mbiri 32 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

32 ¹Zitatha zinthu izi ndi machitidwe a kukhulupirika awa, Senakeribu, mfumu ya Asuri, anathira nkhondo Yuda, nazinga mizinda yake yotetezedwa, nalinga kuilowa yekha. ²Ndipo Hezekiya ataona kuti Senakeribu wabwera, atatsimikiza kuchita nkhondo ndi Yerusalemu, ³anafunsira akuluakulu ake ndi ankhondo ake za kutseka akasupe amene anali kunja kwa mzinda, ndipo iwo anamuthandiza. ⁴Anthu ambiri anasonkhana, natseka akasupe onse ndi mtsinje umene unkayenda m'dziko, nati, “Chifukwa chiyani mafumu a Asuri abwere nadzapeze madzi ochuluka?”

⁵Iye anagwira ntchito molimbika kuti amangenso malo onse osweka a khoma, naliimika nsanja pamenepo, namanga khoma lina kunja, nalimbitsa Milo wa mzinda wa Davide, napanga zida ndi zishango zochuluka. ^a a v5 Milo unali dongosolo la matumba a nthaka ndi makoma osunga omangidwa m'mphepete mwa phiri la Mzinda wa Davide. ⁶Anaika atsogoleri a nkhondo kulamulira anthu, nawasonkhanitsa pabwalo la chipata cha mzinda, nawalimbikitsa, nati: ⁷“Khalani olimba mtima ndi olimbika. Musaope kapena kuchita mantha ndi mfumu ya Asuri ndi gulu lake lonse, pakuti ife tili ndi ambiri kuposa iye. ⁸Iye ali ndi dzanja la thupi lokha; koma ife tili ndi Atate wathu, kuti atithandize ndi kumenya nkhondo zathu.” Ndipo anthu anadalira mau a Hezekiya mfumu ya Yuda.

Senakeribu Anyoza Atate wathu

⁹Zitatha izi, pamene anali kuzinga Lakisi ndi magulu ake onse a nkhondo, Senakeribu mfumu ya Asuri anatuma antchito ake ku Yerusalemu, kwa Hezekiya mfumu ya Yuda ndi kwa Ayuda onse amene anali komweko, nati: ¹⁰“Senakeribu mfumu ya Asuri akuti: Kodi mukudalira chiyani, kuti mukhale ozingidwa mu Yerusalemu? ¹¹“Kodi Hezekiya sakukunyengani, kuti akuperekeni kuti mufe ndi njala ndi ludzu, pamene akuti, ‘Yehova Mulungu wathu adzatipulumutsa m'dzanja la mfumu ya Asuri’? ¹²“Kodi si Hezekiya yemwe anachotsa malo ake okwezeka ndi maguwa ake, nauza Yuda ndi Yerusalemu kuti apembedze pa guwa limodzi ndi kufukiza nsembe pamenepo? ¹³“Kodi simukudziwa zimene ine ndi makolo anga tinachitira anthu onse a mayiko ena? Kodi milungu ya mitundu yawo inatha kupulumutsa mayiko awo m'dzanja langa? ¹⁴“Ndi mulungu uti wa mitundu imene makolo anga anaiwononga umene unatha kupulumutsa anthu ake m'dzanja langa? Nanga Mulungu wanu angakupulumutseni bwanji m'dzanja langa? ¹⁵“Hezekiya asakunyengeni kapena kukusocheretsani motere, ndipo musamukhulupirire; pakuti palibe mulungu wa mtundu wina uliwonse kapena ufumu uliwonse umene unatha kupulumutsa anthu ake m'dzanja langa kapena m'dzanja la makolo anga—nanga Mulungu wanu angakupulumutseni m'dzanja langa!”

¹⁶Ndipo antchito ake anapitiriza kuyankhula zambiri zotsutsa Atate wathu ndi mtumiki wake Hezekiya. ¹⁷Senakeribu analembanso makalata onyoza Atate wathu, Mulungu wa Israeli, nayankhula motsutsana ndi Iye, nati: “Milungu ya mitundu ya anthu sinapulumutse anthu ake m'dzanja langa; momwemonso Mulungu wa Hezekiya sadzapulumutsa anthu ake m'dzanja langa.” ¹⁸Ndipo anafuwula ndi mau akulu m'chinenero cha Ayuda kwa anthu a ku Yerusalemu amene anali pa khoma, kuti awachititse mantha ndi kuwaopsa, kuti alande mzinda. ¹⁹Anayankhula za Mulungu wa Yerusalemu monga milungu ya anthu a dziko lapansi, ntchito ya manja a anthu.

²⁰Ndipo mfumu Hezekiya ndi mneneri Yesaya mwana wa Amozi anapemphera za zimenezi, nafuwulira kumwamba. ²¹Ndipo Atate wathu anatuma mngelo amene anapha ankhondo onse amphamvu, atsogoleri ndi akuluakulu, m'misasa ya mfumu ya Asuri. Senakeribu anabwerera kwawo mwamanyazi, ndipo atalowa m'nyumba ya mulungu wake, ena a ana ake omwe anamupha pomwepo ndi lupanga. ²²Momwemo Atate wathu anapulumutsa Hezekiya ndi anthu a ku Yerusalemu m'dzanja la Senakeribu mfumu ya Asuri ndi m'manja mwa onse ena, ndipo anawasamalira mbali zonse. ²³Ambiri anabweretsa mphatso kwa Atate wathu ku Yerusalemu, ndi chuma kwa Hezekiya mfumu ya Yuda; ndipo pambuyo pake mitundu yonse inalemekeza Hezekiya kwambiri.

Matenda, Kunyada, ndi Kulemera kwa Hezekiya

²⁴M'masiku amenewo Hezekiya anadwala kufika poti amwalire; iye anapemphera kwa Atate wathu, ndipo Iye anamuyankha, namupatsa chizindikiro. ²⁵Koma Hezekiya sanabwezere zabwino zimene anamuchitira; mtima wake unanyada, motero mkwiyo unabwera pa iye ndi pa Yuda ndi Yerusalemu. ²⁶Ndipo Hezekiya anadzichepetsa chifukwa cha kunyada kwa mtima wake, iye ndi anthu a ku Yerusalemu, motero mkwiyo wa Atate wathu sunawafike m'masiku a Hezekiya.

²⁷Hezekiya anali ndi chuma chambiri ndi ulemu waukulu. Anamanga nyumba zosungira siliva, golide, miyala yamtengo wapatali, zonunkhiritsa, zishango, ndi zinthu zina zamtengo wapatali, ²⁸nyumba zosungiramo zokolola za tirigu, vinyo watsopano, ndi mafuta; makola a ziweto za mitundu yonse; ndi makola a nkhosa. ²⁹Anadzimangira mizinda, napeza nkhosa ndi ng'ombe zochuluka kwambiri, pakuti Atate wathu anamupatsa chuma chochuluka kwambiri. ³⁰Hezekiya anatseka kagwero kakumtunda ka Gihoni, natsogoza madzi kutsika mbali ya kumadzulo ya mzinda wa Davide. Ndipo anapindula pa zonse zimene anachita. ³¹Pamene olamulira a Babeloni anatumiza nthumwi kwa iye kudzafunsa za chizindikiro chimene chinachitika m'dziko, Atate wathu anamusiya payekha, kuti amuyese ndi kudziwa zonse zimene zinali mumtima mwake.

³²Ntchito zina zotsala za Hezekiya ndi machitidwe ake a kukhulupirika zinalembedwa m'masomphenya a Yesaya mneneri, mwana wa Amozi, m'buku la Mafumu a Yuda ndi Israeli. ³³Ndipo Hezekiya anagona ndi makolo ake, naikidwa m'manda akumtunda a ana a Davide. Ndipo Ayuda onse ndi anthu okhala ku Yerusalemu anamulemekeza pa imfa yake. Ndipo Manase mwana wake analowa m'malo mwake.