Mphatso Yochokera ku Babuloni
Atanyengedwa ndi mawu oyamikira a nthumwi zochokera ku Babulo, Hezekiya akuwaonetsa chilichonse chimene ali nacho. Yesaya akubweretsa mawu a Atate wathu kuti zonsezo, pamodzi ndi ana ake, zidzathera ku Babulo. Hezekiya akuti mawuwo ndi abwino — chifukwa kutayikako kudzachitika atamwalira. Yankho limenelo likusiyidwa popanda ndemanga.
39 1Pa nthawi imeneyo Merodaki-baladani mwana wa Baladani, mfumu ya Babuloni, anatumiza makalata ndi mphatso kwa Hezekiya, popeza anamva kuti iye anadwala nachira. 2Hezekiya anawalandira mokondwera, nawaonetsa nyumba yake yosungiramo chuma—siliva, golide, zonunkhira, mafuta abwino, nyumba yake yonse yosungiramo zida zankhondo, ndi zonse zimene zinali m'nyumba zake zosungiramo katundu. Panalibe kanthu m'nyumba mwake kapena mu ufumu wake kamene Hezekiya sanawaonetse. 3Ndipo Yesaya mneneri anadza kwa mfumu Hezekiya, namufunsa, “Kodi anthu awa ananena chiyani, ndipo anachokera kuti?” Hezekiya anati, “Achokera ku dziko lakutali, ku Babuloni.”
4Anamufunsa, “Kodi aona chiyani m'nyumba mwako?” Hezekiya anayankha nati, “Aona zonse zimene zili m'nyumba mwanga. Palibe kanthu m'nyumba zanga zosungiramo katundu kamene sindinawaonetse.”
5Ndipo Yesaya anati kwa Hezekiya, “Imva mau a Atate wa magulu ankhondo akumwamba:
6Masiku akudza pamene zonse zimene zili m'nyumba mwako, zonse zimene makolo ako anazisunga mpaka lero, zidzanyamulidwa kupita ku Babuloni. Sipadzatsala kanthu, ati Atate wathu. 7Ena mwa ana ako eniyeni, mbadwa zako, adzatengedwa kukhala akuluakulu m'nyumba yaufumu ya mfumu ya Babuloni.”
8Ndipo Hezekiya anati kwa Yesaya, “Mau a Atate wathu amene wayankhula ndi abwino.” Pakuti anaganiza kuti, “Padzakhala mtendere ndi chitetezo pa masiku a moyo wanga.”
