Data asubiza Hezekiya mu mubabaro we

Hezekiya azana urwandiko rukangisha mu nzu ya Data, arusanzura imbere ye. Ezayi arasubiza ati Uwera wa Isiraheli yumvise ukwo gutukwa, kandi azagarura Senakeribu iwe amushyizemo urushyi n'ikinyago. Icyo joro ingabo ziratsindwa; Senakeribu apfira iwe.

Igice cya 19.

Umwami Hezekiya yumvise ibyo, ashishimura imyambaro ye, yambara ibigunira, yinjira mu nzu ya Data. Yohereza Eliyakimu umutware w'ingoro, na Shebuna umwanditsi, n'abatambyi bakuru, bose bambaye imyambaro igaragaza akababaro, ku muhanuzi Ezayi mwene Amotsi. Baramubwira bati: “Hezekiya aravuga ati: ‘Uyu munsi ni umunsi w'umubabaro n'uw'ikibazo n'uw'ikimwaro; abana bageze igihe cyo kuvuka, ariko nta mbaraga zo kubyara. Ahari So azumva amagambo yose ya wa mutware w'ingabo, uwo shebuja umwami wa Ashūru yatumye gutuka Data muzima, maze azahana ayo magambo yumvise. Nuko usabire abasigaye bakiriho.’ ”

Abagaragu b'umwami Hezekiya baje kwa Ezayi,

Ezayi arababwira ati: “Mubwire shebuja muti: ‘Data aravuga ati: Ntugatinye amagambo wumvise, abo bagaragu b'umwami wa Ashūru bantukishije. Dore ngiye kumushyiramo umwuka: azumva inkuru, asubire mu gihugu cye, maze aho nzamwicishe inkota.’ ”

Wa mutware w'ingabo yumvise ko umwami wa Ashūru yavuye i Lakishi, aragenda asanga arwana na Libuna. Nuko umwami yumva ku byerekeye Tirihaka umwami wa Kushi ngo: “Dore yaje ngo arwane nawe.” Yongera kohereza intumwa kwa Hezekiya ati: “Mubwire Hezekiya umwami wa Yuda muti: ‘Imana yawe wiringiye ntikakuyobye ivuga ko Yeruzalemu itazagwa mu maboko y'umwami wa Ashūru. Dore wumvise ibyo abami ba Ashūru bakoreye ibihugu byose, babirimbuye burundu. Ese wowe uzakizwa? Mbese imana z'amahanga abasogokuruza banjye barimbuye zarayakijije? Gozani na Harani na Rezefu, n'ab'i Edeni bari i Telasari? Umwami wa Hamati ari he, n'umwami wa Arupadi, n'umwami w'umujyi wa Sefaruvayimu, n'uwa Hena n'uwa Iva?’ ”

Hezekiya aruramburira imbere ya Data

Hezekiya akira urwandiko ku ntumwa arasoma. Nuko azamuka mu nzu ya Data, aruramburira imbere ye. Hezekiya asenga imbere ya Data ati: “Mana ya Isiraheli, wicaye hejuru ya ba Kerubi, ni wowe wenyine Mana y'ubwami bwose bwo ku isi; ni wowe waremye ijuru n'isi. Data, tega ugutwi kwawe wumve; humbura amaso yawe urebe. Umva amagambo ya Sanakeribu yatumye gutuka Data muzima. Ni ukuri, Data, abami ba Ashūru barimbuye amahanga n'ibihugu byayo, bajugunya imana zayo mu muriro; kuko zitari imana ahubwo zari umurimo w'amaboko y'abantu, ibiti n'amabuye. Ni cyo cyatumye bazirimbure. Noneho, Data, dukize mu maboko ye, kugira ngo ubwami bwose bwo ku isi bumenye ko ari wowe wenyine Mana.”

Data acisha bugufi ubwirasi bwa Sanakeribu

Ezayi mwene Amotsi yoherereza Hezekiya ubutumwa ati: “Data, Imana ya Isiraheli, aravuga atya: Numvise ibyo wansengeye ku byerekeye Sanakeribu umwami wa Ashūru. Dore ijambo Data avuze ku byerekeye we riti: Umwari, Umukobwa wa Siyoni, arakusuzugura akagusekerera; Umukobwa wa Yeruzalemu akunyeganyeza umutwe inyuma yawe. Ni nde wasuzuguye ugatuka? Ni nde warangururiye ijwi ukamurebesha amaso y'ubwirasi? Ni Uwera wa Isiraheli! Wakoresheje intumwa zawe utuka Data Umugenga, uravuga uti: Hamwe n'amagare yanjye menshi nazamutse ku misozi miremire, mu turere twa kure twa Libani. Natemye amasederi yaho maremare, n'imiberoshi yaho myiza. Nageze ku butumburuke bwaho bwa kure, no mu ishyamba ryaho ryuzuye cyane. Nafukuye amariba nywa amazi y'amahanga; n'ibirenge byanjye numishije imigezi yose ya Misiri. Ntiwabyumvise? Kera ni jye wabikoze; kuva mu minsi ya kera ni jye wabigambiriye. None mbisohoje, ngo uhindure imijyi ikomeye ibirundo by'amatongo. Abayituyemo, bambuwe imbaraga, barakangarana kandi bagira isoni. Bari bameze nk'ibimera byo mu gasozi, nk'urugemwe rutoshye, nk'ibyatsi bimera ku nzu hejuru, byumishijwe bitarakura. Ariko jye nzi ukwicara kwawe, no gusohoka kwawe no kwinjira kwawe, n'uko unankarira. Kubera ko undakarira n'ubwirasi bwawe bwageze mu matwi yanjye, nzagushyira ururindi mu zuru n'ikuba mu minwa yawe, maze nkugarure unyuze inzira wanyuzemo.

Iki ni cyo kimenyetso cyawe, Hezekiya: uyu mwaka muzarye ibimera ku giti, umwaka ukurikira murye ibimera kuri ibyo; mu mwaka wa gatatu, mubibe musarure, mutere imizabibu, murye imbuto zayo. Abasigaye b'inzu ya Yuda bazongera gushinga imizi hasi, bazera imbuto hejuru. Kuko mu Yeruzalemu hazasohoka abasigaye, no ku musozi wa Siyoni hakasohoka agatsiko k'abarokotse. Ishyaka rya Data wa twese w'ingabo zo mu ijuru ni ryo rizabisohoza.

“Nuko rero Data wa twese aravuga ibyerekeye umwami wa Ashūru ati: Ntazinjira muri uyu mujyi cyangwa ngo awurasemo umwambi, ntazawuteza ingabo cyangwa ngo awurundeho ibirundo byo kuwutera. Mu nzira yaje ni yo azasubiramo; ntazinjira muri uyu mujyi, ni ko Data wa twese avuga. Nzarwanirira uyu mujyi nwukize, ndabigirira jyewe ubwanjye no ku bw'umugaragu wanjye Dawidi.”

Muri iryo joro umumarayika wa Data wa twese arasohoka, yica abantu ibihumbi ijana na mirongo inani na bitanu mu nkambi y'Abanyashūru. Mu gitondo babyutse, basanga imirambo yabo yose iryamye aho. Nuko Senakeribu umwami wa Ashūru avanaho inkambi ye arigendera. Asubira i Ninive aguma yo. Igihe yari asenga mu ngoro y'imana ye Nisiroki, abahungu be Adurameleki na Sharezeri bamwicisha inkota, maze bahungira i Ararati. Umuhungu we Esaridoni amusimbura ku ngoma.