2 Madzimambo 18 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

18 ¹Mugore rechitatu raHoshea mwanakomana waEra, mambo waIsraeri, Hezekia mwanakomana waAhazi akava mambo weJudha. ²Akanga ava namakore makumi maviri namashanu paakava mambo, uye akatonga makore makumi maviri namapfumbamwe muJerusarema. Mai vake vainzi Abhija, mwanasikana waZekaria. ³Akaita zvakanaka pamberi paBaba vedu, sezvakanga zvaitwa nababa vake Dhavhidhi. ⁴Akabvisa nzvimbo dzakakwirira, akaputsa mbiru dzinoera, akatema danda raAshera, uye akaputsanya nyoka yendarira yakagadzirwa naMozisi—kusvikira panguva iyoyo vaIsraeri vakanga vachipisira zvinonhuhwira kwairi, yainzi Nehushtani. ^a a v4 Nehushtani zvinoreva kuti “chinhu chendarira” — izita rokuzvidza rechifananidzo chendarira icho nyoka yakanga yava, chaimbova chiratidzo chechokwadi chaibva kuna Baba vedu asi zvino chava kunamatwa zvisirizvo. ⁵Akavimba naBaba vedu, Mwari waIsraeri; pakanga pasina mambo weJudha akaenzana naye, pakati pavakamutangira kana vakamutevera. ⁶Akanamatira kuna Baba vedu, haana kumbomira kuvatevera, uye akachengeta mirayiro yakapiwa Mozisi naBaba vedu. ⁷Akabudirira kwose kwaaienda, nokuti Baba vedu vaiva naye. Akamukira mambo weAsiria, akaramba kumushandira. ⁸Akakunda vaFiristia kusvikira kuGaza nemiganhu yayo, kubva pashongwe yokurinda kusvikira kuguta rakakomberedzwa.

⁹Mugore rechina raHezekia—rinova gore rechinomwe raHoshea mwanakomana waEra, mambo waIsraeri—Sharimaneseri mambo weAsiria akauya kuzorwisa Samaria, akarikomba. ¹⁰Shure kwemakore matatu vakaritapa—mugore rechitanhatu raHezekia, gore rechipfumbamwe raHoshea mambo waIsraeri—Samaria rakatapwa. ¹¹Mambo weAsiria akatapira vaIsraeri kuAsiria, akavagarisa muHara, parwizi rweHabhori rweGozani, nomumaguta avaMedhi, ¹²nokuti havana kuteerera inzwi raBaba vedu, vakaputsa sungano yavo—izvo zvose zvakarayirwa naMozisi, muranda waBaba vedu—havana kuzvinzwa kana kuzviita.

Asiria Inorwisa Judha

¹³Mugore rechigumi namana ramambo Hezekia, Senakeribhi mambo weAsiria akarwisa maguta ose eJudha akakomberedzwa, akaatapa. ¹⁴Ipapo Hezekia mambo weJudha akatumira shoko kuna mambo weAsiria paRakishi, achiti, “Ndakatadza; dzokai, uye ndichatakura chose chamuchandiripisa.” Mambo weAsiria akaripisa Hezekia mambo weJudha sirivha inenge matani gumi nerimwe nendarama ine tani imwe. ¹⁵Hezekia akamupa sirivha yose yakawanikwa mumba maBaba vedu, nomumatura amambo. ¹⁶Panguva iyoyo Hezekia akavhomora ndarama pamikova yetemberi yaBaba vedu nepampiru dzemikova idzo Hezekia mambo weJudha akanga afukidza, akaipa mambo weAsiria.

¹⁷Mambo weAsiria akatuma mukuru mukuru wehondo yake, nomukuru wavabati, nomukuru wehondo vaine uto guru, kubva kuRakishi kuenda kuna mambo Hezekia paJerusarema. Vakakwira kuJerusarema, vakamira pedyo nomugero wedziva rokumusoro, panzira inoenda kuMunda weMusuki. ¹⁸Vakadana mambo, Eriakimu mwanakomana waHirikia, mutariri womuzinda, akabuda kwavari pamwe chete naShebhina munyori wamambo naJoa mwanakomana waAsafi munyori wenhoroondo. ¹⁹Mukuru wehondo akati kwavari, “Udzai Hezekia kuti: Mambo mukuru, mambo weAsiria, anoti: Kuvimba kwaunovimba nako uku ndekwei? ²⁰Unoti: mano nesimba zvehondo—asi ndiwo mashoko asina maturo. Zvino, unovimba naani, zvawakandimukira? ²¹Tarira, unovimba neIjipiti, tsvimbo iyoyo yorutsanga rwakatsemuka inobaya ruoko rwomunhu wose anosendama pairi. Ndizvo zvakaita Farao mambo weIjipiti kuna vose vanovimba naye. ²²Asi kana ukati, ‘Tinovimba naJehovha Mwari wedu,’ ko haasiye iye ane nzvimbo dzakakwirira nearitari dzakabviswa naHezekia here, iye akaudza Judha neJerusarema kuti, ‘Namatai pamberi pearitari iyi iri muJerusarema’? ²³Zvino ita chibvumirano natenzi wangu mambo weAsiria: ndichakupa mabhiza zviuru zviviri, kana uchigona kuwana vatasvi vokuatasva. ²⁴Ungadzosa sei kunyange mukuru mumwe chete pakati pavaranda vaduku vatenzi wangu, iwe uchivimba neIjipiti nokuda kwengoro navatasvi vamabhiza? ²⁵Ko ndakakwira kuzorwisa nzvimbo ino kuti ndiiparadze pasina Jehovha here? Jehovha ndiye akati kwandiri: Kwira undorwisa nyika iyi, uiparadze.”

²⁶Eriakimu mwanakomana waHirikia, naShebhina, naJoa vakati kumukuru wehondo, “Donzwirai, taurai nechiAramiki kuvaranda venyu—tinochinzwisisa. Musataura nechiHebheru, vanhu vari parusvingo vachizvinzwa.”

²⁷Mukuru wehondo akapindura akati, “Ko tenzi wangu akandituma kuti nditaure mashoko aya kuna tenzi wenyu nemi moga here, kwete kuvarume vari parusvingo, ivo vachadya tsvina yavo nokunwa weti yavo pamwe chete nemi?”

²⁸Ipapo mukuru wehondo akasimuka, akadanidzira nenzwi guru nechiHebheru, achiti, “Inzwai shoko ramambo mukuru, mambo weAsiria! ²⁹Mambo anoti: Musarega Hezekia achikunyengerai, nokuti haagoni kukununurai paruoko rwake. ³⁰Musarega Hezekia achikuitai kuti muvimbe naJehovha, achiti, ‘Zvirokwazvo Jehovha achatinunura; guta rino harizowira mumaoko amambo weAsiria.’ ³¹Musateerera Hezekia. Mambo weAsiria anoti: itai rugare neni, mubude muuye kwandiri—mumwe nomumwe wenyu achadya zvomuzambiringa wake nezvomuonde wake, nokunwa mvura yomugodhi wake, ³²kusvikira ndakutorai ndichikuendesai kunyika yakafanana neyenyu—nyika yezviyo newaini itsva, yechingwa neminda yemizambiringa, yemiti yemiorivhi nouchi—kuti murarame, murege kufa. Musateerera Hezekia; anokutsausai paanoti, ‘Jehovha achatinunura.’ ³³Ko pane mwari wendudzi upi zvake akambonunura nyika yake paruoko rwamambo weAsiria here? ³⁴Varipiko vamwari veHamati neArpadhi? Varipiko vamwari veSefarivhaimu, neHena, neIvha? Vakanunura Samaria paruoko rwangu here? ³⁵Ndoupi pakati pavamwari venyika dzose idzi akanunura nyika yake paruoko rwangu, zvokuti Jehovha anunure Jerusarema paruoko rwangu?”

³⁶Asi vanhu vakaramba vakanyarara, havana kumupindura kana shoko rimwe, nokuti mambo akanga arayira achiti, “Musamupindura.” ³⁷Eriakimu mwanakomana waHirikia, mutariri womuzinda, naShebhina munyori wamambo, naJoa mwanakomana waAsafi munyori wenhoroondo, vakauya kuna Hezekia nenguo dzakabvaruka, vakamuudza mashoko omukuru wehondo.