Baba Vanonzwa Vagoporesa Hezekia
Paanoudzwa kuti agadzirise imba yake, Hezekia anotendeukira kumadziro okumbira Baba vake kuti varangarire mafambiro ake. Anowedzerwa makore gumi namashanu, mumvuri uchidzokera shure sechiratidzo. Ipapo anoratidza nhume dzeBhabhironi pfuma yake yose, ozonzwa kuti yose ichatakurirwa ikoko.
20 1Mumazuva iwayo Hezekia akarwara uye akanga ava pedyo nokufa. Muprofita Isaya mwanakomana waAmozi akauya, achiti, “Izvi ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vedu: Rongedza imba yako; uchafa, haungararami.”
2Ipapo Hezekia akatendeudzira chiso chake kumadziro akanyengetera kuna Baba vedu: 3“Baba, rangarirai kuti ndakafamba pamberi penyu nokutendeka, nomwoyo wose, ndichiita zvakanaka mumeso enyu.” Hezekia akachema kwazvo.
4Isaya asati abuda paruvazhe rwepakati, shoko raBaba vedu rakasvika kwaari, richiti:
5“Dzokera unoudze Hezekia, mutungamiri wavanhu vangu: Baba vako, Mwari wababa vako Dhavhidhi, vanoti: Ndanzwa munyengetero wako uye ndaona misodzi yako. Ndichakuporesa. Nezuva rechitatu uchakwira kuimba yangu. 6Ndichawedzera makore gumi namashanu kuupenyu hwako, ndikununure iwe neguta rino pasimba ramambo weAsiria, uye ndichadzivirira guta rino nokuda kwangu uye nokuda kwomuranda wangu Dhavhidhi.”
7Isaya akati, “Uyai nekeke ramaonde.” Vakariunza, vakariisa pamota, akapora.
8Hezekia akabvunza Isaya, achiti, “Chiratidzo ndechipi chokuti Baba vedu vachandiporesa uye kuti ndichakwira kuimba yaBaba vedu nezuva rechitatu?”
9Isaya akati, “Ichi ndicho chiratidzo chenyu chinobva kuna Baba vedu chokuti Baba vedu vachazadzisa chivimbiso chavo: mumvuri uchaenda mberi nhanho gumi, kana kudzokera shure nhanho gumi?”
10Hezekia akapindura akati, “Zviri nyore kuti mumvuri urebe nhanho gumi; kwete, ngaudzokere shure nhanho gumi.”
11Saka muprofita Isaya akadana kuna Baba vedu, ivo vakadzosera mumvuri shure nhanho gumi dzawakanga wadzika padzo pamatanho aAhazi.
Hezekia Anogamuchira Nhume dzeBhabhironi
12Panguva iyoyo Bherodhaki-bharadhani mwanakomana waBharadhani, mambo weBhabhironi, akatumira Hezekia tsamba nechipo, nokuti akanga anzwa kuti akanga arwara. 13Hezekia akavagamuchira, akavaratidza imba yake yose yepfuma: sirivha, goridhe, zvinonhuhwira, mafuta akanaka, nezvombo zvake zvose zvokurwa nazvo, nezvinhu zvose zvaiva mumatura ake. Pakanga pasina chinhu mumuzinda wake kana munyika yake yose icho Hezekia asina kuvaratidza.
14Isaya muprofita akauya kuna Mambo Hezekia akabvunza, achiti, “Varume ava vataura chii, uye vabva kupi?” Hezekia akati, “Vabva kunyika iri kure, kuBhabhironi.”
15“Vaona chii mumuzinda wenyu?” Isaya akabvunza. “Vaona zvinhu zvose zviri mumuzinda wangu,” Hezekia akapindura akati, “Hapana chiri papfuma yangu chandisina kuvaratidza.”
16Ipapo Isaya akati kuna Hezekia, “Inzwai shoko raBaba vedu:
17Mazuva ari kuuya apo zvinhu zvose zviri mumuzinda wako, nezvose zvakaunganidzwa namadzitateguru ako kusvikira nhasi, zvichatakurwa zvichiendeswa kuBhabhironi. Hapana chichasara, ndizvo zvinotaura Baba vedu. 18Vamwe vavanakomana vako chaivo, zvizvarwa zvako, vachatorwa vagoshanda savaranda vakachekwa mumuzinda wamambo weBhabhironi.”
19“Shoko raBaba vedu ramakareva rakanaka,” akadaro Hezekia, achifunga kuti, “Ko, hapangavi norugare nokuchengetedzeka pamazuva angu here?”
20Mamwe mabasa aHezekia, nesimba rake rose, uye kuti akaita sei dziva nomugero wokupinza mvura muguta—hazvina kunyorwa here mubhuku renhoroondo yamadzimambo eJudha? 21Ipapo Hezekia akavata namadzibaba ake, Manase mwanakomana wake akava mambo panzvimbo yake.