2 Yookumkani 19 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

19 ¹Kwathi akukuva oku ukumkani uHezekiya, wazikrazula iingubo zakhe, wabeka iingubo ezirhwexayo, waza wangena endlwini kaBawo wethu. ²Wathuma uEliyakim owayephethe indlu yasebukhosini, noShebhna umbhali, nababingeleli abakhulu, bonke bevethe iingubo ezirhwexayo, kuIsaya umprofeti unyana ka-Amotsi. ³Bathi kuye: “Utsho uHezekiya ukuthi: Namhlanje lusuku lokubandezeleka, nolokukhalinyelwa, nolehlazo; abantwana bafikile exesheni lokuzalwa, kodwa akukho mandla okubazala. ⁴Mhlawumbi uBawo wakho uya kuweva onke amazwi omthetheli womkhosi, othunywe yinkosi yakhe ukumkani waseAsiriya ukuba angcikive uBawo ophilayo, aze awagwebe amazwi awawevayo. Ngoko ke thandazela amasalela aseleyo.”

⁵Bakufika abakhonzi bokumkani uHezekiya kuIsaya,

⁶wathi uIsaya kubo: “Yithini enkosini yenu, utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Musa ukoyika amazwi owevileyo, abakhonzi bokumkani waseAsiriya abandinyelise ngawo. ⁷Yabona, ndifaka umoya kuye: uya kuva udaba, abuyele ezweni lakowabo, ndimwise ngekrele khona ezweni lakhe.”

⁸Wathi umthetheli womkhosi akuva ukuba ukumkani waseAsiriya umkile eLakishe, wabuya wamfumana esilwa neLibhena. ⁹Weva ke ukumkani ngoTirhaka ukumkani waseKushi, kusithiwa: “Khangela, uphumile ukuza kulwa nawe.” Waza wabuya wathumela abathunywa kuHezekiya, esithi: ¹⁰“Yithini kuHezekiya ukumkani wakwaYuda: Makangakukhohlisi uThixo wakho okholosa ngaye, esithi iYerusalem ayiyi kunikwa esandleni sokumkani waseAsiriya. ¹¹Khangela, uvile oko bakwenzayo ookumkani baseAsiriya emazweni onke, bewatshabalalisa bawagqiba. Wena uya kuhlangulwa na? ¹²Ngaba bazihlangula na oothixo beentlanga ezatshatyalaliswa ngoobawo—iGozan, neHaran, neRetsefe, nabantu base-Eden ababeseTelasare? ¹³Uphi na ukumkani waseHamati, nokumkani waseArpadi, nokumkani womzi waseSefarvayim, neHena, neIva?”

UHezekiya Uyaneka Incwadi Phambi koBawo

¹⁴UHezekiya wayithabatha incwadi esandleni sabathunywa, wayilesa. Waza wenyuka waya endlwini kaBawo wethu, wayaneka phambi kwakhe. ¹⁵UHezekiya wathandaza phambi koBawo wethu, wathi: “Thixo kaSirayeli, uhleli ngaphezu kweekerubhi, nguwe wedwa onguThixo ezikumkanini zonke zomhlaba; nguwe owenza izulu nomhlaba. ¹⁶Thoba indlebe yakho, Bawo wethu, uve; vula amehlo akho, ubone. Weva amazwi kaSenakeribhi awawathumeleyo ukuba angcikive uBawo ophilayo. ¹⁷Inene, Bawo wethu, ookumkani baseAsiriya bazitshabalalisile iintlanga namazwe azo, ¹⁸baza baphosa oothixo bazo emlilweni; kuba babengengothixo, bengumsebenzi wezandla zabantu, umthi nelitye. Yiyo loo nto babatshabalalisa. ¹⁹Ngoku ke, Bawo wethu, sihlangule esandleni sakhe, ukuze zonke izikumkani zomhlaba zazi ukuba nguwe wedwa onguThixo.”

UBawo Uthoba Ukukhukhumala KukaSenakeribhi

²⁰Wathumela uIsaya unyana ka-Amotsi kuHezekiya, esithi: “Utsho uBawo wethu, uThixo kaSirayeli, ukuthi: Ndikuvile ukuthandaza kwakho kum ngoSenakeribhi ukumkani waseAsiriya. ²¹Nali ke ilizwi alithethayo uBawo wethu ngaye: Intombi enyulu yaseZiyon iyakudela, iyakugculela; intombi yaseYerusalem inikina intloko yayo emva kwakho. ²²Ngubani na lowo umngcikivileyo waza wamnyelisa? Ngubani na lowo ophakamise ilizwi lakho ngakuye, waza wawaphakamisa amehlo akho ngokukhukhumala? NgoNgcwele kaSirayeli! ²³Ngabathunywa bakho umngcikivile iNkosi uBawo wethu, waza wathi: Ngeenqwelo zam zokulwa ezininzi ndenyukile ezincotsheni zeentaba, kwiindawo ezikude zaseLebhanon. Ndiyigawulile imisedare yayo emide, nemisipres yayo enyuliweyo. Ndifikile encotsheni yayo ekude kakhulu, ehlathini layo elishinyeneyo. ²⁴Ndiwambile amaqula, ndasela amanzi asemzini; ngeentende zeenyawo zam ndiyomisile yonke imilambo yaseYiputa. ²⁵Awukuvanga na? Kudala ndakwenza; ngemihla yamandulo ndaceba oku. Ngoku ke ndikuzisile ukuba kwenzeke, ukuze uyijike imizi enqatyisiweyo ibe ziimfumba zamanxuwa. ²⁶Abemi bayo, bohlutywe amandla, bakhwankqa, badana. Babenjengemifuno yasendle, njengohlaza oluthambileyo, njengotyani oluhluma phezu kwezindlu, olutshayo lungekakhuli. ²⁷Kodwa ndiyakwazi ukuhlala kwakho phantsi, nokuphuma kwakho nokungena kwakho, nokundivukela kwakho. ²⁸Ngenxa yokundivukela kwakho nokukhukhumala kwakho okufike ezindlebeni zam, ndiya kulifaka ikhonkco lam empumlweni yakho, nomkhala wam emlonyeni wakho, ndaye ndikubuyisele ngendlela obuze ngayo.

²⁹Nguwo lo umqondiso wakho, Hezekiya: kulo mnyaka yidlani okuzimilelayo, ngomnyaka ozayo nidle oko kuntshula kuko; kodwa ngomnyaka wesithathu hlwayelani nivune, tyalani izidiliya, nidle iziqhamo zazo. ³⁰Kwakhona amasalela endlu kaYuda aya kwendelisela iingcambu ngaphantsi, avelise iziqhamo ngaphezulu. ³¹Kuba eYerusalem kuya kuphuma amasalela, naseNtabeni yeZiyon kuphume abasindileyo. Ikhwele likaBawo wemikhosi yasezulwini liya kukwenza oku.

³²“Ngoko utsho uBawo wethu ngokumkani waseAsiriya: Akayi kungena kulo mzi, angatoli tolo apha, angawuhlangabezi ngekhaka, angawufumbeli udonga lokungqinga. ³³Ngendlela aweze ngayo uya kubuya; akayi kungena kulo mzi, utsho uBawo wethu. ³⁴Ndiya kuwukhusela lo mzi, ndiwusindise, ngenxa yam nangenxa yomkhonzi wam uDavide.”

³⁵Ngobo busuku yaphuma ingelosi kaBawo wethu, yabulala abantu abangamawaka alikhulu elinamashumi asibhozo anamahlanu eminqubeni yama-Asiriya. Kwathi kusasa, bavuka—nanko kulele yonke imizimba efileyo. ³⁶Ngoko wanduluka uSenakeribhi ukumkani waseAsiriya, wemka. Wabuyela eNineve, wahlala khona. ³⁷Kwathi ekukhonzeni kwakhe endlwini kathixo wakhe uNisroki, oonyana bakhe uAdrameleki noSharetsere bambulala ngekrele, basabela kwelaseArarati. Kwalawula uEsarhadon unyana wakhe esikhundleni sakhe.