IAshdode Iwela kuAsiriya
UBawo wethu uxelela uIsaya ukuba akhulule ingubo yakhe erhwexayo neembadada, ahambe ehlubile engenambadada iminyaka emithathu—umfanekiso ophilayo wabathinjwa abaqhutywa behamba ze. Oku kujoliswe kwithemba lakwaYuda kwabo bahlobo. Abemi belunxweme babuza ukuba bangasinda njani.
20 1Ngomnyaka ekwafika ngawo umphathi-mkhosi omkhulu eAshdode, ethunywe nguSargon ukumkani waseAsiriya, walwa neAshdode, wayithimba.
2Ngelo xesha wathetha uBawo wethu ngoIsaya unyana ka-Amotsi, wathi: “Khulula ingubo erhwexayo esinqeni sakho, ukhulule neembadada zakho ezinyaweni zakho.” Wenjenjalo, ehamba ehlubile engenambadada. 3Wandula ke uBawo wethu wathi: “Njengokuba umkhonzi wam uIsaya ehamba ehlubile engenambadada iminyaka emithathu, ebe ngumqondiso nezimanga ngeYiputa neKushi, a a v3 UKushi ligama lamandulo lommandla osele ugqunywe yiSudan neTopiya esemantla. 4ngokunjalo ukumkani waseAsiriya uya kubaqhuba abathinjwa baseYiputa nabathinjwa baseKushi, abancinane nabakhulu, behamba ze, bengenambadada, iingqameko zabo zivele, ebutyhila ubuze beYiputa. 5Baya kuba ngabaqhiphuka umbilini badane ngenxa yeKushi elibethemba labo, neYiputa eliqhayiya labo. 6Ngaloo mini abemi beli lunxweme baya kuthi: ‘Yabonani into eye yehlela ithemba lethu, apho sasibalekele ukuya kuzuza uncedo, ukuze sihlangulwe kukumkani waseAsiriya! Siya kusinda njani na thina?’”
