¹ Zvakazoitika kuti mambo Ezekia akazuwa kupanganidzuwa kwawo, akamwesa matchira ake, akadzifukidza nomasangi uye akapinda munymba ya Ishe. ² Iyena akatuma Eliakim, mutungamiriri, uye Sebna, munyori, uye nomatchendebvu nomapirisita, ese akafuka masangi, kune Isaiya mwana wa Amoz, muporofita. ³ Iwona akati: "Ezekia anotsa: ' Zuwa iri ndizuwa rematambhudziko, kusungwa uye nokutambhudzika, nokuti wanandoko ari panguwa yekubharwa, asi apana simba rimwe haro kuti abharwe. ⁴ Zvinoitika kuti Ishe azuwa mabhuyo ese omukuru omasupai, kumambo oAsiriya akatuma kuti hambire Mwari mupenyu, uye aparadze masoko aiya. Zvino, Simudza munamato wako kune aiya atchiripano". ⁵ Zvandaro, waranda wa mambo Ezekia akauiya kuna Isaiya. ⁶ Uye Isaiya akatsa: " Bvunzai kune mufundisi wenyu: ' Ishe anoti: ' Musatye mashoko amazuwa, uye nomashoko aa mambo oku Asiriya anondituka. ⁷ Onai, inini nditchakanda mweiya mahari, uye iyena atchazuwa masohoko uye atcharwirira kunyika yake. Inini nditcha ita kuti iyena habwere notsorora kunyika kake". ⁸ Nokundaro, mukuru omasupai akarwirira uye akangumira mambo oku Asiriya otchirwisana no Libna, nokuti iyena paakazuwa kut mambo akabhunda ku Lakis. ⁹ Nokundaro, Senaqueribbi akazuwa kuti Tiraka, mambo oku Etiopia uye Djipita, ainga abvudzana kuti arwe naye, Asi, iyena akatumazve atumwa kuna Ezekia nomashoko: ¹⁰ " Utsa kuna Ezekia, mambo oku Djuda: ' Ngasasiye Mwari, wanongonda, etchidziyepera otchiti, ' Djerusarema aipiwi munyara ye Asiriya'. ¹¹ Onai, imwimwi musozuwa zvinosoita madzimambo oku Asiriya kunyika dzese, otchiparadza zvese. Izvi kundai, iwewe utcharengererwa? ¹² Zvimwari zvemadzinza anosowa zuira nyasha? Madzinza amadzibhabha angu akaparadza? Goza, Hara, Rezefe uye no mbhumbha ye Eden, ku Telassar? ¹³ Kuiyakune madzimambo eku Hamate, mambo Arpade, mambo omuguta ye Sefarvaim eku Hena uye noku Iva?". ¹⁴ Ezekia akatambira tsamba iyi uye akaierenga. Nokundaro, iyena akaenda kunyumba ya Ishe uye akaikanda pamberi Pake. ¹⁵ Nokundaro, Ezekia akanamata pamberi pa Ishe uye akatsa: " Ishe wehondo, Mwari we Israeri, Imwimwi munongara pamusoro dzengirozi, Imwi muri mwenga Mwari pasi rino nonyika dzese. Imwimwi makaita ndenga uye nonyika. ^{16 18} Prutana dzewe dzako, Ishe, uye anozuwa. Funungura madziso Ako, Ishe, uye ona uye izuwa mashoko a Senaqueribe, uye anosotuma watumi kuti apferudze zina ra Mwari mupenyu. ¹⁷ Zvozvirokwazvo, Ishe, mambo oAsiriya anosoparadza madzinza uye nonyika. Iwona anosokanda zvimwari zvawo patchoto, nokuti iwona ainga asiri zvimwari, asi bhasa rakaizuwa nonyara dzewanhu, zviri ipona matabwa uye nomapuwe. Asi, wasiriya anosozvikunda. ¹⁹ Zvino, nokundaro, Ishe, Mwari wenhu, anotiponesa, inini ndino ndhenba ndhemba Kwamuri, nosimba Renyu, kuti marudzi ese onyika aziye kuti Imwimwi, Ishe, murimwenga Mwari". ²⁰ Nokundaro, Isaiya, mwana wa Amoz, akatuma mutumwa kuna Ezekia, otchiti: 2 Ishe, Mwari oku Israeri, anotsa: ' Anohona kuti iwewe unosonamata Kwandirinokunda kwa Senakeribe, mambo oAsiriya, Inini ndakuzuwa. ²¹ Aiya ndiwomashoko a Ishe anotsa kwahari: ' Bhandara, mwana wa Siao, anonyoza uye ndinoseka kuti zvenyama. Mwana wa Djerusarema meneia musoro wake kwauri. ²² Uya waunoso rwisana naye uye otchimutuka? Uye kuna ani waunoso simudza izuwi rako uye otchimutsa madziso ako? Otchiwenga Mupfeni we Israeri! ²³ Nokunbhurukidza pekati powatumwa, unosopikizana na Ishe uye otchiti: ' No mbhumbha dzengoro dzangu, inini ndinosokwira kumusoro komakomo, matunho akakura oku Libano. Inini nditcha ngwanda zvakaremba zve cedro uye zvakanaka zve cipreste apo. Nditchapinda kubhutu dzawo dzakafisika, mungwasha mawo zvezvibhereko zvakanaka. ²⁴ Ndakatchera uye ndakamwa bvura rewafambi. Ndaka omesa mabhahari ese omu Djipita nokunda ko pasi dzemurenje dzangu'. ²⁵ Iwewe ausozui kuti Inini ndakazviraira kare uye zvandinosoita minana konguwa ye kare? Zvino, ndikuita zviru izvi. Iwewe uripano kuti upungure maguta asingapindiki omakomo akaparadzuwa. ²⁶ Wararami awo, nosimba rindhoko, anoso uraiwa uye etchipferudzuwa. Iwona ndizvirimwa mumunha, zvirimwa zvisikazi kuoma, zvirimwa zvorpamusoro kana kuti zvirimwa mumunha, zvinopisuwa zvisati zvapisuwa. ²⁷ Asi Inini ndinozviziwa kugara kwako, kwenda kwako uye kuya kwako uye kutsamwa kwako Kwandiri. ²⁸ Nokuda kokutsamwa uku Kwandiri uye nokunda kokuhoma kwako zvinosonguma mudzewe Dzangu, Inini nditchaiga tchiedzo tchimwe pabhino yako uye no Kabresto Yangu pamuromo pako; Inini nditchata kurwirira mungwadza rawakauya". ²⁹ Itchi tchitchawa tchipangidziro Tchangu kwauri: Gore rino, mutcharha zvinobharwa zvenga uye, pagore retchipiri, mutcharha zvinotumbhuka zveimona. Zvandaro, pagore retchitat, munondika kusima uye mukohe, mosima bvinya uye morha mitchero yayo. ³⁰ Mubharwa onyumba ye Djuda anorarama atchasara midzi uye anopasa mitchero. ³¹ Nokuti, kuDjerusarema, kutchauya mubharwa, uye, okugomo ro Siao, atchauya wararami. Tchizungo tcha Ishe wehondo atchaita Izvi. ³² Zvandaroko, nokunda komambo oku Asiriya, Ishe anotsa: " Iyena apinda muguta rino, akandiri uta nerimwe haro muno. Ambhozouyi iyena nozviro zvokurwa nazvo owaka gwadza kuti arwe. ³³ Iyena atchabunda nongwadza rimwero paaka pinda; iyena apinda muguta rrino. Izvi zvinotsowa na Ishe". ³⁴ Nokuti Inini nditchakombheredza guta rino uye nditchasunungura Inini uye nenyaya ya Davidi, muranda Wangu". ³⁵ Uye zvakazoitika kuti, pousiku uiya, Ngirozi ya Ishe yakabhunda uye akarwa kwaigara wasiriya, otchiuraioya tchuru nomazana mapfembha ozvuru omasupai. Anarume aiya paaka purumuka nomatchibhesi, painga pano zvitunha zviri paruwadze. ³⁶ Noizvi, Senakeribe, mambo oAsiriya, akasiya Israeri uye akaenda uye akagara ku Niniva. ³⁷ Pakarepo, iyena painamata panyumba ye mwari wake, Nisroke, ana ake Adrameleke uye na Sarezer akamuraiya notsorora. Nokundaro, iwona akatiza kwenda kunyika ye Ararate. Pazvakapera, Esaradao, Mwana wake. akagara mambo mubhuto yake.