Thumwa dzakadwa ku Bhabhiloni
(2 Bomambo 20:12-19)1 Mu tjibaka itjetjo Merodakhi Baladani nkololo wa Baladani mambo we Bhabhiloni katuma thumwa kunopa Hezekiya hwalo ne zwipo ngoti wakabe ahwa kuti wakabe agwala ngono atjipola. 2 Hezekiya kabaamutjila ngono kabalakidza dula le fumwa iye. Kabalakidza siliva ne golide ne zwipayisi ne mafuta e themba ipezhugwi. Kabalakidza ne zwibhayano zwizwe zose, kabalakidza kose kwakabe kuli mu mbiganyilo dzidze dzose. Akuna tjimwe Hezekiya tjaakasiya mu ng'umba iye kene mu bushe gugwe asabalakidza itjo. 3 Ipapo nlebesambeli Isaya kazha kuna Mambo Hezekiya kan'dwa kati, “Balume ibaba badwa ngayi? Bakatini?” Hezekiya kadabila eti, “Bazha kundili bedwa ku shango ikule, shango ye Bhabhiloni.” 4 Isaya kabhuzwa eti, “Babonani mu ng'umba iyo?” Hezekiya kadabila eti, “Babona kose kungabong'wa mu ng'umba yangu, akuna tjimu matula angu tjandisabalakidza.”
5 Ipapo Isaya kabe eti kuna Hezekiya, “Ihwa kuti Yahwe Masimbawose bakatini? 6 Bona, anowozha mazhuba anowoti zose zwimu ng'umba iyo, naizo zose zwetjinga zwakakubunganyiwa ndi botate babo mu matula kuswikila nasi zwikasengegwa ku Bhabhiloni, akuna tjinowosala, Yahwe bakajalo. 7 Bamwe be bana babo bawakazwala banowotapiwa, banowobe ngomwa mu ng'umba ye bumambo ya mambo we Bhabhiloni.” 8 Ipapo Hezekiya kabe eti kuna Isaya, “Dama la Yahwe lawaleba lakalulwama.” Wakajalo ngoti wakakumbula eti, “Mbakiso ne mbakililo zowobe zwilipo muna angu mazhuba.”
Isaiah Speaks the Lord's Message to Hezekiah
(2 Kings 20.12-19)1 Merodach Baladan, the son of Baladan, was now king of Babylonia. And when he learned that Hezekiah was well, he sent messengers with letters and a gift for him. 2 Hezekiah welcomed the messengers and showed them all the silver, the gold, the spices, and the fine oils that were in his storehouse. He even showed them where he kept his weapons. Nothing in his palace or in his entire kingdom was kept hidden from them.
3 I asked Hezekiah, “Where did these men come from? What did they want?”
“They came all the way from Babylonia,” Hezekiah answered.
4 “What did you show them?” I asked.
Hezekiah answered, “I showed them everything in my kingdom.”
5 Then I told Hezekiah:
I have a message for you from the Lord All-Powerful. 6 One day everything you and your ancestors have stored up will be taken to Babylonia. The Lord has promised that nothing will be left. 7 Some of your own sons will be taken to Babylonia, where they will be disgraced and made to serve in the king's palace.
8 Hezekiah thought, “At least our nation will be at peace for a while.” So he told me, “The message you brought from the Lord is good.”