Baasiriya ne Jerusalema
(2 Bomambo 18:13-372 19:14-19, 2 35-37Isaya 36:1-22Isaya 37:8-38)1 Shule kwe zwithu izwezwi zose zwakathamwa ndi Hezekiya nge kugalikabgwe, Senakheribu mambo we Baasiriya kazha kanginilila Juda ngono kakomba mizi yose ye matizhilo ekumbula kuti aizwitolele iyo. 2 Ngono Hezekiya wakati ebona kuti Senakheribu waswika ngono kakale una mazwimisilo e kugwa ne Jerusalema, 3 kalongolosa ne makulukota awe ne balume babe bakasima kuti bamise vula ye misenya yakabe idwa kuzhe kwe mizi mikulu ngono bakambhatsha kuthama saikoko. 4 Bunjinji gwe bathu bakabe bakakubungana ngono bakamisa misenya yose ne lukobana gwakabe guwunga mu shango beti, “Ini bomambo be Asiriya bangazha bewana vula ingapa kene?” 5 Ngono mambo kashinga kwazo kumusa guma lakabe lakawa ngono kabaka thungamakole mulili, kabaka limwe guma tjakuzhe kwe lakabe liliyapo ngono kasimisa matizhilo e Duluthulu mu nzi nkulu wa Dafite. Wakathama mathumo ne zwivikisi zwinjinji. 6 Ngono kabiga balume bose mu nzi nkulu pasi kwe balauli be babhayani ngono kalaula kuti banoshangana ku tjibata ku nkoba we nzi nkulu ngono kabakulumbidza eti, 7 “Simani mube nge tjilopa. Musitje kene kuli kutemeka mafupa mbeli kwa mambo we Asiriya ne babhayani bose baanabo, ngobe upakati kwedu nkulu pana baanabo. 8 Iye una simba le nthu koga iswi tina Yahwe Ndzimu wedu, banotibhatsha bakagwa ngwa dzedu.” Ngono bathu bakasima besimisiwa nge matama a Hezekiya mambo we Juda.
9 Shule kwa ipapo Senakheribu mambo we Asiriya wakati akakomba Lakhishi ne babhayani babe bose katuma balanda babe ku Jerusalema kuna Hezekiya mambo we Juda ne ku bathu bose be Juda bakabe bali mu Jerusalema eti, 10 “Senakheribu mambo we Asiriya kati, ‘Makabiga muni kene amuligele mu Jerusalema yakakombiwa wali kene? 11 Apa amutobona kuti Hezekiya unomutjengela wali kuti ndizo mufe mubulawa nge bhamba ne nyota kene ha emudwa eti, “Yahwe Ndzimu wedu unowotisunungula mu simba le mambo we Asiriya!” 12 Apa ate ali iye zwe Hezekiya wakadusa magalo a pezhugwi ne zwibeso ngono kalaula Juda ne Jerusalema eti, “Makafanila namata pa tjibeso tjinopisigwa zwibhayilo tjing'ompela mutjili makafanila pisa zwibhayilo,” kene? 13 Apa amutoziba kuti imi na bobatategulu bangu takathamani bathu bose be shango dzipoga kene? Apa midzimu ye shango idzedzo yakatubula bhatsha bathu ibabo kene? 14 Ndiupi mu midzimu iyeyo ye shango idzedzi dzakalobesiwa tjoselele ndi bobatategulu bangu wakatubula kutjidza bathu bawo mu simba langu, kungayita kuti Ndzimu wenyu utubule kumutjidza mu simba langu kene? 15 Ndizo ngwenu musiletje Hezekiya kuti amutjebele kene kumutungamilila ntome nge zila yakajali, kakale musitongo n'galabgwe ngobe akuna ndzimu we shango ipi kene we bushe gupi wakatongotjidza bathu bawo muna bobatategulu bangu. Ndizo wali ndzimu wenyu usingake ukamutjidza mundili!’ ”
16 Balanda ba Senakheribu bakadwilila ngoleba zwithu zwakabipa ngekwa Yahwe Ndzimu nenge kwe nlanda wawo Hezekiya. 17 Mambo bakakwala hwalo betuka Yahwe Ndzimu we Iziraela ngono beleba beti, “Midzimu ye be zwitjaba yakakong'wa ngotjidza bathu bayo mu simba langu ngono naiwo Ndzimu wa Hezekiya aungatubule kutjidza bathu bawo mu simba langu.” 18 Ngono bakamimila nge mahwi a pezhugwi nge lulimi gwe Bajuta bemililila bathu be Jerusalema bakabe bali mu guma le nzi nkulu kuti ndizo babapalusemoyo kuti bakowotola nzi nkulu. 19 Bakalebeleka ngekwe Ndzimu we Jerusalema se ungati banolebeleka ngekwe midzimu ye bamwe bathu, midzimu yakabezhiwa nge nthu.
20 Mambo Hezekiya ne nlebesambeli Isaya nkololo wa Amozi bakatembezela Ndzimu nge kwa ikoku ngono bakalilila kudzimu. 21 Ngono Yahwe bakatuma ntumwa we kudzimu kubulaya babhayani bose bakasima ne balauli be babhayani ne balauli be ngwa ya mambo we Asiriya. Ndizo mambo we Asiriya kabgwilila ku shango iye akabhakhwa nge shoni. Ngono wakati eswika ku ng'umba ye ndzimu uwe, bamwe be bakololo babe bakambhayila ipapo nge thumo.
22 Ndizo Yahwe bakatjidza Hezekiya ne bagali be Jerusalema mu simba la Senakheribu mambo we Asiriya ne mu masimba e zwita zwizwe zose, ngono bakabapa mbakiso kumwe ne kumwe. 23 Banjinji bakazhisa zwipo kuna Yahwe ku Jerusalema ne zwithu zwakanaka kuna Hezekiya mambo we Juda ndizo kakudziwa mbeli kwe zwitjaba zose kudwa mu tjibaka itjetjo ne kuyenda mbeli.
Gwala kwa Hezekiya ne kuzwikudza
(2 Bomambo 20:1-3, 2 12-19Isaya 38:1-3Isaya 39:1-8)24 Mu mazhuba iyawo Hezekiya kagwala, egwalilo fa, ngono wakatembezela Yahwe ngono bakan'dabila, bakampa tjilakidzo tjekuti unowopola. 25 Koga Hezekiya kasibokele tjaathamigwa, kazwikudza ndizo bushongola gwa Yahwe gukadelukila mu nli ne mu Juda ne mu Jerusalema. 26 Koga Hezekiya kazwiyisa pasi ngekwe mazwikudzo awe ne bathu be Jerusalema naibobo ngono bushongola gwa Yahwe kukasidelukile mubali mu tjibaka tja Hezekiya.
Fumwa ya Hezekiya
27 Hezekiya wakabe ana fumwa njinji ne gudzo, wakazwithamila matula e siliva ne golide nenge e mabgwe e ntengo upezhugwi ne e zwipayisi ne zwivikisi ne zwimwe zwishingisiwa zwe ntengo upezhugwi, 28 kabaka matula e mathunde ne mabiganyilo e nkumbi we zhambi ne mafuta ne matanga e ng'ombe neye pkhwizi ne mbudzi zwikabe zwinjinji kwazo. 29 Wakabaka mizi kabe ne pkhwizi ne mbudzi ne matanga e ng'ombe manjinji kwazo ngobe Ndzimu wakabe wampa fumwa njinji kwazo. 30 Hezekiya ndiyezwe wakazhalila nsenya we Gihoni ngono kathama kuti uwungile kunomila zhuba kwe nzi nkulu wa Dafite. Hezekiya wakabhudilila mu mishingo iye yose, 31 nenge tjibaka tje bakololo be Bhabhiloni pabakazha bewobhuzwisisa nge tjakabe tjashingikala mu shango tjakabe tjitjenamisa, Ndzimu wakanletjedza kunlika ne kuziba tjimwe ne tjimwe tjakabe tjili mu moyo uwe.
Bhelelo le kubusa kwa Hezekiya
(2 Bomambo 20:20-21)32 Mishingo yose ya Hezekiya ne zwiyito zwizwe zwibuyanana, bonani, zwakakwagwa mu mbono dze Nlebesambeli Isaya nkololo wa Amozi ne mu Lukwalo gwa Bomambo be Juda ne Iziraela. 33 Hezekiya kafa ngono kabiganyiwa kwakatathila kwe zwikumbu zwe zwizekugwana zwa Dafite ngono. Juda yose ne bagali be Jerusalema bakan'kudza mu nsi we kufa kukwe. Manase nkololo uwe kan'gala thaka.
The Assyrians Threaten Jerusalem
(2 Kings 18.13-372 19.14-192 35-37Isaiah 36.1-22Isaiah 37.8-38)1 After these events, in which King Hezekiah served the Lord faithfully, Sennacherib, the emperor of Assyria, invaded Judah. He besieged the fortified cities and gave orders for his army to break their way through the walls. 2 When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib intended to attack Jerusalem also, 3-4 he and his officials decided to cut off the supply of water outside the city in order to keep the Assyrians from having any water when they got near Jerusalem. The officials led a large number of people out and stopped up all the springs, so that no more water flowed out of them. 5 The king strengthened the city's defenses by repairing the wall, building towers on it, and building an outer wall. In addition, he repaired the defenses built on the land that was filled in on the east side of the old part of Jerusalem. He also had a large number of spears and shields made. 6 He placed all the men in the city under the command of army officers and had them assemble in the open square at the city gate. He said to them, 7 “Be determined and confident, and don't be afraid of the Assyrian emperor or of the army he is leading. We have more power on our side than he has on his. 8 He has human power, but we have the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.” The people were encouraged by these words of their king.
9 Some time later, while Sennacherib and his army were still at Lachish, he sent the following message to Hezekiah and the people of Judah who were with him in Jerusalem: 10 “I, Sennacherib, Emperor of Assyria, ask what gives you people the confidence to remain in Jerusalem under siege. 11 Hezekiah tells you that the Lord your God will save you from our power, but Hezekiah is deceiving you and will let you die of hunger and thirst. 12 He is the one who destroyed the Lord's shrines and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem to worship and burn incense at one altar only. 13 Don't you know what my ancestors and I have done to the people of other nations? Did the gods of any other nation save their people from the emperor of Assyria? 14 When did any of the gods of all those countries ever save their country from us? Then what makes you think that your god can save you? 15 Now don't let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like that. Don't believe him! No god of any nation has ever been able to save his people from any Assyrian emperor. So certainly this god of yours can't save you!”
16 The Assyrian officials said even worse things about the Lord God and Hezekiah, the Lord's servant. 17 The letter that the emperor wrote defied the Lord, the God of Israel. It said, “The gods of the nations have not saved their people from my power, and neither will Hezekiah's god save his people from me.” 18 The officials shouted this in Hebrew in order to frighten and discourage the people of Jerusalem who were on the city wall, so that it would be easier to capture the city. 19 They talked about the God of Jerusalem in the same way that they talked about the gods of the other peoples, idols made by human hands.
20 Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed to God and cried out to him for help. 21 The Lord sent an angel that killed the soldiers and officers of the Assyrian army. So the emperor went back to Assyria disgraced. One day when he was in the temple of his god, some of his sons killed him with their swords.
22 In this way the Lord rescued King Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the power of Sennacherib, the emperor of Assyria, and also from their other enemies. He let the people live in peace with all the neighboring countries. 23 Many people came to Jerusalem, bringing offerings to the Lord and gifts to Hezekiah, so that from then on all the nations held Hezekiah in honor.
Hezekiah's Illness and Pride
(2 Kings 20.1-32 12-19Isaiah 38.1-3Isaiah 39.1-8)24 About this time King Hezekiah became sick and almost died. He prayed, and the Lord gave him a sign that he would recover. 25 But Hezekiah was too proud to show gratitude for what the Lord had done for him, and Judah and Jerusalem suffered for it. 26 Finally, however, Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem humbled themselves, and so the Lord did not punish the people until after Hezekiah's death.
Hezekiah's Wealth and Splendor
27 King Hezekiah became very wealthy, and everyone held him in honor. He had storerooms built for his gold, silver, precious stones, spices, shields, and other valuable objects. 28 In addition, he had storehouses built for his grain, wine, and olive oil; barns for his cattle; and pens for his sheep. 29 Besides all this, God gave him sheep and cattle and so much other wealth that he built many cities. 30 It was King Hezekiah who blocked the outlet for Gihon Spring and channeled the water to flow through a tunnel to a point inside the walls of Jerusalem. Hezekiah succeeded in everything he did, 31 and even when the Babylonian ambassadors came to inquire about the unusual event that had happened in the land, God let Hezekiah go his own way only in order to test his character.
The End of Hezekiah's Reign
(2 Kings 20.202 21)32 Everything else that King Hezekiah did and his devotion to the Lord are recorded in The Vision of the Prophet Isaiah Son of Amoz and in The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 33 Hezekiah died and was buried in the upper section of the royal tombs. All the people of Judah and Jerusalem paid him great honor at his death. His son Manasseh succeeded him as king.