U-Isaya
38 Ngalezonsuku uHezekhiya wagula wabangwa lezibi.+ Umphrofethi u-Isaya+ indodana ka-Amozi wasefika kuye wamtshela wathi: “UJehova uthi, ‘Layezela abemuli yakho* ngoba awusoze usile, uzakufa.’”+ 2 UHezekhiya wathi ekuzwa lokho watshibilika wakhangela emdulini, wasekhuleka kuJehova wathi: 3 “Awu Jehova, ngiyakuncenga, ngicela ukhumbule+ ukuthi bengihamba phambi kwakho ngenhliziyo yami yonke+ futhi ngithembekile, ngisenza okuhle phambi kwakho.” UHezekhiya wasekhala kabuhlungu.
4 Ngemva kwalokho ilizwi likaJehova lafika ku-Isaya lathi: 5 “Buyela kuHezekhiya uthi kuye,+ ‘Nanku okutshiwo nguJehova uNkulunkulu kakhokho wakho uDavida: “Ngiwuzwile umthandazo wakho,+ lenyembezi zakho ngizibonile.+ Ngakho sengisengezelela iminyaka engu-15 empilweni yakho.*+ 6 Ngizakukhulula wena ledolobho leli esandleni senkosi ye-Asiriya njalo ngizalilwela idolobho leli.+ 7 Nansi isibonakaliso esivela kuJehova esizakutshengisa ukuthi uJehova uzakwenza lokho akukhulumileyo:+ 8 Ngizakwenza umthunzi welanga owehla emasitephisini* ka-Ahazi ubuyele emuva ngamasitephisi alitshumi.”’”+ Ngakho umthunzi welanga wabuyela emuva ngamasitephisi alitshumi emasitephisini owawusudlule kuwo.
9 La ngamazwi abhalwa nguHezekhiya inkosi yakoJuda aze agule njalo asile emkhuhlaneni wakhe.
10 Ngathi: “Kuzamele ngiye emagedini engcwaba
Ngingakagugi lokuguga.
Ngizathathelwa iminyaka yami eseleyo.”
11 Ngathi: “Kangisoze ngimbone uJah,* kangisoze ngimbone uJah elizweni labaphilayo.+
Kangisoze ngiphinde ngibakhangele abantu
Nxa sengilalabo abahlala elizweni elingelampilo.
12 Indawo yami yokuhlala isidiliziwe yasuswa kimi+
Njengetende lomelusi.
Sengigoqe impilo yami njengelembu eligoqwe ngumuntu olungisa amalembu,
UNkulunkulu uyangiquma njengohali oluqunywa kulokho okuthungwayo.
Kusukela emini kuze kube sebusuku, uqhubeka engifikisa ekucineni.+
13 Ngiyazama ukuhlaliseka kuze kube sekuseni.
Uqhubeka evodloza wonke amathambo ami njengesilwane,
Kusukela emini kuze kube sebusuku, uqhubeka engifikisa ekucineni.+
Amehlo ami asediniwe ngokukhangela phezulu:+
‘Awu Jehova, ngikhathazeke kakhulu,
Ngicela ungisize.’+
15 Pho kuyini okunye engingakutsho?
Usekhulume lami futhi usekwenzile akutshoyo.
Ngizahamba ngokuzithoba okwempilo yami yonke
Ngenxa yobuhlungu obukhulu engiphakathi kwabo.*
Wena uzangipha impilakahle, ulondoloze impilo yami.+
17 Bengisizwa ubuhlungu obukhulu kulokuthi ngibe lokuthula,
Kodwa ungivikele ukuze ngingangeni egodini lokufa,+
Ngenxa yokuthi uyangithanda.
Izono zami zonke usuziphosele ngemva kwakho.*+
Labo abangena phansi egodini ngeke bakubone ukuthembeka kwakho.+
19 Abaphilayo yibo bodwa abenelisa ukukudumisa,
Njengoba lami ngisenza lamuhla.
Obaba bayenelisa ukupha amadodana abo ulwazi olumayelana lokuthembeka kwakho.+
20 Awu Jehova, ngisindisa,
Ngizahlabela izingoma zami ngitshaya iziginci labanye,+
Endlini kaJehova kuzo zonke insuku zokuphila kwethu.’”+
21 U-Isaya wasesithi: “Lethani ikhekhe elenziwe ngamakhiwane awonyisiweyo, beselilininda phezu kwethumba lakhe ukuze asile.”+ 22 Phela uHezekhiya wayebuze wathi: “Ngizabona ngani ukuthi ngizakuya endlini kaJehova?”+