38 Mu ntsiku zenezi, Ezekiya aphatwa na utenda mbasala pangʼono toera kufa.+ Mprofeta Izaiya+ mwana wa Amoji abwera kuna iye, mbampanga: “Yahova alonga tenepa: ‘Pereka pitsogolero kuna anthu a panyumba* pako, thangwi iwe unafa; nee unawanga.’”+ 2 Natenepa, Ezekiya azungunusa nkhope yace ku pfufu, mbatoma kucita phembero kuna Yahova: 3 “Ndisakudembeterani Yahova, ndaphata miyendo, kumbukani+ kuti ine ndafamba mwakukhulupirika pamaso panu, pontho na ntima onsene.+ Ine ndacita pinthu pyadidi pamaso panu.” Penepo Ezekiya atoma kulira kakamwe.