4, 5. (a) Ezekiase o bontšitse joang hore ha aa itšetleha ka Assyria? (b) Sankeribe o futuhetse Juda joang ka sesole, ’me ke mehato efe eo Ezekiase a e nkang ho qoba hore a hlasele Jerusalema hang-hang? (c) Ezekiase o lokisetsa ho sireletsa Jerusalema ho Baassyria joang?

⁴ Jerusalema e letetsoe ke liteko tse matla. Ezekiase o robile selekane seo ntat’ae Akaze ea se nang tumelo a neng a se entse le Baassyria. O bile o hlōtse Bafilista, ba entseng selekane le Assyria. (2 Marena 18:7, 8) Sena se halefisitse morena oa Assyria. Kahoo, rea bala: “Eitse ka selemo sa leshome le metso e mene sa Morena Ezekiase Sankeribe morena oa Assyria a futuhela metse eohle e etselitsoeng liqhobosheane ea Juda ’me a e hapa.” (Esaia 36:1) Mohlomong e le ka tebello ea ho sireletsa Jerusalema hore e se ke ea hlaseloa hang-hang ke lebotho le leqoophe la Assyria, Ezekiase o lumela ho lefa Sankeribe bokhotho-khotho ba sethabathaba sa litalenta tse 300 tsa silevera le litalenta tse 30 tsa khauta.a—2 Marena 18:14.

⁵ Kaha sebakeng sa polokelo ea matlotlo a moreneng ha ho na khauta le silevera tse lekaneng ho lefa sethabathaba seo, Ezekiase o nka lintho tsohle tsa bohlokoa tsa tšepe tseo a ka li fumanang tempeleng. O boetse o qhaqha mamati a tempele, a koahetsoeng ka khauta, ’me o a romela ho Sankeribe. Sena se khotsofatsa Moassyria eo, empa ka nakoana feela. (2 Marena 18:15, 16) Kamoo ho bonahalang kateng, Ezekiase oa hlokomela hore Baassyria ha ba na ho fa Jerusalema tšoeea halelele. Ka hona, ho lokela hore ho etsoe litokisetso. Sechaba se thiba mehloli ea metsi e ka fang Baassyria ba hlaselang metsi. Ezekiase o boetse o tiisa liqhobosheane tsa Jerusalema ’me o etsa pokello ea libetsa, e akarelletsang le “marumo a mangata le lithebe.”—2 Likronike 32:4, 5.