10 “Uthi uKumkani uSenaribhe waseAsiriya, ‘Nithembele ngantoni na, le nto nihleli eYerusalem ngoxa irhangqiwe?+

4 Yathi kubo iRabheshake: “Yithini kuHezekiya, ‘Uthi ukumkani omkhulu, ukumkani waseAsiriya: “Uthembele ngantoni?+ 5 Wena uthi, ‘Ndinecebo namandla okulwa emfazweni,’ kodwa akukho kwanto injalo. Uthembele ngabani, le nto ude ube nesibindi sokungandithobeli?+ 6 Tyhini! Uthembele ngale ngcongolo ityumkileyo iYiputa, le ethi ukuba umntu uxhathisa ngayo, imhlabe esandleni. Unjalo kaloku uFaro ukumkani waseYiputa kubo bonke abo bathembele kuye.+ 7 Ukuba uthi kum, ‘Sithembele ngoYehova uThixo wethu,’ ayizozakhe na ezi ndawo ziphakamileyo nezibingelelo azidilizileyo uHezekiya,+ ngoxa esithi kuYuda neYerusalem, ‘Nifanele niqubude phambi kwesi isibingelelo’?”’+ 8 Ngoko ke, khawubheje nenkosi yam, ukumkani waseAsiriya:+ Ndiza kukunika amahashe ayi-2 000, ndifuna khe sibone ukuba ungawafumanela na abakhweli. 9 Ungakwazi njani ke ukoyisa noyena mlawuli ungenamandla kwizicaka zenkosi yam, usathembele ngeenqwelo nabakhweli-mahashe baseYiputa? 10 AyingoYehova na ondinike igunya lokuba nditshabalalise eli lizwe? NguYehova ngokwakhe othe kum, ‘Nyuka ulihlasele eli lizwe, uze ulitshabalalise.’”