Isaya 36:1-22
36 Senakelive mwangana waAsulya+ alukukile jinganda jakukingiwa josena jamuYuta nakujitambula+ mumwaka wakusokesa 14 wachiyulo chaMwangana Hezekiya.
2 Jino mwangana waAsulya atumine Lavashake*+ kufuma kuLakishe+ mangana ayenga kuYelusalema kuli Mwangana Hezekiya. Ayile naliyongomena lyamaswalale, kaha vakemanyine kukapila wameya uze afumine hachijiva chahamulundu+ uze wapwile kujila, kuchipapa chamuka-kutomesa mahina.+
3 Kaha Elyakime+ mwanaHilikiya uze apwile muka-kutala zuvo* yamwangana, naShevene+ muka-kusoneka, naYowa mwanaAsafwe uze apwile muka-kulama mijimbu yawangana valovokele nakwiza kuli ikiye.
4 Jino Lavashake ambile kuli vakiko ngwenyi: “Kamulwezenu Hezekiya ngwenu, ‘Mwangana wamunene, mwangana waAsulya nambe ngwenyi: “Uno haka unajiki muchima wove?+
5 Unambe ngwove, ‘Nguli nangolo najijila jakuzungilamo jita,’ oloze ijiva ngwove mazu ove anapu amokomoko. Iya unafwelela numba ulikange kuli ami?+
6 Unafwelela Ejipitu, lihongo lyakufunyuka, lize nalihasa kutuva mulivoko lyamutu uze mwalijikililaho namavoko enyi. Omu mukiko mwanapu Fwalo mwangana waEjipitu kuli vosena vaze navamufwelela.+
7 Kachi nge mungulweza ngwove, ‘Tunafwelela Yehova Kalunga ketu,’ uno ou Kalunga kenu keshi ikiye mwenyavihela vyakulunduka namajiko akulumbila vize unafumisako nyi?+ Kaha unambe kuli vatu vamuYuta namuYelusalema ngwove, ‘Lifukwilenu kulijiko lyakulumbila+ eli lili muYelusalema.’”’
8 Ngocho lipechenu namwata wami mwangana waAsulya,+ kaha ami nangukuhana tuvalu 2,000 tumone nge nauwana vaka-kuvatambukisa.
9 Numba nge mwangana waEjipitu mwakuhana matemba ajita navaka-kutambukila hatuvalu, kaweshi kuhasa kufungulula numba kapitau umwe ali mwishi yavangamba jamwata wamiko.
10 Kangwejile nakunongesa nganda yino chakuzeneka lisesa lyakufuma kuli Yehovako. Yehova ikiye angulwezanga ngwenyi, ‘Yako ukanyemukile lifuchi kana nakulinongesa.’”
11 Ngocho Elyakime, naShevene,+ naYowa vambile kuli Lavashake+ ngwavo: “Hanjika kuli etu vangamba jove mulilimi lyaAlamayiki,*+ mwomwo natwivwako. Kanda nauhanjika kuli etu mulilimi lyavaYuleya lize navevwa navatu vaze vali hakembweko.”+
12 Oloze Lavashake ambile kuli vakiko ngwenyi: “Uno mwata wami nangutumu nguhanjike kaha kuli enu nakuli mwata wenu numba? Vanangutumu nguhanjike nakuli vatu ava vanatwame hakembwe, ava navakalya tuji twavo nakunwa masu avo hamwe nayenu.”
13 Jino Lavashake emanyine nakutambakana mulilimi lyavaYuleya+ ngwenyi: “Ivwenu mazu amwangana wamunene, mwangana waAsulya.+
14 Mwangana nambe ngwenyi, ‘Kanda namwitavila Hezekiya amyongeko, mwomwo keshi kuhasa kumiyovolako.+
15 Hezekiya kanda amilingisa mufwelele Yehova+ hakwamba ngwenyi: “Yehova mwatuyovola, kaha yino nganda nawa kaveshi kuyihana mumavoko amwangana waAsulyako.”
16 Kanda namwivwilila Hezekiyako, mwomwo mwangana waAsulya nambe ngwenyi: “Sumenu kupoko mangana mupwenga mukuunda nayami. Kaha mutu himutu mwalyanga kumuvinyo wenyi, nakumukuyu wenyi, mwanwanga nawa meya amulishima lyenyi,
17 palanga nomu nangukeza nakumitwala mulifuchi lyakufwana nge lifuchi lyenu,+ lifuchi lyamanona, navinyo vyavihya, najimbolo, namande amivinyo.
18 Kanda namwitavila Hezekiya amihungumwise hakwamba ngwenyi, ‘Yehova mwatuyovola.’ Uno tulunga vamumafuchi eka vahashile kulwila mafuchi avo kuli mwangana waAsulya+ nyi?
19 Uno tulunga vakuHamate nakuAlapate+ vali kulihi? Nyi tulunga vakuSefwalavaime+ vali kulihi? Kutala vahashile kulwila Samaliya kulivoko lyami numba?+
20 Hatulunga vosena vamumafuchi, kalunga muka alwilile lifuchi lyenyi kulivoko lyami numba Yehova alwile Yelusalema kulivoko lyami?”’”+
21 Oloze vaholele kulu, kavamukumbulwile lizu numba limweko, mwomwo mwangana avalwezele ngwenyi: “Kanda namukamukumbululako.”+
22 Jino Elyakime mwanaHilikiya uze apwile muka-kutala zuvo* yamwangana, naShevene+ muka-kusoneka, naYowa mwanaAsafwe uze apwile muka-kulama mijimbu yawangana vapihililile nakupula uvwalo wavo, kaha vayile kuli Hezekiya nakumulweza mazu osena ahanjikile Lavashake.
Kwinyikila Chamwishi
^ Chipwe “atumine mukulwane wavaka-kuhana lupasa.”
^ Chipwe “nganda.”
^ Chipwe “mulilimi lyavaSulya.”
^ Chipwe “nganda.”
