Isaya 39:1-8
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Tutumwa ba kutunda ku Babiloni (1-8)
39 Ha simbu ije, mwene wa Babiloni, Melodaki-baladani muna Baladani, watuminine Hezekiya mikanda na bwana mwafwa wazibile ngwabo wakele na kubinja, oloni nakanguka.
2 Hezekiya watambwile mu kubwahelela banu batumine, co wabamwesele mu njibo* ya kutulikila byuma bya seho. Wabamwesele siuva, goldi, mazi a bosamu na mazi akwabo a seho, na bitwa byendi byoshe na byuma byoshe bije byakele mwakele na kutulikila byuma bya seho. Nacimo cahi kabamwesele Hezekiya mu njibo yendi na mu bumwene bwendi bwoshe.
3 Kutundoho, kapolofweto Isaya wezile kuli Mwene Hezekiya na kumwihula ngwendi: “Bika bibanezila aba banalume, co banatundu kuli?” Hezekiya wendekele ngwendi: “Banatundu ku lifuti lya kulako, ku Babiloni.”
4 Kutundaho, wamwihwile ngwendi: “Bika bibanamono mu njibo* yobe?” Hezekiya wamukumbulwile ngwendi: “Banamono byuma byoshe bili mu njibo* yange. Nacimo cahi kunjabamwesele ku byuma bili munjikatulikila byuma bya seho.”
5 Co Isaya walekele Hezekiya ngwendi: “Yehova wa maswalale nendeka ngwendi,
6 ‘Tala! Matangwa ali na kwija omwo byoshe bili mu njibo* yobe na byoshe bibanakungulula bakukulwila bobe kweta na lelo lino bakabitwala ku Babiloni. Nacimo cahi cikasalako,’ ngwendi Yehova.
7 ‘Co bana bobe bamo baulikitila bakabambata, co bakapwa bamyata mu lipela lya mwene wa Babiloni.’”
8 Co Hezekiya walekele Isaya ngwendi: “Byuma byanendeka Yehova biunanjileke, byabibwa.” Watwaleleleleho kwendeka ngwendi: “Mwafwa mu simbu* ya kuyoya kwange kukala kwoloka, co kukukala mpindangano.”
Majwi a kwinikila
^ Nambe “lipela.”
^ Nambe “lipela.”
^ Nambe “lipela.”
^ Nambe “lipela.”
^ Lijwi na lijwi “matangwa.”
