10 “Naku lokushiwo nguSenaheribi, inkhosi yase-Asiriya, utsi: Netsembeni ngalokutsi nilibale kuguja lapha ngekhatsi kweJerusalema leseyikakwe yimphi?
Indvuna lenkhulu yemphi yafike yakhuluma kubo, yatsi: “Tjelani Hezekiya, nitsi: ‘Naku lokushiwo yinkhosi lenkhulu, inkhosi yase-Asiriya, itsi: Ulibeke kubani litsemba lakho?
Hezekiya nakatsi: ‘Simakadze Nkulunkulu wetfu utasisindzisa esandleni senkhosi yase-Asiriya,’ uyaniyenga, wentela kutsi nitewubulawa yindlala nakoma.
Kwatsi kamuva, ngesikhatsi Senaheribi, inkhosi yase-Asiriya, kanye nawo onkhe emabutfo akhe, basevimbetele iLakhishi, watfumela tindvuna takhe eJerusalema nemlayeto kuHezekiya, inkhosi yakaJuda, nakubo bonkhe bantfu bakaJuda lababelapho, utsi:
Indvuna lenkhulu yemphi yafike yakhuluma kubo, yatsi: “Tjelani Hezekiya, nitsi: “ ‘Naku lokushiwo yinkhosi lenkhulu yase-Asiriya, itsi: Ulibeke kubani litsemba lakho?