2 Isaka watsi: “Manje sengimdzala, angilati lilanga lami lekuhamba emhlabeni.
Manje-ke, tsatsa tinsungulo nebutjoki bakho, uhambe uye etsafeni, uyekungitingelela inyamatane,
Watsi nasatakufa, wabita indvodzana yakhe Josefa, watsi kuyo: “Nangemukeleka kuwe, beka sandla sakho ngaphansi kwelitsanga lami, wetsembise ngesifungo kimi kutsi ungeke ungingcwabe lapha eGibhithe.
Israyeli wakhuluma kuJosefa watsi: “Manje sengitawufa, kodvwa Nkulunkulu utawuba nani, aphindze anibuyisele eveni labokhokho benu.
Ungatigabatisi ngelikusasa lakho, ngobe awati kutsi lilanga ngelilanga likutela nani.
Wonkhe umsebenti losetandleni takho wente ngemandla akho onkhe, ngobe ethuneni lapho uya khona, kute kusebenta, nekucabanga, nelwati kanye nekuhlakanipha.
Kulawo malanga Hezekiya wagula wabangwa netibi. Umphrofethi Isaya, umsa wa-Amose, waya kuye, wafike watsi: “Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: Sale ulungisa kahle tonkhe tintfo tasemndenini wakakho, ngobe sewutakufa, ngeke usindze.”
“Awu, Simakadze, khumbula kutsi bengihamba ngekwetsembeka lokunjani embikwakho, nekutsi bengitinikele kangakanani embikwakho ngayo yonkhe inhlitiyo yami, ngenta lokuhle emehlweni akho.” Hezekiya wakhala kabuhlungu.
Ngako-ke lindzani, ngobe animati umnikati wendlu kutsi uyawubuya nini. Angahle abuye ebusuku nome ekhatsi nebusuku, angabuya ekukhaleni kwekucala kwelichudze, nome ekuseni.
Ningakusho kanjani loko, njengobe ningalati likusasa lekuphila kwenu kutsi litawuba yini? Ngobe kuphila kwenu kunjengenkhungu, lechamuka ibonakale sikhashana, iphindze inyamalale.
Kodvwa Davide wenta sifungo, watsi: “Uyihlo uyati kutsi wena ungitsandza kanganani, waze watsi: ‘Jonathani akufanele akwati loku, ngobe angaphatseka kabi.’ Noko ngifunga ngekuphila kwaSimakadze nangekwakho kutsi sinye sinyatselo kuphela lesisemkhatsini wami nekufa.”