10 “Tjelani Hezekiya, inkhosi yakaJuda, nitsi: ‘Ungayengwa ngulonkulunkulu wakho lometsembako nakatsi: “IJerusalema ngeke inikelwe etandleni tenkhosi yase-Asiriya.”
ngize ngifike nginitsatse nginimikise eveni lelifanana nelenu, live lelinalokutinhlavu, nalelineliwayini lelisha, live lesinkhwa neletivini, live letihlahla temincumo neluju lwetinyosi: Khetsani kuphila kunekufa.’ “Ningamlaleli Hezekiya, ngobe uyanedukisa nakatsi: ‘Simakadze utasikhulula.’
Hezekiya wametsemba Simakadze Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli. Kute nayinye inkhosi leyaba njengaye kuwo onkhe emakhosi akaJuda, langembili kwakhe nalangasemva kwakhe.
Angitsi sewuvile kutsi entani emakhosi ase-Asiriya kuwo onkhe lamanye emave, acotfule imbokodvo nesisekelo kuwo. Wena-ke ungaphepha kanjani?
Senaheribi watfola umbiko wekutsi Thihakha, inkhosi yaseKushe, nayo iyashuca itewuhlasela yena. Ngako waphindze watfumela tigijimi kuHezekiya nelivi lelitsi: