U-Isaya 38 - IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE

Ukugula nokusinda kukaHezekiya

¹ Ngalezo zinsuku uHezekiya wagula, wayephansi kokufa. Kwafika kuye u-Isaya umprofethi, indodana ka-Amose, wathi kuye: “Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: Yalela indlu yakho, ngokuba uyakufa, awuyikusinda.”

² UHezekiya wayesephendulela ubuso bakhe odongeni, wakhuleka kuJehova,

³ wathi: “Ngiyacela, Jehova: ake ukhumbule ukuthi ngihambile phambi kwakho ngeqiniso nangenhliziyo epheleleyo, ngenzile okuhle emehlweni akho.” Wayesekhala uHezekiya ngokukhala okukhulu.

⁴ Lafika ku-Isaya izwi likaJehova, lathi:

⁵ “Hamba, uthi kuHezekiya: ‘Usho kanje uJehova uNkulunkulu kaDavide uyihlo, uthi: Ngizwile umkhuleko wakho, ngibonile izinyembezi zakho; ngiyakwenezela ezinsukwini zakho iminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu.

⁶ Ngiyakophula wena nalo muzi esandleni senkosi yase-Asiriya, ngiwuvikele lo muzi.

⁷ “ ‘Lesi siyakuba yisibonakaliso kuwe esivela kuJehova sokuthi uJehova uyakukwenza lokho akukhulumileyo:

⁸ bheka, isithunzi sezinyathelo ilanga elizehlile ezinyathelweni zelanga zika-Ahazi ngiyakusibuyisa izinyathelo eziyishumi.’ ” Ilanga labuya-ke izinyathelo eziyishumi ezinyathelweni elizehlileyo.

Ihubo likaHezekiya

⁹ Ihubo likaHezekiya inkosi yakwaJuda lapho wayekade egula, wasinda ekuguleni kwakhe:

¹⁰ Ngathi: “Ngiphakathi nezinsuku zami ngiyakungena emasangweni endawo yabafileyo, ngaphuciwe inxenye yeminyaka yami.”

¹¹ Ngathi: “Angiyikumbona uJehova, uJehova ezweni labaphilayo; angisayikubuka muntu nginabakhileyo bezwe.

¹² Idokodo lami lisishuliwe, lasuswa kimi njengetende lomalusi; ngisongile ukuphila kwami njengomaluki; uyanginquma esalukweni; kusukela emini kuze kube sebusuku uyangiqeda.

¹³ Ngakhala kwaze kwaba sekuseni; njengengonyama uyaphula onke amathambo ami; kusukela emini kuze kube sebusuku uyangiqeda.

¹⁴ Ngatshiyozisa okwenkonjane, ngaliliselisa okwejuba; amehlo ami aphela ngokubheka phezulu; Nkosi, ngiyacindezelwa; yiba yisibambiso sami.”

¹⁵ Ngingakhuluma ngithini na? Ukhulumile kimi, ukwenzile yena. Ngiyakubinyabinyeka yonke iminyaka ngomunyu womphefumulo wami.

¹⁶ Nkosi, abantu baphila ngalokho, nokuphila komoya wami kukulokho kuphelele; ngalokho mawungiphulukise, ungiphilise.

¹⁷ Bheka, kwakungokuhle kimi ukuthi nganginomunyu; wena wawuthanda umphefumulo wami, waze waphuma egodini lokubhujiswa, ngokuba uzilahlile nyovane zonke izono zami.

¹⁸ Ngokuba indawo yabafileyo ayikubongi, nokufa akukudumisi; abehlela egodini ababheki ukuthembeka kwakho.

¹⁹ Abaphilayo, abaphilayo bayakubonga njengami namuhla; uyise uyabazisa abantwana ukuthembeka kwakho.

²⁰ UJehova uyakungisindisa; ngalokho siyakubetha ngezingubhu ezinezintambo zonke izinsuku zokuhamba kwethu endlini kaJehova.

²¹ U-Isaya wathi: “Mabathathe isigaxa samakhiwane, basibeke ethumbeni, uyakusinda.”

²² Kepha uHezekiya wathi: “Yisibonakaliso sini sokuba ngiyakwenyukela endlini kaJehova na?”