Esaya

20 Mu mwaka Tartani*+ aile ku Ashidode,+ ilyo Sarigone imfumu ya Asiria amutumine,+ kabili alwishishe umusumba wa Ashidode no ku-upoka;+ 2 pali ilya nshita Yehova asoseele muli Esaya mwana Amose,+ ukutila: “Kabiye,+ kabili ufuule ulusamu* mu musana obe;+ kabili ufule indyato ku makasa yobe.”+ Kabili ifi e fyo acitile, aendele ubwamba kabili ukwabula indyato.+

3 Kabili Yehova atile: “Ifi fine umubomfi wandi Esaya ale-enda ubwamba kabili ukwabula indyato imyaka itatu nge cishibilo+ kabili ica kusobela icikacitikila Egupti+ na Etiopia,+ 4 e fyo imfumu ya mu Asiria ikatungulula ibumba lya balumendo na bakote, abafungwa ba mu Egupti+ na bankole ba ku Etiopia, bakenda ubwamba kabili ukwabula indyato, ukwabula aka kufimba ku matako, Egupti akashala ubwamba.+ 5 Kabili bakatutuma no kulengwa insoni pali Etiopia uo bacetekele+ na pali Egupti ukuyemba kwabo.+ 6 Kabili umwikashi wa ku lulamba ulu akasosa muli ubo bushiku ati, ‘Moneni ifyo caba ku o twacetekela, uo twafulumukileko ukuti atwafwe, ukuti tulubuke pa mulandu wa mfumu ya Asiria!+ Nomba ifwe twalafyuka shani?’”