19 URabhishakhe wathi kubo: “Ngicela liyetshela uHezekhiya lithi, ‘Nanku okutshiwo yinkosi enkulu, inkosi ye-Asiriya: “Kanti uthembeni?+ 20 Uthi wena ulecebo kanye lamandla okulwa impi, kodwa uyaziyenga. Uthembe bani okwenza ube lesibindi sokungihlamukela?+ 21 Uthembe ukuthi uzasekelwa yiGibhithe,+ umhlanga owephukileyo othi nxa umuntu angabambelela kuwo umhlabe utshone esandleni! Unjalo uFaro inkosi yeGibhithe kubo bonke abathembele kuye. 22 Nxa lisithi kimi, ‘Thina sithembe uJehova uNkulunkulu wethu,’+ kanti kayisuye yini olezindawo eziphakemeyo lama-alithare okwadilizwa nguHezekhiya+ esithi ebantwini bakoJuda leJerusalema, ‘Kumele likhothame phambi kwe-alithare leli eliseJerusalema’?”’+ 23 Khathesi ngicela wenze isivumelwano lenkosi yami, inkosi ye-Asiriya. Ngizakunika amabhiza angu-2 000 nxa usenelisa ukuthola abantu abeneleyo abangawagada.+ 24 Manje nxa ungahlaselwa ngumbusi* oyedwa, omncane kulazo zonke izinceku zenkosi yami, ungamehlula yini wena uthembe ukuthi iGibhithe izakunika izinqola labagadi bamabhiza? 25 Kanti uJehova kayisuye yini ongiphe imvumo yokuthi ngizohlasela indawo le ngiyitshabalalise? UJehova nguye othe kimi, ‘Hamba uyehlasela ilizwe leli ulitshabalalise.’”

10 “Nanku okumele likutshele uHezekhiya inkosi yakoJuda, ‘Ungavumi ukuthi uNkulunkulu wakho omthembileyo akuyenge esithi: “IJerusalema ayisoze inikelwe esandleni senkosi ye-Asiriya.”+