Isaya
38 Emihleni leyo uHezekiya wagulela ukufa.+ Umphorofidi u-Isaya+ indodana ka-Amotsi weza wathi kuye, “UJehova uthi: ‘Nikela umndenakho iinqophiso ngombana uzokufa; angekhe uphole.’”+ 2 Khonokho uHezekiya waqalisa ubuso bakhe ebodeni, wathoma ukuthandaza kuJehova wathi: 3 “Ngiyakubawa Jehova, ngibawa ukhumbule+ indlela engakhamba ngayo ngokuthembeka phambi kwakho ngehliziyo epheleleko,+ ngenze okuhle emehlwenakho.” UHezekiya wathoma ukulila kabuhlungu.
4 Nje-ke uJehova wathi ku-Isaya: 5 “Buyela kuHezekiya uthi,+ ‘Nakhu okutjhiwo nguJehova uZimu kaDavida ukhokhwakho uthi: “Ngiwuzwile umthandazwakho.+ Ngizibonile iinyembezi zakho.+ Ngingezelela iminyaka eli-15 ekuphileni kwakho,+ 6 ngizokusindisa wena nedorobheli esandleni sekosi ye-Asiriya, ngizokuvikela idorobheli.+ 7 Nanti itshwayo elivela kuJehova elitjengisa bona uJehova uzokwenza akukhulumileko:+ 8 Ngizokwenza isithunzi selanga esehla eentepisini* zaka-Arhazi sibuyele emva ngeentepisi ezilitjhumi.”’”+ Ilanga labuyela emva ngeentepisi ezilitjhumi elehle kizo.
9 Okwatlolwa yiKosi uHezekiya yakwaJuda ngesikhathi igula begodu yalulama.
10 Ngathi: “Phakathi nokuphila kwami
Kufuze ngiye emasangweni weThuna.*
Ngizokuthathelwa iminyaka eseleko yokuphila kwami.”
11 Ngathi: “Angekhe ngibone umusa kaJah,* umusa kaJah enarheni yabaphilako.+
Angekhe ngisababona abantu
Ngombana ngizabe nginabantu abahlongakeleko.
12 Indawami ihluthuliwe bese yasuswa kimi+
Njengetende lomalusi.
Ngisonge ukuphila kwami njengomluki;
UZimu ungisika njengekoteni.
Kusukela emini bekube kuntambana usolo ungiqeda.+
13 Ngiyaziduduza bekube sekuseni.
Njengebhubezi usolo aphula amathambami woke;
Kusukela emini bekube kuntambana usolo ungiqeda.+
Amehlwami aqale phezulu bekadinwa:+
15 Ngizakuthini?
Ukhulume nami bewenza.
Ngizokukhamba ngokuthobeka ukuphila kwami koke
Ngombana ngigandeleleke kabuhlungu.
16 Maye! Jehova, boke abantu baphila ngezintwezi,*
Begodu kizo kunommoyami wokuphila.
Uzokuvuselela ipilwami begodu ngiragele phambili ngiphila.+
17 Qala! Kunokobana ngibe nokuthula, ngizwe ubuhlungu obukhulu;
Kodwana ungithandile,
Ungisindise emgodini wokutjhatjalaliswa.+
Ulahlele zoke izono zami ngemva kwakho.+
Labo abehlela emgodini angekhe bathembela ekuthembekeni kwakho.+
19 Ngabaphilako kwaphela abangakudumisa,
Njengombana nami ngenza namhlanjesi.
Ubaba anganikela amadodanakhe ilwazi ngokuthembeka kwakho.+
20 Maye! Jehova, ngisindisa,
Begodu sizokudlala iingoma zami ngeenliliso zesinara+
Yoke imihla yokuphila kwethu endlini kaJehova.’”+
21 Nje-ke u-Isaya wathi: “Lethani ikuke lamafeyi omisiweko nilibeke phezu kwethumba bona aphole.”+ 22 UHezekiya wabuza wathi: “Ngiliphi itshwayo elizokutjengisa bona ngizokukhuphukela endlini kaJehova?”+