25 Kambe ke uHezekiya wayethiwe lwale likratshi, akabusabela ububele abenzelweyo; ngoko ke ingqumbo kaNdikhoyo yaba phezu kwakhe ndawonye noJuda neJerusalem.
26 Ke kaloku uHezekiya nabantu baseJerusalem baguquka kwelo kratshi labo, yaza ke loo ngqumbo kaNdikhoyo ayaphinda ibe phezu kwabo ngemihla kaHezekiya.
27 UHezekiya wayesisinhanha sesityebi ehlonelwe. Ke wazenzela oovimba bokugcina isiliva, igolide, amatye exabiso, iziqholo, amakhaka, nazo zonke iindidi zezinto ezixabisekileyo.
28 Kananjalo wakha izindlu zokugcina isivuno – ingqolowa, iwayini, namafutha omnquma – wakha nezitali zeendidi zeenkomo nezibaya zeegusha.
29 Wakha iidolophu, wazuza imihlambi yeegusha neenkomo – kaloku uThixo wayemphe ubutyebi obuninzi.
30 IkwanguHezekiya owavala amantla omthombo waseGihon, amanzi wawatsalela kwintshona yesixeko sikaDavide. Yayiqaqambile yonke into ayenzayo.
31 Kambe ke xa kwakuthunyelwe oonozaku-zaku kuye ngabalawuli baseBhabheli, beze kuqonda ngomqondiso omangalisayo owawubonakele apho elizweni lakhe, uThixo wamyekela khon' ukuze amvavanye akuqonde konke okwakusentliziyweni yakhe.