1 Ke kaloku ngelo xesha ukumkani waseBhabheli, uMerodaki-bhaladan unyana kaBhaladan, weva ukuba ukumkani uHezekiya ubekhe wagula wabuya wachacha. Ngoko wambhalela iileta, wazithumela ngezigidimi kunye nesipho.
2 Zifikile ke, uHezekiya wavuya, wazamkela, waza wazibonisa konke okwakukoovimba bakhe: isiliva, igolide, ubulawu, neziqholo, ngokunjalo nazo zonke izikrweqe zomkhosi. Wazingenisa kubo bonke oovimba bakhe, akwabikho nto zingayibonanga apho ebhotwe nakubukumkani bakhe buphela.
3 *Umshumayeli uIsaya ke waya kukumkani uHezekiya, wafika wabuza wathi: “La madoda ebevela phi, efuna ntoni khona?”UHezekiya uphendule wathi: “Aphuma kwelikude, eBhabheli, esiza kum.”
4 “Ngaba kukho nto ayibonileyo ke apha komkhulu?” ubuzile umshumayeli.UHezekile uphendule ngelithi: “Akukho nto angayibonanga. Ndiwangenise kubo bonke oovimba bam.”
5 Waza ke uIsaya wathi kuHezekiya: “Nali ke ilizwi *likaNdikhoyo onamandla onke: