13 Ke kaloku ngomnyaka weshumi elinesiné wokumkani uHezekiya, wenyuka uSaneribhe, ukumkani waseAsiriya, waya kuyo yonke imizi enqatyisiweyo yakwaYuda, wayithabatha.
14 UHezekiya ukumkani wakwaYuda wathumela kukumkani waseAsiriya eLakishe, esithi, Ndonile, buya umke kum; othe wakubeka phezu kwam ndokuthwala. Waza ukumkani waseAsiriya wabeka phezu koHezekiya ukumkani wakwaYuda amakhulu omathathu eetalente zesilivere,* namashumi omathathu eetalente zegolide.*
15 UHezekiya wamnika yonke isilivere eyafunyanwa endlwini kaYehova, nasebuncwaneni bendlu yokumkani.
16 Ngelo xesha uHezekiya wayinqamla igolide yeengcango zetempile kaYehova, nemigubasi abeyalékile uHezekiya ukumkani wakwaYuda, wayinika ukumkani waseAsiriya.
17 Ukumkani waseAsiriya wasusa uTartan noRabhesarisi noRabheshake eLakishe, baya kukumkani uHezekiya eYerusalem, benempi enzima. Benyuka baya eYerusalem. Benyuka ke, bafika, bema emjelweni wechibi langasentla, osemendweni wentsimi yomsuki weengubo.
18 Bamemeza kukumkani. Kwaphuma kwaya kubo uEliyakim unyana kaHilekiya, umphathi wendlu, noShebhena umbhali, noYowa unyana ka-Asafu, umkhumbuzi wezinto zakomkhulu.
19 Wathi kubo uRabheshake, Khanithi kuHezekiya, Utsho ukumkani omkhulu, ukumkani waseAsiriya, ukuthi, Yeyani na le nkoloseko ukholose ngayo?