1Ngalezonsuku uHezekhiya wagula eselengela ekufeni. Umphrofethi u-Isaya, indodana ka-Amozi waya kuye wathi, “Nanku okutshiwo nguThixo*: Lungisa indlu yakho ngoba uzakufa, awuyikusila.”
2UHezekhiya waphenduka wakhangela emdulini wakhuleka kuThixo* esithi,
3“Khumbula, Thixo*, ukuthi ngihambe phambi kwakho ngokuthembeka langokuzinikela ngenhliziyo yami yonke, njalo ngenze okuhle emehlweni akho.” UHezekhiya wakhala kabuhlungu.
4Emva kwalokho kwafika ilizwi likaThixo* ku-Isaya lisithi:
5“Yana kuHezekhiya uthi kuye, ‘Nanku okutshiwo nguThixo*, uNkulunkulu kayihlo uDavida, uthi: Ngiwuzwile umkhuleko wakho, njalo ngizibonile lezinyembezi zakho. Ngizakwengezelela iminyaka elitshumi lanhlanu ekuphileni kwakho.
6Njalo ngizakukhulula wena, kanye ledolobho leli ezandleni zenkosi yase-Asiriya. Ngizavikela idolobho leli.
7Lesi yisibonakaliso sikaThixo* kuwe sokuthi uThixo* uzakwenza njengokuthembisa kwakhe:
8Ngizakwenza umthunzi obangelwe lilanga ubuyele emuva amanyathelo alitshumi umthunzi owehle ngawo emakhwelelweni ka-Ahazi.’ ” Ngakho ukukhanya kwelanga kwabuyela emuva ngamanyathela alitshumi elaselikhothame ngawo.
9La ngamazwi alotshwa nguHezekhiya inkosi yakoJuda emva kokuba esesilile ekuguleni kwakhe:
10Ngathi, “Ebuhleni bokuphila kwami
11Ngathi, “Angiyikumbona futhi uThixo* ngokwakhe
12Njengethente lomelusi indlu yami
13Ngalinda ngokubekezela kwaze kwasa,
14Ngakhala njengenkonjane kumbe ihemu,
15Kodwa ngingathini na?
16Thixo, abantu baphila ngezinto ezinje;
17Ngeqiniso kwaba lusizo kimi
18Ngoba ingcwaba alingeke likubonge
19Abaphilayo, ngempela abaphilayo, bayakudumisa
20UThixo* uzangisindisa;
21U-Isaya wayethe, “Lungisani isigaqa semikhiwa usifake phezu kwethumba, uzasila.”