1Mu mwaka wa cumi n'ine wo ku ngoma y'umwami Hezekiya, Senakeribuumwami wa Ashuri yarazamutse atera imiduguduy'i Buyudayose yari igoswe n'inkike, arayitsinda.
2Bukeyeumwami wa Ashuri ari i Lakishi, atuma Rabushake ku mwami Hezekiya i Yerusalemu ari kumwe n'ingabo nyinshi. Agezeyo ahagarara ku mugende w'amazi y'ikidendezi cyo haruguru, cyari ku nzira yo mu gisambu cy'umumeshi.
3Asanganirwa na Eliyakimu mwene Hilukiyaumunyarugo, na Shebunaumwanditsi, na Yowa mwene Asafuumucurabwenge.
4Rabushake arababwira ati “Nimubwire Hezekiya nonaha muti: Umwami mukuru,umwami wa Ashuri aradutumye ngo: Ibyiringiro byawe ni byiringiro ki?
5Ngo inama zawe n'imbaraga zawe byo kurwana niubusa. Ariko uwo wiringiye ni nde watumyeungandira?
6Erega wiringiye inkoni y'urubingo rusadutse ari rwo Egiputa,umuntu yarwishingikirizaho rwamucumitamu kiganza rukagihinguranya. Uko ni ko Farawoumwami wa Egiputa amerera abamwiringira bose.
7“Kandi nimuvugamuti ‘Twiringiye Uwiteka Imana yacu’, mbese si yo Hezekiya yasenyeye ingoro n'ibicaniro byayo, akabwira Abayuda n'ab'i Yerusalemu ati ‘Muzajye muramya muri imbere y'iki cyotero cy'i Yerusalemu?’
8Nuko rerousezerane na databujaumwami wa Ashuri,ubwanjye nzaguha amafarashi ibihumbi bibiri, niba woweubwawe wazībonera abayajyaho.
9Wabasha ute kwirukanaumutware n'umwe muto cyane mu bagaragu ba databuja? Kandi wiringiye Abanyegiputa ko bazaguha amagare y'intambara n'abagendera ku mafarashi.
10Ngo mbese nzamutse guteraaha hantu nkaharimbura ntabitegetswe n'Uwiteka? Uwiteka ni we wambwiye ati ‘Zamukautereicyo gihuguukirimbure.’”
11Eliyakimu na Shebuna na Yowa basubizaRabushake bati “Turakwinginze, vuganan'abagaragu bawe mu Runyaramaya kuko turwumva, ariko we kuvugananatwe mu Ruyudango abantu bari ku nkike babyumve.”
12Nuko Rabushake arababwira ati “Mbeseugirango databuja yantumye kuri shobuja namwe kubabwira ayo magambo? Ntimuzi ko yantumye kuri abo bicaye ku nkike, kugirango barīre amabyi yabo banywere inkari yabo hamwe namwe?”
13Maze Rabushake arangururaijwi rirenga mu rurimirw'Abayuda ati “Nimwumve amagambo y'umwami mukuruumwami wa Ashuri.
14Uwo mwami arantumye ngo Hezekiya ntabashuke, kuko atazabasha kubakiza.
15Hezekiya ntabiringize Uwiteka ababwira ati ‘NiukuriUwiteka azadukiza’, kandi ati ‘Uyu murwa ntuzahabwaumwami wa Ashuri.’
16Mwe kumvira Hezekiya kukoumwami wa Ashuri antumye ngo ‘Mwuzurenanjye musohoke munsange,umuntu wese abone uko arya ku muzabibu we no ku mutiniwe, n'uko anywa amazi yo mu iriba rye,
17kugezaubwo nzaza nkabajyana mu gihugu gihwanye n'icyanyu, kirimo ingano na vino n'imitsima n'inzabibu.’
18Mwirinde ko Hezekiya abashuka ngo ‘Uwiteka azadukiza.’Mbese hari indi mana mu mana z'abanyamahanga yigeze gukizaigihugu cyayo amaboko y'umwami wa Ashuri?
19Imana z'i Hamati n'iza Arupadiziri he? Imana z'i Zefaravayimu ziri he? Mbese zakijije ab'i Samariya amaboko yanjye?
20Ni iyihe mu mana zose zo muri ibyo bihugu yakijije igihugu cyayo amaboko yanjye, kugirango Uwiteka akize i Yerusalemu amaboko yanjye?”
21Abantu baraceceka ntibagira icyo bamusubiza, kukoumwami yari yategetse ati “Ntimugiraicyo mumusubiza.”
22Hanyuma Eliyakimu mwene Hilukiyaw'umunyarugo, na Shebuna w'umwanditsi, na Yowa mwene Asafu w'umucurabwenge baraza basanga Hezekiya bashishimuye imyambaro yabo, bamubwira amagambo ya Rabushake.