Esaya 36:1-22
36 Nomba mu mwaka walenga ikumi na ine (14) uwa kuteka kwa Mfumu Hisekia, Sankeribu+ imfumu ya Asiria+ aile ku kulwisha imisumba ya malinga yonse iya mu Yuda kabili ali-ipokele.+
2 Kabili imfumu ya Asiria yatumine Rabsake*+ ukufuma ku Lakishi+ ukuya ku Yerusalemu,+ ku Mfumu Hisekia, ne bumba lya bashilika ilikalamba, kabili aiminine mupepi no mufoolo+ waile ku cishiba+ ca pa muulu mu musebo wa mu mpanga ya kwa kacapa wa nsalu.+
3 Kabili Eliakimu+ mwana Hilkia, uwaleangalila aba mu ng’anda ya mfumu, na Shebna+ kalemba na Yoa+ kebukisha,+ umwana wa kwa Asafi,+ balifumine no kuya kuli ena.
4 Awe Rabsake abebele ati: “Ebeni Hisekia amuti, ‘Imfumu nkalamba,+ imfumu ya Asiria,+ yatila: “Nga kanshi cinshi ucetekelemo?+
5 Iwe usosele amashiwi ya pa kanwa fye auti, ‘Ninjishiba ifya kulwa kabili ninkwata amaka ya kulwa.’+ Nomba nani ucetekele, pa kuti upondokele ine?+
6 Mona! ucetekele mu kwafwa kwa ili tete ilyafunika,+ Egupti,+ itete ilya kuti umuntu nga ashintililapo, kuti lyaingila mu lupi lwakwe no kulutula. E fyo Farao+ imfumu ya Egupti aba kuli bonse abamucetekela.+
7 Kabili nga watila kuli ine, ‘Ni Yehova Lesa wesu e o tucetekele,’ bushe te o Hisekia afumishapo+ ififulo fya kupepelapo+ ne fiipailo, no kweba abaYuda na ba mu Yerusalemu ati, ‘Mulekontamina pali ici ciipailo’?”’+
8 E ico nomba, upangane+ na shikulu imfumu ya Asiria,+ kabili leka nkupeele bakabalwe amakana yabili (2,000) tumone nga kuti wabikapo abantu.+
9 Nga kanshi kuti wacimfya shani umulashi umo uwa mu babomfi bacepesha aba kwa shikulu,+ apo iwe ucetekele Egupti ukukupeela amaceleta na ba pali bakabalwe?+
10 Nomba bushe njishile mu konaula uno musumba ukwabula ukusuminishiwa na Yehova? Yehova umwine anjebele ati,+ ‘Kabiye mu kulwisha ici calo, kabili uconaule.’”+
11 E lyo Eliakimu+ na Shebna+ na Yoa+ batile kuli Rabsake:+ “Landeni na babomfi benu mu lulimi lwa bena Siria,+ pantu tulomfwa; mwilanda na ifwe mu ciYuda,+ pantu abantu abali pe linga kuti baumfwako.”+
12 Lelo Rabsake atile: “Bushe shikulu antumine ukulanda aya mashiwi kuli shikulwinwe na kuli imwe? Bushe te kuli aba bantu abekele pe linga e ko antumine, ukuti balye amafi yabo no kunwa imisu yabo pamo na imwe?”+
13 Kabili Rabsake aiminine fye + no kubilikisha mu ciYuda,+ no kutila: “Umfweni amashiwi ya mfumu nkalamba, imfumu ya Asiria.+
14 Imfumu yatila, ‘Mwileka Hisekia amubepe,+ pantu te kuti amupokolole.+
15 Kabili mwileka Hisekia amulenge ukucetekela Yehova,+ ati: “Nangu cibe shani Yehova aletupokolola.+ Uno musumba tawakapeelwe mu minwe ya mfumu ya Asiria.”+
16 Mwiumfwa kuli Hisekia, pantu imfumu ya Asiria yatila: “Cimbeni kuli ine+ no kwisa kuli ine no kulya cila muntu ku muti wakwe uwa mwangashi no muntu onse ku mukunyu+ wakwe no kunwa amenshi cila muntu mu cishima cakwe,+
17 nkasuke nkese no kumutwala ku calo icaba nge calo cenu,+ icalo ca ngano no mwangashi uupya, icalo ca mukate na mabala ya myangashi;
18 pa kuti Hisekia emusembeleka,+ ukutila, ‘Yehova aletupokolola.’ Bushe balesa ba nko balipokolwele ifyalo fyabo ku mfumu ya Asiria?+
19 Bushe balesa ba ku Hamati+ na ba ku Aripadi+ bali kwi? Bali kwi balesa ba ku Sefaribaimu?+ Kabili bushe balipokolola Samaria kuli ine?+
20 Nani pali balesa bonse aba mu fyalo uwapokolola icalo cakwe kuli ine+ pa kuti Yehova apokolole Yerusalemu kuli ine?”’”+
21 Awe baikele fye tondolo kabili tabamwaswike nangu cimo,+ pantu imfumu yabebele ati: “Mwimwasuka.”+
22 Lelo Eliakimu+ mwana Hilkia, uwaleangalila aba mu ng’anda,+ na Shebna+ kalemba na Yoa+ mwana Asafi, kebukisha, baile kuli Hisekia nabalepula ifya kufwala fyabo,+ kabili bamwebele amashiwi ya kwa Rabsake.+
Amafutunoti
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