¹ Mumwaka walenga ikumi limo na ine ku mfumu Hezekia, Sennacherib, imfumu yaku Assyria, wa sanshile yonse imisumba ya Yuda nokuba cimfya. ² Imfumu yaku Assyria yatumine impalume yabulamba ukufuma Lachishi ukuya ku Yerusalemu ku mfumu Hezekia no mulalo waba shilika uukalamba. wafikile apapita umulonga wa cishiba ca pamulu, pa musebo walola kwibala lyakwa kawasha wa fyakufwala, no kwiminina lubali. ³ Ba cilolo babena Israeli abafumine kunse ya musumba ku kulonda nabo bali ni Hilkiah's umwana mwaume wakwa Eliakim, cilolo waku cipango, Shebna kalemba wa mfumu, na Asaph's umwana mwaume wakwa Joah, uwa tantikile mukulemba ifipope fya buteko. ⁴ Impalume yabulamba yalandile kulibo, ''Kebeni Hezekiah ukuti imfumu nkalamba, imfumu yabena Assaria, ilelanda, ''Nikwisa ukukafuma icishinka cobe? ⁵ Usosafye amashiwi yabu welewele, ukulanda kwaliba icilye na kubukose ku nkondo. Nomba nimuli nani ucetekele? Uyo akapela ubukose ku kusangukila? ⁶ Lolesha, ucetekela muli Egyiputi, lilya litete ilya lepauka ilyo ulebomfya kubati ninkonto yakwendelako, nomba nga umwaume ashitililako, lika mutunga mu lupi nokumucena. Filya efyo Faraoh imfumu ya Egypt ati kuli uyo onse uwa cetekela muli wo. ⁷ Nomba nga walanda kuli nebo, '' twacetekela muli Yahweh Lesa wesu,'' bushe teo teumo uwo imyulu na malambo Hezekiah apiita, kabili kabili walanda kuli Yudah nakuli Yerusalemu, ''Mufwile ukulapepa pali ubu bulambo muli Yerusalemu'''? ⁸ Nomba eico, nkofwaya ukucita mwebo ica bupe icabune ukufuma kuli shikulu imfumu ya Assariah . Nka mipela amakana yabili bakabalwe, nga cakutila kuti mwakumanisha ukusanga abaku bensha. ⁹ Nga kuti wafulumuna nangula umo solwe solwe wamuba bomfi bakwa shikulu muba cepesha? Wabika icicetekelo cobe muli Egypti ico maceleta na benda pali bakabalwe! ¹⁰ Nomba kanshi, ico ngishile ukufika kuno ukwakubula Yahweh kukulwa neyi mpanga no kuyonaula? Yahweh walandile kuli nebo, ''Nsansa iyi mpanga nokuyonaula.'''' ¹¹ Elo Eliakim umwana mwaume wakwa Hilkiah, na Shebnah, na Joah balandile ku mpalume yabulamba, ale sosa kuba bpmfi bobe mucilimi ca Aramean, Aramaic, ico cena tulacumfwa. Wilasosela kuli fwebo mu lulimi lwaba Yuda mu matwi yabantu abo bali pa cibumba.'' ¹² Nomba impalume yabulamba yalandile, ''Apo shikulu wantumine kuli shikulu obe nakuli webo kukulanda aya mashiwi? Nga tantumine ku baume aba bekala pa cibumba imiswi yabo pamo nobe?'' ¹³ Elo impalume yabulamba yaiminineko no kupunda mwishiwi ilikulu mucilimi, caci Yuda, ukulanda, ''Kutikeni kumashiwi ya mfumu nkalamba imfumu yaku Assyriah. ¹⁴ Imfumu ilandile, 'Mwileka Hezekiah amibepe, ico takabe uwaku mipokololako. ¹⁵ Mwileka Hezekiah amilenge mu cetekele Yawe, ukulanda, ''Ýawe mucinshinkafye akatupokolol; uyu musumba tawakapelwe mu minwe ya mfumu ya Assariah.'' ¹⁶ Mwikutika kuli Hezekiah, ico ifi efyo imfumu yaku Assyria yalanda; 'citeni umutende nanebo no kwisa kuli nebo. Kabili cila muntu muli mwebo akala ilila ku mwangashi wakwe nakumukunyu wakwe , nokunwa amenshi ukufuma mucishima cakwe. ¹⁷ Mukalacita ifi mpaka ulo nkesa no kumipita kumbi ku mpanga kubati ni mpanga yenu, impanga yambuto no mwangashi uupya, mpanga ya mukate na mabala ya myangashi. ¹⁸ Mwileka Hezekiah amilufye, ukulanda, ''Yawe akatupokololako; ngefyo na onse Lesa wa bantu abapokolola ukufuma mukuboko kwa mfumu ya Assyria? Bali kwisa ba Lesa bakwa Hamoth na Arpad? ¹⁹ Bali kwisa ba Lesa bakwa Sepharvaim? Balipokololako Samaria ku maka yandi? ²⁰ Muli bonse ba Lesa abamuli shino mpanga, kwalibapo nangula umo Lesa uwa pokololapo impanga yabo ukufuma mu kumaka yandi, ngefyo Yawe enga pususha Yerisalemu ukufuma mumaka yandi?'' ²¹ Nomba abantu baikelefye tondolo kabili taba asukileko, ico ifunde lya mfumu lyali, '' Takuli ukumwasuka.'' ²² Elo Eliakim umwana mwaume wakwa Hilkiah, uwali mushika wa mu nganda, Shebna kalemba, na Joah umwana mwaume wakwa Asaph, uwalelemba fyonse ifyalecutika mu calo, baishile kuli Hezekiah ne fyakufwala ifya kulepauka, no kuleta akasebo kuli wo amashiwi ya mpalume yabulamba.