¹ Pamazuwa aiya, Ezekia akarwara duze nokundanda kutamika. Asi, Isaiya, mwana wa Amoz, muporofita, akauiya iyena uye akatsa: " Ishe anotsa: ' Kanda nyumba yako zvakanaka; nokuti utchatamika uye aurarame". ² Nokundaro, Ezekia akazungunuka tchiso tchake kumadziro onyumba uye akanamata kuna Ishe, otchiti: ³ " Ndapota, Ishe, ndirangarirei zvandakafamba ndakatendeka, pamberi Penyu nomoyo wangu wese, uye ndakaita zvakanaka mumadziso Enyu". Uye Ezekia akatchema kukuru, ⁴ Isaia asati abunda paruadze, mashoko aIshe akauiya kwari, otchiti: ⁵ " Rwirira uye utsa kuna Ezekia, mutungamiriri we mbhumbha: ' Izvi ndizvo zvatsa Ishe, Mwari wa Davidi, madziteteguru ako, anotsa: Ndazuwa munamato wako uye ndaona musodzi dzako. Ndiripaduze kuti ndikuponese pazuwa retatu, uye iwewe utcha kwira kunyumba ya Ishe. ⁶ Nditchawezera makore anokwana kuti gumi nomashano paupenyu wako, nditchakusunungura iwewe uye nditchatchengeta guta rino munyara yewasiriya uye nditchatchengeta guta rino nenyaya Yangu uye nonyaya ye Muranda Wangu Davidi". ⁷ Asi, Isaiya akatsa: " Tora tengu remitchiro". Iwona akaita kundaro uye akakanda mutchikandiro tchatcho, uye iyena akapona. ⁸ Ezekia akatsa kuna Isaiya: " Nditchipi tchipangidziro tchandinohona kuti Ishe wandiponesa uye inini ndinondikana kukwira kutembheri ya Ishe pazuwa rotatu?". ⁹ Isaiya akatsazve: " Itchi tchitchawa tchipangidziro tcha Ishe kuna Iwewe. kuti Ishe atchaita zviya zvanotsa. Unondikana kwenda bheri kagumi omatanyo kwenda bheri kana kuti matanyo gumi kurwirira sure?". ¹⁰ Ezekia akandaira: " Azvishupi kuti bvute ripime gumi rematanyo. Kunzaa, kwe matanyo kurwirira sure kagumi". ¹¹ Asi, Isaiya, muporofita, akandaidza Ishe, uye Iyena akarwirira kubvute kmatanyo gumi, pabhuto pakange aripo ainga azungunuka pamasikanda a Akaz. ¹² Paguwa iya, Maradoque-Balada, mwana wa Balada mambo oku Babiloni, akatumira tsamba uye netchipo kuna Ezekia, nokuti ainga azuwa kuti Ezekia ainga arwara. ¹³ Ezekia akazuwa tsamba dziya uye, nokundaro, akapangidza watumwa nyumba yese ya mambo uye nomudziwo yemari: mapuwe emari, goridi, zviro zvakasiana siana, mafuta okukosha, pabhuto yekutchengeta pfuti dzake uye nozvese zvainga anazvo zveupfumi. Apazi kusiya tchiro munyumba yake kana kuti munyika yake zvisikazi kupangidzuwa na Ezekia kuna iwona. ¹⁴ Nokundaro, Isaiya, muporofita, akauiya kuna mambo Ezekia uye akamubvudzisa: " Anarume aiya atsei kauri? Iwona abvepi?". Ezekia akatsa: " Iwona auiya kubva kunyika yekure yeku Babilonia". ¹⁵ Isaiya akabvudzisa: " Iwona awonei panyumba pako?. Ezekeri akandaira: " Iwona awona zvese panyumba pangu. Apana tchindisikazi kuwapangidza paupfumi wangu wese". ¹⁶ Asi, Isaiya akatsa kuna Ezekia: " Izuwa mashoko a Ishe: ¹⁷ ' Ona, mazuwa aripaduze nokunguma pozvese zvenhumba yako, zviro zvamadziteteguru ako ainga akaunganidza kuzamara nenhamasi, zvitchatwarwa kwenda Babiloni. Apana tchino sara, anotsa Ishe. ¹⁸ Uye nowana wakabharwa, aiya wewaka tchengeta, atchatorwa, uye iwona atchawa ashandi munymba yeumambo ku Babilonia". ¹⁹ Nokundaro, Ezeia akatsa kuna Isaiya: " Shoko ra Ishe rawataura rakanaka". Nokuti Iyena akanyerezera: " Akuonekwi runyararo uye nokungarika kumazuwa angu?". ²⁰ Zvito zvimweni zvinotsa nenyaya ye Ezekia- simba rake, uye kugadzira kwake tchitchengetero tche bvura uye notchitekenyo, uye nomaererano nokudzisa bvura muguta -, azvito kunyorwa mubhuku romadzimabo rozvito ku Djuda? ²¹ Ezekia akatamika uye akawata nomadziteteguro ake, uye Manasses, mwanake, akagara mambo pabhuto yake.