U-Izaya 20

₁Ngonyaka okwafika ngawo umkhuzi wempi e-Ashidodi, ethunywe nguSarigoni, inkosi yase-Asiriya, walwa nalo, walinqoba. ₂Ngaleso sikhathi uSimakade wakhuluma ngesandla sika-Izaya, indodana ka-Amozi, wathi: “Hamba ukhumule indwangu eyisaka esokhalo lwakho, nezicathulo ezinyaweni zakho.”

Wenza kanjalo, wahamba nqunu, engafake nazicathulo.

₃USimakade wathi: “Njengalokhu inceku yami, u-Izaya, isihambe nqunu ingafake nazicathulo iminyaka emithathu, iyisibonakaliso nesimangaliso eGibhithe naseKhushe. ₄Inkosi yase-Asiriya iyobahambisa benqunu abathunjwa baseGibhithe, nabaxoshiweyo baseKhushe: abadala nabancane, izinqe ziyoba sobala, kube yihlazo eGibhithe. ₅Bayophela amandla, babe namahloni ngeKhushe, ithemba labo, nangeGibhithe abazigabisa ngalo. ₆Ngalolo lusuku izakhamuzi zasogwini ziyothi: ‘Bheka ukuthi kwenzekeni kulabo ebesethembele kubo, nalabo ebesibalekela kubo ukuyocela usizo nokukhululwa enkosini yase-Asiriya. Pho thina-ke, siyophunyuka kanjani na?’ ”