JESAYA 39
Barongwi ba kgosi ya Babele ba kwa Jerusalema
1E rile ka sebaka seo Merotage-Balatane, morwa Balatane, kgosi ya Babele, a romela dikwalo le dineo kwa go Hesekia; gonne o ne a utlwile, fa a ne a lwala, a ba a fola gape. 2Mme Hesekia a itumelela barongwi, a ba bontsha ntlo ya mahumo a gagwe, e bong selefera le gouta le tse di nkgang monate le lookwane lo lo molemo le ntlo yotlhe ya marumo a gagwe le dilo tsotlhe tse di leng teng mo mahumong a gagwe, mme go se na sepe mo ntlong ya ga Hesekia le mo pusong yotlhe ya gagwe se a se kang a se ba supetsa.
3Ke fa moporofeti Jesaya a tla kwa go kgosi Hesekia, a mmotsa a re: “Ba reng banna ba? Ba tlile kwa go wena, ba tswa kae?”
Hesekia a araba a re: “Ba tlile kwa go nna ba tswa kwa lefatsheng le le kgakala la Babele.”
4A ba a botsa re: “Ba bonye eng mo ntlong ya gago?” Hesekia a araba a re: “Ba bonye tsotlhe tse di mo ntlong ya me. Ga go na sepe mo mahumong a me se ke sa se ba bontshang.”
5Ke fa Jesaya a raya Hesekia a re: “Utlwa lefoko la Morena wa masomosomo: 6‘Bona, malatsi a tla tla, mogang tsotlhe tse di mo ntlong ya gago le tse borraago ba di phuthileng go fitlha kajeno di isiwang kwa Babele, go sa tlogelwe sepe, go bua Morena. 7Mme ba tla tsaya bangwe ba bana ba gago, ba ba tla tswang mo go wena, ba o tla ba tsalang, mme e tla nna batlhanka mo ntlong ya borena ya kgosi ya Babele.’ ”
8Ke fa Hesekia a raya Jesaya a re: “Lefoko la Morena le o le buileng le molemo.” A ba a re: “Kana, go tla nna kagiso le boikanyego mo malatsing a me.”
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