Ovatumwa vohamba yokuBabilon
1 Mefimbo tuu linya Merodak-Baladan ohamba yaBabilon, okwa tumina Hiskia onhumwafo noshali, eshi a uda, kutya okwa li ta vele, ndele paife a veluka. 2 Ndele Hiskia okwa hafela ovatumwa, ndele te va ulikile ongulu yoipako yaye, oshisiliveli noshingoldo noidimba, nomaadi ondilo, nongulu yoilwifo nakeshe eshi shi li mo mongulu yoipako yaye. Inapa kala nande osha, osho Hiskia ine shi va ulikila, meumbo laye nomouhamba waye aushe. 3 Opo nee omuxunganeki Jesaja okwe uya kohamba Hiskia, ndele te mu lombwele ta ti: “Ovalumenhu ava otava popi shike nova dja peni?” Hiskia okwa tya: “Ova dja kedu lokokule, kuBabilon, nove uya kwaame.” 4 Ndele ye okwa tya: “Ova mona mo shike meumbo loye?” Ndele Hiskia okwa nyamukula: “Keshe eshi shi li meumbo lange, ove shi tala nomesho, nomeengulu doipako yange kamu na nande osha inandi shi va ulikila.” 5 Opo nee Jesaja okwa lombwela Hiskia, ta ti: “Pwilikina ondjovo yOmwene Kalunga komatanga ovakwaita. 6 Tala, omafiku otae uya, keshe eshi shi li mouhamba woye nooxokulu ve shi tuvikila fiyo onena eli, otashi ka twalwa kuBabilon; itapa ka fyaala nande osha; Omwene osho ta ti. 7 Ndele omovana ovamati voye tava di mwoove, to va dala, vamwe otava kwatwa va ka kale ovapiya vohamba vomouhamba wohamba yaBabilon.” 8 Opo nee Hiskia okwa lombwela Jesaja, ndele ta ti: “Ondjovo yOmwene we i tonga oya wapala.” Ndele ye okwa tya vali: Momafiku ange otapa ka kala ombili, pehe na oumbada nokuli.
Ovahindwa mba zire kObabilon
(2Ozo 20:12-19)1 Momayuva ngo, Merodak-Baladan, ombara ya Babilon, omuzandu wa Baladan, wa zuvire kutja ombara Hiskija wa verere nu wa veruka, notje mu hindira orutuu notjiyandjewa. 2 Hiskija wa yakura ovahindwa mba nondjoroka, narire tje ve raisire outumbe we, okutja osilveri nongoldo, novyomoro omuwa nomaze omahuze, novirwise vye avihe vyovita. Kapa ri otjiṋa momatuwo we womapwikiro na ngamwa akuhe mouhona we tje ha raisire ku wo. 3 Omuprofete Jesaja otja ya kombara Hiskija ne kemupura a tja: “Ovarumendu mba va zu pi, nowo ve ku raere tjike?”
Hiskija wa zira a tja: “Owo va zire kehi rokokure kObabilon.”
4 Jesaja wa pura komurungu na tja: “Owo va munu tjike mondjuwo yoye youhona?”
Nu Hiskija wa zira nai: “Va munu oviṋa avihe. Kape notjiṋa momatuwo womapwikiro tji mbi ha raisire ku wo.”
5 Jesaja wa tja kombara: “Muhona Omunamasaaehe ma tja nai: 6 ‘Omayuva maye ya, oviṋa avihe mondjuwo yoye youhona, oviṋa avihe ooiho mukururume mbi va pwika nga ku ndinondi, mu mavi huurwa nokutwarewa kObabilon. Kape nokusewa otjiṋa nangarire tjimwe. 7 Ozondekurona zoye omuini tjiva maze isiwa po ovakarere, nu maze kaungurira ombara ya Babilon mondjuwo yayo youhona.’ ”
8 Ombara Hiskija wa zuva kutja ombuze ndji mai hee ohange nouṋingandu eye ngunda e nomuinyo; neye otja zira a tja: “Ombuze ya Muhona, ndji we ndji etere, ombwa.”
