Umtholampilo uqasha ochwepheshe abanikele izimpilo zabo ekukhulupheni ngokweqile. Abaphenyi bakhuluma ezingqungqutheleni zomhlaba wonke, babhale amaphepha okuxazulula izinkinga zokukhuluphala ngokweqile. 16 Kamuva uHezekiya wagulela ukufa. Wanxusa uJehova ukuba akhumbule indlela ahambe ngayo phambi kwaKhe. (Funda eyesi-2 AmaKhosi 20:1-3.) Siyazi ukuthi ngokwemiBhalo, esikhathini esiphila kuso ngeke sikwazi ukucela uNkulunkulu ukuba asiphulukise ngokuyisimangaliso noma andise izinsuku zokuphila kwethu. Noma kunjalo, ngamunye wethu angalingisa uHezekiya emthandazweni wakhe, athi kuJehova: ‘Ngihambe phambi kwakho ngeqiniso nangenhliziyo ephelele.’ Ingabe uyakholelwa ukuthi uJehova angakwazi futhi uzimisele ukukusindisa ngisho nalapho ugula?—IHu. 41:3. 7 bar ren wasteland where few of us would care to live, yet teeming with life; remote yet closely linked to all people. We came away both inspired — and horrified — 8 by mankind’s ability to ruin it all. We have only a few years before our burning of coal and oil pushes the amount of carbon in the atmosphere beyond the tipping point. Do enough people care? This expedition, and the commitment of the remarkable people on it, gave us hope. Scott Wallace is an attorney and co-chairman of the Wallace Global Fund, founded by his grandfather, former U.S.Vice President Henry A.Wallace. Christy Wallace is treasurer of the Fund. They split their time between the Washington area and South Africa, where the foundation is also active.