AMAKHOSI II 5

₁UNahamani induna yempi yenkosi yaseAramu wayengumuntu omkhulu phambi kwenkosi yakhe, otusekayo, ngokuba uJehova wayenikile iAramu ukunqoba ngaye; futhi wayeyiqhawe elinamandla, kepha wayenochoko.

₂Ama-Aramu ayephumile ngamaviyo, abuya ezweni lakwaIsrayeli enentombazana encane; yayiyincekukazi yomkaNahamani.

₃Yathi enkosikazini yayo: Sengathi inkosi yami ingaba-phambi komprofethi oseSamariya; khona ibiyakuphiliswa ochokweni lwayo.

₄Yangena, yatshela inkosi yayo, yathi: Intombazana yasezweni lakwaIsrayeli yasho ukuthi nokuthi.

₅Inkosi yaseAramu yayisithi: Yiya khona; ngizakuthuma incwadi enkosini yakwaIsrayeli. Wasuka, wahamba namatalenta* ayishumi esiliva nezinhlamvu eziyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha zegolide, nezingubo eziyishumi zokuphendulela.

₆Waletha incwadi enkosini yakwaIsrayeli, ethi: Manje, lapho lencwadi ifika kuwe, bheka, ngithumile uNahamani inceku yami kuwe ukuba umphilise ochokweni lwakhe.

₇Kwathi inkosi yakwaIsrayeli isiyifundile incwadi, yaklebhula izingubo zayo, yathi: Mina nginguNkulunkulu yini ukuba ngibulale, ngiphilise, ukuze lo athumele kimi umuntu ukumphilisa ochokweni Iwakhe, na? Ake niqonde, nibone ukufuna kwakhe ithuba lokulwa nami.

₈Kwathi uElisha umuntu kaNkulunkulu esezwile ukuthi inkosi yakwaIsrayeli iklebhulile izingubo zayo, wathumela enkosini, wathi: Uklebhuleleni izingubo zakho na? Makeze kimi, aze azi ukuthi kukhona umprofethi kwaIsrayeli.

₉Wayesefika uNahamani namahashi akhe nezinqola zakhe, wema ngasemnyango wendlu kaElisha.

₁₀UElisha wathuma isithunywa kuye ngokuthi: Hamba ugeze kasikhombisa eJordani; kuyakuthi inyama ibuyele kuwe, uhlambuluke.

₁₁Kepha uNahamani wathukuthela, wahamba, wathi: Bheka, bengithi uyakuphumela nokuphumela kimi, eme abize igama likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakhe, aphunge ngesandla sakhe phezu kwaleyondawo, aphilise onochoko.

₁₂OAbana noFariphari, imifula yaseDamaseku, abangcono kunawo onke amanzi akwaIsrayeli na? Ngingegeze kuyo yini, ngihlambuluke, na? Wayesephenduka, wahamba ethukuthele.

₁₃Kepha izinceku zasondela, zakhuluma kuye, zathi: Baba, uma umprofethi ebekhulumé kuwe into enkulu, ngabe ungayenzanga na? Kakhulu kangakanani, uma ethi kuwe: Geza, uhlambuluke, na?

₁₄Wayesehla, wazicwilisa kasikhombisa eJordani njengezwi lomuntu kaNkulunkulu; inyama yakhe yabuya yabanjengenyama yomntwana omncane, wahlambuluka.

₁₅Wayesebuyela kulowomuntu kaNkulunkulu, yena nabantu bakhe bonke, weza, wema phambi kwakhe, wathi: Bheka, sengiyazi ukuthi akakho uNkulunkulu emhlabeni wonke, kwaIsrayeli kuphela; ngakho ake wamukele isipho encekwini yakho.

₁₆Kepha wathi: Kuphila kukaJehova engimi phambi kwakhe, angiyikwamukela-lutho. Wamncengisisa ukuba asamukele, wenqaba kodwa.

₁₇Wayesethi uNahamani: Uma kunjalo, inceku yakho mayinikwe umthwalo weminyuzi* emibili womhlabathi, ngokuba inceku yakho ayisayikunikela ngomnikelo wokushiswa nomhlatshelo kwabanye onkulunkulu, kuJehova kuphela.

₁₈Kulento uJehova makayithethelele inceku yakho: ekungeneni kwenkosi yami endlini kaRimoni ukukhuleka khona, isencika esandleni sami, ngiguqe nami endlini kaRimoni, lapho ngiguqa endlini kaRimoni, uJehova makayithethelele inceku yakho lento.

₁₉Wathi kuye: Hamba ngokuthula. Wahamba, wasuka kuye ibangana.

₂₀Kepha uGehazi inceku kaElisha umuntu kaNkulunkulu wathi: Bheka, inkosi yami imyekile uNahamani lo waseAramu ngokungamukeli ezandleni zakhe akulethayo; kuphila kukaJehova, ngiyakugijima, ngimlandele, ngithathe into kuye.

₂₁UGehazi wamlandela-ke uNahamani. UNahamani wathi ukumbona umuntu egijima emva kwakhe, wehlika enqoleni ukumhlangabeza, wathi: Nisahlezi kahle na?

₂₂Wathi: Sisahlezi kahle. Inkosi yami ingithumile ngokuthi: Bheka, manje kufiké kimi izinsizwa ezimbili zamadodana abaprofethi zivela ezintabeni zakwaEfrayimi; ake uzinike italenta* lesiliva nezingubo ezimbili zokuphendulela.

₂₃UNahamani wathi: Vuma, wamukele amatalenta* amabili. Wamncengisisa, wabopha amatalenta amabili esiliva ezinqalathini ezimbili kanye nezingubo ezimbili zokuphendulela, wakunikela ezincekwini zakhe ezimbili; zakuthwala phambi kwakhe.

₂₄Esefiké egqumeni wakuthatha esandleni sazo, wakubeka endlini, wavumela abantu ukuba bahambe; basuka.

₂₅Kepha yena wangena, wema phambi kwenkosi yakhe. UElisha wathi kuye: Uvelaphi, Gehazi? Wathi: Inceku yakho ayiyanga-ndawo.

₂₆Wayesethi: Ayiyanga yini inhliziyo yami, lapho lowomuntu ephenduka enqoleni yakhe ukukuhlangabeza, na? Sekuyisikhathi sokwamukela izingubo, neminqumo, nezivini, nezimvu, nezinkabi, nezinceku, nezincekukazi, na?

₂₇Uchoko lukaNahamani luyakunamathela kuwe nasenzalweni yakho kuze kube-phakade. Wayesephuma yena ebusweni bakhe enochoko, emhlophe njengeqhwa.