U-Eliya ubalekela eRhorebe
1U-Arhabi wadembela u-Izebeli yoke into eyenziwe ngu-Eliya nangendlela abulele ngayo boke abaphorofidi ngesabula.
2U-Izebeli wathumela isithunywa ku-Eliya bonyana sithi: “Ngiyafunga ngithi abozimu abangikghame nange kusasa ngeenkhathezi ngingenzi ipilwakho ifane neyomunye wabaphorofidaba.”
3U-Eliya wesaba u-Izebeli, khonokho wabaleka. Kuthe lokha nafika eBheritjheba kwaJuda, watjhiya incekwakhe lapho. 4Yena waragela phambili nekhambo elamthatha ilanga erhalawumbeni. Wafika wahlala ngaphasi kwesithukghwana somuthi wafisa ngathi angafa wathi: “Somnini, ngiyisuthi ipilo. Thatha ummoyami, ngizakuthi ngingcono ngani nje kunabokhokho bami?”
5Wazitjhutheka ngaphasi kwesithukghwaneso, wabanjwa buthongo. Khonokho ingilozi yamthinta yathi: “Vuka ugome.”
6Wathalaza, wabona isikwa esibhagwe emalahleni atjhisako nomjekana wamanzi. Wagoma bewasela wabuya walala godu.
7Ingilozi kaSomnini yabuya kwesibili yamthinta yathi: “Vuka ugome ndoda, usesenekhambo elide.”
8Yeke wavuka wagoma bewasela. Ukudlokho kwamqinisa, wakhamba amalanga amatjhumi amane nobusuku bakhona bewafika entabeni kaZimu iRhorebe. 9Wafika wangena ngerholweni bona alale ubusukobo lapho.
Nje-ke kwafika ilizwi lakaSomnini kuye lathi: “Ufunani lapha Eliya?”
10Waphendula wathi: “Gade ngitjhisakalela wena Somnini Zimu Mninimandlawoke. Ama-Israyeli aphayele isivumelwano sakho eqadi, agiriza ama-aldarakho abe abulala nabaphorofidi bakho ngesabula. Ungibona nginje, sekusele mina ngedwa. Nje-ke bafuna ukungikgharidlhela.”
11USomnini wathi: “Phuma ujame phezu kwentaba phambi kwami ngombana mina Zimu ngizasuke ngidlula lapho.”
Khonapho kwavuka ummoya omkhulu nonamandla warharhabula iintaba waqeqebula amadwala phambi kwakaSomnini, kodwana uSomnini gade angekho phakathi kommoya lowo. Ngemva kommoya lowo kwaba nokudengezela kwephasi, kodwana nalapho uSomnini gade angekho. 12Ngemva kokudengezela kwephasi kwavela umlilo, kodwana nemlilwenapho uSomnini gade angekho. Ngemva komlilo lowo kwaba nokutjhitjhiza okuzothileko.
13Kwathi lokha u-Eliya nezwa lokho, wazigubuzesa ngenaka lakhe waphumela ngaphandle wajama emnyango werholo. Ilizwi lathi kuye: “Ufunani lapha Eliya?”
14U-Eliya wathi: “Gade ngitjhisakalela wena Somnini Zimu Mninimandlawoke. Ama-Israyeli aphayele isivumelwano sakho eqadi, agiriza ama-aldarakho abe abulala nabaphorofidi bakho ngesabula. Ungibona nginje, sekusele mina ngedwa. Nje-ke bafuna ukungikgharidlhela.”
15USomnini wathi kuye: “Buyela emuva ngendlela oze ngayo bese uya erhalawumbeni leDamaseku. Nawufika lapho, uzese uRhazayeli abe yikosi yama-Aramu. 16Godu uzese uJehu umsa kaNimtjhi abe yikosi kwa-Israyeli, uzese no-Elitjha umsa kaTjhafathi we-Abela-Merhola bonyana athathe iintambo zobuphorofidi emva kwakho. 17Ophunyurha esabuleni kaRhazayeli uzakubulawa nguJehu, kuthi ophunyurha esabuleni kaJehu abulawe ngu-Elitjha. 18Nokho ngizakubabalela abaziinkulungwana ezilikhomba kwa-Israyeli: boke abangazange bakhothamele uBhali nabangazange bamncwange.”
U-Elitjha uba mphorofidi
19Yeke u-Eliya wasuka lapho wafumana u-Elitjha umsa kaTshafathi. Gade kuneempani ezilitjhumi nambili zeenkabi zilima ngaphasi kwelihlo lakhe, yena gade atjhayela ezimbili zokugcina. U-Eliya wanqomba kuye wafese wamembesa ngenaka lakhe emahlombe. 20U-Elitjha watjhiya iinkabezo walandela u-Eliya ngebelo wathi: “Angilayelise ubaba nomma bese ngiyakulandela-ke.”
U-Eliya wathi: “Buyela emuva, kodwana ungalibali engikwenze kuwe.”
21Awa, u-Elitjha wajika-ke. Wathatha iinkabi ezimbili agade alima ngazo wazihlaba. Ngeentlabagelo zokulima wapheka inyama wayiphakela iinsebenzi, zazinikelela. Wasuka lapho walandela u-Eliya waba msizakhe.
