UYehoram ngukumkani wamaSirayeli; imfazwe noMowabhi
1Ke kaloku uYehoram, unyana ka-Ahabhi, waba ngukumkani kumaSirayeli kwaSamari, ngomnyaka weshumi elinesibhozo kaYehoshafati ukumkani wakwaYuda; waba neminyaka elishumi elinamibini engukumkani. 2Wenza okubi emehlweni kaYehova; kodwa akaba njengoyise nanjengonina; kuba wasisusa isimiso selitye sikaBhahali,• awasenzayo uyise. 3Kodwa ke wanamathela ezonweni zikaYarobheham unyana kaNebhati, awawonisa ngazo amaSirayeli; akatyeka kuzo.
4Ke kaloku uMesha, ukumkani wamaMowabhi, ubengumfuyi weegusha; emana embuyisela ukumkani wakwaSirayeli ngoboya bekhulu lamawaka eemvana, nekhulu lamawaka eenkunzi zeegusha. 5Kwathi ke akufa uAhabhi, wakreqa ukumkani wamaMowabhi kukumkani wamaSirayeli. 6Waphuma ke ukumkani uYehoram ngayo loo mini kwaSamari, wawabala onke amaSirayeli.
7Waya wathumela kuYehoshafati, ukumkani wakwaYuda, esithi, Ukreqile kum ukumkani wakwaMowabhi; wóhamba na nam siye kulwa namaMowabhi? Wathi, Ndonyuka ndiye; ndìnjengoko unjalo; abantu bam banjengoko banjalo abantu bakho; amahashe am anjengoko anjalo amahashe akho. 8Wathi, Sonyuka ngayiphi na indlela? Wathi, Ngendlela ephuma entlango yakwaEdom. 9Wahamba ke ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, nokumkani wakwaYuda, nokumkani wakwaEdom. Bahamba ngendlela ezungulezayo iintsuku ezisixhenxe; awaba namanzi umkhosi kwaneenkomo ebezibalandela. 10Wathi ukumkani wamaSirayeli, Yeha, uYehova ubabizele aba kumkani bathathu, ukuba abanikele esandleni sikaMowabhi.
11Wathi uYehoshafati, Akukho mprofeti kaYehova na apha, sibuzise kuYehova ngaye? Waphendula omnye wabakhonzi bokumkani wakwaSirayeli, wathi, Ukho apha uElisha, unyana kaShafati, obegalela amanzi ezandleni zikaEliya. 12Wathi uYehoshafati, Ilizwi likaYehova linaye. Behla ke baya kuye, ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, noYehoshafati, nokumkani wakwaEdom. 13Wathi ke uElisha kukumkani wamaSirayeli, Yintoni na enam nawe? Hamba uye kubaprofeti bakayihlo, nakubaprofeti bakanyoko. Wathi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli kuye, Hayi; ngokuba uYehova ubabizele aba kumkani bathathu, ukuba abanikele esandleni sikaMowabhi.
14Wathi uElisha, Ehleli nje uYehova wemikhosi, endimi phambi kwakhe, ndinge ndingàkubheki, ndikubone, koko bendihlonéle uYehoshafati, ukumkani wakwaYuda. 15Ndíziseleni ke ngoku umbethi-luhadi. Kwathi, xa umbethi-luhadi lo alubethayo, samfikela isandla sikaYehova. 16Wathi, Utsho uYehova ukuthi, Senzeni esi sihlambo sizale yimisele. 17Ngokuba utsho uYehova ukuthi, Aniyi kubona moya, aniyi kubona mvula; esi sihlambo ke siya kuzala amanzi, nisele nina, nemihlambi yenu, namaqegu enu. 18Loo nto ilula emehlweni kaYehova; uya kuwanikela namaMowabhi esandleni senu. 19Noyixabela yonke imizi enqatyisiweyo, nemizi yonke enyuliweyo, niyiwise yonke imithi emihle, niyidibelele yonke imithombo yamanzi, niwonakalise onke amasimi amahle ngamatye.
20Kwathi kusasa, xa kunyuswa umnikelo wokudla, nanko kusiza amanzi, evela ngendlela yakwaEdom, ilizwe lazala amanzi. 21Eva ke onke amaMowabhi ukuba benyukile ookumkani, besiza kulwa nawo, ahlaba umkhosi kwintanga yonke exhobayo nengaphezulu, ema emdeni. 22Avuka kusasa, ilanga lithe chapha emanzini; amaMowabhi awabona amanzi phambi kwawo, ebomvu njengegazi; athi, 23Ligazi le nto; ookumkani bachithene bodwa, babulalana. Nalo ke ixhoba, Mowabhi.
24Afika ke emkhosini wakwaSirayeli; asuka amaSirayeli, awaxabela amaMowabhi, asaba wona ebusweni bawo, alingenela ilizwe, ehamba ewaxabela amaMowabhi. 25Bayigungxula nemizi; emasimini onke amahle, elowo waphosa ilitye lakhe, bawazalisa, bayidibelela yonke imithombo yamanzi, bayiwisa yonke imithi emihle, kwada eKir-hareshete kwasala amatye ayo odwa; bayirhawula abasawuli, batsho kuyo. 26Wabona ukumkani wamaMowabhi, ukuba impi imkhulele, wathabathela kuye amadoda angamakhulu asixhenxe arhola ikrele, ukuba atyhudise, abheke kukumkani wakwaEdom; ákaba nako. 27Wathabatha unyana wakhe wamazibulo, obeya kuba ngukumkani esikhundleni sakhe, wamnyusa waba lidini elinyukayo phezu kodonga. Afikelwa buburhalarhume obukhulu amaSirayeli. Ancothuka kuye, abuyela ezweni lawo.
