Eyoku-1 yooKumkani
17:1 Wathi uEliya waseTishbhi, kubemi baseGiliyadi,
Ahabhi, ehleli nje uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, endimi phambi kwakhe, uya khona
akusayi kuba ngumbethe namvula kule minyaka, kodwa ngokwelizwi lam.
17:2 Kwafika ilizwi likaYehova kuye, lisithi,
17:3 Hamba umke apha, ubheke empumalanga, uzifihle emlanjaneni
iKeriti, ephambi kweYordan.
17:4 Wothi, usele emlanjeni; kwaye ndinayo
lawawisela umthetho amahlungulu ukuba akudlise khona.
17:5 Wahamba ke wenza ngokwelizwi likaYehova;
wahlala emlanjaneni oyiKeriti, okhangelene neYordan.
17:6 Amahlungulu amzisela isonka nenyama kusasa, nesonka, nesonka;
inyama ngokuhlwa; wasela emlanjaneni lowo.
17:7 Kwathi, kwakuba mzuzwana, watsha umlanjana
bekungabangakho mvula ezweni.
17:8 Kwafika ilizwi likaYehova kuye, lisithi,
17:9 Suka uye eTsarfati yaseTsidon, uhlale khona;
uyabona, ndimwisele umthetho khona umfazi ongumhlolokazi, ukuba akuxhase.
17:10 Wesuka ke, waya eTsarfati. Wathi xa efika esangweni lendlu kaThixo
nanko ekhona umfazi womhlolokazi etheza iinkuni;
wambiza, wathi, Khawundithabathele intwana yamanzi ngexa
isitya, ukuba ndisele.
17:11 Uthe ke esaza kuyithabatha, wayibiza wathi, Ndizise apha.
Khawuthathe iqhekeza lesonka esandleni sakho.
17:12 Wathi, Ehleli nje uYehova, uThixo wakho, andinasonka;
ukuzalisa isandla somgubo emphandeni, nentwana yeoli emphandeni;
Chola iinkuni ezimbini, ukuze ndingene, ndinxibele mna nowam
nyana, ukuze siyidle, sife.
17:13 Wathi uEliya kuye, Musa ukoyika; hamba uye kwenza njengoko uthethile;
ndenzele iqebengwana ngawo kuqala, undizisele, emveni koko
zenzele wena nonyana wakho.
17:14 Ngokuba utsho uYehova, uThixo kaSirayeli, ukuthi, Umphanda womgubo awuyi
+ yaye iselwa leoli aliyi kuphela, + kude kube yimini kaYehova
unisa imvula phezu komhlaba.
17:15 Waya ke, wenza ngokwelizwi likaEliya; yena ke, naye.
yadla indlu yakhe imihla emininzi.
17:16 Umphanda womgubo awuphelanga, neselwa leoli alaminyelelwa;
ngokwelizwi likaYehova, awalithethayo ngoEliya.
17:17 Kwathi emveni kwezi zinto, unyana waloo mfazi, wazala
unkosikazi wendlu, wagula; kwaye isifo sakhe sasibuhlungu kakhulu, kangangokuba
akwasala nomoya kuye.
17:18 Wathi kuEliya, Yintoni na enam nawe, mfondini?
UThixo? uze kum ukuba undikhumbuze isono sam, usibulale
unyana?
17:19 Wathi kuye, Ndinike unyana wakho. Wamkhupha esifubeni sakhe.
wenyuka waya naye egumbini eliphezulu, apho abehlala khona, wamlalisa phezu kwakhe
ibhedi yakhe.
17:20 Wanqula uYehova, wathi, Yehova Thixo wam, nawe unako
wamzisa ububi umhlolokazi lo, ndiphambukele kuye, ngokubulala unyana wakhe?
17:21 Wazolula phezu komntwana izihlandlo zazithathu, wakhala kuye
UYehova wathi, Yehova Thixo wam, mawufike umphefumlo walo mntwana
kuye kwakhona.
17:22 Waliva uYehova ilizwi likaEliya; wafika umphefumlo womntwana
wabuyela kuye, waphila.
17:23 Wamthabatha uEliya umntwana, wehla naye egumbini eliphezulu, waya naye
Wamnikela endlwini, wamnika unina. Wathi uEliya, Nanko eyakho
unyana uyaphila.
17:24 Wathi umfazi kuEliya, Kaloku ke ndiyazi ukuba uyindoda
Thixo, nelizwi likaYehova elisemlonyeni wakho liyinyaniso.