1 Amakhosi
17:1 U-Eliya waseThishibi, owakhileyo kwaGileyadi, wathi kuye.
Ahabi, Kuphila kukaJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli engimi phambi kwakhe, kuyakuba lapho
kungabi ngamazolo noma imvula kule minyaka, kodwa ngokwezwi lami.
17:2 Izwi likaJehova lafika kuye, lathi.
17:3 Suka lapha, futhi uphendukele ngasempumalanga, futhi ucashe ngasemfuleni
iKerithi, ephambi kweJordani.
17:4 Kuyakuthi, wena uphuze emfuleni; futhi nginayo
walaya amagwababa ukuthi akudlise khona.
17:5 Ngakho wahamba, futhi wenza ngokuvumelana nezwi likaJehova, ngoba wahamba
wahlala emfudlaneni iKeriti ephambi kweJordani.
17:6 Amagwababa amlethela isinkwa nenyama ekuseni, nesinkwa kanye
inyama kusihlwa; waphuza emfuleni.
17:7 Kwathi ngemva kwesikhashana, umfula woma, ngoba
kwakungekho mvula ezweni.
17:8 Izwi likaJehova lafika kuye, lathi.
17:9 Sukuma, uye eSarefati, okuyinto yaseSidoni, futhi uhlale khona.
bheka, ngiyalile khona owesifazane ongumfelokazi ukuba akondle.
17:10 Ngakho wasukuma waya eZarefati. Futhi lapho efika esangweni
bheka, owesifazane ongumfelokazi wayekhona etheza izinkuni;
wambiza, wathi: “Ake ungithathele amanzi amancane ngesiko
isitsha, ukuze ngiphuze.
17:11 Kwathi esazoyilanda, wambiza, wathi: "Letha kimi.
Ake ungiphe ucezu lwesinkwa esandleni sakho.
" 17:12 Wathi: "Kuphila kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, anginalo iqebelengwane, kodwa an
ugcwele isandla sempuphu emphongolweni, namafutha amancane esitsheni; bheka, ngi
ngitheza izinkuni ezimbili, ukuze ngingene ngizigqokise mina nezami
ndodana, ukuze sikudle, sife.
17:13 U-Eliya wathi kuye: "Ungesabi; hamba wenze njengokusho kwakho;
ngenzela yona iqebelengwane elincane kuqala, ulilethe kimi, nangasemuva
zenzele wena nendodana yakho.
17:14 Ngoba itsho njalo iNkosi, uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli: Imbiza kafulawa ngeke
kuchithwa, nophiso lwamafutha aluyikuphela kuze kube lusuku uJehova ahlala ngalo
unisa imvula emhlabeni.
17:15 Wahamba, wenza njengezwi lika-Eliya; futhi yena, futhi yena.
nendlu yakhe yadla izinsuku eziningi.
17:16 Imbiza yempuphu ayiphelanga, nophiso lwamafutha aluphelanga;
njengezwi likaJehova alikhuluma ngo-Eliya.
17:17 Kwathi emva kwalezi zinto, indodana yowesifazane, the
inkosikazi yendlu, yagula; futhi ukugula kwakhe kwakubuhlungu kakhulu, kangangokuthi
kwakungasekho umoya kuye.
17:18 Wathi ku-Eliya: "Nginamsebenzi muni nawe, O muntu?
UNkulunkulu? uzé kimi ukungikhumbuza isono sami, usibulale
indodana?
17:19 Wathi kuye: "Nginike indodana yakho." Wamkhipha esifubeni sakhe.
wakhuphukela naye endlini ephakeme, lapho ahlala khona, wambeka phezu kwakhe
umbhede siqu.
" 17:20 Futhi wakhala kuJehova, futhi wathi: "O Jehova Nkulunkulu wami, nawe
wehlisela okubi phezu komfelokazi engigogobele kuye, ngokubulala indodana yakhe?
17:21 Wazelulela phezu komntwana izikhathi ezintathu, futhi wakhala kuye
uJehova, wathi: “Jehova Nkulunkulu wami, mawufike umphefumulo walo mntwana
angene futhi kuye.
17:22 Futhi uJehova wezwa izwi lika-Eliya; kwasekufika umphefumulo womntwana
wabuyela kuye, waphila.
17:23 U-Eliya wamthatha umntwana, wamehlisela ngaphandle ekamelweni
endlini, wamnika unina; uEliya wathi: Bheka, eyakho
indodana iyaphila.
17:24 Owesifazane wathi ku-Eliya: "Ngalokhu ngiyazi ukuthi uyindoda."
Nkulunkulu, nokuthi izwi likaJehova elisemlonyeni wakho liyiqiniso.