2 Amakhosi
2:1 Kwasekusithi lapho uJehova esezakwenyusela uElija ezulwini ngomkhumbi
u-Eliya wahamba no-Elisha besuka eGiligali.
2 U-Eliya wathi ku-Elisha: "Ake uhlale lapha; ngoba uJehova unaye
wangithuma eBethele. U-Elisha wathi kuye: "Kuphila kukaJehova, nanjengalokho."
umphefumulo wakho uphila, angiyikukushiya. Ngakho behlela eBhetheli.
2:3 Amadodana abaprofethi ayeseBethele aphuma, aya ku-Elisha.
wathi kuye: “Uyazi ukuthi uJehova uyakuyithatha inkosi yakho
kusukela ekhanda lakho kuze kube namuhla? Wathi: Yebo, ngiyakwazi; thulani.
" 2:4 U-Eliya wathi kuye: "Elisha, ngicela uhlale lapha; ngoba uJehova
ungithumile eJeriko. Wathi: Kuphila kukaJehova nanjengokwakho
umphefumulo uphila, angiyikukushiya. Ngakho bafika eJeriko.
2:5 Futhi amadodana abaprofethi ababeseJeriko beza ku-Elisha, futhi
wathi kuye: “Uyazi ukuthi uJehova uyakususa inkosi yakho esandleni sakho
ikhanda lakho namuhla? Wathi: Yebo, ngiyakwazi; thulani.
2:6 U-Eliya wathi kuye: "Ake uhlale lapha; ngoba uJehova unaye
wangithuma eJordani. Wathi: Kuphila kukaJehova nomphefumulo wakho
kuphila, angiyikukushiya. Baqhubeka bobabili.
2:7 Futhi amadoda angamashumi amahlanu amadodana abaprofethi bahamba, futhi wema ukuze abuke kude
besuka, bema bobabili ngaseJordani.
2:8 U-Eliya wathatha ingubo yakhe, wayisonga, wayishaya
amanzi, ahlukana ngapha nangapha, bahamba bobabili
phezu komhlabathi owomile.
2:9 Kwathi lapho sebewelile, u-Eliya wathi kubo
Elisha, buza engiyakukwenzela khona, ngingakasuswa kuwe.
UElisha wasesithi: Ake kube phezu kwezingxenye ezimbili zomoya wakho
mina.
2:10 Wathi: "Ucele into enzima, kodwa uma ubona mina."
lapho ngisuswa kuwe, kuyakuba njalo kuwe; kodwa uma kungenjalo, it
akuyikuba njalo.
2:11 Kwathi besahamba bekhuluma, bheka!
kwabonakala inqola yomlilo namahhashi omlilo, kwabahlukanisa
kokubili phakathi; u-Eliya wenyukela ezulwini ngesivunguvungu.
2:12 U-Elisha wakubona lokho, wakhala, "Baba, baba, nqola yempi."
Israyeli, nabamahhashi bakhe. Futhi akabe esambona: futhi wathatha
wabamba ezakhe izingubo, waziklebhula kabili.
2:13 Wacosha ingubo ka-Eliya eyayiwile kuye, wabuyela emuva.
wema ngasosebeni lweJordani;
2:14 Wathatha ingubo ka-Eliya eyayiwa kuye, wayishaya
amanzi, wathi: “Uphi uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Eliya na? lalapho laye eselakho
wawashaya amanzi, ahlukana lapha nalapha; u-Elisha wahamba
phezu.
2:15 Kwathi amadodana abaprofethi ayeseJerikho embona.
bathi: Umoya kaEliya uhlezi phezu kukaElisha. Bafika ke
bamhlangabeza, bakhothama emhlabathini phambi kwakhe.
2:16 Bathi kuye: "Bheka, kukhona ezingamashumi ayisihlanu nezinceku zakho
amadoda anamandla; mawahambe, afune inkosi yakho, funa
mhlawumbe uMoya kaJehova umkhuphulile, wamphonsa phezu kwakhe
entabeni ethile, noma esigodini esithile. Wathi: "Aniyikuthuma."
2:17 Futhi bamcindezela waze waba namahloni, wathi: "Thumelani." Bathumela
ngakho-ke amadoda angamashumi amahlanu; bamfuna izinsuku ezintathu, kepha abamtholanga.
2:18 Futhi lapho bebuyela kuye, (ngokuba wayehlezi eJeriko,) Wathi
kubo, Angishongo yini kini ukuthi: Ningahambi?
2:19 Amadoda omuzi athi ku-Elisha: "Bheka, ngiyakuncenga
isimo salo muzi sihle, njengoba inkosi yami ibona, kodwa amanzi
lutho, futhi umhlabathi ungenalutho.
2:20 Wathi, Ngiletheleni isitsha esisha, nibeke usawoti kuso. Futhi bona
wayiletha kuye.
2:21 Waphuma, waya emthonjeni wamanzi, waphonsa usawoti kuwo
lapho, wathi: “Usho kanje uJehova, uthi: “Ngelaphile lawa manzi; Lapho
akusayikuvela lapho ukufa noma izwe eliyinyumba.
2:22 Ngakho amanzi aphulukiswa kuze kube yilolu suku, ngokuvumelana nezwi lika
uElisha awakhulumayo.
2:23 Wasuka lapho, wenyuka waya eBethele;
endleleni, kwaphuma abantwana abancane emzini, bamklolodela.
wathi kuye: Yenyuka, mpandlandini; khuphuka, mpandlandini.
2:24 Futhi waphenduka, futhi wabheka kubo, futhi wabaqalekisa egameni
iNkosi. Kwaphuma amabhere amabili ezinsikazi ehlathini, aklebhula
abantwana abangamashumi amane nambili kubo.
2:25 Wasuka lapho, waya entabeni iKarmeli, futhi esuka lapho wabuyela
iSamariya.