15 Saka akaenda, akaita zvakanga zvataurwa naEriya, uye mukadzi wacho neimba yake pamwe chete naEriya, vakava nezvekudya kwemazuva mazhinji.+ 16 Furawa yaiva muchirongo chihombe haina kupera, uye mafuta aiva muchirongo chidiki haana kupera, sezvakanga zvataurwa naJehovha kuburikidza naEriya.

22 Jehovha akanzwa chikumbiro chaEriya,+ uye upenyu hwemwana wacho hwakadzoka maari, akava mupenyu zvakare.+

24 Mukadzi wacho akabva ati kuna Eriya: “Iye zvino ndava kuziva kuti zvechokwadi muri munhu waMwari+ uye kuti shoko raJehovha riri mumuromo menyu nderechokwadi.”

36 Panenge panguva inopiwa mupiro wezviyo wemanheru,+ muprofita Eriya akaenda pedyo neatari ndokuti: “Haiwa Jehovha, Mwari waAbrahamu,+ Isaka,+ naIsraeri, nhasi ngazvizivikanwe kuti muri Mwari muna Israeri, uye kuti ndiri mushumiri wenyu uye kuti ndaita zvinhu zvese izvi maererano neshoko renyu.+

38 Moto waJehovha wakabva waburuka uchibva kumusoro, ukapisa chibayiro chinopiswa,+ nehuni, nematombo, neguruva, uye wakananzva mvura yaiva mumugero.+

46 Asi ruoko rwaJehovha rwakauya pana Eriya, akamonera nguo yake muchiuno, akamhanya ari mberi kwaAhabhi kusvika kuJezreeri.

8 Eriya akabva atora nguo yake yebasa,+ akaipeta, akarova mvura, ikaparadzana imwe ichienda kuruboshwe imwe ichienda kurudyi, zvekuti vese vari vaviri vakayambuka nepakaoma.+

11 Sezvavakanga vachifamba vachitaura zvavo, ngoro yemoto nemabhiza emoto+ zvakangoerekana zvaparadzanisa vaviri vacho, uye Eriya akakwira kudenga* ari mudutu.+

17 Uyewo, achaenda pamberi pake nemweya* nesimba+ zvaEriya, kuti adzorere mwoyo yavanababa kuvana,+ uye adzore vasingateereri kuti vawane uchenjeri hwevakarurama, kuti aite kuti Jehovha* ave nevanhu vakagadzirira.”+

19 Izvi ndizvo zvakataurwa naJohani pakauya vapristi nevaRevhi vatumwa nevaJudha kubva kuJerusarema kuzomubvunza kuti: “Ndiwe ani?”+

21 Uye vakamubvunza kuti: “Saka uri ani? Eriya here?”+ Iye akati: “Handisi.” “Ndiwe Muprofita here?”+ Iye akapindura kuti: “Aiwa!”