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4 Lomunye webafati bemadvodzana ebaphrofethi+ wakhala ku-Elisha watsi: “Inceku yakho lebeyikadze iyindvodza yami seyifile futsi wena wati kahle kutsi lenceku yakho beyisolo imesaba Jehova.+ Nyalo umuntfu lebesimkweleta ufikile watsatsa bantfwabami bobabili wayobenta tigcili takhe.” 2 Elisha wamphendvula watsi: “Yini lofuna ngikwentele yona? Ngicela ungitjele, unani endlini?” Yena wamphendvula watsi: “Incekukati yakho ayinalutfo ngaphandle kwelijeke lemafutsa.”+ 3 Elisha wase utsi: “Phumela ngephandle uyocela kubomakhelwane bakho tintfo tekufaka emafutsa letingenalutfo. Ubocela letinyenti, nome tingaba tingakhi. 4 Ubobese ungena endlini nemadvodzana akho uvale umnyango. Ubotetsa tonkhe letintfo tekufaka emafutsa bese utibeka ndzawonye lesetigcwele.” 5 Ngako lomfati wamshiya.
Nasekangenile endlini akanye nemadvodzana akhe bavala umnyango, lamadvodzana ase amniketa letintfo tekutsela emafutsa futsi lomfati bekachubeka nekwetsa.+ 6 Ngesikhatsi letintfo tekufaka emafutsa setigcwele, lomfati watsi kulenye yalamadvodzana akhe: “Ngicela uletse lenye intfo yekufaka emafutsa.”+ Yona yamphendvula yatsi: “Setiphelile letintfo.” Ngaleso sikhatsi, lamafutsa abese ayancamuka kutfululeka.+ 7 Wahamba wayobikela lomuntfu waNkulunkulu weliciniso futsi yena watsi: “Hamba uyotsengisa lamafutsa bese ubhadala letikweleti takho futsi wena nemadvodzana akho ningaphila ngalokutawusala.”
8 Ngalelinye lilanga, Elisha wahamba waya eShunemu+ lapho bekunemfati lowatiwako futsi wamcela kutsi aphambukele kakhe kuze amphakele kudla.+ Njengobe bekavame kwendlula lapho, bekaphambukela lapho ayokudla. 9 Ngako watsi kumyeni wakhe: “Ngiyati kutsi ngumuntfu longcwele waNkulunkulu lona lovame kuhamba ngalendlela. 10 Ngicela sakhe likamelo lelincane etikwendlu+ futsi simfakele umbhedze, litafula, situlo kanye nesibane. Kutawutsi nakefika, ahlale kulo.”+
11 Ngalelinye lilanga, Elisha wafika lapho futsi waya kulelikamelo lelisetikwendlu kuze acambalale. 12 Wabese utsi kuGehazi+ inceku yakhe: “Bita lomfati longumShunemu.”+ Ngako wambita futsi wafike wema embikwa-Elisha. 13 Wabese utsi kuGehazi: “Ngicela utjele lomfati utsi: ‘Utihlupheleni kangaka ngenca yetfu?+ Ngingakwentelani?+ Ufuna ngikukhulumele enkhosini+ yini noma endvuneni yelibutfo lemphi?’” Yena waphendvula watsi: “Mine ngiphila emkhatsini webantfu bakitsi.” 14 Ngako watsi: “Yini langentelwa yona?” Gehazi waphendvula watsi: “Ute indvodzana+ futsi indvodza yakhe seyikhulile.” 15 Ngekushesha watsi: “Mbite.” Ngako wambita futsi lomfati wema emnyango. 16 Elisha wabese utsi: “Kulomnyaka lotako ngalesikhatsi, utawube sewunendvodzana.”+ Kodvwa yena waphendvula watsi: “Ngeke kwenteke nkhosi yami, muntfu waNkulunkulu weliciniso! Ungawakhulumi emanga encekukatini yakho.”
17 Nome kunjalo, lomfati wakhulelwa futsi watala indvodzana emnyakeni lolandzelako, ngaso sona leso sikhatsi lebesishiwo ngu-Elisha. 18 Lomntfwana wakhula futsi ngalelinye lilanga waphuma waya kubabe wakhe lobekanebantfu labavunako. 19 Lomntfwana bekasolo akhala kubabe wakhe atsi: “Ngafa yinhloko, ngafa yinhloko!” Babe wakhe wabese ukhuluma nenceku yakhe utsi: “Mtsatse umyise kumake wakhe.” 20 Ngako yamtsatsa yamyisa kumake wakhe futsi wamgona kwaze kwaba semini, wagcine afile.+ 21 Make wakhe wamtsatsa wakhuphuka naye, wafike wamlalisa embhedzeni wenceku yaNkulunkulu weliciniso+ wase uvala umnyango uyamshiya. 22 Wabese ubita indvodza yakhe watsi: “Ngicela ungitfumelele inceku kanye nembongolo yinye futsi ngicela ungivumele ngiye encekwini yaNkulunkulu weliciniso ngekushesha, ngitawuphindze ngibuye.” 23 Kodvwa yona yatsi: “Yini lekwenta ufune kuyoyibona lamuhla? Isengaketfwasi mosi nenyanga+ futsi akusilo nelisabatha.” Lomfati waphendvula watsi: “Konkhe kuhamba kahle.” 24 Ngako wagibela lembongolo wase utsi encekwini yakhe: “Hamba ngekushesha. Ungalehlisi litubane ngaphandle kwanangabe utjelwa ngimi.”
25 Ngako lomfati wahamba waya kulomuntfu waNkulunkulu weliciniso eNtsabeni iKhameli. Ngekushesha nje lomuntfu waNkulunkulu weliciniso nakambona asesekhashane, watsi kuGehazi inceku yakhe: “Nanguya lomfati waseShunemu. 26 Ngicela ugijime uye kuye ufike umbute utsi, ‘Uyaphila yini? Indvodza yakho iyaphila yini? Umntfwanakho uyaphila yini?’” Lomfati waphendvula lenceku watsi: “Konkhe kuhamba kahle.” 27 Nakefika kulomuntfu waNkulunkulu weliciniso entsabeni, lomfati wabamba tinyawo takhe.+ Nakabona loko Gehazi wasondzela kuye wafike wamfusha, kodvwa lomuntfu waNkulunkulu weliciniso watsi: “Myekele ngobe ucindzeteleke kakhulu* kantsi Jehova usangifihlele ngaloko futsi usengakangitjeli.” 28 Lomfati wabese utsi: “Ngayicela yini indvodzana enkhosini yami? Angizange yini ngisho ngitsi: ‘Unganginiki litsemba lelingekho’?”+
29 Ngekushesha Elisha watsi kuGehazi: “Bopha tingubo takho elukhalo+ utsatse indvuku yami lesesandleni sakho uhambe. Nakwenteka uhlangana nemuntfu ungambingeleli; futsi nakwenteka ubingelelwa ngumuntfu, ungavumi. Hamba ufike ubeke lendvuku yami ebusweni balomfana.” 30 Nakeva loko make walomfana watsi: “Ngifunga Jehova Nkulunkulu lophilako kanye nangekuphila* kwakho, ngitsi angeke ngikushiye.”+ Ngako Elisha wasukuma wahamba nalomfati. 31 Gehazi wahamba embikwabo wafike wabeka lendvuku ebusweni balomfana, kodvwa kute lokwamkhombisa kutsi sewuyaphila.+ Wabuyela emuva ku-Elisha wafike watsi: “Lomfana akakavuki.”
32 Ngesikhatsi Elisha efika kulendlu, watfola lomfana asembhedzeni wakhe afile.+ 33 Wabese uvala umnyango waba ngekhatsi nalomfana lofile, wase ucala kuthantaza kuJehova.+ 34 Elisha wabese ugibela kulombhedze walala etikwalomntfwana wabeka umlomo wakhe emlonyeni walomfana, emehlo akhe wawabeka emehlweni alomfana netandla takhe watibeka kuleti talomfana. Umtimba walomntfwana wabese ucala kufutfumala.+ 35 Elisha wayaluka kulendlu, wabese ugibela kulombhedze waphindze walala etikwalomfana. Lomfana watsimula tikhatsi letingu-7 wabese uvula emehlo.+ 36 Elisha wabese ubita Gehazi watsi kuye: “Bita lomfati longumShunemu.” Ngako wambita futsi waya ku-Elisha. Elisha watsi kuye: “Tsatsa indvodzana yakho.”+ 37 Lomfati wangena wawela etinyaweni ta-Elisha futsi waguca phansi embikwakhe, wase utsatsa indvodzana yakhe uphumela ngephandle.
38 Ngesikhatsi Elisha abuyela eGilgali bekunendlala kuleyondzawo.+ Emadvodzana ebaphrofethi+ bekahleli embikwakhe futsi watsi encekwini yakhe:+ “Beka libhodo lelikhulu etiko bese uphekela lamadvodzana ebaphrofethi sitjulo.” 39 Ngako lomunye wabo wahamba waya esigangeni wayowukha umbhidvo, watfola tihlahla tesiganga wase ukha nemaselwa esiganga wawagcwalisa ingubo lebekayigcokile. Wabese ubuyela emuva wayowacoba wawafaka kulelibhodo lesitjulo angati kutsi ayini. 40 Ngemuva kwesikhatsi baphakela lamadvodza lesitjulo khona atokudla, kodvwa nawasasidla amemeta atsi: “Nceku yaNkulunkulu weliciniso, kunekufa kulelibhodo.” Abese akasakhoni kusidla. 41 Ngako Elisha watsi: “Letsani fulaha.” Wabese uyawutsela kulelibhodo, wase utsi: “Phakela labantfu.” Besekute butsi kulelibhodo.+
42 Indvodza letsite yeta isuka eBhali-shalisha,+ futsi yaphatsela lomuntfu waNkulunkulu weliciniso tinkhwa letingu-20 tebhali+ letibhakwe ngebhali yekucala futsi beyiphetse nelisaka lalokutinhlavu lokusha.+ Elisha wabese utsi: “Lokudla kunikete labantfu batokudla.” 43 Kodvwa lenceku yakhe yatsi: “Lokudla ngingakuphakela njani emadvodza langu-100?”+ Yena wayiphendvula watsi: “Kunike labantfu badle ngobe naku lokushiwo nguJehova, ‘Batakudla kuphindze kusale.’”+ 44 Wabese ubeka lokudla embikwabo, badla futsi lokunye kwasala,+ ngekuvumelana nelivi laJehova.