Buka ea Bobeli ea Marena
6 Bara ba baprofeta+ ba re ho Elisha: “Sebaka seo re lulang ho sona se senyenyane. 2 Re kopa u re lumelle ho ea Jordane. Ha re fihla moo, re tla khaola lifate re iketsetse sebaka seo re tla lula ho sona.” Elisha a re: “Tsamaeang.” 3 E mong oa bona a re: “Re kopa u tsamaee le rona.” Elisha a re: “Ho lokile ke tla tsamaea le lona.” 4 A tsamaea le bona ’me ha ba fihla Jordane ba khaola lifate. 5 Ha e mong a ntse a khaola sefate, hlooho ea selepe ea oela ka metsing ’me a hoeletsa a re: “Moren’a ka selepe sena se alimiloe!” 6 Elisha mohlanka oa Molimo oa ’nete a re: “Hlooho ea sona e oetse hokae?” A mo bontša moo e oetseng teng. Elisha a khaola lekala la sefate ’me a le lahlela moo eaba o etsa hore hlooho ea selepe e hlahelle ka holim’a metsi. 7 Elisha a re: “E nke.” Monna eo a e nka.
8 Morena oa Siria a tsamaea a e’o loana le Baiseraele.+ A buisana le bahlanka ba hae hore na ba tla hloma litente sebakeng sefe. 9 Elisha mohlanka oa Molimo oa ’nete+ a romela molaetsa ho morena oa Iseraele a re: “U se ke oa tla mona hobane Basiria baa tla.” 10 Morena oa Iseraele a bolella bahlanka ba hae molaetsa o tsoang ho mohlanka oa Molimo oa ’nete. Elisha a ’na a mo lemosa ’me morena ha aa ka a ea moo.+
11 Taba ena ea halefisa morena oa Siria eaba o bitsa bahlanka ba hae ’me o re ho bona: “Mpolelleng hore na har’a rona mona ke mang ea ka lehlakoreng la morena oa Iseraele.” 12 E mong oa bahlanka ba hae a re: “Ha se rona Morena. Ke Elisha moprofeta oa Iseraele ea bolellang morena oa Iseraele lintho tseo u li buang ka kamoreng ea hao ea ho robala.”+ 13 Morena oa Siria a re: “Tsamaeang le e’o batla hore na o hokae ke tsebe ho romela batho hore ba e’o mo tšoara.” Hamorao a bolelloa hore Elisha o Dothane.+ 14 A romela lipere, likariki tsa ntoa le masole a mangata Dothane. Masole ao a fihla bosiu eaba a pota-pota motse.
15 Ha mosebeletsi* oa mohlanka oa Molimo oa ’nete a tsoha hoseng ’me a tsoela ka ntle, a bona motse o pota-potiloe ke masole a palameng lipere le likariki tsa ntoa. A re ho Elisha: “Moren’a ka, re etse’ng?” 16 Elisha a re: “U se ke oa tšoha+ hobane ba nang le rona ba bangata ho feta ba nang le bona.”+ 17 Elisha a rapela a re: “Jehova, ke kopa u etse hore a bone.”*+ Jehova a etsa hore mohlanka eo a bone hore lithabeng ho ne ho tletse lipere le likariki tsa ntoa tsa mollo+ ho ba potoloha.+
18 Ha Basiria ba ea ho Elisha, a rapela Jehova a re: “Ke kopa u foufatse batho bana.”+ Molimo a ba foufatsa joalokaha Elisha a mo kopile. 19 Elisha a re ho bona: “Le tsamaea ka tsela e fosahetseng ’me ona ha se oona motse oo le o batlang. A re eeng ke le ise ho monna eo le mo batlang.” Empa a ba isa Samaria.+
20 Ha ba fihla Samaria Elisha a re: “Jehova etsa hore ba bone.”* Jehova a etsa hore ba bone hore ba Samaria. 21 Ha morena oa Iseraele a ba bona a re ho Elisha: “Ke ba bolaee moren’a ka?” 22 Elisha a re: “U se ke oa ba bolaea. Na u ka bolaea batho bao u ba isitseng botlamuoeng? Ba fe lijo le metsi hore ba je+ ’me ba khutlele ho morena oa bona.” 23 A ba etsetsa mokete, ba ja ’me ba noa ka mor’a moo a re ba khutlele ho morena oa bona. Masole a Basiria+ ha aa ka a hlola a hlasela Iseraele.
24 Ben-hadade morena oa Siria a bokella masole ’ohle a hae ’me ba nyolohela Samaria ho ea e thibella.+ 25 Ho ne ho e-na le tlala e kholo+ Samaria eaba masole a Siria a thibella motse oa Samaria ho fihlela hlooho ea tonki+ e rekisoa ka likotoana tse 80 tsa silevera ’me mantle a maeba a neng a ka tlala matsoho a mabeli* a rekisoa ka likotoana tse hlano tsa silevera. 26 Ha morena oa Iseraele a tsamaea holim’a lerako la motse, mosali e mong a mo hoeletsa a re: “Morena re thuse!” 27 Morena a re: “Haeba Jehova a sa u thuse, ’na ke tla u thusa ka’ng? Na ho na le lijo seotlong le sehatelong sa veine kapa sa oli?” 28 Morena a re: “Molato ke’ng?” Mosali eo a re: “Mosali enoa o ile a re ho ’na, ‘Tlisa mora oa hao re mo je kajeno ’me hosane re tla ja oa ka.’+ 29 Re ile ra pheha mora oa ka ’me ra mo ja.+ Letsatsi le latelang ka re a tlise mora oa hae e le hore re ka mo ja empa o ile a mo pata.”
30 Ha morena a utloa litaba tsena a tabola liaparo tsa hae.+ Ha a feta lerakong la motse, batho ba bona hore o ne a apere lesela le hoashang* ka har’a liaparo tsa hae. 31 Morena a re: “E se eka Molimo a ka mpha kotlo e boima haeba kajeno Elisha mora oa Shafate a sa khaoloe hlooho.”+
32 Ha Elisha a ntse a lutse ka tlung ea hae le baholo, morena a roma moromuoa ho Elisha empa pele a fihla, Elisha a re ho baholo: “Na le bone hore mora eo oa ’molai+ o rometse motho hore a tl’o nkhaola hlooho? Ha moromuoa a fihla le koale monyako ’me le o tšoare e le hore a se ke a kena. Morena oa hae o mo setse morao.” 33 Ha Elisha a ntse a bua le baholo, moromuoa a fihla. Morena le eena a fihla ’me a re: “Tlokotsi ena e tsoa ho Jehova. Ke hobane’ng ha nka emela Jehova hore a nthuse?”