Buku Jandanda ja Ayimwene
19 Kaneko Ahabu ŵamsalile Yesebele yosope yaŵatesile Eliya soni yaŵatite pakwawulaga ŵakulochesya wosope ni upanga.* 2 Pelepo Yesebele ŵamtumisye mundu kwa Eliya kukumsalila kuti, “Milungu jimbe une chilango* chekulungwa naga pakwikaga malaŵi ndaŵi mpela jinojino ngasinamtenda mmwejo kuti mŵe mpela mwaŵelele jwalijose jwa jemanjajo.” 3 Eliya pajwapikene yeleyi jwatesile woga mnope. Myoyo jwalakwe ŵanyakwiche ni kutila kuti akulupusye umi wakwe. Kaneko jwayiche ku Beele-seba jwa ku Yuda, soni ŵamlesile jwakutumichila jwakwe kweleko. 4 Jwalakwe ŵajesile ulendo wa lisiku limo m’chipululu, ni ŵayiche pasi pa chitela chinechakwe chakuwoneka mpela lisache ni kutama pelepo. Kaneko jwalakwe jwaŵendile kuti agambe kuwa. Jwalakwe jwatite, “Yimbesisye! Sambano wawo Yehofa atyosye umi wangu pakuŵa une nganimba jwakupunda achinangolo ŵangu.”
5 Kaneko jwalakwe ŵagonile pasi pa chitela pala mpaka lugono. Nambo mwakusisimusya lilayika lyamkwayiye jwalakwe ni kumsalila kuti, “Mjimuche mlye.” 6 Jwalakwe ali alolite, chakumtwe kwakwe ŵawuweni mkate wesyungulile uli pamaganga gamoto, soni libotolo lyamesi. Jwalakwe ŵalile ni kumwa kaneko ŵagonilesoni. 7 Kaneko pali papite kandaŵi lilayika lya Yehofa lyayichesoni kaŵili ni kumkwaya jwalakwe soni lyamsalile kuti, “Mjimuche mlye, pakuŵa ulendowu chiwuŵe welewu.” 8 Myoyo jwalakwe ŵajimwiche ni kulya soni kumwa, mwamti machili gaŵapatile ligongo lya yakulya yaŵalileyo gamkamuchisye kwenda kwa masiku 40 musi ni chilo mpaka ŵajile kwika ku Holebe, ku litumbi lya Mlungu jwakuwona.
9 Pajwayiche kweleko jwalakwe ŵajinjile mumbanga ni kugona mwelemu chilo chosope. Kaneko Yehofa ŵaŵechetene ni jwalakwe, ŵamwusisye kuti, “Eliya, ana mkutenda chichi akuno?” 10 Pelepo jwalakwe ni ŵajanjile kuti, “Unetu mbele ndili mkulipeleka mnope kwa Yehofa Mlungu jwakusalamulila yakwinani. Nambo Ayisalayeli alesile kutenda yaŵalangene ni wawojo. Agumwile malo gakupelechela mbopesi ga wawojo, nambosoni ŵawuleje ŵakulochesya ŵawo ni upanga, mwamti une sigele jikape basi. Sambano jemanjaji akusaka kumbulaga une.” 11 Nambo Mlungu ŵatite, “Mkopoche ni mkajime petumbi pameso pa Yehofa. Pandaŵiji Yehofa jwaliji mkupita mwamti mbungo jamachili mnope jaliji mkugaŵanya matumbi soni kukasanya malwala pameso pa Yehofa, nambo Yehofa nganaŵa mu mbungojo. Mbungojo jili jilesile, patendekwe chisichinya,* nambo Yehofa nganaŵa mu chisichinyacho. 12 Chisichinyacho chili chilesile, wawoneche moto, nambo Yehofa nganaŵa m’motowo. Motowo uli ulesile, papikaniche maloŵe gapasipasi. 13 Eliya paŵagambile kupikana maloŵego jwasiŵile ngope jakwe ni chakuwala chakwe soni ŵakopweche mu mbangamo ni kuja kwima ku mlango wa mbangajo. Kaneko papikaniche maloŵe gakumwusya kuti, “Eliya, ana mkutenda chichi akuno?” 14 Pelepo jwalakwe ni jwajanjile kuti, “Unetu mbele ndili mkulipeleka mnope kwa Yehofa Mlungu jwakusalamulila yakwinani. Nambo Ayisalayeli alesile kutenda yaŵalangene ni wawojo. Jemanjaji agumwile malo gakupelechela mbopesi ga wawojo, nambosoni ŵawuleje ŵakulochesya ŵawo ni upanga, mwamti une sigele jikape basi. Sambano jemanjaji akusaka kumbulaga une.”
15 Yehofa ŵamsalile jwalakwe kuti, “Mwujile, soni mjawule ku chipululu cha Damasiko. Pachimkayiche kweleko kamsagule Hasaele kuti aŵe mwenye jwa ku Siliya. 16 Mkamsagulesoni Yehu chisukulu cha Nimisi kuti aŵe mwenye jwa Ayisalayeli, soni mkamsagule Elisa* mwanache jwa Safati jwakutyochela ku Abele-mehola kuti aŵe jwakulochesya mmalo mwenu. 17 Jwalijose juchachitila ngawulajidwa ni upanga wa Hasaele chachiwulajidwa ni Yehu, soni jwalijose juchachitila ngawulajidwa ni upanga wa Yehu chachiwulajidwa ni Elisa. 18 Nambosoni une ngwete ŵandu ŵakwana 7,000 mu Isalayeli ŵele nganamtindiŵalilejepo Baala soni ŵele nganampejepo kisi Baala ni pakamwa pawo.”
19 Kaneko Eliya jwatyosile kweleko ni kuja kusimana ni Elisa mwanache jwa Safati. Elisa ŵaliji ali mkulima pakamulichisya masengo pulawo jakuwutidwa ni ng’ombe siŵili syamkambako. Papali mapulawo 12 soni pulawo jilijose jawutidwaga ni ng’ombe siŵili. Jwalakwe jwakamulichisyaga masengo pulawo jajaliji kunyuma kwa mapulawo gosopego. Myoyo Eliya ŵapite pajwaliji jwalakwejo ni kumponyela chakuwala chakwe. 20 Pelepo Elisa ŵasilesile ng’ombe siŵili sila ni kumwutuchila Eliyajo ni ŵamŵendile kuti, “Chonde, angunde kuti ngalangangane kaje mwachinonyelo* ni baba ŵangu soni mama ŵangu, kaneko chinakuye wawojo.” Eliyajo ni ŵajanjile kuti, “Jawulagani pakuŵa une nganimba namlekasisye.” 21 Kaneko jwalakwe ŵawujile ni ŵajigele ng’ombe siŵili syamkambako sila ni kusipeleka mbopesi, soni ŵakamulichisye masengo yitela ya pulawoyo pakutelechela nyama ja ng’ombejo ni ŵapele ŵandu nyamajo mwamti jemanjajo ŵalile. Panyuma pakwe jwalakwejo ŵanyakwiche ni kutanda kumkuya Eliya soni ŵatandite kumtumichila Eliyajo.