2 Mafumu 4 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

4 ¹Mkazi wa mmodzi wa ana a aneneri analira kwa Elisa, nati, “Mtumiki wanu, mwamuna wanga, wamwalira, ndipo mukudziwa kuti mtumiki wanu amaopa Atate wathu. Tsopano wa ngongole akubwera kudzatenga ana anga awiri kukhala akapolo.”

²Elisa anamfunsa, nati, “Ndingakuchitireni chiyani? Ndiuze, uli ndi chiyani m'nyumba mwako?” Iye anati, “Mtumiki wanu alibe kanthu koma mtsuko umodzi wa mafuta.”

³Ndipo anati, “Pita, ukabwereke ziwiya kunja kwa anansi ako onse—ziwiya zopanda kanthu, zochuluka osati zochepa. ⁴Ulowe, utseke chitseko iwe ndi ana ako, ndipo uthire mafuta m'mitsuko yonseyi. Uliwonse ukadzadza, uuike pambali.”

⁵Choncho anamusiya, natseka chitseko iye ndi ana ake; iwo anali kumubweretsera ziwiya, iye nkuthira. ⁶Pamene mitsuko inadzadza, anati kwa mwana wake, “Nditengere wina.” Iye anati, “Palibenso wotsala.” Ndipo mafuta analeka.

⁷Anabwera nauza munthu wa Atate wathu, amene anati, “Pita, ukagulitse mafuta, ndipo ukalipire ngongole yako, ndipo iwe ndi ana ako mukhale ndi moyo ndi zotsalazo.”

Lonjezo la Atate kwa Mkazi wa ku Sunemu

⁸Tsiku lina Elisa anadutsa ku Sunemu, kumene kunali mkazi wachuma; iye anamuumiriza kuti akhale adye. Nthawi zonse pamene amadutsa, amayima pamenepo kuti adye. ⁹Anauza mwamuna wake, nati, “Taona, ndikudziwa kuti munthu uyu amene amadutsa pafupipafupi pa ife ndi munthu woyera wa Atate wathu. ¹⁰Timumangire chipinda chaching'ono padenga, chokhala ndi bedi, tebulo, mpando, ndi nyale, kuti akhale pamenepo nthawi zonse pamene adza.”

¹¹Tsiku lina Elisa anafika pamenepo, nalowa m'chipinda chapamwamba, nagona. ¹²Anati kwa mtumiki wake Gehazi, “Muitane mkazi wa ku Sunemu uyu.” Anamuitana, ndipo iye anaima pamaso pake. ¹³Elisa anati kwa iye, “Umuuze kuti: Wativutikira kwambiri. Kodi ungachitiridwe chiyani? Kodi ndikuyankhulire kwa mfumu kapena kwa mkulu wa ankhondo?” Iye anayankha nati, “Ine ndimakhala pakati pa anthu a mtundu wanga.”

¹⁴Anafunsa, nati, “Kodi angachitiridwe chiyani?” Gehazi anati, “Alibe mwana wamwamuna, ndipo mwamuna wake ndi wokalamba.”

¹⁵Anati, “Muitane.” Choncho anamuitana, ndipo iye anaima pa khomo. ¹⁶Anati, “Pa nyengo ino chaka chamawa, udzafungatira mwana wamwamuna.” Iye anati, “Ayi, mbuye wanga, munthu wa Atate wathu, musamanamize mtumiki wanu.”

¹⁷Mkazi anatenga pakati nabereka mwana wamwamuna pa nyengo iyo chaka chotsatira, monga momwe Elisa anamuuzira.

¹⁸Mwana anakula, ndipo tsiku lina anapita kwa atate wake, kwa okolola. ¹⁹Anati kwa atate wake, “Mutu wanga! Mutu wanga!” Atate wake anati kwa wantchito, “Munyamule kupita kwa amayi ake.”

²⁰Anamunyamula kupita kwa amayi ake; mnyamatayo anakhala pa mawondo a amayi ake kufikira masana, ndipo anafa. ²¹Anakwera, namugoneka pa bedi la munthu wa Atate wathu, natseka chitseko momtsekera, nachoka. ²²Anaitana mwamuna wake, nati, “Nditumizire wantchito mmodzi ndi bulu, kuti ndithamangire kwa munthu wa Atate wathu ndi kubwerera.”

²³Anafunsa, nati, “Chifukwa chiyani ukupita kwa iye lero? Si mwezi watsopano kapena Sabata.” Iye anati, “Zili bwino.”

²⁴Anamanga bulu chishalo, nati kwa wantchito wake, “Yendetsa; usachepetse liwiro chifukwa cha ine pokhapokha nditakuuza.” ²⁵Ananyamuka nafika kwa munthu wa Atate wathu ku Phiri la Karimeli. Pomuona ali patali, munthu wa Atate wathu anati kwa Gehazi mtumiki wake, “Taona, mkazi wa ku Sunemu uja. ²⁶Thamanga tsopano, ukakumane naye, ndipo ukamufunse kuti, ‘Kodi uli bwino? Kodi mwamuna wako ali bwino? Kodi mwana ali bwino?’” Iye anayankha nati, “Zonse zili bwino.”

²⁷Pamene anafika kwa munthu wa Atate wathu paphiri, anagwira mapazi ake. Gehazi anabwera kudzamukankhira kutali, koma iye anati, “Musiyeni—moyo wake uli m'mazunzo owawa, ndipo Atate wathu wandibisira izi, osandiuza.”

²⁸Iye anati, “Kodi ndinapempha mbuye wanga mwana wamwamuna? Kodi sindinati, ‘Musandipatse chiyembekezo chabodza’?”

²⁹Elisa anati kwa Gehazi, “Manga chovala chako m'chiuno, utenge ndodo yanga m'dzanja lako, upite. Ngati ukumana ndi munthu, usamupatse moni; ngati wina akupatsa moni, usamuyankhe. Ukagoneke ndodo yanga pa nkhope ya mnyamatayo.”

³⁰Koma amayi a mwanayo anati, “Pali Atate wathu wamoyo, ndiponso inu muli ndi moyo, sindidzakusiyani.” Choncho anayimirira, namutsatira.

³¹Gehazi anatsogola iwo, nagoneka ndodo pa nkhope ya mnyamatayo, koma panalibe phokoso kapena kuyankha. Anabwerera kudzakumana ndi Elisa, nati, “Mnyamata sanadzuke.”

³²Pamene Elisa analowa m'nyumba, anaona mwana atafa, atagona pa bedi lake. ³³Choncho analowa, natseka chitseko momtsekera awiriwo, napemphera kwa Atate wathu. ³⁴Ndipo anakwera nagona pa mwanayo—pakamwa pa pakamwa, maso pa maso, manja pa manja. Pamene anatambalala pamwamba pake, thupi la mwana linafunda. ³⁵Anayimirira, nayendayenda m'chipinda kamodzi, ndipo anakweranso natambalala pamwamba pa mnyamatayo. Mnyamatayo anayetsemula kasanu ndi kawiri, natsegula maso ake. ³⁶Elisa anaitana Gehazi, nati, “Muitane mkazi wa ku Sunemu uyu.” Anamuitana; iye anabwera kwa iye, ndipo anati, “Tenga mwana wako.”

³⁷Anabwera, nagwa pa mapazi ake, nawerama pansi, ndipo ananyamula mwana wake, nachoka.

Atate Achiritsa Msuzi Wakupha

³⁸Elisa anabwerera ku Giligala panthawi ya njala. Pamene ana a aneneri anakhala pamaso pake, anati kwa mtumiki wake, “Ika mphika waukulu pamoto; uphike msuzi kaamba ka ana a aneneri.”

³⁹Mmodzi anapita kutchire kukatola masamba, napeza mpesa wakutchire. Anathyola nkhaka zakutchire zodzaza mkono wake, nabwera, nazidula m'mphika wa msuzi—palibe amene anadziwa kuti zinali chiyani. ⁴⁰Anawathira amunawo kuti adye, koma pamene ankadya msuziwo analira, nati, “Munthu wa Atate wathu, muli imfa mu mphika!” Sanathe kuudya.

⁴¹Anati, “Bweretsani ufa,” nauponya mu mphika, nati, “Athireni anthu kuti adye.” Palibe choipa chilichonse chinatsala mu mphika.

⁴²Munthu wochokera ku Baala-salisa anabweretsera munthu wa Atate wathu buledi wa zipatso zoyamba—malofu makumi awiri a barele ndi tirigu watsopano m'thumba lake. Elisa anati, “Apatseni anthu kuti adye.”

⁴³Mtumiki wake anati, “Kodi ndingaike bwanji izi pamaso pa anthu zana?” Anatinso, “Apatseni anthu kuti adye, pakuti Atate wathu akuti: Adzadya ndipo adzatsalitsa.”

⁴⁴Anaika pamaso pawo; anadya natsalitsa, monga momwe Atate wathu ananenera.