UBawo Wethu UMondla UEliya Ngamahlungulu
UEliya uvakalisa imbalela, aze uBawo wethu amfihle ngasemlanjaneni apho amahlungulu amondlayo khona. Xa woma umlanjana, umhlolokazi olambileyo waseTsarfati uchitha umgubo wakhe wokugqibela phezu kwakhe, ungapheli; xa unyana wakhe eyeka ukuphefumla, isikhalo sikaEliya simbuyisa.
17 1UEliya waseTishbhi, ovela eTishbhi yaseGiliyadi, wathi kuAhabhi: “Ehleli nje uBawo wethu, uThixo kaSirayeli, endimi phambi kwakhe—akuyi kubakho mbethe namvula kule minyaka, ingengelizwi lam.”
2Lafika ke ilizwi likaBawo wethu kuEliya, lisithi:
3“Suka apha, ujike usinge empumalanga, uzimele ngasemlanjaneni iKheriti, ngasempumalanga kweYordan. 4Uya kusela kuloo mlanjana, ndiwawisele umthetho amahlungulu ukuba akondle khona.”
5Wahamba ke wenza njengoko watshoyo uBawo wethu; waya wahlala ngasemlanjaneni iKheriti, ngasempumalanga kweYordan. 6Amahlungulu amzisela isonka nenyama kusasa, nesonka nenyama ngokuhlwa; wasela kuloo mlanjana. 7Kwathi emva kwexeshana woma umlanjana, ngenxa yokuba kungekho mvula ezweni.
UBawo Wethu ULungiselela Ngomhlolokazi
8Lafika ke ilizwi likaBawo wethu kuye, lisithi:
9“Suk' ume, uye eTsarfati ekufuphi neTsidon, uhlale khona. Ndimwisele umthetho umhlolokazi othile apho ukuba akondle.”
10Wahamba ke waya eTsarfati. Wathi akufika esangweni lomzi, nanko umhlolokazi etheza iinkuni. Wabiza kuye, wathi: “Khawundiphathele intwana yamanzi ngomphanda ndisele.” 11Wathi esahamba esiya kuwakha, wabiza wathi: “Khawundiphathele neqhekeza lesonka.”
12Wathi yena: “Ehleli nje uNdikhoyo uThixo wakho, andinasonka—koko ndinesixa somgubo esingangesandla esityeni, nentwana yeoli entsubeni. Nanku nditheza iinkuni ezimbalwa, ukuze ndingene ndizilungisele mna nonyana wam, size sidle, size sife.”
13Wathi uEliya kuye: “Musa ukoyika. Hamba wenze njengoko utshilo. Kodwa kuqala ndenzele umqhathane omncinane ngawo, uwuzise kum; wandule ukwenzela wena nonyana wakho.
14Kuba uBawo wethu, uThixo kaSirayeli, uthi: “Isitya somgubo asiyi kuphela, nentsuba yeoli ayiyi kuswela, kude kube yimini uBawo wethu azisa ngayo imvula emhlabeni.””
15Wahamba ke wenza njengoko watshoyo uEliya; wadla yena, naye, nendlu yakhe imihla emininzi. 16Isitya somgubo asiphelanga, nentsuba yeoli ayomanga, njengoko watshoyo uBawo wethu ngoEliya.
17Kwathi emva koko wagula unyana womfazi lowo, umninindlu. Saba nzima kakhulu isifo sakhe, kwada akwasala moya kuye. 18Wathi kuEliya: “Yintoni na phakathi kwam nawe, ndoda kaThixo? Uze kundikhumbuza ubugwenxa bam, ubulale unyana wam?”
19Wathi: “Ndinike unyana wakho.” Wamthabatha ke ezingalweni zakhe, wenyuka naye waya egumbini lakhe eliphezulu, wamlalisa phezu kwesilili sakhe. 20Wakhala kuBawo wethu, wathi: “Bawo, ngaba umzisele intlekele nalo mhlolokazi endihleli naye, ngokubulala unyana wakhe?” 21Wazolula phezu komntwana kathathu, wakhala kuBawo wethu, wathi: “Bawo, makubuyele kuye umphefumlo walo mntwana.”
22UBawo wethu wasiva isikhalo sikaEliya, wabuyela kuye umphefumlo womntwana, waphila. a a v22 Esi sisihlandlo sokuqala eZibhalweni apho kubekho umntu ovuswayo kwabafileyo—oku kutyhila uBawo wethu njengoMniki noMbuyisi wobomi, kananjalo kubonisa phambili kuvuko oluza ngokupheleleyo ngoYesu. 23UEliya wamthabatha lo mntwana, wehla naye esuka egumbini eliphezulu wangena endlwini, waza wamnikela kunina. Wathi kuye uEliya: “Khangela, unyana wakho uyaphila.”
24Wathi umfazi kuEliya: “Ngoku ndiyazi ukuba uyindoda kaThixo, nokuba ilizwi likaThixo elisemlonyeni wakho liyinyaniso.”
