2 Yookumkani 4 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

4 ¹Umfazi womnye koonyana babaprofeti wakhala kuElisha, wathi: “Umkhonzi wakho, indoda yam, ufile, yaye uyazi ukuba umkhonzi wakho ebemoyika uBawo wethu. Ngoku umboleki-mali uyeza kuthabatha abantwana bam bobabini babe ngabakhonzi bakhe.”

²UElisha wabuza, wathi: “Ndingakwenzela ntoni na? Ndixelele, yintoni na ekhoyo endlwini yakho?” Wathi: “Umkhonzi wakho akananto ngaphandle kweselwa leoli.”

³Waza wathi: “Hamba, uboleke iimpahla ngaphandle kubamelwane bakho bonke, iimpahla ezingenanto, zingabi mbalwa. ⁴Ungene, uvale ucango emva kwakho noonyana bakho, uthulule ioli kuzo zonke ezi zitya. Zithi zakuzala, uzibeke bucala.”

⁵Wemka ke kuye, wavala ucango emva kwakhe noonyana bakhe; babeyizisa yena iimpahla, yena esithulula. ⁶Zakuzala iimpahla, wathi kunyana wakhe: “Ndiphathele enye.” Wathi kuye: “Akusekho nanye eseleyo.” Yaza yema ioli.

⁷Weza wamxelela umntu kaBawo wethu, owathi: “Hamba, uthengise ngeoli, uhlawule ityala lakho, nize niphile ngento eseleyo wena noonyana bakho.”

Isithembiso sikaBawo wethu kwinkazana yaseShunem

⁸Ngenye imini uElisha wacanda eShunem, apho kwakuhleli umfazi osisityebi; wamjoka ukuba ahlale adle. Wathi ngalo lonke ixesha edlula, wema khona ukuba adle. ⁹Wathi endodeni yakhe: “Khangela, ndiyazi ukuba lo mntu udla ngokudlula kuthi ungumntu oyingcwele kaBawo wethu. ¹⁰Masimenzele igumbana eliphezulu, libe nesilili, netafile, nesihlalo, nesibane, ukuze ahlale apho xa efika kuthi.”

¹¹Ngenye imini uElisha wafika khona, wangena kwelo gumbi liphezulu, walala. ¹²Wathi kumkhonzi wakhe uGehazi: “Mbize le nkazana yaseShunem.” Wambiza ke, yema phambi kwakhe. ¹³UElisha wathi kuye: “Yixelele: Usibandezelekele ngayo yonke le nkxamleko. Ungenzelwa ntoni na? Ndikuthethelele kukumkani na, nokuba kumthetheli womkhosi?” Waphendula wathi: “Mna ndihleli phakathi kwabantu bakowethu.”

¹⁴Wabuza, wathi: “Ungenzelwa ntoni na?” UGehazi wathi: “Akananyana, yaye indoda yakhe seyinkulu.”

¹⁵Wathi: “Mbize.” Wambiza ke, yema emnyango. ¹⁶Wathi: “Ngeli xesha ngomnyaka ozayo, woyanga unyana.” Wathi: “Hayi, nkosi yam, mntu kaBawo wethu, musa ukumxokisa umkhonzi wakho.”

¹⁷Wamitha umfazi lowo, wazala unyana ngelo xesha ngomnyaka owalandelayo, njengoko uElisha abemxelele.

¹⁸Wakhula umntwana; ngenye imini waphuma waya kuyise, kubavuni. ¹⁹Wathi kuyise: “Intloko yam! Intloko yam!” Wathi uyise kumkhonzi: “Mthwale umse kunina.”

²⁰Wamthwala wamsa kunina; umntwana wahlala emadolweni akhe kwada kwaba semini enkulu, waza wafa. ²¹Wenyuka, wamlalisa esililini somntu kaBawo wethu, wavala ucango emva kwakhe, wemka. ²²Wabiza indoda yakhe, wathi: “Ndithumele omnye wabakhonzi nee-esile, ndigidimele kumntu kaBawo wethu, ndize ndibuye.”

²³Wabuza, wathi: “Uyelani kuye namhlanje? Asikokuthwasa kwenyanga, asiyisabatha.” Wathi: “Kulungile.”

²⁴Wayibopha i-esile, wathi kumkhonzi wakhe: “Qhuba uhambe; ungandinciphiseli ekukhweleni, ukuba andithanga ndikuxelele.” ²⁵Wanduluka, wafika kumntu kaBawo wethu entabeni yeKarmele. Wathi akumbona esekude, umntu kaBawo wethu wathi kuGehazi umkhonzi wakhe: “Khangela, nantso inkazana yaseShunem. ²⁶Gidima ngoku uyikhawulele, uthi kuyo: ‘Uphilile na? Iphilile na indoda yakho? Uphilile na umntwana?’” Waphendula wathi: “Kulungile konke.”

²⁷Wathi akufika kumntu kaBawo wethu entabeni, wambamba ngeenyawo. Wasondela uGehazi ukuba amtyhale, kodwa wathi: “Myeke, kuba umphefumlo wakhe ukrakra ngembandezelo, waza uBawo wethu wayifihla kum, akandixelela.”

²⁸Wathi: “Ndacela na unyana enkosini yam? Andithanga nditsho na, ukuthi: ‘Musa ukundiphakamisela ithemba’?”

²⁹UElisha wathi kuGehazi: “Bhinqa ingubo yakho esinqeni, uthabathe intonga yam esandleni sakho, uhambe. Ukuba uthe wahlangana nabani na, uze ungambulisi; ukuba kukho obulisa wena, uze ungamphenduli. Uze uyibeke intonga yam ebusweni bomfana.”

³⁰Kodwa unina womntwana wathi: “Ehleli nje uBawo wethu, uphilile nawe, andiyi kukushiya.” Wesuka ke, wamlandela.

³¹UGehazi wahamba phambi kwabo, wayibeka intonga ebusweni bomfana, kodwa kwakungekho sandi, kungekho mpendulo. Wabuyela kuElisha, wathi: “Umfana akavukanga.”

³²Wathi uElisha akungena endlwini, nanko umntwana, efile, elele esililini sakhe. ³³Wangena ke, wavala ucango emva kwabo bobabini, wathandaza kuBawo wethu. ³⁴Wenyuka, walala phezu komntwana—umlomo emlonyeni, amehlo emehlweni, izandla ezandleni. Wathi akuzolula phezu kwakhe, wafudumala umzimba womntwana. ³⁵Wesuka, wahambahamba egumbini kanye, wandula wenyuka wazolula phezu komfana kwakhona. Wathimla umfana izihlandlo ezisixhenxe, waza wavula amehlo. ³⁶UElisha wabiza uGehazi, wathi: “Mbize le nkazana yaseShunem.” Wambiza ke; weza kuye, waza wathi: “Thabatha unyana wakho.”

³⁷Weza, wawa ezinyaweni zakhe, waqubuda emhlabeni, waza wamthabatha unyana wakhe, wemka.

UBawo wethu Uphilisa Ukudla Okubulalayo

³⁸UElisha wabuyela eGiligali kusekho indlala. Kuhleli oonyana babaprofeti phambi kwakhe, wathi kumkhonzi wakhe: “Beka imbiza enkulu, upheke ukudla koonyana babaprofeti.”

³⁹Omnye waphuma waya emasimini kukha imithana, wafumana umdiliya wasendle. Wakha kuwo amathangazana asendle, wazalisa ingubo yakhe, wabuya, wawasika wawafaka embizeni yokudla—kungekho bani wayesazi okokuba ayintoni na. ⁴⁰Bakuthululela amadoda ukuba adle, kodwa bathe besidla loo kudla, bakhala, besithi: “Mntu kaBawo wethu, kukho ukufa embizeni!” Ababa nako ukudla.

⁴¹Wathi: “Zisani umgubo,” wawuphosa embizeni, wathi: “Bathululele abantu ukuba badle.” Akwabakho nto yakwenzakalisa eyasalayo embizeni.

⁴²Kwafika indoda evela eBhahali-shalisha, yazisela indoda kaBawo wethu isonka sentlahlela, izonka zerhasi ezingamashumi amabini, nenkozo entsha engxoweni yayo. Wathi uElisha: “Banike abantu badle.”

⁴³Wathi umkhonzi wakhe: “Ndingakubeka njani na oku phambi kwamadoda alikhulu?” Waphinda wathi: “Banike abantu badle, kuba utsho uBawo wethu ukuthi: Baya kudla, kusele nokuseleyo.”

⁴⁴Wakubeka phambi kwabo; badla, kwasala, njengoko watshoyo uBawo wethu.