2 AMakhosi 2

2 ¹Kwathi lapho uBaba wethu esezomthatha u-Eliya amyise ezulwini ngesivunguvungu, u-Eliya no-Elisha basuka eGiligali. ²U-Eliya wathi ku-Elisha: “Ake usale lapha; uBaba wethu ungithume eBhethele.” U-Elisha wathi: “Kuphila kukaBaba wethu, nangokuphila kwakho, angiyikukushiya.” Base behlela eBhethele.

³Abaprofethi baseBhethele baphuma baya ku-Elisha, bambuza: “Uyazi yini ukuthi namuhla uBaba wethu uzoyithatha inkosi yakho isuke phezu kwekhanda lakho?” Wathi: “Yebo, ngiyazi. Thulani.”

⁴U-Eliya wathi: “Elisha, ake usale lapha; uBaba wethu ungithume eJeriko.” Waphendula: “Kuphila kukaBaba wethu, nangokuphila kwakho, angiyikukushiya.” Base beya eJeriko.

⁵Iqembu labaprofethi laseJeriko lasondela ku-Elisha, libuza: “Uyazi yini ukuthi uBaba wethu uzoyithatha inkosi yakho kuwe namuhla?” Wathi: “Yebo, ngiyazi. Thulani.”

⁶U-Eliya wathi kuye: “Ake usale lapha; uBaba wethu ungithume eJordani.” Wathi: “Kuphila kukaBaba wethu, nangokuphila kwakho, angiyikukushiya.” Base beqhubeka bobabili.

⁷Amadoda angamashumi amahlanu eqembu labaprofethi aya ema bukhashana ebhekene nabo, kuyilapho bona bobabili bema ngaseJordani. ⁸U-Eliya wathatha ingubo yakhe, wayigoqa, washaya amanzi, ahlukana izinhlangothi zombili; base bewela bobabili emhlabathini owomile. ⁹Kwathi sebewelile, u-Eliya wathi ku-Elisha: “Cela engingakwenzela khona ngingakasuswa kuwe.” U-Elisha wathi: “Ngicela ukuba ngidle ifa lesabelo esiphindwe kabili somoya wakho.”

¹⁰“Ucele into enzima,” kusho u-Eliya. “Uma ungibona ngithathwa kuwe, kuyoba ngokwakho; uma kungenjalo, ngeke kube njalo.”

¹¹Kwathi besahamba bexoxa, kwavela inqola yomlilo namahhashi omlilo kwabahlukanisa, u-Eliya wenyukela ezulwini ngesivunguvungu. ¹²U-Elisha wabona wamemeza: “Baba wami, baba wami! Izinqola zakwa-Israyeli nabagibeli bamahhashi bawo!” Akabange esambona. Wabamba izingubo zakhe wazidabula zaba zimbili.

¹³Wacosha ingubo ka-Eliya eyayiwile, wabuyela emuva, wema ogwini lweJordani. ¹⁴Wathatha ingubo ka-Eliya eyayiwile, washaya amanzi, wabuza: “Uphi uBaba wethu, uNkulunkulu ka-Eliya?” Washaya amanzi; ahlukana ngakwesokunene nangakwesokhohlo, u-Elisha wawela.

¹⁵Abaprofethi baseJeriko, ababebhekene naye, babona bathi: “Umoya ka-Eliya uhlezi phezu kuka-Elisha.” Bamhlangabeza, bakhothama phansi phambi kwakhe. ¹⁶“Bheka,” bathi, “izinceku zakho zinamadoda angamashumi amahlanu anamandla. Mawahambe ayoyifuna inkosi yakho—mhlawumbe uMoya kaBaba wethu uyiphakamisile wayiphonsa phezu kwentaba ethile noma esigodini esithile.” “Cha,” kwasho u-Elisha, “ningawathumi.”

¹⁷Bamncenga baze baba yihlazo ukwenqaba. Wathi: “Wathumeni.” Ngakho bathuma amadoda angamashumi amahlanu, afuna izinsuku ezintathu kodwa awamtholanga.

¹⁸Kwathi sebebuyela ku-Elisha, owayehlezi eJeriko, wathi kubo: “Angishongo yini kini ukuthi ningahambi?”

UBaba Welapha Amanzi aseJeriko

¹⁹Abantu bomuzi bathi ku-Elisha: “Bheka, nkosi yethu, lo muzi umi kahle, njengoba ubona, kodwa amanzi mabi nomhlaba awutheli.”

²⁰“Ngilethele isitsha esisha,” kusho yena, “nifake usawoti kuso.” Basiletha kuye.

²¹Waphuma waya emthonjeni, waphonsa usawoti khona, wathi: “Nakhu akushoyo uBaba wethu: Ngiwelaphile la manzi; ngeke esabangela ukufa noma ukungatheli.”

²²Amanzi ahlala ehlanzekile kuze kube namuhla, njengezwi u-Elisha ayelishilo.

²³Esuka lapho u-Elisha wenyukela eBhethele. Kwathi esahamba endleleni, abafana abancane baphuma emzini bamhleka usulu: “Khuphuka, mpandla! Khuphuka, mpandla!” ²⁴Waphenduka, wababuka, wabaqalekisa egameni likaBaba wethu. Kwase kuphuma amabhere amabili ehlathini adwengula abafana abangamashumi amane nambili. ²⁵U-Elisha waqhubeka waya eNtabeni iKarmeli, esuka lapho wabuyela eSamariya.