Incwadzi Yesibili YemaKhosi 2:1-25
2 Ngesikhatsi Jehova asatawutsatsa Elija+ amyise emazulwini* ngemoya lomkhulu,+ Elija na-Elisha+ bahamba besuka eGilgali.+
2 Elija watsi ku-Elisha: “Ngicela usale lana ngobe Jehova ungitfumele eBetheli.” Kodvwa Elisha wamphendvula watsi: “Ngifunga kuphila kwaJehova nekuphila* kwakho ngitsi angeke ngikushiye.” Ngako behlela eBetheli.+
3 Emadvodzana ebaphrofethi* eBetheli abese ayaphuma aya ku-Elisha efika atsi: “Uyati yini kutsi lamuhla Jehova utawutsatsa inkhosi yakho ingasaphindzi ibe ngumholi wakho?”+ Yena wawaphendvula watsi: “Sengivele ngiyati. Asenithule.”
4 Elija wase utsi kuye: “Elisha, ngicela usale lana ngobe Jehova ungitfumele eJerikho.”+ Kodvwa yena wamphendvula watsi: “Ngifunga kuphila kwaJehova nekuphila* kwakho ngitsi, angeke ngikushiye.” Ngako bahamba baze bayofika eJerikho.
5 Emadvodzana ebaphrofethi lebekaseJerikho eta ku-Elisha atsi: “Uyati yini kutsi lamuhla Jehova utawutsatsa inkhosi yakho, ingasabi ngumholi wakho?” Yena wawaphendvula watsi: “Sengivele ngiyati. Asenithule.”
6 Elija wase utsi kuye: “Elisha, ngicela usale lana ngobe Jehova ungitfumele eJordane.” Kodvwa yena wamphendvula watsi: “Ngifunga kuphila kwaJehova nekuphila* kwakho ngitsi, ngeke ngikushiye.” Ngako bobabili bachubeka neluhambo lwabo.
7 Emadvodzana ebaphrofethi langu-50 abalandzela afike ema khashanyana ababuka ngesikhatsi bobabili beme eceleni kweJordane.
8 Elija wabese utsatsa sembatfo sakhe sebaphrofethi+ wasigoca washaya ngaso emanti ehlukana ekhatsi, lamanye aya ngesekudla lamanye aya ngesencele futsi bobabili bewela bahamba emhlabatsini lowomile.+
9 Ngekushesha nje nabacedza kwewela, Elija watsi ku-Elisha: “Cela noma ngabe yini lofuna ngikwentele yona ngaphambi kwekutsi ngitsatfwe kuwe.” Elisha watsi: “Ngicela kwemukela incenye lephindvwe kabili*+ yemoya wakho?”+
10 Wamphendvula watsi: “Ucele intfo lematima. Nangabe utangibona nangitsatfwa kuwe, lentfo loyicelako itakwenteka; kodvwa nangabe ungeke ungibone, angeke yenteke.”
11 Njengobe bebachubeka neluhambo bacoca, ngekushesha kwefika incola yemlilo kanye nemahhashi langumlilo+ kwabehlukanisa, Elija wakhuphukela emazulwini* ngemoya lomkhulu.+
12 Njengobe Elisha bekabukele, bekamemeta atsi: “Babe wami, babe wami! Incola nebagibeli bemahhashi baka-Israyeli!”+ Watsi nakangasamboni, Elisha wabamba tembatfo takhe watidzabula ekhatsi.+
13 Ngemuva kwaloko, wabutsa lesembatfo semphrofethi+ Elija lebesiwele phansi wase ubuyela emuva wafike wema eceleni kweJordane.
14 Wabese utsatsa lesembatfo semphrofethi Elija lebesiwele phansi washaya ngaso emanti futsi watsi: “Uphi Jehova Nkulunkulu wa-Elija?” Watsi nakashaya lamanti ehlukana ekhatsi, lamanye aya ngesencele lamanye aya ngesekudla wase uyewela.+
15 Ngesikhatsi lamadvodzana ebaphrofethi laseJerikho ambona achamuka khashanyana, atsi: “Umoya wa-Elija sewuhleli etikwa-Elisha.”+ Abese ayomhlangabeta futsi aguca embikwakhe.
16 Atsi kuye: “Nankha emadvodza langu-50 langemachawe akanye netinceku takho. Sicela kuwatfuma ayofuna inkhosi yakho. Mhlawumbe umoya waJehova uyiphakamisile wase uyiphonsa kulenye yetintsaba nobe kulesinye sihosha.”+ Yena waphendvula watsi: “Ningawatfumeli.”
17 Lamadvodzana ebaphrofethi bekasolo amcela waze wadliwa ngemahloni, wase utsi: “Watfumeni.” Ngako bawatfuma lamadvodza langu-50 achubeka amfuna emalanga lamatsatfu kodvwa akazange amtfole.
18 Nakabuya lamadvodza, Elisha besekahlala eJerikho.+ Watsi kuwo: “Angikanitjeli yini kutsi ningahambi?”
19 Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi, emadvodza elidolobha atsi ku-Elisha: “Inkhosi yami iyabona kutsi lelidolobha lisendzaweni lekahle+ kodvwa emanti akhona mabi nalelive alikhiciti.”*
20 Yena wawaphendvula watsi: “Ngiletseleni indishi lensha lencane nifake luswayi kuyo.” Ngako bamletsela.
21 Wase uyahamba uya emtfonjeni walamanti, wafike watsela loluswayi kuwo+ wase utsi: “Naku lokushiwo nguJehova: ‘Lamanti sengiwelaphile. Angeke asabangela kufa nome ente kutsi bantfu bangabatfoli bantfwana.’”*
22 Lamanti elapheka kuze kube ngulamuhla ngekuvumelana nelivi lelashiwo ngu-Elisha.
23 Wesuka lapho wakhuphukela eBetheli. Nakasasendleleni kwachamuka bafanyana edolobheni bacala kumedzelela+ futsi bebachubeka batsi: “Yenyuka, mphandla-ndzini! Yenyuka, mphandla-ndzini!”
24 Ekugcineni Elisha wagucuka wababuka futsi wabacalekisa egameni laJehova. Kwabese kuchamuka emabhele lamabili+ ehlatsini adzabudzabula labafanyana labangu-42 baba ticucu.+
25 Wachubeka neluhambo lwakhe kusukela lapho waze wayofika eNtsabeni iKhameli+ futsi nakesuka kulentsaba wabuyela eSamariya.
Imibhalo lengentansi
^ Nobe “esibhakabhakeni.”
^ Nobe “umphefumulo wakho.”
^ “Emadvodzana ebaphrofethi” kungenteka asho sikolwa lebekufundza kuso baphrofethi nobe inhlangano yebaphrofethi.
^ Nobe “umphefumulo wakho.”
^ Nobe “umphefumulo wakho.”
^ Nobe “tincenye letimbili.”
^ Nobe “esibhakabhakeni.”
^ Kungaphindze kubekwe ngekutsi, “libangela bantfu baphunyelwe tisu.”
^ Kungaphindze kubekwe ngekutsi, “kuphunyelwa tisu.”
