2Ki 4 | Ndebele | STEP | Kwasekukhala kuElisha umfazi othile wabafazi bamadodana abaprofethi esithi: Inceku yakho umkami sewafa; lawe uyazi ukuthi inceku yakho yayiyesaba iN kosi ; sekufikile umkweledisi ukuzithathela abantwana bami ababili babe yizigqili .

1 Kwasekukhala kuElisha umfazi othile wabafazi bamadodana abaprofethi ^a esithi: Inceku yakho umkami sewafa; lawe uyazi ukuthi inceku yakho yayiyesaba iNkosi; sekufikile umkweledisi ukuzithathela abantwana bami ababili babe yizigqili ^b. 2 UElisha wasesithi kuye: Ngingakwenzelani? Ngitshela, ulani endlini? Wasesithi: Incekukazi yakho kayilalutho endlini, ngaphandle kwesiphiso samafutha. 3 Wasesithi: Hamba uyezebolekela izitsha ezivela phandle, kubomakhelwane bakho bonke, izitsha ezingelalutho, zingabi nlutshwana ^c. 4 Nxa usungenile uzivalele wena lamadodana akho umnyango, uthele kulezizitsha zonke; lokugcweleyo ukubeke eceleni. 5 Wasesuka-ke kuye wazivalela yena lamadodana akhe umnyango; bazisondeza kuye, wathulula. 6 Kwasekusithi izitsha sezigcwele wathi endodaneni yakhe: Ngilethela njalo isitsha. Yasisithi kuye: Kakuselasitsha. Amafutha asesima. 7 Wasesiza wamazisa umuntu kaNkulunkulu; wasesithi: Hamba uyethengisa amafutha, uhlawule isikwelede sakho; wena-ke lamadodana akho liphile ngaseleyo ^d.

UElisha lowesifazana weShunemi

8 Kwasekusithi ngolunye usuku uElisha wedlulela eShunemi ^e lapho okwakulowesifazana oyisikhulu ^f owamcindezela ukuthi adle isinkwa. Kwakusithi-ke lanini esedlula, aphambukele khona ukuthi adle isinkwa. 9 Wasesithi kumkakhe: Khangela-ke, ngiyazi ukuthi lo ungumuntu ongcwele kaNkulunkulu, owedlula kithi njalonjalo ^g. 10 Ake senze ikamelo elincinyane eliphezulu emdulini ^h, simfakele lapho umbheda letafula lesihlalo lesiqobane sesibane; kuzakuthi-ke lapho efika kithi aphambukele khona.

11 Kwasekusithi ngolunye usuku wafika khona, waphambukela ekamelweni eliphezulu, walala khona ⁱ. 12 Wasesithi kuGehazi inceku yakhe ^j: Biza lo umShunamikazi ^k. Esembizile, wema phambi kwakhe. 13 Wasesithi kuyo: Tshono kuye-ke uthi: Khangela, usinakekele ngakho konke lokhukunaka ^l; kuyini ongakwenzelwa? Kukhona ongakukhulunyelwa enkosini kumbe enduneni yebutho yini ^m? Wasesithi: Ngihlala phakathi kwabantu bakithi. 14 Wasesithi: Kuyini-ke angakwenzelwa? UGehazi wasesithi: Qiniso, kalamntwana, lomkakhe usemdala. 15 Wasesithi: Mbize. Esembizile, wema emnyango. 16 Wasesithi: Ngalesisikhathi esimisiweyo njengokwesikhathi sempilo ⁿ uzagona umntwana ^o. Kodwa wathi: Hatshi, nkosi yami, muntu kaNkulunkulu ^p, ungayiqambeli amanga incekukazi yakho ^q. 17 Owesifazana wasekhulelwa, wabeletha umntwana ngalesosikhathi esimisiweyo njengokwesikhathi sempilo uElisha ayesitshilo kuye.

18 Esekhulile umntwana, kwathi ngosuku oluthile waphuma waya kuyise kubavuni. 19 Wasesithi kuyise: Ikhanda lami! Ikhanda lami! Wasesithi encekwini: Mthwale umuse kunina ^r. 20 Isimthwele yamusa kunina, wahlala emadolweni akhe kwaze kwaba semini, wasesifa. 21 Wasesenyuka, wamlalisa embhedeni ^s womuntu kaNkulunkulu ^t, wamvalela, waphuma ^u. 22 Wasememeza umkakhe wathi: Ake uthume kimi enye yezinceku lomunye wabobabhemi, ukuze ngigijime ngiye emuntwini kaNkulunkulu, ngibuye futhi ^v. 23 Wasesithi. Uyelani kuye lamuhla? Kakusikuthwasa kwenyanga njalo kakusisabatha ^w. Owesifazana wasesithi: Kulungile. 24 Esembophelele isihlalo ubabhemi, wathi encekwini yakhe: Tshaya uhambe, ungangibambeleli ekuhambeni, ngaphandle ngikutshele. 25 Wahamba-ke, weza emuntwini kaNkulunkulu entabeni iKharmeli ^x. Kwasekusithi umuntu kaNkulunkulu embona esiza ^y, wathi kuGehazi inceku yakhe: Khangela, nanguyana umShunamikazi ^z. 26 Khathesi akugijime umhlangabeze, uthi kuye: Kulungile yini kuwe? Kulungile yini ngomkakho? Kulungile yini ngomntwana? Wasesithi: Kulungile. 27 Esefikile entabeni ^aa kumuntu kaNkulunkulu wabamba inyawo zakhe. Kodwa uGehazi wasondela ukumsunduza asuke ^ab. Kodwa umuntu kaNkulunkulu wathi: Myekele, ngoba umphefumulo wakhe umunyu kuye, leNkosi ingifihlele lokhu, kayingitshelanga. 28 Wasesithi: Ngangicelile indodana enkosini yami yini? Kangitshongo yini ukuthi: Ungangikhohlisi ^ac? 29 UElisha wasesithi kuGehazi: Bopha ukhalo lwakho, uthathe udondolo lwami esandleni sakho, uhambe ^ad. Uba uhlangana lomuntu ungambingeleli, njalo uba umuntu ekubingelela ungamphenduli ^ae; ubeke udondolo lwami ebusweni bomntwana ^af. 30 Unina womntwana wasesithi: Kuphila kukaJehova lokuphila komphefumulo wakho, kangiyikukutshiya ^ag. Wasesukuma wamlandela.

31 UGehazi wedlulela phambi kwabo, walubeka udondolo ebusweni bomntwana, kodwa kakubanga khona ilizwi njalo kwakungelakunaka. Wasebuyela ukumhlangabeza, wamtshela esithi: Umntwana kavukanga ^ah. 32 UElisha esengenile endlini, khangela, umntwana wayefile, elaliswe embhedeni wakhe. 33 Wasengena, wavala umnyango emva kwabo bobabili ^ai, wakhuleka eNkosini ^aj. 34 Wenyuka walala phezu komntwana, wabeka umlomo wakhe phezu komlomo wakhe lamehlo akhe phezu kwamehlo akhe lezandla zakhe phezu kwezandla zakhe, wacambalala phezu kwakhe; inyama yomntwana yasikhudumala ^ak. 35 Wasebuyela, wahambahamba endlini waya kanye ngapha lakanye le, wasesenyuka wacambalala phezu kwakhe; umntwana wasethimula kwaze kwaba kasikhombisa, umntwana wasevula amehlo akhe ^al. 36 Wasebiza uGehazi wathi: Mbize lo umShunamikazi ^am. Wasembiza. Esefikile kuye, wathi kuye: Thatha umntanakho. 37 Wasengena, wawela ezinyaweni zakhe, wakhothamela emhlabathini, waphakamisa umntanakhe, waphuma ^an.

Izimangaliso zikaElisha

38 UElisha wasebuyela eGiligali ^ao, njalo kwakukhona indlala elizweni ^ap, amadodana abaprofethi ^aq ayehlezi-ke phambi kwakhe ^ar, wathi encekwini yakhe: Beka imbiza enkulu eziko, uphekele abaprofethi ukudla okuphekiweyo ^as. 39 Omunye wasephuma waya egangeni ukukha imibhida, wathola intandela yeganga, wakha amajodwana ayo eganga, isembatho sakhe sagcwala, weza wawaqobelela embizeni yokudla okuphekiweyo, ngoba ayengawazi. 40 Basebethululela abantu ukuze badle; kwasekusithi besadla okokudla okuphekiweyo bona bamemeza bathi: Ukufa embizeni, muntu kaNkulunkulu! Njalo babengelakukudla. 41 Wasesithi: Lethani-ke impuphu. Waseyithela embizeni wathi: Thululela abantu, ukuze badle. Kwakungaselalutho oluyingozi embizeni ^at.

42 Kwasekufika umuntu evela eBhali-Shalisha ^au, walethela umuntu kaNkulunkulu ukudla kwezithelo zokuqala, izinkwa zebhali* ezingamatshumi amabili ^av, lezikhwebu zamabele amatsha emgodleni wakhe ^aw. Wasesithi: Banike abantu ukuze badle ^ax. 43 Kodwa inceku yakhe yathi: Ini, ngibeke lokhu phambi kwabantu abalikhulu ^ay? Wasesithi: Banike abantu ukuze badle, ngoba itsho njalo iNkosi: Bazakudla, batshiye ^az. 44 Yasikubeka phambi kwabo, badla, batshiya, njengokwelizwi leNkosi ^ba.