Owesifazane othile owayegane omunye wamadodana abaphrofethi, waya ku-Elisha wakhala, wathi: “Inceku yakho, indoda yami, ifile, uyazi ukuthi inceku yakho yayimesaba uSimakade. Kufike umtshelekisi, ufuna ukuzithathela abafana bami ababili ukuze babe yizigqila.”
U-Elisha wathi kuye: “Pho ngikwenzeleni mina? Ngitshele, unani endlini?”
Wathi: “Incekukazi yakho ayinalutho endlini ngaphandle komfuma wamafutha.”
Wayesethi: “Hamba uyotsheleka izitsha ezingenalutho kubo bonke omakhelwane bakho, zibe ziningi. Ngena, uzivalele wena namadodana akho, uthele kuzo zonke lezo zitsha, uzibeke eceleni esezigcwele.”
Wasuka kuye, wazivalela yena namadodana akhe; wona aletha kuye, yena wathela. Kwathi lapho izitsha sezigcwele, wathi endodaneni yakhe: “Sondeza kimi nesinye isitsha.”
Kepha yathi kuye: “Akusekho sitsha.”
Amafutha anqamuka-ke.
Weza, wabikela umuntu kaNkulunkulu. Yena wathi: “Hamba uthengise ngamafutha, ukhokhe isikweletu sakho, wena namadodana akho niphile ngaseleyo.”
Kwathi ngelinye ilanga u-Elisha wadlula eya eShunemi lapho kwakukhona owesifazane ocebileyo. Owesifazane wamncenga ukuba adle isinkwa. Kwakuthi njalo uma edlula aphambukele khona ukuba adle. Wathi endodeni yakhe: “Uyabona-ke, manje sengiyazi ukuthi ungumuntu ongcwele kaNkulunkulu, lo odlula lapha kithi njalo. Ake sixhume odongeni ikamelo eliphezulu, sibeke khona umbhede, itafula, isihlalo, nothi lwesibani; kuyakuthi lapho efika kithi, aphambukele khona.”
Kwathi ngelinye ilanga wafika lapho, waphambukela ekamelweni eliphezulu, walala khona. Wathi kuGehazi, inceku yakhe: “Biza lo mShunemikazi,” wambiza, wema phambi kwakhe. Wathi kuye: “Ake usho kuye uthi: ‘Bheka, usinakekele ngakho konke lokhu kunakekela; yini ongenzelwa yona na? Uthanda ukukhulunyelwa enkosini noma kumkhuzi wempi na?’ ”
Wathi: “Ngihlezi phakathi kwabantu bakithi.”
Wayesethi: “Yini angenzelwa yona?”
UGehazi wathi: “Impela akanandodana, nendoda yakhe isindala.”
Wayesethi: “Mbize.”
Wambiza; wema ngasemnyango.
Wathi: “Ngalesi sikhathi ngonyaka ozayo, uyakugona indodana.”
Wathi: “Hhayi, nkosi yami, muntu kaNkulunkulu, ungaqambi amanga encekukazini yakho.”
Kepha owesifazane wakhulelwa, wazala indodana ngaleso sikhathi ngonyaka olandelayo njengoba u-Elisha ayeshilo kuye.
Kwathi umfana esekhulile, waphuma ngelinye ilanga, waya kuyise kubavuni. Wathi kuyise: “Ngafa yikhanda! Ngafa yikhanda!”
Wayesethi encekwini yakhe: “Myise kunina.”
Yamthatha, yamyisa kunina; wahlala emathangeni akhe kwaze kwaba semini, wafa. Wakhuphuka, wambeka embhedeni womuntu kaNkulunkulu, wamvalela, wayesephuma.
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