Esefikile enkosini, inkosi yathi kuye: “Mika, siye ukulwa neRamoti kwaGileyadi, noma ngiyishiye yodwa na?” Wathi: “Phuma uphumelele, futhi bayakunikelwa esandleni sakho.”
Inkosi yasisithi kuye: Ngizakuyala kangaki ukuthi ungangitsheli lutho ngaphandle kweqiniso ebizweni leNkosi?
Wathi: “Ngabona wonke u-Israyeli ehlakazekile ezintabeni njengezimvu ezingenamalusi; uJehova wathi: “Abanankosi; khona-ke mababuyele, kube yilowo nalowo endlini yakhe ngokuthula.
Inkosi yakoIsrayeli yasisithi kuJehoshafathi: Kangikutshelanga yini ukuthi kayikuprofetha okuhle ngami, kodwa okubi?
Wathi futhi: “Ngalokho yizwani izwi likaJehova; Ngabona iNkosi ihlezi esihlalweni sayo sobukhosi, lebutho lonke lezulu limi ngakwesokunene sayo langakwesokhohlo sayo.
UJehova wasesithi: Ngubani ozakulinga uAhabi, inkosi yakoIsrayeli, ukuze enyuke afele eRamothi kwaGileyadi? Omunye wakhuluma kanje, nomunye washo ukuthi.
Kwaphuma umoya, wema phambi kukaJehova, wathi: “Mina ngiyakumlinga.” UJehova wathi kuye: “Ngani na?
Wathi: “Ngiyakuphuma, ngibe ngumoya wamanga emlonyeni wabo bonke abaprofethi bakhe.” UJehova wathi: “Mlingeni, niyakumnqoba nani; phuma wenze njalo.
Manje-ke, bheka, uJehova ubeke umoya wamanga emlonyeni walaba baprofethi bakho, futhi uJehova ukhulume ngokufutheka ngokumelene nawe.
UZedekhiya indodana kaKhenana wasesondela, wamtshaya uMikha esihlathini, wathi: UMoya weNkosi usuke kimi ngayiphi indlela ukuyakhuluma kuwe?
UMika wathi: “Bheka, uyakukubona mhla ungena ekamelweni ukuba ucashe.”
Inkosi yakwa-Israyeli yathi: “Mthathe uMika, umbuyisele ku-Amoni, umbusi womuzi, nakuJowashi, indodana yenkosi;
Wathi: “Isho kanje inkosi, ithi: Fakani lo muntu etilongweni, nimnike isinkwa sokuhlupheka namanzi okuhlupheka, ngize ngibuye ngokuthula.
UMika wathi: “Uma ubuya nokubuya ngokuthula, uJehova akakhulumanga ngami.” Wathi: Lalelani, zizwe zonke!
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