UNahamani induna yempi yenkosi yase-Aramu wayengumuntu omkhulu enkosini yakhe nodumo, ngokuba ngaye uJehova wanikela kuma-Aramu; naye wayeyiqhawe elinesibindi, kodwa enochoko.
Ama-Aramu aphuma ngobunengi, athumba incekukazi ezweni lakwa-Israyeli; wamlinda umkaNahamani.
Yathi enkosikazini yayo: “Sengathi uNkulunkulu, inkosi yami, ube nomprofethi oseSamariya! ngoba wayezasinda ochokweni lwakhe.
Wasengena omunye watshela inkosi yakhe wathi: Itsho njalo intombi evela elizweni lakoIsrayeli.
Inkosi yase-Aramu yathi: “Hamba, hamba, ngithumele incwadi enkosini yakwa-Israyeli.” Wahamba, wathatha amatalenta ayishumi esiliva namashekeli ayizinkulungwane eziyisithupha egolide nezingubo eziyishumi zokuphendulela.
Waletha incwadi enkosini yakwa-Israyeli, wathi: “Uma le ncwadi ifika kuwe, bheka, ngiyakuthumela kuwe inceku yami uNahamani ukuba umpholise ochokweni lwakhe.”
Kwathi inkosi yakwaIsrayeli iyifunda incwadi, yaklebhula izingubo zayo, yathi: “NginguNkulunkulu yini ukuba ngibulale futhi ngiphilise, ukuthi lo muntu athumele kimi ukuba ngiphilise umuntu ochokweni lwakhe.”? ngalokho qaphelani nibone ukuthi ufuna ukuxabana nami.
Kwathi u-Elisha umuntu kaNkulunkulu esezwile ukuthi inkosi yakwa-Israyeli iklebhulile izingubo zayo, wathumela enkosini wathi: “Uklebhulelani izingubo zakho na? akeze kimi manje, futhi uzokwazi ukuthi kukhona umprofethi kwa-Israyeli.
UNahamani wayesefika namahhashi akhe nezinqola zakhe, wema ngasemnyango wendlu ka-Elisha.
U-Elisha wathuma isithunywa kuye, sokuthi: “Hamba ugeze kasikhombisa eJordani, inyama yakho ibuyele kuwe, uhlambuluke.”
Kepha uNahamani wathukuthela, wahamba, wathi: “Bheka, bengithi uyakuphumela nokuphuma eze kimi, ame, abize igama likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakhe, ashaye isandla sakhe phezu kwaleyo ndawo naphezu konochoko.”
OAbana noFariphari, imifula yaseDamaseku, abangcono yini kunawo wonke amanzi akwa-Israyeli? anginakugeza kuwo, ngihlambuluke, na? Ngakho waphenduka wahamba ngokucasuka.
Izinceku zakhe zasondela zakhuluma kuye, zathi: “Baba, uma umprofethi ebekutshele into enkulu ukuba ukwenze, ubungayikuyenza na?” kakhulu kangakanani kunalokho asho kuwe ukuthi: Geza, uhlambuluke, na?
Wehla, wabhapathizwa kasikhombisa eJordani njengezwi lomuntu kaNkulunkulu; inyama yakhe yabuya yaba njengenyama yomntwana omncane, wayesehlambulukile.
Wabuyela kumuntu kaNkulunkulu, yena nesixuku sakhe sonke, weza, wema phambi kwakhe; wathi: Bheka, manje ngiyazi ukuthi akukho Nkulunkulu emhlabeni wonke, ngaphandle kwa-Israyeli; Khuleka, uthathe isibusiso encekwini yakho.
Kodwa wathi: Kuphila kukaJehova engimi phambi kwakhe, kangiyikwamukela muntu. Wamncenga ukuba asamukele; kodwa wala.
Wayesethi uNahamani: “Inceku yakho ayiyikunikwa iminyuzi emibili yomhlaba na? ngoba inceku yakho ayisayikunikela umnikelo wokutshiswa lomhlatshelo kwabanye onkulunkulu ngaphandle kweNKOSI.
Kulokhu, uJehova uyakuthethelela inceku yakho ukuthi uma inkosi yami ingena endlini kaRimoni ukukhonza khona, yeyame esandleni sami, mina ngikhothame endlini kaRimoni; uma ngikhothama endlini kaRimoni, uJehova athethelele inceku yakho kule ndaba.
Wathi kuye: “Hamba ngokuthula.” Ngakho wasuka kancane kuye.
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