2 Kings 2
1 Kwathi lapho uSimakade esezomthatha u-Eliya amenyusele ezulwini ngesishingishane, u-Eliya no-Elisha basuka eGiligali.
2 U-Eliya wathi ku-Elisha: “Ake uhlale lapha, ngokuba uSimakade ungithumele eBhethele.” Kepha u-Elisha wathi: “Ngifunga ngiyagomela phambi kukaSimakade, naphambi kwakho, angisoze ngisuke kuwe.” Base behlela eBhethele.
3 Amadodana abaphrofethi ayeseBhethele aphuma aya ku-Elisha, athi kuye: “Uyazi yini ukuthi namuhla uSimakade uzoyithatha inkosi yakho na?” Wathi: “Yebo, ngiyazi; thulani.”
4 U-Eliya wathi kuye: “Elisha, ake usale lapha, ngokuba uSimakade ungithume eJerikho.” Kepha yena wathi: “Ngifunga ngiyagomela phambi kukaSimakade naphambi kwakho, angisoze ngakushiya.” Base beya eJerikho.
5 Amadodana abaphrofethi ayeseJerikho asondela ku-Elisha, athi kuye: “Uyazi yini ukuthi namuhla uSimakade uzoyithatha inkosi yakho na?” Wathi: “Yebo, ngiyazi; thulani.”
6 U-Eliya wathi ku-Elisha: “Ake usale lapha, ngokuba uSimakade ungithume eJordani.” Kepha yena wathi: “Ngifunga ngiyagomela phambi kukaSimakade naphambi kwakho, angisoze ngakushiya.” Base behamba bobabili.
7 Abantu abangama-50, amadodana abaphrofethi bahamba bema buqamama maqondana nabo, bona bobabili bama ngaseJordani.
8 U-Eliya wathatha isembatho sakhe, wasisonga, washaya amanzi, ehlukana ngapha nangapha, bawela iJordani bobabili, behamba emhlabathini owomileyo.
9 Kwathi besawela iJordani, u-Eliya wathi ku-Elisha: “Cela ukuthi ufisa ngikwenzeleni ngaphambi kokuba ngisuswe kuwe.” U-Elisha wathi: “Umoya wakho mawuphindwe kabili kimi.”
10 Wathi: “Ucele into elukhuni, nokho-ke uma ungibona lapho ngisuswa kuwe, kuyokwenzeka kanjalo kuwe, kodwa uma ungangibonanga, akuyukuba kanjalo.”
11 Kwathi besalokhu behamba bexoxa, bheka, kwaqhamuka inqola yomlilo namahhashi omlilo, abehlukanisa, u-Eliya wenyukela ezulwini ngesivunguvungu.
12 U-Elisha wakubona lokho, wamemeza, wathi: “Baba, baba, inqola yempi ka-Israyeli nabamahhashi bakhe!” Akabange esambona futhi; wabamba izingubo zakhe waziklebhula kabili.
13 Wacosha isembatho sika-Eliya esasiwe kuye, waphindela emuva, wema osebeni lweJordani.
14 Wasithatha isembatho sika-Eliya, esasiwe kuye, washaya ngaso amanzi, wathi: “Uphi uSimakade, uNkulunkulu ka-Eliya na?” Esewashayile amanzi, ahlukana ngapha nangapha, u-Elisha wawela.
15 Amadodana abaphrofethi ayeseJerikho, ebuqamama, ambona, athi: “Umoya ka-Eliya wehlele phezu kuka-Elisha.” Asuka ayomhlangabeza, akhothama athi mbo emhlabathini phambi kwakhe.
16 Athi kuye: “Bheka, phakathi kwethu izinceku zakho kunamadoda angama-50 anamandla. Mawahambe ayofuna inkosi yakho, hleze uMoya kaSimakade uyikhuphulile, wayilahla entabeni thizeni noma esigodini.” Kepha wathi: “Ningawathumi.”
17 Amncengisisa waze waba namahloni, wayesethi: “Athumeni.” Ayesethuma abantu abangama-50, bamfuna izinsuku ezintathu, kodwa abamtholanga.
18 Abuyela kuye, amfica eselokhu eseJerikho, wayesethi kuwo: “Angishongo yini ukuthi ningahambi na?”
19 Abantu ababehlala emzini bathi ku-Elisha: “Uyabona, umuzi usendaweni enhle, njengokuba nenkosi izibonela nje, kodwa amanzi mabi, nezwe alinakudla.”
20 U-Elisha wathi: “Lethani kimi isitsha esisha, nifake usawoti kuso.” Basiletha kuye.
21 Waphuma waya emthonjeni wamanzi, waphonsa kuwo usawoti, wathi: “Usho kanje uSimakade: ‘Ngiwelaphile lawa manzi, akuseyukuba bikho kufa kuwo, nakuphunza, nakuphuphuma kwezisu.’ ”
22 Amanzi elapheka kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuze kube yinamuhla, njengalokhu asho u-Elisha.
23 Wasuka lapho wenyukela eBhethele. Esendleleni, kwaphuma abafana emzini, bamgcona, bathi: “Yenyuka mpandla ndini! Yenyuka mpandla ndini!”
24 Waphenduka, wababona, wabaqalekisa egameni likaSimakade, kwase kuphuma ehlathini amabhere ezinsikazi amabili abadwengula labo bafana ababengama-42.
25 Wasuka lapho, waya entabeni iKharmeli, wayesebuyela eSamariya.