14 Amose waphendvula Amasiya, watsi: “Angizange sengibe ngumphrofethi mine, ngisho nekuba ngumsa wemphrofethi nje. Kodvwa bengingumelusi nje, nanyalo ngisengumlimi wetihlahla temakhiwa.
Ngako Elija wesuka lapho wahamba wakhandza Elisha, umsa waShafati, alima ngesipani setinkhabi letatingema-24, yena abekuleti letimbili tekugcina. Elija waya kuye, wafike wamembesa ngalengubo yakhe.
Ngelivi laSimakadze lomunye wemadvodzana ebaphrofethi wakhuluma kulomunye umnganakhe, watsi: “Ngishaye ngalesikhali sakho,” kodvwa lomnganakhe wala.
Lesicumbi sebaphrofethi lesasiphuma eJerikho, sibukela, satsi: “Lomoya wa-Elija sewusetikwa-Elisha.” Bahamba bayakumhlangabeta, bafike bawa phansi embikwakhe bamkhotsamela,
Sicumbi sebaphrofethi lesasihlala eBetheli seta ku-Elisha, safike sambuta satsi: “Uyati yini kutsi Simakadze utayitsatsa lenkhosi yakho lamuhla?” Elisha wabaphendvula, watsi: “Yebo, ngiyati; kodvwa yekelani kukhuluma ngalendzaba.”
Emadvodza labaphrofethi baseJerikho enyuka aya ku-Elisha, afike ambuta atsi: “Uyati yini kutsi Simakadze utayitsatsa lenkhosi yakho lamuhla?” Elisha wabaphendvula, watsi: “Yebo, ngiyati; kodvwa yekelani kukhuluma ngalendzaba.”
Labanye baphrofethi lababengema-50 nabo bahamba bafike bemela bucamama, kubhekana nalendzawo lapho bekume khona bo-Elija na-Elisha ngaseJordane.
Elisha wancandzeka wabuyela eGilgali; bekunendlala kuleso sifundza. Satsi lesicumbi sebaphrofethi sisahlangene naye, wakhuluma kulenceku yakhe, watsi: “Ase ubeke libhodo lelikhulu etiko, uphekele nankha emadvodza sitjulo.”
Ngalelinye lilanga kwesuka licembu lebaphrofethi laya ku-Elisha, labengumholi walo, lafike latsi: “Buka lapha, lendzawo lesihlala kuyo lapha embikwakho, seyincane kakhulu.
Ngaleso sikhatsi Hanani, umboniswa, weta ku-Asa, inkhosi yakaJuda, wakhuluma kuye watsi: “Njengobe wetsembele enkhosini yaseSiriya, esikhundleni sekwetsembela kuSimakadze Nkulunkulu wakho, umbutfo waseSiriya sewukushiyile wakubalekela.
Jehu, umboniswa, umsa waHanani, waphuma wafike wakhuluma enkhosini, watsi: “Wena ukubona kulungile yini kutsi usite lababi nekutsi utsandze labo labatondza Simakadze? Ngenca yaleso sento sakho intfukutselo yaSimakadze isetikwakho.
Leminye imininingwane ngekubusa kwenkhosi Jehoshafati kusukela ekucaleni kuze kube ngusekugcineni, ibhaliwe encwadzini yemilandvo yaJehu, umsa waHanani, lapho kubhalwe khona imilandvo yemakhosi aka-Israyeli.
Babehlwatsika titselo letimunyu emahlatsini, kudla kwabo kutimphandze tesihlahla semtsanyelo.
Lawa ngemavi a-Amose, lomunye webantfu lababefuye timvu eThekhowa, ngaloko lakuboniswa lokumacondzana nema-Israyeli iminyaka lemibili umhlaba ungakatamatami, ngesikhatsi Uziya ayinkhosi yakaJuda, Jerobowamu, umsa waJehoyashi, ayinkhosi yaka-Israyeli.
Nakubhodla libhubesi, ngubani longahlala angesabi? INkhosi Simakadze seyikhulumile, ngubani longahlala angaphrofethi?
Uyakutsi: ‘Angisiye umphrofethi, ngingumlimi; kusukela ebusheni bami seloku ngisebentana nemhlaba.’
Kodvwa Nkulunkulu wakhetsa lokubulima emhlabeni, kuze ajabhise labahlakaniphile, wakhetsa lokubutsakatsaka, kuze ajabhise lokunemandla.
Kwatsi bonkhe labo bebamati ngaphambili nabambona aphrofetha kanye nebaphrofethi, babutana bodvwa batsi: “Yini-ke lena leseyehlele indvodzana yaKhishi? Kantsi naSawula sewungumphrofethi yini?”