2 AmaKhosi 4 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

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¹ Kwasekusithi owesifazana othile phakathi kwabafazi bamadodana abaprofethi wamemeza kuEliza, wathi: Inceku yakho, indoda yami, ifile; uyazi wena ukuthi inceku yakho yayimesaba uJehova, njalo umtshelekisi weza ukuthathela amadodana ami amabili abe yizigqili zakhe.

² U-Elisha wathi kuye: “Ngikwenzeleni na? ngitshele, unani endlini? Wathi: “Incekukazi yakho ayinalutho endlini ngaphandle kwekhanzi lamafutha.”

³ Wathi: “Hamba uboleke izimbiza ezingenalutho kubo bonke abakhelene nawe; ungaboleki ipheya.

⁴ Lapho ungena, kumelwe ukhiyele wena namadodana akho umnyango futhi uthele kuzo zonke lezo zitsha, futhi kumelwe ubeke eceleni ezigcwele.

⁵ Wasuka kuye, wazivalela yena namadodana akhe umnyango, amlethela izitsha; waphoseka.

⁶ Kwathi izimbiza sezigcwele wathi endodaneni yakhe: Letha okunye kimi. Wathi kuye: “Akusekho mphongolo.” Asala amafutha.

⁷ Ngemva kwalokho weza watshela lowo muntu kaNkulunkulu. Wathi: Hamba uthengise ngamafutha, ukhokhe isikweleti sakho, wena nabantwana bakho niphile ngaleya mpilo.

⁸ Kwathi ngolunye usuku u-Elisha wawelela eShunemi, lapho kwakukhona khona owesifazane omkhulu; wamcindezela ukuba adle isinkwa. Kwathi njalo lapho edlula, waphambukela khona ukuba adle isinkwa.

⁹ Wathi endodeni yakhe: “Bheka, ngiyabona ukuthi ngumuntu ongcwele kaNkulunkulu odlula kithi sonke isikhathi.”

¹⁰ Masenze ikamelo elincane ngaseludongeni; futhi simbekele khona umbhede, netafula, nesihlalo, nothi lwesibani; futhi lapho efika kithi, kumelwe aphambukele khona.

¹¹ Kwathi ngolunye usuku wafika khona, wangena ekamelweni, walala khona.

¹² Wathi encekwini yakhe uGehazi: “Biza lowo mShunemi.” Lapho embiza, wema phambi kwakhe.

¹³ Wathi kuye: “Mtshele ukuthi: Bheka, usinakekele ngakho konke lokho; yini okumele yenzelwe wena? uyakuthiwa enkosini noma enduneni yebutho na? Wathi: “Ngihlala phakathi kwabantu bakithi.”

¹⁴ Wathi: “Pho, kumelwe enzeni na?” UGehazi wasesithi: Khangela, kalamntwana, lendoda yakhe isiluphele;

¹⁵ Wathi: “Mbize.” Wathi uma embiza, wema emnyango.

¹⁶ Wathi: “Ngalesi sikhathi, ngokwesikhathi sokuphila, uyobe ugone umfana. Wathi: “Qha, nkosi yami, muntu kaNkulunkulu, ungaqambi amanga encekwini yakho;

¹⁷ Owesifazana wakhulelwa wabeletha indodana ngesikhathi uEliza amtshela ngaso, ngokwesikhathi sokuphila.

¹⁸ Kwathi umntwana esekhulile, kwathi ngolunye usuku waphuma, waya kuyise kubavuni.

¹⁹ Wathi kuyise: “Ikhanda lami, ikhanda lami.” Wathi kumfana: “Mthwale umyise kunina.”

²⁰ Esemthathile wamyisa kunina, wahlala emadolweni akhe kwaze kwaba semini enkulu, wafa.

²¹ Wakhuphuka wamlalisa embhedeni womuntu kaNkulunkulu, wamvalela, waphuma.

²² Wabiza umyeni wakhe, wathi: “Ngithumele enye yezinsizwa neyodwa yezimbongolo, ngigijime ngiye kulowo muntu kaNkulunkulu, ngibuye.”

²³ Wathi: “Uzayelani kuye namuhla na?” akusikhona ukwethwasa kwenyanga noma isabatha. Wathi: “Kuzolunga.”

²⁴ Wayesebophela imbongolo, wathi encekwini yakhe: “Khwela, uhambe; Ungangideleli ngaphandle kokuthi ngikutshele.

²⁵ Wayesehamba, wafika kumuntu kaNkulunkulu entabeni yaseKarmeli. Lapho umuntu kaNkulunkulu embona ekude, wathi encekwini yakhe uGehazi: “Bheka, nangu lowo mShunemi.”

²⁶ Gijimani nimhlangabeze, nithi kuye: ‘Uyaphila na? ukahle umyeni wakho? iyaphila ingane? Wathi: “Kuhle.”

²⁷ Esefikile kumuntu kaNkulunkulu entabeni, wambamba ezinyaweni; kodwa uGehazi wasondela ukuze amsunduze. Wayesethi umuntu kaNkulunkulu: “Makame; ngokuba umphefumulo wakhe ukhathazekile phakathi kwakhe, uJehova ungifihlele, kazange akwazise kimi.

²⁸ Wathi: “Ngacela indodana enkosini yami na?” Angishongo yini ukuthi: Ningangikhohlisi?

²⁹ Wayesethi kuGehazi: “Bhinca ukhalo lwakho, uphathe udondolo lwami esandleni sakho, uhambe; uma uhlangana nomuntu, ungambingelela; uma umuntu ekubingelela, ungabe usamphendula; ngibeke induku yami ebusweni bomfana.

³⁰ Unina womntwana wathi: Kuphila kukaJehova nokuphila komphefumulo wakho, angiyikukushiya. Wasukuma wamlandela.

³¹ UGehazi waphuma phambi kwabo, wabeka induku ebusweni bomfana; kodwa kwakungekho zwi nezilaleli. Ngakho waphinda wahlangana laye wamtshela wathi: Umntwana kakaphaphami.

³² U-Elisha esengena endlini, umntwana wayefile, elele embhedeni wakhe.

³³ Wangena wabahluthulela bobabili umnyango, wakhuleka kuJehova.

³⁴ Wakhuphuka, walala phezu komntwana, wabeka umlomo wakhe emlonyeni wakhe, namehlo akhe phezu kwamehlo akhe, nezandla zakhe phezu kwezandla zakhe; yafudumala inyama yomntwana.

³⁵ Wasebuyela emuva, wahambahamba endlini; wakhuphuka wazelula phezu kwakhe, umntwana wathimula kasikhombisa, umntwana wavula amehlo akhe.

³⁶ Wabiza uGehazi, wathi: “Biza lo mShunemi.” Yingakho emshayele ucingo. Esengena kuye, wathi: “Thatha indodana yakho.”

³⁷ Ngemva kwalokho wangena wawela ezinyaweni zakhe wakhothamela phansi wathatha indodana yakhe waphuma.

³⁸ U-Elisha wabuye wafika eGiligali, kwakukhona indlala ezweni; amadodana abaprofethi ayehlezi phambi kwakhe;

³⁹ Omunye waphuma waya endle ukuyokha imifino, wathola umvini wasendle, wakha kuwo ithanga lakhe, wafika wawugawula ebhodweni, ngokuba babengazi.

⁴⁰ Base baphakela amadoda ukuba adle. Kwathi besadla, bakhala, bathi: “O muntu kaNkulunkulu, kukhona ukufa embizeni; Futhi abakwazanga ukudla kuwo.

⁴¹ Kodwa wathi: “Lethani ufulawa.” Waseyiphosa ebhodweni; wathi: “Phakela abantu, ukuze badle.” Futhi kwakungekho bubi ebhodweni.

⁴² Kwasekufika umuntu evela eBayelisa, walethela umuntu kaNkulunkulu isinkwa solibo, izinkwa zebhali ezingamatshumi amabili lezikhwebu ezigcwele emakhoba. Wathi: “Nika abantu ukuba badle.”

⁴³ Inceku yakhe yasisithi: Ngiyinikele ebantwini abayikhulu? Uthi futhi: Nika abantu ukuthi badle, ngokuba usho kanje uJehova, uthi: Bayakudla, basale.

⁴⁴ Wakubeka phambi kwabo, badla, bashiya njengezwi likaJehova.