1 Abagabe 17 - EKITABO EKIRIKWERA BAIBULI N'EBITABO EBY'OMUBONANO APOKURUFA/DYUTROKANONIKO

¹ Omu biro ebyo, Eliya owa Tishube omuri Gileadi akagambira Ahabu ati: Nindahira Mukama Ruhanga wa Isiraeli ou mpeereza, ku hatarikwija kubaho rume nari enjura omuri egi myaka, okuhitsya obu ndigira ngu bibeho.

² Reero Nyakubaho yaagira Eliya ati:

³ Ruga aha, ogarure ogw'oburugwa-izooba, oyesherekye aha kagyera Keriti ak'aha burugwa-izooba bwa Yorudaani.

⁴ Ogume noonywa amaizi g'ako kagyera; kandi naaragiira ebikoona kuguma nibikugyemurira.

⁵ Atyo agyenda, akora nk'oku Nyakubaho yaamuragiira; aza ahari ako kagyera Keriti, ak'aha burugwa-izooba bwa Yorudaani, agumayo;

⁶ ebikoona biguma nibimureetera emigaati n'enyama omu kasheeshe n'omu mwabazyo, nawe aguma naanywa amaizi g'ako kagyera.

⁷ Ku haahingwireho ebiro, ako kagyera kaayoma, ahabw'enjura kutagwa omuri nsi egyo.

Ebya Eliya n'omufaakazi wa Zarefaati

⁸ Bwanyima Nyakubaho akagambira Eliya ati:

⁹ Imuka oze Zarefaati ey'omuri Sidoni, ogumeyo. Reeba naaragiira omufaakazi waayo kukuriisa.

¹⁰ Atyo aimuka, aza Zarefaati. Ku aba yaahika ati aha irembo ry'orwo rurembo, ashangaho omufaakazi naatorotoora otuku, amweta amugira ati: Ndeetera otwizi ntunywe.

¹¹ Ogwo mukazi ku yaabaire naaza kutureeta, onu yaamweta, yaamugira ati: Ondeetere n'akagaati omu ngaro.

¹² Ogwo mukazi amugira ati: Nindahira Mukama Ruhanga waawe: tiinyine mugaati gu nteekire; kureka nyine oruhi rw'esaano omu kaibo, n'otujuta omu ntsimbo. Mbwenu nintorotoora otuku, ngu ntaahe nyeteekyere ak'okurya na mutabani wangye, tukarye, bwanyima tufe.

¹³ Eliya amugira ati: Otatiina; irooko okore nk'oku waagamba. Kwonka obanze onteekyereho akagaati kakye, okandeetere; reero bwanyima oyeteekyere na mutabani waawe.

¹⁴ Manya Mukama Ruhanga wa Isiraeli naagira ati: Esaano y'omuri ako kaibo terikwija kuhwaho; n'amajuta g'omu ntsimbo tigarikwija kutuuba, okuhitsya obu Nyakubaho araagwise enjura omu nsi.

¹⁵ Ogwo mufaakazi atyo agyenda, atwaza nk'oku Eliya yaamugambira. We na Eliya n'ab'omuka ye bamara ebiro bingi baine ebyokurya.

¹⁶ Akaibo k'esaano tikaahwaho, n'entsimbo y'amajuta tiyaatuuba. Biba nk'eki Nyakubaho yaagambiise Eliya.

Eliya okuhimbuura omwana w'omufaakazi

¹⁷ Ebyo ku byahwaire, mutabani w'ogwo mukazi nyineeka yaarwara. Endwara yaamurembya; omwitsyo gwamuhweramu kimwe.

¹⁸ Ogwo mukazi yaagira Eliya ati: Iwe muntu wa Ruhanga 'we, noofa ki naanye? Okaija omwangye kwijutsya Ruhanga ebibi byangye, kikarugiramu omwana wangye kufa!

¹⁹ Eliya amugira ati: Mpa ogwo mwana waawe. Atyo amumwiha omu kifuba, amwinamura omuri kaanyinaabiri, ei yaabaire naaraara; amurambika aha kitanda kye.

²⁰ Atakira Nyakubaho ati: Ai Mukama Ruhanga wangye, niiwe waagwisiza akagwe ogu mufaakazi orikundaaza, okaita omutabani?

²¹ Atyo ayenanuurira ahari ogwo mwana emirundi eshatu. Ayeshengyereza Nyakubaho ati: Ai Mukama Ruhanga wangye, ikiriza ogu mwana agarukwemu amagara.

²² Nyakubaho aikiriza eki Eliya yaamushaba, omwana agarukwamu amagara, ahimbuuka.

²³ Eliya akwata ogwo mwana, amushuumya naamwiha omuri kaanyinaabiri, amutaasya omuri egyo nju, amukwatsa nyina, amugira ati: Reeba, omwana waawe ahuriire.

²⁴ Ogwo mukazi agira Eliya ati: Mbwenu naamanya ku ori omuntu wa Ruhanga; kandi n'ebi Nyakubaho arikukugambisa ku biri eby'amazima.