Chifukwa tikuvwa mo Ambuya angukamuskiya maji gha Nyanja Yiyera paurongo pinu muchituwa mu Egipiti, ndipo ndi vyo munguchita ku ŵakaronga ŵaŵi ŵa Amori wo ŵenga kusirgha ku Yordane, kwaku Sihoni ndi Ogi, wo mukuŵaparghang'a tetete.
Ndipo mungelo wachinkhonde ndi chimoza wangupunguliya mbali yake pa msinji ukuru wo, msinji Efrate; ndipo ghangukamuka maji ghake, alinga kuti yirongosoleke nthowa ya ŵakaronga ŵakutuwa ku vuma.
Ndipo kukaŵanga gurwi kutuliya ku Asiriya chifukwa cha ŵanthu ŵakujapo wo ŵasiyika, uli ndimo wanguŵiya pa ŵaYisraele wachikwera kutuwa mu charu cha Egipiti.
Sono Eliya wanguto chivwaro chake, wanguchizinga wangupuma maji, ndipo maji ghangupatukana kuma kuchiri kumoza ndi kuchiri kunyake mpaka penipo ŵaŵiviyo ŵangwenda pasi pa yumu.