8 Wamphendvula watsi: “Yebo, hamba uyewutjela inkhosi yakho utsi: ‘Elija sewulapha.’ ”
na-Ahabi abesabite Obadiya, labephetse sigodlo sakhe. Obadiya abelikholwa lelalesaba Simakadze kakhulu.
Watsi Obadiya asahamba, wahlangana na-Elija. Obadiya wambona wamfanisa, wabe sewuyamkhotsamela, wakhuluma kuye watsi: “Nguwe ngempela yini, nkhosi yami Elija?”
Obadiya wabuta watsi: “Ngoneni kodvwa kutsi ungaze unginikele esandleni sa-Ahabi kutsi angibulale?
Bonkhe banikeni lokubafanele: umtselo kulofanelwe ngumtselo, inkhokhelo kulofanele kukhokhelwa; mesabeni lofanele kwesatjwa, nihloniphe lofanele kuhlonishwa.