18 Lomntfwana wakhula, kwatsi ngalelinye lilanga waphuma waya kuyise, labenebavuni ensimini.
Kodvwa lomfati wakhulelwa, kwatsi ngemnyaka lolandzelako wabeleka indvodzana, cishe ngasona leso sikhatsi lesasibekwe ngu-Elisha; kwaya njengobe Elisha abeshito.
Lomfana wakhala kuyise watsi: “Ngafa yinhloko! Ngafa yinhloko!” Uyise watfuma sisebenti watsi: “Mtsatse ummikise kunina.”
Elisha abekhulume kulomfati labekavuse umfanyana wakhe ekufeni, watsi: “Baleka kanye nemndeni wakho niyewubhaca nome ngukuphi lapho ningabhaca khona, kube sikhashana, ngobe Simakadze sewukumisile kutsi kube nendlala eveni letawutsatsa iminyaka lesikhombisa.”
Kwase kufika Bowazi aphuma eBhetlehema, wafike kubavuni watsi: “Simakadze akabe nani!” Bamphendvula batsi. “Simakadze akakubusise!”