8 Sono Eliya wanguto chivwaro chake, wanguchizinga wangupuma maji, ndipo maji ghangupatukana kuma kuchiri kumoza ndi kuchiri kunyake mpaka penipo ŵaŵiviyo ŵangwenda pasi pa yumu.
Viyo wangutuwako kuwa, ndi wangusaniya Elisha mwana waku Shafati, wangumusaniya wachilima, ndi ng'ombe za vipingu chumi ndi ziŵi paurongo pake, iyo wenga ndi ya chumi ndi ziŵi. Eliya wangumurutiliya po wenga ndipo wangupong'a chirundu chake paku iyo.
Wangupong'eka mya ŵanguchekeka, ŵangweseka, ŵangubayika ndi lipanga: ŵanguwurawura ŵakuvwara vikopa vya mberere ndi vikopa vya mbuzi: ŵakavu, ŵakusuzgika, ŵakuchitika uheni,
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.