2 Bakalenga 2 - MUKANDA WA MYIDI MUKULU

Mvidi Mukulu udi umusha muambi Eliya pa buloba. Elisha udi umupingana

¹ Matuku a bungi mamane kupita, Maweja-Nangila kuambula muambi Eliya mulu mu tshipepela tshia mvunde. Bivua bienzeka mushindu ewu: Eliya ne Elisha kumuka mu Ngilgale, benda pamue mu njila.

² Tshitupa tshikese, Eliya kuambila Elisha ne: — Ushale muaba ewu. Maweja-Nangila mmuntume ku Betele. Kadi Elisha kumuandamuna ne: — Bu mudi Maweja-Nangila ne muoyi, ne muudi wewe ne muoyi, ndi nditshipa ne: tshiena nkushiya to! Nanku, kuyabu bonsu babidi ku Betele.

³ Bantu ba mu tshisumbu tshia bambi bavua basombe ku Betele, bavua bebeja Elisha ne: — Udi mumanye ne: lelu Maweja-Nangila neambule mfumuebe Eliya mulu anyi? Elisha kuandamuna ne: — Eyowa, ndi mumanye bualu ebu, kadi puwayi!

⁴ Eliya kuambila kabidi Elisha ne: — Shala muaba ewu, Maweja-Nangila mmuntume ku Yeriko. Kadi Elisha kumuandamuna ne: — Bu mudi Maweja-Nangila ne muoyi, ne muudi wewe nawu, ndi nditshipa ne tshiakukushiya to. Nanku, kuyabu bonsu babidi ku Yeriko.

⁵ Bantu ba mu tshisumbu tshia bambi bavua basombe ku Yeriko, kusemena kudi Elisha bamukonka ne: — Udi mumanye ne: Maweja-Nangila neambule mfumuebe Eliya mulu anyi? Elisha kuandamuna ne: — Eyowa, ndi mumanye bualu ebu, kadi puwayi!

⁶ Eliya kuambila kabidi Elisha ne: — Ushale muaba ewu. Maweja-Nangila mmuntume ku muelelu wa Yardene. Kadi Elisha kumuandamuna ne: — Bu mudi Maweja-Nangila ne muoyi, ne bu muudi wewe ne muoyi, ndi nditshipa ne: tshiena nkushiya to! Nanku, kuyabu bonsu babidi!

⁷ Bambi bu makumi atanu bavua anu benda babalonda. Kadi bambi abu bavua bimanyine pa bule. Kabavua bafike muaba uvua Eliya ne Elisha bimane ku muelelu wa Yardene to.

⁸ Eliya kukopola tshinkutu tshiende tshivuaye natshi, kutshibunya, kutshituila pa mayi. Mayi kupanduluka eku ne eku. Nanku, bonsu babidi kusabuka ku makasa kume.

⁹ Bobu bamane kusabuka, Eliya kuambila Elisha ne: — Undombe tshiudi musue, bua meme kukuenzela, bangabanga ne Maweja-Nangila kungambula, bua tuetu kushiyangana nebe. Elisha kuandamuna ne: — Ndi musue kupiana mueyelu webe wa buambi misangu ibidi bukole buawu. Eliya kumuandamuna ne:

¹⁰ — Udi mulombe tshintu tshikole bua kutshipeta. Kadi, wewe mummone padi Maweja-Nangila ungambula bua tuetu kushiyangana, neupete tshiudi mulombe. Kadi, pawikala kuyi mummone, kuakupeta tshiudi mulombe to.

¹¹ Patshivuabu benda bayukila, kumonabu ditempu diela ndimi ya kapia. Nyama ya tubalu ivua ikoka ditempu adi, ivua yela kabidi ndimi ya kapia. Nanku, ditempu adi ne nyama ya tubalu, kupita pankatshi pa Eliya ne Elisha bua kubapandulula. Diakamue, tshipepela tshia mvunde kuambula Eliya mulu.

¹² Elisha umona nanku, kuelaye lubila ne: — Tatu wanyi! Tatu wanyi! Wewe udi mupite matempu a mvita onsu ne babandi ba pa tubalu bonsu ba bena Izrayele. Pavua Elisha kayi mumone kabidi Eliya, kupandaye bilamba biende bipese bibidi.

¹³ Pashishe, kuangulaye tshinkutu tshivua Eliya mumatshishe panshi. Kupinganaye ku muelelu wa Yardene, kuimana.

¹⁴ Kuambulaye tshinkutu atshi, kutuuta pa mayi a musulu, wamba ne: — Maweja-Nangila Mvidi Mukulu wa Eliya, udi penyi? Eyowa, udi penyi? Kutuutaye tshinkutu pa mayi a musulu. Mayi kupanduluka eku ne eku. Elisha kusabuka.

¹⁵ Bantu ba mu tshisumbu tshia bambi bavua mu tshimenga tshia Yeriko bavua batangila pa bule, bamone bionsu bivua Elisha wenza. Kuambilanganabu ne: “Mueyelu wa muambi udi ulombola Elisha.” Kuyabu kusambakena ne Elisha. Kumutuilabu mpala panshi,

¹⁶ bamuambila ne: Tangila, tudi ne bantu makumi atanu badi ne bukitu. Tudi basue kubatuma bua baye kukeba mfumuebe Eliya. Bualu Mueyelu wa Maweja-Nangila uvua muambule Eliya, udi mua kuikala mumuimanshe pa mikuna, nansha mu tshibandabanda. Kadi, Elisha kubakandika bua kabatumi bantu abu to.

¹⁷ Kadi, bantu ba mu tshisumbu tshia bambi abu, kusuminyina Elisha bikole. Nanku, kuitabaye. Kutumabu bantu abu makumi atanu. Kukebabu Eliya matuku asatu. Kabena bamumona to.

¹⁸ Bobu bamane kupingana kudi Elisha mu Yeriko, kubambilaye ne: — Meme mvua mumane kunukandika bua kanuyi to!

Elisha udi ulengeja mpokolu wa mayi mu Yeriko

¹⁹ Bena mu tshimenga tshia Yeriko kuambila Elisha ne: — Mukalenga wetu, udi mumone ne: tshimenga tshietu ntshiasa pa muaba muimpe. Kadi, mayi adi mabi kena mimpe to. Adi atudisha bantu ne nyama mafu mu ditunga.

²⁰ Elisha kubambila ne: — Elayi luepu mu dilonga dipiadipia, numpeshe. Kumupeshabu.

²¹ Elisha kuya ku mpokolu, kuela luepu mu mayi awu, wamba ne: — Maweja-Nangila, udi wamba ne: “Ndi mulengeje mayi aa. Kaena mua kushipa bantu kabidi, nansha kutudisha mafu to.”

²² Nanku mayi kulengela. Atshidi mimpe too ne mpindiewu anu bu muvua Elisha muambe.

Mvidi Mukulu udi unyoka bana ba balume badi baseka Elisha

²³ Elisha kumuka mu Yeriko, kuya mu Betele. Pawaye mu njila, bana ba balume bavua bafume mu tshimenga, kumuseka, bela mbila ne: — Muena dibala, banda! Muena dibala, banda!

²⁴ Elisha ukenzakana, kubamona. Kubatshipaye mu dina dia Maweja-Nangila. Ke nyama ya lonji ibidi kupatuka mu ditu, kushipa bana ba balume makumi anayi ne babidi, kubasunsula.

²⁵ Pashishe, Elisha kuya ku mukuna wa Karmele. Umuka ku mukuna wa Karmele, kupinganaye mu tshimenga tshia Samariya.