1 Ke kaloku uNahaman, umthetheli-mkhosi wokumkani wakwa-Aram, waye eyindoda enkulu enkosini yakhe, ebekekileyo; ngokuba uYehova wayewanike ama-Aram usindiso ngaye. Loo ndoda yabe iligorha, ilikroti, kodwa ineqhenqa.
2 Ama-Aram ayephume aya kututa, athimba ezweni lakwaSirayeli intombazana; yasisicakakazi kumkaNahaman.
3 Yathi kwinkosikazi yayo, Akwaba inkosi yam le ibiphambi komprofeti okwaSamari! Ubeya kuyiphilisa eqhenqeni layo.
4 Waya wayixelela inkosi yakhe, wathi, Ithe yathi, yathi ukuthetha, intombi evela ezweni lakwaSirayeli.
5 Wathi ukumkani wama-Aram, Hamba uye, ndomthumela incwadi ukumkani wakwaSirayeli. Wahamba, waphatha esandleni sakhe ishumi leetalente zesilivere, namawaka amathandathu eeshekele zegolide, neshumi leengubo zokukhululana.
6 Wayizisa incwadi kukumkani wakwaSirayeli, isithi, Kaloku ke, ekufikeni kwale ncwadi kuwe, yabona, ndikuthumele uNahaman umkhonzi wam, ukuba umphilise eqhenqeni lakhe.
7 Kwathi, akuyilesa ukumkani wakwaSirayeli incwadi, wazikrazula iingubo zakhe, esithi, NdinguThixo yini na, ukuba ndibulale, nokuba ndiphilise, ngokuba lo uthumele kum, ukuba ndiphilise indoda eqhenqeni layo. Khangelani ke, nibone, ukufuna kwakhe isizathu sokuxabana nam.
8 Kwathi, akuva uElisha, umfo wakwaThixo, ukuba ukumkani wakwaSirayeli uzikrazule iingubo zakhe, wathumela kukumkani wathi, Uzikrazulele ntoni na iingubo zakho? Makeze kum, azi ukuba kukho umprofeti kwaSirayeli.
9 Weza uNahaman namahashe akhe neenqwelo zakhe, wamisa emnyango endlwini kaElisha.
10 UElisha wathuma umthunywa kuye, esithi, Yiya uhlambe izihlandlo ezisixhenxe eYordan, ibuyele kuwe inyama yakho, uhlambuluke.
11 Waba noburhalarhume uNahaman, wemka, wathi, Bonani, bendiba mna wophuma eze kum, eme anqule igama likaYehova uThixo wakhe, awangawangise isandla sakhe phezu kwale ndawo, alisuse iqhenqa.
12 IAbhana neFarpare, imilambo yaseDamasko, ayilungile na, ngaphezu kwamanzi onke akwaSirayeli? Andingehlambi kuyo na, ndihlambuluke? Wajika, wahamba engumlilo.
13 Bafika abakhonzi bakhe, bathetha naye, bathi, Bawo, ukuba umprofeti ubethethe into enkulu kuwe, ubungayi kuyenza yini na? Kangakanani na ke xa athi kuwe, Hlamba, uhlambuluke?
14 Wehla ke, wantywila izihlandlo ezisixhenxe eYordan, ngokwelizwi lomfo wakwaThixo; yabuya ke inyama yakhe, yanjengenyama yomntwana, wahlambuluka.
15 Wabuyela kumfo wakwaThixo, yena nesihlwele sakhe sonke, weza, wema phambi kwakhe, wathi, Uyabona, ndiyaqonda ngoku ukuba akukho Thixo ehlabathini lonke, kukwaSirayeli kodwa; kaloku khawamkele intsikelelo kumkhonzi wakho.
16 Wathi yena, Ehleli nje uYehova, endimi phambi kwakhe, andiyi kuyamkela. Wamjoka, ukuba ayamkele; akavuma.
17 Wathi uNahaman, Umkhonzi wakho akangekhe anikwe na ke umhlaba ongumthwalo woondlebende ababini? Ngokuba umkhonzi wakho akasayi kuba senza dini linyukayo nambingelelo thixweni bambi; uya kwenza kuYehova yedwa.
18 Kule nto uYehova aze amxolele umkhonzi wakho: yakungena inkosi yam endlwini kaRimon, ukuba iqubude khona, yayame esandleni sam, nam ndaqubuda endlwini kaRimon: ekuqubudeni kwam ke endlwini kaRimon, aze uYehova amxolele umkhonzi wakho kuloo nto.
19 Wathi kuye, Hamba unoxolo. Wemka kuye, wee qelele umganyana.
20 Wathi uGehazi, umkhonzi kaElisha umfo wakwaThixo, Yabona, inkosi yam imyekile uNahaman umAram lo, ayayamkela esandleni sakhe into abeyizisile; ehleli nje uYehova, inene, ndiya kumsukela, ndithabathe intwana kuye.
21 UGehazi wamphuthuma uNahaman. UNahaman wambona emsukela, wehla enqwelweni yakhe, eya kumkhawulela, wathi, Kuhle ntoni na?
22 Wathi, Akukho nto. Inkosi yam indithumile, isithi, Nanku, kufike kum ngoku amadodana amabini akoonyana babaprofeti, evela kweleentaba lakwaEfrayim; khawuwanike italente yesilivere, neengubo ezimbini zokukhululana.
23 Wathi uNahaman, Makukholeke kuwe ukuthabatha zibe mbini iitalente. Wamjoka, wabopha iitalente zambini zesilivere ezingxoweni ezimbini, neengubo ezimbini zokukhululana, wanika abafana ababini; bathwala phambi kwakhe.
24 Uthe akufika endulini, wazithabatha ezandleni zabo, wazibeka endlwini, wawandulula amadoda lawo emka.
25 Waya, wema phambi kwenkosi yakhe. Wathi uElisha kuye, Uvela phi na, Gehazi? Wathi, Ubengayanga ndawo umkhonzi wakho.
26 Wathi kuye, Intliziyo yam ayihambanga nawe yini na, okuya yajikayo indoda enqwelweni yayo, yeza kukukhawulela? Lixesha yini na eli lokwamkela isilivere, nelokwamkela iingubo, neminquma, nezidiliya, nempahla emfutshane, neenkomo, nabakhonzi, nabakhonzazana?
27 Iqhenqa likaNahaman malinamathele kuwe nakwimbewu yakho ngonaphakade. Waphuma ebusweni bakhe eneqhenqa, emhlophe njengekhephu.