3 Ke abashumayeli ababelapho eBhetele beza kuElisha, bathi kuye: “Uyaqonda nje ukuba uNdikhoyo uza kuyithatha le nkosi yakho namhlanje?”UElisha wathi: “Ewe, ndiyazi; kodwa ke musani ukuyiphatha loo ndawo!”
4 UEliya ke wathi kuElisha: “Hlala apha, mna uNdikhoyo undithume eJeriko.”UElisha wathi: “Ngenene, ngenene, ekho nje uNdikhoyo, nawe ukho nje, andiyi kwahlukana nawe.” Ngoko ke bahamba baya eJeriko.
5 Ke abashumayeli ababelapho eJeriko baya kuElisha, bathi kuye: “Uyaqonda nje ukuba uNdikhoyo uza kuyithatha le nkosi yakho namhlanje?”UElisha wathi: “Ewe, ndiyazi; kodwa ke musani ukuyiphatha loo ndawo!”
6 UEliya ke wathi kuElisha: “Hlala apha, mna uNdikhoyo undithume eJordan.”Ke yena wathi: “Ngenene, ngenene, ekho nje uNdikhoyo, nawe ukho nje, andiyi kwahlukana nawe!” Ngoko ke bahamba bobabini.
7 Ke kaloku amashumi amahlanu abashumayeli ahamba afika ema mganyana, ejonge ngakuloo ndawo babefike bema kuyo eJordan uEliya noElisha.
8 Ke Eliya wawuthatha umnweba wakhe, wawusonga, waza wawabetha ngawo amanzi. Amanzi ke ahlukana kubini, asinga kweli cala nakweliya, baza ke bobabini bawela emhlabeni owomileyo.
9 Besakuba bewelile ke, uEliya ubuze kuElisha wathi: “Khawutsho, yintoni ofuna ndikwenzele yona phambi kokuba ndahlukaniswe nawe?”UElisha waphendula wathi: “Mandizuze isabelo esiphindiweyo somoya wakho, sibe lilifa lam.”