11 UYoshafati wathi: “Bekungasekho *mshumayeli kaNdikhoyo esingabuzisa kuNdikhoyo ngaye na apha?”Ke igosa elithile lokumkani wakwaSirayeli laphendula lathi: “Ukhona apha uElisha, unyana kaShafati. Ngulowa wayelihlakani likaEliya.”
12 UYoshafati wathi: “Nanko ke umntu onelizwi likaNdikhoyo!” Ngoko ke ukumkani wakwaSirayeli ekunye noYoshafati nokumkani wase-Edom behla baya kuye.
13 Ke uElisha wathi kukumkani wakwaSirayeli: “Andinanto yakwenza nawe! Hamba wena uye kubashumayeli bakayihlo nonyoko!”Waphendula ke ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wathi: “Hayi kaloku, nguNdikhoyo ngokwakhe osiqokeleleyo thina zikumkani sobathathu, wathi kanti uza kusinikela esandleni samaMowabhi.”
14 Ke uElisha wathi: “Inene, ekho nje uNdikhoyo uSomandla, lo ndimkhonzayo, ukuba bekungeyiyo into yokuba ndihlonele ubukho bukakumkani uYoshafati wakwaJuda, ngendinganijongi nokunijonga, ndinganikhathalele futhi.
15 Kodwa ke khawuze nomdlali wehapu.”Uthe ke umdlali-hapu lowo akuyikhalisa, satsho saphezu koElisha isandla sikaNdikhoyo,
16 waza wathi: “Utsho uNdikhoyo ukuthi: ‘Yenzani imisele kule ntili.’
17 Kuba kaloku uNdikhoyo uthi: ‘Akuyi kubakho moya namvula, kodwa yona intili le yophuphuma amanzi, uze ke wena neenkomo zakho nayo yonke imfuyo yakho ningawasweli amanzi okusela.’