2 Ama-Aramu ayephumile ngamaviyo, abuya ezweni lakwa-Israyeli enentombazana encane; yayiyincekukazi yomkaNahamani.
3 Yathi enkosikazini yayo: “Sengathi inkosi yami ingaba phambi komprofethi oseSamariya; khona ibiyakuphiliswa ochokweni lwayo.”
4 Yangena, yatshela inkosi yayo, yathi: “Intombazana yasezweni lakwa-Israyeli yasho ukuthi nokuthi.”
5 Inkosi yase-Aramu yayisithi: “Yiya khona; ngizakuthuma incwadi enkosini yakwa-Israyeli.” Wasuka, wahamba namatalenta* ayishumi esiliva nezinhlamvu eziyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha zegolide, nezingubo eziyishumi zokuphendulela.
6 Waletha incwadi enkosini yakwa-Israyeli, ethi: “Manje, lapho le ncwadi ifika kuwe, bheka, ngithumile uNahamani inceku yami kuwe ukuba umphilise ochokweni lwakhe.”
7 Kwathi inkosi yakwa-Israyeli isiyifundile incwadi, yaklebhula izingubo zayo, yathi: “Mina nginguNkulunkulu yini ukuba ngibulale, ngiphilise, ukuze lo athumele kimi umuntu ukumphilisa ochokweni lwakhe, na? Ake niqonde, nibone ukufuna kwakhe ithuba lokulwa nami.”
8 Kwathi u-Elisha umuntu kaNkulunkulu esezwile ukuthi inkosi yakwa-Israyeli iklebhulile izingubo zayo, wathumela enkosini, wathi: “Uklebhuleleni izingubo zakho na? Makeze kimi, aze azi ukuthi kukhona umprofethi kwa-Israyeli.”