3 Kwathi ngasekupheleni kweminyaka eyisikhombisa lowo wesifazane wabuya ezweni lamaFilisti; waphuma, wazikhalela enkosini ngendlu yakhe nangezwe lakhe.
4 Inkosi yayisilokhu ikhuluma noGehazi inceku yomuntu kaNkulunkulu ukuthi: “Ake ungilandise zonke izinto ezinkulu azenzileyo u-Elisha.”
5 Kwathi esayilandisa inkosi ukuthi uvusile ofileyo, bheka, owesifazane ondodana yakhe ayivusileyo wakhala enkosini ngendlu yakhe nangezwe lakhe. Wayesethi uGehazi: “Nkosi yami, nkosi, yilo owesifazane, yile indodana yakhe u-Elisha ayivusileyo.”
6 Inkosi yayisimbuza owesifazane, wayilandisa. Inkosi yammisela induna ethile ngokuthi: “Buyisa konke okwakungokwakhe nazo zonke izithelo zensimu, kusukela osukwini owasuka ngalo ezweni kuze kube manje.”
7 Wayesefika u-Elisha eDamaseku; uBeni Hadadi inkosi yase-Aramu wayegula; watshelwa ukuthi: “Umuntu kaNkulunkulu ufikile lapha.”
8 Inkosi yayisithi kuHazayeli: “Zithathele ngesandla sakho izipho, uhambe umhlangabeze lowo muntu kaNkulunkulu, ubuze kuJehova ngaye ukuthi: ‘Ngiyakusinda kulesi sifo na?’ ”
9 Wayesehamba uHazayeli ukumhlangabeza, wazithathela ngesandla sakhe izipho ezintweni zonke ezinhle zaseDamaseku, imithwalo yamakamela angamashumi amane, weza wema phambi kwakhe, wathi: “Indodana yakho uBeni Hadadi, inkosi yase-Aramu, ingithumile kuwe ngokuthi: ‘Ngiyakusinda kulesi sifo na?’ ”