1. Ndipo Ahabu anauza Yezebeli zonse anazicita Eliya, ndi m'mene anawaphera ndi lupanga aneneri onsewo,
2. Tsono Yezebeli anatuma mthenga kwa Eliya, wakuti, Milungu indilange nionjezepo, ngati sindilinganiza moyo wako ndi moyo wa mmodzi wa iwowo mawa nthawi yomwe yino.
3. Ndipo iye ataona cimeneci, ananyamuka, nathawa kupulumutsa moyo, nafika ku Beereseba wa ku Yuda, nasiya mnyamata wace pamenepo.
4. Koma iye mwini analowa m'cipululu ulendo wa tsiku limodzi, nakakhala pansi patsinde pa mtengo watsanya, napempha kuti afe; nati, Kwafikira, cotsani tsopano moyo wanga, Yehova; popeza sindiri wokoma woposa makolo anga.
5. Ndipo anagona tulo patsinde pa mtengo watsanya; ndipo taonani, wamthenga anamkhudza, nati kwa iye, Uka nudye.
6. Ndipo anaceuka, naona kumutu kunali kamkate kooca pamakala, ndi mkhate wa madzi. Tsono anadya namwa, nagonanso pansi,
7. Ndipo mthenga wa Yehova anafikanso kaciwiri, namkhudza, nati, Tauka, idya, popeza ulendo udzakulaka.