20. Samthwala ke, samsa kunina, umntwana lowo wahlala njalo esingathiwe ngunina, kwada kwasemini, waza ke wasweleka.
21. Ke unina wamthatha waya naye kwigumbi lomfo wakwaThixo, wafika wambeka emandlalweni wakhe, waza ke waluvala ucango waphuma.
22. Ke wathetha nomyeni wakhe wathi: “Nceda utsho isicaka size nedonki apha; ndifuna ukuya kulaa mfo wakwaThixo ngoku, ndiphinde ndibuye.”
23. Ke yena wabuza wathi: “Ngani ukuba uye kuye namhlanje? Inyanga ayikathwasi, ibe ingenguwo *noMhla woPhumlo.”Umfazi waphendula wathi: “Sukukhathazeka.”
24. Waza ke umfazi lowo wabeka isali edonkini, wathi kwisicaka: “Ndikhokele, ungacothi ngaphandle kokuba kutsho mna.”
25. Ngoko ke waphuma waya kumfo wakwaThixo kwintaba iKarmele.Umfo wakwaThixo wambona esemgama, waza wathetha nehlakani lakhe uGehazi, wathi: “Uyabona, nankuya umShunemikazi esiza!
26. Yiya kumhlangabeza, ufike ubuze uthi: ‘Uphila njani? Usaphila umyeni wakho? Umntwana yena uphilile?’ ”“Hayi noko konke nje kulungile,” waphendula watsho.
27. Uthe ke akufika apho entabeni kumfo wakwaThixo wasuka wambamba ezinyaweni. Ke yena uGehazi wafuna ukumtyhiliza, kodwa ke umfo wakwaThixo wathi: “Hayi, myeke! Usengxakini ebuhlungu, kambe uNdikhoyo undifihlele, akandixelela ukuba kungenxa yantoni na.”
28. Umfazi lowo wathi: “Ngaba ndakha ndamcela na umntwana kuwe, nkosi yam? Ndandingatshongo na ukuthi: ‘Musa ukundinika ilize lethemba’?”
29. UElisha wabhekisa kuGehazi wathi: “Finyeza uxhabashe! Thatha induku yam, uhambe ngokukhawuleza, ubaleke. Umntu odibana naye ngendlela uze ungambulisi, nawe xa umntu ekubulisa, uze ungachithi ixesha ngempilo. Le nduku yam uze uyibeke phezu kobuso benkwenkwe leyo.”