38. Ke uElisha wabuyela eGiligali. Ngelo thuba kwakukho imbalela kuloo ngingqi. Ke kaloku iqela labashumayeli lalihleli phambi kwakhe, waza wathi kwihlakani lakhe: “Thatha imbiza enkulu, uphekele aba bashumayeli isityu.”
39. Omnye wâbo bashumayeli waphuma, waya emasimini, wafika waqokelela amathangazana. Wawaqokelela wawaqushula ngesondo lengubo yakhe. Akubuya ke wawanqunqela kuloo mbiza yesityu, nakuba kwakungekho mntu uwaziyo into ayiyo.
40. Isityu eso ke saphakwa sanikwa loo madoda, kodwa ke athe xa aqalayo ukutya akhala athi: “Mfo wakwaThixo, ukufa kusembizeni!” Akaba nako ke ukusitya esi sityu.
41. Ke uElisha wathi: “Ndiziseleni umgubo wengqolowa.” Wawuthatha ke, wawugalela apho embizeni, wathi: “Phakelani abantu batye.” Bakutya ke ukutya oko kungenasikhwa.
42. Ke kaloku kwafika umfo othile, evela eBhali-shalisha, ezisele umfo wakwaThixo izonka ezinerhasi ezimashumi mabini. Zazenziwe ngolibo lwerhasi. Kananjalo wayephethe nezikhwebu zolibo olo. UElisha wathi kuye: “Yipha abantu batye.”
43. Kambe ke saphendula isicaka sathi: “Ndingathini ukubeka intwana engaka phambi kwabantu abalikhulu?”Kodwa ke uElisha wathi: “Yipha abantu batye. Kaloku *uNdikhoyo uthi: ‘Baya kutya bade bakushiye.’ ”
44. Wakuthatha ke wakunika abantu, baza batya bada bakushiya, ngokomlomo kaNdikhoyo.