13. Ke zona izicaka zikaNahaman zaya kuye, zathi: “Nkosi, ukuba umshumayeli lowa ebethe yenza into enkulu kunale, ngaba ubungayi kuyenza na? Kukangakanani ke, nkosi, xa yena esithi: ‘Hlamba ukuze uhlambuluke’!”
14. Ngoko ke uNahaman wehla waya eJordan, wafika wantywila khona kasixhenxe ngokwelizwi awayelixelelwe ngumfo wakwaThixo. Ngenene ke ulusu lwakhe lwahlaziyeka lwahlambuluka lwaba njengolomntwana.
15. Ke kaloku uNahaman namaphakathi akhe lawo onke babuyela kumfo wakwaThixo. Wema phambi kwakhe wathi: “Ngoku ndiyaqonda ukuba akukho Thixo wumbi ehlabathini liphela ngaphandle kwalowo wakwaSirayeli! Ngoko ke nceda wamkele nasi isipho osinikwa sisicaka sakho!”
16. Ke umshumayeli waphendula wathi: “Ekho nje uNdikhoyo, lo ndimkhonzayo, andisayi kwamkela nento le!” Ewe, wala kwaphela, nakuba wazamayo ukumcenga uNahaman.
17. UNahaman waqhuba wenjenje: “Xa ke ungavumi ke, nkosi yam, mna ke ndiyakubongoza, mna sicaka sakho, mandiphiwe umhlaba ongumthwalo olingene iimeyile ezimbini, kuba kaloku mna sicaka sakho andisoze ndiphinde nditshise madini, ndenze naminikelo kuthixo ongomnye ngaphandle koNdikhoyo.
18. Kodwa ke uNdikhoyo makandixolele mna sicaka sakho, ngenxa yale ndawo: kaloku kuza kuthi xa inkosi yam ingena kwisibingelelo sikaRimon, isiya kunqula khona, ide ibambelele nakule ngalo yam, nam kofuneka ndikhahlele. Ewe, into endiyicelayo kukuba ndithi xa ndinqula apho esibingelelweni sikaRimon, uNdikhoyo andixolele mna sicaka sakho ngaloo nto.”
19. UElisha wathi kuye: “Hamba ngoxolo!”Emzuzwini, uNahaman selehambe umgama othile,