1. Ke kaloku uElisha wayethethe nalaa mfazi wayephilise unyana wakhe, wathi: “Khawuhambe uye kuzifunela indawo yokuhlala noba kuphi na apho ungayizuza khona, ze ukhe uthi chu khona okwexeshana, kuba *uNdikhoyo umisele imbalela eya kuthatha iminyaka esixhenxe kulo mhlaba.”
2. Umfazi lowo ke wenza njengoko wayeyalelwe ngumfo wakwaThixo. Wemka nosapho lwakhe, waya kuhlala kwelamaFilistiya loo minyaka isixhenxe.
3. Emva kwaloo minyaka isixhenxe wabuya ke kwelamaFilistiya, waza waya kucela indlu nentsimi yakhe kukumkani kwelo lakowabo.
4. Ke ukumkani wathetha noGehazi ihlakani lomfo wakwaThixo, wathi: “Khawundixelele ngayo yonke imisebenzi emikhulu eyênziwa nguElisha.”
5. Uthe ke uGehazi esachubela ukumkani indlela uElisha awayebaphilisa ngayo nabafileyo, suka umfazi lowo waphiliselwa unyana wakhe nguElisha, wangena, eze kucela indlu nentsimi yakhe kukumkani kwelo lakowabo.UGehazi ke wathi: “Tyhini, nanku loo mfazi, mhlekazi kumkani! Naloo nyana wakhe wavuswa efile nguElisha, nguye lo.”
6. Ukumkani ke walanda loo ngcombolo apho kuye, waza ke wamchazela.Ngoko ke ukumkani wamnikezela kwesinye isicaka, wathi kuso: “Nika lo mfazi yonke into eyeyakhe, ndawonye nengeniso yomhlaba wakhe ukusukela kumhla walishiya eli lizwe kude kube namhlanje.”
7. UElisha ke waya eDamasko, wafika uBhenadadi ukumkani wakwa-Aram egula. Uthe ke ukumkani lowo akuva kusithiwa: “Umfo wakwaThixo nanko efika apho,”
8. wathetha noHazayeli wathi: “Thatha isipho, uhambe uhlangabeze lo mfo wakwaThixo, uze ubuzise ngaye kuNdikhoyo ukuba ngaba ndiza kuphila na.”
9. UHazayeli ke wahamba, waya kuhlangabeza uElisha, emphathele zonke iindidi zemveliso yaseDamasko, zingumthwalo okwiinkamela ezimashumi mane. Waya kuma phambi kwakhe, wathi: “Unyana wakho uBhenadadi ukumkani wakwa-Aram undithume ukuba ndize kubuza ukuba ngaba wophila na kwisifo esimbambileyo!”
10. UElisha uphendule wathi: “Yiya kumxelela ukuba nakanjani na uza kuphila. Ewe kambe, *uNdikhoyo undityhilele ukuba uza kufa.”
11. Wathi ntsho ngamehlo, wada ke uHazayeli waziva eneentloni. Umfo wakwaThixo ke wathi chapha-chapha iinyembezi.
12. “Ngani ukuba ulile, nkosi yam?” ubuzile uHazayeli.“Ndililiswa kukuqonda umonakalo oya kuwenza kumaSirayeli,” uphendule watsho uElisha. “Ewe, wena uya kuzitshisa iinqaba zawo, abafana ubangenele ngekrele, uze abantwana ubaqhumze emhlabeni, ke bona abafazi abakhulelweyo ubagrabhuze.”