27. Kwathi emini enkulu, uEliya wadlala ngabo, esithi, Nqulani ngezwi elikhulu, ngokuba enguthixo; ingabi usacinga, ingabi uthe gu bucala, ingabi useluhambeni; ingabi mhlawumbi ulele, unokuba avuswe.
28. Banqula ngezwi elikhulu ke, bazicenta ngokwesiko labo ngamakrele nangezikhali, lada latsaza igazi kubo.
29. Kwathi emveni kwemini enkulu, baprofeta kwada kwesa ekunyusweni komnikelo wokudla wangokuhlwa; akwabakho lizwi, akwabakho uphendulayo, akwabakho ubeke indlebe.
30. Wathi uEliya ebantwini bonke, Sondelani kum apha. Basondela ke abantu bonke kuye. Wabuya wasakha isibingelelo sikaYehova esibe sidiliziwe.
31. UEliya wathabatha amatye alishumi elinamabini, ngokwenani lezizwe zoonyana bakaYakobi, eleza kuye ilizwi likaYehova lisithi, Liya kuba nguSirayeli igama lakho.
32. Wákha ngamatye lawo isibingelelo egameni likaYehova, wenza umsele olingene iiseha* ezimbini zembewu, ngeenxa zonke esibingelelweni.
33. Wazilungisa iinkuni, wayityatya inkunzi entsha, wayibeka phezu kweenkuni.
34. Wathi, Zalisani imiphanda ibe miné ngamanzi, niwagalele phezu kwedini elinyukayo, naphezu kweenkuni; wathi, Phindani okwesibini; baphinda okwesibini. Wathi, Phindani okwesithathu; baphinda okwesithathu.
35. Ahamba amanzi ngeenxa zonke esibingelelweni; wawuzalisa nomsele ngamanzi.
36. Kwathi ekunyusweni komnikelo wokudla wangokuhlwa, wasondela uEliya umprofeti, wathi, Yehova, Thixo ka-Abraham, kaIsake, kaSirayeli, namhla makwaziwe ukuba nguwe uThixo kwaSirayeli; ukuba ndingumkhonzi wakho mna; ukuba ndizenzé zonke ezi zinto ngelizwi lakho.
37. Ndíphendule, Yehova, ndíphendule, bazi aba bantu ukuba wena Yehova unguThixo, ukuba uyiguqulele kuwe intliziyo yabo.