Bible Reading Plan – Day 157

₁Ke kaloku uNahaman wayeyinjengele yomkhosi wokumkani wakwa-Aram. Yayingumfo ohlonitshwayo noxatyisiweyo nayinkosi yakhe. Kaloku kwakungaye lowo ukuze *uNdikhoyo awaphe uloyiso ama-Aram. Wayelikroti lomfo, nto nje eneqhenqa. ₂Ke iqela elithile lama-Aram laphuma lahlasela uSirayeli, laza lathimba ntombazana ithile, yaza ke yaya kusebenzela umka-Nahaman. ₃Ke yona yathi apho kuloo mfazi: “Akwaba inkosi yam le ibingabonana *nomshumayeli okweliya laseSamariya! Ebengayiphilisayo kweli qhenqa layo.”

₄UNahaman waya enkosini yakhe, wayibikela oko kuthethwe yintombazana yakwaSirayeli. ₅Ke ukumkani wakwa-Aram wathi: “Kulungile, ungaya; ndokuphathisa neleta eya kukumkani wakwaSirayeli.” Wanduluka ke ngoko uNahaman ephethe amashumi amathathu amawaka esiliva, nesithandatu samawaka egolide, kunye neshumi lezambatho zokutshintsha ezenziwe ngelaphu elihle kunene. ₆Loo leta wayisayo kukumkani wakwaSirayeli yayisithi: “Le leta ipheleka iphakathi lam uNahaman, endimthumela kuwe, khon' ukuze umnyange kwelo qhenqa lakhe.”

₇Uthe ke asakuyifunda loo leta ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, suka wazikrazula izambatho zakhe esithi: “Ngaba ndinguThixo ngoku? Ndingabulala kakade, okanye ndiphilise? Ngani ke ukuba lo mfo andithumelele umntu ekufuneka anyangwe iqhenqa? Kucacile ukuba lo mfo uzama ukuqhwaya udushe!”

₈Ke uElisha umfo wakwaThixo uthe akuva ukuba ukumkani wakwaSirayeli uzikrazule izambatho zakhe, wathumela kuye esithi: “Ngani ukuba ude ukrazule izambatho zakho? Loo mntu mthumele apha kum; uya kutsho aqonde ukuba ukho umshumayeli kwaSirayeli.” ₉Ngoko ke uNahaman wahamba naloo mahashe, nezo nqwelo zakhe, waya kuma esangweni kwamshumayeli uElisha. ₁₀UElisha wamthumelela isigidimi esithi: “Yiya emlanjeni iJordan, uhlambe kasixhenxe. Ulusu lwakho lobuyela kwimo yalo yangaphambili, uhlambuluke.”

₁₁Kambe ke uNahaman wemka apho egqusha ngumsindo, esithi: “Mna bendicinga ukuba lo mfo uya kuphuma eze kum, akhe eme anqule igama likaNdikhoyo uThixo wakhe, futhi akhe awangawangise nangesandla kule ndawo, ukuze ke ndinyangeke. ₁₂Kanti, ngaba akukho mlambo ngoku eDamasko? Ziye phi iAbhana neFarpare, imilambo yokwenyani edlula nawuphi na okwaSirayeli? Bendingehlambi khona ndihlambuluke?” Wajika, wahamba enomsindo.

₁₃Ke 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’!” ₁₄Ngoko ke uNahaman wehla waya eJordan, wafika wantywila khona kasixhenxe ngokwelizwi awayelixelelwe ngumfo wakwaThixo. Ngenene ke ulusu lwakhe lwahlaziyeka lwahlambuluka lwaba njengolomntwana.

₁₅Ke 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!”

₁₆Ke umshumayeli waphendula wathi: “Ekho nje uNdikhoyo, lo ndimkhonzayo, andisayi kwamkela nento le!” Ewe, wala kwaphela, nakuba wazamayo ukumcenga uNahaman.

₁₇UNahaman 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. ₁₈Kodwa 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.”

₁₉UElisha wathi kuye: “Hamba ngoxolo!”

Emzuzwini, uNahaman selehambe umgama othile, ₂₀uGehazi ihlakani likaElisha, umfo wakwaThixo, wathetha yedwa wathi: “Hayi khona, inkosi yam le ide yagabadela ukumlungiselela oku lo mAram unguNahaman. Ingathini ukude ingathathi nomrhumo aze nawo lo? Hayi, suka; ekho nje uNdikhoyo, ndiza kumsukela, ukuze ndibe nento endiyifumanayo kuye!”

₂₁Waxhabasha ke uGehazi emva koNahaman. Uthe uNahaman akumbona ebaleka esiza ngakuye, suka wehla enqwelweni yakhe wamhlangabeza. Wabuza wathi: “Ngaba akukho nto yonakeleyo na kodwa?”

₂₂UGehazi uphendule wathi: “Hayi, akukho monakalo. Nto nje inkosi yam indithumile isithi: ‘Kukho bafana babini beqela labashumayeli abakhov' ukufika, bephuma kweleentaba lakwaEfrayim. Ngoko ke nceda ubaphe amawaka amathathu esiliva nezambatho ezibini zokutshintsha.’ ”

₂₃UNahaman waphendula esithi: “Ewe, kukuwe; ungawafumana amawaka amathandathu esiliva.” Wacenga ke esithi uGehazi makawamkele, waza ke loo siliva wayifaka kwiingxowa ezimbini, wamnika nezo zambatho zibini zokutshintsha. Ke uNahaman loo mthwalo wawunikela kwizicaka ezibini, zamandulela uGehazi ziwuphethe. ₂₄Akufika endulini uGehazi wawuthatha loo mthwalo apho kwizicaka, waya kuwubeka endlwini. Ke zona izicaka ezo wazindulula zemka. ₂₅Kamva ke wangena waya kwinkosi yakhe uElisha.

UElisha wabuza ke wathi: “Uvela phi na, Gehazi?”

UGehazi waphendula wathi: “Hayi, nkosi yam, isicaka esi sakho asiveli ndawo!”

₂₆Waza ke uElisha wathi kuye: “Andithi na kaloku umoya wam ubukunye nawe okuya laa ndoda ibisihla enqwelweni ikuhlangabeza? Uthi ngaba eli lixesha lokwamkela imali, okanye impahla, izinquma, izidiliya, imihlambi yeegusha neyeenkomo, okanye izicaka ezibhinqileyo nezingamadoda? ₂₇Ngoko ke iqhenqa likaNahaman liya kuthi nca kuwe nakwisizukulwana sakho naphakade.”

Ewe, uGehazi wathi esimka apho kuElisha wayeseleneqhenqa, emhlophe qhwa oku kwephepha!

₁Iqumrhu labashumayeli lathetha noElisha lathi: “Le ndawo sihlala kuyo kunye nawe incinci gqitha, ayisilingani. ₂Masiye eJordan, ibe ngulowo nalowo azigawulele isibonda, ukuze sizakhele indawo yokuhlala khona.”

Ke uElisha wavuma, wathi: “Yiyani.”

₃Omnye wabashumayeli wathi: “Awungehambi nazo na izicaka zakho, nkosi yam?”

UElisha wathi: “Nam ndiyaya.” ₄Waza wahamba nabo. Baya ke eJordan, baza bagawula imithi khona.

₅Omnye wabo uthe esagawula umthi, suka lapoqa izembe lakhe, le ndawo iyintsimbi yatshona emanzini. Wakhala watsho ebhekisa kuElisha: “Awu, ibingelilo nelam, belibolekiwe!”

₆Wabuza wathi umfo wakwaThixo: “Liwe phi?” Akuba ebonisiwe ke uElisha wagawula ukhuni, waza waluphosa kuloo ndawo lalitshone kuyo izembe. Ke izembe elo latsho lavela ladada. ₇Wathetha wathi: “Likhuphe.” Waza ke umnini walo wasolula isandla, walirhola.

₈Ke kaloku kwakungekho mvano phakathi kokumkani wakwa-Aram nowakwaSirayeli. Wasuka ke wathetha-thethana namaphakathi akhe ukumkani wakwa-Aram, wathi: “Imikhosi yam ndoyimisa endaweni ethile.”

₉Umfo wakwaThixo wathumela isilumkiso kukumkani wakwaSirayeli, esithi: “Musa ukudlula kwelo cala, kuba ama-Aram ehlela ngakhona.” ₁₀Ngoko ke ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wayijonga loo ndawo yayikhonjwa ngumfo wakwaThixo. Kwaba kaninzi uElisha elumkisa ukumkani, waza ke wahlala eyilumkele loo migibe.

₁₁Le nto ke yamcaphukisa ukumkani wakwa-Aram, waza wabiza amaphakathi akhe, wathi: “Apha phakathi kwethu ngubani ongakumaSirayeli?”

₁₂Elinye ke laphendula lathi: “Mhlekazi, akukho mntu ungakumaSirayeli apha kuthi; into ekhoyo kukuba uElisha, umshumayeli wakwaSirayeli, wazi namazwi owathethe egumbini lakho lokulala, aze kananjalo awaxelele ukumkani wakwaSirayeli.”

₁₃Ukumkani wakwa-Aram ke wathi: “Hambani niye kumjonga apho akhoyo, ukuze ndithumele amadoda aye kumbamba.”

Ke ilizwi labuya lisithi: “Nanko eDotan.” ₁₄Waza ke wathumela amahashe neenqwelo nomkhosi owomeleleyo. Bafika ngobusuku, basingqinga isixeko eso.

₁₅Sithe ke sakuvuka isicaka somfo wakwaThixo, ekuseni ngentsasa elandelayo, sabona kuthe thinte umkhosi, ingamahashe neenqwelo, isixeko usingqingile. Isicaka sathi kuye: “Yaz'ba siya kuthini na, nkosi yam?”

₁₆Ke yena umshumayeli wathi: “Hayi, musa ukoyika! Aba bangakuthi baninzi kunabo bangakubo.”

₁₇UElisha wathandaza wathi: “Ndikhoyo, khawuwavule amehlo akhe, ukuze abone.” UNdikhoyo ke wawavula amehlo esicaka eso, saza sathi sakukhangela sabona intaba inyakazela ngamahashe neenqwelo zomlilo, ziphahle uElisha.

₁₈Luthe xa luhlayo utshaba olo lusiza ngakuElisha, suka yena wathandaza kuNdikhoyo wathi: “Khawubethe aba bantu ngobumfama.”

UNdikhoyo ke wabatsho baziimfama ngokwesicelo sikaElisha.

₁₉UElisha wathi kubo: “Ayisiso esi sixeko nisifunayo esi, ingeyiyo nendlela eya kuso le! Landelani mna, ndinise kuloo mntu nimfunayo.” Waza ke wabakhokelela eSamariya.

₂₀Bathe ke bakungena esixekweni, uElisha wathi: “Ndikhoyo, wavule amehlo aba bantu, babone.” Wawavula ke uNdikhoyo amehlo abo, bazibona ke ukuba baphakathi eSamariya.

₂₁Akubabona ukumkani wakwaSirayeli, wabuza kuElisha wathi: “Ndingabinza na, bawo? Uthini, uthi mandibabulale?”

₂₂Waphendula wathi uElisha: “Hayi, sukubabulala! Kaloku ukuba ububathimbe ngekrele nesaphetha ngewungababulali. Banike ukutya namanzi, batye basele, bagoduke baye enkosini yabo.” ₂₃Ngoko ke wabenzela isidlo esikhulu ukumkani, baza ke bathi bakugqiba ukutya nokusela wabandulula, babuyela enkosini yabo. Loo maqela ama-Aram ke atsho ayeka ukuhlasela ummandla wakwaSirayeli.