23. Sinikeni iinkunzana zeenkomo zibe mbini. Abashumayeli bakaBhali mabazikhethele ibe nye, baze bayixhele bayixhaxhe, bayibeke phezu kweenkuni, kodwa bangaphembi mlilo. Nam ke ndozilungiselela enye inkunzana leyo, ndiyixhaxhe, ndiyibeke phezu kweenkuni, kodwa ndingaphembi mlilo.
24. Ze ke nibize igama lothixo wenu, nam ndibize igama likaNdikhoyo. Ke uThixo othe waphendula ngomlilo ngoyena-yena Thixo!”Ke abantu baphendula bathi: “La mazwi uwathethileyo mahle.”
25. UEliya wabhekisa kubashumayeli bakaBhali wathi: “Makuqale nina baninzi, nizikhethele inkunzana ibe nye, nizilungiselele yona. Nakugqiba ke, bizani igama lothixo wenu, kodwa ningawuphembi umlilo.”
26. Ngenene ke bayithatha eyabo inkunzana yenkomo, bayixhela, bayixhaxha.Baza ke banqula igama likaBhali, besukela kusasa kwada kwasemini emaqanda, besithi: “Khawuncede usiphendule, Bhali!” Kodwa ke akwabikho mpendulo, akwabikho bani usabelayo. Hayi ke, baxhentsa bejikeleza elo qonga babelenzile.
27. Emini emaqanda uEliya waphoxisa ngabo esithi: “Khanibe ngathi niyakhwaza. Kaloku nguthixo lo! Mhlawumbi usaminxwe ziingcinga, okanye ziingxaki, angathi kanti useseluhambeni. Mhlawumbi usalele, abe ke usavuswa.”
28. Ngoko ke bathath' unyawo ukukhwaza, bezicenta ngemikhonto namakrele ngokwesiko labo, lada latsaza igazi kubo.
29. Yadlula imini emaqanda, bona baqhubela phambili betaka-taka bekrotsha lada lafika ixesha lamadini asemalanga. Kodwa nangoko kwathi cwaka, akwabikho mpendulo, akwabikho bani usabelayo.
30. Ke uEliya wabhekisa kubo bonke abantu, wathi: “Yizani kum apha.” Beza kuye bonke, waza ke yena walilungisa iqonga likaNdikhoyo elaliselonakele.
31. UEliya wathatha amatye alishumi elinambini, ngalinye limele indlu kwezo zizwe zikaYakobi, yena lowo wafikelwa lilizwi likaNdikhoyo lisithi: “Igama lakho kothiwa unguSirayeli.”
32. Ngala matye wakha iqonga egameni likaNdikhoyo, waza wenza umsele walijikeleza. Lo msele wawubanzi, unokungena iilitha ezimalunga neshumi elinesine.
33. Wazilungisa iinkuni, wayixhaxha inkunzi leyo, wayibeka phezu kweenkuni ezo.
34. Waza wathi kubo: “Zalisani iingqayi ezinkulu zibe ne ngamanzi, nize niwagalele kwelo dini nakwezo nkuni.” Waza wathi: “Phindani okwesibini!” Baphinda okwesibini. Wathi: “Phindani okwesithathu!” Baphinda okwesithathu.
35. Amanzi lawo ke ehla apho eqongeni, angena kuloo msele, wazala thwahla.
36. Kwathi ke ngexesha lamadini angokuhlwa umshumayeli uEliya wasondela eqongeni, waza wathandaza wenjenje: “Ndikhoyo, Thixo ka-Abraham, Thixo kaIsake, Thixo kaSirayeli, namhlanje mayaziwe into yokuba nguwe uThixo kaSirayeli, mna ke ndisisicaka sakho, nezi zinto zonke ndizenzileyo ndizenze ngokuyalelwa nguwe.
37. Ewe, ndiphendule kaloku, Ndikhoyo, khon' ukuze naba bantu bakuqonde, bakwazi, wena Ndikhoyo, ukuba unguThixo, babone ukuba wena ngoku uziguqulele kuwe iintliziyo zabo.”
38. Ke kaloku wehla umlilo, uvela kuNdikhoyo, waza walitshisa idini elo, kunye neenkuni, amatye, nomhlaba, wada walenca naloo manzi ayesemseleni.
39. Bakuyibona ke le nto, abantu basuka baziphosa phantsi, bathi: “UNdikhoyo nguye uThixo! UNdikhoyo nguye uThixo!”