22. Waphendula wathi uElisha: “Hayi, sukubabulala! Kaloku ukuba ububathimbe ngekrele nesaphetha ngewungababulali. Banike ukutya namanzi, batye basele, bagoduke baye enkosini yabo.”
23. Ngoko 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.
24. Mzuzwana emva koko uBhenadadi ukumkani wakwa-Aram wawuhlanganisa umkhosi wakhe uphela, waza waya kungqinga iSamariya.
25. Kwabakho indlala enkulu apho eSamariya. Ixesha lokunqingwa kwaso laba lide ngangokuba intloko yedonki yayithengiswa ngeesiliva ezimashumi asibhozo, ke wona amakhulu amabini eegram zobulongwe behobe bezithengiswa ngeesiliva ezintlanu.
26. Ukumkani wakwaSirayeli wathi egqitha ehamba eludongeni kwabakho umfazi okhalayo esithi: “Nceda, nceda, nkosi yam kumkani!”
27. Ukumkani waphendula wathi: “Xa ungenakuncedwa *nguNdikhoyo, uthi mna mandiluthathe phi uncedo? Esandeni okanye kwisixovulelo sewayini?”
28. Waza wambuza wathi: “Ingxaki yakho yintoni?”Umfazi lowo waphendula wathi: “Lo mfazi uthe mandincame unyana wam simtye, ukuze ngemini elandelayo sitye owakhe unyana.
29. Ngoko ke sampheka unyana wam, samtya. Ngomhla olandelayo ke, ndithe ndakuthi kuye makeze nonyana wakhe simtye, suka wamfihla.”
30. Akuyiva loo mbali ukumkani wasuka wazikrazula izambatho zakhe. Bathi bakumjonga abantu ehamba apho eludongeni, bafumanisa ukuba emzimbeni unxibe ezirhwexayo.
31. Wathi: “UThixo makandohlwaye nokuba kuqatha kangakanani na ukuba ndithe namhlanje ndayiyeka ihleli kuye intloko kaElisha unyana kaShafati!”
32. Ke uElisha wayesendlwini yakhe, ehleli namadoda amakhulu. Ukumkani wathumela isigidimi, kodwa sathi singekafiki uElisha wathetha namadoda amakhulu lawo, wathi: “Kanti aniboni, naso esi sigwinta sithumela umntu ukuba andinqumle intloko! Niyabona ke, ze nithi sakufika eso sigidimi niluvale ucango, niluqinise, singabi nako ukungena. Kaloku izingqi zenkosi yaso nazo emva kwaso.”
33. Esathetha nawo njalo, sagaleleka isigidimi. Ke ukumkani wathi: “Le ntlekele ivela kuNdikhoyo. Ngani ke ukuba ndibe salindela uNdikhoyo?”