13. Wathi kuye: “Ake usho kuye ukuthi: ‘Bheka, usinakekele ngakho konke lokhu kunakekela; ungenzelwa ntoni na? Uthanda ukukhulunyelwa enkosini noma enduneni yempi na?’ ”Wathi: “Ngihlezi phakathi kwabantu bakithi.”
14. Wayesethi: “Angenzelwa ntoni na?”UGehazi wathi: “Impela akanandodana, nendoda yakhe isindala.”
15. Wayesethi: “Mbize.” Wambiza; wema emnyango.
16. Wathi: “Ngalesi sikhathi ngomnyaka ozayo uyakusingatha indodana.”Wathi: “Hhayi, nkosi, wena muntu kaNkulunkulu, ungaqambi amanga encekukazini yakho.”
17. Kepha owesifazane wakhulelwa, wazala indodana ngaleso sikhathi ngomnyaka olandelayo njengokusho kuka-Elisha kuye.
18. Kwathi umfana esekhulile, waphuma ngelinye ilanga, waya kuyise kubavuni.
19. Wathi kuyise: “Ngafa ikhanda! Ngafa ikhanda!”Wayesethi encekwini yakhe: “Myise kunina.”
20. Yamthatha, yamyisa kunina; wahlala emathangeni akhe kwaze kwaba semini, wafa.
21. Wakhuphuka, wambeka embhedeni womuntu kaNkulunkulu, wamvalela, waphuma.
22. Wabiza indoda yakhe, wathi: “Ake ungithumele enye yezinceku nenye yezimbongolo ukuba ngigijimele kulowo muntu kaNkulunkulu, bese ngibuya.”
23. Kepha wathi: “Uyelani kuye namuhla na? Akusilo olokwethwasa kwenyanga, akusilo isabatha.”Wathi: “Kahle.”
24. Wayesebophela imbongolo, wathi encekwini yakhe: “Qhuba, uhambe njalo, ungangimisi ekuhambeni, uma ngingakutsheli.”