1. U-Elisha wayekhulumile nowesifazane ondodana yakhe ayivusile ngokuthi: “Suka uhambe wena nabendlu yakho, uhlale lapho ungahlala khona, ngokuba uJehova umemezele indlala, futhi iyakufika ezweni iminyaka eyisikhombisa.”
2. Wasuka lowo wesifazane, wenza njengezwi lomuntu kaNkulunkulu; wahamba nabendlu yakhe, wagogobala ezweni lamaFilisti iminyaka eyisikhombisa.
3. Kwathi ngasekupheleni kweminyaka eyisikhombisa lowo wesifazane wabuya ezweni lamaFilisti; waphuma, wazikhalela enkosini ngendlu yakhe nangezwe lakhe.
4. Inkosi yayisilokhu ikhuluma noGehazi inceku yomuntu kaNkulunkulu ukuthi: “Ake ungilandise zonke izinto ezinkulu azenzileyo u-Elisha.”
5. Kwathi esayilandisa inkosi ukuthi uvusile ofileyo, bheka, owesifazane ondodana yakhe ayivusileyo wakhala enkosini ngendlu yakhe nangezwe lakhe. Wayesethi uGehazi: “Nkosi yami, nkosi, yilo owesifazane, yile indodana yakhe u-Elisha ayivusileyo.”
6. Inkosi yayisimbuza owesifazane, wayilandisa. Inkosi yammisela induna ethile ngokuthi: “Buyisa konke okwakungokwakhe nazo zonke izithelo zensimu, kusukela osukwini owasuka ngalo ezweni kuze kube manje.”
7. Wayesefika u-Elisha eDamaseku; uBeni Hadadi inkosi yase-Aramu wayegula; watshelwa ukuthi: “Umuntu kaNkulunkulu ufikile lapha.”
8. Inkosi yayisithi kuHazayeli: “Zithathele ngesandla sakho izipho, uhambe umhlangabeze lowo muntu kaNkulunkulu, ubuze kuJehova ngaye ukuthi: ‘Ngiyakusinda kulesi sifo na?’ ”
9. Wayesehamba uHazayeli ukumhlangabeza, wazithathela ngesandla sakhe izipho ezintweni zonke ezinhle zaseDamaseku, imithwalo yamakamela angamashumi amane, weza wema phambi kwakhe, wathi: “Indodana yakho uBeni Hadadi, inkosi yase-Aramu, ingithumile kuwe ngokuthi: ‘Ngiyakusinda kulesi sifo na?’ ”
10. U-Elisha wathi kuye: “Hamba, uthi kuye: ‘Uyakusinda nokusinda,’ kodwa uJehova ungibonisile ukuthi ngempela uyakufa nokufa.”
11. U-Elisha wayesemgqolozela, UHazayeli waze waba namahloni. Wayeseqhumuka ekhala umuntu kaNkulunkulu.
12. UHazayeli wathi: “Inkosi yami ikhalelani na?”Yathi: “Ngokuba ngiyazi okubi oyakukwenza kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli; uyakuthungela izinqaba zabo ngomlilo, ubulale izinsizwa zabo ngenkemba, uphahlaze izingane zabo, uqaqe abesifazane babo abakhulelweyo.”