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| 1. | Kwasekusithi emva kwensuku ezinengi ilizwi le Nkosi lafika kuElija ngomnyaka wesithathu lisithi: Hamba, uziveze kuAhabi, sengizanisa izulu ebusweni bomhlaba. |
| 2. | UElija wasesiya ukuziveza kuAhabi. Njalo indlala yayilamandla eSamariya. |
| 3. | UAhabi wasebiza uObadiya owayengumphathi wendlu yakhe. UObadiya wayeyesaba-ke kakhulu i Nkosi. |
| 4. | Ngoba kwathi lapho uJezebeli ebhubhisa abaprofethi be Nkosi, uObadiya wathatha abaprofethi abalikhulu, wabafihla ngamadoda angamatshumi amahlanu ebhalwini, wabondla ngesinkwa langamanzi. |
| 5. | UAhabi wasesithi kuObadiya: Hamba uye elizweni emithonjeni yonke yamanzi lezifuleni zonke; mhlawumbe singathola utshani, silondoloze amabhiza lezimbongolo kuphila, ukuze singabhubhisi okwezifuyo. |
| 6. | Basebesehlukaniselana ilizwe ukuthi badabule phakathi kwalo; uAhabi wahamba ngenye indlela yedwa, uObadiya laye wahamba ngenye indlela yedwa. |
| 7. | Kwasekusithi uObadiya esendleleni, khangela-ke, uElija wamhlangabeza; wamnanzelela, wawa ngobuso bakhe wathi: Nguwe yini, nkosi yami, Elija? |
| 8. | Wasesithi kuye: Yimi. Hamba u ye tshela inkosi yakho ukuthi: Khangela, uElija ulapha. |
| 9. | Wasesithi: Ngoneni ukuthi unikele inceku yakho esandleni sikaAhabi ukuthi angibulale? |
| 10. | Kuphila kukaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, kakulasizwe lombuso inkosi yami engathumelanga kukho ukukudinga. Lapho besithi: Kakho; yafungisa lowombuso lalesosizwe ukuthi kabakutholanga. |
| 11. | Khathesi-ke uthi: Hamba utshele inkosi yakho ukuthi: Khangela, uElija ulapha. |
| 12. | Kuzakuthi-ke sengisukile kuwe, uMoya we Nkosi akuthwale akuse lapho engingazi khona; lapho sengifike ngatshela uAhabi, angakutholi, uzangibulala; kodwa mina inceku yakho ngiyayesaba i Nkosi kusukela ebutsheni bami. |
| 13. | Kakutshelwanga inkosi yami yini engakwenzayo lapho uJezebeli ebulala abaprofethi be Nkosi, ukuthi ngafihla amadoda alikhulu kubaprofethi be Nkosi, ngamadoda angamatshumi amahlanu ebhalwini, ngabondla ngesinkwa langamanzi? |
| 14. | Khathesi-ke uthi: Hamba u ye tshela inkosi yakho ukuthi: Khangela uElija ulapha. Abesengibulala. |
| 15. | UElija wasesithi: Kuphila kukaJehova wamabandla engimi phambi kwakhe, oqotho lamuhla ngizaziveza kuye. |
| 16. | Ngakho uObadiya wahamba ukuhlangabeza uAhabi, wamtshela; loAhabi wayahlangabeza uElija. |
| 17. | Kwasekusithi uAhabi ebona uElija, uAhabi wathi kuye: Nguwe yini ohlupha uIsrayeli? |
| 18. | Wasesithi: Kangimhluphanga uIsrayeli, kodwa nguwe lendlu kayihlo, ngokuyitshiya kwenu imilayo ye Nkosi, lalandela oBhali. |
| 19. | Ngakho-ke thuma, ubuthanisele kimi uIsrayeli wonke entabeni iKharmeli, labaprofethi bakaBhali abangamakhulu amane lamatshumi amahlanu labaprofethi bezixuku abangamakhulu amane abadla etafuleni likaJezebeli. |
| 20. | Ngakho uAhabi wathuma phakathi kwabo bonke abantwana bakoIsrayeli, wabuthanisa abaprofethi entabeni iKharmeli. |
| 21. | UElija wasesondela ebantwini bonke wathi: Koze kube nini liqhula phezu kwemicabango emibili? Uba i Nkosi inguNkulunkulu, landelani yona; kodwa uba kunguBhali, mlandeleni. Kodwa abantu kabamphendulanga nga lizwi. |
| 22. | UElija wasesithi ebantwini: Mina ngedwa ngingumprofethi we Nkosi oseleyo; kodwa abaprofethi bakaBhali ngamadoda angamakhulu amane lamatshumi amahlanu. |
| 23. | Ngakho kabasinike amajongosi amabili, bazikhethele ijongosi elilodwa, baliqume iziqa, bazibeke phezu kwenkuni, bangafaki mlilo; lami ngizalungisa elinye ijongosi, ngilibeke phezu kwenkuni, ngingafaki mlilo. |
| 24. | Njalo bizani ibizo likankulunkulu wenu, lami ngizabiza ibizo le Nkosi; uNkulunkulu ozaphendula ngomlilo nguye uNkulunkulu. Bonke abantu basebephendula bathi: Lelilizwi lilungile. |
| 25. | UElija wasesithi kubaprofethi bakaBhali: Zikhetheleni ijongosi elilodwa, lililungise kuqala, ngoba libanengi, libize ibizo likankulunkulu wenu, kodwa lingafaki mlilo. |
| 26. | Basebethatha ijongosi ababelinikiwe, balilungisa, babiza ibizo likaBhali kusukela ekuseni kwaze kwaba semini, besithi: Bhali, siphendule! Kodwa kakubanga lalizwi, kakubanga lophendulayo. Basebeseqa phezu kwelathi elalenziwe. |
| 27. | Kwasekusithi emini uElija wadlala ngabo wathi: Memezani ngelizwi elikhulu, ngoba ungunkulunkulu; ngoba uyanakana, loba ubambekile, kumbe usekuhambeni, mhlawumbe ulele, njalo kudingeka ukuthi avuswe. |
| 28. | Basebememeza ngelizwi elikhulu, bazisika njengokomkhuba wabo ngezinkemba langemikhonto, kwaze kwantshaza igazi kubo. |
| 29. | Kwasekusithi sekwedlulile imini, baprofetha kwaze kwaba sekunikelweni komnikelo, kakubanga lelizwi, njalo kakubanga lophendulayo, njalo kakubanga lonakekelayo. |
| 30. | UElija wasesithi ebantwini bonke: Sondelani kimi. Bonke abantu basebesondela kuye. Waselungisa ilathi le Nkosi elaselidilikile. |
| 31. | UElija wasethatha amatshe alitshumi lambili, ngokwenani lezizwe zamadodana kaJakobe, okwafika kuye ilizwi le Nkosi lisithi: Ibizo lakho lizakuba nguIsrayeli. |
| 32. | Ngalawomatshe wasesakha ilathi ebizweni le Nkosi, wenza umgelo ozingelezela ilathi, ngokwesilinganiso samaseya* amabili enhlanyelo. |
| 33. | Waselungisa inkuni, waliquma iziqa ijongosi, wa li beka phezu kwenkuni, wasesithi: Gcwalisani izimbiza ezine ngamanzi, liwathele phezu komnikelo wokutshiswa laphezu kwenkuni. |
| 34. | Wasesithi: Kwenzeni okwesibili. Bakwenza okwesibili. Wathi: Kwenzeni okwesithathu. Basebekwenza okwesithathu. |
| 35. | Amanzi asehamba azingelezela ilathi, lomgelo lawo wawugcwalisa ngamanzi. |
| 36. | Kwasekusithi ekunikelweni komnikelo uElija umprofethi wasondela wathi: Nkosi, Nkulunkulu kaAbrahama, uIsaka, loIsrayeli, kakwaziwe lamuhla ukuthi unguNkulunkulu koIsrayeli, lami ngiyinceku yakho, lokuthi ngizenzile zonke lezizinto njengokwelizwi lakho. |
| 37. | Ngiphendule, Nkosi, ungiphendule, ukuze lababantu bazi ukuthi wena uyi Nkosi uNkulunkulu, lokuthi uziphendulile futhi inhliziyo zabo. |
| 38. | Wasusehla umlilo we Nkosi, waqothula umnikelo wokutshiswa lenkuni lamatshe lothuli, wakhotha lamanzi asemgelweni. |
| 39. | Kwathi abantu bonke bekubona bathi mbo ngobuso babo, bathi: UJehova nguye onguNkulunkulu; uJehova nguye onguNkulunkulu. |
| 40. | UElija wasesithi kibo: Babambeni abaprofethi bakaBhali, kungaphunyuki lamunye wabo. Basebebabamba. UElija wasebehlisela esifuleni iKishoni, wababulalela khona. |
| 41. | UElija wasesithi kuAhabi: Yenyuka, udle unathe, ngoba kulomsindo wobunengi bezulu. |
| 42. | UAhabi wasesenyuka ukuyakudla lokunatha. UElija wasesenyukela engqongeni yeKharmeli; wakhothamela phansi emhlabathini, wafaka ubuso bakhe phakathi kwamadolo akhe. |
| 43. | Wasesithi encekwini yakhe: Yenyuka khathesi, ukhangele ngaselwandle. Yasisenyuka, yakhangela, yathi: Kakulalutho. Wasesithi: Buyela, kasikhombisa. |
| 44. | Kwasekusithi ngesikhathi sesikhombisa yathi: Khangela, iyezana elingangesandla somuntu lisenyuka olwandle. Wasesithi: Yenyuka uyetshela uAhabi: Bophela inqola, wehle, hlezi izulu likuvalele. |
| 45. | Kwasekusithi kungakafiki lesosikhathi isibhakabhaka sasesisiba mnyama ngamayezi langomoya, kwaba lezulu elikhulu. UAhabi wasegada, waya eJizereyeli. |
| 46. | Lesandla se Nkosi sasiphezu kukaElija; wabopha ukhalo lwakhe, wagijima phambi kukaAhabi, uze ufike eJizereyeli. |
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