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.”
25. Wayesehamba-ke, wafika kulowo muntu kaNkulunkulu entabeni yaseKarmeli. Kwathi lapho lowo muntu kaNkulunkulu embona esekude, wathi kuGehazi inceku yakhe: “Bheka, nanguya umShunemikazi;
26. ake ugijime, umhlangabeze, uthi kuye: ‘Usahlezi kahle na? Indoda yakho isahlezi kahle na? Umntanakho usahlezi kahle na?’ ”Wathi: “Sisahlezi kahle.”
27. Wafika kumuntu kaNkulunkulu entabeni, wabamba izinyawo zakhe. UGehazi wasondela ukuba amxoshe, kepha umuntu kaNkulunkulu wathi: “Myeke, ngokuba inhliziyo yakhe imunyu phakathi kwakhe; uJehova ungifihlele lokho, kangitshelanga.”
28. Wayesethi: “Ngake ngacela yini indodana enkosini yami na? Angishongo yini ukuthi: ‘Ungangikhohlisi,’ na?”
29. Wayesethi kuGehazi: “Bhinca izikhali zakho, uthathe udondolo lwami ngesandla sakho, uhambe; uma uhlangana nomuntu, ungambingeleli; uma umuntu ekubingelela, ungamphenduli, ubeke udondolo lwami ebusweni bomntwana.”
30. Unina womntwana wathi: “Kuphila kukaJehova nokuphila kwakho, angiyikukushiya.” Wayesesuka wamlandela.
31. UGehazi wadlulela ngaphambi kwabo, walubeka udondolo ebusweni bomntwana; akwabakho zwi nakunaka. Ngalokho wabuya ukumhlangabeza, wamtshela ukuthi: “Umntwana akavukanga.”
32. U-Elisha esengene endlini, bheka, umntwana wayefile elele embhedeni wakhe.
33. Wangena, wabavalela bobabili isivalo, wakhuleka kuJehova.