¹ Ishe Mwari painga otchinda kutora Eriya kuti aende kudhenga kubhurukidza kotchipuri puri, zvakaitika kuti Eriya akabhunda ku Girgari Ericha. ² Eriya akati kuna Ericha: "ndapota, gara pano, nokuti Ishe Mwari wandituma kuti ndiyendhe ku Beteri". Ericha akati: " Sokudharo anorarama Ishe Mwari uye imwimwiwo, inini adimusi". Nokudharo, iwona akatchita akaenda ku Beteri. ³ Ana omapurofiti ainga ari ku Beteri akauya kuna Ericha uye akati: Iwewe unoziya kuti nyamasi Ishe Mwari atchabvisa mufundisi wako pakati pako?" Ericha akadhaira. " hodhe, inini ndino zviziya, zvakadharo musabhuye nezvazvo". ⁴ Eriya akamuti: " ndapota, Ericha, ndiimire pano, nokuti Ishe Mwari wandituma ku Jeriko". Uye Ericha akati: " Se anorarama Ishe Mwari uye saizvozvo muno raramawo, inini andimusi". Nokudaro, iwona akaenda ku Jeriko. ⁵ Nokudharo, wana omaporofiti ainga ari ku Jeriko akauya kuna Ericha uye akamubvunza: "Iweweunoziya kuti Ishe Mwari atchabvisa mufundisi wako nyamasi pKti pako?". Nokudharo, Ericha akati: "honddhe, inini ndinozviziya, asi musabhuye nezvazvo". ⁶ Nokudharo, Eriya akamubunza: "ndapota, gara pano, nokuti Ishe Mwari andituma ku Joridani". Ericha akati: " Mararamire anoita Ishe Mwari uye ndiwo mararamiro enyu, inini andimusi". Nokudharo, iwona akaenda. ⁷ Pamberipo, mazana mashano owana omaporofiti akagara akaimira, pamberi pawo, pamukuwo wakatemba, iwona ari airi akaramba akaimira, pamberi po Jorodani. ⁸ Eriya akabhata geremedzi rake, akaripeta uye akatsetsa bvura naye. Bhahari rakaparadzana kumati ese, iwona ari airi akapinda pakaoma. ⁹ Paaka pedza kundarika, zvakaitika kuti Eriya akati kuna Ericha: " ndizvudzise zvinyi zvaungonda kuti ndikuitiri ndisati ndabhudhiswa pamberi pako". Ericha akandhaira: " ndapota, ndinokumbira dzodzo rakapetwa omweya weyu kuna ionini". ¹⁰ Eriya akati: "zvinoshupa tchiro tchawandikumbira. zvakadharo, iwewe Ukaona ndetchi bviswa pamberi pako, izvi zvitchazokuitikira, kunze kwazvo; azvizokuitikiri". ¹¹ Iwona paitchita uye otchitchedza, akaona ngoro yemoto nomabhiza emoto akawa pasanura nopakati umwe ndhi rake umweni ndirake, uye Eriya akakwira patchipuri puri ye bhepo kuzama aenda kudhenga. ¹² Ericha akaona izvi uye akadhaidzira: " Bhabha wangu, bhabha wangu, ngoro dze israeri nomabhiza!. Iyena azikumuonazve, akatora matchira a Eriya uye akamwesa pozviri. ¹³ Iyena akabhata geremedzi rakangwisa Eriya uye akaendazve ku Jorodani. ¹⁴ Akatsetsa bvura nogeremedzi ra Eriya uye akati: " Ari kupi Ishe Mwari, Mwari wa Eriya?". Paaka tsetsa bvunra, iwona yakapatsanuka nopakati uye Ericha akambhira. ¹⁵ Wana omaporofiti oku Jeriko paaka muona etchibhira, akati: " Mweiya wa Eriya uri maEricha!". Nokudharo, akauya pamberi pake uye akamungwandamira. ¹⁶ Uye akati. " Pakati penyu aripo waranda anokwana kuita mazana maashanu anosimba. Tinokumbira kuti muasiye aende kopfanga mufundisi wenyu, zvinozongona kuita kuti Mweya wa Ishe Mwari wamutora uye omusiya parimwe ngomo kana kutiwo paridhi". Ericha akadhaira: "Musaitei izvi; musawatume". ¹⁷ Asi akabhabhidzira kuna Ericha uye akamuitisa kuti apferuke, nokudharo akati: "Atumei". Ipona, iwona akawatuma mazana mashanu uye, nomazuwa matatu, akamupfanga, asi azi kumuona. ¹⁸ Akarwirira kuna Ericha, painga ku Jeriko, uye iyena akawati: "andizi kumubunzai, Musaendei?". ¹⁹ Anarume we Guta akati kuna Ericha: " Onai, isusu ntadhemba, nyaya ye guta rinoita inga rakanaka, se mufundisi murikuona, asi bvunra yatcho yakashata, uye nyika yatcho aina ndimu uye aibhari". ²⁰ Ericha akadhaira: "Ndiudzisirei ndhiro ipfa uye kandhai munyu pokatimu". Nokudharo, iwona akamudzisira. ²¹ Ericha akaenda kuno bharwa bvunra uye akakanda munyu; zvakadaro iyena akati: " Ishe Mwari anoti: Inini nditcha rapa bvunra. Kunbva zvino kwenderera bheri, akutchazonekwi rufu kana kuti nyika itchazogara no ndhimo". ²² Nokundai, bvunra yakarapwa zamara notsiku yonyamasi, kubhurukidza nomaspoko aEricha. ²³ Nokundaro, Ereicha akakwira akaenda ku Beteri. Uye, paiyenda nogwadza, madjaha akabhunda muguta uye akamuseka, otchiti: "nokunda, kwebhadza! onai, nyabhadza!". ²⁴ Iyena akazungunuka onangisa sure, akawaona uye akawatuka nomuzina ra Ishe Mwari. Nokudharo, zvinyama zviri zvakabunda mushango uye akauraiya mazana marongomuna wemadjaha. ²⁵ Uye, paakabunda, akaenda kungomo Kamero uye, kwakabva kweneiyo, akazorwirira ku Samaria.