¹ Mukadzi we mwana we muporofita wakauya otchitchema kuna Ericha, otchiti: " muranmda wenyu, mamuna wangu, wafa, uye imwimwi muno zviziya kuti iyena aitya Ishe Mwari. Zvino auya anyamangaa kuti atore ana angu airi se ndapwa". ² Nokudharo, Ericha akamuti: " ndokuitirei?" Iyena akamuti: "Muranda wako ana tchiro kunyumba, kunze kwemafuta". ³ Nekundaro, Ericha akati: "Enda kokumbira zvigubho kuno anya tchingarisano tchako, zvigumbu zvakawanda. ⁴ Nokudaro, unondikana kupinda mumba mako, ofunga musuwo iwewe uye nowana wako, uye okokotera mafuta ezvigubhu. Ozokanda pamutcheto zvigu ⁵ Iyena wakasiya Ericha, uye wakafunga musuwo uye no wana ake. aiudza zvigubhu iyena otchidzadza nomafuta. ⁶ Paakazodzara zvigubhu, akati: "udzai zvimweni". Asi iyena akamuti: "Apatchinazve zvigubhu". Nokudaro, mafuta akaimira kubhunda. ⁷ Nokudharo, iyena akauya wo erengera munhu wa Mwari. Iyena akati: "Enda, tengesa mafuta, ozoripa magaa, uye, iwewe nowana ako raramai nozvinosara". ⁸ Rimwe remazuwa, Ericha wakaenda ku Sune, kwairarama mwana kadzi umweni unokosha kukuru, akamu kukumidza kuti iyena aende korya naye. Nokudharo, mazuwa ese aipinda Ericha penepo, aimir kuti aryepo. ⁹ Mwanakadzi uya akabvunza mamuna wake: "zvino ndinoziwa kuti uyu, anopinda nguwa yese nopano. ndimupfene munhu wa Mwari". ¹⁰ Ngatiite bhaso indoko pamusoro penyumba kuiitira Ericha, katiinge mubhenda, netafura, txituru tchimwe uye notchimbane. Nokudaro, akauya kuna isusu, nozo gara penepo". ¹¹ Asi, paakazokwana tsiku pa Ericha akaimira penepo, iyena akagara munbaso uye akazorora. ¹² Ericha wakatuma muranda wake, Geazi, enda kondaidza muSunamita. Nokudaro, iyena akamundaidza uye, iyena akauya, ¹³ Ericha akatuma kuti amutaurire kuna iyena:"Iwewe wawadirwa nobhasa ngodha yedu. Tchinyi tchaukudha kuti tikuitire? toreketa here na mambo kuna iwewe, kana nomutungamiriri wemasodja?". Iyena akandaira: " Inini ndino rarama pakati pa anhu angu". ¹⁴ Ericha akati:" Tinoita tchinyi kauri, nokudaro?". Geazi akandaira: " Onai, iyena ana mwana, uye mamuna wake wakwegura". ¹⁵ Nokundaro, Ericha akandaira: "mundaidzei". pakamundaidza, iyena akamuka oimira pmusuwo. ¹⁶ Ericha akti: "nonguwa hino, ngore ririkuiya pano, iwewe utchanhata mwana". Iyena akati: "kwete, mufundisi muri munhu wa Mwari, musanyeperei muranda wenyu". ¹⁷ Zvandaro, mwana kadzi akawa nepamuiri, uye akabhara mwana, pagore rimweni, panguwa imweiyo imweiyo, sa Ericha akamubvunza. ¹⁸ Mwana akakura, akabhunda rimwe zuwa kwend kuna bhaba wake, ainga anocefa. ¹⁹ Iyena akati kuna bhabha wake: "Musoro wangu! musoro Wangu!". Bhabha wake akabvunza kuna muranda: "mutorei muendesei kuna maiyi wake". ²⁰ Muranda paaka mubhata uye omuendesa kuna maiyi wake, mwana akagara namaiwake zuwa rese uye, nokudharo, wakafa. ²¹ Nokudharo, mwanakanzi wakamuk uye akaradzika mwana pamubhede po munhu wa Mwari, kwakufunga musuwo uye kobhunda. ²² Iyena akandaidza mamuna wake uye akati: Ndapota, nditumirei muranda umwe wenyu, uye nobhongoro, kuti ndigogome kuenda kuna munhu wa Mwari uye, nokudaro, ndorwirira". ²³ Mamuna wake akati: "Ngei unonda kumuona nyamasi? Akusi mwedzi ipfa, nosabhundu". Iyena akandaira: " Zvitchagara zvakanaka". ²⁴ Nokudharo, iyesa akangadzirira mbhongoro uye akati kuna waranda wake: "Tekenya zvokukasika; usaimire kunze kwekubhuya kwangu". ²⁵ Kudharo, iyena wakabhunda uye wakaenda kosongana no munhu wa Mwari, ku ngomo re Kamero. Munhu wa Mwari paaka muona nokure, akati kuna Geazi, muranda wake: "ona mwanakadzi musunamita. ²⁶ Ndapota, ngogoma uyende kwari uye omubvunza: Zvakanaka kwauri, no mamuna wako uye nomwana?". Iyena akandaira: " zvese zvirinomwazvo". ²⁷ Iyena paaka nguma pamberi po Munhu waMwari pagomo, iyena akabhata muredje dzake. Geazi akakwendera kuti amufendedze, asi munhu waMwari akati: "MUsiwe ega, nokuti iyena akatsukwrisa, uye, Ishe Mmari akandifisira nyaya iyi, uye azi kundi bvunza tchiro". ²⁸ Iyena akati: " Ndakamukumbirai mwana, mufundisi wangu? Andizi inini: Musandinyepere?". ²⁹ Nokudaro, Ericha akati kuna Geazi: " Pfeka matchira ako orwendo uye, bhata ndonga wangu munyra mako. Enda kumba kwake. Ukasongana nomunhu, usamutchungamidze uye, munhu akakutchungamidza, usamundaire. Kanda ndonga wangu pamberi pohope yemwana". ³⁰ Asi maiyi wemwana akati: " se anorarama Ishe Mwari uye nokurarama kwenyu, andimusieyi". Nokundaro, Ericha akapurumuka, uye akamutera. ³¹ Geazi akatungamira pamberi uye akakanda ndonga pamberi po hope yemwana, asi mwana anzi kureketa, azi kuzwa. Nokundaro, Geazi akarwirira kuna Ericha uye akaamuti: " Mwana azi kupembenuka". ³² Ericha paaka nguma paumba, mwana wainga wakafa, uye ainga atchiri pamubheta. ³³ Nokudaro, Ericha akapinda, uye akafunga musuwo iyena nomwana, uye akanamata kuna Ishe Mwari. ³⁴ Akapinda uye akawata nemwana; akanda muromo omwana pamuromo wake, madziso nemdziso wake, uye nenyara nonyarao dzake. Iyena wakatwasanuka pmberi pomwana, uye mwiri wa mwana wakapisa. ³⁵ Nokudaro, Ericha akapurumuka uye akafamba nomubhaso uye, papswa, akawata, uye akapasanuka pamusoro pomwana. Mwana akafemeruka kanomwe uye akafunungura madziso! ³⁶ Ericha akandaidza Geazi uye akati: " ndaidza musunamita!". Nokudaro, iyena akamudaidza uye, iyena paakapinda mubhaso, akati: "Bhata mwana wako". ³⁷ Iyena akagwandama nohope akanangisa pasi, otchikotamis musoro wake, uye akabhata mwana wake, uye akabhunda. ³⁸ Ericha akarwirira ku Girgari. Uye kainga kune dzara munyika? uye ana omaporofiti ainga akangara naye. Iyena akabvunza kuna muranda wake:" Kanda poto ihuru pamoto uye mbhika tchokurha kuti upase ana omaporofiti". ³⁹ Umwe wawo akaenda kumunda kuti anonge muriwo uye, uye wakangumira muti omushngo, akakoha mitchero yakakwana kuti adzadze mutchikandiro tchake. Iwona akagwanda uye akambika, asi ainga asikazvizi kuti zvainga zviri zvinyi. ⁴⁰ Zvakandaro, akapatsanurana zvekurha kune anhu kuti arhe. Pakarepo, pahirha, iwona aikuwa otchiti: Munhu wa Mwari, paita rufu mupoto!". Uye iyona azozi kurha. ⁴¹ Ericha akati: " Udzisai ufu pandoko". Iyena akakandira mukati mopoto, uye akati: " Pasai zvekurha kune anhu, nokudharo, iwona anozorha". uye painga pasinazve tchinotsisa mupoto. ⁴² Pano mwnarume akauya kubva ku Baal-Salisa, uye akaudzisa ko munhu wa Mwari mazana mairi emukati pokokorora papswa, uye nemagwere maishi munhura make. Iyena woti:" pasa izvi kuanhu kuti arhe". ⁴³ Muranda wake wakati:" Tchinyi? Ericha akati: " ipa izvi kuanhu, kuti arhe, nokuti Ishe Mwari ndizvo zvanobuya: Iwona akarha uye akasiya". ⁴⁴ Nokudharo, muranda wake akapasa, iwona akarha, uye akasiyazve pandoko, se zvino bhuya Ishe Mwari zvakamu wibhisai.