¹ Hino, Naman, mutungamirire we hondo dza mambo wa Siria, anga ari munhu mukuru ano kudzuwa pamberi pa Ishe ake, ngokuti kubudhikidza ne nyara dzake Ishe anga akapa kukunda kuna asiria. Yena futi wanga ari munhu wakasimba uye wakashinga, asi wanga ane maperembudzi. ² Wa siria wanga waka rwisa nezvikwata uye wakatora kamusikana kamwe kwe nyka ye Iziraeri. Akona kaisenzera mukadzi wa Naman. ³ Kamusikana kakati kuna tenzi ako: "Inini ndaidha maningi kuti ishe wangu Naman dhai anga arikuna muporofiti unogara ku Samaria! Dhai arapuwa maperembudziwo". ⁴ Hino, Naman wakaenda kuna mambo uye wakabuya zvakarekethuwa nemu sikana. ⁵ Mambo wa Siria wakati kuna Naman: "Enda zvino, uye inini nditchatumira tsamba kuna mambo wa Iziraeri" Naman wakabhudha uye wakatora masimbi gumi endarama, zvuru zvitanhatu zve siriva uye uye ne matchira anokwana gumi. ⁶ Yena wakatorazve futi kuna mambo we Iziraeri tsamba, yaiti: "Ikuguma kwauri tsamba iyi, utchaziya kuti ndatuma Naman musenzi wangu, kuti umorape maperembudzi ake". ⁷ Mambo weIziraeri paka erenga tsamba, yena waka wesa matchira ake uye wakati: "Inini ndiri Mwari here, kuti ndi uraye kana kuti ndiraramise kuti mambo wa Siri anditumire munhu kuitira kuti ndimurape maperembudzi ake? Aripi yena kutswaka mhoswa kuna inini kuti tisapindirane?". ⁸ Erisha, munhu wa Mwari, pakazvizuwa kuti mambo we Iziraeri wanga amwesa matchira, wakatumira soko kuna yena etchiti: "Ngei wa mwesa matchira ako? Musiyei auye kwandiri zvino, uye yena utchaziya kuti kunomupofiti ku Iziraeri". ⁹ Zvino, wakauya, Naman ne kavaro dzake uye ne ngoro dzake uye wakagara pamusuwo we nyumba ya Erisha . ¹⁰ Erisha wakatuma tsamba kuna Naman kuti etchiti: "Enda uye dzinyike kanomwe mu murambo we Djorodani , uye nyama itcha ttchinja; uye itchatchena". ¹¹ Asi Naman wakatsamwa, wakaenda etchiti: "Nangirai! Inini ndai funga kuti yena atchabudha kuya kwandiri uye waizo dhaidza kuna Ishe, Mwari wake uye, pakutswasa nyara yake pano maperembudzi, waizorapa nhenda yangu. ¹² Andidzopi murambo dzikuru Abana uye na Farifar, dziri kasiria dzinopinda dze Iziraeri?" Azviti inini kudzinyika menemo uye ndotchena?". Hino yena waka whirira uye wakaenda akatswamwa. ¹³ Asenzi a Naman akakwedhera paduze naye uye akati: " Bhabha angu, kudhai muporofita wamubvunzai kuita zviro zvinoshupha, imwimwi manga musikadhi kuita? Ngei amuiti izvi zvisika shupi! Dzinyikei uye motchena"". ¹⁴ Hino, yena wakatchita uye wakadzinyika kanomwe muDjorodani, etchiterera soko ra munhu wa Mwari. Ganda rake raka tchenazve, hingana ganda remwana mudhoko, uye waka raphuwa nhenda yake. ¹⁵ Naman waka whirira kuna munhu wa Mwari, yena ne anhu ese aimuperekedza, uye wakaima pamberi pake. "Onai, zvino ndakuzia kuti akuna Mwari kunyika dzese, kunze ko Iziraeri. Saka, ndapota, torai zvaunzisuwa nomu senzi wenyu". ¹⁶ Asi Erisha wakati: "Sa Ishe anorarama, andiri pamberi pawo, anditori tchiro pazvawa unzisa. "Naman waka wakaedza kuti yena atore asi muporofiti wakaramba. ¹⁷ Uye Naman wakati: "Kana musikadhi, siyai musrenzi wenyu atora masaku mairi emavu enyika ino. Nokuti musenzi wenyu atchapi zvipo kuno tchimwari tchimweni, kunze kwa Ishe. ¹⁸ Asi, ndino kumbira kuti mutitendere tchiro tchimwe, kuti Ishe ngandi regerere inini musenzi wawo: pakuti mambo wangu angaenda ku nyumba ya Rimon, kuti anamate ndino sowaperekedza uye inini ndino pfukama munyumbemo futi nawo. Saka kana ndikapfukama menemo Ishe ngandirekerere munyaya yeneyo. ¹⁹ Erisha wakati: " Enda norugare". Naman wakaenda. ²⁰ Naman paka tarauka tchimukuwo tchidhoko bhasi, Geazi, musenzi wa Erisha, munhu wa Mwari, wakati ega ega: "Onai, ishe wangu aramba kamare zviro zvaunzuwa na Naman mu siria. Sa Ishe anorarama inini nditchagogoma kwenda kuna yena uye nditchatambira tchiro kuna yena". ²¹ Hino, Geazi waka gogoma kutera Naman uye Namanpakaona kuti kune munhu aritera etchi gogoma, wakatchita mungoro yake kudha kusongana naye uye wakati: "Kwaka naka here? ²² Geazi wakati : "Mufundise wangu wandituma kuya kwauri uye wanditi: "Onai, zvino auya kwandiri ana airi emaporofiti kubva kudhenga kumatunhu eku Efraimu. Ndapota, pasai aona simbe imwe ye ndarama uye matchira mairi futi"". ²³ Hino Naman wakadhaira: Ndiri kudhakara zvikuru ngokukupai masimbe mairi e ndarama". Naman waka manikidza Geazi kuti atambire masimbi mairi uye waka sunga masimbi mairi endarama mu zvibhudhu zviri, pamwepo ne matchira mairi, uye wakapa asenzi ake airi, aithuwara zvirozvo pamberi pa Geazi. ²⁴ Geazi paka kwira dhunhu, yena waka tora zvibhudhu zviya munyara ma asenzi a Naman uye wakaiga mu nyumba yake, waka eneka anhu , aona akabhudha. ²⁵ Geazi paka pinda, wakaima pamberi pa ishe ake. Erisha wakati: "Uri kubvepi?". Yena wakadhaira: Musenzi wenyu akuna ka enda". ²⁶ Erisha wakati kuna Geazi: "Mweya wanga usiripi newe here nguwa iya yatchita munhu pa ngoro yake kuya kwauri? Ndiyo here nguwa yokutenda kutora mare ue ne matchira, zvinosimwa, mabhira, mwombe uye be asenzi anarume uye ne anakadzi? ²⁷ Hino, maperembudzi a Naman atcha uya kwauri uye kune dinza rako nokusinga peri". Hino Geazi wakabhuda pamberi pa munhu wa Mwari, nomaperembudzi akatchena hingana mvura ye tchando.