¹Zvino nguva yakati yasvika Jehovha yaakada kukwidza Eria nayo kudenga nechinyamupupuri, Eria akaenda naErisha vachibva Girigari.

¹And it cometh to pass, at Jehovah`s taking up Elijah in a whirlwind to the heavens, that Elijah goeth, and Elisha, from Gilgal,

²Eria akati kuna Erisha, Iwe chigara pano,nokuti Jehovha wakandituma Bhetieri. Erisha akati, NaJehovha mupenyu, uye nomweya wenyu mupenyu, handingakusii. Naizvozvo vakaburukira Bhetieri.

²and Elijah saith unto Elisha, `Abide, I pray thee, here, for Jehovah hath sent me unto Beth-El;` and Elisha saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, if I leave thee;` and they go down to Beth-El.

³Zvino vanakomana vavaporofita vaiva paBhetieri, vakasvika kuna Erisha, vakati kwaari, Munoziva here kuti Jehovha uchakubvisirai tenzi wenyu nhasi? Iye akati, Hongu, ndinoziva; nyararai henyu.

³And sons of the prophets who [are] in Beth-El come out unto Elisha, and say unto him, `Hast thou known that to-day Jehovah is taking thy lord from thy head?` and he saith, `I also have known — keep silent.`

⁴Eria akati kwaari, Erisha, iwe chigara pano, nekuti Jehovha wakandituma Jeriko. lye akati, NaJehovha mupenyu, uye nomweya wenyu mupenyu, handingakusiiyi. Naizvozvo vakasvika Jeriko.

⁴And Elijah saith to him, `Elisha, abide, I pray thee, here, for Jehovah hath sent me to Jericho;` and he saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, if I leave thee;` and they come in to Jericho.

⁵Zvino vanakomana vavaporofita, vaiva paJeriko, vakaswedera kuna Erisha, vakati kwaari, Munoziva here kuti Jehovha uchakubvisirai tenzi wenyu nhasi? Iye akapindura, akati, Hongu, ndinoziva, nyararai henyu.

⁵And sons of the prophets who [are] in Jericho come nigh unto Elisha, and say unto him, `Hast thou known that to-day Jehovah is taking thy lord from thy head?` and he saith, `I also have known — keep silent.`

⁶Eria akati kwaari, Iwe chigara pano, nekuti Jehovha wakandituma kwaJoridhani. Iye akati, NaJehovha mupenyu, uye nomweya wenyu mupenyu, handingakusiiyi. Ivo vari vaviri vakapfuura havo.

⁶And Elijah saith to him, `Abide, I pray thee, here, for Jehovah hath sent me to the Jordan;` and he saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, if I leave thee;` and they go on both of them,

⁷Zvino varume vana makumi mashanu vavanakomana vavaporofita vakaenda vakandomira pakatarisana navo vari kure; ivo vari vaviri vakamira paJoridhani.

⁷— and fifty men of the sons of the prophets have gone on, and stand over-against afar off — and both of them have stood by the Jordan.

⁸Ipapo Eria akatora nguvo yake, akaipeta, akarova mvura, ikaparadzaniswa napakati, naizvozvo ivo vaviri vakayambuka pakawoma.

⁸And Elijah taketh his robe, and wrappeth [it] together, and smiteth the waters, and they are halved, hither and thither, and they pass over both of them on dry land.

⁹Zvino vakati vayambuka, Eria akati kuna Erisha, Kumbira chandingakuitira, ndichigere kubviswa kwauri. Erisha akati, Ndipei migove miviri yomweya wenyu.

⁹And it cometh to pass, at their passing over, that Elijah hath said unto Elisha, `Ask, what do I do for thee before I am taken from thee?` and Elisha saith, `Then let there be, I pray thee, a double portion of thy spirit unto me;`

¹⁰Akati, Wakumbira chinhu chinogozha; asi kana ukandiona ndichibviswa kwauri, uchaitirwa izvozvo; asi kana usingandiwoni, haungaitirwi izvozvo.

¹⁰and he saith, `Thou hast asked a hard thing; if thou dost see me taken from thee, it is to thee so; and if not, it is not.`

¹¹Zvino vakati vachifamba, vachingotaurirana havo, ngoro yomoto namabhiza omoto zvikasvika, zvikavaparadzanisa ivo vaviri; Eria akakwira kudenga nechinyamupupuri.

¹¹And it cometh to pass, they are going, going on and speaking, and lo, a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and they separate between them both, and Elijah goeth up in a whirlwind, to the heavens.

¹²Erisha akazviona, akadanidzira, achiti, Baba vangu, baba vangu, ngoro yaIsiraeri navatasvi vayo vamabhiza Akasazomuonazve; akabata nguvo dzake akadzibvarura napakati.

¹²And Elisha is seeing, and he is crying, `My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and its horsemen;` and he hath not seen him again; and he taketh hold on his garments, and rendeth them into two pieces.

¹³Akanonga jasi raEria rakanga rawa kwaari, akadzoka akamira pamahombekombe aJoridhani;

¹³And he taketh up the robe of Elijah, that fell from off him, and turneth back and standeth on the edge of the Jordan,

¹⁴akatora jasi raEria rakanga rawa kwaari, akarova mvura,

¹⁴and he taketh the robe of Elijah that fell from off him, and smiteth the waters, and saith, `Where [is] Jehovah, God of Elijah — even He?` and he smiteth the waters, and they are halved, hither and thither, and Elisha passeth over.

¹⁵Zvino vanakomana vavaporofita vakanga vari paJeriko pakatarisana naye, vakati vachimuona, vakati, Mweya waEria wogara pamusoro paErisha. Vakandosangana naye, vakakotamira pasi pamberi pake.

¹⁵And they see him — the sons of the prophets who [are] in Jericho — over-against, and they say, `Rested hath the spirit of Elijah on Elisha;` and they come to meet him, and bow themselves to him to the earth,

¹⁶Vakati kwaari, Tarirai, isu varanda venyu, tina varume vana makumi mashanu vane simba; ivo ngavaende havo kundotsvaka tenzi wenyu, zvimwe Mweya waJehovha wamukwidza, ukamukandira pane rimwe gomo, kana muno mumwe mupata. Iye akati, Regai henyu kuvatuma.

¹⁶and say unto him, `Lo, we pray thee, there are with thy servants fifty men, sons of valour: let them go, we pray thee, and they seek thy lord, lest the Spirit of Jehovah hath taken him up, and doth cast him on one of the hills, or into one of the valleys;` and he saith, `Ye do not send.`

¹⁷Asi ivo vakati vamugombedzera, kusvikira anyara, akati, Tumai henyu. Naizvozvo vakatuma varume vana makumi mashanu, vakatsvaka mazuva matatu, asi havana kumuwana.

¹⁷And they press upon him, till he is ashamed, and he saith, `Send ye;` and they send fifty men, and they seek three days, and have not found him;

¹⁸Vakadzokerazve kwaari achiri paJeriko, iye akati kwavari, Handina kukuudzai here, ndikati Regai kuenda.

¹⁸and they turn back unto him — and he is abiding in Jericho — and he saith unto them, `Did I not say unto you, Do not go?`

¹⁹Zvino varume veguta vakati kuna Erisha, Tarirai, henyu, nzvimbo yeguta yakanaka hayo, sezvamunoona, ishe wedu, asi mvura yakaipa, nenyika haibereki zvakanaka.

¹⁹And the men of the city say unto Elisha, `Lo, we pray thee, the site of the city [is] good, as my lord seeth, and the waters [are] bad, and the earth sterile.`

²⁰Iye akati, Ndivigire ndiro itsva, mugoisa munyumo. Vakamuvigira iyo.

²⁰And he saith, `Bring to me a new dish, and place there salt;` and they bring [it] unto him,

²¹Akaenda kuchitubu chemvura, akadira munyu imomo, akati, Zvanzi naJehovha, Ndarapa mvura iyi, hapachazobvipo rufu, kana kusabereka.

²¹and he goeth out unto the source of the waters, and casteth there salt, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah, I have given healing to these waters; there is not thence any more death and sterility.`

²²Naizvozvo mvura ikarapwa kusvikira, nhasi sezvakataura, iye Erisha.

²²And the waters are healed unto this day, according to the word of Elisha, that he spake.

²³Zvino wakabvapo, akaenda Bhetieri; akati achikwira nenzira, zvikomana zvikabuda muguta, zvikamusweveredza, zvikati kwaari, Iwe nyamanza, kwira, iwe nyamanza, kwira!

²³And he goeth up thence to Beth-El, and he is going up in the way, and little youths have come out from the city, and scoff at him, and say to him, `Go up, bald-head! go up, bald-head!`

²⁴Iye akacheuka, akavaona, akavatuka nezita raJehovha. Ipapo maperekadzi maviri akabuda mudondo, akaparadza vana vana makumi mana navaviri vavo.

²⁴And he looketh behind him, and seeth them, and declareth them vile in the name of Jehovah, and two bears come out of the forest, and rend of them forty and two lads.

²⁵Akabvapo akaenda kugomo reKarimeri, akabvapo akadzokera Samaria.

²⁵And he goeth thence unto the hill of Carmel, and thence he hath turned back to Samaria.