17 Elija*+ umThishbe lohlala kaGileyadi+ watsi ku-Ahabi: “Ngifunga Jehova Nkulunkulu lophilako wema-Israyeli, loyo lengimkhontako* ngitsi, kuleminyaka ngeke abe khona ematolo nemvula kuze kusho mine!”+

36 Kwatsi ngesikhatsi sekwenta umnikelo walokutinhlavu wakusihlwa,+ Elija umphrofethi wasondzela embili wase utsi: “Awu Jehova Nkulunkulu wa-Abrahama,+ wa-Isaka+ newa-Israyeli, lamuhla akwatiwe kutsi unguNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli futsi mine ngiyinceku yakho, nekutsi ngilalele livi lakho ngekwenta tonkhe letintfo.+