17 Ngekushesha nje Ahabi nakabona Elija watsi kuye: “Nguwe yini lona losiletsela inhlupheko lenkhulu kangaka ka-Israyeli?”

18 Yena waphendvula watsi: “Mine angikayiletsi inhlupheko ka-Israyeli kodvwa iletfwe nguwe nendlu yababe wakho, ngekushiya imiyalo yaJehova nangekulandzela boBhali.+