¹乃缦患大痲风

¹And Naaman, head of the host of the king of Aram, was a great man before his lord, and accepted of face, for by him had Jehovah given salvation to Aram, and the man was mighty in valour — leprous.

²亚兰人曾经出去结队抢掠，从以色列地掳了一个小女孩，她就侍候乃缦的妻子。

²And the Aramaeans have gone out [by] troops, and they take captive out of the land of Israel a little damsel, and she is before the wife of Naaman,

³她对她的女主人说：“如果我的主人去见撒玛利亚的先知就好了，他必定能治好他的痲风。”

³and she saith unto her mistress, `O that my lord [were] before the prophet who [is] in Samaria; then he doth recover him from his leprosy.`

⁴于是乃缦去告诉他的主人说：“从以色列地掳回来的女孩子这样这样说。”

⁴And [one] goeth in and declareth to his lord, saying, `Thus and thus she hath spoken, the damsel who [is] from the land of Israel.`

⁵亚兰王说：“你去吧！我会送一封书信给以色列王的。”于是乃缦去了，手里带着三百公斤银子，约七十公斤金子和十套衣裳。

⁵And the king of Aram saith, `Go thou, enter, and I send a letter unto the king of Israel;` and he goeth and taketh in his hand ten talents of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold, and ten changes of garments.

⁶他把信带到以色列王那里，信上说：“这信既已达到你那里，你看见我差去见你的臣仆乃缦，你就要医好他的痲风。”

⁶And he bringeth in the letter unto the king of Israel, saying, `And now, at the coming in of this letter unto thee, lo, I have sent unto thee Naaman my servant, and thou hast recovered him from his leprosy.`

⁷以色列王读了这信后，就撕裂自己的衣服，说：“我是　神，能使人死使人活吗？这人竟派人到我这里来，要我治好他的痲风。请你们想想看，他是要找机会攻击我。”

⁷And it cometh to pass, at the king of Israel`s reading the letter, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, `Am I God, to put to death and to keep alive, that this [one] is sending unto me to recover a man from his leprosy? for surely know, I pray you, and see, for he is presenting himself to me.`

⁸　神借以利沙治好乃缦神人以利沙听见以色列王撕裂自己的衣服，就打发人去见王说：“你为什么撕裂自己的衣服呢？请你把他送到我这里来吧！他就知道在以色列中有先知了。”

⁸And it cometh to pass, at Elisha the man of God`s hearing that the king of Israel hath rent his garments, that he sendeth unto the king, saying, `Why hast thou rent thy garments? let him come, I pray thee, unto me, and he doth know that there is a prophet in Israel.`

⁹于是乃缦带着他的车马来到，停在以利沙的门前。

⁹And Naaman cometh, with his horses and with his chariot, and standeth at the opening of the house for Elisha;

¹⁰以利沙差派一个使者去见他说：“你去在约旦河中沐浴七次，你的身体就会复原，得着洁净。”

¹⁰and Elisha sendeth unto him a messenger, saying, `Go, and thou hast washed seven times in Jordan, and thy flesh doth turn back to thee — and be thou clean.

¹¹乃缦却发怒走了，他说：“我以为他必会出来，站着求告耶和华他的　神的名，向着患处摇手，洁净这痲风病。

¹¹And Naaman is wroth, and goeth on, and saith, `Lo, I said, Unto me he doth certainly come out, and hath stood and called in the name of Jehovah his God, and waved his hand over the place, and recovered the leper.

¹²大马士革的亚罢拿河和法珥法河，不是比以色列一切河流更好吗？我不是可以在那里沐浴，得着洁净吗？”于是他掉过头来，气忿忿地走了。

¹²Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? do I not wash in them and I have been clean?` and he turneth and goeth on in fury.

¹³他的仆人上前，对他说：“我父啊，先知如果吩咐你作一件大事，你不是照着行吗？何况他只是说：‘你去沐浴就得洁净’呢？”

¹³And his servants come nigh, and speak unto him, and say, `My father, a great thing had the prophet spoken unto thee — dost thou not do [it]? and surely, when he hath said unto thee, Wash, and be clean.`

¹⁴于是他下去，在约旦河里浸了七趟，正如神人所吩咐的。他的肌肉就复原，好像小孩子的肌肉，他就得了洁净。

¹⁴And he goeth down and dippeth in Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh doth turn back as the flesh of a little youth, and is clean.

¹⁵以利沙不接受馈赠乃缦和他的随员又回到神人那里，他进去，站在他面前，说：“看哪！现在我知道除了在以色列以外，全地都没有　神。现在，请你收下你仆人一点礼物吧。”

¹⁵And he turneth back unto the man of God, he and all his camp, and cometh in, and standeth before him, and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that there is not a God in all the earth except in Israel; and now, take, I pray thee, a blessing from thy servant.`

¹⁶以利沙说：“我指着我所事奉永活的耶和华起誓，我决不收取任何礼物。”乃缦再三促请他接受，都被他拒绝。

¹⁶And he saith, `Jehovah liveth, before whom I have stood — if I take [it];` and he presseth on him to take, and he refuseth.

¹⁷乃缦说：“你若是不肯收取，就请你赐你仆人两头驴子可以驮的泥土，因为你的仆人不再献燔祭或别的祭给别的神，只献给耶和华。

¹⁷And Naaman saith, `If not — let be given, I pray thee, to thy servant, a couple of mules` burden of earth, for thy servant doth make no more burnt-offering and sacrifice to other gods, but to Jehovah.

¹⁸但有一件事，求耶和华赦免你的仆人；我的主人到临门庙那里叩拜的时候，他总是靠在我的手臂上，因此，我也曾在临门庙叩拜。我在临门庙叩拜这事，求耶和华赦免你的仆人。”

¹⁸For this thing Jehovah be propitious to thy servant, in the coming in of my lord into the house of Rimmon to bow himself there, and he was supported by my hand, and I bowed myself [in] the house of Rimmon; for my bowing myself in the house of Rimmon Jehovah be propitious, I pray thee, to thy servant in this thing.`

¹⁹以利沙说：“你平平安安回去吧。”于是乃缦离开他去了，走了一段路程。

¹⁹And he saith to him, `Go in peace.` And he goeth from him a kibrath of land,

²⁰基哈西贪财受罚神人以利沙的仆人基哈西心里说：“看哪，我主人不肯从这亚兰人乃缦手中收取他带来的礼物；我指着永活的耶和华起誓，我要追上他，向他要些东西。”

²⁰And Gehazi, servant of Elisha the man of God, saith, `Lo, my lord hath spared Naaman this Aramaean, not to receive from his hand that which he brought; Jehovah liveth; surely if I have run after him, then I have taken from him something.`

²¹于是基哈西追赶乃缦。乃缦看见有人追上来，就下车迎着他，说：“平安吗？”

²¹And Gehazi pursueth after Naaman, and Naaman seeth one running after him, and alighteth from off the chariot to meet him, and saith, `Is there peace?`

²²他说：“平安。我主人派我来说：‘刚才有两位年轻人，都是先知的门徒，从以法莲山地来到我这里，请你给他们三十公斤银子和两套衣服。’”

²²And he saith, `Peace; my lord hath sent me, saying, Lo, now, this, come unto me have two young men from the hill-country of Ephraim, of the sons of the prophets; give, I pray thee, to them, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.`

²³乃缦说：“请你拿六十公斤吧。”他再三促请基哈西，并把六十公斤银子，装在两个袋子里，还有两套衣服，交给两个仆人。他们就在基哈西前面捧着走。

²³And Naaman saith, `Be pleased, take two talents;` and he urgeth on him, and bindeth two talents of silver in two purses, and two changes of garments, and giveth unto two of his young men, and they bear before him;

²⁴到达山冈后，他就从他们手中接过东西，存放在屋子里，然后打发他们离去，他们就走了。

²⁴and he cometh in unto the high place, and taketh out of their hand, and layeth up in the house, and sendeth away the men, and they go.

²⁵他进去，侍立在他主人面前，以利沙对他说：“基哈西，你从哪里来？”他说：“你的仆人没有到过什么地方。”

²⁵And he hath come in, and doth stand by his lord, and Elisha saith unto him, `Whence — Gehazi?` and he saith, `Thy servant went not hither or thither.`

²⁶以利沙对他说：“那人下车转身迎着你的时候，我的心不是和你同去吗？现在不是收受银子、衣服、橄榄园、葡萄园、羊、牛、仆人和婢女的时候。

²⁶And he saith unto him, `My heart went not when the man turned from off his chariot to meet thee; is it a time to take silver, and to take garments, and olives, and vines, and flock, and herd, and men-servants, and maid-servants?

²⁷因此，乃缦的痲风要附在你的身上和你后裔的身上，直到永远。”基哈西从以利沙面前离去时，就长了痲风，好像雪那样白。

²⁷yea, the leprosy of Naaman doth cleave to thee, and to thy seed, — to the age;` and he goeth out from before him — leprous as snow.