¹And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

¹A synovia prorokov povedali Elizeovi: Hľa, prosíme, miesto, v ktorom bývame pred tebou, je nám pritesné.

²Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

²Dovoľ, prosíme, žeby sme odišli až k Jordánu a vzali odtiaľ každý jedno brvno a spravíme si tam miesto, aby sme bývali tam. A riekol: Iďte.

³And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

³A ktorýsi povedal: Prosím, poď aj ty so svojimi služobníkmi. A riekol: Ja pojdem.

⁴So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

⁴Tak išiel s nimi. A keď prišli k Jordánu, rúbali drevo.

⁵But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

⁵A stalo sa, keď zotínal jeden z nich nejaký kmeň, že mu železo sekery odpadlo do vody. Vtedy skríkol a povedal: Ach, môj pane, a to bolo vypožičané!

⁶And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.

⁶A muž Boží povedal: Kam padlo? A keď mu ukázal miesto, odťal kus dreva a hodil ho ta a spôsobil to, že vyplávalo železo.

⁷Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.

⁷A riekol: Zodvihni si. A on vystrel svoju ruku a vzal ho.-

⁸Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.

⁸A sýrsky kráľ bojoval proti Izraelovi. A poradiac sa so svojimi služobníkmi povedal: Na tom a tom mieste položí sa moje vojsko táborom.

⁹And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.

⁹Vtedy poslal muž Boží k izraelskému kráľovi s odkazom: Chráň sa, aby si neobišiel toho miesta nechajúc ho neobsadené, lebo tade sa spustia Sýrovia.

¹⁰And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.

¹⁰A tak poslal izraelský kráľ vojsko na miesto, o ktorom mu povedal muž Boží a poučil ho, a mal tam na seba pozor, a to urobil nie raz ani nie dva.

¹¹Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?

¹¹Vtedy sa rozbúrilo srdce sýrskeho kráľa pre tú vec a povolajúc svojich služobníkov riekol im: Či mi neoznámite, kto z našich donáša zprávy izraelskému kráľovi?

¹²And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.

¹²Na to povedal jeden z jeho služobníkov: Nie, môj pán kráľ, ale prorok Elizeus, ktorý je v Izraelovi, oznamuje izraelskému kráľovi slová, ktoré ty hovoríš vo svojej ložnici.

¹³And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

¹³A on povedal: Iďte a vidzte, kde je, aby som poslal a zlapal ho! A bolo mu oznámené a rečené: Hľa, je v Dotáne.

¹⁴Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

¹⁴Preto ta poslal kone a vozy a veľké vojsko. A prijdúc vnoci obkolesili mesto.

¹⁵And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

¹⁵A keď vstal skoro ráno sluha muža Božieho a vyšiel, tu hľa, vojsko obkľučovalo mesto, kone i vozy. Vtedy mu povedal jeho služobník: Ach, môj pane, čo budeme robiť?!

¹⁶And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.

¹⁶A on odpovedal: Neboj sa, lebo je viacej tých, ktorí sú s nami, ako je tých, ktorí sú s nimi.

¹⁷And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

¹⁷A Elizeus sa modlil a riekol: Hospodine, prosím, otvor jeho oči, aby videl! Vtedy otvoril Hospodin oči služobníka, a videl a hľa, vrch bol plný koní a ohnivých vozov okolo Elizea.

¹⁸And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

¹⁸Keď potom sostúpili nepriatelia k nemu, modlil sa Elizeus Hospodinovi a riekol: Poraz, prosím, tento národ slepotou! A porazil ich slepotou podľa slova Elizeovho.

¹⁹And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.

¹⁹A Elizeus im povedal: Toto nie je tá cesta, ani toto neni to mesto. Poďte za mnou, a zavediem vás k mužovi, ktorého hľadáte. A zaviedol ich do Samárie.

²⁰And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

²⁰A stalo sa, keď prišli do Samárie, že povedal Elizeus: Hospodine, otvor oči týchto ľudí, aby videli! A Hospodin otvoril ich oči, a videli, že hľa, sú prostred Samárie.

²¹And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

²¹Vtedy povedal izraelský kráľ Elizeovi, keď ich uvidel: Či ich mám pobiť, pobiť, môj otče?

²²And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

²²Ale on riekol: Nepobiješ! Či by si azda pobil už hoc aj tých, ktorých by si zajal svojím mečom a svojím lučišťom? Polož pred nich chlieb a vodu, aby jedli a pili a potom pojdú k svojmu pánovi.

²³And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

²³A pripravil im veľkú hostinu. A keď sa najedli a napili, prepustil ich, a odišli k svojmu pánovi. A od toho času neprišly viacej lúpežné čaty sýrske do zeme Izraelovej.

²⁴And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

²⁴Potom sa stalo, že Ben-hadad, sýrsky kráľ, shromaždil všetko svoje vojsko a odíduc hore obľahol Samáriu.

²⁵And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.

²⁵A povstal veliký hlad v Samárii, a hľa, nepriatelia len obliehali, a to tak dlho, až bola oslia hlava za osemdesiat šeklov striebra a štvrtina kábu holubäcieho trusu za päť šeklov striebra.

²⁶And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

²⁶A prihodilo sa raz, keď išiel izraelský kráľ po múre, že nejaká žena kričala na neho a vravela: Pomôž mi, môj pán kráľ!

²⁷And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?

²⁷A on riekol: Ak ti nepomôže Hospodin, odkiaľže ti ja pomôžem? Či azda niečim z humna alebo z preša?

²⁸And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.

²⁸A potom jej povedal kráľ: Čo chceš? A ona riekla: Táto žena mi povedala: Daj svojho syna, aby sme ho dnes zjedly, a môjho syna zjeme zajtra.

²⁹So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.

²⁹A tak sme uvarily môjho syna a zjedly sme ho. Ale keď som jej povedala druhého dňa: Daj svojho syna, aby sme ho zjedly, skryla svojho syna.

³⁰And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

³⁰Tu keď počul kráľ slová ženy, roztrhol svoje rúcho a chodil tak po múre. A ľud videl, že hľa, smútočnú vrecovinu má na svojom tele zospodku.

³¹Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

³¹A kráľ povedal: Tak nech mi učiní Bôh a tak nech pridá, ak zostane stáť hlava Elizea, syna Šafatovho, dnes na ňom.

³²But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

³²A Elizeus sedel vo svojom dome, a starší sedeli s ním. A kráľ poslal muža zpred seba. No, prv ako prišiel posol k nemu, povedal starším: Či vidíte, že tento syn vraha poslal sťať moju hlavu? Hľaďte, keď prijde posol, zamknite dvere a odtisnite ho dverami. Lebo či už nepočuť šum nôh jeho pána za ním?

³³And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?

³³A kým ešte hovoril s nimi, tu hľa, posol už prichádzal dolu k nemu; a kráľ pribehnúc riekol: Hľa, toto zlé je od Hospodina; čo mám viacej čakať na Hospodina!