¹Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valor, but he was a leper.

¹Naaman, poveljnik vojske sirskega kralja, je bil velik mož pri svojem gospodu in spoštovan, zakaj po njem je GOSPOD dal zmago Sircem; bil je tudi hraber vojščak, toda gobav.

²And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.

²Sirci pa so bili v plenilnih četah vdrli v Izraelovo deželo in ujeto s seboj pripeljali majhno deklico; in ta je stregla ženi Naamanovi.

³And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.

³In reče gospodinji svoji: Ah, da bi bil gospod moj pri proroku, ki je v Samariji! Potem bi ga ozdravil njegovih gob!

⁴And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.

⁴In Naaman gre noter h gospodu svojemu in mu pove, rekoč: Tako in tako je govorila deklica iz Izraelove dežele.

⁵And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.

⁵Nato veli sirski kralj: Odpravi se tja, jaz pošljem list kralju Izraelovemu. In odide, vzemši s seboj deset talentov srebra in šest tisoč zlatnikov in desetero prazničnih oblek.

⁶And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.

⁶In prinese list kralju Izraelovemu s tem besedilom: In sedaj, ko pride ta list do tebe, glej, poslal sem Naamana, služabnika svojega, k tebi, da ga ozdraviš njegovih gob.

⁷And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

⁷Ko pa prebere kralj Izraelov ta list, si raztrga oblačila in reče: Ali sem Bog, da morem usmrtiti in oživiti, da ta pošilja k meni moža, naj ga ozdravim gob? Pa premislite, prosim, in glejte, da išče razloga za boj z menoj!

⁸And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

⁸Ali ko Elizej, mož Božji, zasliši, da je kralj Izraelov raztrgal oblačila svoja, pošlje h kralju in sporoči: Zakaj si raztrgal oblačila svoja? Naj le pride k meni, in spozna, da je prorok v Izraelu!

⁹So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.

⁹Tedaj pride Naaman s konji svojimi in z vozovi svojimi ter se ustavi pri vratih Elizejeve hiše.

¹⁰And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

¹⁰Elizej pa pošlje sla k njemu, veleč: Pojdi in umij se v Jordanu sedemkrat, in meso se ti obnovi in bodeš čist!

¹¹But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

¹¹A Naaman se ujezi in odhajajoč govori: Glejte, menil sem, da pride gotovo ven k meni in pristopi in bo, klical ime GOSPODA, Boga svojega, in potegne roko svojo čez boleznivino, in tako ozdravi gobe.

¹²Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

¹²Nista li Abana in Farfar, reki v Damasku, boljši nego vse vode Izraelove, da bi se v njiju umil in se očistil? Obrne se torej in jezen hoče oditi.

¹³And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

¹³Hlapci njegovi pa pristopijo in govore ž njim in reko: Oče moj, ako bi ti bil prorok ukazal kaj velikega, ne bi bil storil tega? Koliko bolj, ko ti je rekel samo: Umij se in bodi čist!

¹⁴Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

¹⁴Tedaj gre doli in se pogrezne sedemkrat v Jordanu, kakor je velel mož Božji: in meso se mu zopet naredi kakor majhnega dečka meso, in bil je čist.

¹⁵And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.

¹⁵In vrne se k možu Božjemu, on in vse spremstvo njegovo. In vstopi in se postavi predenj ter reče: Glej, sedaj vem, da ni Boga na vsej zemlji, samo v Izraelu! Zdaj torej vzemi, prosim, darilo od hlapca svojega!

¹⁶But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

¹⁶On pa reče: Kakor res živi GOSPOD, ki stojim pred njega obličjem, ničesar ne vzamem! In ga sili, naj vzame, pa on odkloni.

¹⁷And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.

¹⁷Nato reče Naaman: Če torej nočeš, daj, prosim, hlapcu svojemu prsti, kolikor je moreta nesti dva mezga; zakaj hlapec tvoj ne bo odslej daroval žgalnih in klalnih žrtev drugim bogovom razen GOSPODU samemu.

¹⁸In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.

¹⁸Samo v tem bodi GOSPOD milostiv hlapcu tvojemu: Kadar gre moj gospodar v hišo Rimonovo molit in se nasloni na mojo roko in jaz se priklonim v hiši Rimonovi, naj prizanese GOSPOD temu priklanjanju mojemu v hiši Rimonovi iz tega razloga.

¹⁹And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.

¹⁹On mu veli: Pojdi v miru! In šel je od njega nekoliko poti.

²⁰But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.

²⁰V tem si je rekel Gehazi, hlapec Elizeja, moža Božjega: Glej, gospodar moj je prevarčno ravnal s tem Naamanom Sircem, da ni vzel iz rok njegovih, kar je prinesel; kakor res GOSPOD živi, potečem za njim, da prejmem kaj od njega.

²¹So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?

²¹Žene se torej Gehazi za Naamanom: In ko Naaman in vidi, da teče nekdo za njim, stopi z voza in mu gre naproti ter vpraša: Je li dobro?

²²And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.

²²Ta reče: Dobro! Gospod moj me je poslal, naj sporočim: Glej, ravno sedaj sta k meni prišla dva mladeniča iz proroških sinov z Efraimskega gorovja. Daj jima, prosim, talent srebra in dve praznični obleki.

²³And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.

²³In Naaman veli: Izvoli vzeti dva talenta! In ga prisili ter mu zaveže dva talenta srebra v dve mošnji in dve praznični obleki in ju zadene dvema njegovima hlapcema; in ona to neseta pred njim.

²⁴And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.

²⁴In ko pride do hriba, vzame to iz njunih rok in odloži v hišo; potem odpusti moža, in sta odšla.

²⁵But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.

²⁵A sam stopi noter in se postavi pred svojega gospodarja. Tedaj mu reče Elizej: Odkod si prišel, Gehazi? Odgovori: Hlapec tvoj ni hodil ne sem, ne tja.

²⁶And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?

²⁶On pa mu veli: Ni li šlo srce moje s teboj, ko se je vrnil mož z voza svojega tebi naproti? Je li čas jemati srebro in oblačila in pridobivati oljkove vrte in vinograde, ovce in vole, hlapce in dekle?Zatorej se bodo gobe Naamanove prijele tebe in semena tvojega vekomaj! In šel je od njega ven gobav in bel kakor sneg.

²⁷The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

²⁷Zatorej se bodo gobe Naamanove prijele tebe in semena tvojega vekomaj! In šel je od njega ven gobav in bel kakor sneg.