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

¹In proroški sinovi reko Elizeju: Glej vendar, kraj, kjer stanujemo pred teboj, je nam pretesen.

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.

²Dovoli, da gremo k Jordanu, in ondi naj vzame vsak lesa, in naredimo si tam domovališče. On odgovori: Pojdite!

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

³Eden pa reče: Izvoli, prosim, iti s hlapci svojimi! Odgovori: Pojdem.

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

⁴In šel je ž njimi. In ko pridejo doli k Jordanu, sekajo les.

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.

⁵In ko eden seka drevo, mu pade železo v vodo, in zavpije in reče: Gorje, moj gospod, saj še to sem vzel naposodo!

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 mož Božji vpraša: Kam je padlo? In pokaže mu tisti kraj. On pa odreže palico in jo porine tja in stori, da železo splava.

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

⁷In veli: Vzdigni si ga! In iztegne roko ter ga vzame.

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.

⁸Kralj sirski pa se je bojeval zoper Izraela; in se je posvetoval s služabniki svojimi in je rekel: Na tem in tem mestu bodi moj tabor.

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.

⁹A mož Božji pošlje h kralju Izraelovemu in sporoči: Varuj se, da ne greš na tisto mesto, kajti tja so se odpravili Sirci.

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.

¹⁰In kralj Izraelov je poslal na mesto, ki mu je o njem mož Božji bil povedal in ga posvaril, in se ga je ognil ne enkrat ali dvakrat samo.

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?

¹¹In sirskemu kralju se je srce hudo vznemirilo zaradi tega; in pokliče služabnike svoje in jim veli: Mi li nočete povedati, kdo je od naših zvezan s kraljem Izraelovim?

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.

¹²Eden služabnikov njegovih pa mu reče: Ni tako, gospod moj, kralj, temuč Elizej prorok, ki je v Izraelu, pravi kralju Izraelovemu besede, ki jih govoriš v svoji spalnici!

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.

¹³Kralj veli: Pojdite in poglejte, kje je, da pošljem in ga ujamem. In naznanijo mu, rekoč: Glej, v Dotanu je!

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

¹⁴Zatorej pošlje tja konje in vozove in veliko vojsko, in pridejo ponoči ter obkolijo 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?

¹⁵In ko vstane strežnik moža Božjega zarana in gre ven, vidi vojsko s konji in vozovi okoli mesta. In strežnik njegov mu reče: Gorje, gospod moj, kaj bomo počeli?

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

¹⁶On odgovori: Ne boj se, zakaj več jih je z nami nego ž njimi!

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.

¹⁷In Elizej moli in reče: GOSPOD, prosim, odpri mu oči, da bo videl. In GOSPOD je odprl mladeniču oči, in je videl, in glej: gora je bila polna konj in ognjenih voz okoli Elizeja.

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.

¹⁸In ko pridejo do njega, moli Elizej h GOSPODU in reče: Udari, prosim, ta narod s slepoto! In udaril jih je s slepoto po besedi Elizejevi.

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.

¹⁹In Elizej jim reče: To ni tista pot, ne tisto mesto; pojdite za menoj in privedem vas k možu, ki ga iščete. In pripelje jih v Samarijo.

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.

²⁰Ko pa pridejo v Samarijo, reče Elizej: GOSPOD, odpri oči tem možem, da vidijo. In GOSPOD je odprl njih oči, in videli so, in glej, bili so sredi Samarije!

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

²¹In ko jih ugleda kralj Izraelov, reče Elizeju: Ali naj jih pobijem, oče moj? Naj jih pobijem?

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.

²²On odgovori: Ne pobijaj jih! Ali bi pobil tiste, ki si jih ujel z mečem in z lokom svojim? Postavi prednje kruha in vode, da jedo in pijo in se povrnejo h gospodu svojemu.

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.

²³In jim je pripravil veliko gostovanje. In ko so bili jedli in pili, jih je odpustil, in šli so h gospodu svojemu. In sirske čete niso več vdirale v deželo Izraelovo.

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

²⁴In zgodi se potem, da zbere Ben-hadad, sirski kralj, vso vojsko in gre gori ter oblega Samarijo.

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.

²⁵In nastane velika lakota v Samariji, in glej, oblegali so Samarijo toliko časa, da se je prodajala oslovska glava za osemdeset srebrnikov in četrtinka golobje piče za pet srebrnikov.

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

²⁶In ko je kralj Izraelov šel mimo po zidovju, zavpije vanj žena in reče: Pomozi mi, gospod moj, kralj!

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

²⁷On pa reče: Ko ti GOSPOD ne pomore, odkod naj ti pomorem jaz? z gumna ali iz tlačilnice?

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.

²⁸In kralj jo vpraša: Kaj ti je? Ona reče: Ta žena mi je rekla: Daj sina svojega, da ga sneva danes, in mojega sina bova jedli jutri!

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.

²⁹Skuhali sva torej mojega sina in ga snedli. In drugi dan ji velim: Daj sem sina svojega, da ga sneva! A ona ga je skrila.

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.

³⁰Ko je slišal kralj besede žene, si je raztrgal oblačila; šel pa je naprej po zidovju, in ljudstvo je gledalo, in glej, imel je znotraj raševnik po životu.

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.

³¹Tedaj reče kralj: Bog mi stóri to in to še prideni, ako danes ostane glava Elizeja, sina Safatovega, na njem!

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?

³²Elizej pa je sedel v hiši svoji, in starejšine so sedeli pri njem. In kralj pošlje sla pred seboj; a preden dospe sel k njemu, reče Elizej starejšinam: Ne vidite li, kako je poslal tisti morilčev sin, da se mi odseka glava? Glejte, ko pride sel, da zaprete duri in ga z durmi nazaj pahnete! Ni li šum nog gospoda njegovega za njim?Ko ž njimi še govori, glej, pride sel doli k njemu. In reče: Glej, to hudo je od GOSPODA, čemu naj še čakam GOSPODA?

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?

³³Ko ž njimi še govori, glej, pride sel doli k njemu. In reče: Glej, to hudo je od GOSPODA, čemu naj še čakam GOSPODA?