¹وقال اليشع اسمعوا كلام الرب هكذا قال الرب في مثل هذا الوقت غدا تكون كيلة الدقيق بشاقل وكيلتا الشعير بشاقل في باب السامرة.

¹And Elisha said, Hear ye the word of Jehovah: thus saith Jehovah, To-morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

²وان جنديا للملك كان يستند على يده اجاب رجل الله وقال هوذا الرب يصنع كوى في السماء. هل يكون هذا الامر. فقال انك ترى بعينيك ولكن لا تاكل منه

²Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

³وكان اربعة رجال برص عند مدخل الباب فقال احدهم لصاحبه لماذا نحن جالسون هنا حتى نموت.

³Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

⁴اذا قلنا ندخل المدينة فالجوع في المدينة فنموت فيها. واذا جلسنا هنا نموت. فالآن هلم نسقط الى محلّة الاراميين فان استحيونا حيينا وان قتلونا متنا.

⁴If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

⁵فقاموا في العشاء ليذهبوا الى محلّة الاراميين فجاءوا الى آخر محلة الاراميين فلم يكن هناك احد.

⁵And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians; and when they were come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there.

⁶فان الرب اسمع جيش الاراميين صوت مركبات وصوت خيل صوت جيش عظيم فقالوا الواحد لاخيه هوذا ملك اسرائيل قد استأجر ضدنا ملوك الحثيين وملوك المصريين ليأتوا علينا.

⁶For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

⁷فقاموا وهربوا في العشاء وتركوا خيامهم وخيلهم وحميرهم والمحلّة كما هي وهربوا لاجل نجاة انفسهم.

⁷Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

⁸وجاء هؤلاء البرص الى آخر المحلّة ودخلوا خيمة واحدة فاكلوا وشربوا وحملوا منها فضة وذهبا وثيابا ومضوا وطمروها ثم رجعوا ودخلوا خيمة اخرى وحملوا منها ومضوا وطمروا.

⁸And when these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.

⁹ثم قال بعضهم لبعض لسنا عاملين حسنا. هذا اليوم هو يوم بشارة ونحن ساكتون. فان انتظرنا الى ضوء الصباح يصادفنا شر. فهلم الآن ندخل ونخبر بيت الملك

⁹Then they said one to another, We do not well; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household.

¹⁰فجاءوا ودعوا بواب المدينة واخبروه قائلين. اننا دخلنا محلّة الاراميين فلم يكن هناك احد ولا صوت انسان ولكن خيل مربوطة وحمير مربوطة وخيام كما هي.

¹⁰So they came and called unto the porter of the city; and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.

¹¹فدعا البوابين فاخبروا بيت الملك داخلا

¹¹And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's household within.

¹²فقام الملك ليلا وقال لعبيده لاخبرنّكم ما فعل لنا الاراميون. علموا اننا جياع فخرجوا من المحلّة ليختبئوا في حقل قائلين اذا خرجوا من المدينة قبضنا عليهم احياء ودخلنا المدينة.

¹²And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.

¹³فاجاب واحد من عبيده وقال فليأخذوا خمسة من الخيل الباقية التي بقيت فيها. هي نظير كل جمهور اسرائيل الذين بقوا بها او هي نظير كل جمهور اسرائيل الذين فنوا. فنرسل ونرى.

¹³And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are consumed); and let us send and see.

¹⁴فأخذوا مركبتي خيل وارسل الملك وراء جيش الاراميين قائلا اذهبوا وانظروا.

¹⁴They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

¹⁵فانطلقوا وراءهم الى الاردن واذا كل الطريق ملآن ثيابا وآنية قد طرحها الاراميون من عجلتهم. فرجع الرسل واخبروا الملك.

¹⁵And they went after them unto the Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

¹⁶فخرج الشعب ونهبوا محلّة الاراميين. فكانت كيلة الدقيق بشاقل وكيلتا الشعير بشاقل حسب كلام الرب

¹⁶And the people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.

¹⁷واقام الملك على الباب الجندي الذي كان يستند على يده فداسه الشعب في الباب فمات كما قال رجل الله الذي تكلم عند نزول الملك اليه.

¹⁷And the king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.

¹⁸فانه لما تكلم رجل الله الى الملك قائلا كيلتا شعير بشاقل وكيلة دقيق بشاقل تكون في مثل هذا الوقت غدا في باب السامرة

¹⁸And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria;

¹⁹واجاب الجندي رجل الله وقال هوذا الرب يصنع كوى في السماء هل يكون مثل هذا الأمر قال انك ترى بعينيك ولكنك لا تأكل منه.

¹⁹and that captain answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? and he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof:

²⁰فكان له كذلك. داسه الشعب في الباب فمات

²⁰it came to pass even so unto him; for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died.