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

¹And sons of the prophet say unto Elisha, `Lo, we pray thee, the place where we are dwelling before thee is too strait for us;

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.

²let us go, we pray thee, unto the Jordan, and we take thence each one beam, and we make for ourselves there a place to dwell there;` and he saith, `Go.`

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

³And the one saith, `Be pleased, I pray thee, and go with thy servants;` and he saith, `I — I go.`

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

⁴And he goeth with them, and they come in to the Jordan, and cut down the trees,

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!

⁵and it cometh to pass, the one is felling the beam, and the iron hath fallen into the water, and he crieth and saith, `Alas! my lord, and it asked!`

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

⁶And the man of God saith, `Whither hath it fallen?` and he sheweth him the place, and he cutteth a stick, and casteth thither, and causeth the iron to swim,

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

⁷and saith, `Raise to thee;` and he putteth forth his hand and taketh it.

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

⁸And the king of Aram hath been fighting against Israel, and taketh counsel with his servants, saying, `At such and such a place [is] my encamping.`

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

⁹And the man of God sendeth unto the king of Israel, saying, `Take heed of passing by this place, for thither are the Aramaeans coming down;

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.

¹⁰and the king of Israel sendeth unto the place of which the man of God spake to him, and warned him, and he is preserved there not once nor twice.

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?

¹¹And the heart of the king of Aram is tossed about concerning this thing, and he calleth unto his servants, and saith unto them, `Do ye not declare to me who of us [is] for the king of Israel?`

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.

¹²And one of his servants saith, `Nay, my lord, O king, for Elisha the prophet, who [is] in Israel, declareth to the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in the inner part of thy bed-chamber.`

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

¹³And he saith, `Go ye and see where he [is], and I send and take him;` and it is declared to him, saying, `Lo — in Dothan.`

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

¹⁴And he sendeth thither horses and chariot, and a heavy force, and they come in by night, and go round against the city.

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?!

¹⁵And the servant of the man of God riseth early, and goeth out, and lo, a force is surrounding the city, and horse and chariot, and his young man saith unto him, `Alas! my lord, how do we do?`

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

¹⁶And he saith, `Fear not, for more [are] they who [are] with us than they who [are] with them.`

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.

¹⁷And Elisha prayeth, and saith, `Jehovah, open, I pray Thee, his eyes, and he doth see;` and Jehovah openeth the eyes of the young man, and he seeth, and lo, the hill is full of horses and chariots of fire, round about 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.

¹⁸And they come down unto it, and Elisha prayeth unto Jehovah, and saith, `Smite, I pray Thee, this nation with blindness;` and He smiteth them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.

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.

¹⁹And Elisha saith unto them, `This [is] not the way, nor [is] this the city; come after me, and I lead you unto the man whom ye seek;` and he leadeth them to 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.

²⁰And it cometh to pass, at their coming in to Samaria, that Elisha saith, `Jehovah, open the eyes of these, and they see;` and Jehovah openeth their eyes, and they see, and lo, in the midst of Samaria!

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

²¹And the king of Israel saith unto Elisha, at his seeing them, `Do I smite — do I smite — my father?`

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.

²²And he saith, `Thou dost not smite; those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow art thou smiting? set bread and water before them, and they eat, and drink, and go unto their lord.`

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.

²³And he prepareth for them great provision, and they eat and drink, and he sendeth them away, and they go unto their lord: and troops of Aram have not added any more to come in to the land of Israel.

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

²⁴And it cometh to pass afterwards, that Ben-Hadad king of Aram gathereth all his camp, and goeth up, and layeth siege to Samaria,

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.

²⁵and there is a great famine in Samaria, and lo, they are laying siege to it, till the head of an ass is at eighty silverlings, and a forth of the cab of dovesdung at five silverlings.

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

²⁶And it cometh to pass, the king of Israel is passing by on the wall, and a woman hath cried unto him, saying, `Save, my lord, O king.`

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

²⁷And he saith, `Jehovah doth not save thee — whence do I save thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the wine-vat?`

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.

²⁸And the king saith to her, `What — to thee?` and she saith, `This woman said unto me, Give thy son, and we eat him to-day, and my son we eat to-morrow;

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.

²⁹and we boil my son and eat him, and I say unto her on the next day, Give thy son, and we eat him; and she hideth her son.`

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.

³⁰And it cometh to pass, at the king`s hearing the words of the woman, that he rendeth his garments, and he is passing by on the wall, and the people see, and lo, the sackcloth [is] on his flesh within.

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

³¹And he saith, `Thus doth God do to me, and thus He doth add — if it remain — the head of Elisha son of Shaphat — upon him this day.`

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?

³²And Elisha is sitting in his house, and the elders are sitting with him, and [the king] sendeth a man from before him; before the messenger doth come unto him, even he himself said unto the elders, `Have ye seen that this son of the murderer hath sent to turn aside my head? see, at the coming in of the messenger, shut the door, and ye have held him fast at the door, is not the sound of the feet of his lord behind him?`

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!

³³He is yet speaking with them, and lo, the messenger is coming down unto him, and he saith, `Lo, this [is] the evil from Jehovah: what — do I wait for Jehovah any more?`