¹A Náman, veliteľ vojska sýrskeho kráľa, bol veľký muž pred svojím pánom a veľmi vážený, lebo skrze neho dal Hospodin záchranu Sýrii, a bol to udatný muž, ale bol malomocný.

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

²A Sýrovia boli vyšli po čatách lúpežiť a zajali z Izraelskej zeme nejaké malé dievča, ktoré potom bolo v službe pred ženou Námanovou.

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

³A dievča povedalo svojej panej: Ó, keby sa môj pán dostal pred proroka, ktorý je v Samárii, vtedy by ho ten sprostil jeho malomocenstva!

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

⁴A Náman vojdúc oznámil to svojmu pánovi a riekol: Tak a tak hovorí dievčina, ktorá je z Izraelskej zeme.

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

⁵Na to povedal sýrsky kráľ: Iď, vojdi a vystroj sa, a ja pošlem izraelskému kráľovi list. A tak išiel, vzal so sebou desať hrivien striebra, šesť tisíc šeklov zlata a desatoro rúcha na premenu.

⁵And the king of Syria said, Go now, 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.

⁶A doniesol list k izraelskému kráľovi takéhoto obsahu: A tak teraz hneď, ako prijde tento list k tebe, hľa, poslal som k tebe Námana, svojho služobníka, sprosti ho jeho malomocenstva.

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

⁷A stalo sa, keď prečítal izraelský kráľ list, že roztrhol svoje rúcho a riekol: Či som ja azda Bôh, aby som mohol usmrtiť a oživiť, že tento posiela ku mne sprostiť človeka jeho malomocenstva?! Ale vedzte, prosím, a vidzte, že hľadá zámienku proti mne.

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? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

⁸A stalo sa, keď počul Elizeus, muž Boží, že izraelský kráľ roztrhol svoje rúcho, poslal ku kráľovi s odkazom: Prečo si roztrhol svoje rúcho? Nože nech prijde ku mne, aby zvedel, že je prorok v Izraelovi.

⁸And it was so, when Elisha the man of God 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.

⁹Tak prišiel Náman so svojimi koňmi a so svojimi vozmi a zastál pri dveriach domu Elizeovho.

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

¹⁰A Elizeus poslal k nemu posla s odkazom: Iď a umy sa sedem ráz v Jordáne, a tvoje telo sa ti navráti zdravé, a budeš čistý.

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

¹¹Ale Náman sa rozhneval, odišiel a riekol: Hľa, povedal som si, že dozaista vyjde a stojac bude vzývať meno Hospodina, svojho Boha a že bude vznášať svoju ruku nad miestom, postihnutým nemocou, a zaženie malomocenstvo.

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 Jehovah his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

¹²Či nie sú lepšie Abana a Farfar, rieky Damašku, ako všetky vody Izraelove? Či by som sa nemohol umyť v tých, aby som bol čistý? A obrátiac sa išiel s hnevom.

¹²Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the 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.

¹³Ale pristúpili jeho služobníci a hovorili mu a riekli: Môj otče, keby ti bol kázal prorok vykonať nejakú veľkú vec, či by si nebol vykonal? Čím skôr tedy, keď ti povedal: Umy sa a buď čistý!

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?

¹⁴A tak sišiel a pohrúžil sa v Jordáne sedem ráz podľa slova muža Božieho. A jeho telo sa navrátilo, zdravé, takže bolo jako telo malého chlapca, a bol čistý.

¹⁴Then went he down, and dipped [himself] seven times in the 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.

¹⁵Potom sa navrátil k mužovi Božiemu i s celým svojím sprievodom a prijdúc zastál pred ním a povedal: Hľa, prosím, poznal som, že nieto Boha nikde na celej zemi, jedine v Izraelovi. A tak teraz, vezmi, prosím, požehnanie, dar to od svojho služobníka.

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 present of thy servant.

¹⁶Ale on riekol: Ako že žije Hospodin, pred ktorého tvárou stojím, že nevezmem. A hoci ho aj nútil, aby vzal odoprel.

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

¹⁷Vtedy povedal Náman: Keď tedy len nechceš vziať, nech sa dá, prosím, tvojmu služobníkovi bremä dvoch mulíc zeme; lebo tvoj služobník nebude viacej obetovať zápalu alebo bitnej obeti iným bohom, ale Hospodinovi.

¹⁷And Naaman said, If not, yet, I pray thee, let there 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 Jehovah.

¹⁸Len túto vec nech odpustí Hospodin tvojmu služobníkovi: keď pojde kedy môj pán do domu Rimmonovho, aby sa tam klaňal, a bude sa podopierať na moju ruku, že sa i ja pokloním v dome Rimmonovom. Tedy, keď sa budem klaňať v dome Rimmonovom, nech odpustí, prosím, Hospodin tvojmu služobníkovi v tejto veci.

¹⁸In this thing Jehovah pardon thy servant: 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 myself in the house of Rimmon, Jehovah pardon thy servant in this thing.

¹⁹A on mu riekol: Iď v pokoji. A tak odišiel od neho, nejaký kus cesty.

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

²⁰Vtedy povedal Geházi, služobník Elizea, muža Božieho: Hľa, môj pán ušetril tohoto Námana Sýrskeho nevezmúc z jeho ruky toho, čo doniesol. Ako že žije Hospodin, pobežím za ním a vezmem niečo od neho.

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

²¹A tak bežal Geházi za Námanom. A keď videl Náman, že ktosi beží za ním, soskočil s voza jemu vústrety a povedal: Či je pokoj?

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

²²A on odpovedal: Pokoj. Môj pán ma poslal, aby som povedal: Hľa, práve teraz prišli ku mne dvaja mládenci s vrchu Efraimovho,, zo synov prorokov; daj im, prosím, hrivnu striebra a dve rúcha na premenu.

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

²³A Náman povedal: Ráč, vezmi dve hrivny. A prinútil ho. A zaviažuc dve hrivny striebra do dvoch vreciek i dve rúcha na premenu na premenu naložil to na dvoch svojich služobníkov, a niesli pred ním.

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

²⁴A keď prišiel na vŕšok, vzal z ich ruky a složil to v nejakom dome a prepustil mužov, a išli.

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

²⁵A on sám prišiel a postavil sa pred svojho pána. Ale Elizeus mu riekol: Odkiaľže, Geházi? A on odpovedal: Nechodil tvoj služobník nikde.

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.

²⁶A riekol mu: Či nechodilo moje srdce s tebou a či nebolo pri tom, keď sa obrátil muž so svojho voza tebe vústrety? Či je toto čas brať striebro alebo brať rúcha a kupovať olivy, vinice, ovce a voly, a najímať sluhov a dievky?

²⁶And he said unto him, Went not my heart [with thee], when the man turned 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 men-servants and maid-servants?

²⁷Ale malomocenstvo Námanovo prichytí sa teba i tvojho semena, a bude tak až na veky. A vyšiel zpred jeho tvári malomocný, biely jako sneh.

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.