¹A stalo sa, keď už mal Hospodin vziať Eliáša vo víchrici hore do neba, že odišiel Eliáš s Elizeom z Gilgala.

¹It happened, when Yahweh would take up Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

²A Eliáš riekol Elizeovi: Zostaň tu, prosím, lebo Hospodin ma poslal až do Bét-ela. Ale Elizeus odpovedal: Ako že žije Hospodin, a jako žije tvoja duša, že ťa neopustím. A tak sišli dolu do Bét-ela.

²Elijah said to Elisha, “Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me as far as Bethel.” Elisha said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

³Vtedy vyšli synovia prorokov, ktorí boli v Bét-ele, k Elizeovi a povedali mu: Či vieš, že dnes vezme Hospodin tvojho pána zponad tvojej hlavy? A odpovedal: Viem i ja, mlčte!

³The sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from your head today?” He said, “Yes, I know it; hold your peace.”

⁴Potom mu riekol Eliáš: Elizee, zostaň tu, prosím, lebo Hospodin ma poslal do Jericha. Ale on povedal: Ako že žije Hospodin, a jako žije tvoja duša, že ťa neopustím. A tak prišli do Jericha.

⁴Elijah said to him, “Elisha, please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to Jericho.” He said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho.

⁵A pristúpili synovia prorokov, ktorí boli v Jerichu, k Elizeovi a povedali mu: Či vieš, že dnes vezme Hospodin tvojho pána zponad tvojej hlavy? A odpovedal: Viem i ja, mlčte.

⁵The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from your head today?” He answered, “Yes, I know it. Hold your peace.”

⁶Vtedy mu zase riekol Eliáš: Zostaň tu, prosím, lebo Hospodin ma poslal k Jordánu. Ale on povedal: Ako že žije Hospodin, a jako žije tvoja duša, že ťa neopustím. A tak išli obidvaja spolu.

⁶Elijah said to him, “Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to the Jordan.” He said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” They both went on.

⁷A išli aj päťdesiati mužovia zo synov prorokov a postavili sa naproti zďaleka, a oni dvaja stáli pri Jordáne.

⁷Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood opposite them at a distance; and they both stood by the Jordan.

⁸A Eliáš vezmúc svoj plášť svinul ho a uderil vodu, ktorá sa rozdelila sem i ta, a prešli obaja po suchu.

⁸Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that they two went over on dry ground.

⁹A stalo sa, keď prešli, že Eliáš riekol Elizeovi: Žiadaj, čo ti mám učiniť, prv ako budem vzatý od teba. A Elizeus povedal: Nech je, prosím, dvojnásobný diel tvojho ducha na mne.

⁹It happened, when they had gone over, that Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be on me.”

¹⁰Na to mu riekol: Ťažkú vec si žiadal; ale ak ma uvidíš, keď budem vzatý od teba, nech ti je tak, a jestli nie, nebude.

¹⁰He said, “You have asked a hard thing. If you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so.”

¹¹A stalo sa, jako tak išli pozvoľna a shovárali sa, že hľa, ohnivý voz a ohnivé kone ich oddelily jedného od druhého, a tak vystúpil Eliáš vo víchrici hore do neba.

¹¹It happened, as they still went on, and talked, that behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

¹²A Elizeus to videl a hľadiac na to kričal: Môj otče, môj otče! Vozy Izraelove a jeho jazdcovia! A viacej ho nevidel. A pochytiac svoje rúcho roztrhnul ho na dva kusy.

¹²Elisha saw it, and he cried, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” He saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and tore them in two pieces.

¹³Potom zdvihol plášť Eliášov, ktorý bol spadol s neho a vrátiac sa zastál na brehu Jordána.

¹³He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.

¹⁴A vzal plášť Eliášov, ktorý spadol s neho, uderil vodu a riekol: Kdeže je Hospodin, Bôh Eliášov? Áno, on! A vtedy uderil vodu, ktorá sa rozdelila sem i ta, a Elizeus prešiel.

¹⁴He took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, “Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah?” When he also had struck the waters, they were divided here and there; and Elisha went over.

¹⁵Keď ho potom uvideli synovia prorokov, ktorí boli v Jerichu, naproti, povedali: Duch Eliášov spočinul na Elizeovi, a prijdúc mu vústrety poklonili sa mu k zemi.

¹⁵When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho over against him saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

¹⁶A povedali mu: Hľa, prosíme, je medzi tvojimi služobníkmi päťdesiat mocných mužov; nech idú, prosíme, a hľadajú tvojho pána, aby ho snáď nebol nejako odniesol Duch Hospodinov a nepohodil ho na niektorom vrchu alebo na niektorej doline. A on povedal: Neposielajte!

¹⁶They said to him, “See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master. Perhaps the Spirit of Yahweh has taken him up, and put him on some mountain, or into some valley. He said, “You shall not send them.”

¹⁷Ale keď len dlho dobíjali do neho, riekol: Pošlite. A tak poslali päťdesiatich mužov, ktorí hľadali tri dni, ale pravda ho nenašli.

¹⁷When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, “Send them.” They sent therefore fifty men; and they searched for three days, but didn’t find him.

¹⁸A keď sa navrátili k nemu, keďže býval v Jerichu, riekol im: Či som vám nepovedal: Nechoďte!?

¹⁸They came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go?’”

¹⁹A mužovia mesta povedali Elizeovi: Hľa, prosím, bývať v tomto meste je dobre, jako vidí môj pán, ale voda je zlá, a preto zem pustne sirobou.

¹⁹The men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, please, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land miscarries.”

²⁰A riekol: Doneste mi novú šialku a dajte do nej soli. A doniesli mu.

²⁰He said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.” They brought it to him.

²¹Vtedy vyšiel k prameňu vody a vysypúc do neho soľ povedal: Takto hovorí Hospodin: Uzdravujem túto vodu. Nebude viacej odtiaľ smrti ani siroby.

²¹He went out to the spring of the waters, and threw salt into it, and said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘I have healed these waters. There shall not be from there any more death or miscarrying.’”

²²A voda je uzdravená až do tohoto dňa podľa slova Elizeovho, ktoré hovoril.

²²So the waters were healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.

²³Potom odišiel odtiaľ hore do Bét-ela. A keď išiel hore cestou, vyšli malí chlapci z mesta, posmievali sa mu a povedali mu: Iď hore, plešivý! Iď hore, plešivý!

²³He went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldy! Go up, you baldhead!”

²⁴A on obzrúc sa nazpät a uvidiac ich zlorečil im v mene Hospodinovom. Na to vyšly dve medvedice z lesa a roztrhaly z nich štyridsaťdva detí.

²⁴He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Yahweh. Two female bears came out of the woods, and mauled forty-two of those youths.

²⁵A odišiel odtiaľ na vrch Karmel a zase odtiaľ sa navrátil do Samárie.

²⁵He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.