¹Zgodi se pa, ko je hotel GOSPOD vzeti Elija v viharju gori v nebesa, da je šel Elija z Elizejem iz Gilgala.

¹And it cometh to pass, at Jehovah`s taking up Elijah in a whirlwind to the heavens, that Elijah goeth, and Elisha, from Gilgal,

²In Elija veli Elizeju: Ostani tukaj, prosim; zakaj GOSPOD me je poslal tja do Betela. A Elizej reče: Kakor res živi GOSPOD in kakor živi tvoja duša, jaz te ne zapustim. Gresta torej doli v Betel.

²and Elijah saith unto Elisha, `Abide, I pray thee, here, for Jehovah hath sent me unto Beth-El;` and Elisha saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, if I leave thee;` and they go down to Beth-El.

³In proroški sinovi, ki so bili v Betelu, pridejo ven k Elizeju in mu reko: Veš li pa, da vzame danes GOSPOD tvojega učenika od tebe? On reče: Saj jaz vem, le molčite!

³And sons of the prophets who [are] in Beth-El come out unto Elisha, and say unto him, `Hast thou known that to-day Jehovah is taking thy lord from thy head?` and he saith, `I also have known — keep silent.`

⁴In Elija mu veli: Elizej, prosim, ostani tukaj; zakaj GOSPOD me je poslal v Jeriho. On reče: Kakor res živi GOSPOD in kakor živi duša tvoja, jaz te ne zapustim. In prideta v Jeriho.

⁴And Elijah saith to him, `Elisha, abide, I pray thee, here, for Jehovah hath sent me to Jericho;` and he saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, if I leave thee;` and they come in to Jericho.

⁵In proroški sinovi, ki so bili v Jerihu, pristopijo k Elizeju in mu reko: Veš li pa, da vzame danes GOSPOD tvojega učenika od tebe? In odgovori: Saj jaz vem, le molčite!

⁵And sons of the prophets who [are] in Jericho come nigh unto Elisha, and say unto him, `Hast thou known that to-day Jehovah is taking thy lord from thy head?` and he saith, `I also have known — keep silent.`

⁶In Elija mu veli: Ostani, prosim, tukaj; zakaj GOSPOD me je poslal k Jordanu. On reče: Kakor res živi GOSPOD in kakor živi duša tvoja, jaz te ne zapustim. In gresta obadva naprej.

⁶And Elijah saith to him, `Abide, I pray thee, here, for Jehovah hath sent me to the Jordan;` and he saith, `Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, if I leave thee;` and they go on both of them,

⁷A petdeset mož izmed proroških sinov je šlo, in postavijo se v nekoliki daljavi nasproti njima; onadva pa sta stala pri Jordanu.

⁷— and fifty men of the sons of the prophets have gone on, and stand over-against afar off — and both of them have stood by the Jordan.

⁸Tedaj vzame Elija svoj plašč ter ga zvije skup in udari ž njim ob vodo, in se razdeli na obe strani, in onadva preideta po suhem.

⁸And Elijah taketh his robe, and wrappeth [it] together, and smiteth the waters, and they are halved, hither and thither, and they pass over both of them on dry land.

⁹In ko sta šla na drugo stran, reče Elija Elizeju: Prosi, kaj naj ti storim, preden bodem vzet od tebe! In Elizej reče: Prosim, da dobim dvojen delež od tvojega duha!

⁹And it cometh to pass, at their passing over, that Elijah hath said unto Elisha, `Ask, what do I do for thee before I am taken from thee?` and Elisha saith, `Then let there be, I pray thee, a double portion of thy spirit unto me;`

¹⁰Odgovori: Težke reči si prosil; če me boš videl, kadar bom vzet od tebe, se ti zgodi; ako pa ne, ne bode tega.

¹⁰and he saith, `Thou hast asked a hard thing; if thou dost see me taken from thee, it is to thee so; and if not, it is not.`

¹¹In ko gresta še skupaj in se pogovarjata, glej, ognjen voz in ognjeni konji, ki ju ločijo narazen. In Elija je šel v viharju gori v nebesa.

¹¹And it cometh to pass, they are going, going on and speaking, and lo, a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and they separate between them both, and Elijah goeth up in a whirlwind, to the heavens.

¹²In Elizej je videl to in je klical: Oče moj, oče moj! Vozovi Izraelovi in jezdeci njegovi! In ni ga videl več. Tedaj prime oblačila svoja ter jih raztrga na dva kosa.

¹²And Elisha is seeing, and he is crying, `My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and its horsemen;` and he hath not seen him again; and he taketh hold on his garments, and rendeth them into two pieces.

¹³In vzdigne plašč Elijev, ki mu je spadel, in se vrne ter stopi na breg Jordana.

¹³And he taketh up the robe of Elijah, that fell from off him, and turneth back and standeth on the edge of the Jordan,

¹⁴In vzame plašč Elijev, ki mu je spadel, in udari vodo in reče: Kje je Jehova, Bog Elijev? In ko je tudi udaril vodo, se razdeli na obe strani, in Elizej preide.

¹⁴and he taketh the robe of Elijah that fell from off him, and smiteth the waters, and saith, `Where [is] Jehovah, God of Elijah — even He?` and he smiteth the waters, and they are halved, hither and thither, and Elisha passeth over.

¹⁵In ko ga vidijo proroški sinovi, ki so stali pri Jerihu njemu nasproti, reko: Duh Elijev počiva nad Elizejem. In pridejo mu naproti in se mu poklonijo do tal.

¹⁵And they see him — the sons of the prophets who [are] in Jericho — over-against, and they say, `Rested hath the spirit of Elijah on Elisha;` and they come to meet him, and bow themselves to him to the earth,

¹⁶In mu reko: Glej, med nami, hlapci tvojimi, je petdeset močnih mož; naj gredo, prosimo, in iščejo učenika tvojega! Morda ga je duh GOSPODOV vzel in vrgel kje na goro ali v dolino. On pa veli: Nikar ne pošiljajte!

¹⁶and say unto him, `Lo, we pray thee, there are with thy servants fifty men, sons of valour: let them go, we pray thee, and they seek thy lord, lest the Spirit of Jehovah hath taken him up, and doth cast him on one of the hills, or into one of the valleys;` and he saith, `Ye do not send.`

¹⁷Ali oni so silili vanj, da ga je bilo sram. In reče: Naj gredo! Pošljejo torej petdeset mož; ti ga iščejo tri dni, a ga ne najdejo.

¹⁷And they press upon him, till he is ashamed, and he saith, `Send ye;` and they send fifty men, and they seek three days, and have not found him;

¹⁸In ko se vrnejo k njemu (stanoval je pa v Jerihu), jim reče: Nisem vam li rekel, da ne hodite?

¹⁸and they turn back unto him — and he is abiding in Jericho — and he saith unto them, `Did I not say unto you, Do not go?`

¹⁹In možje iz mesta reko Elizeju: Glej, prosimo, v tem mestu je dobro prebivati, kakor vidi gospod moj, ali voda je nezdrava in zemlja nerodovitna.

¹⁹And the men of the city say unto Elisha, `Lo, we pray thee, the site of the city [is] good, as my lord seeth, and the waters [are] bad, and the earth sterile.`

²⁰On veli: Prinesite mi novo čašo in denite soli vanjo! In mu prineso.

²⁰And he saith, `Bring to me a new dish, and place there salt;` and they bring [it] unto him,

²¹On pa gre ven k studencu in vrže vanj soli in reče: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Ozdravil sem to vodo, odslej ne bo iz nje več smrti ali nerodovitnosti.

²¹and he goeth out unto the source of the waters, and casteth there salt, and saith, `Thus said Jehovah, I have given healing to these waters; there is not thence any more death and sterility.`

²²In voda je bila zdrava do tega dne po besedi Elizeja, ki jo je bil govoril.

²²And the waters are healed unto this day, according to the word of Elisha, that he spake.

²³In šel je odondod gori v Betel. Ko pa gre gori po poti, pridejo mali dečki iz mesta in ga zasmehujejo in mu govore: Plešivec, pridi gori! Plešivec, pridi gori!

²³And he goeth up thence to Beth-El, and he is going up in the way, and little youths have come out from the city, and scoff at him, and say to him, `Go up, bald-head! go up, bald-head!`

²⁴In se ozre, in ko jih vidi, jih prekolne v imenu GOSPODOVEM. In prideta dve medvedki iz gozda in raztrgata izmed njih dvainštirideset otrok.In šel je odtod na goro Karmel in odondod se je vrnil v Samarijo.

²⁴And he looketh behind him, and seeth them, and declareth them vile in the name of Jehovah, and two bears come out of the forest, and rend of them forty and two lads.

²⁵In šel je odtod na goro Karmel in odondod se je vrnil v Samarijo.

²⁵And he goeth thence unto the hill of Carmel, and thence he hath turned back to Samaria.