¹Naaman, poveljnik vojske sirskega kralja, je bil velik mož pri svojem gospodu in spoštovan, zakaj po njem je GOSPOD dal zmago Sircem; bil je tudi hraber vojščak, toda gobav.

¹And Naaman, head of the host of the king of Aram, was a great man before his lord, and accepted of face, for by him had Jehovah given salvation to Aram, and the man was mighty in valour — leprous.

²Sirci pa so bili v plenilnih četah vdrli v Izraelovo deželo in ujeto s seboj pripeljali majhno deklico; in ta je stregla ženi Naamanovi.

²And the Aramaeans have gone out [by] troops, and they take captive out of the land of Israel a little damsel, and she is before the wife of Naaman,

³In reče gospodinji svoji: Ah, da bi bil gospod moj pri proroku, ki je v Samariji! Potem bi ga ozdravil njegovih gob!

³and she saith unto her mistress, `O that my lord [were] before the prophet who [is] in Samaria; then he doth recover him from his leprosy.`

⁴In Naaman gre noter h gospodu svojemu in mu pove, rekoč: Tako in tako je govorila deklica iz Izraelove dežele.

⁴And [one] goeth in and declareth to his lord, saying, `Thus and thus she hath spoken, the damsel who [is] from the land of Israel.`

⁵Nato veli sirski kralj: Odpravi se tja, jaz pošljem list kralju Izraelovemu. In odide, vzemši s seboj deset talentov srebra in šest tisoč zlatnikov in desetero prazničnih oblek.

⁵And the king of Aram saith, `Go thou, enter, and I send a letter unto the king of Israel;` and he goeth and taketh in his hand ten talents of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold, and ten changes of garments.

⁶In prinese list kralju Izraelovemu s tem besedilom: In sedaj, ko pride ta list do tebe, glej, poslal sem Naamana, služabnika svojega, k tebi, da ga ozdraviš njegovih gob.

⁶And he bringeth in the letter unto the king of Israel, saying, `And now, at the coming in of this letter unto thee, lo, I have sent unto thee Naaman my servant, and thou hast recovered him from his leprosy.`

⁷Ko pa prebere kralj Izraelov ta list, si raztrga oblačila in reče: Ali sem Bog, da morem usmrtiti in oživiti, da ta pošilja k meni moža, naj ga ozdravim gob? Pa premislite, prosim, in glejte, da išče razloga za boj z menoj!

⁷And it cometh to pass, at the king of Israel`s reading the letter, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, `Am I God, to put to death and to keep alive, that this [one] is sending unto me to recover a man from his leprosy? for surely know, I pray you, and see, for he is presenting himself to me.`

⁸Ali ko Elizej, mož Božji, zasliši, da je kralj Izraelov raztrgal oblačila svoja, pošlje h kralju in sporoči: Zakaj si raztrgal oblačila svoja? Naj le pride k meni, in spozna, da je prorok v Izraelu!

⁸And it cometh to pass, at Elisha the man of God`s hearing that the king of Israel hath rent his garments, that he sendeth unto the king, saying, `Why hast thou rent thy garments? let him come, I pray thee, unto me, and he doth know that there is a prophet in Israel.`

⁹Tedaj pride Naaman s konji svojimi in z vozovi svojimi ter se ustavi pri vratih Elizejeve hiše.

⁹And Naaman cometh, with his horses and with his chariot, and standeth at the opening of the house for Elisha;

¹⁰Elizej pa pošlje sla k njemu, veleč: Pojdi in umij se v Jordanu sedemkrat, in meso se ti obnovi in bodeš čist!

¹⁰and Elisha sendeth unto him a messenger, saying, `Go, and thou hast washed seven times in Jordan, and thy flesh doth turn back to thee — and be thou clean.

¹¹A Naaman se ujezi in odhajajoč govori: Glejte, menil sem, da pride gotovo ven k meni in pristopi in bo, klical ime GOSPODA, Boga svojega, in potegne roko svojo čez boleznivino, in tako ozdravi gobe.

¹¹And Naaman is wroth, and goeth on, and saith, `Lo, I said, Unto me he doth certainly come out, and hath stood and called in the name of Jehovah his God, and waved his hand over the place, and recovered the leper.

¹²Nista li Abana in Farfar, reki v Damasku, boljši nego vse vode Izraelove, da bi se v njiju umil in se očistil? Obrne se torej in jezen hoče oditi.

¹²Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? do I not wash in them and I have been clean?` and he turneth and goeth on in fury.

¹³Hlapci njegovi pa pristopijo in govore ž njim in reko: Oče moj, ako bi ti bil prorok ukazal kaj velikega, ne bi bil storil tega? Koliko bolj, ko ti je rekel samo: Umij se in bodi čist!

¹³And his servants come nigh, and speak unto him, and say, `My father, a great thing had the prophet spoken unto thee — dost thou not do [it]? and surely, when he hath said unto thee, Wash, and be clean.`

¹⁴Tedaj gre doli in se pogrezne sedemkrat v Jordanu, kakor je velel mož Božji: in meso se mu zopet naredi kakor majhnega dečka meso, in bil je čist.

¹⁴And he goeth down and dippeth in Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh doth turn back as the flesh of a little youth, and is clean.

¹⁵In vrne se k možu Božjemu, on in vse spremstvo njegovo. In vstopi in se postavi predenj ter reče: Glej, sedaj vem, da ni Boga na vsej zemlji, samo v Izraelu! Zdaj torej vzemi, prosim, darilo od hlapca svojega!

¹⁵And he turneth back unto the man of God, he and all his camp, and cometh in, and standeth before him, and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that there is not a God in all the earth except in Israel; and now, take, I pray thee, a blessing from thy servant.`

¹⁶On pa reče: Kakor res živi GOSPOD, ki stojim pred njega obličjem, ničesar ne vzamem! In ga sili, naj vzame, pa on odkloni.

¹⁶And he saith, `Jehovah liveth, before whom I have stood — if I take [it];` and he presseth on him to take, and he refuseth.

¹⁷Nato reče Naaman: Če torej nočeš, daj, prosim, hlapcu svojemu prsti, kolikor je moreta nesti dva mezga; zakaj hlapec tvoj ne bo odslej daroval žgalnih in klalnih žrtev drugim bogovom razen GOSPODU samemu.

¹⁷And Naaman saith, `If not — let be given, I pray thee, to thy servant, a couple of mules` burden of earth, for thy servant doth make no more burnt-offering and sacrifice to other gods, but to Jehovah.

¹⁸Samo v tem bodi GOSPOD milostiv hlapcu tvojemu: Kadar gre moj gospodar v hišo Rimonovo molit in se nasloni na mojo roko in jaz se priklonim v hiši Rimonovi, naj prizanese GOSPOD temu priklanjanju mojemu v hiši Rimonovi iz tega razloga.

¹⁸For this thing Jehovah be propitious to thy servant, in the coming in of my lord into the house of Rimmon to bow himself there, and he was supported by my hand, and I bowed myself [in] the house of Rimmon; for my bowing myself in the house of Rimmon Jehovah be propitious, I pray thee, to thy servant in this thing.`

¹⁹On mu veli: Pojdi v miru! In šel je od njega nekoliko poti.

¹⁹And he saith to him, `Go in peace.` And he goeth from him a kibrath of land,

²⁰V tem si je rekel Gehazi, hlapec Elizeja, moža Božjega: Glej, gospodar moj je prevarčno ravnal s tem Naamanom Sircem, da ni vzel iz rok njegovih, kar je prinesel; kakor res GOSPOD živi, potečem za njim, da prejmem kaj od njega.

²⁰And Gehazi, servant of Elisha the man of God, saith, `Lo, my lord hath spared Naaman this Aramaean, not to receive from his hand that which he brought; Jehovah liveth; surely if I have run after him, then I have taken from him something.`

²¹Žene se torej Gehazi za Naamanom: In ko Naaman in vidi, da teče nekdo za njim, stopi z voza in mu gre naproti ter vpraša: Je li dobro?

²¹And Gehazi pursueth after Naaman, and Naaman seeth one running after him, and alighteth from off the chariot to meet him, and saith, `Is there peace?`

²²Ta reče: Dobro! Gospod moj me je poslal, naj sporočim: Glej, ravno sedaj sta k meni prišla dva mladeniča iz proroških sinov z Efraimskega gorovja. Daj jima, prosim, talent srebra in dve praznični obleki.

²²And he saith, `Peace; my lord hath sent me, saying, Lo, now, this, come unto me have two young men from the hill-country of Ephraim, of the sons of the prophets; give, I pray thee, to them, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.`

²³In Naaman veli: Izvoli vzeti dva talenta! In ga prisili ter mu zaveže dva talenta srebra v dve mošnji in dve praznični obleki in ju zadene dvema njegovima hlapcema; in ona to neseta pred njim.

²³And Naaman saith, `Be pleased, take two talents;` and he urgeth on him, and bindeth two talents of silver in two purses, and two changes of garments, and giveth unto two of his young men, and they bear before him;

²⁴In ko pride do hriba, vzame to iz njunih rok in odloži v hišo; potem odpusti moža, in sta odšla.

²⁴and he cometh in unto the high place, and taketh out of their hand, and layeth up in the house, and sendeth away the men, and they go.

²⁵A sam stopi noter in se postavi pred svojega gospodarja. Tedaj mu reče Elizej: Odkod si prišel, Gehazi? Odgovori: Hlapec tvoj ni hodil ne sem, ne tja.

²⁵And he hath come in, and doth stand by his lord, and Elisha saith unto him, `Whence — Gehazi?` and he saith, `Thy servant went not hither or thither.`

²⁶On pa mu veli: Ni li šlo srce moje s teboj, ko se je vrnil mož z voza svojega tebi naproti? Je li čas jemati srebro in oblačila in pridobivati oljkove vrte in vinograde, ovce in vole, hlapce in dekle?Zatorej se bodo gobe Naamanove prijele tebe in semena tvojega vekomaj! In šel je od njega ven gobav in bel kakor sneg.

²⁶And he saith unto him, `My heart went not when the man turned from off his chariot to meet thee; is it a time to take silver, and to take garments, and olives, and vines, and flock, and herd, and men-servants, and maid-servants?

²⁷Zatorej se bodo gobe Naamanove prijele tebe in semena tvojega vekomaj! In šel je od njega ven gobav in bel kakor sneg.

²⁷yea, the leprosy of Naaman doth cleave to thee, and to thy seed, — to the age;` and he goeth out from before him — leprous as snow.