1The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “See now, the place where we dwell before you is too small for us.
1Proročki sinovi rekoše Elizeju: "Gle, tijesan nam je prostor u tebe.
2Please let us go to the Jordan, and every man take a beam from there, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell.” He answered, “Go!”
2Nego da odemo do Jordana, pa da svaki ondje uzmemo po brvno i načinimo sebi ondje prebivalište." On odgovori: "Idite."
3One said, “Please be pleased to go with your servants.” He answered, “I will go.”
3Jedan od njih reče mu: "Udostoj se poći sa svojim slugama." On odgovori: "Hoću."
4So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
4I pođe s njima. Kad su stigli do Jordana, uzeše sjeći drva.
5But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water. Then he cried, and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.”
5A dok je jedan od njih tesao gredu, pade mu sjekira u vodu i on povika: "Jao, gospodaru! I još je bila posuđena!"
6The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” He showed him the place. He cut down a stick, threw it in there, and made the iron float.
6A čovjek Božji upita ga: "Gdje je pala?" Onaj mu pokaza mjesto. Tada on odsiječe komad drveta, baci ga na ono mjesto i učini da sjekira ispliva.
7He said, “Take it.” So he put out his hand and took it.
7I reče: "Izvadi je!" I čovjek pruži ruku te je uze.
8Now the king of Syria was warring against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”
8Aramejski kralj bio u ratu s Izraelom. Posavjetovao se sa svojim časnicima i rekao: "Podignite šatore na tom mjestu."
9The man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, “Beware that you not pass such a place; for the Syrians are coming down there.”
9Ali Elizej poruči izraelskom kralju: "Čuvaj se onoga mjesta jer su se Aramejci ondje utaborili."
10The king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once nor twice.
10I kralj izraelski upozori ljude na mjesto za koje mu je rekao čovjek Božji. On je upozoravao i kralj se čuvao; a bilo je to više puta.
11The heart of the king of Syria was very troubled about this. He called his servants, and said to them, “Won’t you show me which of us is for the king of Israel?”
11Srce aramejskog kralja uznemiri se zbog toga, pa on pozva svoje časnike te ih upita: "Nećete li mi reći tko od naših drži s kraljem Izraelovim?"
12One of his servants said, “No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”
12Jedan od časnika odgovori: "Ne, gospodaru kralju; Elizej, prorok Izraelov, otkriva izraelskom kralju riječi koje kazuješ u svojoj spavaonici."
13He said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him.” It was told him, saying, “Behold, he is in Dothan.”
13On reče: "Idite i pogledajte gdje je, pa ću već poslati da ga uhvate." I javiše mu: "Eno ga u Dotanu."
14Therefore he sent horses, chariots, and a great army there. They came by night, and surrounded the city.
14Tada kralj posla onamo konje, kola i jake čete. Oni stigoše noću i opkoliše grad.
15When the servant of the man of God had risen early, and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was around the city. His servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?”
15Ujutro, ustavši, čovjek Božji iziđe, a to oko grada stoji vojska s konjima i kolima! Njegov mu momak reče: "Ah, gospodaru moj, što nam je činiti?"
16He answered, “Don’t be afraid; for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
16A on odgovori: "Ne boj se jer ih ima više s nama nego s njima."
17Elisha prayed, and said, “Yahweh, please open his eyes, that he may see.” Yahweh opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha.
17I Elizej se pomoli ovako: "Jahve, otvori mu oči da vidi!" I Jahve otvori oči momku i on vidje: gora oko Elizeja sva prekrivena ognjenim konjima i kolima!
18When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please strike this people with blindness.” He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
18Kad su Aramejci sišli prema njemu, Elizej se ovako pomoli Jahvi: "Udari sljepoćom ove ljude!" I na riječ Elizejevu udari ih sljepoćom.
19Elisha said to them, “This is not the way, neither is this the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek.” He led them to Samaria.
19Elizej im reče: "Nije ovo put i nije ovo grad. Pođite za mnom, ja ću vas odvesti čovjeku koga tražite." Ali ih odvede u Samariju.
20It happened, when they had come into Samaria, that Elisha said, “Yahweh, open the eyes of these men, that they may see.” Yahweh opened their eyes, and they saw; and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
20Kad su ulazili u Samariju, Elizej reče: "Jahve, otvori ovima oči da progledaju." Jahve im otvori oči i oni vidješe da su usred Samarije!
21The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, “My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?”
21Kad ih vidje kralj Izraela, reče Elizeju: "Treba li ih poubijati, oče moj?"
22He answered, “You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.”
22A on odgovori: "Nemoj ih ubiti. Zar ćeš ubiti one koje nisi zarobio svojim lukom i mačem? Ponudi im kruha i vode; neka jedu i piju i neka se vrate svome gospodaru."
23He prepared great feast for them. When they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. The bands of Syria stopped raiding the land of Israel.
23Kralj im priredi veliku gozbu. Pošto su jeli i pili, otpusti ih. I vratiše se svome gospodaru. I tako aramejski pljačkaši nisu više zalazili na izraelsko tlo.
24It happened after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
24Dogodi se poslije toga te aramejski kralj Ben-Hadad skupi svu svoju vojsku i uzađe i opkoli Samariju.
25There was a great famine in Samaria. Behold, they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
25I nasta velika glad u Samariji, a opsada potraja toliko da je magareća glava stajala osamdeset šekela srebra, a četvrt kaba golubinje nečisti pet šekela srebra.
26As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”
26Kada je kralj prolazio po zidinama, neka mu žena vikne: "Pomozi, gospodaru kralju!"
27He said, “If Yahweh doesn’t help you, from where could I help you? From of the threshing floor, or from the winepress?”
27On odgovori: "Neka ti pomogne Jahve! Kako ću ti ja pomoći? Nečim s gumna ili iz tijeska?"
28The king said to her, “What ails you?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’
28Još joj kralj reče: "Što ti je?" Ona odgovori: "Ova mi je žena rekla: 'Daj svoga sina da ga pojedemo danas, a sutra ćemo pojesti moga!'
29So we boiled my son, and ate him: and I said to her on the next day, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him;’ and she has hidden her son.”
29Skuhale smo moga sina i pojele ga. A sutradan rekoh joj: 'Daj svoga sina da ga pojedemo.' Ali je ona sakrila svoga sina."
30It happened, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes (now he was passing by on the wall); and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his flesh.
30Kada je kralj čuo riječi te žene, razdrije na sebi haljine. I kad je išao po zidinama, narod vidje da mu je na tijelu kostrijet.
31Then he said, “God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stay on him this day.”
31I reče tada kralj: "Neka mi Bog učini ovo zlo i doda drugo ako glava Elizeja, sina Šafatova, ostane danas na njegovim ramenima!"
32But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Then the king sent a man from before him; but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? Behold, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door shut against him. Isn’t the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”
32Elizej sjedio u svojoj kući i starješine sjedile s njim. Kralj je ispred sebe poslao glasnika, ali Elizej reče starješinama, prije nego što je glasnik stigao do njega: "Vidite li da je onaj krvnički sin naredio da mi skinu glavu? Pazite: kada glasnik stigne, zatvorite vrata i odbijte ga od vrata. Ne čuje li se topot koraka njegova gospodara za njim?"
33While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. Then he said, “Behold, this evil is from Yahweh. Why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?”
33Dok im je još govorio, kralj stupi preda nj i reče mu: "Ova je nevolja, gle, od Jahve! Što da još očekujem od Jahve?"