¹Elisha said, “Hear the word of Yahweh. Thus says Yahweh, ‘Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.’”

¹Laj Eliseo quixye re: —Abihomak li cßaßru naxye li Kâcuaß. Cuulaj saß ajcuiß li hônal aßin chêjunilex târûk texlokßok saß li oquebâl re Samaria. Têlokß cuukub litro li cßaj riqßuin yal jun chi tumin plata ut têlokß ajcuiß oßlaju litro li cebada riqßuin yal jun chi tumin plata, chan.

²Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, “Behold, if Yahweh made windows in heaven, could this thing be?” He said, “Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it.”

²Li cuînk li natenkßan re li rey quixye re laj Eliseo: —Usta li Kâcuaß Dios naxtakla chak saß choxa li cebada chi nabal, mâ jaruj tâcßulmânk joß xaye, chan. Ut laj Eliseo quixye re: —Lâat tâcuil nak tâcßulmânk joß xinye. Abanan lâat incßaß tâtzaca li tzacaêmk aßan, chan.

³Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate. They said one to another, “Why do we sit here until we die?

³Cuanqueb câhib li cuînk saklep rixeb chire li oquebâl re li tenamit. Queßxye chi ribileb rib: —¿Cßaßut nak cuanco arin roybeninquil kacamic?

⁴If we say, ‘We will enter into the city,’ then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. If we sit still here, we also die. Now therefore come, and let us surrender to the army of the Syrians. If they save us alive, we will live; and if they kill us, we will only die.”

⁴Mâcßaß rajbal nak to-oc saß li tenamit. Tocâmk xban cueßej. Abanan cui tocanâk arin tocâmk ajcuiß. Toxic saß lix naßajeb li soldado aj Siria. Cui eb aßan incßaß toeßxcamsi, us. Cui ut toeßxcamsi tocâmk, chanqueb.

⁵They rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians. When they had come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there.

⁵Nak ac oc re li kßojyîn queßcôeb saß li naßajej li cuanqueb cuiß lix muhebâleb laj Siria. Nak queßcuulac eb laj Siria mâ aniheb chic saß lix muhebâleb.

⁶For the Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great army: and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come on us.

⁶Li Kâcuaß quixqßueheb laj Siria chirabinquil jun li chokînc. Chanchan xyâb li carruaje ut li cacuây nak yôqueb chi châlc nabaleb li soldado. Saß xchßôleb laj Siria nak lix reyeb laj Israel queßxjunaji ribeb riqßuineb laj hiteo ut eb laj Egipto ut yôqueb chi châlc chi pletic riqßuineb.

⁷Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

⁷Joßcan nak eb laj Siria queßêlelic saß li ecuu aßan. Queßxcanab lix muhebâleb, lix cacuâyeb ut eb lix bûreb. Queßcana lix muhebâleb joß nak cuan ut queßêlelic re nak teßxcol rix lix yußameb.

⁸When these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drink, and carried there silver, and gold, and clothing, and went and hid it. Then they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried there also, and went and hid it.

⁸Eb li cuînk saklep rixeb queßcuulac cuanqueb cuiß lix muhebâleb laj Siria. Queßoc chi saß jun li muhebâl ut queßcuaßac ut queßucßac. Queßxxoc li plata, li oro ut li tßicr li queßxtau saß li muhebâl ut queßcôeb ut queßxmuk. Queßsukßi cuißchic xcaß sut saß li naßajej li xeßcuan cuiß laj Siria ut queßoc saß jun chic li muhebâl. Queßxxoc li cßaßru cuan aran ut queßcôeb cuißchic chixmukbal.

⁹Then they said one to another, “We aren’t doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we keep silent. If we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come, let us go and tell the king’s household.”

⁹Chirix aßan queßxye chi ribileb rib: —Incßaß us yôco chixbânunquil. Châbil esilal li xkatau. Tento nak takaye ajcuiß reheb li kech tenamitil. Cui takoybeni toj cuulaj, teßxye nak xomâcob chiruheb. Toxic saß tenamit ut takaye resil saß li rochoch li rey, chanqueb.

¹⁰So they came and called to the porter of the city; and they told them, saying, “We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.”

¹⁰Joßcan nak queßel saß li naßajej li cuanqueb cuiß lix muhebâleb laj Siria ut queßcôeb saß li tenamit Samaria. Nak queßcuulac saß li oquebâl re li tenamit, queßxjap reheb chixbokbaleb li soldado li yôqueb chi cßacßalênc. Queßxye reheb: —Lâo xocuulac chak saß lix muhebâleb laj Siria. Mâ aniheb chic aran. Mâ ani na-ecßan aran. Eb lix cacuây ut eb lix bûr bacßbôqueb. Yîbanbil ajcuiß lix muhebâleb xeßcana, chanqueb.

¹¹He called the porters; and they told it to the king’s household within.

¹¹Eb li soldado li yôqueb chi cßacßalênc re li oquebâl queßxjap reheb chixyebal resil saß li palacio.

¹²The king arose in the night, and said to his servants, “I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry. Therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, ‘When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.’”

¹²Li rey quicuacli chak saß lix cuaribâl xban nak ac kßojyîn. Quixye reheb: —Lâin tinchßolob xyâlal êre li cßaßru yôqueb chixcßoxlanquil xbânunquil ke eb laj Siria. Eb aßan nequeßxnau nak mâcßaß chic katzacaêmk. Joßcan nak xeßel saß lix muhebâleb ut xeßxmuk ribeb chi nachß. Saß xchßôleb aßan nak toêlk saß li tenamit ut toeßxchap chi yoßyo ut teßoc saß li katenamit, chan.

¹³One of his servants answered, “Please let some take five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city. Behold, they are like all the multitude of Israel who are left in it. Behold, they are like all the multitude of Israel who are consumed. Let us send and see.”

¹³Jun reheb li nequeßtenkßan re li rey quixye: —Kataklâkeb cuib oxibak li cuînk chirixeb li ôb chi cacuây li xeßcana saß li tenamit chirilbal chi tzßakal cßaßru yôqueb laj Siria. Cui teßcamsîk, cßaßru xjalenquil xban nak juntakßêt ajcuiß takacßul chikajunilo arin saß li tenamit, chan.

¹⁴They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the army of the Syrians, saying, “Go and see.”

¹⁴Joßcan nak queßxsicß ru cuib li cacuây ut jun li carruaje. Ut li rey quixtaklaheb li cuînk ut quixye reheb: —Ayukex ut toxêqßue chak retal lix muhebâleb laj Siria, chan.

¹⁵They went after them to the Jordan; and behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. The messengers returned, and told the king.

¹⁵Queßcôeb ut queßcuulac toj saß li nimaß Jordán. Ut queßxqßue retal nak yalak bar natßanaxin li rakßeb ut li cßaßru reheb laj Siria li queßxtzßek nak yôqueb chi êlelic. Queßsukßi cuißchic riqßuin li rey ut queßxye re cßaßru queßril chak.

¹⁶The people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of Yahweh.

¹⁶Joßcan nak eb laj Israel queßel saß li tenamit ut queßcôeb saß lix muhebâleb laj Siria chixxocbal chixjunil li cßaßru cuan reheb. Quicßulman joß quixye li Kâcuaß. Queßxcßayi cuukub litro li cßaj yal riqßuin jun li tumin plata, ut queßxcßayi ajcuiß oßlaju litro li cebada yal riqßuin jun li tumin plata.

¹⁷The king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to be in charge of the gate: and the people trod on him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.

¹⁷Lix reyeb laj Israel quixqßue li soldado li natenkßan re chi cßacßalênc saß li oquebâl re li tenamit. Eb li tenamit queßnumeß saß xbên ut queßxpitzß xsaß ut quicam. Quicßulman joß quixye lix profeta li Kâcuaß nak quicuulac li rey riqßuin.

¹⁸It happened, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, “Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria”;

¹⁸Ut quicßulman ajcuiß li cßaßru quixye li profeta nak quixye: Saß ajcuiß li hônal aßin cuulaj cuukub litro li châbil trigo tâcßayîk yal riqßuin jun li tumin plata joß ajcuiß oßlaju litro li cebada.

¹⁹and that captain answered the man of God, and said, “Now, behold, if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be?” and he said, “Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it.”

¹⁹Li cuînk li natenkßan re li rey quixye: —Usta li Kâcuaß Dios naxtakla chak saß choxa li cebada chi nabal, mâ jaruj tâcßulmânk joß xaye, chan. Ut laj Eliseo quixye re: —Lâat tâcuil nak tâcßulmânk, abanan lâat incßaß tâtzaca li tzacaêmk aßan, chan.Ut li cuînk quixcßul joß quiyeheß re xban nak eb li tenamit queßnumeß saß xbên saß li oquebâl re li tenamit ut quicam.

²⁰It happened like that to him; for the people trod on him in the gate, and he died.

²⁰Ut li cuînk quixcßul joß quiyeheß re xban nak eb li tenamit queßnumeß saß xbên saß li oquebâl re li tenamit ut quicam.