1Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Yahweh had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
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.
2The Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maiden; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.
2Sirci pa so bili v plenilnih četah vdrli v Izraelovo deželo in ujeto s seboj pripeljali majhno deklico; in ta je stregla ženi Naamanovi.
3She said to her mistress, “I wish that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would heal him of his leprosy.”
3In reče gospodinji svoji: Ah, da bi bil gospod moj pri proroku, ki je v Samariji! Potem bi ga ozdravil njegovih gob!
4Someone went in, and told his lord, saying, “The maiden who is from the land of Israel said this.”
4In Naaman gre noter h gospodu svojemu in mu pove, rekoč: Tako in tako je govorila deklica iz Izraelove dežele.
5The king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” He departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
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.
6He brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, “Now when this letter has come to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may heal him of his leprosy.”
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.
7It happened, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he tore his clothes, and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to heal a man of his leprosy? But please consider and see how he seeks a quarrel against me.”
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!
8It was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, “Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.”
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!
9So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
9Tedaj pride Naaman s konji svojimi in z vozovi svojimi ter se ustavi pri vratih Elizejeve hiše.
10Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean.”
10Elizej pa pošlje sla k njemu, veleč: Pojdi in umij se v Jordanu sedemkrat, in meso se ti obnovi in bodeš čist!
11But Naaman was angry, and went away, and said, “Behold, I thought, ‘He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leper.’
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.
12Aren’t Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them, and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.
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.
13His servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, “My father, if the prophet had asked you do some great thing, wouldn’t you have done it? How much rather then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean?’”
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!
14Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was 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.
15He returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, “See now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel. Now therefore, please take a gift from your servant.”
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!
16But he said, “As Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none.” He urged him to take it; but he refused.
16On pa reče: Kakor res živi GOSPOD, ki stojim pred njega obličjem, ničesar ne vzamem! In ga sili, naj vzame, pa on odkloni.
17Naaman said, “If not, then, please let two mules’ burden of earth be given to your servant; for your servant will from now on offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice to other gods, but to Yahweh.
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.
18In this thing may Yahweh pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon. When I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, may Yahweh pardon your servant in this thing.”
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.
19He said to him, “Go in peace.” So he departed from him a little way.
19On mu veli: Pojdi v miru! In šel je od njega nekoliko poti.
20But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought. As Yahweh lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.”
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.
21So Gehazi followed after Naaman. When Naaman saw one running after him, he came down from the chariot to meet him, and said, “Is all well?”
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?
22He said, “All is well. My master has sent me, saying, ‘Behold, even now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.’”
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.
23Naaman said, “Be pleased to take two talents.” He urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants; and they carried them before him.
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.
24When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stored them in the house. Then he let the men go, and they departed.
24In ko pride do hriba, vzame to iz njunih rok in odloži v hišo; potem odpusti moža, in sta odšla.
25But he went in, and stood before his master. Elisha said to him, “Where did you come from, Gehazi?” He said, “Your servant went nowhere.”
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.
26He said to him, “Didn’t my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants?
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.
27Therefore the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and to your seed forever.” He went out from his presence a leper, as white as snow.
27Zatorej se bodo gobe Naamanove prijele tebe in semena tvojega vekomaj! In šel je od njega ven gobav in bel kakor sneg.