1The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “See now, the place where we dwell before you is too small for us.
1In proroški sinovi reko Elizeju: Glej vendar, kraj, kjer stanujemo pred teboj, je nam pretesen.
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!”
2Dovoli, da gremo k Jordanu, in ondi naj vzame vsak lesa, in naredimo si tam domovališče. On odgovori: Pojdite!
3One said, “Please be pleased to go with your servants.” He answered, “I will go.”
3Eden pa reče: Izvoli, prosim, iti s hlapci svojimi! Odgovori: Pojdem.
4So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
4In šel je ž njimi. In ko pridejo doli k Jordanu, sekajo les.
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.”
5In ko eden seka drevo, mu pade železo v vodo, in zavpije in reče: Gorje, moj gospod, saj še to sem vzel naposodo!
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 mož Božji vpraša: Kam je padlo? In pokaže mu tisti kraj. On pa odreže palico in jo porine tja in stori, da železo splava.
7He said, “Take it.” So he put out his hand and took it.
7In veli: Vzdigni si ga! In iztegne roko ter ga vzame.
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.”
8Kralj sirski pa se je bojeval zoper Izraela; in se je posvetoval s služabniki svojimi in je rekel: Na tem in tem mestu bodi moj tabor.
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.”
9A mož Božji pošlje h kralju Izraelovemu in sporoči: Varuj se, da ne greš na tisto mesto, kajti tja so se odpravili Sirci.
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.
10In kralj Izraelov je poslal na mesto, ki mu je o njem mož Božji bil povedal in ga posvaril, in se ga je ognil ne enkrat ali dvakrat samo.
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?”
11In sirskemu kralju se je srce hudo vznemirilo zaradi tega; in pokliče služabnike svoje in jim veli: Mi li nočete povedati, kdo je od naših zvezan 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.”
12Eden služabnikov njegovih pa mu reče: Ni tako, gospod moj, kralj, temuč Elizej prorok, ki je v Izraelu, pravi kralju Izraelovemu besede, ki jih govoriš v svoji spalnici!
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.”
13Kralj veli: Pojdite in poglejte, kje je, da pošljem in ga ujamem. In naznanijo mu, rekoč: Glej, v Dotanu je!
14Therefore he sent horses, chariots, and a great army there. They came by night, and surrounded the city.
14Zatorej pošlje tja konje in vozove in veliko vojsko, in pridejo ponoči ter obkolijo mesto.
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?”
15In ko vstane strežnik moža Božjega zarana in gre ven, vidi vojsko s konji in vozovi okoli mesta. In strežnik njegov mu reče: Gorje, gospod moj, kaj bomo počeli?
16He answered, “Don’t be afraid; for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
16On odgovori: Ne boj se, zakaj več jih je z nami nego ž njimi!
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.
17In Elizej moli in reče: GOSPOD, prosim, odpri mu oči, da bo videl. In GOSPOD je odprl mladeniču oči, in je videl, in glej: gora je bila polna konj in ognjenih voz okoli Elizeja.
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.
18In ko pridejo do njega, moli Elizej h GOSPODU in reče: Udari, prosim, ta narod s slepoto! In udaril jih je s slepoto po besedi Elizejevi.
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.
19In Elizej jim reče: To ni tista pot, ne tisto mesto; pojdite za menoj in privedem vas k možu, ki ga iščete. In pripelje jih v Samarijo.
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.
20Ko pa pridejo v Samarijo, reče Elizej: GOSPOD, odpri oči tem možem, da vidijo. In GOSPOD je odprl njih oči, in videli so, in glej, bili so sredi Samarije!
21The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, “My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?”
21In ko jih ugleda kralj Izraelov, reče Elizeju: Ali naj jih pobijem, oče moj? Naj jih pobijem?
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.”
22On odgovori: Ne pobijaj jih! Ali bi pobil tiste, ki si jih ujel z mečem in z lokom svojim? Postavi prednje kruha in vode, da jedo in pijo in se povrnejo h gospodu svojemu.
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.
23In jim je pripravil veliko gostovanje. In ko so bili jedli in pili, jih je odpustil, in šli so h gospodu svojemu. In sirske čete niso več vdirale v deželo Izraelovo.
24It happened after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
24In zgodi se potem, da zbere Ben-hadad, sirski kralj, vso vojsko in gre gori ter oblega Samarijo.
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.
25In nastane velika lakota v Samariji, in glej, oblegali so Samarijo toliko časa, da se je prodajala oslovska glava za osemdeset srebrnikov in četrtinka golobje piče za pet srebrnikov.
26As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”
26In ko je kralj Izraelov šel mimo po zidovju, zavpije vanj žena in reče: Pomozi mi, gospod moj, kralj!
27He said, “If Yahweh doesn’t help you, from where could I help you? From of the threshing floor, or from the winepress?”
27On pa reče: Ko ti GOSPOD ne pomore, odkod naj ti pomorem jaz? z gumna ali iz tlačilnice?
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.’
28In kralj jo vpraša: Kaj ti je? Ona reče: Ta žena mi je rekla: Daj sina svojega, da ga sneva danes, in mojega sina bova jedli jutri!
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.”
29Skuhali sva torej mojega sina in ga snedli. In drugi dan ji velim: Daj sem sina svojega, da ga sneva! A ona ga je skrila.
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.
30Ko je slišal kralj besede žene, si je raztrgal oblačila; šel pa je naprej po zidovju, in ljudstvo je gledalo, in glej, imel je znotraj raševnik po životu.
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.”
31Tedaj reče kralj: Bog mi stóri to in to še prideni, ako danes ostane glava Elizeja, sina Safatovega, na njem!
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 pa je sedel v hiši svoji, in starejšine so sedeli pri njem. In kralj pošlje sla pred seboj; a preden dospe sel k njemu, reče Elizej starejšinam: Ne vidite li, kako je poslal tisti morilčev sin, da se mi odseka glava? Glejte, ko pride sel, da zaprete duri in ga z durmi nazaj pahnete! Ni li šum nog gospoda njegovega za njim?Ko ž njimi še govori, glej, pride sel doli k njemu. In reče: Glej, to hudo je od GOSPODA, čemu naj še čakam GOSPODA?
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?”
33Ko ž njimi še govori, glej, pride sel doli k njemu. In reče: Glej, to hudo je od GOSPODA, čemu naj še čakam GOSPODA?