2 مُلُوك 7

١ 1 ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلِيشَعُ: «اسْمَعُوا مَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: غَداً فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْوَقْتِ تُصْبِحُ كَيْلَةُ الدَّقِيقِ بِشَاقِلَ (اثْنَيْ عَشْرَ جِرَاماً مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ)، وَكَيْلَتَا الشَّعِيرِ بِشَاقِلَ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ السَّامِرَةِ».

Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To-morrow about this time [shall] a measure of fine flour [be sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

٢ 2 فَقَالَ الْجُنْدِيُّ الَّذِي كَانَ الْمَلِكُ يَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَى ذِرَاعِهِ لِرَجُلِ اللهِ: «حَتَّى إِنْ فَتَحَ الرَّبُّ كُوىً فِي السَّمَاءِ، فَهَلْ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَحْدُثَ هَذَا الأَمْرُ؟» فَأَجَابَ أَلِيشَعُ: «سَتَرَى ذَلِكَ بِعَيْنَيْكَ، وَلَكِنَّكَ لَنْ تَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ».

Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, [if] the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see [it] with thy eyes, but shalt not eat of it.

٣ 3 وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ أَرْبَعَةُ رِجَالٍ بُرْصٍ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ لِرِفَاقِهِ: «مَا بَالُنَا نَجْلِسُ حَتَّى نَمُوتَ جُوعاً؟

And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

٤ 4 إِنْ قُلْنَا لِنَدْخُلْ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، فَالْجُوعُ فِيهَا، وَسَنَمُوتُ. وَإِنْ مَكَثْنَا هُنَا نَمُوتُ أَيْضاً. فَهَيَّا بِنَا نَلْجَأُ إِلَى مُعَسْكَرِ الأَرَامِيِّينَ، فَإِنِ اسْتَحْيَوْنَا عِشْنَا، وَإِنْ قَتَلُونَا مُتْنَا».

If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine [is] in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall to the army of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

٥ 5 فَانْطَلَقُوا فِي الْمَسَاءِ إِلَى مُعَسْكَرِ الأَرَامِيِّينَ. وَعِنْدَمَا بَلَغُوا أَطْرَافَ الْمُعَسْكَرِ لَمْ يَجِدُوا هُنَاكَ أَحَداً.

And they rose in the twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians: and when they had come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, [there was] no man there.

٦ 6 فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ جَعَلَ جَيْشَ أَرَامَ يَسْمَعُ صَلْصَلَةَ مَرْكَبَاتٍ، وَصَوْتَ وَقْعِ حَوَافِرِ خَيْلٍ، وَجَلَبَةَ جَيْشٍ كَثِيفٍ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ للآخَرِ: «لابُدَّ أَنَّ مَلِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ اسْتَأْجَرَ ضِدَّنَا جُيُوشَ الْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالْمِصْرِيِّينَ لِيَنْقَضُّوا عَلَيْنَا».

For the LORD 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, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

٧ 7 فَفَرُّوا هَارِبِينَ عِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ، مُخَلِّفِينَ وَرَاءَهُمْ خِيَامَهُمْ وَخُيُولَهُمْ وَحَمِيرَهُمْ، تَارِكِينَ الْمُعَسْكَرَ عَلَى حَالِهِ، وَفَرُّوا نَاجِينَ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ.

Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it [was], and fled for their life.

٨ 8 وَدَخَلَ هَؤُلاءِ الْبُرْصُ إِحْدَى الْخِيَامِ فِي أَطْرَافِ الْمُعَسْكَرِ، فَأَكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَى مَا فِيهَا مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ وَثِيَابٍ، ثُمَّ طَمَرُوهَا. وَرَجَعُوا وَدَخَلُوا إِلَى خَيْمَةٍ أُخْرَى وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَى مَا فِيهَا أَيْضاً وَطَمَرُوهُ.

And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drank, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid [it]; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence [also], and went and hid [it].

٩ 9 ثُمَّ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: «إِنَّنَا نُخْطِئُ فِيمَا نَفْعَلُ. فَالْيَوْمُ يَوْمُ بِشَارَةٍ وَنَحْنُ سَاكِتُونَ، فَإِنِ انْتَظَرْنَا طُلُوعَ الْفَجْرِ وَلَمْ نُخْبِرْ يَنَالُنَا الْعِقَابُ. فَلْنَدْخُلِ الْمَدِينَةَ وَنُخْبِرْ رِجَالَ قَصْرِ الْمَلِكِ».

Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day [is] a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.

١٠ 10 فَرَجَعُوا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَقَالُوا لِلْبَوَّابِ: «لَقَدْ دَخَلْنَا مُعَسْكَرَ الأَرَامِيِّينَ فَلَمْ نَجِدْ فِيهِ أَحَداً، وَلَمْ نَسْمَعْ فِي أَرْجَائِهِ صَوْتَ إِنْسَانٍ. وَلَكِنَّنَا رَأَيْنَا خَيْلاً وَحَمِيراً مَا بَرِحَتْ مَرْبُوطَةً فِي مَرَابِضِهَا، وَخِيَاماً لَا تَزَالُ مَنْصُوبَةً».

So they came and called to the porter of the city: and they told him, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, [there was] no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they [were].

١١ 11 فَأَذَاعَ الْبَوَّابُونَ النَّبَأَ حَتَّى بَلَغَ قَصْرَ الْمَلِكِ.

And he called the porters; and they told [it] to the king's house within.

١٢ 12 فَنَهَضَ الْمَلِكُ لَيْلاً وَقَالَ لِضُبَّاطِهِ: «لأُخْبِرَنَّكُمْ مَا صَنَعَ الأَرَامِيُّونَ! لَقَدْ أَدْرَكُوا أَنَّنَا نَتَضَوَّرُ جُوعاً، فَهَجَرُوا الْمُعَسْكَرَ لِيَخْتَبِئُوا فِي الْحُقُولِ، حَتَّى إِذَا خَرَجْنَا مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ يَنْقَضُّونَ عَلَيْنَا وَيَأْسِرُونَنَا أَحْيَاءَ وَيَسْتَوْلُونَ عَلَى الْمَدِينَةِ».

And the 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 they have 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.

١٣ 13 فَأَجَابَ وَاحِدٌ مِنَ الضُّبَّاطِ وَقَالَ: «لِيَأْخُذْ بَعْضٌ مِنَّا خَمْسَةً مِنَ الْخَيْلِ الْبَاقِيَةِ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ. فَإِنْ أَصَابَهُمْ شَرٌّ يَكُونُونَ نَظِيرَ بَقِيَّةِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ الْمُعْتَصِمِينَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، أَوْ نَظِيرَ مَنْ هَلَكُوا مِنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ. فَلْنُرْسِلْ وَنَسْتَطْلِعِ الأَمْرَ».

And one of his servants answered and said, Let [some] take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they [are] as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, [I say], they [are] even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed: ) and let us send and see.

١٤ 14 فَأَعَدُّوا مَرْكَبَتَيْ خَيْلٍ انْطَلَقَتَا بِمَنْ فِيهِمَا مِنْ رِجَالٍ أَرْسَلَهُمُ الْمَلِكُ خَلْفَ الأَرَامِيِّينَ.

They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

١٥ 15 فَاقْتَفَوْا أَثَرَهُمْ إِلَى نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، وَإذَا كُلُّ الطَّرِيقِ مَمْلُوءَةٌ ثِيَاباً وَأَمْتِعَةً مِمَّا طَرَحَهَا الأَرَامِيُّونَ عِنْدَ فِرَارِهِمِ الْمُفَاجِئِ السَّرِيعِ. فَرَجَعَ الرُّسُلُ وَأَخْبَرُوا الْمَلِكَ.

And they went after them to Jordan: and lo, all the way [was] full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

١٦ 16 فَانْدَفَعَ الشَّعْبُ نَحْوَ مُعَسْكَرِ الأَرَاميِّينَ وَنَهَبُوهُ، وَصَارَتْ كَيْلَةُ الدَّقِيقِ بِشَاقِلٍ، وَكَيْلَتَا الشَّعِيرِ بِشَاقِلٍ (اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ جِرَاماً مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ)، حَسَبَ كَلامِ الرَّبِّ.

And the people went out, and plundered the tents 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 the LORD.

١٧ 17 وَعَيَّنَ الْمَلِكُ عَلَى مَدْخَلِ بَوَّابَةِ الْمَدِينَةِ الْجُنْدِيَّ الَّذِي كَانَ يَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَى ذِرَاعِهِ، فَدَاسَهُ الشَّعْبُ فِي الزَّحَامِ وَمَاتَ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ كَمَا تَنَبَّأَ أَلِيشَعُ فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِقِ عِنْدَمَا جَاءَهُ الْمَلِكُ لِيَقْبِضَ عَلَيْهِ.

And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.

١٨ 18 فَعِنْدَمَا قَالَ رَجُلُ اللهِ لِلْمَلِكِ: «غَداً فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْوَقْتِ تَكُونُ كَيْلَتَا الْشَعِيرِ بِشَاقِلٍ وَكَيلَةُ الدَقِيقِ بِشَاقِلٍ فِي مَدَخَلِ بَوَّابَةِ السَّامِرَةِ».

And it came to pass 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 to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:

١٩ 19 وَلَكِنَّ الْجُنْدِيَّ قَالَ لِرَجُلِ اللهِ: «حَتَّى إنْ فَتَحَ الرَّبُّ كُوىً فِي السَّمَاءِ فَهَلْ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَحْدُثَ هَذَا الأَمْرُ؟» فَقَالَ لَهُ أَلِيشَعُ: «سَتَرَى ذَلِكَ بِعَيْنَيْكَ وَلَكِنَّكَ لَنْ تَأْكُلَ مِنْهُ».

And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, [if] the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thy eyes, but shalt not eat of it.

٢٠ 20 فَتَحَقَّقَتِ النُّبُوءَةُ إِذْ دَاسَهُ الشَّعْبُ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ فَمَاتَ.

And so it happened to him: for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died.