2 Siangpahrang 4
1 Profet capa a yunaw thung dawk hoi napui buet touh ni, Elisha koe na san e a vâ teh a due toe. Na san ni teh, BAWIPA a taki tie hai na panue. Laiba ka ba pouh e tami niyah, ka ca roi heh san lah hrawi hane a tho toe telah runae kong hah a dei pouh.
One day the widow of one of [Yahweh’s] prophets came to Elisha and cried out to him, “My husband, who worked with you, is dead. You know that he revered Yahweh [very much]. But now a man to whom he owed a lot of money has come to me. [And because I cannot pay back the money, he is threatening] to take away my two sons to be his slaves [as payment for what I owe him]!”
2 Elisha ni napui koevah, bangmaw na sak pouh han. Im vah bangmaw na tawn, na dei pouh haw, telah atipouh. Napui ni, satuium buet touh hloilah teh banghai im dawk ka tawn e awm hoeh atipouh.
Elisha replied, “What can I do to help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?” She replied, “We have only a container of [olive] oil; we have nothing else.”
3 Ahni ni cet nateh na imrinaw e hlaam a tawn e hlai loe atipouh.
Elisha said, “Go to your neighbors and borrow from them as many empty jars as you can.
4 Hahoi kâen awh nateh, nang nama hoi na capanaw hoi imthung vah tho kâkhan awh nateh, hlaamnaw pueng dawk satui hah hlun awh nateh kakawi e naw pueng teh alouklah tat awh atipouh.
Then take the jars into your house with your sons. Shut the door. Then pour olive oil from your container into the other jars. When each jar is full, set it aside [and fill another jar. Keep doing that until all the jars are full].”
5 Ahni koehoi a cei teh, ama hoi a capanaw hoi im tho a kâkhan awh teh, hlaam a dâw pouh teh, ahnimouh ni a hlun awh.
[So she did what Elisha told her to do]. Her sons kept bringing jars to her, and she kept filling them.
6 Hlaam akawi hoi a capa koe, Hlaam na poe ei atipouh. Ahni ni hlaam awm hoeh toe ati hoi teh satui roup a hak.
Soon all the jars were full. So she said to one of her sons, “Bring me another jar!” But he replied, “There are no more jars!” And then the olive oil stopped flowing.
7 Hahoi teh Cathut tami ni cet awh lawih, satui hah yawt awh nateh na laiba teh patho lawih. Ka cawi e teh na canaw hoi na khosak na koe hno awh lawih telah atipouh.
When she told Elijah [what had happened], he said to her, “Now sell the jars of oil. And [with the money you get, ] pay what you owe, and there will be enough extra money to keep buying food for yourself and your sons.” [So she did that].
8 Hnin touh teh, ELisha hah Shunem kho a cei. Hawvah ka tawnta e napui ao teh, hote napui ni bu a kaw khai. Hottelah a cei nah tangkuem haw vah bu ca hanlah ouk a luen pouh.
One day Elisha went to Shunem [town]. There was a wealthy woman who lived there [with her husband]. One day she invited Elisha to her house for a meal. [Elisha went there and] from then on, every time Elisha was in Shunem, he went to their house to eat a meal.
9 Napui ni a vâ koevah khenhaw! maimouh roi pou na ka pâtam e heh Cathut e tami kathoung doeh tie ka panue.
One day the woman said to her husband, “I am sure that this man who often comes here is a prophet [who brings messages] from God.
10 Tho haw, im van kathoungcalah, sak pouh haw sei, ikhun caboi, tungkhung hoi hmaiimkhok hrueng pouh haw sei, hahoi teh maimouh koe a tho karoitawi a kâen, a luen nahanlah atipouh.
I think we should make a small room for him on our [flat] roof, and put a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp in it. If we do that, whenever he comes here, he will have a place to stay.” [So they did that].
11 Hnin touh hnin teh bout a cei teh, im a sak pouh e dawkvah a roe.
One day Elisha returned to Shunem, and he went up to that room to rest.
12 Hahoi a san Gehazi koe hete Shunam napui heh kaw haw atipouh. A kaw teh a hmalah a kangdue sak.
He said to his servant Gehazi, “Tell the woman that I want to speak to her.” [So the servant went and told her]. When she came [to the doorway of Elisha’s room],
13 Elisha ni nang ni na khetyawt, nang hanlah bangmaw na sak pouh han, siangpahrang thoseh, ransabawi thoseh, na pato pouh hanelah na ngai maw telah napui koe a dei pouh. Napui ni ka hmaunawngha hoi miphunnaw koe doeh kho ka sak atipouh.
Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tell her that we both appreciate all the kind things that she has done for us. Then ask her what we can do for her. Ask, ‘Do you want [me to go to] the king or the army commander, to request something for you?’” [Gehazi told her, ] and she replied, “No, [he does not need to do that, because] my family/relatives are able to give me what I need.”
14 Elisha ni, bangmaw kai ni na sak pouh han vai atipouh. Gehazi ni, atangcalah tetpawiteh, a capa tawn roi hoeh ni teh a vâ haiyah a matawng toe atipouh.
[Later, ] Elisha asked Gehazi, “What do you think that we can do for that woman?” He replied, “She does not have a son, and her husband is an old man. [So maybe we should ask Yahweh to enable her to have a son].”
15 Ahni ni napui kaw haw, atipouh, a kaw teh napui teh takhang koe a kangdue.
Elisha told Gehazi, “Call her back again.” [So Gehazi went and called her]. And when the woman returned, as she stood in the doorway,
16 Elisha ni atu e tuektue a pha toteh ca tongpa na tawm han atipouh. Napui ni telah nahoeh ka bawipa, nang Cathut e tami na sannu koe laithoe dei hanh atipouh.
Elisha said to her, “About this time next year you will be holding your [infant] son in your arms.” But she protested, “O, sir, you are a prophet [who brings messages] from God, so please do not deceive/lie to me by saying things like that!”
17 Hahoi napui teh camo a vawn. Elisha ni ahni koe a dei e patetlah hote tue nah camo a khe.
But a few months later, the woman became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son at that time the following year, just like Elisha had predicted.
18 Camo teh a roung teh hnin touh teh a na pa canganae koe a cei van.
When the child was older, one day he went out to the fields to see his father, who was [working] with the men who were harvesting [grain].
19 Hahoi teh a na pa koe ka lû a pataw, ka lû a pataw, telah a dei pouh. A sanpa koevah a manu koe cetkhai haw atipouh.
[Suddenly] the boy exclaimed, “My head [hurts]! My head [hurts a lot]!” His father said to one of the servants, “Carry him home to his mother!”
20 A ceikhai teh a manu koe a phakhai toteh a phai dawk kanîthun totouh a tahung teh oun a due.
So the servant carried him home, and his mother held him on her lap. But at noontime the boy died.
21 Napui ni im van a luenkhai teh Cathut tami e ikhun dawk a payan. Tho khik a khan teh a tâco takhai.
She carried him up [the steps] to the prophet’s room and laid him on the bed. She left him there and went out and shut the door.
22 A vâ hah a kaw teh, pahren lahoi na san hoi la buet touh na rakueng pouh haw, Cathut e tami koe ka yawng vaiteh, bout ka ban han atipouh.
She then called out to her husband, saying, “Send to me one of the servants and a donkey, so that I can ride [on it] quickly to the prophet, and then come back!” [But she did not tell her husband that their son had died].
23 A vâ ni, bangkongmaw sahnin kuekluek ahni koe cei han na kâcai. Thapa hai rei hoeh rah, sabbath hnin lah hai tho hoeh atipouh toteh, napui ni telah ma, ahawi doeh atipouh.
Her husband [called out to her and] said, “Why [do you want to go] today? This is not the day when we celebrate the Festival of the New Moon, and it is not a Sabbath day!” But she only replied, “[Just do what I requested and] everything will be all right.”
24 La e a hnukthun a padoun pouh teh, a sanpa koe yawng sak haw, pou cetsak lawih. Kâ na poe hoehroukrak hnawng sak hanh loe atipouh.
So she [told the servant to] put saddles on [two] donkeys, and as they left, she said, “Hurry! Do not slow down unless t tell you to do that!”
25 A cei teh, Cathut e tami koe Karmel mon vah a cei. Cathut e tami ni ahla poungnae koehoi a hmu nah, a sanpa Gehazi koevah, khenhaw! hot teh Shunam napui doeh khe.
As they approached Carmel Mountain, where Elisha was, Elisha saw her in the distance. He said to Gehazi, “Look, the woman from Shunem is coming!
26 Ahni dawn hanelah, yawng nateh ahni koevah na dam maw, na vâ a dam maw, camo hah a dam maw telah tet pouh. Napui ni ka dam doeh atipouh.
Run to her, and ask her if everything is all right with her and her husband and with her child!” [So Gehazi ran to her and asked her, but she did not tell Gehazi anything.] She only said, “Yes, everything is fine.”
27 Hahoi mon vah Cathut e tami koe a pha toteh, a khok a tapam pouh teh, ahni ngang hanelah, Gehazi teh a tho. Hatei Cathut tami ni ngang hanh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, a lungreithai dawk doeh atipouh. BAWIPA ni kai koe a hro rah na dei pouh hoeh rae doeh telah atipouh.
But when she came to where Elisha was, she [prostrated herself on the ground in front of Elisha and] took hold of his feet. Gehazi started to push her away, but Elisha said, “(Do not push her away/Leave her alone)! Something is troubling her very much, but Yahweh has not told me what it is.”
28 Napui ni, ka bawipa, capa hah kai ni kahei maw Na dum han loe ka ti nahoehmaw telah atipouh.
Then she said to Elisha, “O, sir, I did not ask you to enable me to give birth to a son [RHQ]. And I told you not to lie to me about that!” [RHQ]
29 Ahni ni, Gehazi koevah, na hni na keng dawk yeng leih. Na sonron heh sin nateh cet, na kâhmo e naw pueng a kut man hanh. Ayâ ni na kut ka man nakunghai man hanh. Kaie ka sonron heh camo e minhmai van toung pouh loe atipouh.
Then Elisha [realized that something must have happened to her son. So he] said to Gehazi, “Get ready [to leave immediately]. Take my staff/walking stick and go [to her home]. Do not [stop to] talk to anyone on the way. Go quickly [to where her son is] and lay the staff on the child’s face. [If you do that, perhaps Yahweh will enable him to be well].”
30 Camo manu ni, BAWIPA hoi nang na hring e patetlah kai ni na tha roeroe mahoeh. Hahoi a thaw teh a kâbang.
But the boy’s mother said, “Just [as certain] as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not go home if you do not go with me.” So Elisha returned with her [to her home].
31 Gehazi ni, hmalah pou a yawngtahrei teh, sonron teh camo e minhmai dawk a toung pouh. Hatei camo teh kâroe hoeh a lawk tho hoeh. Hahoi teh ama kâhmo hanlah bout a ban teh. Ama koe camo teh kâhlaw hoeh atipouh.
Gehazi hurried quickly, and [when he got to the woman’s home, ] he laid the staff/walking stick on the child’s face, but the child did not move or say anything. So Gehazi returned to meet Elisha [along the road], and told him, “The child is still dead.”
32 ELisha teh im a kâen navah, khenhaw! camo teh yo a due dawkvah, ikhun dawkvah a payan roi.
When Elisha reached the house, he saw that the boy was lying dead on his bed.
33 Hatdawkvah a kâen teh tho rouk a khan. BAWIPA koevah a ratoum.
Elisha went into the room by himself and shut the door and prayed to Yahweh.
34 Im van a luen teh camo e van vah a tabo. Apâhni hoi a pahni a mit hoi mit, a kut hoi kut a ta sin teh, a tabo sin. Hottelah hoi camo e tak teh phubet hruethruet ao.
Then he lay down on the boy’s body, and put his mouth on the boy’s mouth, and put his eyes on the boy’s eyes, and put his hands on the boy’s hands. Then the boy’s body started to become warm!
35 A kum teh imvan vah a kâhlai, bout a luen teh, a van rek a tabo sin, hahoi camo teh vai sari touh a ekthi teh a mit a padai.
Elisha got up and walked back and forth in the room [several times]. Then he stretched his body on the boy’s body again. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes!
36 Gehazi a kaw teh, Shunam napui kaw haw atipouh. A kaw teh ahni koe a pha awh toteh, na capa tawm haw atipouh.
Then Elisha summoned Gehazi. He said, “Call the boy’s mother!” [So Gehazi went and called her, ] and when she came in, Elisha said, “Here, take your son!”
37 Hahoi imthung a kâen teh a khok koe a tabo pouh. A capa teh a tawm teh a tâcokhai.
She [gratefully] prostrated herself at Elisha’s feet. Then she picked up her son and carried him downstairs.
38 Elisha teh Gilgal vah a ban teh, a ram dawk takang a tho. Hahoi profet capanaw a hmalah a tahung teh, a sanpa koevah hlaam kalen pui dawkvah, profet capanaw hane anhang dam pouh loe atipouh.
Then Elisha returned to Gilgal. But at that time there was (a famine/very little food) in that area. One day as the group of prophets was sitting in front of Elisha [listening to what he was teaching], he said to his servant, “Put a large pot on [the stove] and make some stew for these men.”
39 Hahoi tami buet touh kahrawng lah a tawng teh kahrawng tangdun hah a hmu teh, kahrawng tuium pawnaw hah a khi teh be a bawng hnukkhu, a thawng e dawk a thum. Bangnama aw ti teh panuek hoeh.
One of the prophets went out to the fields to gather some vegetables. But he gathered [only] some wild gourds and put them in his cloak and brought them back. He shredded them and put them in the pot, but he did not know that the gourds were poisonous.
40 Hahoi a ca hanlah a so teh, hote anhang a pahra navah Aiyoe! oe Cathut tami hlaam dawk duenae ao atipouh teh, cat thai awh hoeh.
He served the stew to the prophets, but after the men had eaten only a couple bites, they cried out, “Elisha, there is something in the pot that will kill us!” So they would not eat it.
41 Ahni ni, vaiyei na poe awh haw atipouh. Hlaam dawk a thum pouh teh hetnaw heh ca hanelah so haw, atipouh. Hahoi teh hlaam dawk banghai takinae awm hoeh toe.
Elisha said, “Bring me some flour.” [They brought him some, and] he threw it in the pot and he said, “It is all right now. You can eat it.” And they ate it, and it did not harm them.
42 Baalshalisha koe lahoi tami buet touh a tho teh, Cathut e tami hanlah cang aluepaw hoi yei e vaiyei, 20 touh hoi apawhiknaw hai cawngko dawk hoi a sin pouh. Elisha ni hete taminaw paca loe atipouh.
One day a man from Baal-Shalishah [town] brought to Elisha a sack of freshly cut grain and 20 loaves of barley bread, made from the first grain that they harvested [that year]. Elisha said [to his servant], “Give it to the group of prophets, so that they can eat it.”
43 Hatei a sannaw ni, bangtelane, hete tami 100 touh hmalah ka tâcokhai han na maw atipouh. Oe hetnaw a ca hanelah poe loe. Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA ni telah a dei. Cat awh vaiteh puk a cawi han atipouh.
But his servant exclaimed, “Do you think that we can feed 100 of us prophets with only that much?” [RHQ] But Elisha replied, “Give it to the prophets so that they can eat it, because Yahweh says that there will be plenty for all of them, and there will be some left over!”
44 Hahoi teh a paawng awh teh a ca awh. BAWIPA ni a dei e patetlah pukcawi pouh.
After his servant gave it to the prophets, they ate [all that they wanted], and there was food left over, just as Yahweh had promised.
