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1 有一個先知弟子的妻子，前來哀求厄里叟說：「你的僕人，我的丈夫死了，你知道你的僕人是一個敬畏上主的人；現在債主前來，要帶走我的兩個孩子，作他的奴隸。」
Now, a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets, made outcry unto Elisha, saying—Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and, thou, knowest that, thy servant, was one who revered Yahweh, —now, the creditor, hath come to take my two boys to himself as bondmen.
2 厄里叟對她說：「我能為你做什麼﹖你告訴我：你家裏還有什麼﹖」她答說：「你的婢女家裏除一瓶油外，什麼也沒有。」
And Elisha said unto her—What shall I do for thee? tell me what thou, hast, in the house. And she said—Thy maid-servant hath, nothing at all, in the house, save a flask of oil.
3 厄里叟說：「你去，到外面向你所有的鄰居借些空器皿，不要少借；
And he said—Go, ask thee vessels, from without, of all thy neighbours, —empty vessels, let them not be few.
4 然後回家，關上門，你和你的兒子在家裏，將油倒在所有的那些器皿內，把裝滿了的，放在一邊。」
And, when thou hast come in, then shalt thou shut the door behind thee and behind thy sons, and shalt pour out into all these vessels, —and, that which is full, shalt thou set aside.
5 她於是辭別厄里叟，回去照辦。她和她的兒子關上門，兒子給她遞器皿，她只顧倒油，
So she went out from his presence, and shut the door behind her, and behind her sons, —they bringing near to her, and she pouring out.
6 器皿都裝滿了，她對兒子說：「再遞給我器皿! 」兒子答說：「沒有了。」同時油也止住了。
And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son—Bring me a vessel more. And he said unto her—There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
7 婦人就去告訴天主的人。厄里叟對她說：「你去把油賣了，還了你的債；剩下的，你和你的兒子可用來過活。」
Then came she in, and told the man of God, and he said—Go, sell the oil, and pay thy creditor, —and, thou and thy sons, shall live of the rest.
8 有一天，厄里叟路過叔能，那裏有一個富貴的婦人，曾挽留他吃飯；因此，厄里叟每次路過那裏，總到她家裡吃飯。
And so it was, on a day, that Elisha passed over unto Shunem, where was a woman of position, and she constrained him to eat bread, —and so it came about, whensoever he passed that way, that he turned aside thither, to eat bread.
9 婦人對丈夫說：「現在我看出：這個時常路過我們這裏的天主的人，是位聖者。
Then said she unto her husband, Lo! I pray thee—I perceive that, a holy man of God, he is, —passing our way continually.
10 我們可以在房頂上，給他蓋一間小房，裏面放一張床，一張桌子，一把椅子和一盞燈；這樣，他幾時來到我們這裏，可在那裏休息。」
I pray thee, let us make a little upper chamber on the wall and set for him there—a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a lampstand, —so shall it be, when he cometh to us, that he can turn in thither.
11 一天，厄里叟又到了那裏，就進入那間小房休息。
And it came to pass, on a day, that he came thither, —so he turned aside into the upper chamber, and slept there.
12 厄里叟吩咐自己的僕人革哈齊說：「你叫這位叔能婦人來。」僕人叫了婦人來，婦人站在先知面前，
Then said he unto Gehazi, his young man, Call this Shunammitess. And he called her, and she stood before him.
13 厄里叟吩咐僕人說：「現在你對她說：看，你照顧我們既然這樣周到，我們可為你作什麼呢﹖要不要我們在君王或軍長前為你說句話﹖」那婦人答說：「我住在我本國人民中很平安。」
And he said to him—I pray thee, say unto her—Lo! thou hast cared for us with all this anxious care, what can be done for thee? Is it, that we should speak for thee, unto the king, or unto the general of the army? But she said, In the midst of mine own people, do, I, dwell.
14 厄里叟就問革哈齊：「我們究竟能為她作什麼﹖」革哈齊說：「可憐她沒有兒子，丈夫又老了。」
So he said, What then can be done for thee? And Gehazi said, Verily, she hath no, son, and, her husband, is, old.
15 厄里叟說：「快再叫她來! 」僕人又將婦人叫來，這次她卻站在門口，
And he said—Call her. So he called her, and she stood in the doorway.
16 厄里叟對她說：「明年這時，你必懷抱著一個兒子。」婦人答說：「我主，天主的人哪! 不會! 你別哄騙你的婢女! 」
Then said he—At this season, about the time of spring, thou, shalt be embracing a son. And she said—Nay! my lord, thou man of God, do not delude thy maid-servant.
17 這婦人果然懷了孕；過了一年，在厄里叟對她所說的時候，生了一個兒子。
And the woman conceived, and bare a son, at this season, about the time of spring, when Elisha, had spoken unto her.
18 孩子漸漸長大，一天，他出去到收割的人那裏找他父親，
And, when the child was grown, it came to pass, on a certain day, that he went out unto his father, unto the reapers;
19 孩子忽然對他父親喊說：「我的頭! 我的頭啊!」他父親吩咐僕人說：「把孩子送到他母親那裏去! 」
and he said unto his father—My head! my head! So he said unto the young man, Carry him to his mother.
20 僕人將他抱起，送給他母親，孩子坐在母親膝上，到了中午，就死了。
And, when he had carried him, and brought him in unto his mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.
21 他母親遂上了樓，將孩子放在天主的人的床上，關上門，出來，
And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, —and shut him in, and then went out.
22 叫自己的丈夫來說：「請你給我派一個僕人，牽一匹驢來，我要快去見見天主的人，就回來。」
And she called unto her husband, and said—Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, —that I may run unto the man of God, and return!
23 她丈夫說：「為什麼今天要去見他，既不是朔日，又不是安息日﹖」婦人答說：「你放心好了! 」
And he said—Wherefore art thou going unto him, to-day, neither new moon nor sabbath? And she said—Peace!
24 於是，她把驢備好，對僕人說：「你快趕著走，我若不吩咐，在路上不要停下來。」
Then saddled she the ass, and said unto her young man—Lead on, and go forward, —do not slacken, for my sake, the riding, except I have bidden thee.
25 婦人於是來到加爾默耳山見天主的人。天主的人自遠處看見她，就對自己的僕人革哈齊說：「看，那是叔能婦人!
So she went her way, and came unto the man of God, unto Mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her, opposite, that he said unto Gehazi young man, Lo! this Shunammitess!
26 現在你跑去迎接她，向她問安說：你好嗎﹖你的丈夫好嗎﹖你的孩子好嗎﹖」她回答說：好。」
Now, run, I pray thee, to meet her, and say to her—Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she said, Well!
27 婦人上到山上，來到天主的人跟前，就抱住他的腳；革哈齊前來想推開她，可是天主的人說：「由她罷! 因為她心中很痛苦；上主隱瞞了我，什麼也沒有告訴我。」
But, when she came unto the man of God, on the mount, she caught hold of his feet, —and Gehazi drew near to thrust her away, when the man of God said—Let her alone! for, her life, is embittered to her, howbeit, Yahweh, hath hidden it from me, and hath not told me.
28 那婦人說：「我何嘗向我主求過一個兒子﹖我豈不是說過：你不要哄騙我嗎﹖」
Then said she, Did I ask a son, of my lord? Said I not, Thou must not mislead me?
29 厄里叟對革哈齊說：「你束上腰，手裏拿著我的棍杖前去；不論遇見誰，不要向他請安；不論誰向你請安，你也不要回答。你去把我的棍杖放在孩子的臉上。」
And he said to Gehazi—Gird thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go thy way, if thou meet with any man, thou must not bless him, and, if any man bless thee, thou must not respond to him, —then shalt thou lay my staff upon the face of the boy.
30 孩子的母親說：「我指著永生的上主及你的性命起誓：你不去，我決不離開。」厄里叟就起身跟她去了。
But the mother of the boy said, By the life of Yahweh and by the life of thine own soul, I will not leave thee. So he arose and followed her.
31 革哈齊在他們以前去了。將棍杖放在孩子的臉上，但是沒有聲音，沒有反應；他便回來見厄里叟，告訴他說：「孩子沒有醒來。」
Now, Gehazi, had passed on before them, and laid the staff on the face of the boy, but there was neither voice, nor attention, —so he returned to meet him, and told him, saying—The boy hath not awaked.
32 厄里叟一來到她家，看見孩子死了，躺在自己的床上，
And, when Elisha had come into the house, lo! the boy, was dead, laid upon his bed.
33 就進去，關上門，房內只有他和孩子；先知哀求了上主，
So he went in, and shut the door upon them two, —and prayed unto Yahweh.
34 然後上床，伏在孩子身上，自己的口對住孩子的口，自己的眼對住孩子的眼，自己的手按住孩子的手，屈身伏在孩子身上，孩子的肉身便漸漸溫暖了。
Then gat he up, and lay upon the child, and put his own mouth upon his mouth, and his own eyes upon his eyes, and his own hands upon his hands, and bowed himself upon him, —and the flesh of the child, waxed warm.
35 然後他下來，在屋內來回走了一趟；又上去，屈身伏在孩子身上，對著孩子呵了七口氣，孩子就睜開了眼睛。
Then retraced he, and walked in the house—once to and fro, and then went up and bowed himself upon him, —and the boy sneezed as many as seven times, and the boy opened his eyes.
36 厄里叟叫革哈齊來，對他說：「你叫叔能婦人來。」他便去叫那婦人，婦人就來了。厄里叟說：「抱起你的孩子來! 」
Then called he Gehazi, and said—Call this Shunammitess. So he called her, and, when she was come in unto him, he said—Take up thy son.
37 婦人一進來，就俯伏在他腳前，叩首至地；然後起來，抱起自己的孩子出去了。
So she came in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, —and took up her son, and went forth.
38 厄里叟又來到基貝加耳，那地方正遭受肌荒；眾先知的弟子坐在他面前，他吩咐自己的僕人說：「你在火上放一個火鍋，給眾先知的弟子煮些菜湯。」
Now, Elisha, returned to Gilgal, and there was, a famine, in the land, and, the sons of the prophets, being seated before him, he said to his young man—Put on the large pot, and boil a mess of food, for the sons of the prophets.
39 有一個弟子出去到田間採菜，看見一棵葡萄樹，從上面採了一滿兜野果子回來，切碎放在菜鍋裏，並不知道是什麼東西。
And one went out into the field, to gather herbs, and found a vine in the field, and gathered thereof wild gourds, his lap full, and came in, and sliced them into the pot; for they knew them not.
40 以後，他們把菜湯倒出來給眾人吃。眾人一嘗菜湯，都喊叫說：「天主的人，鍋裏有致死的毒物啊! 」眾人都不能吃。
So they poured out for the men to eat, —and it came so pass, as they were eating of the mess, that, they, made outcry and said—Death in the pot, O man of God! And they could not eat.
41 那時厄里叟說：「拿點麵來! 」他把麵撒在鍋裏說：「倒出來給眾人吃罷! 」鍋裏就再沒有什麼毒了。
And he said—Then fetch meal. And he cast it into the pot, —and then said—Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
42 有一個人從巴耳沙里來，在自己的行囊裏，給天主的人帶來了初熟大麥作的二十個餅和一些新麥穗。厄里叟說：「分給眾人吃罷! 」
And, a man, came in from Baal-Shalisha, and brought for the man of God firstfruit bread, twenty barley loaves, and garden grain in the husk thereof. And he said—Give to the people, that they may eat.
43 僕人說：「我怎能將這一點東西擺在一百人面前呢﹖」厄里叟說：「你儘管分給中人吃，因此上主這樣說：眾人吃了，還有剩餘。」
But his attendant said—How can I set this before a hundred men? And he said—Give to the people, that they may eat, for, Thus, saith Yahweh, They are about to eat and to leave remaining.
44 於是僕人將食物擺在眾人面前，他們都吃了，並且還有剩餘，全應驗了上主的話。
So he set before them, and they did eat and left remaining, according to the word of Yahweh.
