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1 耶和华要用旋风接以利亚升天的时候,以利亚与以利沙从吉甲前往。
And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elias into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elias and Eliseus were going from Galgal.
2 以利亚对以利沙说:“耶和华差我往伯特利去,你可以在这里等候。”以利沙说:“我指着永生的耶和华,又敢在你面前起誓,我必不离开你。”于是二人下到伯特利。
And Elias said to Eliseus: Stay thou here, because the Lord hath sent me as far as Bethel. And Eliseus said to him: As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And when they were come down to Bethel,
3 住伯特利的先知门徒出来见以利沙,对他说:“耶和华今日要接你的师傅离开你,你知道不知道?”他说:“我知道,你们不要作声。”
The sons of the prophets, that were at Bethel, came forth to Eliseus, and said to him: Dost thou know that this day the Lord will take away thy master from thee? And he answered: I also know it: hold your peace.
4 以利亚对以利沙说:“耶和华差遣我往耶利哥去,你可以在这里等候。”以利沙说:“我指着永生的耶和华,又敢在你面前起誓,我必不离开你。”于是二人到了耶利哥。
And Elias said to Eliseus: Stay here because the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. And he said: As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And when they were come to Jericho,
5 住耶利哥的先知门徒就近以利沙,对他说:“耶和华今日要接你的师傅离开你,你知道不知道?”他说:“我知道,你们不要作声。”
The sons of the prophets that were at Jericho, came to Eliseus, and said to him: Dost thou know that this day the Lord will take away thy master from thee? And he said: I also know it: hold your peace.
6 以利亚对以利沙说:“耶和华差遣我往约旦河去,你可以在这里等候。”以利沙说:“我指着永生的耶和华,又敢在你面前起誓,我必不离开你。”于是二人一同前往。
And Elias said to him: Stay here, because the Lord hath sent me as far as the Jordan. And he said: As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee; and they two went on together,
7 有先知门徒去了五十人,远远地站在他们对面;二人在约旦河边站住。
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets followed them, and stood in sight at a distance: but they two stood by the Jordan.
8 以利亚将自己的外衣卷起来,用以打水,水就左右分开,二人走干地而过。
And Elias took his mantle and folded it together, and struck the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, and they both passed over on dry ground.
9 过去之后,以利亚对以利沙说:“我未曾被接去离开你,你要我为你做什么,只管求我。”以利沙说:“愿感动你的灵加倍地感动我。”
And when they were gone over, Elias said to Eliseus: Ask what thou wilt have me to do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Eliseus said: I beseech thee that in me may be thy double spirit.
10 以利亚说:“你所求的难得。虽然如此,我被接去离开你的时候,你若看见我,就必得着;不然,必得不着了。”
And he answered: Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless if thou see me when I am taken from thee, thou shalt have what thou hast asked: but if thou see me not, thou shalt not have it.
11 他们正走着说话,忽有火车火马将二人隔开,以利亚就乘旋风升天去了。
And as they went on, walking and talking together, behold a fiery chariot, and fiery horses parted them both asunder: and Elias went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
12 以利沙看见,就呼叫说:“我父啊!我父啊!以色列的战车马兵啊!”以后不再见他了。于是以利沙把自己的衣服撕为两片。
And Eliseus saw him, and cried: My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the driver thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own garments, and rent them in two pieces.
13 他拾起以利亚身上掉下来的外衣,回去站在约旦河边。
And he took up the mantle of Elias, that fell from him: and going back, he stood upon the bank of the Jordan,
14 他用以利亚身上掉下来的外衣打水,说:“耶和华—以利亚的 神在哪里呢?”打水之后,水也左右分开,以利沙就过来了。
And he struck the waters with the mantle of Elias, that had fallen from him, and they were not divided. And he said: Where is now the God of Elias? And he struck the waters, and they were divided, hither and thither, and Eliseus passed over.
15 住耶利哥的先知门徒从对面看见他,就说:“感动以利亚的灵感动以利沙了。”他们就来迎接他,在他面前俯伏于地,
And the sons of the prophets at Jericho, who were over against him, seeing it said: The spirit of Elias hath rested upon Eliseus. And coming to meet him, they worshipped him, falling to the ground,
16 对他说:“仆人们这里有五十个壮士,求你容他们去寻找你师傅,或者耶和华的灵将他提起来,投在某山某谷。”以利沙说:“你们不必打发人去。”
And they said to him: Behold, there are with thy servants fifty strong men, that can go, and seek thy master, lest perhaps the spirit of the Lord hath taken him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley. And he said: Do not send.
17 他们再三催促他,他难以推辞,就说:“你们打发人去吧!”他们便打发五十人去,寻找了三天,也没有找着。
But they pressed him, till he consented, and said: Send. And they sent fifty men: and they sought three days but found him not.
18 以利沙仍然在耶利哥等候他们回到他那里;他对他们说:“我岂没有告诉你们不必去吗?”
And they came back to him: for he abode at Jericho, and he said to them: Did I not say to you: Do not send?
19 耶利哥城的人对以利沙说:“这城的地势美好,我主看见了;只是水恶劣,土产不熟而落。”
And the men of the city said to Eliseus: Behold the situation of this city is very good, as thou, my lord, seest: but the waters are very bad, and the ground barren.
20 以利沙说:“你们拿一个新瓶来,装盐给我”;他们就拿来给他。
And he said: Bring me a new vessel, and put salt into it. And when they had brought it,
21 他出到水源,将盐倒在水中,说:“耶和华如此说:‘我治好了这水,从此必不再使人死,也不再使地土不生产。’”
He went out to the spring of the waters, and cast the salt into it, and said: Thus saith the Lord: I have healed these waters, and there shall be no more in them death or barrenness.
22 于是那水治好了,直到今日,正如以利沙所说的。
And the waters were healed unto this day, according to the word of Eliseus, which he spoke.
23 以利沙从那里上伯特利去,正上去的时候,有些童子从城里出来,戏笑他说:“秃头的上去吧!秃头的上去吧!”
And he went up from thence to Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, little boys came out of the city and mocked him, saying: Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
24 他回头看见,就奉耶和华的名咒诅他们。于是有两只母熊从林中出来,撕裂他们中间四十二个童子。
And looking back, he saw them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord: and there came forth two bears out of the forest, and tore of them two and forty boys.
25 以利沙从伯特利上迦密山,又从迦密山回到撒马利亚。
And from thence he went to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.