2 Kraljevima 7
1 Elizej reče tada: “Čuj riječ Jahvinu! Ovako veli Jahve: 'Sutra će u ovo doba na vratima Samarije biti mjera finoga brašna za šekel, a dvije mjere ječmenog brašna za šekel.'”
And Eliseus said: Hear ye the word of the Lord: Thus saith the Lord: Tomorrow about this time a bushel of fine hour shall be sold for a stater, and two bushels of barley for a stater, in the gate of Samaria.
2 Dvorjanik, o čiju se ruku kralj oslanjao, odgovori čovjeku Božjemu: “I kad bi Jahve načinio okna na nebu, bi li to moglo biti?” A Elizej odgovori: “Vidjet ćeš svojim očima, ali nećeš jesti.”
Then one of the lords, upon whose hand the king leaned, answering the man of God, said: If the Lord should make flood-gates in heaven, can that possibly be which thou sayest? And he said: Thou shalt see it with thy eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
3 A pred gradskim vratima bijahu četiri gubavca; rekoše oni jedan drugome: “Zašto stojimo ovdje i očekujemo smrt?
Now there were four lepers, at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another: What mean we to stay here till we die?
4 Ako odlučimo ući u grad, glad je u gradu te ćemo ondje umrijeti; ako ostanemo ovdje, opet ćemo umrijeti. Hajde! Pobjegnimo i prijeđimo u aramejski tabor: ako nas ostave na životu, živjet ćemo; ako nas ubiju, pa dobro: umrijet ćemo!”
If we will enter into the city, we shall die with the famine: and if we will remain here, we must also die: come, therefore, and let us run over to the camp of the Syrians. If they spare us, we shall live: but if they kill us, we shall but die.
5 U sumračje, ustavši, krenuše odande u aramejski tabor. Stigoše do ruba tabora, i gle - ondje nikoga!
So they arose in the evening, to go to the Syrian camp, And when they were come to the first part of the camp of the Syrians, they found no man there.
6 Jer je Jahve učinio te se u taboru aramejskom čula buka kola i konja, buka goleme vojske. I govorili su među sobom: “Eto, kralj Izraela najmio je protiv nas kraljeve hetitske i kraljeve egipatske da krenu protiv nas.”
For the Lord had made them hear, in the camp of Syria, the noise of chariots, and of horses, and of a very great army, and they said one to another: Behold the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hethites, and of the Egyptians, and they are come upon us.
7 Digli su se i pobjegli u sumraku: ostavili su svoje šatore, konje i magarce, sav tabor kakav bijaše. Pobjegli su da iznesu živu glavu.
Wherefore they arose, and fled away in the dark, and left their tents, and their horses and asses in the camp, and fled, desiring to save their lives.
8 Kad su gubavci, dakle, došli do ruba tabora, uvukoše se u jedan šator. Pošto su se najeli i napili, uzeše odande srebro, zlato i haljine pa odoše da ih sakriju. Vratiše se onda pa uđoše u drugi šator: uzeše plijen iz njega te odoše i sakriše ga.
So when these lepers were come to the beginning of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drank: and they took from thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went, and hid it: and they came again, and went into another tent, and carried from thence in like manner, and hid it.
9 Rekoše tada jedan drugome: “Ne smijemo tako raditi. Današnji je dan pun dobrih vijesti, a mi šutimo. Ako dočekamo jutro, bit ćemo krivi. Zato pođimo! Javimo dvoru novost.”
Then they said one to another: We do not well: for this is a day of good tidings. If we hold our peace, and do not tell it till the morning, we shall be charged with a crime: come, let us go and tell it in the king’s court.
10 I vratiše se, pozvaše gradsku stražu i javiše: “Otišli smo u tabor aramejski, a ondje nigdje čovjeka ni ljudskoga glasa; samo konji privezani i magarci, a šatori ostavljeni kakvi jesu.”
So they came to the gate of the city, and told them, saying: We went to the camp of the Syrians, and we found no man there, but horses, and asses tied, and the tents standing.
11 Stražari viknuše i dojaviše u unutrašnjost dvora.
Then the guards of the gate went, and told it within the king’s palace.
12 Kralj ustade noću i reče svojim časnicima: “Ja ću vam objasniti što su nam učinili Aramejci. Kako znaju da smo gladni, izišli su iz tabora i sakrili se u polju, misleći: već će oni izići iz grada, a mi ćemo ih žive pohvatati i ući u grad.”
And he arose in the night and said to his servants: I tell you what the Syrians have done to us: They know that we suffer great famine, and therefore they are gone out of the camp, and lie hid in the fields, saying: When they come out of the city we shall take them alive, and then we may get into the city.
13 A jedan između njegovih časnika odgovori: “Neka se uzme ipak pet od preostalih konja. S njima će biti kao sa svim mnoštvom Izraelovim koje je ovdje preostalo. Pošaljimo ih pa ćemo vidjeti.”
And one of his servants answered: Let us take the five horses that are remaining in the city (because there are no more in the whole multitude of Israel, for the rest are consumed, ) and let us send and see.
14 I uzeše dva konja kolska i kralj posla ljude za aramejskim taborom govoreći: “Idite, izvidite!”
They brought therefore two horses, and the king sent into the camp of the Syrians, saying: Go, and see.
15 Išli su za njima do Jordana; put bijaše sav prekriven haljinama i stvarima koje su Aramejci pobacali u bijegu. Glasnici se vratiše i obavijestiše kralja.
And they went after them as far as the Jordan: and behold all the way was full of garments, and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their fright, and the messengers returned and told the king.
16 I narod iziđe i uze pljačkati aramejski tabor: i bijaše mjera finoga brašna za šekel, a dvije mjere ječmenoga za jedan šekel, prema riječi Jahvinoj.
And the people going out pillaged the camp of the Syrians: and a bushel of fine flour was sold for a stater, and two bushels of barley for a stater, according to the word of the Lord.
17 Kralj je postavio na gradska vrata onoga dvorjanika o čiju se ruku oslanjao; a narod ga izgazi na vratima i on umrije, prema riječi što ju je rekao Božji čovjek kad mu kralj bijaše došao.
And the king appointed that lord on whose hand he leaned, to stand at the gate: and the people trod upon him in the entrance of the gate; and he died, as the man of God had said, when the king came down to him.
18 Dogodilo se kako je čovjek Božji rekao kralju: “Sutra u ovo doba na vratima Samarije bit će dvije mjere ječmenoga brašna za šekel i mjera finoga brašna za šekel.”
And it came to pass according to the word of the man of God, which he spoke to the king, when he said: Two bushels of barley shall be for a stater, and a bushel of fine flour for a stater, at this very time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria.
19 Dvorjanik je odgovorio Elizeju: “Pa da Jahve načini i okna na nebu, bi li moglo biti što kažeš?” Elizej mu je odgovorio: “Vidjet ćeš svojim očima, ali nećeš jesti.”
When that lord answered the man of God, and said: Although the Lord should make flood-gates in heaven, could this come to pass which thou sayest? And he said to him: Thou shalt see with thy eyes, and shalt not eat thereof.
20 I doista, tako mu se dogodilo: izgazio ga narod na vratima te on umrije.
And so it fell out to him as it was foretold, and the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died.
