Anden Kongebog 2
1 Og det skete, der Herren vilde hente Elias op til Himmelen i en Storm, da gik Elias og Elisa fra Gilgal.
Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal,
2 Og Elias sagde til Elisa: Kære, bliv her; thi Herren sendte mig til Bethel; men Elisa sagde: Saa vist som Herren lever og din Sjæl lever, jeg forlader dig ikke; og de kom ned til Bethel.
and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
3 Da gik Profeternes Børn, som vare i Bethel, ud til Elisa og sagde til ham: Ved du, at Herren i Dag vil tage din Herre fra dit Hoved? og han sagde: Jeg ved det ogsaa, tier!
Then the sons of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
4 Og Elias sagde til ham: Elisa, kære, bliv her, thi Herren har sendt mig til Jeriko; men han sagde: Saa vist som Herren lever, og din Sjæl lever, jeg forlader dig ikke; og de kom til Jeriko.
And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.
5 Og Profeternes Børn, som vare i Jeriko, gik frem til Elisa og sagde til ham: Ved du, at Herren i Dag vil tage din Herre fra dit Hoved? og han sagde: Jeg ved det ogsaa, tier!
Then the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
6 Og Elias sagde til ham: Kære, bliv her, thi Herren har sendt mig til Jordanen; men han sagde: Saa vist som Herren lever, og din Sjæl lever, jeg forlader dig ikke; og de gik begge sammen.
And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.
7 Og halvtredsindstyve Mænd af Profeternes Børn gik frem og stode tværs overfor langtfra; men de stode begge ved Jordanen.
Then a company of fifty of the sons of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing Elijah and Elisha as the two of them stood by the Jordan.
8 Da tog Elias sin Kappe og svøbte den sammen og slog Vandet, og det skiltes ad til begge Sider, og de gik begge igennem paa det tørre.
And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
9 Og det skete, der de kom over, da sagde Elias til Elisa: Bed, hvad jeg skal gøre for dig, før jeg tages fra dig; og Elisa sagde: Kære, at der maa være to Dele af din Aand over mig!
After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken away from you?” “Please, let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.
10 Og han sagde: Du har bedet om en svar Ting; dog, dersom du ser mig, naar jeg tages fra dig, skal det ske dig saa, men hvis ikke, da sker det ikke.
“You have requested a difficult thing,” said Elijah. “Nevertheless, if you see me as I am taken from you, it will be yours. But if not, then it will not be so.”
11 Og det skete, der de gik videre og talte, se, da kom der en gloende Vogn og gloende Heste, og de gjorde Skilsmisse imellem dem begge, og Elias for op i en Storm til Himmelen.
As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
12 Og Elisa saa det, og han raabte: Min Fader, min Fader, Israels Vogne og hans Ryttere! og han saa ham ikke ydermere, og han tog fat i sine Klæder og rev dem i to Stykker.
As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.
13 Og han tog Elias's Kappe op, som var falden af ham, og vendte tilbage og stod ved Jordanens Bred.
Elisha also picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah, and he went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
14 Og han tog Elias's Kappe, som var falden af ham, og slog Vandet og sagde: Hvor er Herren, Elias's Gud? ja hvor er han? og han slog Vandet, og det skiltes ad til begge Sider, og Elisa gik over.
Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.
15 Og der Profeternes Børn, som vare i Jeriko tværs overfor, saa det, da sagde de: Elias's Aand hviler paa Elisa; og de gik ham i Møde, og de bøjede sig ned for ham imod Jorden.
When the sons of the prophets who were facing him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.
16 Og de sagde til ham: Kære, se, her er halvtredsindstyve Mænd iblandt dine Tjenere, stærke Folk; lad dem dog gaa og lede efter din Herre, maaske Herrens Aand har optaget ham og kastet ham paa et af Bjergene eller i en af Dalene; men han sagde: Lader dem ikke gaa!
“Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.
17 Men de nødte ham, indtil han bluedes derved og sagde: Lader dem gaa; og de udsendte halvtredsindstyve Mænd, og de ledte i tre Dage, men de fandt ham ikke.
But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.
18 Da kom de tilbage til ham, medens han var bleven i Jeriko; og han sagde til dem: Sagde jeg ej til eder, at I ikke skulde gaa?
When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”
19 Og Mændene i Staden sagde til Elisa: Kære, se, her er godt at bo i Staden, ligesom min Herre ser; men Vandet er slet, og Landet volder utidige Fødsler.
Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”
20 Og han sagde: Henter mig en ny Skaal og lægger Salt derudi; og de hentede det til ham.
“Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him,
21 Da gik han ud til Vandets Udspring, og han kastede Saltet deri og sagde: Saa sagde Herren: Jeg har gjort dette Vand sundt, at der skal ingen Død eller Ufrugtbarhed ydermere komme deraf.
and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”
22 Saa blev Vandet sundt indtil denne Dag, efter Elisas Ord, som han talte.
And the waters there have been healthy to this day, according to the word spoken by Elisha.
23 Og han gik derfra op til Bethel; men der han gik op paa Vejen, da kom der smaa Drenge ud af Staden og spottede ham og sagde til ham: Kom op, du skaldede! kom op, du skaldede!
From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
24 Og han vendte sig om, og der han saa dem, da bandede han dem i Herrens Navn; da kom der to Bjørne ud af Skoven og sønderreve af dem to og fyrretyve Børn.
Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
25 Og han gik derfra til Bjerget Karmel, og han vendte tilbage derfra til Samaria.
And Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
