Anden Kongebog 7
1 Da sagde Elisa: Hører Herrens Ord! saa sagde Herren: I Morgen ved denne Tid skal en Maade Mel koste en Sekel, og to Maader Byg en Sekel i Samarias Port.
Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”
2 Men Høvedsmanden, til hvis Haand Kongen hældede sig, svarede den Guds Mand og sagde: Se, om Herren gjorde Vinduer paa Himmelen, mon dette Ord kunde ske? og han sagde: Se, du skal se det med dine Øjne, men ikke æde deraf.
But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
3 Men der var fire spedalske Mænd, ved Indgangen til Porten, og de sagde den ene til den anden: Hvorfor blive vi her, indtil vi dø?
Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?
4 Om vi sige: Vi ville gaa ind i Staden, saa er der Hunger i Staden, og vi dø der, og om vi blive her, da maa vi og dø; saa kommer nu og lader os gaa over til Syrernes Lejr, lade de os leve, saa leve vi, og dræbe de os, saa dø vi.
If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”
5 Og de gjorde sig rede i Tusmørket at komme til Syrernes Lejr; der de kom til det yderste af Syrernes Lejr, se, da var der ikke en Mand.
So they arose at twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found.
6 Thi Herren havde ladet Syrernes Lejr høre en Lyd af Vogne og en Lyd af Heste, ja, en Lyd af en stor Hær, og de sagde, den ene til den anden: Se, Israels Konge har lejet imod os Hethiternes Konger og Ægypternes Konger til at komme over os.
For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
7 Derfor gjorde de sig rede og flyede i Tusmørket og forlode deres Telte og deres Heste og deres Asener og Lejren, som den stod, og flyede for at redde deres Liv.
Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.
8 Der disse spedalske kom til det yderste af Lejren, da kom de til et Telt og aade og drak og toge derfra Sølv og Guld og Klæder og gik bort og skjulte det, og de vendte tilbage og kom til et andet Telt og toge ogsaa noget derfra og gik bort og skjulte det.
When the lepers reached the edge of the camp, they went into a tent to eat and drink. Then they carried off the silver, gold, and clothing, and went and hid them. On returning, they entered another tent, carried off some items from there, and hid them.
9 Da sagde de, den ene til den anden: Vi gøre ikke ret, denne Dag er et godt Budskabs Dag, og skulde vi tie? dersom vi bie, indtil det bliver lys Morgen, da rammer vor Misgerning os; velan da, lader os gaa og give det til Kende for Kongens Hus!
Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”
10 Og der de kom, raabte de til Stadens Portvagt, og de gave den det til Kende og sagde: Vi kom til Syrernes Lejr, og se, der var ikke en Mand eller et Menneskes Røst, men Heste bundne og Asener bundne og Teltene, saaledes som de vare.
So they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city, saying, “We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there—not a trace—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact.”
11 Da raabte Portvagten og forkyndte det inde i Kongens Hus!
The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported to the king’s household.
12 Og Kongen stod op om Natten og sagde til sine Tjenere: Jeg vil kundgøre eder, hvad Syrerne have gjort imod os: De vide, at vi lide Hunger, derfor ere de udgangne af Lejren for at skjule sig paa Marken, sigende: Naar de gaa ud af Staden, da ville vi gribe dem levende og komme ind i Staden.
So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”
13 Da svarede en af hans Tjenere og sagde: Lad dem dog tage fem af Hestene, som ere tilovers, som ere overblevne herinde; se, de ere som al Israels Hob, som ere overblevne herinde, se, de ere som al Israels Hob, der er omkommen; og lader os dog sende hen og se til!
But one of his servants replied, “Please, have scouts take five of the horses that remain in the city. Their plight will be no worse than all the Israelites who are left here. You can see that all the Israelites here are doomed. So let us send them and find out.”
14 Da toge de to Vogne med Heste, og Kongen sendte dem efter Syrernes Hær og sagde: Drager hen og ser til!
Then the scouts took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.”
15 Og der de droge efter dem indtil Jordanen, se, da laa hele Vejen fuld af Klæder og Tøj, som Syrerne havde kastet fra sig, der de hastede af Sted; og Budene kom igen og gave Kongen det til Kende.
And they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.
16 Saa gik Folket ud og plyndrede Syrernes Lejr; og en Maade Mel kostede en Sekel og to Maader Byg en Sekel, efter Herrens Ord.
Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a seah of fine flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
17 Men Kongen beskikkede den Høvedsmand, hvis Haand han hældede sig til, til at være ved Porten, og Folket traadte ham ned i Porten, saa at han døde, ligesom den Guds Mand havde talt, som havde talt det, der Kongen kom ned til ham.
Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.
18 Thi det skete, som den Guds Mand havde talt til Kongen og sagt: I Morgen paa denne Tid skulle to Maader Byg koste en Sekel og en Maade Mel en Sekel i Samarias Port.
It happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel.”
19 Og Høvedsmanden havde svaret den Guds Mand og sagt: Ja se, om Herren gjorde Vinduer paa Himmelen, mon det kunde ske efter dette Ord? og han havde sagt: Se, du skal se det med dine Øjne og ikke æde deraf.
And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”
20 Og det gik ham saaledes; thi Folket traadte ham ned i Porten, saa at han døde.
And that is just what happened to him. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.
