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.
And Elisha says, “Hear a word of YHWH! Thus said YHWH: About this time tomorrow, a measure of fine flour [is] at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, in the Gate of Samaria.”
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.
And the captain whom the king has, by whose hand he has been supported, answers the man of God and says, “Behold, YHWH is making windows in the heavens—will this thing be?” And he says, “Behold, you are seeing it with your eyes, and you do not eat thereof.”
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?
And four men have been leprous at the opening of the gate, and they say to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we have died?
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 have said, We go into the city, then the famine [is] in the city and we have died there; and if we have sat here, then we have died; and now, come and we go down to the camp of Aram; if they keep us alive, we live, and if they put us to death—we have died.”
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.
And they rise in the twilight, to go to the camp of Aram, and they come to the extremity of the camp of Aram, and behold, there is not a man there,
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.
seeing YHWH has caused the camp of Aram to hear a noise of chariot and a noise of horse—a noise of great force, and they say to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Egypt, to come against 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.
And they rise and flee in the twilight, and forsake their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys—the camp as it [is]—and flee for their life.
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.
And these lepers come to the extremity of the camp, and come into one tent, and eat, and drink, and lift up silver, and gold, and garments from there, and go and hide; and they turn back and go into another tent, and lift up from there, and go and hide.
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!
And they say to one another, “We are not doing right this day; it [is] a day of tidings, and we are keeping silent; and we have waited until the morning light, then punishment has found us; and now, come and we go in and declare [it] to the house of the king.”
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.
And they come in, and call to the gatekeeper of the city, and declare for themselves, saying, “We have come to the camp of Aram, and behold, there is no man or sound of man there, but the bound horse, and the bound donkey, and tents as they [are].”
11 Da raabte Portvagten og forkyndte det inde i Kongens Hus!
And he calls the gatekeepers, and they declare [it] to the house of the king within.
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.
And the king rises by night and says to his servants, “Now let me declare to you that which the Arameans have done to us; they have known that we are famished, and they go out from the camp to be hidden in the field, saying, When they come out from the city, then we catch them alive, and we enter into 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!
And one of his servants answers and says, “Then please let them take five of the horses that are left, that have been left in it—behold, they [are] as all the multitude of Israel who have been left in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel who have been consumed—and we send and see.”
14 Da toge de to Vogne med Heste, og Kongen sendte dem efter Syrernes Hær og sagde: Drager hen og ser til!
And they take two chariot-horses, and the king sends [them] after the camp of Aram, 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 go after them to the Jordan, and behold, all the way is full of garments and vessels that the Arameans have cast away in their haste, and the messengers return and declare [it] to 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.
And the people go out and spoil the camp of Aram, and there is a measure of fine flour at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, according to the word of YHWH.
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.
And the king has appointed the captain, by whose hand he is supported, over the gate, and the people tread him down in the gate, and he dies, as the man of God spoke, which he spoke in the coming down of the king 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.
indeed, it comes to pass, according to the speaking of the man of God to the king, saying, “Two measures of barley at a shekel, and a measure of fine flour at a shekel are, at this time tomorrow, in the Gate of Samaria”;
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 captain answers the man of God and says, “And behold, YHWH is making windows in the heavens—will this thing be?” And he says, “Behold, you are seeing it with your eyes, and you do not eat thereof”;
20 Og det gik ham saaledes; thi Folket traadte ham ned i Porten, saa at han døde.
and it comes to him so, and the people tread him down in the gate, and he dies.
