Anden Kongebog 7

1 Men Elisa sagde: »Hør HERRENS Ord! Saa siger HERREN: I Morgen ved denne Tid skal en Sea fint Hvedemel koste en Sekel og to Sea Byg ligeledes 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 Arm Kongen støttede sig, svarede den Guds Mand og sagde: »Om saa HERREN satte Vinduer paa Himmelen, mon da sligt kunde ske?« Han sagde: »Med egne Øjne skal du faa det at se, men ikke komme til at spise 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 Imidlertid var der fire spedalske Mænd ved Indgangen til Porten; de sagde til hverandre: »Hvorfor skal vi blive her, til vi dør?

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 Dersom vi bestemmer os til at gaa ind i Byen, dør vi der — der er jo Hungersnød i Byen — og bliver vi her, dør vi ogsaa! Kom derfor og lad os løbe over til Aramæernes Lejr! Lader de os leve, saa bliver vi i Live, og slaar de os ihjel, saa dør 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 Saa begav de sig i Mørkningen paa Vej til Aramæernes Lejr; men da de kom til Udkanten af Aramæernes Lejr, var der ikke et Menneske at se.

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 HERREN havde nemlig ladet Aramæernes Lejr høre Larm at Vogne og Heste, Larm af en stor Hær, og de havde sagt til hverandre: »Se, Israels Konge har købt Hetiternes og Mizrajims Konger til at falde 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 havde de taget Flugten i Mørkningen og efterladt Lejren, som den stod, deres Telte, Heste og Æsler, og var flygtet for at redde Livet.

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 Da nu de spedalske havde naaet Udkanten af Lejren, gik de ind i et af Teltene, spiste og drak og tog Sølv og Guld og klæder, som de gik hen og gemte; derpaa kom de tilbage og gik ind i et andet Telt; ogsaa der tog de noget, som de gik hen og gemte.

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 Saa sagde de til hverandre: »Det er ikke rigtigt, som vi bærer os ad! Denne Dag er et godt Budskabs Dag; tier vi stille og venter til Daggry, paadrager vi os Skyld; lad os derfor gaa hen og melde det i Kongens Palads!«

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 Saa gik de hen og raabte til Byens Portvægtere og bragte dem den Melding: »Vi kom til Aramæernes Lejr, og der var ikke et Menneske at se eller høre, men vi fandt Hestene og Æslerne bundet og Teltene urørt!«

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 Portvægterne raabte det ud, og man meldte det inde i Kongens Palads.

The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported to the king’s household.

12 Men Kongen stod op om Natten og sagde til sine Folk: »Jeg skal sige eder, hvad Aramæerne har for med os; de ved, at vi er udsultet, derfor har de forladt Lejren og skjult sig paa Marken, i den Tanke at vi skal gaa ud af Byen, saa de kan fange os levende og trænge ind i Byen!«

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 Men en af Folkene svarede: »Vi kan jo tage en fem Stykker af de Heste, der er tilbage her — det vil jo dog gaa dem som alle de mange, der allerede var omkommet — og sende Folk derhen, saa faar vi se!«

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 De tog da to Spand Heste, og Kongen sendte Folk efter Aramæernes Hær og sagde: »Rid hen og se efter!«

Then the scouts took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.”

15 Saa drog de efter dem lige til Jordan og fandt hele Vejen fuld af Klæder og Vaaben, som Aramæerne havde kastet fra sig paa deres hovedkulds Flugt. Derpaa vendte Sendebudene tilbage og meldte det til Kongen.

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 drog Folket ud og plyndrede Aramæernes Lejr; og saaledes kom en Sea fint Hvedemel til at koste en Sekel og to Sea Byg ligeledes en Sekel, som HERREN havde sagt.

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 Kongen havde overdraget Høvedsmanden, til hvis Arm han støttede sig, Tilsynet med Porten, men Folket traadte ham ned i Porten, saa han døde, saaledes som den Guds Mand havde sagt, dengang 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 Da den Guds Mand sagde til Kongen: »To Sea Byg skal koste en Sekel og en Sea fint Hvedemel ligeledes en Sekel i Morgen ved denne Tid 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 da havde Høvedsmanden svaret ham: »Om saa HERREN satte Vinduer paa Himmelen, mon da sligt kunde ske?« Og den Guds Mand havde sagt: »Med egne Øjne skal du faa det at se, men ikke komme til at spise 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 Saaledes gik det ham; Folket traadte ham ned i Porten, saa han døde.

And that is just what happened to him. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.