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!«
Elisha replied to the king, “Listen to what Yahweh says: ‘He says that by this time tomorrow, at the marketplace here in Samaria, you will be able to buy (ten pounds/five kg.) of fine wheat or (20 pounds/ten kg.) of barley for [only] one piece of silver.’”
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!«
The king’s officer said to Elijah, “That cannot happen! Even if Yahweh himself would open the windows of the sky [and send grain down to us], that certainly could not [RHQ] happen!” Elisha replied, “[Because you said that, ] you [SYN] will see it happen, but you will not be able to eat any of the food!”
3 Imidlertid var der fire spedalske Mænd ved Indgangen til Porten; de sagde til hverandre: »Hvorfor skal vi blive her, til vi dør?
That day there were four men who had (leprosy/a dreaded skin disease) who were sitting outside the gate of Samaria [city. They said to each other, “(Why should we] wait here until we die?/[It is ridiculous for us to] wait here until we die.) [RHQ]
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 go into the city, we will die there, because there is no food there. If we remain sitting here, we will die here. So let’s go to where the army of Syria has set up their tents. If they kill us, we will die. But if they allow us to remain alive, we will not 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 when it was getting dark, those four men went to the camp where the army of Syria had set up their tents. But when they reached the camp, they saw that there was no one there!
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!«
What had happened was that Yahweh had caused the army of Syria to hear something that sounded like a large army marching with chariots and horses. So they said to each other, “Listen! The king of Israel has hired the kings of Egypt and the Heth people-group [and their armies], and they have come 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.
So they all ran away that evening and left their tents and their horses and donkeys there, because [they were afraid that] they would be killed [if they stayed there].
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 those four lepers came to the edge of the area where the soldiers of Syria had set up their tents, they went into one tent, [and saw all the things that had been left there]. So they ate and drank what was there, and they took the silver and the gold and clothes. Then they went [outside the tent] and hid those things. Then they entered another tent, and took things from there, and then went outside and hid them, also.
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!«
But then they said to each other, “We are not doing what is right. We have good news [to tell others] today. If we do not tell it to anyone now, and if we wait until morning to tell it, we will certainly be punished [by Yahweh]. So let’s go right now to the palace and tell it to the king’s officials!”
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 to the guards at the city gates and called out to them, “We went to where the army of Syria had set up their tents, but we did not see or hear anyone there. Their horses and donkeys were still tied up, but their tents were all deserted/abandoned!”
11 Portvægterne raabte det ud, og man meldte det inde i Kongens Palads.
The guards shouted the news, and some people [who heard it] went to the palace and reported it there.
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!«
[When] the king [heard it, he] got up out of his bed and said to his officials, “I will tell you what the army of Syria is planning to do. They know that we have no food here, so they have left their tents and are hiding in the fields. They think that we will leave the city [to find some food], and then they will capture us and capture 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 officials said, “Many of our Israeli people have already died [from (hunger/not having anything to eat]). If those of us who are still alive all stay here, we also will die anyway. So let’s send some men with five of our horses that are still alive to go and see [what has really happened].”
14 De tog da to Spand Heste, og Kongen sendte Folk efter Aramæernes Hær og sagde: »Rid hen og se efter!«
So they chose some men and told them to go in a chariot and find out what had happened to the army of Syria.
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.
They went as far as the Jordan [River]. All along the road they saw clothes and equipment that the soldiers from Syria had thrown away while they were running away very quickly. So the men returned to the king and reported [what they had seen].
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 many of the people of Samaria also went [out of the city and went] to where the army of Syria had previously set up their tents. They entered all the tents and took everything. [So there was now plenty of everything!] As a result people could buy ten pounds of fine wheat or 20 pounds of barley for only one piece of silver, which was what Yahweh had said would happen!
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.
The king of Israel had appointed the officer who was his assistant to supervise what was happening at the marketplace. But as he was standing near the gate, all the people [who were rushing outside the city] trampled on him, and he died, which was what Elisha had said would happen to him when Elisha previously went to talk to the king.
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!«
Elisha had told him that by the next day there would be plenty of food, with the result that anyone could buy ten pounds of fine wheat or 20 pounds of barley for only one piece of silver.
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, “That certainly cannot [RHQ] happen! Even if Yahweh himself would open the sky and send down some grain, that could not happen.” And Elisha had replied, “[Because you said that, ] you [SYN] will see it happen, but you will not be able to eat any of the food!”
20 Saaledes gik det ham; Folket traadte ham ned i Porten, saa han døde.
And that is what happened to him. The people [who were rushing out of] the city gate trampled on him, and he died.
