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 ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To-morrow about this time [shall] a measure of fine flour [be sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

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!«

Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, [if] the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see [it] with thy eyes, but shalt not eat 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?

And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we 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, We will enter into the city, then the famine [is] in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall to the army of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but 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.

And they rose in the twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians: and when they had come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, [there was] no man 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!«

For the LORD had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, [even] the noise of a great army: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon 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.

Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it [was], and fled for their life.

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.

And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drank, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid [it]; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence [also], and went and hid [it].

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!«

Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day [is] a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may 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 came and called to the porter of the city: and they told him, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, [there was] no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they [were].

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

And he called the porters; and they told [it] to the king's house within.

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!«

And the king arose in the night, and said to his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we [are] hungry; therefore they have gone out of the camp, to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into 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!«

And one of his servants answered and said, Let [some] take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they [are] as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, [I say], they [are] even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed: ) and let us send and see.

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

They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, 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 went after them to Jordan: and lo, all the way [was] full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers 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.

And the people went out, and plundered the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley 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.

And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down 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!«

And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:

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 that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, [if] the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thy eyes, but shalt not eat of it.

20 Saaledes gik det ham; Folket traadte ham ned i Porten, saa han døde.

And so it happened to him: for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died.