2 Ruodhi 2
1 E kinde mane Jehova Nyasaye dwaro tero Elija e polo kotingʼe gi kalausi, noyudo ka Elija gi Elisha osewuok Gilgal.
When Yahweh was about to take [the prophet] Elijah up to heaven in a (whirlwind/twisting wind), Elijah and [his fellow prophet] Elisha were traveling [south] from Gilgal [town].
2 Elija nowachone Elisha niya, dongʼ kae; nimar Jehova Nyasaye oseora Bethel. To Elisha nowachone niya, “Akwongʼora gi nying Jehova Nyasaye mangima kod nyingi iwuon, ni ok anaweyi.” Omiyo giduto negidhi Bethel.
Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, because Yahweh has told [only] me to go to Bethel [town].” But Elisha replied, “Just as certainly as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not leave you!” So they went down [together] to Bethel.
3 Kanyakla mar jonabi mane odak Bethel nodhi ir Elisha mopenje niya, bende ingʼeyo ni Jehova Nyasaye dhi kawo ruodhi kawuono? Elisha nodwokogi niya, ee angʼeyo, to lingʼuru gi wachno.
A group of prophets came to Elisha [and Elijah before they entered the town], and they asked Elisha, “Do you know that Yahweh is going to take your master/boss [Elijah] away from you today?” Elisha answered, “Certainly I know that, but don’t talk about it!” [IDM]
4 Eka Elija nowachone Elisha niya, dongʼ kae, nimar Jehova Nyasaye oora Jeriko. To ne odwoke niya, “Akwongʼora gi nying Jehova Nyasaye mangima kod nyingi iwuon ni ok anaweyi.” Omiyo giduto negidhi Jeriko.
Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, because Yahweh has told [only] me to go to Jericho.” But Elisha replied [again], “Just as certainly as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not leave you!” So they went [together] to Jericho [city].
5 Kanyakla mar jonabi mane odak Jeriko nodhi ir Elisha mopenje niya, bende ingʼeyo ni Jehova Nyasaye wangʼ nokaw ruodhi kawuono? Ee angʼeyo, to lingʼuru gi wachno.
[As they neared] Jericho, a group of prophets who were from there came to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh is going to take your master/boss [Elijah] away from you today?” He answered again, “Certainly I know that, but don’t talk about it!” [IDM]
6 Eka Elija nowachone niya, “Dongʼ kae; nimar Jehova Nyasaye oora Jordan.” Eka nodwoke niya, “Akwongʼora gi nying Jehova Nyasaye mangima kod nyingi iwuon ni ok anaweyi.” Omiyo giduto negidhi adhiya.
Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, because Yahweh has told [only] me to go to the Jordan [River].” But [again] Elisha replied, “As certainly as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not leave you!” So they continued walking together.
7 Kanyakla mar jonabi piero abich nodhi mochungʼ gichien ka gingʼiyo kama Elija kod Elisha nochungʼie e dho aora Jordan.
Fifty men from a group of prophets [who were from Jericho] also went, but they watched from a distance as Elijah and Elisha stopped at the edge of the Jordan [River].
8 Elija nobano lawe mar abola kendo ochwadogo pi, pi nobarore kochomo korachwich gi koracham mi ji ariyogo nongʼado kama otwo kadhi komachielo.
Then Elijah rolled up his cloak and struck the water with it. A path opened up for them through the river, and they walked across [as though they were] on dry ground.
9 Kane gisengʼado aorano, Elija nopenjo Elisha niya, “Wachane gima idwaro mondo atimni kapok okawa?” Elisha nodwoke niya, “We mondo ayud teko ma in-go nyadiriyo.”
When they came to the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, “What do you want me to do for you before (I am taken away/Yahweh takes me away)?” Elisha replied, “I want to receive twice as much of your power [as you have had, ] (OR enable me to very powerfully continue your ministry).”
10 Elija nodwoke niya, “Ikwayo gima tek to kineno ka ikawa adhi, to niyude; to ka ok ineno kikawa, to ok iniyudi.”
Elijah replied, “You have asked for something which is difficult [for me to cause to happen]. But, if you see me when (I am taken from you/Yahweh takes me from you), you will get what you are requesting. But if you do not see me, then you will not get it.”
11 Kane oyudo giwuotho gidhi ka gin kaachiel, apoya nono gach lweny mar mach kod farese mag mach nothinyore ma opogo kindgi kendo Elija noter e polo gi kalausi.
As they were walking and talking, suddenly a chariot that had fire [surrounding it], pulled by horses which also had fire [surrounding them], appeared. [The chariot driver] drove the chariot between Elijah and Elisha and separated them. Then Elijah was taken up to heaven in a (whirlwind/twisting wind).
12 Elisha noneno mi noywak niya, “Yaye Wuora, aneno geche mag Israel kod joidh farese mag-gi.” Elisha ne ok ochako oneno Elija kendo nokawo lepe owuon moyiecho.
Elisha saw it. He cried out, “My father/master! My father/master! The chariots of us Israeli people and their drivers [have taken my master away]!” [They disappeared into the sky, ] and Elisha never saw Elijah again. Then Elisha tore his own robe into two pieces [to show that he was sad].
13 Nokwanyo law mar abola mane olwar koa kuom Elija mi odok kendo ochungʼ e bath aora Jordan.
Elijah’s cloak [had fallen off when he was taken away, so] Elisha picked it up and returned to the bank of the Jordan [River].
14 Eka ne okawo law mar abola mane olwar koa kuom Elija mi ochwadogo pi kowacho niya, “Ere Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasach Elija?” Kane ochwado pi, pi nopogore diere tir koni gi koni, mi Elisha nongʼado odhi komachielo.
He [rolled up the cloak and] struck the water with it, and cried out, “Will Yahweh, the God who [enabled] Elijah [to perform miracles, enable me to do similar things]?” Then the water separated, and a path opened up for him, and Elisha went across.
15 Kanyakla mar jonabi moa Jeriko mane oneno gima notimoreno mowacho niya, “Roho mar Elija ni kuom Elisha.” Kendo negidhi ire mi gikulore piny e nyime.
When the group of prophets from Jericho saw what happened, they exclaimed, “Elisha now has the power that Elijah had!” [MTY] They walked over to him and bowed down in front of him.
16 Negiwachone niya, “Wan jotichni, wan gi joma roteke piero abich. Yie mondo gidhi gimany ruodhi; sa moro dipo ka Roho mar Jehova Nyasaye osetere malo ewi gode kata e holo.” Elisha nokwerogi niya, “Kik uorgi.”
[One of] them said, “Sir, if you permit us, 50 of our strongest men will go and search for your master [on the other side of the river]. Perhaps the Spirit of Yahweh has left him on some mountain or in some valley.” Elisha replied, “No, do not send them.”
17 To negisiko gikwaye nyaka nojok, makoro ne ok onyal tamore, mine owachonegi niya, “Koro orgiuru.” Negioro ji piero abich mane omenyo kuom ndalo adek, to ne ok giyude.
But they kept insisting. Finally he was tired of saying “No,” and he said, “Okay, send them.” So 50 men searched for three days, but they did not find Elijah.
18 Kane gidwogo ir Elisha mane oyudo odak Jeriko, nowachonegi niya, “Donge ne akwerou ni kik udhi?”
They returned to Jericho, and Elisha was still there. He said to them, “I told you that you should not go, [because you would not find him]!” [RHQ]
19 Ji mane odak Jeriko nowachone Elisha niya, “Jaduongʼ neye kaka dalawani oger kama ber, makmana pige ema rach kendo lope ok miyo.”
Then the leaders of [Jericho] city came to talk with Elisha. One of them said, “Our master, we have a problem. You can see that this is a very nice place [to live in]. But the water is bad, and as a result, crops will not grow on the land.”
20 Ne owachonegi niya, “Kelnauru bakul manyien kendo uket chumbi e iye.” Omiyo negitimo kamano.
Elisha said to them, “Put some salt in a new bowl and bring the bowl to me.” So they brought it to him.
21 Bangʼ mano nowuok modhi e sokono mokiro chumbi e iye kowacho niya, “Ma e gima Jehova Nyasaye wacho: ‘Aseloso pigni obedo maber. Ok nochak okel tho kata weyo piny ma ok omew.’”
Then he went out to the spring [from which the people in the town got water]. He threw the salt into the spring. Then he said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘I have made this water good/pure. No longer will anyone die, from having drunk this water, and now crops will be able to grow.’” [LIT]
22 Kendo pigno osesiko ka ber nyaka chil kawuono kaluwore gi wach mane Elisha owacho.
And the water became pure, just as Elisha said it would be. Since that time it has always remained pure.
23 Elisha noa kanyo modhi Bethel to kane oyudo owuotho e yo, yawuowi moko noyudo wuotho koa Bethel kendo ne giyanye kagiwacho niya, “Rabondoni, dhiyo adhiya! Rabondoni, dhiyo adhiya!”
Elisha left Jericho and went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, a group of young boys from Bethel [saw him and] started to make fun of him. They continued shouting, “Go away, you bald-headed man!”
24 Ne olokore mongʼiyogi mi noluongo kwongʼ e nying Jehova Nyasaye. Eka ondiegi ariyo mag dubu nopore oa e bungu mochamo rowere piero angʼwen gariyogo.
Elisha turned around and looked/glared at them. He asked Yahweh to (curse them/do something bad to them). Immediately two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of them.
25 Kendo nodhi e got Karmel kendo koa kanyo noduogo Samaria.
Elisha left Bethel and went to Carmel Mountain, and after that he returned to Samaria [city].
