2 Kings 2
1 Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a great wind, Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
Dengang HERREN ville lade Elias fare op til Himmelen i et Stormvejr, gik Elias fra Gilgal.
2 And Elijah said to Elisha, Come no farther for the Lord has sent me to Beth-el. But Elisha said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went down to Beth-el.
Og Elias sagde til Elisa: "Bliv her, thi HERREN vil have mig til Betel!" Men Elisa svarede: "Så sandt HERREN lever, og så sandt du lever, jeg går ikke fra dig!" De gik da ned til Betel.
3 And at Beth-el the sons of the prophets came out to Elisha and said, Has it been made clear to you that the Lord is going to take away your master from over you today? And he said, Yes, I have knowledge of it: say no more.
Så kom Profetsønnerne i Betel ud til Elisa og sagde til ham: "Ved du, at HERREN i dag vil tage din Herre bort fra dig?" Han svarede: "Ja, jeg ved det, ti kun stille!"
4 Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. But he said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went on to Jericho.
Derpå sagde Elias til ham: "Bliv her, Elisa, thi HERREN vil have mig til Jeriko!" Men han svarede: "Så sandt HERREN lever, og så sandt du lever, jeg går ikke fra dig!" De kom da til Jeriko.
5 And at Jericho the sons of the prophets came up to Elisha and said to him, Has it been made clear to you that the Lord is going to take away your master from over you today? And he said in answer, Yes, I have knowledge of it: say no more.
Men Profetsønnerne i Jeriko trådte hen til Elisa og sagde til ham: "Ved du, at HERREN i Dag vil tage din Herre bort fra dig?" Han svarede: "Ja, jeg ved det, ti kun stille!"
6 Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jordan. But he said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went on together.
Derpå sagde Elias til ham: "Bliv her, thi HERREN vil have mig til Jordan!" Men han svarede: "Så sandt HERREN lever, og så sandt du lever, jeg går ikke fra dig!" Så fulgtes de ad.
7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went out and took their places facing them a long way off, while the two of them were by the edge of Jordan.
Men halvtredsindstyve af Profetsønnerne gik hen og stillede sig et godt Stykke derfra, medens de to stod ved Jordan.
8 Then Elijah took off his robe, and, rolling it up, gave the water a blow with it, and the waters were parted, flowing back this way and that, so that they went over on dry land.
Elias tog nu sin Kappe, rullede den sammen og slog Vandet med den; da skiltes det ad, og de gik begge over på tør Bund.
9 And when they had come to the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, Say what you would have me do for you before I am taken from you. And Elisha said, Be pleased to let a special measure of your spirit be on me.
Og da de var kommet over, sagde Elias til Elisa: "Sig, hvad du ønsker, jeg skal gøre for dig, før jeg tages bort fra dig!" Elisa svarede: "Måtte to Dele af din Ånd komme over mig!"
10 And he said, You have made a hard request: still, if you see me when I am taken from you, you will get your desire; but if not, it will not be so.
Da sagde han: "Det er et stort Forlangende, du kommer med! Dersom du ser mig, når jeg tages bort fra dig, skal det blive dig til Del, ellers ikke!"
11 And while they went on their way, going on talking together, suddenly there were carriages and horses of fire separating them from one another and Elijah went up to heaven in a great wind.
Medens de nu gik og talte sammen, se, da kom en lldvogn og Ildheste og skilte dem ad, og Elias for op til Himmelen i Stormvejret.
12 And when Elisha saw it he gave a cry, My father, my father, the carriages of Israel and its horsemen! And he saw him no longer; and he was full of grief.
Og Elisa så det og råbte: "Min Fader, min Fader, du Israels Vogne og Ryttere!" Og han så ham ikke mere. Så greb han sine Klæder og sønderrev dem.
13 Then he took up Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and went back till he came to the edge of Jordan.
Derpå tog han Elias's Kappe, som var faldet af ham, op og gik tilbage og stillede sig ved Jordans Bred,
14 And he took Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and giving the water a blow with it, said, Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah? and at his blow the waters were parted this way and that; and Elisha went over.
og han tog Elias's Kappe, som var faldet af ham, slog Vandet med den og sagde: "Hvor er nu HERREN, Elias's Gud?" Og da han havde slået Vandet, skiltes det ad, og Elisa gik over.
15 And when the sons of the prophets who were facing him at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha. And they came out to him, and went down on the earth before him.
Da Profetsønnerne fra Jeriko så det derovre, sagde de: "Elias's Ånd hviler på Elisa!" Og de gik ham i Møde og kastede sig til Jorden for ham.
16 And they said, Your servants have with us here fifty strong men; be pleased to let them go in search of Elijah; for it may be that the spirit of the Lord has taken him up and put him down on some mountain or in some valley. But he said, Do not send them.
Derpå sagde de til ham: "Se, her hos dine Trælle er der halvtredsindstyve raske Mænd, lad dem gå ud og lede efter din Herre; måske HERRENs Ånd har taget ham og kastet ham hen på et af Bjergene eller i en af Dalene!" Men han svarede: "I skal ikke sende dem af Sted!"
17 But when they kept on requesting him, he was shamed and said, Send, then. So they sent fifty men; but after searching for three days, they came back without having seen him.
Men da de blev ved at trænge ind på ham, sagde han: "Så send dem da af Sted!" Så sendte de halvtredsindstyve Mænd ud, og de ledte efter ham i tre Dage, men fandt ham ikke.
18 And they came back to him, while he was still at Jericho; and he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?
Og da de kom tilbage, medens han endnu var i Jeriko, sagde han til dem: "Sagde jeg ikke til eder, at I ikke skulde gå?"
19 Now the men of the town said to Elisha, You see that the position of this town is good; but the water is bad, causing the young of the cattle to come to birth dead.
Mændene i Byen sagde til Elisa: "Byen ligger godt nok, som min Herre ser, men Vandet er dårligt og volder utidige Fødsler i Egnen."
20 So he said, Get me a new vessel, and put salt in it; and they took it to him.
Da sagde han: "Hent mig en ny Skål og kom Salt deri!" Og de hentede den til ham.
21 Then he went out to the spring from which the water came, and put salt in it, and said, The Lord says, Now I have made this water sweet; no longer will it be death-giving or unfertile.
Så gik han ned til Kildevældet og kastede Salt deri, idet han sagde: "Så siger HERREN: Jeg gør dette Vand sundt, så at der ikke mer skal komme Død eller utidige Fødsler deraf!"
22 And the water was made sweet again to this day, as Elisha said.
Så blev Vandet sundt, efter det Ord Elisa talte; og det er det den Dag i dag.
23 Then from there he went up to Beth-el; and on his way, some little boys came out from the town and made sport of him, crying, Go up, old no-hair! go up, old no-hair!
Derfra begav han sig op til Betel. Som han var på Vej derop, kom nogle Smådrenge ud af Byen og spottede ham og råbte: "Kom herop, Skaldepande, kom herop, Skaldepande!"
24 And turning back, he saw them, and put a curse on them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the wood and put forty-two of the children to death.
Han vendte sig om, og da han fik Øje på dem, forbandede han dem i HERRENs Navn. Så kom to Bjørne ud af Krattet og sønderrev to og fyrretyve af Drengene.
25 From there he went to Mount Carmel, and came back from there to Samaria.
Derfra begav han sig til Karmels Bjerg, og derfra vendte han tilbage til Samaria.
