< 2 Kings 5 >

1 Now Naaman, chief of the army of the king of Aram, was a man of high position with his master, and greatly respected, because by him the Lord had given salvation to Aram; but he was a leper.
Na’aman heitte ein herførar hjå syrarkongen. Han hadde mykje å segja hjå herren sin og var høgvyrd av alle; for med han førde syrarane, hadde Herren hadde gjeve deim siger. Mannen var ei stor stridskjempa, men spillsjuk.
2 Now the Aramaeans had gone out in bands, and taken prisoner from Israel a little girl, who became servant to Naaman's wife.
Ein gong på herjeferd i Israelslandet hadde syrarane millom krigsfangarne teke ei liti gjenta; og ho kom i teneste hjå kona åt Na’aman.
3 And she said to her master's wife, If only my lord would go to the prophet in Samaria, he would make him well.
Ho sagde med matmor si: «Å gjev husbonden min var hjå profeten i Samaria! So skulde han nok skilja honom med spillsykja.»
4 And someone went and said to his lord, This is what the girl from the land of Israel says.
Han gjekk til kongen og fortalde: «So og so hev gjenta frå Israelslandet sagt.»
5 So the king of Aram said, Go then; and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went, taking with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
Syrarkongen svara: «Far du! So skal eg senda brev med deg til Israels-kongen.» So for han og tok med seg ti talent sylv og seks tusund lodd gull og ti festklædningar.
6 And he took the letter to the king of Israel, in which the king of Aram had said, See, I have sent my servant Naaman to you to be made well, for he is a leper.
Han bar brevet fram til Israels-kongen. Der stod det: «- - Og no når du fær dette brevet, skal du vita at eg sender Na’aman, tenaren min, til deg, og du skal skilja honom av med spillsykja hans.»
7 But the king of Israel, after reading the letter, was greatly troubled and said, Am I God, to give death and life? why does this man send a leper to me to be made well? is it not clear that he is looking for a cause of war?
Då Israels-kongen las brevet, reiv han sund klædi sine og ropa: «Tru eg er Gud, so eg hev magt yver daude og liv, sidan han skriv til meg at eg skal skilja ein mann med spillsykja hans? De kann då skyna og sjå at han vil berre egla seg innpå meg!»
8 Now Elisha, the man of God, hearing that the king of Israel had done this, sent to the king, saying, Why are you troubled? send the man to me, so that he may see that there is a prophet in Israel.
Då gudsmannen Elisa spurde at Israels-kongen hadde rive sund klædi sine, sende han bod til kongen med dei ordi: «Kvifor reiv du sund klædi dine? Lat honom koma til meg, so skal han få vita at det finst ein profet i Israel.»
9 So Naaman, with all his horses and his carriages, came to the door of Elisha's house.
Na’aman kom med hestar og vogni, og stana utanfor husdøri åt Elisa.
10 And Elisha sent a servant to him, saying, Go to Jordan, and after washing seven times in its waters your flesh will be well again and you will be clean.
Elisa sende bod ut til honom med dei ordi: «Far av og lauga deg sju gonger i Jordan, so skal kroppen din verta like god att, so du vert rein.»
11 But Naaman was angry and went away and said, I had the idea that he would come out to see such an important person as I am, and make prayer to the Lord his God, and with a wave of his hand over the place make the leper well.
Na’aman vart harm, og for sin veg. «Eg tenkte han vilde koma ut til meg sjølv, » sagde han, «og stiga fram og ropa til Herren, sin Gud, og strjuka med handi yver den sjuke staden og soleis skilja meg av med spillsykja.
12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not be washed in them and become clean? So turning, he went away in wrath.
Tru ikkje Damaskus-elvarne Abana og Parpar er likare enn alt vatnet i Israel? Tru eg ikkje likso godt kunde verta rein med å lauga meg i deim?» Og han snudde, og for heim i sinne.
13 Then his servants came to him and said, If the prophet had given you orders to do some great thing, would you not have done it? how much more then, when he says to you, Be washed and become clean?
Men tenarane hans gjekk fram og tala med honom: «Du far! Hadde profeten lagt på deg ein vanskeleg ting, vilde du då ikkje gjort det? Kor mykje meir når han berre segjer til deg: «Lauga deg, so vert du rein.»»
14 Then he went down seven times into the waters of Jordan, as the man of God had said; and his flesh became like the flesh of a little child again, and he was clean.
Då for han ned og dukka seg i Jordan sju gonger, so som gudsmannen hadde sagt. Kroppen hans vart like god att, frisk som ein liten barnekropp; han vart rein.
15 Then he went back to the man of God, with all his train, and, taking his place before him, said, Now I am certain that there is no God in all the earth, but only in Israel: now then, take an offering from me.
Då snudde han attende til gudsmannen, han og heile fylgjet han. Han kom inn til honom og sagde: «Sjå no hev eg røynt at det er ingen Gud på heile jordi utan i Israel. Tak no imot ei gåva av meg, tenaren din.»
16 But he said, By the life of the Lord whose servant I am, I will take nothing from you. And he did his best to make him take it but he would not.
Han svara: «So sant Herren liver, han som eg tener: eg tek ikkje imot.» Han naudbad honom å taka imot; men han vilde ikkje.
17 Then Naaman said, If you will not, then let there be given to your servant as much earth as two beasts are able to take on their backs; because from now on, your servant will make no offering or burned offering to other gods, but only to the Lord.
Då sagde Na’aman: «Sidan du ikkje vil, so gjev meg so mykje mold som eit par muldyr kann bera; for no vil eg ikkje meir ofra brennoffer eller slagtoffer til andre gudar, men berre til Herren.
18 But may your servant have the Lord's forgiveness for this one thing: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon for worship there, supported on my arm, and my head is bent in the house of Rimmon; when his head is bent in the house of Rimmon, may your servant have the Lord's forgiveness for this thing.
Men ein ting må Herren tilgjeva meg: Når herren min gjeng inn i Rimmons-templet og bøygjer seg ned og bed der, og eg lyt fylgja honom, og eg og bøygjer meg ned i Rimmons-templet samstundes som han gjer det - må då Herren tilgjeva tenaren din dette!»
19 And he said to him, Go in peace. And he went from him some distance.
Han svara: «Far i fred!» Og han for frå honom eit stykke veg.
20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said, Now my master has taken nothing from Naaman, this Aramaean, of what he would have given him: by the living Lord, I will go after him and get something from him.
Då tenkte Gehazi, drengen åt gudsmannen Elisa: «No hev husbond spart denne syraren Na’aman og ikkje teke imot det han hadde med seg. So sant Herren liver, eg spring etter honom og fær honom til gjeva meg eitkvart.»
21 So Gehazi went after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he got down from his carriage and went back to him and said, Is all well?
Gehazi sette etter Na’aman. Då Na’aman ser ein koma springande etter, hoppar han ut or vogni, og gjeng imot honom og ropar: «Er noko på ferd?»
22 And he said, All is well: but my master has sent me, saying, Even now, two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim; will you give me a talent of silver and two changes of clothing for them?
«Nei, » svarar han, «men husbond sender meg med dette bodet: Nett no kom det til meg tvo unge profetsveinar frå Efraimsheidi. Å, gjev deim eit talent sylv og tvo festklædningar!»
23 And Naaman said, Be good enough to take two talents. And forcing him to take them, he put two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and gave them to his two servants to take before him.
Na’aman svara: «Gjer vel og tak imot tvo talent.» Han nøydde han, og knytte tvo talent sylv inn i tvo pungar, og tok tvo festklædningar og gav tvo av tenarane sine, og dei bar deim fyre honom.
24 When he came to the hill, he took them from their hands, and put them away in the house; and he sent the men away, and they went.
Men då dei kom til haugen, tok han det frå deim. Han gøymde det i huset og let kararne ganga sin veg.
25 Then he came in and took his place before his master. And Elisha said to him, Where have you come from, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant went nowhere.
Då han kom inn til husbonden sin, spurde Elisa honom: «Kvar kjem du ifrå, Gehazi?» Han svara: «Ingen stad hev tenaren din vore.»
26 And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants?
Då sagde han: «Tru eg ikkje fylgde deg i åndi då ein mann snudde seg frå vogni og møtte deg? Er det no tid å taka imot sylv og få seg klæde og oljetre og vinhagar og sauer og bufe og tenarar og ternor?
27 Because of what you have done, the disease of Naaman the leper will take you in its grip, and your seed after you, for ever. And he went out from before him a leper as white as snow.
Spillsykja hans Na’aman skal koma yver deg og ætti di for alle tider.» Og han gjekk ut frå honom, spillsjuk og kvit som snø.

< 2 Kings 5 >