< 2 Kings 5 >
1 Naaman, the leader of the military of the king of Syria, was a great and honorable man with his lord. For through him the Lord gave salvation to Syria. And he was a strong and rich man, but a leper.
亚兰王的元帅乃缦在他主人面前为尊为大,因耶和华曾借他使亚兰人得胜;他又是大能的勇士,只是长了大麻风。
2 Now robbers had gone out from Syria, and they had led away captive, from the land of Israel, a little girl. And she was in the service of the wife of Naaman.
先前亚兰人成群地出去,从以色列国掳了一个小女子,这女子就服事乃缦的妻。
3 And she said to her lady: “I wish that my lord had been with the prophet who is in Samaria. Certainly, he would have cured him of the leprosy that he has.”
她对主母说:“巴不得我主人去见撒马利亚的先知,必能治好他的大麻风。”
4 And so, Naaman entered to his lord, and he reported to him, saying: “The girl from the land of Israel spoke in such a manner.”
乃缦进去,告诉他主人说,以色列国的女子如此如此说。
5 And the king of Syria said to him, “Go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” And when he had set out, he had taken with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand gold coins, and ten changes of fine clothing.
亚兰王说:“你可以去,我也达信于以色列王。”于是乃缦带银子十他连得,金子六千舍客勒,衣裳十套,就去了;
6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, in these words: “When you will receive this letter, know that I have sent to you my servant, Naaman, so that you may heal him of his leprosy.”
且带信给以色列王,信上说:“我打发臣仆乃缦去见你,你接到这信,就要治好他的大麻风。”
7 And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he tore his garments, and he said: “Am I God, so that I could take or give life, or so that this man would send to me to cure a man from his leprosy? Take notice and see that he is seeking occasions against me.”
以色列王看了信就撕裂衣服,说:“我岂是 神,能使人死使人活呢?这人竟打发人来,叫我治好他的大麻风。你们看一看,这人何以寻隙攻击我呢?”
8 And when Elisha, the man of God, had heard this, specifically, that the king of Israel had torn his garments, he sent to him, saying: “Why have you torn your garments? Let him come to me, and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel.”
神人以利沙听见以色列王撕裂衣服,就打发人去见王,说:“你为什么撕了衣服呢?可使那人到我这里来,他就知道以色列中有先知了。”
9 Therefore, Naaman arrived with his horses and chariots, and he stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
于是,乃缦带着车马到了以利沙的家,站在门前。
10 And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go, and wash seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will receive health, and you will be clean.”
以利沙打发一个使者,对乃缦说:“你去在约旦河中沐浴七回,你的肉就必复原,而得洁净。”
11 And becoming angry, Naaman went away, saying: “I thought that he would have come out to me, and, standing, would have invoked the name of the Lord, his God, and that he would have touched the place of the leprosy with his hand, and so have healed me.
乃缦却发怒走了,说:“我想他必定出来见我,站着求告耶和华—他 神的名,在患处以上摇手,治好这大麻风。
12 Are not the Abana and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel, so that I might wash in them and be cleansed?” But then, after he had turned himself away and was leaving with indignation,
大马士革的河亚罢拿和法珥法岂不比以色列的一切水更好吗?我在那里沐浴不得洁净吗?”于是气忿忿地转身去了。
13 his servants approached him, and they said to him: “If the prophet had told you, father, to do something great, certainly you ought to have done it. How much more so, now that he has said to you: ‘Wash, and you will be clean?’”
他的仆人进前来,对他说:“我父啊,先知若吩咐你做一件大事,你岂不做吗?何况说你去沐浴而得洁净呢?”
14 So he descended and washed in the Jordan seven times, in accord with the word of the man of God. And his flesh was restored, like the flesh of a little child. And he was made clean.
于是乃缦下去,照着神人的话,在约旦河里沐浴七回;他的肉复原,好像小孩子的肉,他就洁净了。
15 And returning to the man of God, with his entire retinue, he arrived, and stood before him, and he said: “Truly, I know there is no other God, in all the earth, except in Israel. And so I beg you to accept a blessing from your servant.”
乃缦带着一切跟随他的人,回到神人那里,站在他面前,说:“如今我知道,除了以色列之外,普天下没有 神。现在求你收点仆人的礼物。”
16 But he responded, “As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And though he urged him strongly, he did not agree at all.
以利沙说:“我指着所事奉永生的耶和华起誓,我必不受。”乃缦再三地求他,他却不受。
17 And Naaman said: “As you wish. But I beg you to grant to me, your servant, that I may take from here the burden of two mules from the ground. For your servant will no longer offer holocaust or victim to other gods, except to the Lord.
乃缦说:“你若不肯受,请将两骡子驮的土赐给仆人。从今以后,仆人必不再将燔祭或平安祭献与别神,只献给耶和华。
18 But there is still this matter, for which you will entreat the Lord on behalf of your servant: when my lord enters the temple of Rimmon, so that he may adore there, and he leans on my hand, if I will bow down in the temple of Rimmon, while he is adoring in the same place, that the Lord may ignore me, your servant, concerning this matter.”
惟有一件事,愿耶和华饶恕你仆人:我主人进临门庙叩拜的时候,我用手搀他在临门庙,我也屈身。我在临门庙屈身的这事,愿耶和华饶恕我。”
19 And he said to him, “Go in peace.” Then he went away from him, in the elect time of the earth.
以利沙对他说:“你可以平平安安地回去!” 乃缦就离开他去了;走了不远,
20 And Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, said: “My lord has spared Naaman, this Syrian, by not receiving from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.”
神人以利沙的仆人基哈西心里说:“我主人不愿从这亚兰人乃缦手里受他带来的礼物,我指着永生的耶和华起誓,我必跑去追上他,向他要些。”
21 And so, Gehazi followed after the back of Naaman. And when he had seen him running toward him, he leaped down from his chariot to meet him, and he said, “Is all well?”
于是基哈西追赶乃缦。乃缦看见有人追赶,就急忙下车迎着他,说:“都平安吗?”
22 And he said: “It is well. My lord has sent me to you, saying: ‘Just now two youths from the sons of the prophets have come to me from mount Ephraim. Give them a talent of silver, and two changes of clothing.’”
说:“都平安。我主人打发我来说:‘刚才有两个少年人,是先知门徒,从以法莲山地来见我,请你赐他们一他连得银子,两套衣裳。’”
23 And Naaman said, “It is better that you accept two talents.” And he urged him, and he bound the two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing. And he set them upon two of his servants, who carried them before him.
乃缦说:“请受二他连得”;再三地请受,便将二他连得银子装在两个口袋里,又将两套衣裳交给两个仆人;他们就在基哈西前头抬着走。
24 And when now he had arrived in the evening, he took them from their hands, and he stored them in the house. And he dismissed the men, and they went away.
到了山冈,基哈西从他们手中接过来,放在屋里,打发他们回去。
25 Then, having entered, he stood before his lord. And Elisha said, “Where are you coming from, Gehazi?” He responded, “Your servant did not go anywhere.”
基哈西进去,站在他主人面前。以利沙问他说:“基哈西你从哪里来?”回答说:“仆人没有往哪里去。”
26 But he said: “Was my heart not present, when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you? And now you have received money, and you have received garments, so that you might buy olive groves, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men and women servants.
以利沙对他说:“那人下车转回迎你的时候,我的心岂没有去呢?这岂是受银子、衣裳、买橄榄园、葡萄园、牛羊、仆婢的时候呢?
27 So then, the leprosy of Naaman shall adhere to you, and to your offspring forever.” And he departed from him a leper, as white as snow.
因此,乃缦的大麻风必沾染你和你的后裔,直到永远。”基哈西从以利沙面前退出去,就长了大麻风,像雪那样白。