2 Kings 4
1 The wife of one of the sons of the prophets appealed to Elisha, “My husband, your servant, is dead, and you know that he honored the Lord. But now to pay his debts his creditor is coming to take my two sons as his slaves!”
Og en Kvinde af Profeternes Børns Hustruer raabte til Elisa og sagde: Din Tjener, min Mand, er død, og du ved, at din Tjener frygtede Herren; nu kommer Aagerkarlen og vil tage begge mine Sønner til sine Trælle.
2 “What can I do to help you?” asked Elisha. “Tell me, what do you have in your house?” “I, your servant, don't have anything in my house except a jar of olive oil,” she replied.
Og Elisa sagde til hende: Hvad skal jeg gøre for dig? giv mig til Kende, hvad har du i Huset? Og hun sagde: Din Tjenerinde har intet i Huset uden et Krus Olie.
3 “Go and borrow empty jars from your neighbors—as many as possible, not just a few,” Elisha told her.
Og han sagde: Gak hen, laan dig Kar derude fra alle dine Naboer, tomme Kar, du skal ikke lade det blive faa.
4 “Then go inside, shut the door behind you and your sons, and start pouring olive oil into all these jars, placing the full jars to one side.”
Og du skal gaa ind og lukke Døren til efter dig og efter dine Sønner og øse i alle disse Kar, og du skal lade dem sætte hen, hvert, naar det er fuldt.
5 She left Elisha, went home, and shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept on pouring.
Og hun gik fra ham og lukkede Døren efter sig og efter sine Sønner; de bare frem til hende, og hun øste i.
6 When all the jars were full, she told her son, “Bring me another one.” But he replied, “There aren't any jars left.” Then the olive oil stopped flowing.
Og det skete, der hun havde fyldt Karrene, da sagde hun til sin Søn: Bær endnu et Kar frem til mig; og han sagde til hende: Der er ikke et Kar mere; og Olien standsede.
7 She went and told the man of God what had happened, and he said, “Go and sell the olive oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on what's left.”
Da kom hun og gav den Guds Mand det til Kende, og han sagde: Gak bort, sælg Olien og betal din Gæld, saa maa du og dine Sønner leve af det, som bliver tilovers.
8 One day as Elisha was passing through Shunem, a wealthy woman who lived there convinced him to have a meal. After that, whenever he was passing by he would stop there to eat.
Og det skete en Dag, at Elisa gik over til Sunem, og der var en rig Kvinde, og hun holdt paa ham, at han skulde æde Brød; og det skete, saa tidt han gik derigennem, tog han derhen at æde Brød.
9 She told her husband, “I'm sure that this man who regularly visits us is a holy man of God.
Og hun sagde til sin Mand: Kære, se, jeg ved, at denne Guds Mand, som kommer idelig ind til os, er hellig.
10 Please let's make a small room on the roof, We can put a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp in it for him. Then he can stay there whenever he visits us.”
Kære, lad os gøre et lidet muret Kammer ovenpaa og derudi sætte ham en Seng og et Bord og en Stol og en Lysestage, og det skal ske, naar han kommer til os, at han kan tage derind.
11 One day Elisha arrived and went up to his room and lay down.
Og det hændte sig paa en Dag, at han kom derhen, og han gik op paa Kammeret, og han laa der.
12 He said to his servant Gehazi, “Ask the Shunammite woman to come here.” Gehazi called her and she came to see Elisha.
Og han sagde til Gihesi, sin Dreng: Kald ad denne sunamitiske; og der han kaldte ad hende, da traadte hun frem for hans Ansigt.
13 Elisha said to Gehazi, “Please tell her, ‘You have gone to a lot of trouble on our behalf. Now what can we do for you? Do you want us to speak for you to the king or the army commander?’” “I live with my own people,” she replied.
Og han sagde til ham: Kære, sig til hende: Se, du har haft Omhu for os med al denne Omhyggelighed, hvad skal man gøre dig? er der nogen Ting, hvori man kan tale for dig til Kongen eller til Stridshøvedsmanden? og hun sagde: Jeg bor midt iblandt mit Folk.
14 After she had left, Elisha asked, “What can we do for her?” “She doesn't have a son, and her husband is old,” Gehazi replied.
Da sagde han: Hvad kan man da gøre hende? og Gihesi sagde: Sandelig, hun har ingen Søn, og hendes Mand er gammel.
15 Elisha said, “Ask her to come back.” So Gehazi called her, and she came stood by the door.
Derfor sagde han: Kald ad hende; og der han kaldte ad hende, da traadte hun frem i Døren.
16 Elisha told her, “Around this time next year, you will be holding a son in your arms.” “No, my lord!” she responded. “Man of God, don't tell your servant lies!”
Og han sagde: Paa denne bestemte Tid, ved denne Aarets Tid skal du tage en Søn i Favn; og hun sagde: Nej, min Herre, du Guds Mand! lyv ikke for din Tjenerinde!
17 But the woman did indeed become pregnant, and the next year around that same time she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had promised her.
Og Kvinden blev frugtsommelig og fødte en Søn paa den bestemte Tid, ved denne Aarets Tid, som Elisa havde sagt til hende.
18 The child grew up, but one day he when went out to see his father who was with the reapers,
Og Barnet blev stort; og det skete en Dag, at det gik ud til sin Fader til Høstfolkene,
19 he complained to his father, “My head hurts! My head hurts!” His father told one of his servants, “Carry him back to his mother.”
og det sagde til sin Fader: Mit Hoved! mit Hoved! og han sagde til en Dreng: Bær ham til hans Moder!
20 The servant picked him up and took him back to his mother. The boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.
Og han bar ham og bragte ham til hans Moder; og han sad paa hendes Knæ indtil om Middagen, da døde han.
21 She went upstairs and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door behind her and left.
Saa gik hun op og lagde ham paa den Guds Mands Seng, og hun lukkede for ham og gik ud.
22 She called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and a donkey so I can run to the man of God and come back.”
Og hun kaldte ad sin Mand og sagde: Kære, send mig en af Drengene og en af Aseninderne, og jeg vil skynde mig hen til den Guds Mand og komme igen.
23 “Why do you need to go and see him today?” he asked. “It's not the New Moon or the Sabbath.” “Don't worry about it,” she replied.
Og han sagde: Hvorfor vil du gaa til ham i Dag, da det ikke er Nymaane, ej heller Sabbat? og hun sagde: Lad det være godt!
24 She put the saddle on the donkey and told her servant, “Let's go quickly! Don't slow down for me unless I tell you to!”
Og hun sadlede Aseninden og sagde til sin Dreng: Led den og gaa, ophold mig ikke i at ride fort, uden jeg siger dig til.
25 So she set off, and went to the man of God who was at Mount Carmel. When he saw her way in the distance, the man of God told his servant Gehazi, “Look! There's the Shunammite woman!
Saa drog hun bort og kom til den Guds Mand, til Karmels Bjerg; og det skete, der den Guds Mand saa hende i Afstand, da sagde han til Gihesi, sin Dreng: Se, denne sunamitiske er der.
26 Please run to meet her and ask her, ‘Is everything fine with you, your husband, and your boy?’” “Everything's fine,” she replied.
Kære, løb hende nu i Møde og sig til hende: Gaar det dig vel? gaar det din Mand vel? gaar det Barnet vel? Og hun sagde: Vel.
27 But when she got to the man of God at the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for she's in terrible misery, but the Lord has hidden it from me and has not explained it to me.”
Og der hun kom til den Guds Mand paa Bjerget, holdt hun fast ved hans Fødder; da gik Gihesi frem at støde hende bort; men den Guds Mand sagde: Lad hende være, thi hendes Sjæl er beskelig bedrøvet i hende, og Herren har skjult det for mig og ikke givet mig det til Kende.
28 “Did I ask you for a son, my lord?” she asked. “Didn't I tell you, ‘Don't tell me lies’?”
Og hun sagde: Begærede jeg en Søn af min Herre? sagde jeg ikke, at du skulde ikke bedrage mig?
29 Elisha said to Gehazi, “Put your cloak in your belt, pick up my staff, and go! Don't even say hello to anyone you meet, and if anyone says hello you, don't reply. Place my staff on the boy's face.”
Og han sagde til Gihesi: Bind om dine Lænder og tag min Stav i din Haand og gak: Om du møder nogen, da hils ham ikke, og om nogen hilser dig, da svar ham ikke, og læg min Stav paa Drengens Ansigt!
30 But the boy's mother said, “As the Lord lives and as you live, I'm not leaving without you!” So he got up and went with her.
Og Drengens Moder sagde: Saa vist, som Herren lever, og din Sjæl lever, jeg forlader dig ikke; da stod han op og gik efter hende.
31 Gehazi ran on ahead and placed the staff on the boy's face, but there was no sound or sign of life. So Gehazi went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy hasn't woken up.”
Og Gihesi var gaaet foran dem og lagde Staven paa Drengens Ansigt; men der var ingen Lyd og ingen Følelse; saa gik han tilbage og mødte ham og gav ham det til Kende og sagde: Drengen vaagnede ikke op.
32 When Elisha got to the house, there was the boy, lying dead on his bed.
Og der Elisa kom i Huset, se, da var den døde Dreng lagt paa hans Seng.
33 He went in, shut the door behind them both, and prayed to the Lord.
Og han gik ind og lukkede Døren til for dem begge og bad til Herren.
34 Then he got on the bed and lay on top of the boy, and put his mouth on the boy's mouth, his eyes on the boy's eyes, his hands on the boy's hands. As he stretched out on him, the boy's body warmed up.
Og han steg op og lagde sig over Barnet og lagde sin Mund paa dets Mund og sine Øjne paa dets Øjne og sine Hænder paa dets Hæn der og bredte sig ud over det, saa at Barnets Legeme blev varmt.
35 Elisha got up, walked back and forth once in the room, and then got back on the bed and stretched out on him again. The boy sneezed seven times and then opened his eyes.
Og han trak sig tilbage og gik i Huset, en Gang hid og en Gang did, og steg op og bredte sig ud over ham, da gispede Drengen indtil syr Gange, og Drengen oplod sine Øjne.
36 Elisha called Gehazi and said, “Ask the Shunammite woman to come.” So he did. When she arrived, Elisha said to her, “Here's your son. You can pick him up.”
Og han kaldte ad Gihesi og sagde: Kald ad den sunamitiske; og der han kaldte ad hende, da kom hun til ham, og han sagde: Tag din Søn!
37 She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground. Then she picked up her son and left.
Da kom hun og faldt ned for hans Fødder og bøjede sig ned til Jorden, og hun tog sin Søn og gik ud.
38 When Elisha went back to Gilgal, there was a famine in that area. The sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, and he said to his servant, “Use the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”
Og Elisa kom tilbage til Gilgal, og der var Hunger i Landet, og Profeternes Børn sade for hans Ansigt; og han sagde til sin Dreng: Sæt en stor Gryde til og kog en Ret til Profeternes Børn!
39 One of them went out into the countryside to pick herbs. He found a wild vine and picked as many wild gourds as his cloak could hold. Then he came back and chopped them up into the pot of stew. But nobody knew they were dangerous to eat.
Da gik en ud paa Marken at sanke Urter og fandt en vild Ranke og samlede deraf sit Klæde fuldt af vilde Græskar, og der han kom, da skar han dem i Gryden til en Ret; thi de kendte dem ikke.
40 They served it to the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they shouted, “There's death in the pot, man of God!” They couldn't eat it.
Og de øste det op for Mændene til at æde; og det skete, der de aade af den Ret, da raabte de og sagde: Døden er i Gryden, du Guds Mand! og de kunde ikke æde deraf.
41 Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot, and said, “Serve it to the people to eat.” There was nothing bad to eat in the pot.
Da sagde han: Tager Mel hid! og han kastede det i Gryden og sagde: Øs op for Folket, at de maa æde; da var der intet ondt i Gryden.
42 A man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of firstfruits—the first grain of the year, along with twenty loaves of barley bread. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.
Og en Mand kom fra Baal-Salisa og bragte den Guds Mand Førstegrødes Brød, tyve Bygbrød, og nyt Korn i sin Pose, og han sagde: Giv Folket, at de maa æde.
43 “How can I serve just twenty loaves to a hundred men?” his servant asked. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the Lord says: ‘They will eat and there will still be some left over.’”
Og hans Tjener sagde: Hvad! skal jeg sætte dette frem for hundrede Mænd? og han sagde: Giv Folket det, at de maa æde; thi saa sagde Herren: Man skal æde, og der skal levnes.
44 So he served the bread to them. They ate, and had some left over, just as the Lord had said.
Og han satte det frem for dem, og de aade og levnede efter Herrens Ord.
