2 Kings 6
1 The sons of the prophets told Elisha, “Look, the place we meet with you is too small for us.
先知門徒對以利沙說：「看哪，我們同你所住的地方過於窄小，
2 Let's go to the Jordan and each of us can carry one log back. We can build a new place there for us to meet.” “Go ahead,” said Elisha.
求你容我們往約旦河去，各人從那裏取一根木料建造房屋居住。」他說：「你們去吧！」
3 One of them asked, “Please come with your servants.” “I'll come,” he replied.
有一人說：「求你與僕人同去。」回答說：「我可以去。」
4 So he went with them. When they got to the Jordan, they started cutting down trees.
於是以利沙與他們同去。到了約旦河，就砍伐樹木。
5 But as one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. “Oh no! My master, it was one that was borrowed!” he shouted.
有一人砍樹的時候，斧頭掉在水裏，他就呼叫說：「哀哉！我主啊，這斧子是借的。」
6 “Where did it fall?” the man of God asked. When he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it in there, and made the iron axhead float.
神人問說：「掉在哪裏了？」他將那地方指給以利沙看。以利沙砍了一根木頭，拋在水裏，斧頭就漂上來了。
7 “Pick it up,” Elisha told the man. So he reached out his hand and picked it up.
以利沙說：「拿起來吧！」那人就伸手拿起來了。
8 The Aramean king was at war with Israel. After consulting with his officers, he said, “I will set up my camp in this particular place.”
亞蘭王與以色列人爭戰，和他的臣僕商議說：「我要在某處某處安營。」
9 Then the man of God sent a warning to the king of Israel: “Watch out if you go near this place, because the Arameans are going to be there.”
神人打發人去見以色列王，說：「你要謹慎，不要從某處經過，因為亞蘭人從那裏下來了。」
10 So the king of Israel sent a warning to the place the man of God had indicated. Elisha repeatedly warned the king, so that he was on the alert in those places.
以色列王差人去窺探神人所告訴所警戒他去的地方，就防備未受其害，不止一兩次。
11 This made the Aramean king really mad. He summoned his officers, demanding an answer: “Tell me, which of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”
亞蘭王因這事心裏驚疑，召了臣僕來，對他們說：「我們這裏有誰幫助以色列王，你們不指給我嗎？」
12 “It's none of us, my lord the king,” one of his officers replied. “It's Elisha, the prophet who lives in Israel—he tells the king of Israel even what you say in your bedroom.”
有一個臣僕說：「我主，我王！無人幫助他，只有以色列中的先知以利沙，將王在臥房所說的話告訴以色列王了。」
13 So the king gave the order, “Go and find out where he is so I can send soldiers to capture him.” He was told, “Elisha is in Dothan.”
王說：「你們去探他在哪裏，我好打發人去捉拿他。」有人告訴王說：「他在多坍。」
14 So he sent horses, chariots, and a large army. They came at night and surrounded the town.
王就打發車馬和大軍往那裏去，夜間到了，圍困那城。
15 Early in the morning when the servant of the man of God got up, he went out and saw that an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. “Oh, my master, what are we going to do?” he asked Elisha.
神人的僕人清早起來出去，看見車馬軍兵圍困了城。僕人對神人說：「哀哉！我主啊，我們怎樣行才好呢？」
16 Elisha replied, “Don't be afraid, for there are many more who are with us than there are with them!”
神人說：「不要懼怕！與我們同在的比與他們同在的更多。」
17 Elisha prayed, saying, “Lord, please open his eyes so he can see.” The Lord opened the servant's eyes, and when he looked he saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
以利沙禱告說：「耶和華啊，求你開這少年人的眼目，使他能看見。」耶和華開他的眼目，他就看見滿山有火車火馬圍繞以利沙。
18 As the army descended on him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So he struck them with blindness, as Elisha had asked.
敵人下到以利沙那裏，以利沙禱告耶和華說：「求你使這些人的眼目昏迷。」耶和華就照以利沙的話，使他們的眼目昏迷。
19 Then Elisha went and told them, “This isn't the right road, and this isn't the right town. Follow me, and I'll take you to the man you're looking for.” He led them to Samaria.
以利沙對他們說：「這不是那道，也不是那城；你們跟我去，我必領你們到所尋找的人那裏。」於是領他們到了撒馬利亞。
20 After they had entered Samaria, Elisha prayed, “Lord, open the eyes of these men that they can see.” The Lord opened their eyes, and they looked around and saw that they were in Samaria.
他們進了撒馬利亞，以利沙禱告說：「耶和華啊，求你開這些人的眼目，使他們能看見。」耶和華開他們的眼目，他們就看見了，不料，是在撒馬利亞的城中。
21 When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”
以色列王見了他們，就問以利沙說：「我父啊，我可以擊殺他們嗎？」
22 “No, don't you kill them!” he replied. “Would you kill prisoners you captured with your own sword or bow? Give them some food and water so that they may eat and drink, and then let them go back to their master.”
回答說：「不可擊殺他們！就是你用刀用弓擄來的，豈可擊殺他們嗎？當在他們面前設擺飲食，使他們吃喝回到他們的主人那裏。」
23 So the king had a great feast prepared for them, and once they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them back to their master. The Aramean raiders did not enter the land of Israel again.
王就為他們預備了許多食物；他們吃喝完了，打發他們回到他們主人那裏。從此，亞蘭軍不再犯以色列境了。
24 Sometime after this Ben-hadad king of Aram called up all his army and went to lay siege to Samaria.
此後，亞蘭王便‧哈達聚集他的全軍，上來圍困撒馬利亞。
25 So there was a major famine in Samaria. In fact the siege lasted so long that a donkey's head cost eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove's dung cost five shekels of silver.
於是撒馬利亞被圍困，有饑荒，甚至一個驢頭值銀八十舍客勒，二升鴿子糞值銀五舍客勒。
26 As the king of Israel was walking by on the city wall, a woman called out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”
一日，以色列王在城上經過，有一個婦人向他呼叫說：「我主，我王啊！求你幫助。」
27 “If the Lord doesn't help you, why would you think I can help you?” the king replied. “I don't have grain from the threshing floor, or wine from the winepress.”
王說：「耶和華不幫助你，我從何處幫助你？是從禾場，是從酒醡呢？」
28 But then he asked her, “What's the problem?” “This woman told me, ‘Give up your son and we'll eat him today, and tomorrow we'll eat my son,’” she answered.
王問婦人說：「你有甚麼苦處？」她回答說：「這婦人對我說：『將你的兒子取來，我們今日可以吃，明日可以吃我的兒子。』
29 “So we cooked my son and we ate him. The next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son so we can eat him,’ but she's hidden her son.”
我們就煮了我的兒子吃了。次日我對她說：『要將你的兒子取來，我們可以吃。』她卻將她的兒子藏起來了。」
30 When the king heard what the woman said he ripped his clothes. As he walked by on the wall, the people saw that he was wearing sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.
王聽見婦人的話，就撕裂衣服；（王在城上經過）百姓看見王貼身穿着麻衣。
31 “May God punish me very severely if the head of Elisha, son of Shaphat, remains on his shoulders today!” he declared.
王說：「我今日若容沙法的兒子以利沙的頭仍在他項上，願上帝重重地降罰與我！」
32 Elisha was sitting in his house with the elders. The king had sent a messenger on ahead, but before he got there, Elisha told the elders, “Can you see how this murderer is sending someone to cut off my head? So, as soon as the messenger arrives, close the door and hold it shut against him. Isn't that the sound of his master's footsteps following him?”
那時，以利沙正坐在家中，長老也與他同坐。王打發一個伺候他的人去；他還沒有到，以利沙對長老說：「你們看這兇手之子，打發人來斬我的頭；你們看着使者來到，就關上門，用門將他推出去。在他後頭不是有他主人腳步的響聲嗎？」
33 While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger arrived. The king said, “This disaster is from the Lord. Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”
正說話的時候，使者來到，王也到了，說：「這災禍是從耶和華那裏來的，我何必再仰望耶和華呢？」
