2 Kings 6
1 The sons of the prophets told Elisha, “Look, the place we meet with you is too small for us.
И реша сынове пророчи ко Елиссею: се, убо место, идеже мы живем противу тебе, тесно нам:
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.
да идем ныне до Иордана, и да возмем оттуду кийждо муж по бервну единому и сотворим себе ту обиталища пребывати тамо. И рече: идите.
3 One of them asked, “Please come with your servants.” “I'll come,” he replied.
И рече един кротце: гряди и сам с рабы твоими. И рече: аз пойду.
4 So he went with them. When they got to the Jordan, they started cutting down trees.
И иде с ними: и приидоша ко Иордану, и секоша древа:
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.
и егда един отсекаше бервно, и се, железо спаде с топорища и впаде в воду. И возопи: о, господине, и сие заемное.
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.
И рече человек Божий: где паде? И показа ему место. И отсече древо и вверже и тамо: и всплыве железо.
7 “Pick it up,” Elisha told the man. So he reached out his hand and picked it up.
И рече: возми себе. И простре руку свою и взят е.
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.”
И царь Сирский бе воюя на Израиля, и совеща со отроки своими, глаголя: на месте некоем сокровеннем ополчуся.
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.”
И посла Елиссей ко царю Израилеву, глаголя: блюдися не преити на место сие, яко ту Сиряне залягоша.
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.
И посла царь Израилев на место, о немже рече ему Елиссей, и соблюдеся оттуду не единою, ниже дважды.
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?”
И смутися душа царя Сирска о словеси сем: и призва отроки своя и рече и ним: не возвестите ли мне, кто предает мя царю Израилеву?
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.”
И рече един от отрок его: ни, господине мой царю: яко пророк Елиссей, иже во Израили, возвещает царю Израилеву вся словеса, яже аще глаголеши в сокровищи ложницы твоея.
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.”
И рече: идите, видите, где сей, и послав возму его. И возвестиша ему, глаголюще: се, есть в Дофаиме.
14 So he sent horses, chariots, and a large army. They came at night and surrounded the town.
И посла тамо кони и колесницы и силу тяжку: и приидоша нощию и окружиша град.
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.
И урани раб Елиссеев востати, и изыде: и се, сила обступи град, и кони и колесницы. И рече отрок его к нему: о, господине, что сотворим?
16 Elisha replied, “Don't be afraid, for there are many more who are with us than there are with them!”
И рече Елиссей: не бойся, яко множае иже с нами, нежели с ними.
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.
И помолися Елиссей и рече: Господи, отверзи ныне очи отрока, да узрит. И отверзе Господь очи его, и виде: и се, гора исполнь коней, и колесница огненна окрест Елиссеа.
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.
И снидоша к нему: и помолися Елиссей ко Господу и рече: порази убо язык сей невидением. И порази их невидением по глаголу Елиссееву.
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.
И рече к ним Елиссей: не сей путь и не сей град: грядите по мне, и отведу вы к мужу, егоже ищете. И отведе их в Самарию.
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.
И бысть егда внидоша в Самарию, и рече Елиссей: отверзи убо, Господи, очи их, и да видят. И отверзе Господь очи их, и видеша: и се, бяху посреде Самарии.
21 When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”
И рече царь Израилев ко Елиссею, егда увиде я: аще поражу я поражением, отче?
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.”
И рече Елиссеи: да не поразиши: еда ли пленил еси их мечем твоим и луком твоим, да избиеши? И предложи им хлебы и воду, да ядят и да пиют и да отидут ко господину своему.
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.
И предложи им предложение велие, и ядоша и пиша, и отпусти я, и идоша ко господину своему: и не приложиша ктому воини приходити из Сирии в землю Израилеву.
24 Sometime after this Ben-hadad king of Aram called up all his army and went to lay siege to Samaria.
И бысть по сих, и собра сын Адеров царь Сирийский все ополчение свое, и взыде и обседе Самарию.
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.
И бысть глад велик в Самарии: и се, обседоша ю, дондеже бысть глава ослова за пятьдесят сикль сребра, и четвертая часть меры гноя голубинаго за пять сикль сребра.
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!”
И бысть царь Израилев обходяй по стенам: и жена (некая) возопи к нему, глаголющи: спаси мя, господине мой царю.
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.”
И рече ей: аще тебе не спасает Господь, како аз спасу тя? Еда от гумна или от точила?
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.
И рече ей царь: что ти есть? И рече: сия жена ко мне рече: даждь сына твоего, да съядим его днесь, а утро моего сына съядим:
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.”
и испекохом сына моего и снедохом его: и рех к ней в день вторый: даждь сына твоего, и съядим его: и скры сына своего.
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.
И бысть егда услыша царь Израилев словеса жены, раздра ризы своя и сам хождаше по стене, и видеша людие вретище на плоти его внутрь.
31 “May God punish me very severely if the head of Elisha, son of Shaphat, remains on his shoulders today!” he declared.
И рече царь: сия да сотворит ми Бог и сия да приложит ми, аще будет глава Елиссеева на нем днесь.
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?”
Елиссей же седяше в дому своем, и старцы седяху с ним. И посла царь мужа пред лицем своим. И прежде даже приити посланному к нему, и той рече ко старцем: не весте ли, яко посла сын убийцы сей, да отсечет главу мою? Видите, егда приидет вестник, заключите двери и стисните его во дверех: не топот ли ног господина его вслед его?
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?”
И еще ему глаголющу с ними, и се, вестник сниде к нему и рече: се, сие зло от Господа: что потерплю Господеви ксему?
