2 Kings 7
1 Elisha replied, “Listen to the message from the Lord. This is what the Lord says: Around this time tomorrow a seah of the best flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.”
Ịlaisha zara sị ya, “Nụrụ okwu Onyenwe anyị. Nʼihi na otu a ka Onyenwe anyị na-ekwu, Nʼoge dịka mgbe a echi, a ga-ere otu akpa nta ụtụ ọka otu shekel, rekwaa akpa nta ọka balị abụọ otu shekel nʼọnụ ụzọ ama obodo Sameria.”
2 The officer who was the king's assistant said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord opened windows in heaven what you say couldn't happen!” Elisha replied, “You'll see it with your own eyes, but you won't get to eat any of it.”
Ọchịagha ahụ, nke eze na-adabere nʼaka ya, sịrị onye nke Chineke, “Lee, a sịkwarị na Onyenwe anyị emeghee oghere idee nke eluigwe, nke a ọ pụrụ ime?” Ma Ịlaisha zara ya, “Ị ga-eji anya gị abụọ hụ ya, ma ị gaghị eri site nʼime ya.”
3 There happened to be four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, “Why are we sitting around here until we die?
Nʼoge a, e nwere ndị ekpenta anọ nọ nʼezi mgbidi gbara Sameria gburugburu, nʼakụkụ ọnụ ụzọ e si abata obodo ahụ. Ha sịrịtara onwe ha, “Gịnị ka anyị nọ nʼebe a na-eme? Ọ bụ ka anyị nọrọ nʼebe a tutu anyị anwụọ?
4 If we say, ‘Let's go into the city,’ we'll die because of the famine there; but if we go on sitting here, we'll die too. So come on, let's go to the camp of the Arameans and surrender to them. If they let us live, we'll live; if they kill us, we'll die.”
Ọ bụrụ na anyị asị, ‘Anyị ga-abanye nʼime obodo,’ ụnwụ dị nʼebe ahụ, anyị ga-anwụkwa. Ọ bụrụkwanụ na anyị anọgide nʼebe a anyị ga-anwụ. Ya mere ka anyị gafeenụ banye nʼọmụma ụlọ ikwu ndị agha Aram, were onwe anyị nyefee ha nʼaka. Ọ bụrụ na ha edebe anyị ndụ, anyị ga-adị ndụ, ọ bụrụ na ha egbuo anyị, anyị ga-anwụkwa.”
5 So they set off when it was getting dark and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they arrived at the edge of the camp, nobody was there!
Nʼoge uhuruchi, ha biliri gaa nʼọmụma ụlọ ikwu ndị agha Aram. Mgbe ha bịarutere nʼọnụ ụlọ ikwu ahụ, o nwekwaghị onye nọ nʼebe ahụ,
6 For the Lord had made the Arameans hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a large army approaching, so they said to each other, “The king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to come and attack us.”
nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị mere ka ndị Aram nụ ụzụ ụgbọ agha na nke ịnyịnya, na nke usuu ndị agha. Nke a mere ka onye ọbụla gwa ibe ya sị, “Lee, eze ndị Izrel egoola ndị agha ndị Het, na ndị eze Ijipt ibuso anyị agha.”
7 So they jumped up and ran away into the night, leaving behind their tents, their horses, and their donkeys. In fact the camp was left just as it was when they ran for their lives.
Ha biliri gbapụ ọsọ nʼabalị ahụ, hapụ ụlọ ikwu ha niile, na ịnyịnya ha niile, na ịnyịnya ibu ha niile, na ihe niile otu o si dịrị, ma gbapụ ọsọ ndụ.
8 When the lepers got to the edge of the camp, they went into a tent and ate and drank. Then they took the silver, gold, and clothes, and hid them. After that they went back to another tent, took some things from there, and hid them.
Mgbe ndị ekpenta ahụ rutere ogige ndị agha ndị Siria, ha banyere nʼime otu ụlọ rie ihe, ṅụkwaa ihe ọṅụṅụ dị nʼime ya. Ha chịịrị ọlaọcha na ọlaedo na uwe ọma niile dị nʼime ya gaa zoo ha. Ọzọkwa, ha lọghachiri banye nʼụlọ ọzọ kwakọrọ ụfọdụ ihe dị nʼime ya gaa zoo.
9 Then they said to each other, “It's not right what we're doing. This is a day of good news, and if we keep quiet about it and wait until it gets light, we're sure to be punished. So let's go right away and let them know at the king's palace.”
Ma mgbe ahụ ha sịrịtara onwe ha, “Ihe anyị na-eme ezighị ezi. Taa bụ ụbọchị oziọma, ma lee ka anyị na-agba nkịtị. Ọ bụrụ na anyị echere ruo ìhè ụtụtụ, a ga-achọpụta ajọọ omume anyị. Ugbu a bịanụ, ka anyị gaa gwa ndị nọ nʼụlọeze, ihe anyị hụrụ.”
10 They went and called to the gatekeepers of the city, “We went over to the Aramean camp and no one was there, not a sound of anybody! There were just horses and donkeys tied up, and the tents just as they were.”
Ya mere, ha gara kpọkuo ndị nche ọnụ ụzọ obodo ahụ, gwa ha sị, “Anyị banyere nʼogige ndị agha Aram, o nweghị mmadụ ọbụla nọ nʼebe ahụ, ọ dịghị olu mmadụ anyị nụrụ nʼebe ahụ, naanị ịnyịnya na ịnyịnya ibu elibere nʼosisi, na ụlọ ikwu ha a hapụrụ dịka ha dị.”
11 The gatekeepers shouted out the news, and reports reached the royal palace.
Ndị na-eche nche tiri mkpu kọọrọ ndị nọ nʼụlọeze ihe mere.
12 The king got up in the night and said to his officers, “Let me tell you the trick the Arameans are trying to play on us. They know we're starving, so they have left the camp and hidden in the field, thinking, ‘When they leave the city, we'll take them alive and be able to enter the city.’”
Eze biliri nʼabalị ahụ gwa ndịisi ọrụ ya sị, “Ka m gwa unu ihe ndị Aram mere anyị. Ha maara na anyị nọ nʼoke agụụ, nʼihi ya, ha akpacharala anya hapụ ọmụma ụlọ ikwu ha gaa zoo onwe ha nʼime ọhịa. Echiche ha bụ, ‘Ndị a ga-apụtarịrị, mgbe ahụ, anyị ga-ejide ha na ndụ, banyekwa nʼime obodo ha.’”
13 One of his officers suggested, “Have some men take five of the remaining horses in the city. What happens to them will be the same as that of all the Israelites left here, All the Israelites here are doomed. Let's send them to find out what's going on.”
Ma otu onye nʼime ndịisi agha ya zara sị ya, “Ka ụfọdụ mmadụ duru ịnyịnya ise ndị ahụ fọdụrụ nʼobodo. Ọ bụrụ na ndị a alọtaghị ọnọdụ ha ga-adị ka nke ndị Izrel niile fọdụrụ nʼebe, e, ha ga-adị ka ndị Izrel niile a gụrụ dịka ndị nwụrụ anwụ. Ya mere, ka anyị zipụ ha ka ha gaa chọpụta ihe mere.”
14 So they got two chariots ready with their horses, and the king sent them out to the Aramean camp, telling them “Go and take a look.”
Ya mere, ha họpụtara ụgbọ agha abụọ na ịnyịnya ndị na-adọkpụ ha. Eze zipụrụ ha ịchụso ndị agha Aram, O nyere ndị na-agba ha iwu sị, “Gaanụ chọpụta ihe mere.”
15 They went after them as far as the Jordan, and the whole way was full of clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown aside as they ran away. The messengers returned and reported to the king.
Ha sogidere ha ruo nʼosimiri Jọdan. Nʼakụkụ ụzọ niile jupụtara nʼuwe na ngwa agha ndị agha Aram tufuru mgbe ha na-eme ngwangwa. Ndị ahụ e zipụrụ lọghachiri bịa kọọrọ eze ihe ha hụrụ.
16 Then the people went out and looted the camp of the Arameans. So a seah of the best flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, just as the Lord had predicted.
Ndị Izrel niile pụrụ gaa kwakọrọ ihe dị nʼọmụma ụlọ ikwu ndị Aram. Nke bụ na e rere otu akpa nta ụtụ ọka a kwọrọ nke ọma otu shekel, rekwaa akpa ọka balị abụọ otu shekel dịka Onyenwe anyị si kwuo.
17 The king had put the officer who was his assistant in charge of the gate. In their rush the people trampled him in the gateway and he died, just as the man of God had said when the king visited him.
Eze họpụtara ọchịagha ahụ, nke ọ na-adabere nʼaka ya, nye ya ọrụ ilekọta ọnụ ụzọ obodo ahụ. Ma ndị si nʼobodo na-enupụta nuturu ya, zọọ ya ụkwụ, zọgbuo ya mgbe ha na-agbapụta. Ọ nwụrụ dịka Ịlaisha onye nke Chineke kwuru mgbe eze bịakwutere ya ụnyaahụ, ijide ya.
18 What the man of God had told the king also came true when he said, “Around this time tomorrow a seah of the best flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.”
Ihe niile mezuru dịka onye nke Chineke gwara eze okwu sị ya, “A ga-ere akpa nta ọka balị abụọ otu shekel na otu akpa nta ụtụ ọka otu shekel, nʼọnụ ụzọ ama Sameria.”
19 Also the officer who was the king's assistant had said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord opened windows in heaven what you say couldn't happen!” Elisha had replied, “You'll see it with your own eyes, but you won't get to eat any of it.”
Nʼoge ahụ, ọchịagha ahụ na-ejere eze ozi zara sị ya, “Ihe dị otu a agaghị eme, ọ bụladị na Onyenwe anyị emeghee eluigwe mee ka nri zoo, nke a ọ ga-eme?” Ma onye nke Chineke zara ya, “Ị ga-eji anya gị hụ ya, ma ị gaghị eso rie ya.”
20 This is what happened to him. The people trampled him in the gateway and he died.
Ọ bụkwa otu a ka o si mee, nʼihi na ndị mmadụ zọgburu ya nʼụkwụ nʼọnụ ụzọ ama, ebe ọ nọ nwụọ.
