< 2 Kings 4 >

1 And one of the wiues of the sonnes of the Prophets cryed vnto Elisha, saying, Thy seruant mine husband is dead, and thou knowest, that thy seruant did feare the Lord: and the creditour is come to take my two sonnes to bee his bondmen.
有一個先知門徒的妻哀求以利沙說:「你僕人-我丈夫死了,他敬畏耶和華是你所知道的。現在有債主來,要取我兩個兒子作奴僕。」
2 Then Elisha saide vnto her, What shall I do for thee? tell mee, what hast thou at home? And she sayd, Thine handmayd hath nothing at home, saue a pitcher of oyle.
以利沙問她說:「我可以為你做甚麼呢?你告訴我,你家裏有甚麼?」她說:「婢女家中除了一瓶油之外,沒有甚麼。」
3 And he sayde, Goe, and borowe thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, emptie vessels, and spare not.
以利沙說:「你去,向你眾鄰舍借空器皿,不要少借;
4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the doore vpon thee and vpon thy sonnes, and powre out into all those vessels, and set aside those that are full.
回到家裏,關上門,你和你兒子在裏面將油倒在所有的器皿裏,倒滿了的放在一邊。」
5 So shee departed from him, and shut the doore vpon her, and vpon her sonnes. And they brought to her, and she powred out.
於是,婦人離開以利沙去了,關上門,自己和兒子在裏面;兒子把器皿拿來,她就倒油。
6 And when the vessels were full, shee sayde vnto her sonne, Bring mee yet a vessel. And hee said vnto her, There is no moe vessels. And the oyle ceased.
器皿都滿了,她對兒子說:「再給我拿器皿來。」兒子說:「再沒有器皿了。」油就止住了。
7 Then shee came and tolde the man of God. And he saide, Goe, and sell the oyle, and pay them that thou art in debt vnto, and liue thou and thy children of the rest.
婦人去告訴神人,神人說:「你去賣油還債,所剩的你和你兒子可以靠着度日。」
8 And on a time Elisha came to Shunem, and there a woman of great estimation constrained him to eate bread: and as he passed by, he turned in thither to eate bread.
一日,以利沙走到書念,在那裏有一個大戶的婦人強留他吃飯。此後,以利沙每從那裏經過就進去吃飯。
9 And she sayde vnto her husband, Beholde, I know now, that this is an holy man of God that passeth by vs continually.
婦人對丈夫說:「我看出那常從我們這裏經過的是聖潔的神人。
10 Let vs make him a litle chamber, I pray thee, with walles, and let vs set him there a bed, and a table, and a stoole, and a candlesticke, that hee may turne in thither when hee commeth to vs.
我們可以為他在牆上蓋一間小樓,在其中安放床榻、桌子、椅子、燈臺,他來到我們這裏,就可以住在其間。」
11 And on a day, hee came thither and turned into the chamber, and lay therein,
一日,以利沙來到那裏,就進了那樓躺臥。
12 And sayd to Gehazi his seruant, Call this Shunammite: and when hee called her, she stood before him.
以利沙吩咐僕人基哈西說:「你叫這書念婦人來。」他就把婦人叫了來,婦人站在以利沙面前。
13 Then he sayd vnto him, Say vnto her now, Beholde, thou hast had all this great care for vs, what shall we doe for thee? Is there any thing to bee spoken for thee to the King or to the captaine of the hoste? And shee answered, I dwell among mine owne people.
以利沙吩咐僕人說:「你對她說:你既為我們費了許多心思,可以為你做甚麼呢?你向王或元帥有所求的沒有?」她回答說:「我在我本鄉安居無事。」
14 Againe he sayde, What is then to be done for her? Then Gehazi answered, In deede she hath no sonne, and her husband is olde.
以利沙對僕人說:「究竟當為她做甚麼呢?」基哈西說:「她沒有兒子,她丈夫也老了。」
15 Then said he, Cal her. And hee called her, and shee stoode in the doore.
以利沙說:「再叫她來。」於是叫了她來,她就站在門口。
16 And he said, At this time appointed, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a sonne. And she sayd, Oh my Lord, thou man of God, doe not lye vnto thine handmayd.
以利沙說:「明年到這時候,你必抱一個兒子。」她說:「神人,我主啊,不要那樣欺哄婢女。」
17 So the woman conceiued, and bare a sonne at that same season, according to the time of life, that Elisha had sayd vnto her.
婦人果然懷孕,到了那時候,生了一個兒子,正如以利沙所說的。
18 And when the childe was growen, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father, and to the reapers.
孩子漸漸長大,一日到他父親和收割的人那裏,
19 And he sayde to his father, Mine head, mine head. Who sayd to his seruant, Beare him to his mother.
他對父親說:「我的頭啊,我的頭啊!」他父親對僕人說:「把他抱到他母親那裏。」
20 And hee tooke him and brought him to his mother, and hee sate on her knees till noone, and dyed.
僕人抱去,交給他母親;孩子坐在母親的膝上,到晌午就死了。
21 Then shee went vp, and layed him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the doore vpon him, and went out.
他母親抱他上了樓,將他放在神人的床上,關上門出來,
22 Then she called to her husband, and sayd, Send with me, I pray thee, one of the yong men and one of the asses: for I will haste to the man of God, and come againe.
呼叫她丈夫說:「你叫一個僕人給我牽一匹驢來,我要快快地去見神人,就回來。」
23 And he sayd, Wherefore wilt thou goe to him to day? it is neither newe moone nor Sabbath day. And she answered, All shalbe well.
丈夫說:「今日不是月朔,也不是安息日,你為何要去見他呢?」婦人說:「平安無事。」
24 Then she sadled an asse, and sayde to her seruant, Driue, and goe forward: staye not for me to get vp, except I bid thee.
於是備上驢,對僕人說:「你快快趕着走,我若不吩咐你,就不要遲慢。」
25 So she went, and came vnto the man of God to mount Carmel. And when the man of God sawe her ouer against him, he sayd to Gehazi his seruant, Beholde, the Shunammite.
婦人就往迦密山去見神人。 神人遠遠地看見她,對僕人基哈西說:「看哪,書念的婦人來了!
26 Runne nowe, I say, to meete her, and say vnto her, Art thou in health? is thine husband in health? and is the child in health? And she answered, We are in health.
你跑去迎接她,問她說:你平安嗎?你丈夫平安嗎?孩子平安嗎?」她說:「平安。」
27 And when shee came to the man of God vnto the moutaine, she caught him by his feete: and Gehazi went to her, to thrust her away: but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soule is vexed within her, and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told it mee.
婦人上了山,到神人那裏,就抱住神人的腳。基哈西前來要推開她,神人說:「由她吧!因為她心裏愁苦,耶和華向我隱瞞,沒有指示我。」
28 Then she said, Did I desire a sonne of my lord? did I not say, Deceiue me not?
婦人說:「我何嘗向我主求過兒子呢?我豈沒有說過,不要欺哄我嗎?」
29 Then he sayd to Gehazi, Gird thy loynes, and take my staffe in thine hand, and goe thy way: if thou meete any, salute him not: and if any salute thee, answere him not: and laye my staffe vpon the face of the childe.
以利沙吩咐基哈西說:「你束上腰,手拿我的杖前去;若遇見人,不要向他問安;人若向你問安,也不要回答;要把我的杖放在孩子臉上。」
30 And the mother of the childe sayde, As the Lord liueth, and as thy soule liueth, I will not leaue thee. Therefore he arose, and followed her.
孩子的母親說:「我指着永生的耶和華,又敢在你面前起誓,我必不離開你。」於是以利沙起身,隨着她去了。
31 But Gehazi was gone before them, and had layed the staffe vpon the face of the childe, but he neither spake nor heard: wherefore hee returned to meete him, and told him, saying, The childe is not waken.
基哈西先去,把杖放在孩子臉上,卻沒有聲音,也沒有動靜。基哈西就迎着以利沙回來,告訴他說:「孩子還沒有醒過來。」
32 Then came Elisha into the house, and beholde, the childe was dead, and layed vpon his bedde.
以利沙來到,進了屋子,看見孩子死了,放在自己的床上。
33 He went in therefore, and shut the doore vpon them twayne, and prayed vnto the Lord.
他就關上門,只有自己和孩子在裏面,他便祈禱耶和華,
34 After he went vp, and lay vpon the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes vpon his eies, and his hands vpon his handes, and stretched himselfe vpon him, and the flesh of the child waxed warme.
上床伏在孩子身上,口對口,眼對眼,手對手;既伏在孩子身上,孩子的身體就漸漸溫和了。
35 And hee went from him, and walked vp and downe in the house, and went vp and spred himselfe vpon him: then the childe neesed seuen times, and opened his eyes.
然後他下來,在屋裏來往走了一趟,又上去伏在孩子身上,孩子打了七個噴嚏,就睜開眼睛了。
36 Then he called Gehazi, and sayd, Call this Shunammite. So he called her, which came in vnto him. And he said vnto her, Take thy sonne.
以利沙叫基哈西說:「你叫這書念婦人來」;於是叫了她來。以利沙說:「將你兒子抱起來。」
37 And she came, and fell at his feete, and bowed her selfe to the ground, and tooke vp her sonne, and went out.
婦人就進來,在以利沙腳前俯伏於地,抱起她兒子出去了。
38 Afterward Elisha returned to Gilgal, and a famine was in the land, and the children of the Prophets dwelt with him. And hee sayd vnto his seruant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the children of the Prophets.
以利沙又來到吉甲,那地正有饑荒。先知門徒坐在他面前,他吩咐僕人說:「你將大鍋放在火上,給先知門徒熬湯。」
39 And one went out into the fielde, to gather herbes, and founde, as it were, a wilde vine, and gathered thereof wilde gourdes his garment ful, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew it not.
有一個人去到田野掐菜,遇見一棵野瓜籐,就摘了一兜野瓜回來,切了擱在熬湯的鍋中,因為他們不知道是甚麼東西;
40 So they powred out for the men to eate: and when they did eate of the pottage, they cryed out, and sayde, O thou man of God, death is in the pot: and they could not eate thereof.
倒出來給眾人吃,吃的時候,都喊叫說:「神人哪,鍋中有致死的毒物!」所以眾人不能吃了。
41 Then he said, Bring meale. And hee cast it into the potte, and sayd, Powre out for the people, that they may eate: and there was none euill in the pot.
以利沙說:「拿點麵來」,就把麵撒在鍋中,說:「倒出來,給眾人吃吧!」鍋中就沒有毒了。
42 Then came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, euen twenty loaues of barley, and full eares of corne in the huske. And hee saide, Giue vnto the people, that they may eate.
有一個人從巴力‧沙利沙來,帶着初熟大麥做的餅二十個,並新穗子,裝在口袋裏送給神人。神人說:「把這些給眾人吃。」
43 And his seruant answered, How shoulde I set this before an hundreth men? He sayd againe, Giue it vnto the people, that they may eate: for thus sayth the Lord, They shall eate, and there shall remaine.
僕人說:「這一點豈可擺給一百人吃呢?」以利沙說:「你只管給眾人吃吧!因為耶和華如此說,眾人必吃了,還剩下。」
44 So he set it before them, and they did eate, and left ouer, according to the word of the Lord.
僕人就擺在眾人面前,他們吃了,果然還剩下,正如耶和華所說的。

< 2 Kings 4 >