2 Kings 7

1 And Elisha said: 'Hear ye the word of the LORD; thus saith the LORD: To-morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.'

Potem je Elizej rekel: »Poslušaj besedo od Gospoda: ›Tako govori Gospod: ›Jutri okoli tega časa bo v velikih vratih Samarije mera fine moke prodajana za šekel in dve meri ječmena za šekel.‹«

2 Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said: 'Behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might this thing be?' And he said: 'Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.'

Potem je gospod, na čigar roko se je kralj naslanjal, odgovoril Božjemu možu in rekel: »Glej, če bi Gospod naredil okna na nebu, mar bi se to lahko zgodilo?« On pa je rekel: »Glej, to boš videl s svojimi lastnimi očmi, toda od tega ne boš jedel.«

3 Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said one to another: 'Why sit we here until we die?

Ob vhodu velikih vrat so bili štirje gobavci in drug drugemu so rekli: »Čemu tukaj sedimo, dokler ne umremo?

4 If we say: We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Arameans; if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.'

Če rečemo: ›Vstopili bomo v mesto, potem je lakota v mestu in bomo tam umrli. Če pa mirno sedimo tukaj, bomo tudi umrli. Sedaj torej pridite in padimo v vojsko Sircev. Če nas rešijo žive, bomo živeli, če pa nas ubijejo, bomo samo umrli.‹«

5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Arameans; and when they were come to the outermost part of the camp of the Arameans, behold, there was no man there.

V poltemi so se dvignili, da gredo v tabor Sircev. Ko so prišli k najbolj oddaljenemu delu tabora Sircev, glej, tam ni bilo nobenega moža.

6 For the Lord had made the host of the Arameans to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host; and they said one to another: 'Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.'

Kajti Gospod je vojski Sircev storil, da slišijo hrup bojnih vozov in hrup konjev, celó hrup velike vojske in drug drugemu so rekli: »Glejte, Izraelov kralj je zoper nas najel kralje Hetejcev in kralje Egipčanov, da pridejo nad nas.«

7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

Zato so vstali in v poltemi zbežali in pustili svoje šotore, svoje konje in svoje osle, celo tabor, kakor je bil in pobegnili za svoje življenje.

8 And when these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.

Ko so ti gobavci prišli k najbolj oddaljenemu delu tabora, so odšli v en šotor in jedli, pili in od tam odnesli srebro, zlato in oblačilo ter odšli in to skrili in ponovno prišli ter vstopili v drug šotor in tudi od tam odnesli in odšli ter to skrili.

9 Then they said one to another: 'We do not well; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace; if we tarry till the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household.'

Potem so drug drugemu rekli: »Ne delamo dobro. Ta dan je dan dobrih novic, mi pa molčimo. Če nadaljujemo do jutranje svetlobe, bo nad nas prišla neka vragolija. Sedaj torej pridite, da bomo lahko šli in povedali kraljevi družini.«

10 So they came and called unto the porters of the city; and they told them, saying. 'We came to the camp of the Arameans, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.'

Tako so prišli in zaklicali vratarju mesta. Povedali so jim, rekoč: »Prišli smo k taboru Sircev in glejte, tam ni bilo nobenega moža niti človeškega glasu, temveč privezani konji, privezani osli in šotori, kakor so bili.«

11 And the porters called, and they told it to the king's household within.

Poklical je vratarje in to so povedali znotraj kraljeve hiše.

12 And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants: 'I will now tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying: When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.'

Kralj je ponoči vstal in svojim služabnikom rekel: »Sedaj vam bom pokazal, kaj so nam storili Sirci. Vedo, da smo lačni, zato so odšli iz tabora, da se skrijejo na polju, rekoč: ›Ko pridejo iz mesta, jih bomo žive ujeli in pridemo v mesto.‹«

13 And one of his servants answered and said: 'Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city — behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are consumed — and let us send and see.'

Eden izmed njegovih služabnikov je odgovoril in rekel: »Naj nekateri vzamejo, prosim te, pet izmed konjev, ki so še, ki so ostali v mestu (glej, oni so kakor vsa Izraelova množica, ki je ostala v njem. Glej, pravim, oni so celo kakor vsa množica Izraelcev, ki so použiti) in pošljimo ter poglejmo.«

14 They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the host of the Arameans, saying: 'Go and see.'

Vzeli so torej dva bojna voza [s] konji in kralj je poslal za sirsko vojsko, rekoč: »Pojdite in poglejte.«

15 And they went after them unto the Jordan; and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Arameans had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

Za njimi so odšli do Jordana in glej, vsa pot je bila polna oblek in posod, ki so jih Sirci v svoji naglici odvrgli. Poslanci so se vrnili in povedali kralju.

16 And the people went out, and spoiled the camp of the Arameans. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

Ljudstvo je odšlo ven in oplenilo šotore Sircev. Tako je bila mera fine moke prodajana za šekel in dve meri ječmena za šekel, glede na Gospodovo besedo.

17 And the king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate; and the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.

Kralj je določil gospoda, na čigar roko se je naslanjal, da je zadolžen za velika vrata, ljudstvo pa ga je v velikih vratih pomendralo in je umrl, kakor je rekel Božji mož, ki je govoril, ko je dol k njemu prišel kralj.

18 And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying: 'Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria';

Pripetilo se je, kakor je Božji mož govoril kralju, rekoč: »Dve meri ječmena za šekel in mera fine moke za šekel bosta jutri okrog tega časa v velikih vratih Samarije.«

19 and that captain answered the man of God, and said: 'Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be?' and he said: 'Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof';

Tisti gospod je Božjemu možu odgovoril in rekel: »Sedaj glej, če bi Gospod naredil okna na nebu, mar bi se to lahko zgodilo?« In ta je rekel: »Glej, to boš videl s svojimi lastnimi očmi, toda od tega ne boš jedel.«

20 it came to pass even so unto him; for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died.

In tako ga je to doletelo, kajti ljudstvo ga je pomendralo v velikih vratih in je umrl.