2 Kings 4
1 And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets has cried to Elisha, saying, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you have known that your servant was fearing YHWH, and the lender has come to take my two children to himself for servants.”
有一個先知弟子的妻子，前來哀求厄里叟說：「你的僕人，我的丈夫死了，你知道你的僕人是一個敬畏上主的人；現在債主前來，要帶走我的兩個孩子，作他的奴隸。」
2 And Elisha says to her, “What do I do for you? Declare to me, what do you have in the house?” And she says, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house except a pot of oil.”
厄里叟對她說：「我能為你做什麼﹖你告訴我：你家裏還有什麼﹖」她答說：「你的婢女家裏除一瓶油外，什麼也沒有。」
3 And he says, “Go, ask [for] vessels for yourself from outside, from all your neighbors—empty vessels—let [them] not be few;
厄里叟說：「你去，到外面向你所有的鄰居借些空器皿，不要少借；
4 and you have entered, and have shut the door on you, and on your sons, and have poured it into all these vessels, and the full ones you remove.”
然後回家，關上門，你和你的兒子在家裏，將油倒在所有的那些器皿內，把裝滿了的，放在一邊。」
5 And she goes from him, and shuts the door on her, and on her sons; they are bringing [them] near to her, and she is pouring [it] out,
她於是辭別厄里叟，回去照辦。她和她的兒子關上門，兒子給她遞器皿，她只顧倒油，
6 and it comes to pass, at the filling of the vessels, that she says to her son, “Bring another vessel near to me,” and he says to her, “There is not another vessel”; and the oil stays.
器皿都裝滿了，她對兒子說：「再遞給我器皿! 」兒子答說：「沒有了。」同時油也止住了。
7 And she comes and declares [it] to the man of God, and he says, “Go, sell the oil, and repay your loan; and you [and] your sons live off the rest.”
婦人就去告訴天主的人。厄里叟對她說：「你去把油賣了，還了你的債；剩下的，你和你的兒子可用來過活。」
8 And the day comes that Elisha passes over to Shunem, and there [is] a great woman, and she lays hold on him to eat bread, and it comes to pass, at the time of his passing over, he turns aside there to eat bread,
有一天，厄里叟路過叔能，那裏有一個富貴的婦人，曾挽留他吃飯；因此，厄里叟每次路過那裏，總到她家裡吃飯。
9 and she says to her husband, “Now behold, I have known that he is a holy man of God, passing over by us continually;
婦人對丈夫說：「現在我看出：這個時常路過我們這裏的天主的人，是位聖者。
10 please let us make a little upper chamber of the wall, and we set for him there a bed, and a table, and a high seat, and a lampstand; and it has been, in his coming to us, he turns aside there.”
我們可以在房頂上，給他蓋一間小房，裏面放一張床，一張桌子，一把椅子和一盞燈；這樣，他幾時來到我們這裏，可在那裏休息。」
11 And the day comes that he comes in there, and turns aside to the upper chamber, and lies there,
一天，厄里叟又到了那裏，就進入那間小房休息。
12 and he says to his young man Gehazi, “Call for this Shunammite”; and he calls for her, and she stands before him.
厄里叟吩咐自己的僕人革哈齊說：「你叫這位叔能婦人來。」僕人叫了婦人來，婦人站在先知面前，
13 And he says to him, “Now say to her, Behold, you have troubled yourself concerning us with all this trouble; what can [I] do for you? Is it to speak for you to the king, or to the head of the host?” And she says, “I am dwelling in the midst of my people.”
厄里叟吩咐僕人說：「現在你對她說：看，你照顧我們既然這樣周到，我們可為你作什麼呢﹖要不要我們在君王或軍長前為你說句話﹖」那婦人答說：「我住在我本國人民中很平安。」
14 And he says, “And what can [I] do for her?” And Gehazi says, “Truly she has no son, and her husband [is] aged.”
厄里叟就問革哈齊：「我們究竟能為她作什麼﹖」革哈齊說：「可憐她沒有兒子，丈夫又老了。」
15 And he says, “Call for her”; and he calls for her, and she stands at the opening,
厄里叟說：「快再叫她來! 」僕人又將婦人叫來，這次她卻站在門口，
16 and he says, “At this season, according to the time of life, you are embracing a son”; and she says, “No, my lord, O man of God, do not lie to your maidservant.”
厄里叟對她說：「明年這時，你必懷抱著一個兒子。」婦人答說：「我主，天主的人哪! 不會! 你別哄騙你的婢女! 」
17 And the woman conceives and bears a son, at this season, according to the time of life that Elisha spoke of to her.
這婦人果然懷了孕；過了一年，在厄里叟對她所說的時候，生了一個兒子。
18 And the boy grows, and the day comes that he goes out to his father, to the reapers,
孩子漸漸長大，一天，他出去到收割的人那裏找他父親，
19 and he says to his father, “My head, my head”; and he says to the young man, “Carry him to his mother”;
孩子忽然對他父親喊說：「我的頭! 我的頭啊!」他父親吩咐僕人說：「把孩子送到他母親那裏去! 」
20 and he carries him, and brings him to his mother, and he sits on her knees until the noon, and dies.
僕人將他抱起，送給他母親，孩子坐在母親膝上，到了中午，就死了。
21 And she goes up, and lays him on the bed of the man of God, and shuts [the door] on him, and goes out,
他母親遂上了樓，將孩子放在天主的人的床上，關上門，出來，
22 and calls to her husband and says, “Please send one of the young men and one of the donkeys to me, and I run to the man of God, and return.”
叫自己的丈夫來說：「請你給我派一個僕人，牽一匹驢來，我要快去見見天主的人，就回來。」
23 And he says, “Why are you going to him today? [It is] neither new moon nor Sabbath!” And she says, “Peace [to you]!”
她丈夫說：「為什麼今天要去見他，既不是朔日，又不是安息日﹖」婦人答說：「你放心好了! 」
24 And she saddles the donkey and says to her young man, “Lead, and go, do not restrain riding for me, except I have commanded [so] to you.”
於是，她把驢備好，對僕人說：「你快趕著走，我若不吩咐，在路上不要停下來。」
25 And she goes, and comes to the man of God, to the hill of Carmel, and it comes to pass, at the man of God’s seeing her from within view, that he says to his young man Gehazi, “Behold, this Shunammite;
婦人於是來到加爾默耳山見天主的人。天主的人自遠處看見她，就對自己的僕人革哈齊說：「看，那是叔能婦人!
26 now please run to meet her, and say to her, Is there peace to you? Is there peace to your husband? Is there peace to the boy?” And she says, “Peace.”
現在你跑去迎接她，向她問安說：你好嗎﹖你的丈夫好嗎﹖你的孩子好嗎﹖」她回答說：好。」
27 And she comes to the man of God, to the hill, and lays hold on his feet, and Gehazi comes near to thrust her away, and the man of God says, “Leave her alone, for her soul [is] bitter to her, and YHWH has hidden [it] from me, and has not declared [it] to me.”
婦人上到山上，來到天主的人跟前，就抱住他的腳；革哈齊前來想推開她，可是天主的人說：「由她罷! 因為她心中很痛苦；上主隱瞞了我，什麼也沒有告訴我。」
28 And she says, “Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say, Do not deceive me?”
那婦人說：「我何嘗向我主求過一個兒子﹖我豈不是說過：你不要哄騙我嗎﹖」
29 And he says to Gehazi, “Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go; when you meet a man, you do not greet him; and when a man greets you, you do not answer him; and you have laid my staff on the face of the youth.”
厄里叟對革哈齊說：「你束上腰，手裏拿著我的棍杖前去；不論遇見誰，不要向他請安；不論誰向你請安，你也不要回答。你去把我的棍杖放在孩子的臉上。」
30 And the mother of the youth says, “YHWH lives, and your soul lives—if I leave you”; and he rises and goes after her.
孩子的母親說：「我指著永生的上主及你的性命起誓：你不去，我決不離開。」厄里叟就起身跟她去了。
31 And Gehazi has passed on before them, and lays the staff on the face of the youth, and there is no voice, and there is no attention, and he turns back to meet him, and declares to him, saying, “The youth has not awoken.”
革哈齊在他們以前去了。將棍杖放在孩子的臉上，但是沒有聲音，沒有反應；他便回來見厄里叟，告訴他說：「孩子沒有醒來。」
32 And Elisha comes into the house, and behold, the youth is dead, laid on his bed,
厄里叟一來到她家，看見孩子死了，躺在自己的床上，
33 and he goes in and shuts the door on them both, and prays to YHWH.
就進去，關上門，房內只有他和孩子；先知哀求了上主，
34 And he goes up, and lies down on the boy, and puts his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands, and stretches himself on him, and the flesh of the boy becomes warm;
然後上床，伏在孩子身上，自己的口對住孩子的口，自己的眼對住孩子的眼，自己的手按住孩子的手，屈身伏在孩子身上，孩子的肉身便漸漸溫暖了。
35 and he turns back and walks in the house, once here and once there, and goes up and stretches himself on him, and the youth sneezes until seven times, and the youth opens his eyes.
然後他下來，在屋內來回走了一趟；又上去，屈身伏在孩子身上，對著孩子呵了七口氣，孩子就睜開了眼睛。
36 And he calls to Gehazi and says, “Call to this Shunammite”; and he calls her, and she comes to him, and he says, “Lift up your son.”
厄里叟叫革哈齊來，對他說：「你叫叔能婦人來。」他便去叫那婦人，婦人就來了。厄里叟說：「抱起你的孩子來! 」
37 And she goes in, and falls at his feet, and bows herself to the earth, and lifts up her son, and goes out.
婦人一進來，就俯伏在他腳前，叩首至地；然後起來，抱起自己的孩子出去了。
38 And Elisha has turned back to Gilgal, and the famine [is] in the land, and the sons of the prophets are sitting before him, and he says to his young man, “Set on the great pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”
厄里叟又來到基貝加耳，那地方正遭受肌荒；眾先知的弟子坐在他面前，他吩咐自己的僕人說：「你在火上放一個火鍋，給眾先知的弟子煮些菜湯。」
39 And one goes out to the field to gather herbs, and finds a vine of the field, and gathers gourds of the field from it—the fullness of his garment—and comes in and splits [them] into the pot of stew, for they did not know [them];
有一個弟子出去到田間採菜，看見一棵葡萄樹，從上面採了一滿兜野果子回來，切碎放在菜鍋裏，並不知道是什麼東西。
40 and they pour out for the men to eat, and it comes to pass at their eating of the stew, that they have cried out, and say, “Death [is] in the pot, O man of God!” And they have not been able to eat.
以後，他們把菜湯倒出來給眾人吃。眾人一嘗菜湯，都喊叫說：「天主的人，鍋裏有致死的毒物啊! 」眾人都不能吃。
41 And he says, “Then bring a meal”; and he casts into the pot and says, “Pour out for the people, and they eat”; and there was no bad thing in the pot.
那時厄里叟說：「拿點麵來! 」他把麵撒在鍋裏說：「倒出來給眾人吃罷! 」鍋裏就再沒有什麼毒了。
42 And a man has come from Ba‘al-Shalishah, and brings to the man of God bread of first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of grain in its husk, and he says, “Give to the people, and they eat.”
有一個人從巴耳沙里來，在自己的行囊裏，給天主的人帶來了初熟大麥作的二十個餅和一些新麥穗。厄里叟說：「分給眾人吃罷! 」
43 And his minister says, “How do I give this before one hundred men?” And he says, “Give to the people, and they eat, for thus said YHWH: Eat and leave”;
僕人說：「我怎能將這一點東西擺在一百人面前呢﹖」厄里叟說：「你儘管分給中人吃，因此上主這樣說：眾人吃了，還有剩餘。」
44 and he gives before them, and they eat and leave, according to the word of YHWH.
於是僕人將食物擺在眾人面前，他們都吃了，並且還有剩餘，全應驗了上主的話。
