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.”
Mulier autem quaedam de uxoribus prophetarum clamabat ad Eliseum, dicens: Servus tuus vir meus mortuus est, et tu nosti quia servus tuus fuit timens Deum: et ecce creditor venit ut tollat duos filios meos ad serviendum sibi.
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.”
Cui dixit Eliseus: Quid vis ut faciam tibi? Dic mihi, quid habes in domo tua? At illa respondit: Non habeo ancilla tua quidquam in domo mea, nisi parum olei, quo ungar.
3 And he says, “Go, ask [for] vessels for yourself from outside, from all your neighbors—empty vessels—let [them] not be few;
Cui ait: Vade, pete mutuo ab omnibus vicinis tuis vasa vacua non pauca.
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.”
Et ingredere, et claude ostium tuum, cum intrinsecus fueris tu, et filii tui: et mitte inde in omnia vasa haec: et cum plena fuerint, tolles.
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,
Ivit itaque mulier, et clausit ostium super se, et super filios suos: illi offerebant vasa, et illa infundebat.
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.
Cumque plena fuissent vasa, dixit ad filium suum: Affer mihi adhuc vas. Et ille respondit: Non habeo. Stetitque oleum.
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.”
Venit autem illa, et indicavit homini Dei. Et ille, Vade, inquit, vende oleum, et redde creditori tuo: tu autem, et filii tui vivite de reliquo.
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,
Facta est autem quaedam dies, et transibat Eliseus per Sunam: erat autem ibi mulier magna, quae tenuit eum ut comederet panem: cumque frequenter inde transiret, divertebat ad eam ut comederet panem.
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;
Quae dixit ad virum suum: Animadverto quod vir Dei sanctus est iste, qui transit per nos frequenter.
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.”
Faciamus ergo ei coenaculum parvum, et ponamus ei in eo lectulum, et mensam, et sellam, et candelabrum, ut cum venerit ad nos, maneat ibi.
11 And the day comes that he comes in there, and turns aside to the upper chamber, and lies there,
Facta est ergo dies quaedam, et veniens divertit in coenaculum, et requievit ibi.
12 and he says to his young man Gehazi, “Call for this Shunammite”; and he calls for her, and she stands before him.
Dixitque ad Giezi puerum suum: Voca Sunamitidem istam. Qui cum vocasset eam, et illa stetisset coram eo,
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.”
dixit ad puerum suum: Loquere ad eam: Ecce, sedule in omnibus ministrasti nobis, quid vis ut faciam tibi? numquid habes negotium, et vis ut loquar regi, sive principi militiae? Quae respondit: In medio populi mei habito.
14 And he says, “And what can [I] do for her?” And Gehazi says, “Truly she has no son, and her husband [is] aged.”
Et ait: Quid ergo vult ut faciam ei? Dixitque Giezi: Ne quaeras: filium enim non habet, et vir eius senex est.
15 And he says, “Call for her”; and he calls for her, and she stands at the opening,
Praecepit itaque ut vocaret eam: quae cum vocata fuisset, et stetisset ante ostium,
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.”
dixit ad eam: In tempore isto, et in hac eadem hora, si vita comes fuerit, habebis in utero filium. At illa respondit: Noli quaeso, domine mi, vir Dei, noli mentiri ancillae tuae.
17 And the woman conceives and bears a son, at this season, according to the time of life that Elisha spoke of to her.
Et concepit mulier, et peperit filium in tempore, et in hora eadem, qua dixerat Eliseus.
18 And the boy grows, and the day comes that he goes out to his father, to the reapers,
Crevit autem puer. Et cum esset quaedam dies, et egressus isset ad patrem suum, ad messores,
19 and he says to his father, “My head, my head”; and he says to the young man, “Carry him to his mother”;
ait patri suo: Caput meum doleo, caput meum doleo. At ille dixit puero: Tolle, et duc eum ad matrem suam.
20 and he carries him, and brings him to his mother, and he sits on her knees until the noon, and dies.
Qui cum tulisset, et duxisset eum ad matrem suam, posuit eum illa super genua sua usque ad meridiem, et mortuus est.
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,
Ascendit autem, et collocavit eum super lectulum hominis Dei, et clausit ostium: et egressa,
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.”
vocavit virum suum, et ait: Mitte mecum, obsecro, unum de pueris, et asinam, ut excurram usque ad hominem Dei, et revertar.
23 And he says, “Why are you going to him today? [It is] neither new moon nor Sabbath!” And she says, “Peace [to you]!”
Qui ait illi: Quam ob causam vadis ad eum? hodie non sunt Calendae, neque Sabbatum. Quae respondit: Vadam:
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.”
Stravitque asinam, et praecepit puero: Mina, et propera, ne mihi moram facias in eundo: et hoc age quod praecipio tibi.
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;
Profecta est igitur, et venit ad virum Dei in montem Carmeli: cumque vidisset eam vir Dei econtra, ait ad Giezi puerum suum: Ecce Sunamitis illa.
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.”
Vade ergo in occursum eius, et dic ei: Recte ne agitur circa te, et circa virum tuum, et circa filium tuum? Quae respondit: Recte.
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.”
Cumque venisset ad virum Dei in montem, apprehendit pedes eius: et accessit Giezi ut amoveret eam. Et ait homo Dei: Dimitte illam: anima enim eius in amaritudine est, et Dominus celavit, et non indicavit mihi.
28 And she says, “Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say, Do not deceive me?”
Quae dixit illi: Numquid petivi filium a Domino meo? numquid non dixi tibi: Ne illudas me?
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.”
Et ille ait ad Giezi: Accinge lumbos tuos, et tolle baculum meum in manu tua, et vade. Si occurrerit tibi homo, non salutes eum: et si salutaverit te quispiam, non respondeas illi: et pones baculum meum super faciem pueri.
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.
Porro mater pueri ait: Vivit dominus, et vivit anima tua, non dimittam te. Surrexit ergo, et secutus est eam.
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.”
Giezi autem praecesserat ante eos, et posuerat baculum super faciem pueri, et non erat vox, neque sensus: reversusque est in occursum eius, et nunciavit ei, dicens: Non surrexit puer.
32 And Elisha comes into the house, and behold, the youth is dead, laid on his bed,
Ingressus est ergo Eliseus domum, et ecce puer mortuus iacebat in lectulo eius:
33 and he goes in and shuts the door on them both, and prays to YHWH.
ingressusque clausit ostium super se, et super puerum: et oravit ad Dominum.
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;
Et ascendit, et incubuit super puerum: posuitque os suum super os eius, et oculos suos super oculos eius, et manus suas super manus eius: et incurvavit se super eum, et calefacta est caro pueri.
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.
At ille reversus, deambulabat in domo, semel huc atque illuc: et ascendit, et incubuit super eum: et oscitavit puer septies, aperuitque oculos.
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.”
At ille vocavit Giezi, et dixit ei: Voca Sunamitidem hanc. Quae vocata, ingressa est ad eum. Qui ait: Tolle filium tuum.
37 And she goes in, and falls at his feet, and bows herself to the earth, and lifts up her son, and goes out.
Venit illa, et corruit ad pedes eius, et adoravit super terram: tulitque filium suum, et egressa est,
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.”
et Eliseus reversus est in Galgala. Erat autem fames in terra, et filii prophetarum habitabant coram eo. dixitque uni de pueris suis: Pone ollam grandem, et coque pulmentum filiis prophetarum.
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];
Et egressus est unus in agrum ut colligeret herbas agrestes: invenitque quasi vitem silvestrem, et collegit ex ea colocynthidas agri, et implevit pallium suum, et reversus concidit in ollam pulmenti: nesciebat enim quid esset.
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.
Infuderunt ergo sociis, ut comederent: cumque gustassent de coctione, clamaverunt, dicentes: Mors in olla vir Dei. Et non potuerunt comedere.
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.
At ille, Afferte, inquit, farinam. Cumque tulissent, misit in ollam, et ait: Infunde turbae, ut comedant. Et non fuit amplius quidquam amaritudinis in olla.
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.”
Vir autem quidam venit de Baalsalisa deferens viro Dei panes primitiarum et, viginti panes hordeaceos, et frumentum novum in pera sua. At ille dixit: Da populo, ut comedat.
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”;
Responditque ei minister eius: Quantum est hoc, ut apponam centum viris? Rursum ille ait: Da populo, ut comedat: haec enim dicit Dominus: Comedent, et supererit.
44 and he gives before them, and they eat and leave, according to the word of YHWH.
Posuit itaque coram eis: qui comederunt, et superfuit iuxta verbum Domini.
