2 Kings 2
1 and to be in/on/with to ascend: establish LORD [obj] Elijah in/on/with tempest [the] heaven and to go: went Elijah and Elisha from [the] Gilgal
When Yahweh was about to take [the prophet] Elijah up to heaven in a (whirlwind/twisting wind), Elijah and [his fellow prophet] Elisha were traveling [south] from Gilgal [town].
2 and to say Elijah to(wards) Elisha to dwell please here for LORD to send: depart me till Bethel Bethel and to say Elisha alive LORD and alive soul: myself your if: surely no to leave: forsake you and to go down Bethel Bethel
Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, because Yahweh has told [only] me to go to Bethel [town].” But Elisha replied, “Just as certainly as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not leave you!” So they went down [together] to Bethel.
3 and to come out: come son: child [the] prophet which Bethel Bethel to(wards) Elisha and to say to(wards) him to know for [the] day LORD to take: take [obj] lord your from upon head: leader your and to say also I to know be silent
A group of prophets came to Elisha [and Elijah before they entered the town], and they asked Elisha, “Do you know that Yahweh is going to take your master/boss [Elijah] away from you today?” Elisha answered, “Certainly I know that, but don’t talk about it!” [IDM]
4 and to say to/for him Elijah Elisha to dwell please here for LORD to send: depart me Jericho and to say alive LORD and alive soul: myself your if: surely no to leave: forsake you and to come (in): come Jericho
Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, because Yahweh has told [only] me to go to Jericho.” But Elisha replied [again], “Just as certainly as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not leave you!” So they went [together] to Jericho [city].
5 and to approach: approach son: child [the] prophet which in/on/with Jericho to(wards) Elisha and to say to(wards) him to know for [the] day LORD to take: take [obj] lord your from upon head: leader your and to say also I to know be silent
[As they neared] Jericho, a group of prophets who were from there came to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh is going to take your master/boss [Elijah] away from you today?” He answered again, “Certainly I know that, but don’t talk about it!” [IDM]
6 and to say to/for him Elijah to dwell please here for LORD to send: depart me [the] Jordan [to] and to say alive LORD and alive soul: myself your if: surely no to leave: forsake you and to go: went two their
Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, because Yahweh has told [only] me to go to the Jordan [River].” But [again] Elisha replied, “As certainly as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not leave you!” So they continued walking together.
7 and fifty man from son: child [the] prophet to go: went and to stand: stand from before from distant and two their to stand: stand upon [the] Jordan
Fifty men from a group of prophets [who were from Jericho] also went, but they watched from a distance as Elijah and Elisha stopped at the edge of the Jordan [River].
8 and to take: take Elijah [obj] clothing his and to fold and to smite [obj] [the] water and to divide here/thus and here/thus and to pass two their in/on/with dry ground
Then Elijah rolled up his cloak and struck the water with it. A path opened up for them through the river, and they walked across [as though they were] on dry ground.
9 and to be like/as to pass they and Elijah to say to(wards) Elisha to ask what? to make: do to/for you in/on/with before to take: take from from with you and to say Elisha and to be please lip: according two in/on/with spirit your to(wards) me
When they came to the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, “What do you want me to do for you before (I am taken away/Yahweh takes me away)?” Elisha replied, “I want to receive twice as much of your power [as you have had, ] (OR enable me to very powerfully continue your ministry).”
10 and to say to harden to/for to ask if to see: see [obj] me to take: take from with you to be to/for you so and if nothing not to be
Elijah replied, “You have asked for something which is difficult [for me to cause to happen]. But, if you see me when (I am taken from you/Yahweh takes me from you), you will get what you are requesting. But if you do not see me, then you will not get it.”
11 and to be they(masc.) to go: went to go: went and to speak: speak and behold chariot fire and horse fire and to separate between two their and to ascend: rise Elijah (in/on/with tempest *LAB(h)*) [the] heaven
As they were walking and talking, suddenly a chariot that had fire [surrounding it], pulled by horses which also had fire [surrounding them], appeared. [The chariot driver] drove the chariot between Elijah and Elisha and separated them. Then Elijah was taken up to heaven in a (whirlwind/twisting wind).
12 and Elisha to see: see and he/she/it to cry father my father my chariot Israel and horseman his and not to see: see him still and to strengthen: hold in/on/with garment his and to tear them to/for two rags
Elisha saw it. He cried out, “My father/master! My father/master! The chariots of us Israeli people and their drivers [have taken my master away]!” [They disappeared into the sky, ] and Elisha never saw Elijah again. Then Elisha tore his own robe into two pieces [to show that he was sad].
13 and to exalt [obj] clothing Elijah which to fall: fall from upon him and to return: return and to stand: stand upon lip: shore [the] Jordan
Elijah’s cloak [had fallen off when he was taken away, so] Elisha picked it up and returned to the bank of the Jordan [River].
14 and to take: take [obj] clothing Elijah which to fall: fall from upon him and to smite [obj] [the] water and to say where? LORD God Elijah also he/she/it and to smite [obj] [the] water and to divide here/thus and here/thus and to pass Elisha
He [rolled up the cloak and] struck the water with it, and cried out, “Will Yahweh, the God who [enabled] Elijah [to perform miracles, enable me to do similar things]?” Then the water separated, and a path opened up for him, and Elisha went across.
15 and to see: see him son: child [the] prophet which in/on/with Jericho from before and to say to rest spirit Elijah upon Elisha and to come (in): come to/for to encounter: meet him and to bow to/for him land: soil [to]
When the group of prophets from Jericho saw what happened, they exclaimed, “Elisha now has the power that Elijah had!” [MTY] They walked over to him and bowed down in front of him.
16 and to say to(wards) him behold please there with servant/slave your fifty human son: warrior strength to go: went please and to seek [obj] lord your lest to lift: bear him spirit LORD and to throw him in/on/with one [the] mountain: mount or in/on/with one ([the] valley *Q(k)*) and to say not to send: depart
[One of] them said, “Sir, if you permit us, 50 of our strongest men will go and search for your master [on the other side of the river]. Perhaps the Spirit of Yahweh has left him on some mountain or in some valley.” Elisha replied, “No, do not send them.”
17 and to press in/on/with him till be ashamed and to say to send: depart and to send: depart fifty man and to seek three day and not to find him
But they kept insisting. Finally he was tired of saying “No,” and he said, “Okay, send them.” So 50 men searched for three days, but they did not find Elijah.
18 and to return: return to(wards) him and he/she/it to dwell in/on/with Jericho and to say to(wards) them not to say to(wards) you not to go: went
They returned to Jericho, and Elisha was still there. He said to them, “I told you that you should not go, [because you would not find him]!” [RHQ]
19 and to say human [the] city to(wards) Elisha behold please seat [the] city pleasant like/as as which lord my to see: see and [the] water bad: harmful and [the] land: country/planet barenness
Then the leaders of [Jericho] city came to talk with Elisha. One of them said, “Our master, we have a problem. You can see that this is a very nice place [to live in]. But the water is bad, and as a result, crops will not grow on the land.”
20 and to say to take: bring to/for me jar new and to set: put there salt and to take: bring to(wards) him
Elisha said to them, “Put some salt in a new bowl and bring the bowl to me.” So they brought it to him.
21 and to come out: come to(wards) exit [the] water and to throw there salt and to say thus to say LORD to heal to/for water [the] these not to be from there still death and barenness
Then he went out to the spring [from which the people in the town got water]. He threw the salt into the spring. Then he said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘I have made this water good/pure. No longer will anyone die, from having drunk this water, and now crops will be able to grow.’” [LIT]
22 and to heal [the] water till [the] day [the] this like/as word Elisha which to speak: speak
And the water became pure, just as Elisha said it would be. Since that time it has always remained pure.
23 and to ascend: rise from there Bethel Bethel and he/she/it to ascend: rise in/on/with way: journey and youth small to come out: come from [the] city and to mock in/on/with him and to say to/for him to ascend: rise bald to ascend: rise bald
Elisha left Jericho and went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, a group of young boys from Bethel [saw him and] started to make fun of him. They continued shouting, “Go away, you bald-headed man!”
24 and to turn after him and to see: see them and to lighten them in/on/with name LORD and to come out: come two bear from [the] wood and to break up/open from them forty and two youth
Elisha turned around and looked/glared at them. He asked Yahweh to (curse them/do something bad to them). Immediately two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of them.
25 and to go: went from there to(wards) mountain: mount [the] (Mount) Carmel and from there to return: return Samaria
Elisha left Bethel and went to Carmel Mountain, and after that he returned to Samaria [city].
