< 2 Kings 6 >
1 and to say son: child [the] prophet to(wards) Elisha behold please [the] place which we to dwell there to/for face your narrow from us
The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “The place where we live with you is too small for us all.
2 to go: went please till [the] Jordan and to take: take from there man: anyone beam one and to make to/for us there place to/for to dwell there and to say to go: went
Please let us go to the Jordan, and let every man cut down a tree there, and let us build us a place there where we may live.” Elisha answered, “You may go ahead.”
3 and to say [the] one be willing please and to go: went with servant/slave your and to say I to go: went
One of them said, “Please go with your servants.” Elisha answered, “I will go.”
4 and to go: went with them and to come (in): come [the] Jordan [to] and to cut [the] tree
So he went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down trees.
5 and to be [the] one to fall: fell(trees) [the] beam and [obj] [the] iron to fall: fell(trees) to(wards) [the] water and to cry and to say alas! lord my and he/she/it to ask
But as one was chopping, the ax head fell into the water; he cried out and said, “Oh no, my master, it was borrowed!”
6 and to say man [the] God where? to fall: fall and to see: see him [obj] [the] place and to shear tree: stick and to throw there [to] and to flow [the] iron
So the man of God said, “Where did it fall?” The man showed Elisha the place. He then cut off a stick, threw it in the water, and made the iron float.
7 and to say to exalt to/for you and to send: reach hand his and to take: take him
Elisha said, “Pick it up.” So the man reached out his hand and grabbed it.
8 and king Syria to be to fight in/on/with Israel and to advise to(wards) servant/slave his to/for to say to(wards) place someone someone encampment my
Now the king of Aram was waging war against Israel. He consulted with his servants, saying, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”
9 and to send: depart man [the] God to(wards) king Israel to/for to say to keep: careful from to pass [the] place [the] this for there Syria descended
So the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, “Be careful not to pass that place, for the Arameans are going down there.”
10 and to send: depart king Israel to(wards) [the] place which to say to/for him man [the] God (and to warn him *Q(K)*) and to keep: guard there not one and not two
The king of Israel sent a message to the place about which the man of God had spoken and warned him. More than once or twice, when the king went there, he was on his guard.
11 and to rage heart king Syria upon [the] word: because [the] this and to call: call to to(wards) servant/slave his and to say to(wards) them not to tell to/for me who? from which/that to/for us to(wards) king Israel
The king of Aram was enraged about these warnings, and he called his servants and said to them, “Will you not tell me who among us is for the king of Israel?”
12 and to say one from servant/slave his not lord my [the] king for Elisha [the] prophet which in/on/with Israel to tell to/for king Israel [obj] [the] word which to speak: speak in/on/with chamber bed your
So one of his servants said, “No, my master, king, for Elisha the prophet in Israel tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your own bedroom!”
13 and to say to go: went and to see: see where? he/she/it and to send: depart and to take: take him and to tell to/for him to/for to say behold in/on/with Dothan
The king replied, “Go and see where Elisha is so I may send men and capture him.” It was told him, “See, he is in Dothan.”
14 and to send: depart there [to] horse and chariot and strength: soldiers heavy and to come (in): come night and to surround upon [the] city
So the king sent to Dothan horses, chariots, and a large army. They came by night and surrounded the city.
15 and to rise to minister man [the] God to/for to arise: rise and to come out: come and behold strength: soldiers to turn: surround [obj] [the] city and horse and chariot and to say youth his to(wards) him alas! lord my how? to make: do
When the servant of the man of God had risen early and gone outside, behold, a large army with horses and chariots surrounded the city. His servant said to him, “Oh, my master! What will we do?”
16 and to say not to fear for many which with us from whence with them
Elisha answered, “Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
17 and to pray Elisha and to say LORD to open please [obj] eye his and to see: see and to open LORD [obj] eye [the] youth and to see: see and behold [the] mountain: mount to fill horse and chariot fire around Elisha
Elisha prayed and said, “Yahweh, I beg that you will open his eyes that he may see.” Then Yahweh opened the servant's eyes, and he saw. Behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha!
18 and to go down to(wards) him and to pray Elisha to(wards) LORD and to say to smite please [obj] [the] nation [the] this in/on/with blindness and to smite them in/on/with blindness like/as word Elisha
When the Arameans came down to him, Elisha prayed to Yahweh and said, “Strike these people blind, I ask you.” So Yahweh made them blind, just as Elisha had asked.
19 and to say to(wards) them Elisha not this [the] way: road and not this [the] city to go: follow after me and to go: take [obj] you to(wards) [the] man which to seek [emph?] and to go: take [obj] them Samaria [to]
Then Elisha told the Arameans, “This is not the way, neither is this the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you are looking for.” Then he led them to Samaria.
20 and to be like/as to come (in): come they Samaria and to say Elisha LORD to open [obj] eye these and to see: see and to open LORD [obj] eye their and to see: see and behold in/on/with midst Samaria
It came about that when they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, “Yahweh, open the eyes of these men that they may see.” Yahweh opened their eyes and they saw, and behold, they were in the middle of the city of Samaria.
21 and to say king Israel to(wards) Elisha like/as to see: see he [obj] them to smite to smite father my
The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, “My father, should I kill them? Should I kill them?”
22 and to say not to smite which to take captive in/on/with sword your and in/on/with bow your you(m. s.) to smite to set: make food: bread and water to/for face: before their and to eat and to drink and to go: went to(wards) lord their
Elisha answered, “You must not kill them. Would you kill those whom you had taken captive with your sword and bow? Put bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.”
23 and to feed to/for them feast great: large and to eat and to drink and to send: depart them and to go: went to(wards) lord their and not to add: again still band Syria to/for to come (in): come in/on/with land: country/planet Israel
So the king prepared much food for them, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went back to their master. Those bands of Aramean soldiers did not return for a long time into the land of Israel.
24 and to be after so and to gather Ben-hadad Ben-hadad king Syria [obj] all camp his and to ascend: rise and to confine upon Samaria
Later after this Ben Hadad king of Aram gathered all his army and attacked Samaria and besieged it.
25 and to be famine great: large in/on/with Samaria and behold to confine upon her till to be head donkey in/on/with eighty silver: money and fourth [the] kab (quano *Q(K)*) in/on/with five silver: money
So there was a great famine in Samaria. Behold, they besieged it until a donkey's head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
26 and to be king Israel to pass upon [the] wall and woman to cry to(wards) him to/for to say to save [emph?] lord my [the] king
As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, “Help, my master, king.”
27 and to say not to save you LORD from where? to save you from [the] threshing floor or from [the] wine
He said, “If Yahweh does not help you, how can I help you? Is there anything coming from the threshing floor or winepress?”
28 and to say to/for her [the] king what? to/for you and to say [the] woman [the] this to say to(wards) me to give: give [obj] son: child your and to eat him [the] day and [obj] son: child my to eat tomorrow
The king continued, “What is troubling you?” She answered, “This woman said to me, 'Give your son so that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.'”
29 and to boil [obj] son: child my and to eat him and to say to(wards) her in/on/with day [the] another to give: give [obj] son: child your and to eat him and to hide [obj] son: child her
So we boiled my son and ate him, and I said to her on the next day, “Give your son that we may eat him, but she has hidden her son.”
30 and to be like/as to hear: hear [the] king [obj] word [the] woman and to tear [obj] garment his and he/she/it to pass upon [the] wall and to see: see [the] people and behold [the] sackcloth upon flesh his from house: inside
So when the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes (now he was passing by on the wall), and the people looked and saw that he had sackcloth underneath, against his skin.
31 and to say thus to make: do to/for me God and thus to add if to stand: stand head Elisha son: child Shaphat upon him [the] day: today
Then he said, “May God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on him today.”
32 and Elisha to dwell in/on/with house: home his and [the] old: elder to dwell with him and to send: depart man from to/for face: before his in/on/with before to come (in): come [the] messenger to(wards) him and he/she/it to say to(wards) [the] old: elder to see: behold! for to send: depart son: warrior [the] to murder [the] this to/for to turn aside: remove [obj] head my to see: behold! like/as to come (in): come [the] messenger to shut [the] door and to oppress [obj] him in/on/with door not voice: sound foot lord his after him
But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a man from before him, but when the messenger came to Elisha, he said to the elders, “See how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door shut against him. Is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?”
33 still he to speak: speak with them and behold [the] messenger to go down to(wards) him and to say behold this [the] distress: harm from with LORD what? to wait: wait to/for LORD still
While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. The king had said, “Behold, this trouble comes from Yahweh. Why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?”