2 Kings 4

1 One day the widow of one of [Yahweh’s] prophets came to Elisha and cried out to him, “My husband, who worked with you, is dead. You know that he revered Yahweh [very much]. But now a man to whom he owed a lot of money has come to me. [And because I cannot pay back the money, he is threatening] to take away my two sons to be his slaves [as payment for what I owe him]!”

Nikhat hi themgao holah a khatpen ji ana hia meithai khat hi Elisha kom’ah ahungin ahung peng jah jingin, hitin aseiye, “Nangma noija na anatong kajipa chu athitai, aman Pakai agindan chu nangin nahet ahi. Ahinla tuhin sum kabatpa ahungin kacha teni hi soh a kai ding eigo tauvin ahi,” ati.

2 Elisha replied, “What can I do to help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?” She replied, “We have only a container of [olive] oil; we have nothing else.”

Hichun Elisha amanu kom’a chun, “Ipi kabolpeh thei um am! Nainsung’a hi ipi naneijem neiseipeh in,” ati. Amanun jong adonbutin, “Olive thao theikhat tilou imacha adang kaneipoi,” ati.

3 Elisha said, “Go to your neighbors and borrow from them as many empty jars as you can.

Elisha’n jong achutia ahileh “Na-insah na-inlhang hokom hihen, nagol napai hokom hijongleh belkeu namuthei chanin batnin galatan,” atin ahi.

4 Then take the jars into your house with your sons. Shut the door. Then pour olive oil from your container into the other jars. When each jar is full, set it aside [and fill another jar. Keep doing that until all the jars are full].”

“Chujouteng chule nachateni chutoh insungah lut unlang, kot kikha khum’un,” atin ahi. “Chutengleh Olive thaochu atheija kon chun bel keoho a chun sunglhauvin lang adim phatleh kaidohji jiuvin,” ati.

5 [So she did what Elisha told her to do]. Her sons kept bringing jars to her, and she kept filling them.

Hichun amanun jong aseipeh bang bang chun aboltan ahi. Amanun belchu adim phat phatleh achatenin ahinpelut ji ji lhonin, hiti chun bel jouse chu adipsoh tauvin ahi.

6 Soon all the jars were full. So she said to one of her sons, “Bring me another jar!” But he replied, “There are no more jars!” And then the olive oil stopped flowing.

Gangtah in Olive thaotwi akoina hojouse chu adim letset tan ahi! Amanun achateni kom’a chun, “Belkhat neihin pehbe lhonin,” atileh, “amanin aumtapoi!” atilhonin ahi. Hichun Olive thaojong chu abeitan ahi.

7 When she told Elijah [what had happened], he said to her, “Now sell the jars of oil. And [with the money you get, ] pay what you owe, and there will be enough extra money to keep buying food for yourself and your sons.” [So she did that].

Amanun Pathen mipa kom’a chun thilsoh chu aseijin ahileh, aman amanu kom’a chun, “Tun Olive thao chu joh unlang Nebat’u chu sadoh tauvin chuleh nangle nachateni avalla chu nakivah theidiu ahi,” ati.

8 One day Elisha went to Shunem [town]. There was a wealthy woman who lived there [with her husband]. One day she invited Elisha to her house for a meal. [Elisha went there and] from then on, every time Elisha was in Shunem, he went to their house to eat a meal.

Nikhat hi Shunem khopi sunga chu Elisha agachen ahileh numei haotah khat anachengin, amanu chun ainna anne dingin akouvin ahi. Hichejou chun hilang chu ahopa channin hilai munna chun an nedingin aki-nga jin ahi.

9 One day the woman said to her husband, “I am sure that this man who often comes here is a prophet [who brings messages] from God.

Amanun ajipa kom’a chun, “Ven, hilanga ahung chanle hung kingajipa hi Pathen mitheng khat hitei din katahsan’e,

10 I think we should make a small room for him on our [flat] roof, and put a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp in it. If we do that, whenever he comes here, he will have a place to stay.” [So they did that].

Hijeh chun amading hin inchunga hin indan khat sem hitin lupna khat, dokhang khat, touna khat le thaomei khat koipeh hite,” ati. “Chutileh ahung komleh gehthei louding ahi” ati.

11 One day Elisha returned to Shunem, and he went up to that room to rest.

Nikhat hi Elisha chu Shunem in na chun ahung kile kit’in, ainchung danna chun akaltouvin akicholdotan ahi.

12 He said to his servant Gehazi, “Tell the woman that I want to speak to her.” [So the servant went and told her]. When she came [to the doorway of Elisha’s room],

Aman asohpa Gehazi kom’a chun, “Hiche Shunem numeinu kom’a khun thukhat kasei nom’e gatin ati,” ati. Ama ahung phat’in,

13 Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tell her that we both appreciate all the kind things that she has done for us. Then ask her what we can do for her. Ask, ‘Do you want [me to go to] the king or the army commander, to request something for you?’” [Gehazi told her, ] and she replied, “No, [he does not need to do that, because] my family/relatives are able to give me what I need.”

Elisha’n Gehazi kom’ah “Amanu chu seipeh in hichangeija eikhohsa hi kakipah lheh jenge ipi kabolpeh ding ham? Lengpa kom’ah ahilouleh asepai lamkaipa kom’ah ipi seipeh leng adeijem?” ati. Hichun amanun adonbut in, “Ima kangai chapoi kainsung min eive tup nai,” ati.

14 [Later, ] Elisha asked Gehazi, “What do you think that we can do for that woman?” He replied, “She does not have a son, and her husband is an old man. [So maybe we should ask Yahweh to enable her to have a son].”

Khonungin Elisha’n Gehazi chu adong in, “Amanuhi ipi ibolpeh thei ding ham?” ati. Gehazin adonbut in, “Amanu hin chapa aneipoi, ajipa jong atehsetai,” ati.

15 Elisha told Gehazi, “Call her back again.” [So Gehazi went and called her]. And when the woman returned, as she stood in the doorway,

“Ganung kou kit’in” ati. Numeinu chu ahung kinungle in kotphunga adingin ahi.

16 Elisha said to her, “About this time next year you will be holding your [infant] son in your arms.” But she protested, “O, sir, you are a prophet [who brings messages] from God, so please do not deceive/lie to me by saying things like that!”

“Khovei tuphat leh nangin na anga chapa khat nakipom ding ahi,” atipeh e. Amanun “Ahipoi kapu Pathen mipa nei joulhep hih in chuleh nei kimohnepsah hih in,” ati.

17 But a few months later, the woman became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son at that time the following year, just like Elisha had predicted.

Ahinlah hiche numeinu chun nao ahin voptan ahi. Hiti chun akum kit in Elisha seibang bang chun cha pasal khat aneitan ahi.

18 When the child was older, one day he went out to the fields to see his father, who was [working] with the men who were harvesting [grain].

Hiche chapang chu ahung len jeptan ahileh anule apa chang-at na a chun akithopi ding in agachen ahi.

19 [Suddenly] the boy exclaimed, “My head [hurts]! My head [hurts a lot]!” His father said to one of the servants, “Carry him home to his mother!”

Tohphung in ahung peng jah jingin, “Kaluchang anai Kaluchang anai,” ahin tin ahi. Apa chun asohte khat kom’a, “Inlang’a anu kom’a po tauvin,” ati.

20 So the servant carried him home, and his mother held him on her lap. But at noontime the boy died.

Hichun asohpan jong in'ah apolut’in ahileh anunjong aphei chung’ah apom’in ahi. Ahinla sun ahunghi phat’in athitan ahi.

21 She carried him up [the steps] to the prophet’s room and laid him on the bed. She left him there and went out and shut the door.

Amanun apo touvin Pathen mipa lupna chunga chun alup sah in kot akhah in, ahin dalhatan ahi.

22 She then called out to her husband, saying, “Send to me one of the servants and a donkey, so that I can ride [on it] quickly to the prophet, and then come back!” [But she did not tell her husband that their son had died].

Aman ajipa kom’ah thu athotnin, “Isohte hou khat pen penchu sangan khat toh hinsol’in hitia chu keima Pathen mipa kom’a chu kaga chea ka hung kilekit loina dingin” atin ahi.

23 Her husband [called out to her and] said, “Why [do you want to go] today? This is not the day when we celebrate the Festival of the New Moon, and it is not a Sabbath day!” But she only replied, “[Just do what I requested and] everything will be all right.”

Amapan, “Tuni tah’a hi ipi che ngaija ham? Tunihi lhathah nikho golvahla ahipon, chuleh cholngah nilah ahipon,” ati. Ahinla amanun, “Akhohpoi, phanan te” atin ahi.

24 So she [told the servant to] put saddles on [two] donkeys, and as they left, she said, “Hurry! Do not slow down unless t tell you to do that!”

Amanun jong sangan chungah chun apho akoidoh in, asohpa kom’a hitin seijin, “Ken thu kapeh ngallou leh gangin noloijin” ati.

25 As they approached Carmel Mountain, where Elisha was, Elisha saw her in the distance. He said to Gehazi, “Look, the woman from Shunem is coming!

Amanun Carmel molla um Pathen mipa chu aphah konin Elisha chun galla konin amanu chu ahin mun Gehazi kom’a chun, “Ven, Shunem ma konin numeinu ahung e,

26 Run to her, and ask her if everything is all right with her and her husband and with her child!” [So Gehazi ran to her and asked her, but she did not tell Gehazi anything.] She only said, “Yes, everything is fine.”

lhaijal inlang gadongin,” “Naji na cha pha pha hinam?” tin gadongin ati. Amanun Gehazi kom’ah, “Aphanai imajouse aphanai.”

27 But when she came to where Elisha was, she [prostrated herself on the ground in front of Elisha and] took hold of his feet. Gehazi started to push her away, but Elisha said, “(Do not push her away/Leave her alone)! Something is troubling her very much, but Yahweh has not told me what it is.”

Ahinlah amanu molchunga Pathen mipa kom ahung lhun phat’in amu masanga tolla abohkhup akeng chu atuhtan ahi. Gehazi chun amanu chu kaidoh agotleh Pathen mipan, “Suloh hih in, amanu hi lunggim ma ahin, Pakaiyin keima ima eiseipeh hih laiye,” ati.

28 Then she said to Elisha, “O, sir, I did not ask you to enable me to give birth to a son [RHQ]. And I told you not to lie to me about that!” [RHQ]

Hichun amanun aseijin, “Hepu, nakom’a chapa dia kathum khah em?” Ken kasei louham, “Neidoha bol hihin chuleh neikimoh nepsah hihin kati hilouham?” ati.

29 Then Elisha [realized that something must have happened to her son. So he] said to Gehazi, “Get ready [to leave immediately]. Take my staff/walking stick and go [to her home]. Do not [stop to] talk to anyone on the way. Go quickly [to where her son is] and lay the staff on the child’s face. [If you do that, perhaps Yahweh will enable him to be well].”

Chuin Elisha chun Gehazi kom’ah, “Gangtahin kigon lang kamol hi choi jinlang che loijin, lampia koimacha kom’a houlimpa hih in, cheloi jinlang chapangpa mai’ah chun kamol hi gakoi loijin,” ati.

30 But the boy’s mother said, “Just [as certain] as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not go home if you do not go with me.” So Elisha returned with her [to her home].

Ahin chapangpa nu chun aseijin, “Hingjing Pakai leh nangma hinlaisen nangto ikilhon louding leh keima kainna cheponge,” ati. Hichun Elijah toh ahung kilhon lhon tan ahi.

31 Gehazi hurried quickly, and [when he got to the woman’s home, ] he laid the staff/walking stick on the child’s face, but the child did not move or say anything. So Gehazi returned to meet Elisha [along the road], and told him, “The child is still dead.”

Gehazi chu gangtahin ana che masan mol chu chapangpa chunga chun aga koiyin ahileh ima atipon ahi. Ahindoh dehloujeh chun Elisha kom’ah ahung kitan, “Chapang chu ahingdoh dehpoi,” ahung ti in ahi.

32 When Elisha reached the house, he saw that the boy was lying dead on his bed.

Elisha chu ahung lhun phat’in chapang chu athisa in, themgaopa lupna a chun akijam nalaijin ahi.

33 Elisha went into the room by himself and shut the door and prayed to Yahweh.

Ama alutnin achangin kot akikha khum’in Pakai kom’ah atauvin ahi.

34 Then he lay down on the boy’s body, and put his mouth on the boy’s mouth, and put his eyes on the boy’s eyes, and put his hands on the boy’s hands. Then the boy’s body started to become warm!

Hichun chapangpa chunga chun akijam in, amuhleh chapangpa muh asuto in, amitleh amit asuto in, akhut chu chapangpa khut chunga chun akoiyin ahi. Hiti chun chapangpa chunga chun akijam in ahileh chapangpa tahsa chu ahung lumdohtan ahi.

35 Elisha got up and walked back and forth in the room [several times]. Then he stretched his body on the boy’s body again. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes!

Hichephat chun, Elisha chu akithoudoh in indansung’a chun anungchen, hijouchun chapang chunga chun alum kit’in, hichephat chun chapangpa chu sagi vei ahung chi in, chuin amit ahung hahtan ahi.

36 Then Elisha summoned Gehazi. He said, “Call the boy’s mother!” [So Gehazi went and called her, ] and when she came in, Elisha said, “Here, take your son!”

Hijouchun Elisha’n Gehazi chu akouvin, “Chapangpa nuchu gakouvin” ati. Amanu ahung lutphat’in, nachapa hikom’a aum’e kilahtan ati.

37 She [gratefully] prostrated herself at Elisha’s feet. Then she picked up her son and carried him downstairs.

Amanu chu akipahbehseh jingin akengkhopi muh atuh in chibai aboh jengtan ahi. Hijehchun anaochu a-anga akipom’in akum sohtan ahi.

38 Then Elisha returned to Gilgal. But at that time there was (a famine/very little food) in that area. One day as the group of prophets was sitting in front of Elisha [listening to what he was teaching], he said to his servant, “Put a large pot on [the stove] and make some stew for these men.”

Elisha chu Gilgal langa ahung kile in ahileh gamsunga chun kel analhaan ahi. Nikhat hi themgao phabep amasanga ana touvun ahileh amajong asohpa Gehazi kom’ah aseijin, “Meichunga chun bel lentah khat songin lang anchim lhah in ibonchava ineh diuvin hin hon in,” ati.

39 One of the prophets went out to the fields to gather some vegetables. But he gathered [only] some wild gourds and put them in his cloak and brought them back. He shredded them and put them in the pot, but he did not know that the gourds were poisonous.

Gollhang ho lah’a khatpen chu apotdoh in gamlah’a hampa hollin ache in ahileh, gam umpong dimset in ahinpon ahung kiletan ahi. Aman ahal hallin atham lhan, nehthei lou thina thei ahilam helouvin belsunga chun alhah tan ahi.

40 He served the stew to the prophets, but after the men had eaten only a couple bites, they cried out, “Elisha, there is something in the pot that will kill us!” So they would not eat it.

Anchim themkhat chu ahin hom’un khatvei nivei agah tepm un ahileh ahung peng jah jengun Pathen mipa anchim mahin thina thei gu aume atiuvin anethei tapouvin ahi.

41 Elisha said, “Bring me some flour.” [They brought him some, and] he threw it in the pot and he said, “It is all right now. You can eat it.” And they ate it, and it did not harm them.

Hichun Elisha’n jong “Changbong thamkhat hinchoijun,” ati. Ahin choi phat’un aman belsunga chun agah lhah in, “Tun aphatai, netauvin,” ati. Hichun imacha aphamo aumtapon ahi.

42 One day a man from Baal-Shalishah [town] brought to Elisha a sack of freshly cut grain and 20 loaves of barley bread, made from the first grain that they harvested [that year]. Elisha said [to his servant], “Give it to the group of prophets, so that they can eat it.”

Nikhat hi Baal-shalishah a konin mikhat ahungin Pathen mipa chu chang-hum bora khatleh changlhah pheng somni ahin poh pehin ahi. Elisha’n, “Mipi hochu peuvin nenao vinte,” ati.

43 But his servant exclaimed, “Do you think that we can feed 100 of us prophets with only that much?” [RHQ] But Elisha replied, “Give it to the prophets so that they can eat it, because Yahweh says that there will be plenty for all of them, and there will be some left over!”

Asohpan jong an ahinsem in, hicheng seh’a hi mihem jakhat jen iti kivah dingham atin ahileh Elisha’n ahin donbut’in mipihon aneh diuvin pedoh’un, ajeh chu Pakaiyin aseije, “Mijousen neuvintin phabep val nalai ding ahi,” ati.

44 After his servant gave it to the prophets, they ate [all that they wanted], and there was food left over, just as Yahweh had promised.

Hiti chun mipi hochu apeuvin ahileh mijouse dingchun a lhingsetnin Pakai thusei dungjui jin phabep jong ane val nalaijun ahi.