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]!”
E uma mulher das mulheres dos filhos dos profetas, clamou a Eliseo, dizendo: Meu marido, teu servo, morreu; e tu sabes que o teu servo temia ao Senhor; e veio o credor, a levar-me os meus dois filhos para serem servos.
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.”
E Eliseo lhe disse: Que te hei de eu fazer? declara-me que é o que tens em casa. E ela disse: Tua serva não tem nada em casa, senão uma botija de azeite.
3 Elisha said, “Go to your neighbors and borrow from them as many empty jars as you can.
Então disse ele: vai, pede para ti vasos emprestados, a todos os teus vizinhos, vasos vazios, não poucos.
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].”
Então entra, e fecha a porta sobre ti, e sobre teus filhos, e deita o azeite em todos aqueles vasos, e põe à parte o que estiver cheio.
5 [So she did what Elisha told her to do]. Her sons kept bringing jars to her, and she kept filling them.
Partiu pois dele, e fechou a porta sobre si e sobre seus filhos; e eles lhe traziam os vasos, e ela os enchia.
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.
E sucedeu que, cheios que foram os vasos, disse a seu filho: Traze-me ainda um vaso. Porém ele lhe disse: Não há mais vaso nenhum. Então o azeite parou.
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].
Então veio ela, e o fez saber ao homem de Deus; e disse ele: vai, vende o azeite, e paga a tua dívida; e tu e teus filhos vivei do resto.
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.
Sucedeu também um dia que, indo Eliseo a Sunem, havia ali uma mulher grave, a qual o reteve a comer pão: e sucedeu que todas as vezes que passava para ali se retirava a comer pão.
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.
E ela disse a seu marido: Eis que tenho observado, que este que sempre passa por nós é um santo homem de Deus.
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].
Façamos-lhe pois um pequeno quarto junto ao muro, e ali lhe ponhamos uma cama, e uma mesa, e uma cadeira e um candieiro: e há de ser que, vindo ele a nós, para ali se retirará.
11 One day Elisha returned to Shunem, and he went up to that room to rest.
E sucedeu um dia que veio ali, e retirou-se àquele quarto, e se deitou ali.
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],
Então disse ao seu moço Geazi: Chama esta sunamita. E chamando-a ele, ela se pôs diante dele.
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.”
Porque lhe tinha dito: Dize-lhe: Eis que tu nos tens tratado com todo o disvelo; que se há de fazer por ti? haverá alguma coisa de que se fale por ti ao rei, ou ao chefe do exército? E dissera ela: Eu habito no meio do meu povo.
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].”
Então disse ele: Que se há de fazer pois por ela? E Geazi disse: Ora ela não tem filho, e seu marido é velho.
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,
Pelo que disse ele: Chama-a. E, chamando-a ele, ela se pôs à porta.
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!”
E ele disse: A este tempo determinado, segundo o tempo da vida, abraçarás um filho. E disse ela: Não, meu senhor, homem de Deus, não mintas à tua serva.
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.
E concebeu a mulher, e pariu um filho, ao tal tempo determinado, segundo o tempo da vida que Eliseo lhe dissera.
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].
E, crescendo o filho, sucedeu que um dia saiu para seu pai que estava com os segadores.
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!”
E disse a seu pai: Ai, a minha cabeça! ai, a minha cabeça! Então disse a um moço: Leva-o a sua mãe
20 So the servant carried him home, and his mother held him on her lap. But at noontime the boy died.
E ele o tomou, e o levou a sua mãe: e esteve sobre os seus joelhos até ao meio dia, e morreu.
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.
E subiu ela, e o deitou sobre a cama do homem de Deus; e fechou sobre ele a porta, e saiu.
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].
E chamou a seu marido, e disse: Manda-me já um dos moços, e uma das jumentas, para que corra ao homem de Deus, e para que volte.
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.”
E disse ele: Porque vais a ele hoje? não é lua nova nem sábado. E ela disse: Tudo vai bem.
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!”
Então albardou a jumenta, e disse ao seu moço: Guia e anda, e não te detenhas no caminhar, senão quando eu to disser.
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!
Partiu ela pois e veio ao homem de Deus, ao monte Carmelo: e sucedeu que, vendo-a o homem de Deus de longe, disse a Geazi, seu moço: Eis ai a sunamita.
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.”
Agora pois corre-lhe ao encontro e dize-lhe: vai bem contigo? vai bem com teu marido? vai bem com teu filho? E ela disse: vai bem.
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.”
Chegando ela pois ao homem de Deus, ao monte, pegou nos seus pés; mas chegou Geazi para empuxa-la: disse porém o homem de Deus: Deixa-a, porque a sua alma nela está triste de amargura, e o Senhor mo encobriu, e não mo manifestou.
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]
E disse ela: Pedi eu a meu senhor algum filho? Não disse eu: Não me enganes?
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].”
E ele disse a Geazi: Cinge os teus lombos, e toma o meu bordão na tua mão, e vai; se encontrares alguém, não o saudes; e se alguém te saudar, não lhe respondas: e põe o meu bordão sobre o rosto do menino.
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].
Porém disse a mãe do menino: Vive o Senhor, e vive a tua alma, que não te hei de deixar. Então ele se levantou, e a seguiu.
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.”
E Geazi passou diante deles, e pôs o bordão sobre o rosto do menino; porém não havia nele voz nem sentido: e voltou a encontrar-se com ele, e lhe trouxe aviso, dizendo: Não despertou o menino.
32 When Elisha reached the house, he saw that the boy was lying dead on his bed.
E, chegando Eliseo àquela casa, eis que o menino jazia morto sobre a sua cama.
33 Elisha went into the room by himself and shut the door and prayed to Yahweh.
Então entrou ele, e fechou a porta sobre eles ambos, e orou ao Senhor.
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!
E subiu, e deitou-se sobre o menino, e, pondo a sua boca sobre a boca dele, e os seus olhos sobre os olhos dele, e as suas mãos sobre as mãos dele, se estendeu sobre ele: e a carne do menino aqueceu.
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!
Depois voltou, e passeou naquela casa de uma parte para a outra, e tornou a subir, e se estendeu sobre ele; então o menino espirrou sete vezes, e o menino abriu os olhos.
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!”
Então chamou a Geazi, e disse: Chama esta sunamita. E chamou-a, e veio a ele. E disse ele: Toma o teu filho.
37 She [gratefully] prostrated herself at Elisha’s feet. Then she picked up her son and carried him downstairs.
E veio ela, e se prostrou a seus pés, e se inclinou à terra; e tomou o seu filho, e saiu.
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.”
E, voltando Eliseo a Gilgal, havia fome naquela terra, e os filhos dos profetas estavam assentados na sua presença: e disse ao seu moço: Põe a panela grande ao lume, e faze um caldo de hervas para os filhos dos profetas.
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.
Então um saiu ao campo a apanhar hervas, e achou uma parra brava, e colheu dela a sua capa cheia de coloquintidas: e veio, e as cortou na panela do caldo; porque as não conheciam.
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.
Assim tiraram de comer para os homens. E sucedeu que, comendo eles daquele caldo, clamaram e disseram: Homem de Deus, há morte na panela. Não puderam comer.
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.
Porém ele disse: Trazei pois farinha. E deitou-a na panela, e disse: tirai de comer para o povo. Então não havia mal nenhum na panela.
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.”
E um homem veio de Baal-salisha, e trouxe ao homem de Deus pães das primícias, vinte pães de cevada, e espigas verdes na sua palha, e disse: Dá ao povo, para que coma.
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!”
Porém seu servo disse: Como hei de eu pôr isto diante de cem homens? E disse ele: Dá-o ao povo, para que coma; porque assim diz o Senhor: comer-se-á, e sobejará.
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.
Então lhos pôs diante, e comeram, e deixaram sobejos, conforme a palavra do Senhor.
