2 Kings 6
1 One day a group of prophets said to Elisha, “Look, this place where we meet together with you is very small.
Και είπον οι υιοί των προφητών προς τον Ελισσαιέ, Ιδού τώρα, ο τόπος, εις τον οποίον ημείς κατοικούμεν ενώπιόν σου, είναι στενός δι' ημάς·
2 Allow us to go to the Jordan [River and cut down some trees to make] logs to build a new meeting place.” So Elisha said, “Okay, go.”
ας υπάγωμεν, παρακαλούμεν, έως του Ιορδάνου, και εκείθεν ας λάβωμεν έκαστος μίαν δοκόν, και ας κάμωμεν εις εαυτούς εκεί τόπον, διά να κατοικώμεν εκεί. Ο δε είπεν, Υπάγετε.
3 One of them said to Elisha, “Please come with us.” So Elisha replied, “Okay, I will go with you.”
Και είπεν ο εις, Ευαρεστήθητι, παρακαλώ, να έλθης μετά των δούλων σου. Και είπε, Θέλω ελθεί.
4 So they went together. When they reached the Jordan [River], they cut down some trees.
Και υπήγε μετ' αυτών. Και ελθόντες εις τον Ιορδάνην, έκοπτον τα ξύλα.
5 But while one of them was cutting down a tree, suddenly the axe head [separated from the handle and] fell into the water. He cried out to Elisha, “O, Master, what shall I do? [The axe is not mine]; I borrowed it!”
Ενώ δε ο εις κατέβαλλε την δοκόν, έπεσε το σιδήριον εις το ύδωρ· και εβόησε και είπεν, Ω, κύριε· και τούτο ήτο δάνειον·
6 Elisha replied, “Where did it fall into the water?” After the man showed him the place, Elisha cut off a stick, and threw it into the water, and caused the iron axe head to float [on top of the water].
είπε δε ο άνθρωπος του Θεού, Που έπεσε; Και έδειξε τον τόπον εις αυτόν. Τότε έκοψε σχίζαν ξύλου, και έρριψεν εκεί· και το σιδήριον επέπλευσε.
7 Elisha said, “Take it out of the water.” So the man reached his hand down and picked up the axe head.
Και είπεν, Ανάλαβε προς σεαυτόν. Και εκτείνας την χείρα αυτού, έλαβεν αυτό.
8 Whenever the king of Syria [prepared to send his army to] fight against Israel, he first consulted his officers, and then told them where they should set up their tents.
Ο δε βασιλεύς της Συρίας επολέμει εναντίον του Ισραήλ, και συνεβουλεύθη μετά των δούλων αυτού, λέγων, Εις τον δείνα και δείνα τόπον θέλω στρατοπεδεύσει.
9 But each time, Elisha would send a message to warn the king of Israel, [telling him where the army of Syria was planning to attack them, ] saying, “Be sure that your army does not go near that place, because the army of Syria has set up their tents there.”
Και απέστειλεν ο άνθρωπος του Θεού προς τον βασιλέα του Ισραήλ, λέγων, Φυλάχθητι να μη περάσης τον τόπον εκείνον, διότι οι Σύριοι στρατοπεδεύουσιν εκεί.
10 So the king of Israel would send [messengers] to warn [the people who lived in] that place, and the people would remain on guard. That happened several times.
Και απέστειλεν ο βασιλεύς του Ισραήλ εις τον τόπον, τον οποίον είπε προς αυτόν ο άνθρωπος του Θεού και παρήγγειλε περί αυτού· και προεφυλάχθη εκείθεν ουχί άπαξ ουδέ δις.
11 The king of Syria was very upset/disturbed/angry about that. So he summoned his army officers and said to them, “[Obviously] one of you is (betraying us/revealing our plans) to the king of Israel. Which one of you is doing it?”
Και εταράχθη η καρδία του βασιλέως της Συρίας διά το πράγμα τούτο· και συγκαλέσας τους δούλους αυτού, είπε προς αυτούς, Δεν θέλετε με αναγγείλει, τις εξ ημών είναι υπέρ του βασιλέως του Ισραήλ;
12 One of his officers answered, “Your Majesty, it is not one of us. Elisha the prophet [knows what we plan to do, and he] tells the king of Israel everything. He even knows what you say in your own bedroom!”
Και είπεν εις εκ των δούλων αυτού, Ουδείς, κύριέ μου βασιλεύ· αλλ' ο Ελισσαιέ ο προφήτης, ο εν τω Ισραήλ, αναγγέλλει προς τον βασιλέα του Ισραήλ τους λόγους, τους οποίους λαλείς εν τω ταμείω του κοιτώνός σου.
13 The king of Syria replied, “Go and find out where he is, and I will send [some men there] to capture him.” Someone told him, “People say that he is in Dothan [town north of Samaria].”
Και είπεν, Υπάγετε και ιδέτε που είναι, διά να στείλω να συλλάβω αυτόν. Και ανήγγειλαν προς αυτόν, λέγοντες, Ιδού, είναι εν Δωθάν.
14 So the king sent a large group of soldiers [to Dothan] with horses and chariots. They arrived at night and surrounded the town.
Και απέστειλεν εκεί ίππους και αμάξας και στράτευμα μέγα, οίτινες, ελθόντες διά νυκτός, περιεκύκλωσαν την πόλιν.
15 Early the next morning, Elisha’s servant got up and went outside the house. He saw the soldiers of Syria with their horses and chariots surrounding the town. So he went inside [the house and reported it to Elisha] and exclaimed, “O, sir! What are we going to do?”
Και ότε εξηγέρθη το πρωΐ ο υπηρέτης του ανθρώπου του Θεού και εξήλθεν, ιδού, στράτευμα είχε περικυκλωμένην την πόλιν με ίππους και αμάξας. Και είπεν ο υπηρέτης αυτού προς αυτόν, Ω, κύριε, τι θέλομεν κάμει;
16 Elisha replied, “Do not be afraid! Those who will be helping us will be more than those who will be helping them!”
Ο δε είπε, Μη φοβού· διότι πλειότεροι είναι οι μεθ' ημών παρά τους μετ' αυτών.
17 Then he prayed, “Yahweh, I request that you open my servant’s eyes in order that he can see [what is out there]!” So Yahweh enabled the servant to look out and see that surrounding the hill on which the town [was built] was a huge number of horses, and chariots made of fire!
Και προσηυχήθη ο Ελισσαιέ και είπε, Κύριε, Άνοιξον, δέομαι, τους οφθαλμούς αυτού, διά να ίδη. Και ήνοιξεν ο Κύριος τους οφθαλμούς του υπηρέτου, και είδε· και ιδού, το όρος ήτο πλήρες ίππων και αμαξών πυρός περί τον Ελισσαιέ.
18 When the army of Syria prepared to attack Elisha, he prayed again, saying, “Yahweh, cause all these soldiers to become blind!” Yahweh answered his prayer and caused them to be unable to see clearly.
Και ότε κατέβησαν προς αυτόν οι Σύριοι, προσηυχήθη ο Ελισσαιέ προς τον Κύριον και είπε, Πάταξον, δέομαι, τον λαόν τούτον με αορασίαν. Και επάταξεν αυτούς με αορασίαν, κατά τον λόγον του Ελισσαιέ.
19 Then Elisha went to them and said, “You are not on the right road; this is not the city that you are searching for. I will take you to the man whom you are searching for.” But he led them to Samaria, [the capital of Israel]!
Και είπε προς αυτούς ο Ελισσαιέ, Δεν είναι αύτη η οδός ουδέ αύτη η πόλις· έλθετε κατόπιν μου, και θέλω σας φέρει προς τον άνθρωπον, τον οποίον ζητείτε. Και έφερεν αυτούς εις την Σαμάρειαν.
20 As soon as they entered Samaria, Elisha prayed again, saying, “Yahweh, now enable these soldiers to see correctly again!” So Yahweh enabled them to see correctly, and they were surprised to see that they were inside Samaria [city].
Και ότε ήλθον εις την Σαμάρειαν, είπεν ο Ελισσαιέ, Άνοιξον, Κύριε, τους οφθαλμούς τούτων, διά να βλέπωσι. Και ήνοιξεν ο Κύριος τους οφθαλμούς αυτών, και είδον· και ιδού, ήσαν εκ τω μέσω της Σαμαρείας.
21 When the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, “Sir, shall I [tell my soldiers to] kill them? Shall we kill all of them?”
Και ως είδεν αυτούς ο βασιλεύς του Ισραήλ, είπε προς τον Ελισσαιέ, Να πατάξω, να πατάξω, πάτερ μου;
22 Elisha replied, “No, you must not kill them. If your army captured many of your enemies in a battle, you would certainly not [RHQ] kill them. Give these men something to eat and drink, and then allow them to return to their king.”
Ο δε είπε, Μη πατάξης· ήθελες πατάξει εκείνους, τους οποίους ηχμαλώτευσας διά της ρομφαίας σου και διά του τόξου σου; θες άρτον και ύδωρ έμπροσθεν αυτών, και ας φάγωσι και ας πίωσι και ας απέλθωσι προς τον κύριον αυτών.
23 So the king of Israel did that. He told his servants to provide a big feast for them. And when they had eaten and drunk plenty, he sent them away. They returned to the king of Syria [and told him what had happened]. So for a while after that, soldiers from Syria stopped raiding/attacking towns in Israel.
Και έθεσεν έμπροσθεν αυτών άφθονον τροφήν· και αφού έφαγον και έπιον, απέστειλεν αυτούς, και ανεχώρησαν προς τον κύριον αυτών. Και δεν ήλθον πλέον τα τάγματα της Συρίας εις την γην του Ισραήλ.
24 But some time later, Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, assembled his entire army, and they went to Samaria and surrounded the city [for a long time].
Μετά δε ταύτα ο Βεν-αδάδ βασιλεύς της Συρίας συνήθροισεν άπαν το στράτευμα αυτού, και ανέβη και επολιόρκησε την Σαμάρειαν.
25 Because of that, after a while there was hardly any food left inside the city, with the result that eventually a donkey’s head, [which was usually worthless, ] cost eighty pieces of silver, and (one cup/0.3 liter) of dove’s dung cost five pieces of silver.
Έγεινε δε πείνα μεγάλη εν Σαμαρεία· και ιδού, επολιόρκουν αυτήν, εωσού κεφαλή όνου επωλήθη δι' ογδοήκοντα αργύρια και το τέταρτον ενός κάβου κόπρου περιστερών διά πέντε αργύρια.
26 One day when the king of Israel was walking on top of the city wall, a woman cried out to him, “Your Majesty, help me!”
Και ενώ διέβαινεν ο βασιλεύς του Ισραήλ επί του τείχους, γυνή τις εβόησε προς αυτόν, λέγουσα, Σώσον, κύριέ μου βασιλεύ.
27 He replied, “If Yahweh will not help you, I certainly cannot [RHQ] help you. I certainly [RHQ] do not have any wheat or wine!
Ο δε είπεν, Εάν ο Κύριος δεν σε σώση, πόθεν θέλω σε σώσει εγώ; μη εκ του αλωνίου ή εκ του ληνού;
28 What is your problem?” She replied, “Several days ago, that woman [over there] said to me, ‘[Because we have nothing left to eat, ] let’s kill your son today, in order that we can eat his flesh. Then tomorrow we can [kill] my son [and] eat his flesh.’
Και είπε προς αυτήν ο βασιλεύς, Τι έχεις; Η δε είπε, Η γυνή αύτη μοι είπε, Δος τον υιόν σου, διά να φάγωμεν αυτόν σήμερον, και αύριον θέλομεν φάγει τον υιόν μου·
29 So we [killed my son and cut his body up and] boiled his flesh and ate it. The next day, I said to her, ‘Now give your son to me, in order that we can [kill him and cook his flesh and] eat it.’ But she has hidden her son!”
και εβράσαμεν τον υιόν μου και εφάγομεν αυτόν· είπον δε προς αυτήν την ακόλουθον ημέραν, Δος τον υιόν σου, διά να φάγωμεν αυτόν· η δε έκρυψε τον υιόν αυτής.
30 When the king heard what the woman said, he tore his robe [to show that he was very distressed]. The people who were standing close to the wall were able to see that the king was wearing rough cloth underneath his robe [because he was very distressed].
Και ως ήκουσεν ο βασιλεύς τους λόγους της γυναικός, διέρρηξε τα ιμάτια αυτού· και ενώ διέβαινεν επί του τείχους, ο λαός είδε, και ιδού, σάκκος έσωθεν επί της σαρκός αυτού.
31 The king exclaimed, “I wish/hope that God will strike me dead if I do not cut off the head of Elisha today, [because he is the one who has caused these terrible things to happen to us]!”
Και είπεν, Ούτω να κάμη εις εμέ ο Θεός και ούτω να προσθέση, εάν η κεφαλή του Ελισσαιέ υιού του Σαφάτ σταθή επάνω αυτού σήμερον.
32 So the king sent an officer to get Elisha. Before the officer arrived, Elisha was sitting in his house with some Israeli elders who were talking with him. Elisha said to them, “That murderer, [the king of Israel, ] is sending someone here to kill me. Listen: When he arrives, shut the door and do not allow him to come in. And the king will be coming right behind that officer!”
Ο δε Ελισσαιέ εκάθητο εν τω οίκω αυτού, και οι πρεσβύτεροι εκάθηντο μετ' αυτού· και απέστειλεν ο βασιλεύς άνδρα απ' έμπροσθεν αυτού· πριν δε έλθη προς αυτόν ο μηνυτής, αυτός είπε προς τους πρεσβυτέρους, Δεν βλέπετε ότι ούτος ο υιός του φονευτού έστειλε να αφαιρέση την κεφαλήν μου; βλέπετε, καθώς έλθη ο μηνυτής, κλείσατε την θύραν και εμποδίσατε αυτόν προς την θύραν· η φωνή των ποδών του κυρίου αυτού δεν είναι εξόπισθεν αυτού;
33 And while he was still speaking, the king and the officer arrived. The king said, “It is Yahweh who has caused us to have all this trouble/suffering. (Why should I wait any longer [RHQ] for him to do something [to help us]?/It is useless for me to wait any longer for him [to help us]!)”
Και ενώ έτι ελάλει μετ' αυτών, ιδού, κατέβη προς αυτόν ο μηνυτής· και είπεν, Ιδού, παρά Κυρίου είναι το κακόν τούτο· τι πλέον να ελπίσω εις τον Κύριον;
