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.
Profetsveinarne sagde med Elisa: «Romet der me sit for di åsyn, er for lite oss.
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.”
Lat oss då få lov å ganga til Jordan og henta kvar sin timberstokk, so vil me byggja oss rom der me kann sitja.» «Ja, gakk de!» svara han.
3 One of them said to Elisha, “Please come with us.” So Elisha replied, “Okay, I will go with you.”
Ein av deim bad honom: «Å, gjer vel og fylg med tenarane dine!» «Eg skal so, » sagde han.
4 So they went together. When they reached the Jordan [River], they cut down some trees.
Han fylgde deim. Då dei kom til Jordan, tok dei til å hogga ned trei.
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!”
Med ein holdt på å fella ein stokk, datt øksi i vatnet. Han skreik upp: «Å, herre! Det var lånegods!»
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].
«Kvar datt ho?» spurde gudsmannen. Dei synte honom staden. Han skar av ei grein og kasta henne dit. Då fekk han øksi til å fljota upp.
7 Elisha said, “Take it out of the water.” So the man reached his hand down and picked up the axe head.
«Tak henne!» sagde han. Og han rette ut handi og tok henne.
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.
Syrarkongen låg den tid i ufred med Israel. Når han samråddest med mennerne sine og lagde yver: «Der og der vil eg lægra meg, »
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.”
so sende gudsmannen det bodet til Israels-kongen: «Tak deg i vare for å fara den vegen! for der for syrarane ned.»
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.
Når so Israels-kongen sende folk til den staden som gudsmannen hadde peika ut og vara honom for, so tok han seg i vare nett der. Dette hende ikkje berre ein og tvo gonger.
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?”
Av dette kom syrarkongen radt i egse. Han kalla i hop mennerne sine og spurde deim: «Kann de ikkje segja meg kven det er av våre folk som held med Israels-kongen?»
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!”
Ein av mennerne svara: «Nei, herre konge! Det er profeten Elisa i Israel som segjer Israels-kongen dei ting du talar i sengkammerset ditt.»
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].”
Då sagde han: «Få greida på kvar han heldt seg, so skal eg senda folk og gripa honom.» Dei melde honom: «Han held seg i Dotan.»
14 So the king sent a large group of soldiers [to Dothan] with horses and chariots. They arrived at night and surrounded the town.
Dit sende han so hestar og vogner og ein stor herstyrke. Dei kom ved natteti og kringsette byen.
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?”
Då tenaren åt gudsmannen reis upp og gjekk ut tidleg næste morgon, fekk han sjå ein herstyrke med hestar og vogner lægra kring byen. Drengen sagde då til honom: «Ai, ei, herre! Kva skal me gjera?»
16 Elisha replied, “Do not be afraid! Those who will be helping us will be more than those who will be helping them!”
«Ver ikkje rædd!» svara han; «det er fleire med oss enn med deim.»
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!
Og Elisa bad og sagde: «Herre, lat upp augo hans, so han kann sjå!» Herren let upp augo på guten, og han fekk sjå fjellet fullt av eldhestar og eldvogner rundt ikring Elisa.
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.
Då dei so gjekk ned, bad Elisa til Herren: «Å, slå dette folket med blindskap!» Og Herren slo deim med blindskap, so som Elisa hadde sagt.
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]!
Elisa sagde då til deim: «Dette er ikkje rette vegen, detter er ikkje rette byen! fylg meg, so skal eg føra dykk til den mannen de leitar etter.» So førde han deim til Samaria.
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].
Då dei so var komne inn i Samaria, bad Elisa: «Herre, lat upp augo på desse, og lat deim sjå!» Herren let upp augo deira, og dei gådde at dei var midt inni Samaria.
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?”
Då Israels-kongen såg deim, sagde han til Elisa: «Skal eg hogga ned, hogga ned, far?»
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.”
«Nei, » svara han, «det skal du ikkje; plar du hogga ned deim du fangar med sverd eller boge? Set fram åt deim mat og drikka, lat deim eta og drikka, og lat deim so fara attende til herren sin!»
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.
Han kosta på deim eit stort gjestebod; og då dei hadde ete og drukke, let han deim ganga. Og dei for attende til herren sin. Sidan kom det ikkje fleire syriske herjeflokkar inn i Israelslandet.
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].
No hende de seg sidan at Benhadad, syrarkongen, stemnde saman heile heren sin og drog upp og kringsette Samaria.
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.
Medan dei kringsette byen, vart det so stor hunger i Samaria, at eit asenhovud kosta til sist åtteti sylvdalar, og fjordeparten av ei kanna med duvemøk fem sylvdalar.
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!”
Ein dag Israels-kongen gjekk ikring på muren, var det ei kvinna som ropa på honom: «Hjelp, herre konge!»
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!
Han svara: «Hjelper ikkje Herren deg, kvar skal då eg henta hjelpi di frå? Frå treskjarvollen? eller frå vinpersa?
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.’
Kva er i vegen med deg?» spurde kongen. Ho svara: «Denne kona her sagde med meg: «Kom med son din, so skal me eta honom i dag, so kann me eta son min i morgon!»
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!”
So koka me son min og åt honom upp. Men då eg andre dagen sagde til henne: «Kom med son din, so me kann eta honom!» då løynde ho son sin.»
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].
Då kongen høyrde det kona sagde, reiv han sund klædi sine, medan han gjekk der på muren; og folk fekk sjå han gjekk med sekkjety innunder næmast kroppen.
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]!”
Og han svor: «Gud late meg bøta no og sidan, um hovudet skal sitja på Elisa Safatsson dagen til endes!
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!”
Sende han so ein fyre seg til Elisa, der han sat i heimen saman med dei øvste. Men fyrr bodet kom til honom, sagde han med dei øvste: Skynar de at denne mordarsonen hev sendt ein mann hit til å taka hovudet mitt? Sjå no til og lat att døri, og haldt henne stengd når bodet kjem! Høyrer det ikkje stigi til herren hans bak honom?»
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]!)”
Medan han tala soleis med deim, såg dei bodet koma ned til honom med dei ordi: «Sjå for ei ulukka Herren hev sendt! kvifor skal eg då bia på Herren meir?»
