2 Kings 7
1 Elisha said, “Hear the word of Yahweh. This is what Yahweh says: 'Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.'”
Men Elisa sagde: "Hør HERRENs Ord! Så siger HERREN: I Morgen ved denne Tid skal en Sea fint Hvedemel koste en Sekel og to Sea Byg ligeledes en Sekel i Samarias Port!"
2 Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, “See, even if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, can this thing happen?” Elisha replied, “See, you will watch it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it.”
Men Høvedsmanden, til hvis Arm Kongen støttede sig, svarede den Guds Mand og sagde: "Om så HERREN satte Vinduer på Himmelen, mon da sligt kunde ske?" Han sagde: "Med egne Øjne skal du få det at se, men ikke komme til at spise deraf!"
3 Now there were four men with leprosy right outside the city gate. They said one to another, “Why should we sit here until we die?
Imidlertid varder fire spedalske Mænd ved indgangen til Porten; de sagde til hverandre: "Hvorfor skal vi blive her, til vi dør?
4 If we say that we should go into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we will die there. But if we still sit here, we will still die. Now then, come, let us go to the army of the Arameans. If they keep us alive, we will live, and if they kill us, we will only die.”
Dersom vi bestemmer os til at gå ind i Byen, dør vi der - der er jo Hungersnød i Byen - og bliver vi her, dør vi også! Kom derfor og lad os løbe over til Aramæernes Lejr! Lader de os leve, så bliver vi i Live, og slår de os ihjel, så dør vi!"
5 So they rose up at twilight to go into the Aramean camp; when they arrived at the outermost part of the camp, there was no one there.
Så begav de sig i Mørkningen på Vej til Aramæernes Lejr; men da de kom til Udkanten af Aramæernes Lejr, var der ikke et Menneske at se.
6 For the Lord had made the Aramean army hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses—the noise of another large army, and they said to each other, “The king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to come against us.”
HERREN havde nemlig ladet Aramæernes Lejr høre Larm at Vogne og Heste, Larm af en stor Hær, og de havde sagt til hverandre: "Se, Israels Konge har købt Hetiternes og Mizrajims Konger til at falde over os!"
7 So the soldiers arose and fled in the twilight; they left their tents, their horses, their donkeys, and the camp as it was, and fled for their lives.
Derfor havde de taget Flugten i Mørkningen og efterladt Lejren, som den stod, deres Telte, Heste og Æsler, og var flygtet for at redde Livet.
8 When the men with leprosy came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent and ate and drank, and carried away silver and gold and clothes, and went and hid them. They came back and entered into another tent and carried plunder away from there also, and went and hid it.
Da nu de spedalske havde nået Udkanten af Lejren, gik de ind i et af Teltene, spiste og drak og tog Sølv og Guld og klæder, som de gik hen og gemte; derpå kom de tilbage og gik ind i et andet Telt; også der tog de noget, som de gik hen og gemte.
9 Then they said each other, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, but we are keeping quiet about it. If we wait until daybreak, punishment will overtake us. Now then, come, let us go and tell the king's household.”
Så sagde de til hverandre: "Det er ikke rigtigt, som vi bærer os ad! Denne Dag er et godt Budskabs Dag; tier vi stille og venter til Daggry, pådrager vi os Skyld; lad os derfor gå hen og melde det i Kongens Palads!"
10 So they went and called the gatekeepers of the city. They told them, saying, “We went to the camp of the Arameans, but there was no one there, not the sound of anyone, but there were the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.”
Så gik de hen og råbte til Byens Portvægtere og bragte dem den Melding: "Vi kom til Aramæernes Lejr, og der var ikke et Menneske at se eller høre, men vi fandt Hestene og Æslerne bundet og Teltene urørt!"
11 Then the gatekeepers shouted out the news, and then it was told inside the king's household.
Portvægterne råbte det ud, og man meldte det inde i Kongens Palads.
12 Then the king arose at night and said to his servants, “I will tell you now what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we are hungry, so they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the fields. They are saying, 'When they come out of the city, we will take them alive, and get into the city.'”
Men Kongen stod op om Natten og sagde til sine Folk: "Jeg skal sige eder, hvad Aramæerne har for med os; de ved, at vi er udsultet, derfor har de forladt Lejren og skjult sig på Marken, i den Tanke at vi skal gå ud af Byen, så de kan fange os levende og trænge ind i Byen!"
13 One of the king's servants answered and said, “I beg you, let some men take five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city. They are like all the rest of the population of Israel who are left—most are now dead; let us send them and see.”
Men en af Folkene svarede: - "Vi kan jo tage en fem Stykker af de Heste, der er tilbage her - det vil jo dog gå dem som alle de mange, der allerede var omkommet - og sende Folk derhen, så får vi se!"
14 So they took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the army of the Arameans, saying, “Go and see.”
De tog da to Spand Heste, og Kongen sendte Folk efter Aramæernes Hær og sagde: "Rid hen og se efter!"
15 They went after them to the Jordan, and all the road was full of clothes and equipment that the Arameans had cast away in their hurry. So the messengers returned and told the king.
Så drog de efter dem lige til Jordan og fandt hele Vejen fuld af Klæder og Våben, som Aramæerne havde kastet fra sig på deres hovedkulds Flugt. Derpå vendte Sendebudene tilbage og meldte det til Kongen.
16 The people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, just as the word of Yahweh had said.
Så drog Folket ud og plyndrede Aramæernes Lejr; og således kom en Sea fint Hvedemel til at koste en Sekel og to Sea Byg ligeledes en Sekel, som HERREN havde sagt.
17 The king had ordered the captain on whose hand he had leaned to be in charge of the gate, and the people trampled him down in the gateway. He died as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king had come down to him.
Kongen havde overdraget Høvedsmanden, til hvis Arm han støttede sig, Tilsynet med Porten, men Folket trådte ham ned i Porten, så han døde, således som den Guds Mand havde sagt, dengang Kongen kom ned til ham.
18 So it happened as the man of God had said to the king, saying, “About this time in the gate of Samaria, two measures of barley will be available for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel.”
Da den Guds Mand sagde til Kongen: "To Sea Byg skal koste en Sekel og en Sea fitnt Hvedemel ligeledes en Sekel i Morgen ved denne Tid i Samarias Port!"
19 That captain had answered the man of God and said, “See, even if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, can this thing happen?” Elisha had said, “See, you will watch it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it.”
da havde Høvedsmanden svaret ham: "Om så HERREN satte Vinduer på Himmelen, mon da sligt kunde ske?" Og den Guds Mand havde sagt: "Med egne Øjne skal du få det at se, men ikke komme til at spise deraf!"
20 That is what exactly what happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gate, and he died.
Således gik det ham; Folket trådte ham ned i Porten, så han døde.
