2 Kings 5

1 Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance to Syria: he was also a mighty man in valor, [but he was] a leper.

١ وَكَانَ نُعْمَانُ رَئِيسُ جَيْشِ مَلِكِ أَرَامَ رَجُلًا عَظِيمًا عِنْدَ سَيِّدِهِ مَرْفُوعَ ٱلْوَجْهِ، لِأَنَّهُ عَنْ يَدِهِ أَعْطَى ٱلرَّبُّ خَلَاصًا لِأَرَامَ. وَكَانَ ٱلرَّجُلُ جَبَّارَ بَأْسٍ، أَبْرَصَ.

2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.

٢ وَكَانَ ٱلْأَرَامِيُّونَ قَدْ خَرَجُوا غُزَاةً فَسَبَوْا مِنْ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَتَاةً صَغِيرَةً، فَكَانَتْ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ ٱمْرَأَةِ نُعْمَانَ.

3 And she said to her mistress, I would that my lord [were] with the prophet that [is] in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.

٣ فَقَالَتْ لِمَوْلَاتِهَا: «يَا لَيْتَ سَيِّدِي أَمَامَ ٱلنَّبِيِّ ٱلَّذِي فِي ٱلسَّامِرَةِ، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يَشْفِيهِ مِنْ بَرَصِهِ».

4 And [one] went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that [is] of the land of Israel.

٤ فَدَخَلَ وَأَخْبَرَ سَيِّدَهُ قَائِلًا: «كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَتِ ٱلْجَارِيَةُ ٱلَّتِي مِنْ أَرْضِ إِسْرَائِيلَ».

5 And the king of Syria said, Come, go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold, and ten changes of raiment.

٥ فَقَالَ مَلِكُ أَرَامَ: «ٱنْطَلِقْ ذَاهِبًا، فَأُرْسِلَ كِتَابًا إِلَى مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ». فَذَهَبَ وَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ عَشَرَ وَزَنَاتٍ مِنَ ٱلْفِضَّةِ، وَسِتَّةَ آلَافِ شَاقِلٍ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ، وَعَشَرَ حُلَلٍ مِنَ ٱلثِّيَابِ.

6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter hath come to thee, behold, I have [with this] sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.

٦ وَأَتَى بِٱلْكِتَابِ إِلَى مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ يَقُولُ فِيهِ: «فَٱلْآنَ عِنْدَ وُصُولِ هَذَا ٱلْكِتَابِ إِلَيْكَ، هُوَذَا قَدْ أَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْكَ نُعْمَانَ عَبْدِي فَٱشْفِهِ مِنْ بَرَصِهِ».

7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, [Am] I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send to me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

٧ فَلَمَّا قَرَأَ مَلِكُ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلْكِتَابَ مَزَّقَ ثِيَابَهُ وَقَالَ: «هَلْ أَنَا ٱللهُ لِكَيْ أُمِيتَ وَأُحْيِيَ، حَتَّى إِنَّ هَذَا يُرْسِلُ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَشْفِيَ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَرَصِهِ؟ فَٱعْلَمُوا وَٱنْظُرُوا أَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا يَتَعَرَّضُ لِي».

8 And it was [so], when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Why hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

٨ وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ أَلِيشَعُ رَجُلُ ٱللهِ أَنَّ مَلِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدْ مَزَّقَ ثِيَابَهُ، أَرْسَلَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ يَقُولُ: «لِمَاذَا مَزَّقْتَ ثِيَابَكَ؟ لِيَأْتِ إِلَيَّ فَيَعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ يُوجَدُ نَبِيٌّ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ».

9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.

٩ فَجَاءَ نُعْمَانُ بِخَيْلِهِ وَمَرْكَبَاتِهِ وَوَقَفَ عِنْدَ بَابِ بَيْتِ أَلِيشَعَ.

10 And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

١٠ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ أَلِيشَعُ رَسُولًا يَقُولُ: «ٱذْهَبْ وَٱغْتَسِلْ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ، فَيَرْجِعَ لَحْمُكَ إِلَيْكَ وَتَطْهُرَ».

11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

١١ فَغَضِبَ نُعْمَانُ وَمَضَى وَقَالَ: «هُوَذَا قُلْتُ إِنَّهُ يَخْرُجُ إِلَيَّ، وَيَقِفُ وَيَدْعُو بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِهِ، وَيُرَدِّدُ يَدَهُ فَوْقَ ٱلْمَوْضِعِ فَيُشْفِي ٱلْأَبْرَصَ.

12 [Are] not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

١٢ أَلَيْسَ أَبَانَةُ وَفَرْفَرُ نَهْرَا دِمَشْقَ أَحْسَنَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ مِيَاهِ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟ أَمَا كُنْتُ أَغْتَسِلُ بِهِمَا فَأَطْهُرَ؟» وَرَجَعَ وَمَضَى بِغَيْظٍ.

13 And his servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, My father, [if] the prophet had bid thee [do some] great thing, wouldst thou not have done [it]? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

١٣ فَتَقَدَّمَ عَبِيدُهُ وَكَلَّمُوهُ وَقَالُوا: «يَا أَبَانَا، لَوْ قَالَ لَكَ ٱلنَّبِيُّ أَمْرًا عَظِيمًا، أَمَا كُنْتَ تَعْمَلُهُ؟ فَكَمْ بِٱلْحَرِيِّ إِذَا قَالَ لَكَ: ٱغْتَسِلْ وَٱطْهُرْ؟».

14 Then he went down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

١٤ فَنَزَلَ وَغَطَسَ فِي ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ، حَسَبَ قَوْلِ رَجُلِ ٱللهِ، فَرَجَعَ لَحْمُهُ كَلَحْمِ صَبِيٍّ صَغِيرٍ وَطَهُرَ.

15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that [there is] no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing from thy servant.

١٥ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى رَجُلِ ٱللهِ هُوَ وَكُلُّ جَيْشِهِ وَدَخَلَ وَوَقَفَ أَمَامَهُ وَقَالَ: «هُوَذَا قَدْ عَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ إِلَهٌ فِي كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَٱلْآنَ فَخُذْ بَرَكَةً مِنْ عَبْدِكَ».

16 But he said, [As] the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take [it]; but he refused.

١٦ فَقَالَ: «حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلَّذِي أَنَا وَاقِفٌ أَمَامَهُ، إِنِّي لَا آخُذُ». وَأَلَحَّ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ فَأَبَى.

17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt-offering nor sacrifice to other gods, but to the LORD.

١٧ فَقَالَ نُعْمَانُ: «أَمَا يُعْطَى لِعَبْدِكَ حِمْلُ بَغْلَيْنِ مِنَ ٱلتُّرَابِ، لِأَنَّهُ لَا يُقَرِّبُ بَعْدُ عَبْدُكَ مُحْرَقَةً وَلَا ذَبِيحَةً لِآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى بَلْ لِلرَّبِّ.

18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, [that] when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.

١٨ عَنْ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ يَصْفَحُ ٱلرَّبُّ لِعَبْدِكَ: عِنْدَ دُخُولِ سَيِّدِي إِلَى بَيْتِ رِمُّونَ لِيَسْجُدَ هُنَاكَ، وَيَسْتَنِدُ عَلَى يَدِي فَأَسْجُدُ فِي بَيْتِ رِمُّونَ، فَعِنْدَ سُجُودِي فِي بَيْتِ رِمُّونَ يَصْفَحُ ٱلرَّبُّ لِعَبْدِكَ عَنْ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ».

19 And he said to him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.

١٩ فَقَالَ لَهُ: «ٱمْضِ بِسَلَامٍ». وَلَمَّا مَضَى مِنْ عِنْدِهِ مَسَافَةً مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ،

20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but [as] the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat from him.

٢٠ قَالَ جِيحْزِي غُلَامُ أَلِيشَعَ رَجُلِ ٱللهِ: «هُوَذَا سَيِّدِي قَدِ ٱمْتَنَعَ عَنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ مِنْ يَدِ نُعْمَانَ ٱلْأَرَامِيِّ هَذَا مَا أَحْضَرَهُ. حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ، إِنِّي أَجْرِي وَرَاءَهُ وَآخُذُ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا».

21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw [him] running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, [Is] all well?

٢١ فَسَارَ جِيحْزِي وَرَاءَ نُعْمَانَ. وَلَمَّا رَآهُ نُعْمَانُ رَاكِضًا وَرَاءَهُ نَزَلَ عَنِ ٱلْمَرْكَبَةِ لِلِقَائِهِ وَقَالَ: «أَسَلَامٌ؟».

22 And he said, All [is] well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there have come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.

٢٢ فَقَالَ: «سَلَامٌ. إِنَّ سَيِّدِي قَدْ أَرْسَلَنِي قَائِلًا: هُوَذَا فِي هَذَا ٱلْوَقْتِ قَدْ جَاءَ إِلَيَّ غُلَامَانِ مِنْ جَبَلِ أَفْرَايِمَ مِنْ بَنِي ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ، فَأَعْطِهِمَا وَزْنَةَ فِضَّةٍ وَحُلَّتَيْ ثِيَابٍ».

23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid [them] upon two of his servants; and they bore [them] before him.

٢٣ فَقَالَ نُعْمَانُ: «ٱقْبَلْ وَخُذْ وَزْنَتَيْنِ». وَأَلَحَّ عَلَيْهِ، وَصَرَّ وَزْنَتَيْ فِضَّةٍ فِي كِيسَيْنِ، وَحُلَّتَيِ ٱلثِّيَابِ، وَدَفَعَهَا لِغُلَامَيْهِ فَحَمَلَاهَا قُدَّامَهُ.

24 And when he came to the tower, he took [them] from their hand, and bestowed [them] in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.

٢٤ وَلَمَّا وَصَلَ إِلَى ٱلْأَكَمَةِ أَخَذَهَا مِنْ أَيْدِيهِمَا وَأَوْدَعَهَا فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ وَأَطْلَقَ ٱلرَّجُلَيْنِ فَٱنْطَلَقَا.

25 But he went in, and stood before his master: and Elisha said to him, Whence [comest thou] Gehazi? and he said, Thy servant went no whither.

٢٥ وَأَمَّا هُوَ فَدَخَلَ وَوَقَفَ أَمَامَ سَيِّدِهِ. فَقَالَ لَهُ أَلِيشَعُ: «مِنْ أَيْنَ يَاجِيحْزِي؟» فَقَالَ: «لَمْ يَذْهَبْ عَبْدُكَ إِلَى هُنَا أَوْ هُنَاكَ».

26 And he said to him, Went not my heart [with thee], when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? [Is it] a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive-yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants?

٢٦ فَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَلَمْ يَذْهَبْ قَلْبِي حِينَ رَجَعَ ٱلرَّجُلُ مِنْ مَرْكَبَتِهِ لِلِقَائِكَ؟ أَهُوَ وَقْتٌ لِأَخْذِ ٱلْفِضَّةِ وَلِأَخْذِ ثِيَابٍ وَزَيْتُونٍ وَكُرُومٍ وَغَنَمٍ وَبَقَرٍ وَعَبِيدٍ وَجَوَارٍ؟

27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave to thee, and to thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper [as white] as snow.

٢٧ فَبَرَصُ نُعْمَانَ يَلْصَقُ بِكَ وَبِنَسْلِكَ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ». فَخَرَجَ مِنْ أَمَامِهِ أَبْرَصَ كَٱلثَّلْجِ.