< 2 Kings 7 >
1 Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To-morrow about this time [shall] a measure of fine flour [be sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
Ịlaisha zara sị ya, “Nụrụ okwu Onyenwe anyị. Nʼihi na otu a ka Onyenwe anyị na-ekwu, Nʼoge dịka mgbe a echi, a ga-ere otu akpa nta ụtụ ọka otu shekel, rekwaa akpa nta ọka balị abụọ otu shekel nʼọnụ ụzọ ama obodo Sameria.”
2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, [if] the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see [it] with thy eyes, but shalt not eat of it.
Ọchịagha ahụ, nke eze na-adabere nʼaka ya, sịrị onye nke Chineke, “Lee, a sịkwarị na Onyenwe anyị emeghee oghere idee nke eluigwe, nke a ọ pụrụ ime?” Ma Ịlaisha zara ya, “Ị ga-eji anya gị abụọ hụ ya, ma ị gaghị eri site nʼime ya.”
3 And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
Nʼoge a, e nwere ndị ekpenta anọ nọ nʼezi mgbidi gbara Sameria gburugburu, nʼakụkụ ọnụ ụzọ e si abata obodo ahụ. Ha sịrịtara onwe ha, “Gịnị ka anyị nọ nʼebe a na-eme? Ọ bụ ka anyị nọrọ nʼebe a tutu anyị anwụọ?
4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine [is] in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall to the army of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
Ọ bụrụ na anyị asị, ‘Anyị ga-abanye nʼime obodo,’ ụnwụ dị nʼebe ahụ, anyị ga-anwụkwa. Ọ bụrụkwanụ na anyị anọgide nʼebe a anyị ga-anwụ. Ya mere ka anyị gafeenụ banye nʼọmụma ụlọ ikwu ndị agha Aram, were onwe anyị nyefee ha nʼaka. Ọ bụrụ na ha edebe anyị ndụ, anyị ga-adị ndụ, ọ bụrụ na ha egbuo anyị, anyị ga-anwụkwa.”
5 And they rose in the twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians: and when they had come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, [there was] no man there.
Nʼoge uhuruchi, ha biliri gaa nʼọmụma ụlọ ikwu ndị agha Aram. Mgbe ha bịarutere nʼọnụ ụlọ ikwu ahụ, o nwekwaghị onye nọ nʼebe ahụ,
6 For the LORD had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, [even] the noise of a great army: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị mere ka ndị Aram nụ ụzụ ụgbọ agha na nke ịnyịnya, na nke usuu ndị agha. Nke a mere ka onye ọbụla gwa ibe ya sị, “Lee, eze ndị Izrel egoola ndị agha ndị Het, na ndị eze Ijipt ibuso anyị agha.”
7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it [was], and fled for their life.
Ha biliri gbapụ ọsọ nʼabalị ahụ, hapụ ụlọ ikwu ha niile, na ịnyịnya ha niile, na ịnyịnya ibu ha niile, na ihe niile otu o si dịrị, ma gbapụ ọsọ ndụ.
8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drank, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid [it]; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence [also], and went and hid [it].
Mgbe ndị ekpenta ahụ rutere ogige ndị agha ndị Siria, ha banyere nʼime otu ụlọ rie ihe, ṅụkwaa ihe ọṅụṅụ dị nʼime ya. Ha chịịrị ọlaọcha na ọlaedo na uwe ọma niile dị nʼime ya gaa zoo ha. Ọzọkwa, ha lọghachiri banye nʼụlọ ọzọ kwakọrọ ụfọdụ ihe dị nʼime ya gaa zoo.
9 Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day [is] a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.
Ma mgbe ahụ ha sịrịtara onwe ha, “Ihe anyị na-eme ezighị ezi. Taa bụ ụbọchị oziọma, ma lee ka anyị na-agba nkịtị. Ọ bụrụ na anyị echere ruo ìhè ụtụtụ, a ga-achọpụta ajọọ omume anyị. Ugbu a bịanụ, ka anyị gaa gwa ndị nọ nʼụlọeze, ihe anyị hụrụ.”
10 So they came and called to the porter of the city: and they told him, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, [there was] no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they [were].
Ya mere, ha gara kpọkuo ndị nche ọnụ ụzọ obodo ahụ, gwa ha sị, “Anyị banyere nʼogige ndị agha Aram, o nweghị mmadụ ọbụla nọ nʼebe ahụ, ọ dịghị olu mmadụ anyị nụrụ nʼebe ahụ, naanị ịnyịnya na ịnyịnya ibu elibere nʼosisi, na ụlọ ikwu ha a hapụrụ dịka ha dị.”
11 And he called the porters; and they told [it] to the king's house within.
Ndị na-eche nche tiri mkpu kọọrọ ndị nọ nʼụlọeze ihe mere.
12 And the king arose in the night, and said to his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we [are] hungry; therefore they have gone out of the camp, to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.
Eze biliri nʼabalị ahụ gwa ndịisi ọrụ ya sị, “Ka m gwa unu ihe ndị Aram mere anyị. Ha maara na anyị nọ nʼoke agụụ, nʼihi ya, ha akpacharala anya hapụ ọmụma ụlọ ikwu ha gaa zoo onwe ha nʼime ọhịa. Echiche ha bụ, ‘Ndị a ga-apụtarịrị, mgbe ahụ, anyị ga-ejide ha na ndụ, banyekwa nʼime obodo ha.’”
13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let [some] take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they [are] as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, [I say], they [are] even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed: ) and let us send and see.
Ma otu onye nʼime ndịisi agha ya zara sị ya, “Ka ụfọdụ mmadụ duru ịnyịnya ise ndị ahụ fọdụrụ nʼobodo. Ọ bụrụ na ndị a alọtaghị ọnọdụ ha ga-adị ka nke ndị Izrel niile fọdụrụ nʼebe, e, ha ga-adị ka ndị Izrel niile a gụrụ dịka ndị nwụrụ anwụ. Ya mere, ka anyị zipụ ha ka ha gaa chọpụta ihe mere.”
14 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
Ya mere, ha họpụtara ụgbọ agha abụọ na ịnyịnya ndị na-adọkpụ ha. Eze zipụrụ ha ịchụso ndị agha Aram, O nyere ndị na-agba ha iwu sị, “Gaanụ chọpụta ihe mere.”
15 And they went after them to Jordan: and lo, all the way [was] full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
Ha sogidere ha ruo nʼosimiri Jọdan. Nʼakụkụ ụzọ niile jupụtara nʼuwe na ngwa agha ndị agha Aram tufuru mgbe ha na-eme ngwangwa. Ndị ahụ e zipụrụ lọghachiri bịa kọọrọ eze ihe ha hụrụ.
16 And the people went out, and plundered the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
Ndị Izrel niile pụrụ gaa kwakọrọ ihe dị nʼọmụma ụlọ ikwu ndị Aram. Nke bụ na e rere otu akpa nta ụtụ ọka a kwọrọ nke ọma otu shekel, rekwaa akpa ọka balị abụọ otu shekel dịka Onyenwe anyị si kwuo.
17 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.
Eze họpụtara ọchịagha ahụ, nke ọ na-adabere nʼaka ya, nye ya ọrụ ilekọta ọnụ ụzọ obodo ahụ. Ma ndị si nʼobodo na-enupụta nuturu ya, zọọ ya ụkwụ, zọgbuo ya mgbe ha na-agbapụta. Ọ nwụrụ dịka Ịlaisha onye nke Chineke kwuru mgbe eze bịakwutere ya ụnyaahụ, ijide ya.
18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
Ihe niile mezuru dịka onye nke Chineke gwara eze okwu sị ya, “A ga-ere akpa nta ọka balị abụọ otu shekel na otu akpa nta ụtụ ọka otu shekel, nʼọnụ ụzọ ama Sameria.”
19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, [if] the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thy eyes, but shalt not eat of it.
Nʼoge ahụ, ọchịagha ahụ na-ejere eze ozi zara sị ya, “Ihe dị otu a agaghị eme, ọ bụladị na Onyenwe anyị emeghee eluigwe mee ka nri zoo, nke a ọ ga-eme?” Ma onye nke Chineke zara ya, “Ị ga-eji anya gị hụ ya, ma ị gaghị eso rie ya.”
20 And so it happened to him: for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died.
Ọ bụkwa otu a ka o si mee, nʼihi na ndị mmadụ zọgburu ya nʼụkwụ nʼọnụ ụzọ ama, ebe ọ nọ nwụọ.