2 Kings 4

1 Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead. You know that your servant feared the LORD. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves.”

١ وَاسْتَغَاثَتْ إِحْدَى نِسَاءِ بَنِي الأَنْبِيَاءِ بِأَلِيشَعَ قَائِلَةً: «عَبْدُكَ زَوْجِي تُوُفِّيَ، وَأَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَتَّقِي الرَّبَّ، وَقَدْ أَقْبَلَ مُدِينُهُ الْمُرَابِي لِيَأْخُذَ وَلَدَيَّ عَبْدَيْنِ لَهُ مُقَابِلَ دُيُونِهِ».

2 Elisha said to her, “What should I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She said, “Your servant has nothing in the house, except a pot of oil.”

٢ فَسَأَلَهَا أَلِيشَعُ: «مَاذَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ أَصْنَعَ لَكِ؟ أَخْبِرِينِي مَاذَا عِنْدَكِ فِي الْبَيْتِ؟» فَقَالَتْ: «لا أَمْلِكُ فِي الْبَيْتِ شَيْئاً سِوَى قَلِيلٍ مِنَ الزَّيْتِ».

3 Then he said, “Go, borrow empty containers from all your neighbours. Don’t borrow just a few containers.

٣ فَقَالَ لَهَا أَلِيشَعُ: «اذْهَبِي اسْتَعِيرِي أَوَانِيَ فَاِرغَةً مِنْ عِنْدِ جَمِيعِ جِيرَانِكِ وَأَكْثِرِي مِنْهَا.

4 Go in and shut the door on you and on your sons, and pour oil into all those containers; and set aside those which are full.”

٤ ثُمَّ ادْخُلِي بَيْتَكِ وَأَغْلِقِي الْبَابَ عَلَى نَفْسِكِ وَعَلَى بَنِيكِ، وَصُبِّي زَيْتاً فِي جَمِيعِ هَذِهِ الأَوَانِي، وَانْقُلِي مَا يَمْتَلِئُ مِنْهَا إِلَى جَانِبٍ».

5 So she went from him, and shut the door on herself and on her sons. They brought the containers to her, and she poured oil.

٥ فَمَضَتْ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ وَأَغْلَقَتِ الْبَابَ عَلَى نَفْسِهَا وَعَلَى أَبْنَائِهَا، الَّذِينَ رَاحُوا يُحْضِرُونَ لَهَا الأَوَانِيَ الْفَارِغَةَ فَتَصُبُّ فِيهَا.

6 When the containers were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another container.” He said to her, “There isn’t another container.” Then the oil stopped flowing.

٦ وَحِينَ امْتَلأَتْ جَمِيعُ الأَوَانِي قَالَتْ لاِبْنِهَا: «هَاتِ إِنَاءً آخَرَ». فَأَجَابَهَا: «لَمْ يَبْقَ هُنَاكَ إِنَاءٌ». عِنْدَئِذٍ تَوَقَّفَ تَدَفُّقُ الزَّيْتِ.

7 Then she came and told the man of God. He said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.”

٧ فَجَاءَتْ إِلَى رَجُلِ اللهِ وَأَخْبَرَتْهُ. فَقَالَ لَهَا: «اذْهَبِي وَبِيعِي الزَّيْتَ وَأَوْفِي دَيْنَكِ، وَعِيشِي أَنْتِ وَأَبْنَاؤُكِ بِمَا يَتَبَقَّى مِنْ مَالٍ».

8 One day Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman; and she persuaded him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.

٨ وَذَاتَ يَوْمٍ ذَهَبَ أَلِيشَعُ إِلَى شُونَمَ حَيْثُ تُقِيمُ امْرَأَةٌ بَالِغَةُ الثَّرَاءِ، فَأَلَحَّتْ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَمْكُثَ لِيَأْكُلَ طَعَاماً. وَكَانَ كُلَّمَا زَارَ شُونَمَ تَسْتَضِيفُهُ فِي مَنْزِلِهَا.

9 She said to her husband, “See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God who passes by us continually.

٩ فَقَالَتْ لِزَوْجِهَا: «لَقَدْ أَدْرَكْتُ أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي نَسْتَضِيفُهُ دَائِماً هُوَ رَجُلٌ مُقَدَّسٌ لِلَّهِ،

10 Please, let’s make a little room on the roof. Let’s set a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp stand for him there. When he comes to us, he can stay there.”

١٠ فَلْنَبْنِ لَهُ عُلِّيَّةً صَغِيرَةً عَلَى سَطْحِ الْبَيْتِ، وَنُعِدَّ لَهُ فِيهَا سَرِيراً وَطَاوِلَةً وَكُرْسِيًّا وَسِرَاجاً، فَيَبِيتَ فِيهَا كُلَّمَا مَرَّ بِنَا».

11 One day he came there, and he went to the room and lay there.

١١ وَاتَّفَقَ أَنْ جَاءَ أَلِيشَعُ إِلَى الْعُلِّيَّةِ وَارْتَاحَ فِيهَا.

12 He said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him.

١٢ فَقَالَ لِغُلامِهِ جِيحَزِي: «ادْعُ هَذِهِ الشُّونَمِيَّةَ» فَاسْتَدْعَاهَا وَجَاءَتْ.

13 He said to him, “Say now to her, ‘Behold, you have cared for us with all this care. What is to be done for you? Would you like to be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the army?’” She answered, “I dwell amongst my own people.”

١٣ فَقَالَ لِجِيحَزِي: «قُلْ لَهَا: لَقَدْ تَكَبَّدْتِ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الْمَشَقَّةِ مِنْ أَجْلِنَا، فَمَاذَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ أَصْنَعَ لَكِ؟ هَلْ لَدَيْكِ طَلَبٌ أَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ أَوْ إِلَى رَئِيسِ الْجَيْشِ؟» فَأَجَابَتْ: «لا. إِنَّنِي رَاضِيَةٌ بِالإِقَامَةِ بَيْنَ شَعْبِي».

14 He said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old.”

١٤ ثُمَّ تَسَاءَلَ: «مَاذَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ نَصْنَعَ لَهَا؟» فَأَجَابَهُ جِيحَزِي: «لَيْسَ لَهَا ابْنٌ، وَزَوْجُهَا طَاعِنٌ فِي السِّنِّ».

15 He said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the door.

١٥ فَقَالَ أَلِيشَعُ: «اسْتَدْعِهَا». فَدَعَاهَا، فَوَقَفَتْ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ.

16 He said, “At this season next year, you will embrace a son.” She said, “No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your servant.”

١٦ فَقَالَ لَهَا أَلِيشَعُ: «فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْوَقْتِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الْقَادِمَةِ سَتَحْضُنِينَ ابْناً بَيْنَ ذِرَاعَيْكِ». فَقَالَتْ: «لا يَا سَيِّدِي رَجُلَ اللهِ. لَا تَخْدَعْ أَمَتَكَ».

17 The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season when the time came around, as Elisha had said to her.

١٧ وَلَكِنَّهَا حَمَلَتْ وَأَنْجَبَتِ ابْناً فِي الزَّمَنِ الَّذِي أَنْبَأَ بِهِ أَلِيشَعُ.

18 When the child was grown, one day he went out to his father to the reapers.

١٨ وَكَبُرَ الصَّبِيُّ. وَذَاتَ يَوْمٍ انْطَلَقَ إِلَى حَيْثُ كَانَ أَبُوهُ يُشْرِفُ عَلَى الْحَصَّادِينَ،

19 He said to his father, “My head! My head!” He said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

١٩ وَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ قَالَ لأَبِيهِ: «رَأْسِي يُؤْلِمُنِي، رَأْسِي». فَقَالَ لأَحَدِ رِجَالِهِ: «احْمِلْهُ إِلَى أُمِّهِ».

20 When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.

٢٠ فَحَمَلَهُ إِلَى أُمِّهِ فَأَجْلَسَتْهُ فِي حِجْرِهَا، وَلَكِنَّهُ مَاتَ عِنْدَ الظُّهْرِ.

21 She went up and laid him on the man of God’s bed, and shut the door on him, and went out.

٢١ فَصَعِدَتْ إِلَى الْعُلِّيَّةِ وَأَرْقَدَتْهُ عَلَى سَرِيرِ رَجُلِ اللهِ، وَأَغْلَقَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْبَابَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَتْ.

22 She called to her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and come again.”

٢٢ وَقَالَتْ لِزَوْجِهَا: «ابْعَثْ لِي بِأَحَدِ رِجَالِكَ مَعَ أَتَانٍ لأُهْرَعَ إِلَى رَجُلِ اللهِ ثُمَّ أَرْجِعَ».

23 He said, “Why would you want to go to him today? It is not a new moon or a Sabbath.” She said, “It’s all right.”

٢٣ فَسَأَلَهَا: «لِمَاذَا تَذْهَبِينَ إِلَيْهِ الْيَوْمَ، مَعَ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ رَأْسَ الشَّهْرِ وَلا سَبْتاً؟» فَأَجَابَتْ: «لِلْخَيْرِ!»

24 Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, “Drive, and go forward! Don’t slow down for me, unless I ask you to.”

٢٤ وَأَسْرَجَتِ الأَتَانَ وَقَالَتْ لِغُلامِهَا: «قُدِ الأَتَانَ وَلا تُبْطِئْ فِي السَّيْرِ حِفَاظاً علَى رَاحَتِي حَتَّى أَطْلُبَ مِنْكَ ذَلِكَ».

25 So she went, and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her afar off, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Behold, there is the Shunammite.

٢٥ وَانْطَلَقَتْ حَتَّى أَقْبَلَتْ عَلَى رَجُلِ اللهِ فِي جَبَلِ الْكَرْمَلِ. فَلَمَّا شَاهَدَهَا مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، قَالَ لِغُلامِهِ جِيحَزِي: «هَا هِيَ الْمَرْأَةُ الشُّونَمِيَّةُ.

26 Please run now to meet her, and ask her, ‘Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with your child?’” She answered, “It is well.”

٢٦ فَارْكُضْ لِلِقَائِهَا الآنَ وَاسْأَلْهَا: أَهِيَ بِخَيْرٍ؟ هَلْ زَوْجُهَا سَالِمٌ؟ هَلِ ابْنُهَا سَالِمٌ؟» فَأَجَابَتْ: «كُلُّ شَيْءٍ بِخَيْرٍ».

27 When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the LORD has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”

٢٧ فَلَمَّا جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَجُلِ اللهِ فِي الْجَبَلِ تَشَبَّثَتْ بِقَدَمَيْهِ. فَاقْتَرَبَ مِنْهَا جِيحَزِي لِيُبْعِدَهَا عَنْهُ، فَقَالَ رَجُلُ اللهِ: «اتْرُكْهَا، فَإِنَّ نَفْسَهَا مَرِيرَةٌ فِي دَاخِلِهَا وَالرَّبُّ لَمْ يَكْشِفْ لِي مَا بِها».

28 Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me’?”

٢٨ فَقَالَتْ: «هَلْ طَلَبْتُ مِنْ سَيِّدِي أَنْ أُنْجِبَ ابْناً؟ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَا تَخْدَعْنِي؟»

29 Then he said to Gehazi, “Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff in your hand, and go your way. If you meet any man, don’t greet him; and if anyone greets you, don’t answer him again. Then lay my staff on the child’s face.”

٢٩ فَأَمَرَ أَلِيشَعُ جِيحَزِي: «تَمَنْطَقْ بِحِزَامِكَ، وَخُذْ عُكَّازِي وَانْطَلِقْ. وَإذَا صَادَفْتَ أَحَداً فَلا تُحَيِّهِ، وَإِنْ حَيَّاكَ أَحَدٌ فَلا تُجِبْهُ. وَضَعْ عُكَّازِي عَلَى وَجْهِ الصَّبِيِّ».

30 The child’s mother said, “As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So he arose, and followed her.

٣٠ فَقَالَتْ أُمُّ الصَّبِيِّ: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ، وَحَيَّةٌ هِيَ نَفْسُكَ إِنَّنِي لَا أَتْرُكُكَ». فَقَامَ وَتَبِعَهَا.

31 Gehazi went ahead of them, and laid the staff on the child’s face; but there was no voice and no hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, “The child has not awakened.”

٣١ وَسَبَقَهُمَا جِيحْزِي وَوَضَعَ الْعُكَّازَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الصَّبِيِّ، وَلَكِنْ مِنْ غَيْرِ جَدْوَى فَرَجَعَ لِلِقَاءِ أَلِيشَعَ وَقَالَ: «لَمْ تَرْتَدَّ الْحَيَاةُ إِلَى الصَّبِيِّ».

32 When Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and lying on his bed.

٣٢ وَدَخَلَ أَلِيشَعُ الْبَيْتَ وَإذَا بِالصَّبِيِّ مَيْتٌ فِي سَرِيرِهِ.

33 He went in therefore, and shut the door on them both, and prayed to the LORD.

٣٣ فَدَخَلَ الْعُلِّيَّةَ وَأَغْلَقَ الْبَابَ وَتَضَرَّعَ إِلَى الرَّبِّ،

34 He went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. He stretched himself on him; and the child’s flesh grew warm.

٣٤ ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعَ فَوْقَ جُثَّةِ الصَّبِيِّ، وَوَضَعَ فَمَهُ عَلَى فَمِهِ، وَعَيْنَيْهِ عَلَى عَيْنَيْهِ، وَيَدَيْهِ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ، وَتَمَدَّدَ عَلَيْهِ، فَبَدَأَ الدِّفْءُ يَسْرِي فِي جَسَدِ الصَّبِيِّ.

35 Then he returned, and walked in the house once back and forth, then went up and stretched himself out on him. Then the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

٣٥ فَأَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ يَذْرَعُ أَرْضَ الْعُلِّيَّةِ ثُمَّ عَادَ وَتَمَدَّدَ عَلَى الْوَلَدِ، فَعَطَس هَذَا سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ وَفَتَحَ عَيْنَيْهِ.

36 He called Gehazi, and said, “Call this Shunammite!” So he called her. When she had come in to him, he said, “Take up your son.”

٣٦ فَاسْتَدْعَى جِيحَزِي وَقَالَ: «ادْعُ هَذِهِ الشُّونَمِيَّةَ». وَعِنْدَمَا مَثَلَتْ أَمَامَهُ قَالَ: «احْمِلِي ابْنَكِ!»

37 Then she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; then she picked up her son, and went out.

٣٧ فَسَجَدَتْ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا إِلَى الأَرْضِ عِنْدَ قَدَمَيْهِ ثُمَّ حَمَلَتِ ابْنَهَا وَانْصَرَفَتْ.

38 Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, “Get the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”

٣٨ وَرَجَعَ أَلِيشَعُ إِلَى الْجِلْجَالِ. بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ عَمَّتِ الْمَجَاعَةُ الْبِلادَ. وَفِيمَا كَانَ بَنُو الأَنْبِيَاءِ مُجْتَمِعِينَ مَعَ أَلِيشَعَ، قَالَ لِخَادِمِهِ: «اسْلُقْ بَعْضَ السَّلِيقَةِ فِي الْقِدْرِ الْكَبِيرَةِ لِبَنِي الأَنْبِيَاءِ».

39 One went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered a lap full of wild gourds from it, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew; for they didn’t recognise them.

٣٩ وَانْطَلَقَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ لِيَلْتَقِطَ بَعْضَ الْخُضْرَوَاتِ، فَعَثَرَ عَلَى يَقْطِينٍ بَرِّيٍّ سَامٍّ، فَالْتَقَطَ مِنْهُ مِلْءَ ثَوْبِهِ، وَقَطَّعَهُ وَطَرَحَهُ فِي قِدْرِ السَّلِيقَةِ، غَيْرَ عَالِمٍ أَنَّهُ سَامٌّ.

40 So they poured out for the men to eat. As they were eating some of the stew, they cried out and said, “Man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.

٤٠ وَصَبُّوا لِلْقَوْمِ لِيَأْكُلُوا، وَلَكِنْ مَا إِنْ تَنَاوَلُوا مِنْهُ حَتَّى صَرَخُوا: «فِي الْقِدْرِ سُمٌّ يَا رَجُلَ اللهِ». وَلَمْ يَسْتطِيعُوا الأَكْلَ.

41 But he said, “Then bring meal.” He threw it into the pot; and he said, “Serve it to the people, that they may eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.

٤١ فَقَالَ: «هَاتُوا دَقِيقاً» وَأَلْقَى أَلِيشَعُ الدَّقِيقَ فِي الْقِدْرِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: «صُبَّ لِلْقَوْمِ لِيَأْكُلُوا». فَأَقْبَلُوا عَلَى الطَّعَامِ وَكَأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ مُؤْذٍ فِي الْقِدْرِ.

42 A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God some bread of the first fruits: twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. Elisha said, “Give to the people, that they may eat.”

٤٢ وَحَضَرَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَعْلِ شَلِيشَةَ حَامِلاً مَعَهُ لِرَجُلِ اللهِ عِشْرِينَ رَغِيفاً مِنَ الشَّعِيرِ، مِنْ أَوَائِلِ الْحَصَادِ وَسَوِيقاً فِي جِرَابِهِ. فَقَالَ: «أَعْطِ الرِّجَالَ لِيَأْكُلُوا».

43 His servant said, “What, should I set this before a hundred men?” But he said, “Give it to the people, that they may eat; for the LORD says, ‘They will eat, and will have some left over.’”

٤٣ فَقَالَ خَادِمُهُ: «مَاذَا؟ هَلْ أَضَعُ هَذَا أَمَامَ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ؟» فَقَالَ أَلِيشَعُ: «أَعْطِ الرِّجَالَ لِيَأْكُلُوا، لأَنَّهُ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ: إِنَّهُمْ يَأْكُلُونَ مِنْهَا وَيَفْضُلُ عَنْهُمْ».

44 So he set it before them and they ate and had some left over, according to the LORD’s word.

٤٤ فَوَضَعَهَا أَمَامَهُمْ فَأَكَلُوا، وَفَضَلَ عَنْهُمْ حَسَبَ قَوْلِ الرَّبِّ.