< 2 Kings 6 >

1 The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “See now, the place where we live and meet with you is too small for us.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he ngaahi foha ʻoe kau palōfita kia ʻIlaisa, “Vakai eni, kuo ʻapiʻapi kiate kitautolu ʻae potu ʻoku tau nonofo ai mo koe.
2 Please let us go to the Jordan, and each man take a beam from there, and let’s make us a place there, where we may live.” He answered, “Go!”
‌ʻOku mau kole kiate koe, ke ke tuku ke mau ʻalu ki Sioatani, pea taki taha toʻo ʻe he tangata haʻane ʻakau lalanga, pea mau ngaohi ʻi ai ha potu ke tau nofo ai.” Pea naʻe talaange ʻe ia, ʻo pehē, “Mou ʻalu.”
3 One said, “Please be pleased to go with your servants.” He answered, “I will go.”
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tokotaha, “ʻOku ou kole ke ke fiemālie mo ke ʻalu mo hoʻo kau tamaioʻeiki.” Pea naʻa ne pehēange, “Te u ʻalu pe.”
4 So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
Ko ia naʻa ne ʻalu ai mo kinautolu. Pea ʻi heʻenau hoko atu ki Sioatani, naʻa nau fai ʻae taʻanga.
5 But as one was cutting down a tree, the ax head fell into the water. Then he cried out and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.”
Kae lolotonga ʻa ʻene tā ha ʻakau ʻe he tokotaha, naʻe tō hifo ʻae toki ukamea ki he vai: pea naʻa ne tangi mo pehē, “ʻOiauē, ʻa [ʻeku ]ʻeiki! He naʻe nō ia.”
6 The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” He showed him the place. He cut down a stick, threw it in there, and made the iron float.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tangata ʻoe ʻOtua, naʻe tō hifo ia ʻi fē? Pea naʻa ne fakahā kiate ia ʻae potu. Pea naʻa ne tutuʻu mai ha vaʻa ʻakau mo ne lī ia ki ai pea naʻe tētē hake ʻae ukamea.
7 He said, “Take it.” So he put out his hand and took it.
Ko ia naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “Toʻo hake ia kiate koe.” Pea naʻa ne mafao atu hono nima, mo ne toʻo ia.
8 Now the king of Syria was at war against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”
Pea naʻe fai ʻae tau ʻe he tuʻi ʻo Silia ki ʻIsileli, pea ne fakakaukau mo ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, ʻo pehē, ʻE ʻi he potu ko ē mo ē ʻa hoku ʻapitanga tau.
9 The man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, “Beware that you not pass this place, for the Syrians are coming down there.”
Pea naʻe fekau atu ʻe he tangata ʻoe ʻOtua ki he tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻo pehē, Vakai ke ʻoua naʻa ke ʻalu ange ki he potu na; he kuo hoko hifo ki ai ʻae kakai Silia.
10 The king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once or twice.
Pea naʻe fekau atu ʻe he tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli ki he potu naʻe fakaʻilo ʻe he tangata ʻoe ʻOtua mo valoki ai ia, pea naʻa ne fakamoʻui ia ʻi ai ʻo ʻikai ke liunga taha pe liunga ua.
11 The king of Syria’s heart was very troubled about this. He called his servants, and said to them, “Won’t you show me which of us is for the king of Israel?”
Ko ia naʻe puputuʻu lahi ʻae loto ʻoe tuʻi ʻo Silia ʻi he meʻa ni; pea naʻa ne ui mai ʻa ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, mo ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “ʻE ʻikai te mou fakahā mai pe ko hai ʻiate kitautolu ʻoku kau ki he tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli?”
12 One of his servants said, “No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tokotaha ʻo ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, “ʻA ʻeku ʻeiki ko e tuʻi, ʻoku ʻikai ha tokotaha ka ko ʻIlaisa pe ko e palōfita ʻaia ʻoku ʻi ʻIsileli, ʻoku tala ki he tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli ʻae ngaahi lea ʻaia ʻoku ke lea ʻaki ʻi hoʻo potu mohe.”
13 He said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him.” He was told, “Behold, he is in Dothan.”
Pea naʻa ne pehē, “ʻAlu ʻo vakai pe ʻoku ʻi fē ia, koeʻuhi ke u fekau atu mo ʻomi ia.” Pea naʻe tala kiate ia, ʻo pehē, “Vakai ʻoku ne nofo ʻi Totani.”
14 Therefore he sent horses, chariots, and a great army there. They came by night and surrounded the city.
Ko ia naʻa ne fekau ki ai ʻae fanga hoosi, mo e ngaahi saliote, mo e fuʻu kakai tokolahi: pea naʻa nau omi poʻuli pe ʻonau kāpui ʻae kolo.
15 When the servant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was around the city. His servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?”
Pea ʻi heʻene tuʻu hengihengi hake ʻae tamaioʻeiki ʻae tangata ʻoe ʻOtua, mo ne ʻalu kituʻa, “Vakai, naʻe kāpui ʻae kolo ʻe he fuʻu kakai tokolahi ʻaki ʻae fanga hoosi mo e ngaahi saliote.” Pea naʻe pehē ʻe heʻene tamaioʻeiki kiate ia, “ʻOiauē ʻa ʻeku ʻeiki! Ko e hā te ta fai?”
16 He answered, “Don’t be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
Pea naʻe pehēange ʻe ia, “ʻOua naʻa ke manavahē: he ko kinautolu ʻoku kau mai kiate kitaua ʻoku tokolahi hake ʻiate kinautolu ʻoku kau kiate kinautolu.”
17 Elisha prayed, and said, “Yahweh, please open his eyes, that he may see.” Yahweh opened the young man’s eyes, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha.
Pea naʻe lotu ʻa ʻIlaisa, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻE Sihova, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke fakaʻā ʻa hono mata, koeʻuhi ke ne mamata.” Pea naʻe fakaʻā ʻae mata ʻoe talavou ʻe Sihova; pea naʻa ne sio: pea vakai, naʻe fonu ʻae moʻunga ʻi he fanga hoosi mo e ngaahi saliote afi naʻe nofo takatakai ʻia ʻIlaisa.
18 When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please strike this people with blindness.” He struck them with blindness according to Elisha’s word.
Pea ʻi heʻenau hoko hifo kiate ia, naʻe lotu ʻa ʻIlaisa kia Sihova, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻOku ou kole kiate koe ke ke taaʻi ʻae kakai ni ke nau kui.” Pea naʻa ne taaʻi ke kui ʻakinautolu ʻo hangē ko e lea ʻa ʻIlaisa.
19 Elisha said to them, “This is not the way, neither is this the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek.” He led them to Samaria.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ʻIlaisa kiate kinautolu, “ʻOku ʻikai ko e hala eni, pea ʻoku ʻikai ko e kolo eni: muimui mai ʻiate au, pea te u ʻomi ʻakimoutolu ki he tangata ʻoku mou kumi ki ai.” Ka naʻa ne tataki ʻakinautolu ki Samēlia.
20 When they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, “Yahweh, open these men’s eyes, that they may see.” Yahweh opened their eyes, and they saw; and behold, they were in the middle of Samaria.
Pea ʻi heʻenau hoko mai ki Samēlia, naʻe pehē ʻe ʻIlaisa, “ʻE Sihova, ke ke fakaʻā ʻae mata ʻoe kau tangata ni, koeʻuhi ke nau mamata.” Pea naʻe fakaʻā honau mata ʻe Sihova, pea naʻa nau mamata; pea vakai, kuo nau ʻi he loto [kolo ]ʻo Samēlia.
21 The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, “My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?”
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli kia ʻIlaisa, ʻi heʻene mamata kiate kinautolu, “ʻA ʻeku tamai, te u teʻia ʻakinautolu pe ʻikai? Te u teʻia ʻakinautolu?”
22 He answered, “You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, then go to their master.”
Pea naʻe pehēange ʻe ia, “ʻE ʻikai te ke teʻia ʻakinautolu: te ke fie tāmate ʻakinautolu kuo ke maʻu pōpula ʻi hoʻo heletā pea mo hoʻo kaufana? Tuku ki honau ʻao ʻae mā mo e vai, koeʻuhi ke nau kai mo inu, pea ʻalu ki honau ʻeiki.”
23 He prepared a great feast for them. After they ate and drank, he sent them away and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria stopped raiding the land of Israel.
Pea naʻa ne teuteu maʻanautolu ʻae meʻakai lahi: pea hili ʻenau kai mo inu, naʻa ne fekau ke nau ʻalu, pea naʻa nau ʻalu ki honau ʻeiki. Pea pehē naʻe ʻikai toe haʻu ʻae ngaahi kautau mei Silia ki he fonua ʻo ʻIsileli.
24 After this, Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
Pea hili ange eni, naʻe tānaki ʻe Penihatati ko e tuʻi ʻo Silia ʻa ʻene kautau kotoa pē, mo ne ʻalu hake, ʻo ne kāpui ʻa Samēlia ʻaki ʻae tau.
25 There was a great famine in Samaria. Behold, they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
Pea naʻe lahi ʻaupito ʻae honge ʻi Samēlia: pea vakai, naʻa nau kāpui ai pe ia ʻaki ʻae tau, pea ko e meʻa ia naʻe fakatau ai ʻae ʻulu ʻoe ʻasi ʻaki ʻae paʻanga siliva ʻe valungofulu, pea mo e vahe fā ʻoe kape ʻo ʻete lupe ki he konga siliva ʻe nima.
26 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”
Pea lolotonga ʻae ʻalu ange ʻae tuʻi ʻo ʻIsileli ʻi he funga ʻā, naʻe tangi mai kiate ia ha fefine, ʻo pehē, “ʻE hoku ʻeiki, ko e tuʻi, tokoni mai.”
27 He said, “If Yahweh doesn’t help you, where could I get help for you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “Kapau ʻe ʻikai fakamoʻui koe ʻe Sihova, ʻe fēfē ʻa ʻeku tokoni koe ʻeau? Mei he tukuʻanga uite, pe mei he tataʻoʻanga uaine?”
28 Then the king asked her, “What is your problem?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi kiate ia, “Ko e hā ʻa hoʻo mamahi?” Pea naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “Naʻe pehē mai ʻe he fefine ni kiate au, ‘Foaki hoʻo tama ʻaʻau, ke ta kai ia he ʻaho ni, pea te ta kai ʻa ʻeku tama ʻaʻaku ʻi he ʻapongipongi.’
29 So we boiled my son and ate him; and I said to her on the next day, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him;’ and she has hidden her son.”
Ko ia ne ma haka ʻa ʻeku tama, pea ne ma kai ia: pea naʻaku pehē kiate ia ʻi he ʻaho ʻe taha, Foaki ʻa hoʻo tama ʻaʻau, ke ta kai ia: ka kuo ne fufū ʻa ʻene tama.”
30 When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. Now he was passing by on the wall, and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his body.
Pea vakai ʻi heʻene fanongo ʻe he tuʻi ki he ngaahi lea ʻae fefine, naʻa ne haehae ʻa hono ngaahi kofu; pea naʻa ne ʻalu ange ʻi he funga ʻā, pea naʻe sio ʻae kakai, pea vakai kuo ne ʻai ʻae kofu tauangaʻa ki loto ki hono kakano.
31 Then he said, “God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat stays on him today.”
Pea naʻa ne toki pehē, “Ke fai pehē ʻe he ʻOtua kiate au ʻo lahi hake, ʻo kapau ʻe kei tuʻu ʻae ʻulu ʻo ʻIlaisa ko e foha ʻo Safati kiate ia he ʻaho ni.”
32 But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Then the king sent a man from before him; but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? Behold, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door shut against him. Isn’t the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”
Ka naʻe nofo pe ʻa ʻIlaisa ʻi hono fale, pea naʻe nonofo mo ia ʻae kau mātuʻa; pea naʻe fekau atu [ʻe he tuʻi ]ha tangata meiate ia: ka ʻi he teʻeki hoko mai ʻae talafekau kiate ia, naʻa ne pehē ki he kau mātuʻa, “ʻOku mou vakai, ki heʻene fekau mai ʻe he foha ni ʻoe fakapō, ke ne toʻo ʻo ʻave ʻa hoku ʻulu? Vakai, ʻoka hoko mai ʻae talafekau, tāpuni ʻae matapā, pea taʻofi maʻu ia ki he matapā: ʻikai kuo patū mai ʻae vaʻe ʻo ʻene ʻeiki ki mui ʻiate ia?”
33 While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. Then he said, “Behold, this evil is from Yahweh. Why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?”
Pea lolotonga ʻa ʻene kei talanoa mo kinautolu, vakai, naʻe hoko hifo kiate ia ʻae talafekau: pea naʻa ne pehē, “Vakai ʻoku meia Sihova ʻae kovi ni; koeʻumaʻā ʻa ʻeku kei tatali ai kia Sihova?”

< 2 Kings 6 >