Βασιλειῶν Δʹ 7
1 Είπε δε ο Ελισσαιέ, Ακούσατε τον λόγον του Κυρίου· Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Αύριον, περί την ώραν ταύτην, εν μέτρον σεμιδάλεως θέλει πωληθή δι' ένα σίκλον και δύο μέτρα κριθής δι' ένα σίκλον, εν τη πύλη της Σαμαρείας.
Elisha replied to the king, “Listen to what Yahweh says: ‘He says that by this time tomorrow, at the marketplace here in Samaria, you will be able to buy (ten pounds/five kg.) of fine wheat or (20 pounds/ten kg.) of barley for [only] one piece of silver.’”
2 Και απεκρίθη προς τον άνθρωπον του Θεού ο άρχων, επί του οποίου την χείρα εστηρίζετο ο βασιλεύς, και είπε, Και εάν ο Κύριος ήθελε κάμει παράθυρα εις τον ουρανόν, ηδύνατο το πράγμα τούτο να γείνη; Ο δε είπεν, Ιδού, θέλεις ιδεί με τους οφθαλμούς σου, δεν θέλεις όμως φάγει εξ αυτού.
The king’s officer said to Elijah, “That cannot happen! Even if Yahweh himself would open the windows of the sky [and send grain down to us], that certainly could not [RHQ] happen!” Elisha replied, “[Because you said that, ] you [SYN] will see it happen, but you will not be able to eat any of the food!”
3 Ήσαν δε τέσσαρες άνδρες λεπροί εν τη εισόδω της πύλης· και είπον ο εις προς τον άλλον, Διά τι ημείς καθήμεθα εδώ εωσού αποθάνωμεν;
That day there were four men who had (leprosy/a dreaded skin disease) who were sitting outside the gate of Samaria [city. They said to each other, “(Why should we] wait here until we die?/[It is ridiculous for us to] wait here until we die.) [RHQ]
4 εάν είπωμεν, να εισέλθωμεν εις την πόλιν, η πείνα είναι εν τη πόλει, και θέλομεν αποθάνει εκεί· εάν δε καθήμεθα εδώ, πάλιν θέλομεν αποθάνει· τώρα λοιπόν έλθετε, και ας πέσωμεν εις το στρατόπεδον των Συρίων· εάν αφήσωσιν ημάς ζώντας, θέλομεν ζήσει. και εάν θανατώσωσιν ημάς, θέλομεν αποθάνει.
If we go into the city, we will die there, because there is no food there. If we remain sitting here, we will die here. So let’s go to where the army of Syria has set up their tents. If they kill us, we will die. But if they allow us to remain alive, we will not die.”
5 Και εσηκώθησαν ότε εσκόταζε, διά να εισέλθωσιν εις το στρατόπεδον των Συρίων· και ότε ήλθον έως του άκρου του στρατοπέδου της Συρίας, ιδού, δεν ήτο άνθρωπος εκεί.
So when it was getting dark, those four men went to the camp where the army of Syria had set up their tents. But when they reached the camp, they saw that there was no one there!
6 Διότι ο Κύριος είχε κάμει να ακουσθή εν τω στρατοπέδω των Συρίων κρότος αμαξών και κρότος ίππων, κρότος μεγάλου στρατεύματος· και είπον προς αλλήλους, Ιδού, ο βασιλεύς του Ισραήλ εμίσθωσεν εναντίον ημών τους βασιλείς των Χετταίων και τους βασιλείς των Αιγυπτίων, διά να έλθωσιν εφ' ημάς.
What had happened was that Yahweh had caused the army of Syria to hear something that sounded like a large army marching with chariots and horses. So they said to each other, “Listen! The king of Israel has hired the kings of Egypt and the Heth people-group [and their armies], and they have come to attack us!”
7 Όθεν σηκωθέντες έφυγον εν τω σκότει, και εγκατέλιπον τας σκηνάς αυτών και τους ίππους αυτών και τους όνους αυτών, το στρατόπεδον όπως ήτο, και έφυγον διά την ζωήν αυτών.
So they all ran away that evening and left their tents and their horses and donkeys there, because [they were afraid that] they would be killed [if they stayed there].
8 Και ότε οι λεπροί ούτοι ήλθον έως του άκρου του στρατοπέδου, εισήλθον εις μίαν σκηνήν και έφαγον και έπιον, και λαβόντες εκείθεν αργύριον και χρυσίον και ιμάτια, υπήγαν και έκρυψαν αυτά· επιστρέψαντες δε εισήλθον εις άλλην σκηνήν, και έλαβον άλλα εκείθεν και υπήγαν και έκρυψαν και ταύτα.
When those four lepers came to the edge of the area where the soldiers of Syria had set up their tents, they went into one tent, [and saw all the things that had been left there]. So they ate and drank what was there, and they took the silver and the gold and clothes. Then they went [outside the tent] and hid those things. Then they entered another tent, and took things from there, and then went outside and hid them, also.
9 Τότε είπον προς αλλήλους, Ημείς δεν κάμνομεν καλά· η ημέρα αύτη είναι ημέρα αγαθών αγγελιών, και αν ημείς σιωπώμεν και περιμένωμεν μέχρι του φωτός της αυγής, συμφορά τις θέλει επέλθει εφ' ημάς· έλθετε λοιπόν, και ας υπάγωμεν να αναγγείλωμεν ταύτα εις τον οίκον του βασιλέως.
But then they said to each other, “We are not doing what is right. We have good news [to tell others] today. If we do not tell it to anyone now, and if we wait until morning to tell it, we will certainly be punished [by Yahweh]. So let’s go right now to the palace and tell it to the king’s officials!”
10 Ήλθον λοιπόν και εβόησαν προς τους θυρωρούς της πόλεως· και ανήγγειλαν προς αυτούς, λέγοντες, Ήλθομεν εις το στρατόπεδον των Συρίων, και ιδού, δεν ήτο εκεί άνθρωπος ουδέ φωνή ανθρώπου, ειμή ίπποι δεδεμένοι και όνοι δεδεμένοι και σκηναί καθώς ευρίσκοντο.
So they went to the guards at the city gates and called out to them, “We went to where the army of Syria had set up their tents, but we did not see or hear anyone there. Their horses and donkeys were still tied up, but their tents were all deserted/abandoned!”
11 Και εβόησαν οι θυρωροί και ανήγγειλαν τούτο ένδον εις τον οίκον του βασιλέως.
The guards shouted the news, and some people [who heard it] went to the palace and reported it there.
12 Και σηκωθείς ο βασιλεύς την νύκτα, είπε προς τους δούλους αυτού, Τώρα θέλω φανερώσει προς εσάς τι έκαμον οι Σύριοι εις ημάς· εγνώρισαν ότι είμεθα πεινασμένοι και εξήλθον εκ του στρατοπέδου, διά να κρυφθώσιν εν τοις αγροίς, λέγοντες, Όταν εξέλθωσιν εκ της πόλεως, θέλομεν συλλάβει αυτούς ζώντας, και εις την πόλιν θέλομεν εισέλθει.
[When] the king [heard it, he] got up out of his bed and said to his officials, “I will tell you what the army of Syria is planning to do. They know that we have no food here, so they have left their tents and are hiding in the fields. They think that we will leave the city [to find some food], and then they will capture us and capture the city.”
13 Αποκριθείς δε εις εκ των δούλων αυτού είπεν, Ας λάβωσι, παρακαλώ, πέντε εκ των υπολειπομένων ίππων, οίτινες απέμειναν εν τη πόλει, ιδού, αυτοί είναι καθώς είπαν το πλήθος του Ισραήλ το εναπολειφθέν εν αυτή· ιδού, είναι καθώς άπαν το πλήθος των Ισραηλιτών οίτινες κατηναλώθησαν· και ας αποστείλωμεν διά να ίδωμεν.
But one of his officials said, “Many of our Israeli people have already died [from (hunger/not having anything to eat]). If those of us who are still alive all stay here, we also will die anyway. So let’s send some men with five of our horses that are still alive to go and see [what has really happened].”
14 Έλαβον λοιπόν δύο ζεύγη ίππων και απέστειλεν ο βασιλεύς οπίσω του στρατοπέδου των Συρίων, λέγων, Υπάγετε και ιδέτε.
So they chose some men and told them to go in a chariot and find out what had happened to the army of Syria.
15 Και υπήγαν οπίσω αυτών έως του Ιορδάνου· και ιδού, πάσα η οδός πλήρης ιματίων και σκευών, τα οποία οι Σύριοι είχον ρίψει εκ της βίας αυτών. Και επιστρέψαντες οι μηνυταί ανήγγειλαν τούτο προς τον βασιλέα.
They went as far as the Jordan [River]. All along the road they saw clothes and equipment that the soldiers from Syria had thrown away while they were running away very quickly. So the men returned to the king and reported [what they had seen].
16 Και εξήλθεν ο λαός, και ήρπασαν το στρατόπεδον των Συρίων. Και επωλήθη εν μέτρον σεμιδάλεως δι' ένα σίκλον και δύο μέτρα κριθής δι' ένα σίκλον, κατά τον λόγον του Κυρίου.
Then many of the people of Samaria also went [out of the city and went] to where the army of Syria had previously set up their tents. They entered all the tents and took everything. [So there was now plenty of everything!] As a result people could buy ten pounds of fine wheat or 20 pounds of barley for only one piece of silver, which was what Yahweh had said would happen!
17 Και κατέστησεν ο βασιλεύς επί της πύλης τον άρχοντα, επί του οποίου την χείρα εστηρίζετο· και κατεπάτησεν ο λαός αυτόν εν τη πύλη, και απέθανε· καθώς ελάλησεν ο άνθρωπος του Θεού, όστις ελάλησεν ότε ο βασιλεύς κατέβη προς αυτόν.
The king of Israel had appointed the officer who was his assistant to supervise what was happening at the marketplace. But as he was standing near the gate, all the people [who were rushing outside the city] trampled on him, and he died, which was what Elisha had said would happen to him when Elisha previously went to talk to the king.
18 Και, καθώς ελάλησεν ο άνθρωπος του Θεού προς τον βασιλέα, λέγων, Δύο μέτρα κριθής δι' ένα σίκλον και εν μέτρον σεμιδάλεως δι' ένα σίκλον θέλουσιν είσθαι αύριον, περί την ώραν ταύτην, εν τη πύλη της Σαμαρείας,
Elisha had told him that by the next day there would be plenty of food, with the result that anyone could buy ten pounds of fine wheat or 20 pounds of barley for only one piece of silver.
19 ο δε άρχων απεκρίθη προς τον άνθρωπον του Θεού και είπε, Και αν τώρα ο Κύριος ήθελε κάμει παράθυρα εις τον ουρανόν, ηδύνατο τοιούτον πράγμα να γείνη; και εκείνος είπεν, Ιδού, θέλεις ιδεί τούτο με τους οφθαλμούς σου· αλλά δεν θέλεις φάγει εξ αυτού,
And the officer had answered, “That certainly cannot [RHQ] happen! Even if Yahweh himself would open the sky and send down some grain, that could not happen.” And Elisha had replied, “[Because you said that, ] you [SYN] will see it happen, but you will not be able to eat any of the food!”
20 ούτω και έγεινεν εις αυτόν· διότι ο λαός κατεπάτησεν αυτόν εν τη πύλη, και απέθανε.
And that is what happened to him. The people [who were rushing out of] the city gate trampled on him, and he died.
