열왕기하 2
1 여호와께서 회리바람으로 엘리야를 하늘에 올리고자 하실 때에 엘리야가 엘리사로 더불어 길갈에서 나가더니
When Yahweh was about to take [the prophet] Elijah up to heaven in a (whirlwind/twisting wind), Elijah and [his fellow prophet] Elisha were traveling [south] from Gilgal [town].
2 엘리야가 엘리사에게 이르되 `청컨대 너는 여기 머물라 여호와께서 나를 벧엘로 보내시느니라' 엘리사가 가로되 `여호와의 사심과 당신의 혼의 삶을 가리켜 맹세하노니 내가 당신을 떠나지 아니하겠나이다' 이에 두 사람이 벧엘로 내려가니
Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, because Yahweh has told [only] me to go to Bethel [town].” But Elisha replied, “Just as certainly as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not leave you!” So they went down [together] to Bethel.
3 벧엘에 있는 선지자의 생도들이 엘리사에게로 나아와 이르되 `여호와께서 오늘날 당신의 선생을 당신의 머리 위로 취하실 줄을 아나이까' 가로되 `나도 아노니 너희는 잠잠하라'
A group of prophets came to Elisha [and Elijah before they entered the town], and they asked Elisha, “Do you know that Yahweh is going to take your master/boss [Elijah] away from you today?” Elisha answered, “Certainly I know that, but don’t talk about it!” [IDM]
4 엘리야가 저에게 이르되 `엘리사야 청컨대 너는 여기 머물라 여호와께서 나를 여리고로 보내시느니라' 엘리사가 가로되 `여호와의 사심과 당신의 혼의 삶을 가리켜 맹세하노니 내가 당신을 떠나지아니하겠나이다' 하니라 저희가 여리고에 이르매
Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, because Yahweh has told [only] me to go to Jericho.” But Elisha replied [again], “Just as certainly as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not leave you!” So they went [together] to Jericho [city].
5 여리고에 있는 선지자의 생도들이 엘리사에게 나아와 이르되 `여호와께서 오늘날 당신의 선생을 당신의 머리 위로 취하실 줄을 아나이까' 엘리사가 가로되 `나도 아노니 너희는 잠잠하라'
[As they neared] Jericho, a group of prophets who were from there came to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh is going to take your master/boss [Elijah] away from you today?” He answered again, “Certainly I know that, but don’t talk about it!” [IDM]
6 엘리야가 또 엘리사에게 이르되 `청컨대 너는 여기 머물라 여호와께서 나를 요단으로 보내시느니라' 저가 가로되 `여호와의 사심과 당신의 혼의 삶을 가리켜 맹세하노니 내가 당신을 떠나지 아니하겠나이다' 이에 두 사람이 행하니라
Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, because Yahweh has told [only] me to go to the Jordan [River].” But [again] Elisha replied, “As certainly as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not leave you!” So they continued walking together.
7 선지자의 생도 오십인이 가서 멀리 서서 바라보매 그 두 사람이 요단가에 섰더니
Fifty men from a group of prophets [who were from Jericho] also went, but they watched from a distance as Elijah and Elisha stopped at the edge of the Jordan [River].
8 엘리야가 겉옷을 취하여 말아 물을 치매 물이 이리 저리 갈라지고 두 사람이 육지 위로 건너더라
Then Elijah rolled up his cloak and struck the water with it. A path opened up for them through the river, and they walked across [as though they were] on dry ground.
9 건너매 엘리야가 엘리사에게 이르되 `나를 네게서 취하시기 전에 내가 네게 어떻게 할 것을 구하라' 엘리사가 가로되 `당신의 영감이 갑절이나 내게 있기를 구하나이다'
When they came to the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, “What do you want me to do for you before (I am taken away/Yahweh takes me away)?” Elisha replied, “I want to receive twice as much of your power [as you have had, ] (OR enable me to very powerfully continue your ministry).”
10 가로되 `네가 어려운 일을 구하는도다 그러나 나를 네게서 취하시는 것을 네가 보면 그 일이 네게 이루려니와 그렇지 않으면 이루지 아니하리라' 하고
Elijah replied, “You have asked for something which is difficult [for me to cause to happen]. But, if you see me when (I am taken from you/Yahweh takes me from you), you will get what you are requesting. But if you do not see me, then you will not get it.”
11 두 사람이 행하며 말하더니 홀연히 불수레와 불말들이 두 사람을 격하고 엘리야가 회리바람을 타고 승천하더라
As they were walking and talking, suddenly a chariot that had fire [surrounding it], pulled by horses which also had fire [surrounding them], appeared. [The chariot driver] drove the chariot between Elijah and Elisha and separated them. Then Elijah was taken up to heaven in a (whirlwind/twisting wind).
12 엘리사가 보고 소리 지르되 `내 아버지여 내 아버지여 이스라엘의 병거와 그 마병이여' 하더니 다시 보이지 아니하는지라 이에 엘리사가 자기의 옷을 잡아 둘에 찢고
Elisha saw it. He cried out, “My father/master! My father/master! The chariots of us Israeli people and their drivers [have taken my master away]!” [They disappeared into the sky, ] and Elisha never saw Elijah again. Then Elisha tore his own robe into two pieces [to show that he was sad].
13 엘리야의 몸에서 떨어진 겉옷을 주워가지고 돌아와서 요단 언덕에 서서
Elijah’s cloak [had fallen off when he was taken away, so] Elisha picked it up and returned to the bank of the Jordan [River].
14 엘리야의 몸에서 떨어진 그 겉옷을 가지고 물을 치며 가로되 `엘리야의 하나님 여호와는 어디 계시니이까' 하고 저도 물을 치매 물이 이리 저리 갈라지고 엘리사가 건너니라
He [rolled up the cloak and] struck the water with it, and cried out, “Will Yahweh, the God who [enabled] Elijah [to perform miracles, enable me to do similar things]?” Then the water separated, and a path opened up for him, and Elisha went across.
15 맞은편 여리고에 있는 선지자의 생도들이 저를 보며 말하기를 `엘리야의 영감(靈感)이 엘리사의 위에 머물렀다' 하고 가서 저를 영접하여 그 앞에서 땅에 엎드리고
When the group of prophets from Jericho saw what happened, they exclaimed, “Elisha now has the power that Elijah had!” [MTY] They walked over to him and bowed down in front of him.
16 가로되 `당신의 종들에게 용사 오십인이 있으니 청컨대 저희로 가서 당신의 주를 찾게 하소서 염려컨대 여호와의 신이 저를 들어 가다가 어느 산에나 어느 골짜기에 던지셨을까 하나이다' 엘리사가 가로되 `보내지 말라' 하나
[One of] them said, “Sir, if you permit us, 50 of our strongest men will go and search for your master [on the other side of the river]. Perhaps the Spirit of Yahweh has left him on some mountain or in some valley.” Elisha replied, “No, do not send them.”
17 무리가 저로 부끄러워 하도록 강청하매 보내라 한지라 저희가 오십인을 보내었더니 사흘을 찾되 발견하지 못하고
But they kept insisting. Finally he was tired of saying “No,” and he said, “Okay, send them.” So 50 men searched for three days, but they did not find Elijah.
18 엘리사가 여리고에 머무는 중에 무리가 저에게 돌아오니 엘리사가 저희에게 이르되 `내가 가지 말라고 너희에게 이르지 아니하였느냐' 하였더라
They returned to Jericho, and Elisha was still there. He said to them, “I told you that you should not go, [because you would not find him]!” [RHQ]
19 그 성 사람들이 엘리사에게 고하되 `우리 주께서 보시는 바와 같이 이 성읍의 터는 아름다우나 물이 좋지 못하므로 토산이 익지 못하고 떨어지나이다'
Then the leaders of [Jericho] city came to talk with Elisha. One of them said, “Our master, we have a problem. You can see that this is a very nice place [to live in]. But the water is bad, and as a result, crops will not grow on the land.”
20 엘리사가 가로되 `새 그릇에 소금을 담아 내게로 가져오라' 하매 곧 가져온지라
Elisha said to them, “Put some salt in a new bowl and bring the bowl to me.” So they brought it to him.
21 엘리사가 물 근원으로 나아가서 소금을 그 가운데 던지며 가로되 `여호와의 말씀이 내가 이 물을 고쳤으니 이로 좇아 다시는 죽음이나 토산이 익지 못하고 떨어짐이 없을지니라 하셨느니라' 하니
Then he went out to the spring [from which the people in the town got water]. He threw the salt into the spring. Then he said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘I have made this water good/pure. No longer will anyone die, from having drunk this water, and now crops will be able to grow.’” [LIT]
22 그 물이 엘리사의 말과 같이 고쳐져서 오늘날에 이르렀더라
And the water became pure, just as Elisha said it would be. Since that time it has always remained pure.
23 엘리사가 거기서 벧엘로 올라가더니 길에 행할 때에 젊은 아이들이 성에서 나와서 저를 조롱하여 가로되 `대머리여 올라가라 대머리여 올라가라' 하는지라
Elisha left Jericho and went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, a group of young boys from Bethel [saw him and] started to make fun of him. They continued shouting, “Go away, you bald-headed man!”
24 엘리사가 돌이켜 저희를 보고 여호와의 이름으로 저주하매 곧 수풀에서 암콤 둘이 나와서 아이들 중에 사십 이명을 찢었더라
Elisha turned around and looked/glared at them. He asked Yahweh to (curse them/do something bad to them). Immediately two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of them.
25 엘리사가 거기서부터 갈멜산으로 가고 거기서 사마리아로 돌아왔더라
Elisha left Bethel and went to Carmel Mountain, and after that he returned to Samaria [city].
