Ii Regum 4
1 Mulier autem quaedam de uxoribus prophetarum clamabat ad Eliseum, dicens: Servus tuus vir meus mortuus est, et tu nosti quia servus tuus fuit timens Deum: et ecce creditor venit ut tollat duos filios meos ad serviendum sibi.
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 Yahweh. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves.”
2 Cui dixit Eliseus: Quid vis ut faciam tibi? Dic mihi, quid habes in domo tua? At illa respondit: Non habeo ancilla tua quidquam in domo mea, nisi parum olei, quo ungar.
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.”
3 Cui ait: Vade, pete mutuo ab omnibus vicinis tuis vasa vacua non pauca.
Then he said, “Go, borrow empty containers from all your neighbors. Don’t borrow just a few containers.
4 Et ingredere, et claude ostium tuum, cum intrinsecus fueris tu, et filii tui: et mitte inde in omnia vasa haec: et cum plena fuerint, tolles.
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.”
5 Ivit itaque mulier, et clausit ostium super se, et super filios suos: illi offerebant vasa, et illa infundebat.
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.
6 Cumque plena fuissent vasa, dixit ad filium suum: Affer mihi adhuc vas. Et ille respondit: Non habeo. Stetitque oleum.
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.
7 Venit autem illa, et indicavit homini Dei. Et ille, Vade, inquit, vende oleum, et redde creditori tuo: tu autem, et filii tui vivite de reliquo.
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.”
8 Facta est autem quaedam dies, et transibat Eliseus per Sunam: erat autem ibi mulier magna, quae tenuit eum ut comederet panem: cumque frequenter inde transiret, divertebat ad eam ut comederet panem.
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.
9 Quae dixit ad virum suum: Animadverto quod vir Dei sanctus est iste, qui transit per nos frequenter.
She said to her husband, “See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God who passes by us continually.
10 Faciamus ergo ei coenaculum parvum, et ponamus ei in eo lectulum, et mensam, et sellam, et candelabrum, ut cum venerit ad nos, maneat ibi.
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.”
11 Facta est ergo dies quaedam, et veniens divertit in coenaculum, et requievit ibi.
One day he came there, and he went to the room and lay there.
12 Dixitque ad Giezi puerum suum: Voca Sunamitidem istam. Qui cum vocasset eam, et illa stetisset coram eo,
He said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him.
13 dixit ad puerum suum: Loquere ad eam: Ecce, sedule in omnibus ministrasti nobis, quid vis ut faciam tibi? numquid habes negotium, et vis ut loquar regi, sive principi militiae? Quae respondit: In medio populi mei habito.
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 among my own people.”
14 Et ait: Quid ergo vult ut faciam ei? Dixitque Giezi: Ne quaeras: filium enim non habet, et vir eius senex est.
He said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old.”
15 Praecepit itaque ut vocaret eam: quae cum vocata fuisset, et stetisset ante ostium,
He said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the door.
16 dixit ad eam: In tempore isto, et in hac eadem hora, si vita comes fuerit, habebis in utero filium. At illa respondit: Noli quaeso, domine mi, vir Dei, noli mentiri ancillae tuae.
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.”
17 Et concepit mulier, et peperit filium in tempore, et in hora eadem, qua dixerat Eliseus.
The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season when the time came around, as Elisha had said to her.
18 Crevit autem puer. Et cum esset quaedam dies, et egressus isset ad patrem suum, ad messores,
When the child was grown, one day he went out to his father to the reapers.
19 ait patri suo: Caput meum doleo, caput meum doleo. At ille dixit puero: Tolle, et duc eum ad matrem suam.
He said to his father, “My head! My head!” He said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
20 Qui cum tulisset, et duxisset eum ad matrem suam, posuit eum illa super genua sua usque ad meridiem, et mortuus est.
When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.
21 Ascendit autem, et collocavit eum super lectulum hominis Dei, et clausit ostium: et egressa,
She went up and laid him on the man of God’s bed, and shut the door on him, and went out.
22 vocavit virum suum, et ait: Mitte mecum, obsecro, unum de pueris, et asinam, ut excurram usque ad hominem Dei, et revertar.
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.”
23 Qui ait illi: Quam ob causam vadis ad eum? hodie non sunt Calendae, neque Sabbatum. Quae respondit: Vadam:
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.”
24 Stravitque asinam, et praecepit puero: Mina, et propera, ne mihi moram facias in eundo: et hoc age quod praecipio tibi.
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.”
25 Profecta est igitur, et venit ad virum Dei in montem Carmeli: cumque vidisset eam vir Dei econtra, ait ad Giezi puerum suum: Ecce Sunamitis illa.
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.
26 Vade ergo in occursum eius, et dic ei: Recte ne agitur circa te, et circa virum tuum, et circa filium tuum? Quae respondit: Recte.
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.”
27 Cumque venisset ad virum Dei in montem, apprehendit pedes eius: et accessit Giezi ut amoveret eam. Et ait homo Dei: Dimitte illam: anima enim eius in amaritudine est, et Dominus celavit, et non indicavit mihi.
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 Yahweh has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”
28 Quae dixit illi: Numquid petivi filium a Domino meo? numquid non dixi tibi: Ne illudas me?
Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me’?”
29 Et ille ait ad Giezi: Accinge lumbos tuos, et tolle baculum meum in manu tua, et vade. Si occurrerit tibi homo, non salutes eum: et si salutaverit te quispiam, non respondeas illi: et pones baculum meum super faciem pueri.
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.”
30 Porro mater pueri ait: Vivit dominus, et vivit anima tua, non dimittam te. Surrexit ergo, et secutus est eam.
The child’s mother said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So he arose, and followed her.
31 Giezi autem praecesserat ante eos, et posuerat baculum super faciem pueri, et non erat vox, neque sensus: reversusque est in occursum eius, et nunciavit ei, dicens: Non surrexit puer.
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.”
32 Ingressus est ergo Eliseus domum, et ecce puer mortuus iacebat in lectulo eius:
When Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and lying on his bed.
33 ingressusque clausit ostium super se, et super puerum: et oravit ad Dominum.
He went in therefore, and shut the door on them both, and prayed to Yahweh.
34 Et ascendit, et incubuit super puerum: posuitque os suum super os eius, et oculos suos super oculos eius, et manus suas super manus eius: et incurvavit se super eum, et calefacta est caro pueri.
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.
35 At ille reversus, deambulabat in domo, semel huc atque illuc: et ascendit, et incubuit super eum: et oscitavit puer septies, aperuitque oculos.
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.
36 At ille vocavit Giezi, et dixit ei: Voca Sunamitidem hanc. Quae vocata, ingressa est ad eum. Qui ait: Tolle filium tuum.
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.”
37 Venit illa, et corruit ad pedes eius, et adoravit super terram: tulitque filium suum, et egressa est,
Then she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; then she picked up her son, and went out.
38 et Eliseus reversus est in Galgala. Erat autem fames in terra, et filii prophetarum habitabant coram eo. dixitque uni de pueris suis: Pone ollam grandem, et coque pulmentum filiis prophetarum.
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.”
39 Et egressus est unus in agrum ut colligeret herbas agrestes: invenitque quasi vitem silvestrem, et collegit ex ea colocynthidas agri, et implevit pallium suum, et reversus concidit in ollam pulmenti: nesciebat enim quid esset.
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 recognize them.
40 Infuderunt ergo sociis, ut comederent: cumque gustassent de coctione, clamaverunt, dicentes: Mors in olla vir Dei. Et non potuerunt comedere.
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.
41 At ille, Afferte, inquit, farinam. Cumque tulissent, misit in ollam, et ait: Infunde turbae, ut comedant. Et non fuit amplius quidquam amaritudinis in olla.
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.
42 Vir autem quidam venit de Baalsalisa deferens viro Dei panes primitiarum et, viginti panes hordeaceos, et frumentum novum in pera sua. At ille dixit: Da populo, ut comedat.
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.”
43 Responditque ei minister eius: Quantum est hoc, ut apponam centum viris? Rursum ille ait: Da populo, ut comedat: haec enim dicit Dominus: Comedent, et supererit.
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 Yahweh says, ‘They will eat, and will have some left over.’”
44 Posuit itaque coram eis: qui comederunt, et superfuit iuxta verbum Domini.
So he set it before them and they ate and had some left over, according to Yahweh’s word.
