2 Bassekabaka 7
1 Naye Erisa n’agamba nti, “Muwulire ekigambo kya Mukama, kubanga bw’atyo bw’ayogera Mukama nti, Jjo obudde nga buno ekigero ky’obutta obulungi ekyenkana lita omusanvu ne desimoolo ssatu kiritundibwa gulaamu kkumi n’emu, n’ebigero bibiri ebya sayiri bitundibwe gulaamu kkumi n’emu ebweru wa wankaaki w’e Samaliya.”
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 Awo omukungu kabaka gwe yeesigamangako n’agamba omusajja wa Katonda nti, “Mukama ne bw’anakuba ebituli mu ggulu, ekyo tekiyinzika kubaawo.” Erisa n’amuddamu nti, “Ekyo olikiraba n’amaaso go, naye tolibaako na kimu ky’olyako ku byo.”
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 Waaliwo abasajja bana abaagengewala abaabeeranga ku mulyango gwa wankaaki w’ekibuga. Ne bagambagana bokka ne bokka nti, “Kiki ekitutuuza wano okutuusa okufa?
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 Bwe tunaagamba nti, ‘Tuyingire mu kibuga,’ enjala gy’eri, era tunaafiirayo; ate bwe tusigala wano, era nawo tujja kufiirawo. Noolwekyo tulage mu nkambi y’Abasuuli, bwe banaatusaasira, tunaaba balamu, bwe banaatutta, kale kinaaba bwe kityo.”
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 Awo ekiro mu ttumbi ne bagolokoka ne balaga mu lusiisira lw’Abasuuli. Naye bwe baatuuka mu kitundu ekisembayo eky’olusiisira, tewaali muntu n’omu.
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 Mukama yalowozesa eggye ly’Abasuuli nti kabaka wa Isirayiri yali apangisizza bakabaka b’Abakiiti n’ab’Abamisiri okujja okumulwanirira, bwe lyawulira eddoboozi ly’amagaali n’eddoboozi ly’embalaasi.
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 Ne bagolokoka ne badduka okuva mu nkambi yaabwe amatumbibudde ne baleka awo eweema zaabwe, n’embalaasi zaabwe n’endogoyi zaabwe, ne badduka okuwonya obulamu bwabwe.
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 Abagenge bwe baatuuka ku nkambi w’ekoma, ne bayingira mu emu ku weema, ne balya ne banywa era ne beetikka n’effeeza ne zaabu n’engoye, ne bagenda ne babikweka. N’oluvannyuma ne bakomawo, ne bayingira mu weema endala, ne baggyayo ebyalimu, ne bagenda ne babikweka nabyo.
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 Awo ne bagambagana nti, “Kye tukola si kituufu. Luno olunaku lwa bigambo birungi; bwe tunaasirika ne tulinda okutuusa enkya, tujja kubonerezebwa. Noolwekyo tugende tutegeeze ab’omu nju ya kabaka.”
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 Awo ne bagenda ne bakoowoola abakuumi ba wankaaki w’ekibuga, ne boogera nti, “Twalaze mu nkambi y’Abasuuli ne tutasangayo muntu n’omu okuggyako embalaasi nga zisibiddwa, n’endogoyi nga zisibiddwa, n’eweema nga ziri nga bwe baazirese.”
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 Abakuumi ne balangirira amawulire ago, n’ab’omu lubiri ne bakiwulira.
The guards shouted the news, and some people [who heard it] went to the palace and reported it there.
12 Kabaka n’agolokoka mu kiro ekyo, n’agamba abakungu be nti, “Ka mbategeeze Abasuuli kye bategese okutukola. Bamanyi nga tuli bayala; era bavudde mu nkambi yaabwe ne bagenda okwekweka ku ttale, nga balowooza nti, ‘Mazima ddala bajja kuvaayo, n’oluvannyuma tunaabawamba nga balamu, tulyoke tuyingire mu kibuga.’”
[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 Awo omu ku bakungu be n’aleeta ekirowoozo nti, “Ffuna abasajja bagende n’embalaasi ttaano ku ezo ezisigaddewo, kubanga bali ng’ekibiina kyonna ekya Isirayiri ekisigaddewo; baliba ng’ekibiina kyonna ekya Isirayiri ekimaliddwawo. Ka tubasindikeyo bagende balabe ekiriyo.”
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 Awo ne balonda abeebagala embalaasi babiri n’embalaasi zaabwe, kabaka n’abatuma okuwondera eggye ly’Abasuuli, ng’abagamba nti, “Mugende mulabe.”
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 Ne babawondera okutuukira ddala ku Yoludaani, ne basanga ng’ekkubo lyonna lijjudde engoye n’ebintu ebirala Abasuuli bye baasuula nga badduka. Awo ababaka ne bakomawo eri kabaka ne bamutegeeza bye baalaba.
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 Awo abantu ne bafuluma, ne bakaliza olusiisira lw’Abasuuli. Ekigero ky’obutta obulungi ekyenkana lita musanvu ne desimoolo ssatu ne kitundibwa gulaamu kkumi n’emu, n’ebigero bibiri ebya sayiri ne bitundibwa gulaamu kkumi n’emu, ng’ekigambo kya Mukama bwe kyali.
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 Kabaka yali alonze omukungu we oli gwe yeesigamangako, okuvunaanyizibwa wankaaki, abantu ne bamulinnyiririra mu mulyango, n’afa, ng’omusajja wa Katonda bwe yayogera, mu kiseera kabaka bwe yalaga ewuwe.
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 Bwe kityo bwe kyali kubanga omusajja wa Katonda bwe yagamba kabaka nti, “Jjo essaawa nga zino ebigero bibiri ebya sayiri biritundibwa gulaamu kkumi n’emu, n’ekigero ky’obutta obulungi ne kitundibwa gulaamu kkumi n’emu, mu wankaaki ya Samaliya,”
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 omukungu oyo, yaddamu omusajja wa Katonda nti, “Laba, Mukama ne bwaggulawo ebituli eby’omu ggulu, tekiyinzika kubaawo.” Omusajja wa Katonda n’amugamba nti, “Olikiraba n’amaaso go, naye toliryako na kimu.”
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 Era bwe kityo bwe kyali ekyamutuukako, abantu bwe bamulinnyiririra mu wankaaki, n’afa.
And that is what happened to him. The people [who were rushing out of] the city gate trampled on him, and he died.
