< 2 Reis 7 >
1 Então disse Eliseo: Ouvi a palavra do Senhor: assim diz o Senhor: Ámanhã, quasi a este tempo, uma medida de farinha haverá por um siclo, e duas medidas de cevada por um siclo, á porta de Samaria.
Then said Elisha', Hear ye the word of the Lord: Thus hath said the Lord, About this time tomorrow a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
2 Porém um capitão, em cuja mão o rei se encostava, respondeu ao homem de Deus e disse: Eis que ainda que o Senhor fizesse janellas no céu, poder-se-hia fazer isso? E elle disse: Eis que o verás com os teus olhos, porém d'ahi não comerás.
Then answered the lord of the king, on whose hand he used to lean, the man of God, and said, Behold, will the Lord make windows in the heavens, that this thing shall be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thy eyes, but thereof shalt thou not eat.
3 E quatro homens leprosos estavam á entrada da porta, os quaes disseram uns aos outros: Para que estaremos nós aqui até morrermos?
And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why do we remain here until we die?
4 Se dissermos: Entremos na cidade, ha fome na cidade, e morreremos ahi; e se ficarmos aqui, tambem morreremos: vamos nós pois agora, e demos comnosco no arraial dos syros: se nos deixarem viver, viveremos, e se nos matarem, tão sómente morreremos.
If we say, We will enter into the city, then is the famine in the city, and we shall die there; and if we remain here, we die [also]: now therefore come, and let us go over unto the camp of the Syrians; if they will let us live, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
5 E levantaram-se ao crepusculo, para se irem ao arraial dos syros: e, chegando á entrada do arraial dos syros, eis que não havia ali ninguem.
And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians; and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there.
6 Porque o Senhor fizera ouvir no arraial dos syros ruido de carros e ruido de cavallos, como o ruido d'um grande exercito; de maneira que disseram uns aos outros: Eis que o rei d'Israel alugou contra nós os reis dos hetheos e os reis dos egypcios, para virem contra nós.
For the Lord had caused the camp of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, the noise of a large army: and they said one to the other, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
7 Pelo que se levantaram, e fugiram no crepusculo, e deixaram as suas tendas, e os seus cavallos, e os seus jumentos, e o arraial como estava: e fugiram para salvarem a sua vida.
And they were arisen and fled in the twilight, and had left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
8 Chegando pois estes leprosos á entrada do arraial, entraram n'uma tenda, e comeram e beberam e tomaram d'ali prata, e oiro, e vestidos, e foram e os esconderam: então voltaram, e entraram em outra tenda, e d'ali tambem tomaram, e o esconderam.
And so came these lepers to the uttermost part of the camp, and they went into one tent, and ate and drank, and carried away thence silver, and gold, and garments, and went and hid them; and they returned, and entered into another tent, and carried away [something] thence, and went and hid it.
9 Então disseram uns para os outros: Não fazemos bem: este dia é dia de boas novas, e nos calamos; se esperarmos até á luz da manhã, algum mal nos sobrevirá; pelo que agora vamos, e o annunciemos á casa do rei.
And then they said one to the other, We do not act correctly; this day is a day of good tidings; and if we remain silent, and tarry till the morning-light, we shall incur guilt: now then come, and let us go and tell it at the king's house.
10 Vieram pois, e bradaram aos porteiros da cidade, e lhes annunciaram, dizendo: Fomos ao arraial dos syros e eis que lá não havia ninguem, nem voz de homem, porém só cavallos atados, e jumentos atados, e as tendas como estavam d'antes.
So they went and called unto one of the gate-keepers of the city, and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, nor the voice of man; but the horses were tied, and the asses were tied, and the tents as they had been.
11 E chamaram os porteiros, e o annunciaram dentro da casa do rei.
And he called the gate-keepers; and they told it at the king's house within.
12 E o rei se levantou de noite, e disse a seus servos: Agora vos farei saber o que é que os syros nos fizeram: bem sabem elles que esfaimados estamos, pelo que sairam do arraial, a esconder-se pelo campo, dizendo: Quando sairem da cidade, então os tomaremos vivos, e entraremos na cidade.
And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I can easily tell you what the Syrians have done to us: they know that we are hungry; and they are therefore gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, If they should come out of the city, we will catch them alive, and enter into the city.
13 Então um dos seus servos respondeu e disse: Tomem-se pois cinco dos cavallos do resto que ficaram aqui dentro (eis que são como toda a multidão dos israelitas que ficaram aqui de resto, e eis que são como toda a multidão dos israelitas que já pereceram) e enviemol-os, e vejamos.
And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, let it fare with them as with all the multitude of Israel that are left in it, [or] let it fare with them as with all the multitude of Israel that have perished: and let us send out and see.
14 Tomaram pois dois cavallos de carro; e o rei os enviou após o exercito dos syros, dizendo: Ide, e vêde.
And they took two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the camp of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
15 E foram após elles até ao Jordão, e eis que todo o caminho estava cheio de vestidos e de aviamentos, que os syros, apressando-se, lançaram fóra: e voltaram os mensageiros, e o annunciaram ao rei:
And they went after them as far as the Jordan; and, lo, the whole way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste: and the messengers returned, and told it to the king.
16 Então saiu o povo, e saqueou o arraial dos syros: e havia uma medida de farinha por um siclo, e duas medidas de cevada por um siclo, conforme a palavra do Senhor.
And the people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians: and a seah of fine flour was to be had for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord.
17 E pozera o rei á porta o capitão em cuja mão se encostava; e o povo o atropellou na porta, e morreu, como fallara o homem de Deus, o que fallou quando o rei descera a elle.
And the king had appointed the lord on whose hand he used to lean to have the charge of the gate; and the people trod him down in the gate, and he died; as the man of God had spoken, which he spoke when the king came down to him.
18 Porque assim succedeu como o homem de Deus fallara ao rei dizendo: Ámanhã, quasi a este tempo, haverá duas medidas de cevada por um siclo, e uma medida de farinha por um siclo, á porta de Samaria.
And it came to pass as the man of God was speaking to the king, saying, Two seahs of barley for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour for a shekel, shall be about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria:
19 E aquelle capitão respondeu ao homem de Deus, e disse: Eis que ainda que o Senhor fizesse janellas no céu, poder-se-hia isso fazer conforme essa palavra? E elle disse: Eis que o verás com os teus olhos, porém d'ahi não comerás.
That the Lord had answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if even the Lord were to make windows in the heavens, would such a thing be? And he had said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thy eyes, but thereof shalt thou not eat.
20 E assim lhe succedeu, porque o povo o atropellou á porta, e morreu.
And it happened unto him so; for the people trod him down in the gate, and he died.