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1 Sucedeu pois que, havendo o Senhor de elevar a Elias num redemoinho ao céu, Elias partiu com Eliseo de Gilgal.
Now it happened that, when the Lord willed to lift up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were going out of Gilgal.
2 E disse Elias a Eliseo: Fica-te aqui, porque o Senhor me enviou a Bethel. Porém Eliseo disse: Vive o Senhor, e vive a tua alma, que te não deixarei. E assim foram a Bethel.
And Elijah said to Elisha: “Remain here. For the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” And Elisha said to him, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not forsake you.” And when they had descended to Bethel,
3 Então os filhos dos profetas que estavam em Bethel sairam a Eliseo, e lhe disseram: Sabes que o Senhor hoje tomará o teu senhor por de cima da tua cabeça? E ele disse: também eu bem o sei; calai-vos.
the sons of the prophets, who were at Bethel, went out to Elisha. And they said to him, “Do you not know that today the Lord will take away your lord from you?” And he responded: “I know it. Be silent.”
4 E Elias lhe disse: Eliseo, fica-te aqui, porque o Senhor me enviou a Jericó. Porém ele disse: Vive o Senhor, e vive a tua alma, que te não deixarei. E assim vieram a Jericó.
Then Elijah said to Elisha: “Remain here. For the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” And he said, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not forsake you.” And when they had arrived at Jericho,
5 Então os filhos dos profetas que estavam em Jericó se chegaram a Eliseo, e lhe disseram: Sabes que o Senhor hoje tomará o teu senhor por de cima da tua cabeça? E ele disse: também eu bem o sei; calai-vos.
the sons of the prophets, who were at Jericho, drew near to Elisha. And they said to him, “Do you not know that today the Lord will take away your lord from you?” And he said: “I know it. Be silent.”
6 E Elias disse: Fica-te aqui, porque o Senhor me enviou ao Jordão. Mas ele disse: Vive o Senhor, e vive a tua alma, que te não deixarei. E assim ambos foram juntos.
Then Elijah said to him: “Remain here. For the Lord has sent me as far as the Jordan.” And he said, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not forsake you.” And so, the two of them continued on together.
7 E foram cincoênta homens dos filhos dos profetas, e de longe pararam defronte: e eles ambos pararam junto ao Jordão.
And fifty men from the sons of the prophets followed them, and they stood opposite them, at a distance. But the two of them were standing above the Jordan.
8 Então Elias tomou a sua capa, e a dobrou, e feriu as águas, as quais se dividiram para as duas bandas: e passaram ambos em seco.
And Elijah took his cloak, and he rolled it up, and he struck the waters, which were divided into two parts. And they both went across on dry ground.
9 Sucedeu pois que, havendo eles passado, Elias disse a Eliseo: Pede-me o que queres que te faça, antes que seja tomado de ti. E disse Eliseo: Peço-te que haja porção dobrada de teu espírito sobre mim
And when they had gone across, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what you wish that I may do for you, before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “I beg you, that twice your spirit may be accomplished in me.”
10 E disse: Coisa dura pediste; se me vires quando for tomado de ti, assim se te fará, porém, se não, não se fará
And he responded: “You have requested a difficult thing. Nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, you will have what you requested. But if you do not see, it shall not be.”
11 E sucedeu que, indo eles andando e falando, eis que um carro de fogo, com cavalos de fogo, os separou um do outro: e Elias subiu ao céu num redemoinho.
And as they continued on, they were conversing while walking. And behold, a fiery chariot with fiery horses divided the two. And Elijah ascended by a whirlwind into heaven.
12 O que vendo Eliseo, clamou: Meu pai, meu pai, carros de Israel, e seus cavaleiros! E nunca mais o viu: e, travando dos seus vestidos, os rasgou em duas partes.
Then Elisha saw it, and he cried out: “My father, my father! The chariot of Israel with its driver!” And he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own garments, and he tore them into two parts.
13 Também levantou a capa de Elias, que lhe caira: e tornou-se, e parou à borda do Jordão.
And he picked up the cloak of Elijah, which had fallen from him. And turning back, he stood above the bank of the Jordan.
14 E tomou a capa de Elias, que lhe caira, e feriu as águas, e disse: Onde está o Senhor, Deus de Elias? Então feriu as águas, e se dividiram elas de uma e outra banda; e Eliseo passou.
And he struck the waters with the cloak of Elijah, which had fallen from him, and they were not divided. And he said, “Where is the God of Elijah, even now?” And he struck the waters, and they were divided here and there. And Elisha went across.
15 Vendo-o pois os filhos dos profetas que estavam defronte em Jericó, disseram: O espírito de Elias repousa sobre Eliseo. E vieram-lhe ao encontro, e se prostraram diante dele em terra.
Then the sons of the prophets, who were at Jericho, watching from a distance, said, “The spirit of Elijah has rested upon Elisha.” And approaching to meet him, they reverenced him prone on the ground.
16 E disseram-lhe: Eis que com teus servos há cincoênta homens valentes; ora deixa-os ir para buscar a teu senhor; pode ser que o elevasse o espírito do Senhor, e o lançasse em algum dos montes, ou em algum dos vales. Porém ele disse: Não os envieis.
And they said to him, “Behold, with your servants there are fifty strong men, who are able to go forth and to seek your lord. For perhaps, the Spirit of the Lord has taken him up and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley.” But he said, “Do not send them.”
17 Mas eles apertaram com ele, até se enfastiar; e disse-lhes: enviai. E enviaram cincoênta homens, que o buscaram três dias, porém não o acharam.
And they urged him, until he acquiesced and said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men. And after they had searched for three days, they did not find him.
18 Então voltaram para ele, tendo ele ficado em Jericó: e disse-lhes: Eu não vos disse que não fosseis?
And they returned to him, for he was living in Jericho. And he said to them: “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not send them?’”
19 E os homens da cidade disseram a Eliseo: Eis que boa é a habitação desta cidade, como o meu senhor vê; porém as águas são más, e a terra é estéril
Also, the men of the city said to Elisha: “Behold, this city is a very good habitation, as you yourself perceive, O lord. But the waters are very bad, and the ground is barren.”
20 E ele disse: Trazei-me uma salva nova, e ponde nela sal. E lha trouxeram.
And so he said, “Bring a new vessel to me, and place salt in it.” And when they had brought it,
21 Então saiu ele ao manancial das águas, e deitou sal nele; e disse: Assim diz o Senhor: Sararei a estas águas; não haverá mais nelas morte nem esterilidade.
he went out to the source of the waters, and he cast the salt into it. And he said: “Thus says the Lord: I have healed these waters, and no longer shall there be death or barrenness in them.”
22 Ficaram pois sãs aquelas águas até ao dia de hoje, conforme à palavra que Eliseo tinha dito.
Then the waters were healed, even to this day, in accord with the word of Elisha, which he spoke.
23 Então subiu dali a Bethel: e, subindo ele pelo caminho, uns moços pequenos sairam da cidade, e zombavam dele, e diziam-lhe: Sobe, calvo, sobe, calvo!
Then he went up from there into Bethel. And as he was ascending along the way, little boys departed from the city. And they were mocking him, saying: “Go up, bald head! Go up, bald head!”
24 E, virando-se ele para traz, os viu, e os amaldiçoou no nome do Senhor: então duas ursas sairam do bosque, e despedaçaram deles quarenta e dois meninos.
And when he had looked back, he saw them, and he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two bears went out from the forest, and they wounded forty-two boys among them.
25 E foi-se dali para o monte Carmelo: e dali voltou para Samaria.
Then he went away from there to mount Carmel. And he returned from there into Samaria.
