2 Reis 6
1 E disseram os filhos dos profetas a Eliseo: Eis que o lugar em que habitamos diante da tua face, nos é estreito.
Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, There is not room enough for us in the place where we are living under your care;
2 Vamos pois até ao Jordão, e tomemos de lá, cada um de nós, uma viga, e façamo-nos ali um lugar, para habitar ali: e disse ele: Ide.
So let us go to Jordan, and let everyone get to work cutting boards, and we will make a living-place for ourselves there. And he said to them, Go, then.
3 E disse um: Serve-te de ires com os teus servos. E disse: Eu irei.
And one of them said, Be pleased to go with your servants. And he said, I will go.
4 E foi com eles: e, chegando eles ao Jordão, cortaram madeira.
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they got to work cutting down trees.
5 E sucedeu que, derrubando um deles uma viga, o ferro caiu na água: e clamou, e disse: Ai, meu senhor! porque era emprestado.
But one of them, while cutting a board, let the head of his axe go into the water; and he gave a cry, and said, This is a bad business, my master, for it is another's.
6 E disse o homem de Deus: Onde caiu? E mostrando-lhe ele o lugar, cortou um pão, e o lançou ali, e fez nadar o ferro.
And the man of God said, Where did it go in? and when he saw the place where it had gone into the water, cutting a stick, he put it into the water, and the iron came up to the top of the water.
7 E disse: Levanta-o. Então ele estendeu a sua mão e o tomou.
Then he said, Take it up. So he put out his hand and took it.
8 E o rei da Síria fazia guerra a Israel: e consultou com os seus servos, dizendo: Em tal e em tal lugar estará o meu acampamento.
At that time the king of Aram was making war against Israel; and he had a meeting with the chiefs of his army and said, I will be waiting in secret in some named place.
9 Mas o homem de Deus enviou ao rei de Israel, dizendo: Guarda-te de passares por tal lugar; porque os siros desceram ali.
And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Take care to keep away from that place, for the Aramaeans are waiting there in secret.
10 Pelo que o rei de Israel enviou àquele lugar, de que o homem de Deus lhe dissera, e de que o tinha avisado, e se guardou ali, não uma nem duas vezes.
So the king of Israel sent to the place where the man of God had said there was danger, and kept clear of it more than once.
11 Então se turbou com este incidente o coração do rei da Síria, e chamou os seus servos, e lhes disse: Não me fareis saber quem dos nossos é pelo rei de Israel?
And at this, the mind of the king of Aram was greatly troubled, and he sent for his servants and said to them, Will you not make clear to me which of us is helping the king of Israel?
12 E disse um dos seus servos: Não, ó rei meu senhor; mas o profeta Eliseo, que está em Israel, faz saber ao rei de Israel as palavras que tu falas na tua câmara de dormir.
And one of them said, Not one of us, my lord king; but Elisha, the prophet in Israel, gives the king of Israel news of the words you say even in your bedroom.
13 E ele disse: vai, e vê onde ele está, para que envie, e mande traze-lo. E fizeram-lhe saber, dizendo: Eis que está em Dothan.
Then he said, Go and see where he is, so that I may send and get him. And news came to him that he was in Dothan.
14 Então enviou para lá cavalos, e carros, e um grande exército, os quais vieram de noite, e cercaram a cidade.
So he sent there horses and carriages and a great army; and they came by night, circling the town.
15 E o moço do homem de Deus se levantou mui cedo, e saiu, e eis que um exército tinha cercado a cidade com cavalos e carros; então o seu moço lhe disse: Ai, meu senhor! que faremos?
Now the servant of the man of God, having got up early and gone out, saw an army with horses and carriages of war all round the town. And the servant said to him, O my master, what are we to do?
16 E ele disse: Não temas; porque mais são os que estão conosco do que os que estão com eles.
And he said in answer, Have no fear; those who are with us are more than those who are with them.
17 E orou Eliseo, e disse: Senhor, peço-te que lhe abras os olhos, para que veja. E o Senhor abriu os olhos do moço, e viu; e eis que o monte estava cheio de cavalos e carros de fogo, em redor de Eliseo.
Then Elisha made a prayer to the Lord, saying, Lord, let his eyes be open so that he may see. And the Lord made the young man's eyes open; and he saw that all the mountain was full of horses and carriages of fire round Elisha.
18 E, como desceram a ele, Eliseo orou ao Senhor, e disse: Fere, peço-te, esta gente de cegueira. E feriu-a de cegueira, conforme a palavra de Eliseo.
Now when the Aramaeans came down to Elisha, he made a prayer to the Lord saying, Lord, make this people blind. And he made them blind at Elisha's request.
19 Então Eliseo lhes disse: Não é este o caminho, nem é esta a cidade; segui-me, e guiar-vos-ei ao homem que buscais. E os guiou a Samaria.
And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, and this is not the town: come after me so that I may take you to the man you are searching for. And he took them to Samaria.
20 E sucedeu que, chegando eles a Samaria, disse Eliseo: Ó Senhor, abre a estes os olhos para que vejam. O Senhor lhes abriu os olhos, para que vissem, e eis que estavam no meio de Samaria.
And when they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, Lord, let the eyes of these men be open so that they may see. And the Lord made their eyes open, and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.
21 E, quando o rei de Israel os viu, disse a Eliseo: feri-los-ei, feri-los-ei, meu pai?
And the king of Israel, when he saw them, said to Elisha, My father, am I to put them to the sword?
22 Mas ele disse: Não os ferirás; feririas tu os que tomasses prisioneiros com a tua espada e com o teu arco? põe-lhes diante pão e água, para que comam e bebam, e se vão para seu senhor.
But he said in answer, You are not to put them to death; have you any right to put to death those whom you have not taken prisoner with your sword and your bow? put bread and water before them, so that they may have food and drink and go to their master.
23 E apresentou-lhes um grande banquete, e comeram e beberam; e os despediu e foram para seu senhor: e não entraram mais tropas de siros na terra de Israel.
So he made ready a great feast for them, and when they had had food and drink, he sent them away and they went back to their master. And no more bands of Aramaeans came into the land of Israel.
24 E sucedeu, depois disto, que Ben-hadad, rei da Síria, ajuntou todo o seu exército: e subiu, e cercou a Samaria.
Now after this, Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got together all his army and went up to make an attack on Samaria, shutting the town in on all sides with his forces.
25 E houve grande fome em Samaria, porque eis que a cercaram, até que se vendeu uma cabeça dum jumento por oitenta peças de prata, e a quarta parte dum cabo desterco de pombas por cinco peças de prata.
And they became very short of food in Samaria; for they kept it shut in till the price of an ass's head was eighty shekels of silver, and a small measure of doves' droppings was five shekels of silver.
26 E sucedeu que, passando o rei pelo muro, uma mulher lhe bradou, dizendo: Acode-me, ó rei meu senhor.
And when the king of Israel was going by on the wall, a woman came crying out to him, and said, Help! my lord king.
27 E ele lhe disse: Se o Senhor te não acode, de onde te acudirei eu? da eira ou do lagar?
And he said, If the Lord does not give you help, where am I to get help for you? from the grain-floor or the grape-crusher?
28 Disse-lhe mais o rei: Que tens? E disse ela: Esta mulher me disse: Dá cá o teu filho, para que hoje o comamos, e amanhã comeremos o meu filho.
And the king said to her, What is troubling you? And she said in answer, This woman said to me, Give your son to be our food today, and we will have my son tomorrow.
29 Cozemos pois o meu filho, e o comemos; mas dizendo-lhe eu ao outro dia: Dá cá o teu filho, para que o comamos; escondeu o seu filho.
So, boiling my son, we had a meal of him; and on the day after I said to her, Now give your son for our food; but she has put her son in a secret place.
30 E sucedeu que, ouvindo o rei as palavras desta mulher, rasgou os seus vestidos, e ia passando pelo muro; e o povo viu que eis que trazia cilício por dentro, sobre a sua carne.
Then the king, hearing what the woman said, took his robes in his hands, violently parting them; and, while he was walking on the wall, the people, looking, saw that under his robe he had haircloth on his flesh.
31 E disse: Assim me faça Deus, e outro tanto, se a cabeça de Eliseo, filho de Saphat, hoje ficar sobre ele.
Then he said, May God's punishment come on me if Elisha, the son of Shaphat, keeps his head on his body after this day.
32 Estava então Eliseo assentado em sua casa, e também os anciãos estavam assentados com ele. E enviou o rei um homem de diante de si; mas, antes que o mensageiro viesse a ele, disse ele aos anciãos: Vistes como o filho do homicida mandou tirar-me a cabeça? olhai pois que, quando vier o mensageiro lhe fecheis a porta, e o empuxeis para fora com a porta; porventura não vem o ruído dos pés de seu senhor após ele?
But Elisha was in his house, and the responsible men were seated there with him; and before the king got there, Elisha said to those who were with him, Do you see how this cruel and violent man has sent to take away my life?
33 E, estando ele ainda falando com eles, eis que o mensageiro descia a ele; e disse: Eis que este mal vem do Senhor, que mais pois esperaria do Senhor?
While he was still talking to them, the king came down and said, This evil is from the Lord; why am I to go on waiting any longer for the Lord?
