2 Reis 7
1 Então disse Eliseo: Ouvi a palavra do Senhor: assim diz o Senhor: amanhã, quase a este tempo, uma medida de farinha haverá por um siclo, e duas medidas de cevada por um siclo, à porta de Samaria.
Then Elisha said: “Listen to the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: Tomorrow, at this time, one measure of fine wheat flour will be one silver coin, and two measures of barley will be one silver coin, at 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 janelas no céu, poder-se-ia fazer isso? E ele disse: Eis que o verás com os teus olhos, porém daí não comerás.
And one of the leaders, upon whose hand the king leaned, responding to the man of God, said, “Even if the Lord will open the floodgates of heaven, how can what you say possibly be?” And he said, “You will see it with your own eyes, and you will not eat from it.”
3 E quatro homens leprosos estavam à entrada da porta, os quais disseram uns aos outros: Para que estaremos nós aqui até morrermos?
Now there were four lepers beside the entrance of the gate. And they said one to another: “Should we choose to stay here until we die?
4 Se dissermos: Entremos na cidade, há fome na cidade, e morreremos ai; e se ficarmos aqui, também morreremos: vamos nós pois agora, e demos conosco no arraial dos siros: se nos deixarem viver, viveremos, e se nos matarem, tão somente morreremos.
If we choose to enter the city, we will die from the famine. And if we remain here, we also will die. Therefore, come and let us flee over to the camp of the Syrians. If they spare us, we will live. But if they choose to kill us, we will die anyway.”
5 E levantaram-se ao crepúsculo, para se irem ao arraial dos siros: e, chegando à entrada do arraial dos siros, eis que não havia ali ninguém.
Therefore, they rose up in the evening, so that they might go to the camp of the Syrians. And when they had arrived at the beginning of the camp of the Syrians, they found no one in that place.
6 Porque o Senhor fizera ouvir no arraial dos siros ruído de carros e ruído de cavalos, como o ruído dum grande exército; de maneira que disseram uns aos outros: Eis que o rei de Israel alugou contra nós os reis dos heteus e os reis dos egípcios, para virem contra nós.
For indeed, the Lord had caused them to hear, in the camp of Syria, the sound of chariots and horses, and a very numerous army. And they said one to another: “Behold, the king of Israel has paid wages to the kings of the Hittites and of the Egyptians against us. And they will overwhelm us.”
7 Pelo que se levantaram, e fugiram no crepúsculo, e deixaram as suas tendas, e os seus cavalos, e os seus jumentos, e o arraial como estava: e fugiram para salvarem a sua vida.
Therefore, they rose up and fled away in the dark. And they left behind their tents and horses and donkeys in the camp. And they fled, desiring to save so much as their own lives.
8 Chegando pois estes leprosos à entrada do arraial, entraram numa tenda, e comeram e beberam e tomaram dali prata, e ouro, e vestidos, e foram e os esconderam: então voltaram, e entraram em outra tenda, e dali também tomaram, e o esconderam.
And so, when these lepers had arrived at the beginning of the camp, they entered one tent, and they ate and drank. And they took from there silver, and gold, and clothing. And they went away and hid it. And they returned again to another tent, and similarly, carrying away from there, they 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 à luz da manhã, algum mal nos sobrevirá; pelo que agora vamos, e o anunciemos à casa do rei.
Then they said one to another: “We are not doing the right thing. For this is a day of good news. If we remain silent and refuse to report it until morning, we will be charged with a crime. Come, let us go and report it in the court of the king.”
10 Vieram pois, e bradaram aos porteiros da cidade, e lhes anunciaram, dizendo: Fomos ao arraial dos siros e eis que lá não havia ninguém, nem voz de homem, porém só cavalos atados, e jumentos atados, e as tendas como estavam de antes.
And when they had arrived at the gate of the city, they explained to them, saying: “We went into the camp of the Syrians, and we found no one in that place, except horses and donkeys tied, and the tents still standing.”
11 E chamaram os porteiros, e o anunciaram dentro da casa do rei.
Therefore, the gatekeepers went and reported it in the palace of the king.
12 E o rei se levantou de noite, e disse a seus servos: Agora vos farei saber o que é que os siros nos fizeram: bem sabem eles 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 he rose up in the night, and he said to his servants: “I tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are suffering from famine, and therefore they have gone out from the camp, and they lie hidden in the fields, saying: ‘When they will have gone out from the city, we will capture them alive, and then we will be able to enter the city.’”
13 Então um dos seus servos respondeu e disse: Tomem-se pois cinco dos cavalos 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 enviemo-los, e vejamos.
But one of his servants responded: “Let us take the five horses that remain in the city (for there were no more amid the entire multitude of Israel, since the rest had been consumed), and sending, we will be able to explore.”
14 Tomaram pois dois cavalos de carro; e o rei os enviou após o exército dos siros, dizendo: Ide, e vede.
Therefore, they brought two horses. And the king sent them into the camp of the Syrians, saying, “Go, and see.”
15 E foram após eles até ao Jordão, e eis que todo o caminho estava cheio de vestidos e de aviamentos, que os siros, apressando-se, lançaram fora: e voltaram os mensageiros, e o anunciaram ao rei:
And they went away after them, as far as the Jordan. But behold, the entire way was filled with clothing and vessels, which the Syrians had thrown aside when they were disturbed. And the messengers returned and told the king.
16 Então saiu o povo, e saqueou o arraial dos siros: 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, going out, pillaged the camp of the Syrians. And one measure of fine wheat flour went for one silver coin, and two measures of barley went for one silver coin, in accord with the word of the Lord.
17 E pusera o rei à porta o capitão em cuja mão se encostava; e o povo o atropelou na porta, e morreu, como falara o homem de Deus, o que falou quando o rei descera a ele.
Then the king stationed that leader, on whose hand he leaned, at the gate. And the crowd trampled him at the entrance of the gate. And he died, in accord with what the man of God had said when the king had descended to him.
18 Porque assim sucedeu como o homem de Deus falara ao rei dizendo: amanhã, quase a este tempo, haverá duas medidas de cevada por um siclo, e uma medida de farinha por um siclo, à porta de Samaria.
And this happened in accord with the word of the man of God, which he had spoken to the king, when he said: “Two measures of barley will be one silver coin, and one measure of fine wheat flour will be one silver coin, at this same time tomorrow, at the gate of Samaria.”
19 E aquele capitão respondeu ao homem de Deus, e disse: Eis que ainda que o Senhor fizesse janelas no céu, poder-se-ia isso fazer conforme essa palavra? E ele disse: Eis que o verás com os teus olhos, porém daí não comerás.
Then that leader had responded to the man of God, and he had said, “Even if the Lord will open the floodgates of heaven, how can what you say possibly happen?” And he said to him, “You will see it with your own eyes, and you will not eat from it.”
20 E assim lhe sucedeu, porque o povo o atropelou à porta, e morreu.
Therefore, it happened to him just as it had been predicted. For the people trampled him at the gate, and he died.
