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1 Os filhos dos profetas disseram a Eliseu: Eis que o lugar em que moramos contigo 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 agora ao Jordão, e tomemos dali cada um uma viga, e façamo-nos ali lugar em que habitemos. E ele disse: Andai.
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: Rogamos-te que queiras vir com teus servos. E ele respondeu: Eu irei.
And one of them said, Be pleased to go with your servants. And he said, I will go.
4 Foi-se, pois, com eles; e como chegaram ao Jordão, cortaram a madeira.
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they got to work cutting down trees.
5 E aconteceu que derrubando uma árvore, caiu o machado na água; e deu vozes, dizendo: Ah, senhor meu, que era emprestada!
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 o homem de Deus disse: Onde caiu? E ele lhe mostrou o lugar. Então cortou ele um pau, e lançou-o ali; e fez flutuar 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: Toma-o. E ele estendeu a mão, e tomou-o.
Then he said, Take it up. So he put out his hand and took it.
8 Tinha o rei da Síria guerra contra Israel, e consultando com seus servos, disse: Em tal e tal lugar estará 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 E o homem de Deus enviou a dizer ao rei de Israel: Olha que não passes por tal lugar, porque os sírios vão 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 Então o rei de Israel enviou a aquele lugar que o homem de Deus havia dito e alertado-lhe; e guardou-se dali, não uma vez nem duas.
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 E o coração do rei da Síria foi perturbado disto; e chamando a seus servos, disse-lhes: Não me declarareis vós quem dos nossos é do 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 Então um dos servos disse: Não, rei, senhor meu; mas sim que o profeta Eliseu está em Israel, o qual declara ao rei de Israel as palavras que tu falas em tua mais secreta câmara.
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: Ide, e olhai onde está, para que eu envie a tomá-lo. E foi-lhe dito: Eis que ele está em Dotã.
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 o rei ali cavaleiros, 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 levantando-se de manhã o que servia ao homem de Deus, para sair, eis que o exército que tinha cercado a cidade, com cavaleiros e carros. Então seu criado lhe disse: Ah, senhor meu! 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 lhe disse: Não tenhas medo: 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 Eliseu, e disse: Rogo-te, ó SENHOR, que abras seus olhos para que veja. Então o SENHOR abriu os olhos do jovem, e olhou; e eis que o monte estava cheio de cavaleiros, e de carros de fogo ao redor de Eliseu.
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 logo que os sírios desceram a ele, orou Eliseu ao SENHOR, e disse: Rogo-te que firas a esta gente com cegueira. E feriu-os com cegueira, conforme ao dito de Eliseu.
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 Depois lhes disse Eliseu: Não é este o caminho, nem é esta a cidade; segui-me, que eu vos guiarei ao homem que buscais. E guiou-os 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 assim que chegaram a Samaria, disse Eliseu: SENHOR, abre os olhos destes, para que vejam. E o SENHOR abriu seus olhos, e olharam, e acharam-se em 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 havia visto, disse a Eliseu: Eu os ferirei, pai meu?
And the king of Israel, when he saw them, said to Elisha, My father, am I to put them to the sword?
22 E ele lhe respondeu: Não os firas; feririas tu aos que tomaste cativos com tua espada e com teu arco? Põe diante deles pão e água, para que comam e bebam, e se voltem a seus senhores.
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 Então lhes foi preparada grande comida: e quando houveram comido e bebido, enviou-os, e eles se voltaram a seu senhor. E nunca mais tropas da Síria vieram à 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 Depois disto aconteceu, que Ben-Hadade rei da Síria juntou todo seu exército, e subiu, e pôs cerco 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, tendo eles cerco sobre ela; tanto, que a cabeça de um asno era vendida por oitenta peças de prata, e a quarta parte de uma porção de esterco 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 passando o rei de Israel pelo muro, uma mulher gritou-lhe, e disse: Socorro, rei, senhor meu.
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 disse: Se o SENHOR não te salva, de onde eu tenho de te salvar? Do granário, ou da prensa de uvas?
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 E disse-lhe o rei: Que tens? E ela respondeu: Esta mulher me disse: Dá aqui o teu filho, e o comamos hoje, e amanhã comeremos o meu.
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 Cozinhamos, pois, meu filho, e o comemos. O dia seguinte eu lhe disse: Dá aqui o teu filho, e o comamos. Mas ela escondeu 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 quando o rei ouviu as palavras daquela mulher, rasgou suas roupas, e passou assim pelo muro: e chegou a ver o povo o saco que trazia interiormente sobre 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 ele disse: Assim me faça Deus, e assim me acrescente, se a cabeça de Eliseu filho de Safate restar sobre ele hoje.
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 naquele tempo Eliseu sentado em sua casa, e com ele estavam sentados os anciãos: e o rei enviou a ele um homem. Mas antes que o mensageiro viesse a ele, disse ele aos anciãos: Não vistes como este homicida me envia a tirar a cabeça?
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 Ainda estava ele falando com eles, e eis que o mensageiro que descia a ele; e disse: Certamente este mal vem do SENHOR. Para que tenho de esperar mais ao 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?
