2 Reis 6
1 Os filhos dos profetas disseram a Eliseu: Eis que o lugar em que moramos contigo nos é estreito.
One day a group of prophets said to Elisha, “Look, this place where we meet together with you is very small.
2 Vamos agora ao Jordão, e tomemos dali cada um uma viga, e façamo-nos ali lugar em que habitemos. E ele disse: Andai.
Allow us to go to the Jordan [River and cut down some trees to make] logs to build a new meeting place.” So Elisha said, “Okay, go.”
3 E disse um: Rogamos-te que queiras vir com teus servos. E ele respondeu: Eu irei.
One of them said to Elisha, “Please come with us.” So Elisha replied, “Okay, I will go with you.”
4 Foi-se, pois, com eles; e como chegaram ao Jordão, cortaram a madeira.
So they went together. When they reached the Jordan [River], they cut down some trees.
5 E aconteceu que derrubando uma árvore, caiu o machado na água; e deu vozes, dizendo: Ah, senhor meu, que era emprestada!
But while one of them was cutting down a tree, suddenly the axe head [separated from the handle and] fell into the water. He cried out to Elisha, “O, Master, what shall I do? [The axe is not mine]; I borrowed it!”
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.
Elisha replied, “Where did it fall into the water?” After the man showed him the place, Elisha cut off a stick, and threw it into the water, and caused the iron axe head to float [on top of the water].
7 E disse: Toma-o. E ele estendeu a mão, e tomou-o.
Elisha said, “Take it out of the water.” So the man reached his hand down and picked up the axe head.
8 Tinha o rei da Síria guerra contra Israel, e consultando com seus servos, disse: Em tal e tal lugar estará meu acampamento.
Whenever the king of Syria [prepared to send his army to] fight against Israel, he first consulted his officers, and then told them where they should set up their tents.
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.
But each time, Elisha would send a message to warn the king of Israel, [telling him where the army of Syria was planning to attack them, ] saying, “Be sure that your army does not go near that place, because the army of Syria has set up their tents there.”
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 would send [messengers] to warn [the people who lived in] that place, and the people would remain on guard. That happened several times.
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?
The king of Syria was very upset/disturbed/angry about that. So he summoned his army officers and said to them, “[Obviously] one of you is (betraying us/revealing our plans) to the king of Israel. Which one of you is doing it?”
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.
One of his officers answered, “Your Majesty, it is not one of us. Elisha the prophet [knows what we plan to do, and he] tells the king of Israel everything. He even knows what you say in your own 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.
The king of Syria replied, “Go and find out where he is, and I will send [some men there] to capture him.” Someone told him, “People say that he is in Dothan [town north of Samaria].”
14 Então enviou o rei ali cavaleiros, e carros, e um grande exército, os quais vieram de noite, e cercaram a cidade.
So the king sent a large group of soldiers [to Dothan] with horses and chariots. They arrived at night and surrounded 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?
Early the next morning, Elisha’s servant got up and went outside the house. He saw the soldiers of Syria with their horses and chariots surrounding the town. So he went inside [the house and reported it to Elisha] and exclaimed, “O, sir! What are we going to do?”
16 E ele lhe disse: Não tenhas medo: porque mais são os que estão conosco do que os que estão com eles.
Elisha replied, “Do not be afraid! Those who will be helping us will be more than those who will be helping 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 he prayed, “Yahweh, I request that you open my servant’s eyes in order that he can see [what is out there]!” So Yahweh enabled the servant to look out and see that surrounding the hill on which the town [was built] was a huge number of horses, and chariots made of fire!
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.
When the army of Syria prepared to attack Elisha, he prayed again, saying, “Yahweh, cause all these soldiers to become blind!” Yahweh answered his prayer and caused them to be unable to see clearly.
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.
Then Elisha went to them and said, “You are not on the right road; this is not the city that you are searching for. I will take you to the man whom you are searching for.” But he led them to Samaria, [the capital of Israel]!
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.
As soon as they entered Samaria, Elisha prayed again, saying, “Yahweh, now enable these soldiers to see correctly again!” So Yahweh enabled them to see correctly, and they were surprised to see that they were inside Samaria [city].
21 E quando o rei de Israel os havia visto, disse a Eliseu: Eu os ferirei, pai meu?
When the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, “Sir, shall I [tell my soldiers to] kill them? Shall we kill all of them?”
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.
Elisha replied, “No, you must not kill them. If your army captured many of your enemies in a battle, you would certainly not [RHQ] kill them. Give these men something to eat and drink, and then allow them to return to their king.”
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 the king of Israel did that. He told his servants to provide a big feast for them. And when they had eaten and drunk plenty, he sent them away. They returned to the king of Syria [and told him what had happened]. So for a while after that, soldiers from Syria stopped raiding/attacking towns in Israel.
24 Depois disto aconteceu, que Ben-Hadade rei da Síria juntou todo seu exército, e subiu, e pôs cerco a Samaria.
But some time later, Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, assembled his entire army, and they went to Samaria and surrounded the city [for a long time].
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.
Because of that, after a while there was hardly any food left inside the city, with the result that eventually a donkey’s head, [which was usually worthless, ] cost eighty pieces of silver, and (one cup/0.3 liter) of dove’s dung cost five pieces of silver.
26 E passando o rei de Israel pelo muro, uma mulher gritou-lhe, e disse: Socorro, rei, senhor meu.
One day when the king of Israel was walking on top of the city wall, a woman cried out to him, “Your Majesty, help me!”
27 E ele disse: Se o SENHOR não te salva, de onde eu tenho de te salvar? Do granário, ou da prensa de uvas?
He replied, “If Yahweh will not help you, I certainly cannot [RHQ] help you. I certainly [RHQ] do not have any wheat or wine!
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.
What is your problem?” She replied, “Several days ago, that woman [over there] said to me, ‘[Because we have nothing left to eat, ] let’s kill your son today, in order that we can eat his flesh. Then tomorrow we can [kill] my son [and] eat his flesh.’
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 we [killed my son and cut his body up and] boiled his flesh and ate it. The next day, I said to her, ‘Now give your son to me, in order that we can [kill him and cook his flesh and] eat it.’ But she has hidden her son!”
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.
When the king heard what the woman said, he tore his robe [to show that he was very distressed]. The people who were standing close to the wall were able to see that the king was wearing rough cloth underneath his robe [because he was very distressed].
31 E ele disse: Assim me faça Deus, e assim me acrescente, se a cabeça de Eliseu filho de Safate restar sobre ele hoje.
The king exclaimed, “I wish/hope that God will strike me dead if I do not cut off the head of Elisha today, [because he is the one who has caused these terrible things to happen to us]!”
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?
So the king sent an officer to get Elisha. Before the officer arrived, Elisha was sitting in his house with some Israeli elders who were talking with him. Elisha said to them, “That murderer, [the king of Israel, ] is sending someone here to kill me. Listen: When he arrives, shut the door and do not allow him to come in. And the king will be coming right behind that officer!”
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?
And while he was still speaking, the king and the officer arrived. The king said, “It is Yahweh who has caused us to have all this trouble/suffering. (Why should I wait any longer [RHQ] for him to do something [to help us]?/It is useless for me to wait any longer for him [to help us]!)”
