2 Reis 2
1 Quando Yahweh estava prestes a levar Elias por um turbilhão para o céu, Elias foi com Elisha de Gilgal.
When Yahweh was about to take [the prophet] Elijah up to heaven in a (whirlwind/twisting wind), Elijah and [his fellow prophet] Elisha were traveling [south] from Gilgal [town].
2 Elijah disse a Elisha: “Por favor, espere aqui, pois Yahweh me enviou até Betel”. Elisha disse: “Como Yahweh vive, e como sua alma vive, eu não vou deixá-lo”. Então eles desceram para Betel.
Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, because Yahweh has told [only] me to go to Bethel [town].” But Elisha replied, “Just as certainly as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not leave you!” So they went down [together] to Bethel.
3 Os filhos dos profetas que estavam em Betel vieram até Eliseu e lhe disseram: “Você sabe que Yahweh vai tirar seu mestre de cima de você hoje? Ele disse: “Sim, eu sei disso. Fique calado”.
A group of prophets came to Elisha [and Elijah before they entered the town], and they asked Elisha, “Do you know that Yahweh is going to take your master/boss [Elijah] away from you today?” Elisha answered, “Certainly I know that, but don’t talk about it!” [IDM]
4 Elijah disse a ele: “Elisha, por favor espere aqui, pois Yahweh me enviou para Jericó”. Ele disse: “Como Yahweh vive, e como sua alma vive, eu não vou deixá-lo”. Então eles vieram para Jericó.
Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, because Yahweh has told [only] me to go to Jericho.” But Elisha replied [again], “Just as certainly as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not leave you!” So they went [together] to Jericho [city].
5 Os filhos dos profetas que estavam em Jericó chegaram perto de Eliseu e lhe disseram: “Você sabe que Yahweh vai tirar seu mestre de você hoje”? Ele respondeu: “Sim, eu sei disso. Fique calado”.
[As they neared] Jericho, a group of prophets who were from there came to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh is going to take your master/boss [Elijah] away from you today?” He answered again, “Certainly I know that, but don’t talk about it!” [IDM]
6 Elijah disse-lhe: “Por favor, espere aqui, pois Yahweh me enviou ao Jordão”. Ele disse: “Como Yahweh vive, e como sua alma vive, eu não vou deixá-lo”. Então os dois continuaram.
Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, because Yahweh has told [only] me to go to the Jordan [River].” But [again] Elisha replied, “As certainly as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not leave you!” So they continued walking together.
7 Cinqüenta homens dos filhos dos profetas foram e se colocaram à distância em frente a eles; e ambos ficaram junto ao Jordão.
Fifty men from a group of prophets [who were from Jericho] also went, but they watched from a distance as Elijah and Elisha stopped at the edge of the Jordan [River].
8 Elias pegou seu manto, enrolou-o e bateu nas águas; e eles foram divididos aqui e ali, de modo que ambos foram em terra seca.
Then Elijah rolled up his cloak and struck the water with it. A path opened up for them through the river, and they walked across [as though they were] on dry ground.
9 Quando eles tinham passado, Elijah disse a Elisha: “Pergunte o que devo fazer por você, antes que me tirem de você”. Elisha disse: “Por favor, deixe uma porção dupla do seu espírito estar em mim”.
When they came to the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, “What do you want me to do for you before (I am taken away/Yahweh takes me away)?” Elisha replied, “I want to receive twice as much of your power [as you have had, ] (OR enable me to very powerfully continue your ministry).”
10 Ele disse: “Você pediu uma coisa difícil. Se você me vir quando eu for tirado de você, será assim para você; mas se não, não será assim”.
Elijah replied, “You have asked for something which is difficult [for me to cause to happen]. But, if you see me when (I am taken from you/Yahweh takes me from you), you will get what you are requesting. But if you do not see me, then you will not get it.”
11 Enquanto prosseguiam e falavam, eis que uma carruagem de fogo e cavalos de fogo os separavam; e Elias subiu por um redemoinho ao céu.
As they were walking and talking, suddenly a chariot that had fire [surrounding it], pulled by horses which also had fire [surrounding them], appeared. [The chariot driver] drove the chariot between Elijah and Elisha and separated them. Then Elijah was taken up to heaven in a (whirlwind/twisting wind).
12 Eliseu viu-o e gritou: “Meu pai, meu pai, as carruagens de Israel e seus cavaleiros! Ele não o viu mais. Então ele pegou suas próprias roupas e as rasgou em duas partes.
Elisha saw it. He cried out, “My father/master! My father/master! The chariots of us Israeli people and their drivers [have taken my master away]!” [They disappeared into the sky, ] and Elisha never saw Elijah again. Then Elisha tore his own robe into two pieces [to show that he was sad].
13 Ele também pegou o manto de Elias que caiu dele, e voltou para trás e ficou ao lado da margem do Jordão.
Elijah’s cloak [had fallen off when he was taken away, so] Elisha picked it up and returned to the bank of the Jordan [River].
14 Ele pegou o manto de Elias que caiu dele, e bateu nas águas, e disse: “Onde está Yahweh, o Deus de Elias? Quando ele também bateu nas águas, elas foram divididas e Eliseu passou por cima.
He [rolled up the cloak and] struck the water with it, and cried out, “Will Yahweh, the God who [enabled] Elijah [to perform miracles, enable me to do similar things]?” Then the water separated, and a path opened up for him, and Elisha went across.
15 Quando os filhos dos profetas que estavam em Jericó diante dele o viram, eles disseram: “O espírito de Elias repousa sobre Eliseu”. Eles vieram ao seu encontro e se curvaram ao chão diante dele.
When the group of prophets from Jericho saw what happened, they exclaimed, “Elisha now has the power that Elijah had!” [MTY] They walked over to him and bowed down in front of him.
16 Disseram-lhe: “Veja agora, há com seus servos cinqüenta homens fortes”. Por favor, deixe-os ir e procure seu amo. Talvez o Espírito de Javé o tenha levado, e o tenha colocado em alguma montanha ou em algum vale”. Ele disse: “Não os envie”.
[One of] them said, “Sir, if you permit us, 50 of our strongest men will go and search for your master [on the other side of the river]. Perhaps the Spirit of Yahweh has left him on some mountain or in some valley.” Elisha replied, “No, do not send them.”
17 Quando o incitaram até que se envergonhasse, ele disse: “Mande-os”. Portanto, eles enviaram cinqüenta homens; e procuraram por três dias, mas não o encontraram.
But they kept insisting. Finally he was tired of saying “No,” and he said, “Okay, send them.” So 50 men searched for three days, but they did not find Elijah.
18 Eles voltaram para ele enquanto ele ficava em Jericó; e ele lhes disse: “Eu não lhes disse: 'Não vou?'”.
They returned to Jericho, and Elisha was still there. He said to them, “I told you that you should not go, [because you would not find him]!” [RHQ]
19 Os homens da cidade disseram a Elisha: “Veja, por favor, a situação desta cidade é agradável, como meu senhor vê; mas a água é má e a terra é árida”.
Then the leaders of [Jericho] city came to talk with Elisha. One of them said, “Our master, we have a problem. You can see that this is a very nice place [to live in]. But the water is bad, and as a result, crops will not grow on the land.”
20 Ele disse: “Traga-me um frasco novo, e ponha sal nele”. Então eles o trouxeram até ele.
Elisha said to them, “Put some salt in a new bowl and bring the bowl to me.” So they brought it to him.
21 Ele saiu para a fonte das águas, jogou sal nela e disse: “Yahweh disse: 'Eu curei estas águas'. De lá não haverá mais morte ou estéril deserto””.
Then he went out to the spring [from which the people in the town got water]. He threw the salt into the spring. Then he said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘I have made this water good/pure. No longer will anyone die, from having drunk this water, and now crops will be able to grow.’” [LIT]
22 Então as águas foram curadas até hoje, de acordo com a palavra de Elisha que ele falou.
And the water became pure, just as Elisha said it would be. Since that time it has always remained pure.
23 Ele subiu de lá para Betel. Enquanto ele subia pelo caminho, alguns jovens saíram da cidade e zombaram dele, e lhe disseram: “Suba, seu careca! Suba, seu careca!”
Elisha left Jericho and went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, a group of young boys from Bethel [saw him and] started to make fun of him. They continued shouting, “Go away, you bald-headed man!”
24 Ele olhou atrás dele e os viu, e os amaldiçoou em nome de Yahweh. Então, duas ursas saíram da floresta e maltrataram quarenta e dois desses jovens.
Elisha turned around and looked/glared at them. He asked Yahweh to (curse them/do something bad to them). Immediately two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of them.
25 Ele foi de lá para o Monte Carmelo, e de lá voltou para Samaria.
Elisha left Bethel and went to Carmel Mountain, and after that he returned to Samaria [city].
