2 Књига о царевима 7
1 Тада рече Јелисије: Чујте реч Господњу: Тако вели Господ: Сутра ће у ово доба бити мера белог брашна за сикал а две мере јечма за сикал на вратима самаријским.
Elisha said, “Hear the word of Yahweh. This is what Yahweh says: 'Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.'”
2 А војвода на ког се руку цар наслањаше, одговори човеку Божијем и рече: Да Господ начини окна на небу, би ли могло то бити? А Јелисије рече: Ето, ти ћеш видети својим очима, али га нећеш јести.
Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, “See, even if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, can this thing happen?” Elisha replied, “See, you will watch it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it.”
3 А беху на вратима четири човека губава, и рекоше један другом: Што седимо овде да умремо?
Now there were four men with leprosy right outside the city gate. They said one to another, “Why should we sit here until we die?
4 Да кажемо: Да уђемо у град, глад је у граду, те ћемо умрети онде: а да останемо овде, опет ћемо умрети; него хајде да ускочимо у логор сирски: ако нас оставе у животу, остаћемо у животу, ако ли нас погубе, погинућемо.
If we say that we should go into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we will die there. But if we still sit here, we will still die. Now then, come, let us go to the army of the Arameans. If they keep us alive, we will live, and if they kill us, we will only die.”
5 И тако, уставши у сумрак пођоше у логор сирски, и дођоше до краја логора сирског, и гле, не беше никога.
So they rose up at twilight to go into the Aramean camp; when they arrived at the outermost part of the camp, there was no one there.
6 Јер Господ учини те се у логору сирском чу лупа кола и коња и велике војске, те рекоше један другом: Ето цар је Израиљев најмио на нас цареве хетејске и цареве мисирске да ударе на нас.
For the Lord had made the Aramean army hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses—the noise of another large army, and they said to each other, “The king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to come against us.”
7 Те се подигоше и побегоше по мраку оставивши шаторе своје и коње своје и магарце своје и логор као што је био, и побегоше ради душа својих.
So the soldiers arose and fled in the twilight; they left their tents, their horses, their donkeys, and the camp as it was, and fled for their lives.
8 Па кад дођоше губавци на крај логора, уђоше у један шатор, и наједоше се и напише се, и покупише из њега сребро и злато и хаљине, и отидоше те сакрише. Па се вратише и уђоше у други шатор, па покупише и из њега, и отидоше те сакрише.
When the men with leprosy came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent and ate and drank, and carried away silver and gold and clothes, and went and hid them. They came back and entered into another tent and carried plunder away from there also, and went and hid it.
9 Тада рекоше међу собом: Не радимо добро; овај је дан дан добрих гласова; а ми ћутимо. Ако ушчекамо до зоре, стигнуће нас безакоње. Зато сада хајде да идемо и јавимо дому царевом.
Then they said each other, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, but we are keeping quiet about it. If we wait until daybreak, punishment will overtake us. Now then, come, let us go and tell the king's household.”
10 И тако дошавши дозваше вратара градског и казаше му говорећи: Идосмо у логор сирски, и гле, нема никога, ни гласа човечијег; него коњи повезани и магарци повезани, и шатори како су били.
So they went and called the gatekeepers of the city. They told them, saying, “We went to the camp of the Arameans, but there was no one there, not the sound of anyone, but there were the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.”
11 А он дозва остале вратаре, и јавише у дом царев.
Then the gatekeepers shouted out the news, and then it was told inside the king's household.
12 А цар уставши по ноћи рече слугама својим: Казаћу вам сада шта су нам учинили Сирци. Знају да гладујемо, зато отидоше из логора да се сакрију у пољу говорећи: Кад изиђу из града, похватаћемо их живе и ући ћемо у град.
Then the king arose at night and said to his servants, “I will tell you now what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we are hungry, so they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the fields. They are saying, 'When they come out of the city, we will take them alive, and get into the city.'”
13 А један од слуга његових одговори и рече: Да узмемо пет осталих коња што још има у граду; гле, то је све што је остало од мноштва коња израиљских; то је све што није изгинуло од мноштва коња израиљских; да пошаљемо да видимо.
One of the king's servants answered and said, “I beg you, let some men take five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city. They are like all the rest of the population of Israel who are left—most are now dead; let us send them and see.”
14 И узеше два коња колска, које посла цар за војском сирском, говорећи: Идите и видите.
So they took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the army of the Arameans, saying, “Go and see.”
15 И отидоше за њима до Јордана, и гле, по свему путу беше пуно хаљина и судова, које побацаше Сирци у хитњи. Тада се вратише посланици и јавише цару.
They went after them to the Jordan, and all the road was full of clothes and equipment that the Arameans had cast away in their hurry. So the messengers returned and told the king.
16 Тада изађе народ и разграби логор сирски; и беше мера белог брашна за сикал, и две мере јечма за сикал, по речи Господњој.
The people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, just as the word of Yahweh had said.
17 И цар постави на врата оног војводу, на ког се руку наслањаше, а народ га изгази на вратима, те умре, по речи човека Божијег, коју рече кад цар к њему дође.
The king had ordered the captain on whose hand he had leaned to be in charge of the gate, and the people trampled him down in the gateway. He died as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king had come down to him.
18 Јер кад човек Божји рече цару: Две мере јечма за сикал и мера белог брашна за сикал биће сутра у ово доба на вратима самаријским,
So it happened as the man of God had said to the king, saying, “About this time in the gate of Samaria, two measures of barley will be available for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel.”
19 А онај војвода одговори човеку Божијем говорећи: Да Господ начини окна на небу, би ли могло бити шта кажеш? А Јелисије рече: Ти ћеш видети својим очима, али га нећеш јести.
That captain had answered the man of God and said, “See, even if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, can this thing happen?” Elisha had said, “See, you will watch it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it.”
20 И зби му се то, јер га изгази народ на вратима, те умре.
That is what exactly what happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gate, and he died.
