Четвертая книга Царств 6
1 И реша сынове пророчи ко Елиссею: се, убо место, идеже мы живем противу тебе, тесно нам:
And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with you is too strait for us.
2 да идем ныне до Иордана, и да возмем оттуду кийждо муж по бервну единому и сотворим себе ту обиталища пребывати тамо. И рече: идите.
Let us go, we pray you, to Jordan, and take there every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go you.
3 И рече един кротце: гряди и сам с рабы твоими. И рече: аз пойду.
And one said, Be content, I pray you, and go with your servants. And he answered, I will go.
4 И иде с ними: и приидоша ко Иордану, и секоша древа:
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
5 и егда един отсекаше бервно, и се, железо спаде с топорища и впаде в воду. И возопи: о, господине, и сие заемное.
But as one was felling a beam, the ax head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
6 И рече человек Божий: где паде? И показа ему место. И отсече древо и вверже и тамо: и всплыве железо.
And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
7 И рече: возми себе. И простре руку свою и взят е.
Therefore said he, Take it up to you. And he put out his hand, and took it.
8 И царь Сирский бе воюя на Израиля, и совеща со отроки своими, глаголя: на месте некоем сокровеннем ополчуся.
Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
9 И посла Елиссей ко царю Израилеву, глаголя: блюдися не преити на место сие, яко ту Сиряне залягоша.
And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
10 И посла царь Израилев на место, о немже рече ему Елиссей, и соблюдеся оттуду не единою, ниже дважды.
And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
11 И смутися душа царя Сирска о словеси сем: и призва отроки своя и рече и ним: не возвестите ли мне, кто предает мя царю Израилеву?
Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said to them, Will you not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?
12 И рече един от отрок его: ни, господине мой царю: яко пророк Елиссей, иже во Израили, возвещает царю Израилеву вся словеса, яже аще глаголеши в сокровищи ложницы твоея.
And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedchamber.
13 И рече: идите, видите, где сей, и послав возму его. И возвестиша ему, глаголюще: се, есть в Дофаиме.
And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
14 И посла тамо кони и колесницы и силу тяжку: и приидоша нощию и окружиша град.
Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
15 И урани раб Елиссеев востати, и изыде: и се, сила обступи град, и кони и колесницы. И рече отрок его к нему: о, господине, что сотворим?
And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
16 И рече Елиссей: не бойся, яко множае иже с нами, нежели с ними.
And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
17 И помолися Елиссей и рече: Господи, отверзи ныне очи отрока, да узрит. И отверзе Господь очи его, и виде: и се, гора исполнь коней, и колесница огненна окрест Елиссеа.
And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray you, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
18 И снидоша к нему: и помолися Елиссей ко Господу и рече: порази убо язык сей невидением. И порази их невидением по глаголу Елиссееву.
And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray you, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
19 И рече к ним Елиссей: не сей путь и не сей град: грядите по мне, и отведу вы к мужу, егоже ищете. И отведе их в Самарию.
And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek. But he led them to Samaria.
20 И бысть егда внидоша в Самарию, и рече Елиссей: отверзи убо, Господи, очи их, и да видят. И отверзе Господь очи их, и видеша: и се, бяху посреде Самарии.
And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the middle of Samaria.
21 И рече царь Израилев ко Елиссею, егда увиде я: аще поражу я поражением, отче?
And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
22 И рече Елиссеи: да не поразиши: еда ли пленил еси их мечем твоим и луком твоим, да избиеши? И предложи им хлебы и воду, да ядят и да пиют и да отидут ко господину своему.
And he answered, You shall not smite them: would you smite those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
23 И предложи им предложение велие, и ядоша и пиша, и отпусти я, и идоша ко господину своему: и не приложиша ктому воини приходити из Сирии в землю Израилеву.
And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
24 И бысть по сих, и собра сын Адеров царь Сирийский все ополчение свое, и взыде и обседе Самарию.
And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
25 И бысть глад велик в Самарии: и се, обседоша ю, дондеже бысть глава ослова за пятьдесят сикль сребра, и четвертая часть меры гноя голубинаго за пять сикль сребра.
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
26 И бысть царь Израилев обходяй по стенам: и жена (некая) возопи к нему, глаголющи: спаси мя, господине мой царю.
And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, there cried a woman to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
27 И рече ей: аще тебе не спасает Господь, како аз спасу тя? Еда от гумна или от точила?
And he said, If the LORD do not help you, from where shall I help you? out of the barn floor, or out of the wine press?
28 И рече ей царь: что ти есть? И рече: сия жена ко мне рече: даждь сына твоего, да съядим его днесь, а утро моего сына съядим:
And the king said to her, What ails you? And she answered, This woman said to me, Give your son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
29 и испекохом сына моего и снедохом его: и рех к ней в день вторый: даждь сына твоего, и съядим его: и скры сына своего.
So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him: and she has hid her son.
30 И бысть егда услыша царь Израилев словеса жены, раздра ризы своя и сам хождаше по стене, и видеша людие вретище на плоти его внутрь.
And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by on the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within on his flesh.
31 И рече царь: сия да сотворит ми Бог и сия да приложит ми, аще будет глава Елиссеева на нем днесь.
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
32 Елиссей же седяше в дому своем, и старцы седяху с ним. И посла царь мужа пред лицем своим. И прежде даже приити посланному к нему, и той рече ко старцем: не весте ли, яко посла сын убийцы сей, да отсечет главу мою? Видите, егда приидет вестник, заключите двери и стисните его во дверех: не топот ли ног господина его вслед его?
But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See you how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?
33 И еще ему глаголющу с ними, и се, вестник сниде к нему и рече: се, сие зло от Господа: что потерплю Господеви ксему?
And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down to him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
