Четвертая книга Царств 7
1 И рече Елиссей: слышите слово Господне, сице глаголет Господь: якоже час сей, утро мера муки пшеничны будет за сикль един, и две меры ячменя за сикль един во вратех Самарии.
And Elisaie said, Hear you the word of the Lord; Thus says the Lord, As at this time, to-morrow a measure of fine flour [shall be sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gates of Samaria.
2 И отвеща тристат, на егоже руку царь почиваше, и рече и Елиссею: се, аще отверзет Господь и хляби небесныя, то не будет глагол сей. И Елиссей рече: се, ты узриши очима твоима, и оттуду не имаши ясти.
And the officer on whose hand the king rested, answered Elisaie, and said, Behold, [if] the Lord shall make flood-gates in heaven, might this thing be? and Elisaie said, Behold, you shall see with your eyes, but shall not eat thereof.
3 И бяху четыре мужа прокажени при вратех града. И рече муж ко искреннему своему: что мы седим зде дондеже умрем?
And there were four leprous men by the gate of the city: and one said to his neighbor, Why sit we here until we die?
4 Аще речем: внидем во град, то глад есть во граде, и умрем тамо: аще же седим зде, то и тако умрем: и ныне идем и внидем в полк Сирийский: аще живят ны, живи будем: аще ли умертвят ны, то умрем.
If we should say, Let us go into the city, then [there is] famine in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit here, then we shall die. Now then come, and let us fall upon the camp of the Syrians: if they should take us alive, then we shall live; and if they should put us to death, then we shall [only] die.
5 И восташа в сумраце ити в полк Сирийский и внидоша среде полка Сирийска, и се, не бе мужа ту.
And they rose up while it was yet night, to go into the camp of Syria; and they came into a part of the camp of Syria, and behold, there [was] no man there.
6 И Господь слышан сотвори полку Сирийску глас колесниц и глас коней и глас силы великия. И рече муж ко брату своему: се, ныне наял есть на нас царь Израилев цари Хеттейски и цари Египетския приити на ны.
For the Lord had made the army of Syria to hear a sound of chariots, and a sound of horses, [even] the sound of a great host: and [each] man said to his fellow, Now has the king of Israel hired against us the kings of the Chettites, and the kings of Egypt, to come against us.
7 И восташа, и бежаша в сумраце, и оставиша сени своя и кони своя и ослы своя, якоже быша во стану, и бежаша души ради своея.
And they arose and fled while it was yet dark, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses in the camp, as they were, and fled for their lives.
8 И внидоша прокаженнии сии до среды полка, и внидоша в сень едину, и ядоша и пиша, и взяша оттуду сребро и злато и одежды, и отидоша, и скрыша: и возвратишася, и внидоша в другую сень, и взяша оттуду, и отидоша, и скрыша.
And these lepers entered a little way into the camp, and went into one tent, and ate and drank, and took thence silver, and gold, and raiment; and they went and returned thence, and entered into another tent, and took thence, and went and hid [the spoil].
9 И рече муж ко искреннему своему: не тако мы творим: день сей день благоговещения есть, мы же молчим и медлим до света утренняго, и обрящем беззаконие: и ныне приидем и внидем, и возвестим в дому цареве.
And [one] man said to his neighbor, We are not doing [well] thus: this day is a day of glad tidings, and we hold our peace, and are waiting till the morning light, and shall find mischief: now them come, and let us go into [the city], and report to the house of the king.
10 И внидоша, и возопиша ко вратом града и возвестиша им, глаголюще: внидохом в полк Сирийский, и се, не бысть ту мужа, ни гласа человеча, но токмо кони привязани, и ослята, и сени их якоже суть.
So they went and cried toward the gate of the city, and reported to them, saying, We went into the camp of Syria, and, behold, there is not there a man, nor voice of man, only horses tied and asses, and their tents as they were.
11 И возопиша вратницы, и возвестиша в дому цареве внутрь.
And the porters cried aloud, and reported to the house of the king within.
12 И воста нощию царь и рече ко отроком своим: возвещу вам ныне, яже сотвориша нам Сириане: разумеша, яко гладни есмы, и изыдоша из стана, и сокрышася на селе, глаголюще: яко изыдут из града, и имем я живы и во град внидем.
And the king rose up by night, and said to his servants, I will now tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They knew that we are hungry; and they have gone forth from the camp and hidden themselves in the field, saying, They will come out of the city, and we shall catch them alive, and go into the city.
13 И отвеща един от отрок его и рече: да возмут ныне пять коней оставших, иже осташася зде, се, суть у толикаго множества Израилева оставшиися, и послем тамо, и узрим.
And one of his servants answered and said, Let them now take five of the horses that were left, which were left here; behold, they are the number left to all the multitude of Israel; and we will send there and see.
14 И взяша два всадника коней: и посла царь Израилев вслед царя Сирска, глаголя: идите и видите.
So they took two horsemen; and the king of Israel sent after the king of Syria, saying, Go, and see.
15 И идоша вслед их даже до Иордана, и се, весь путь исполнен одежд и оружия, яже повергоша Сириане, внегда устрашится им. И возвратишася посланнии, и возвестиша царю.
And they went after them even to Jordan: and, behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their panic. and the messengers returned, and brought word to the king.
16 И изыдоша людие, и разграбиша весь стан Сирский. И бысть мера муки пшеничны за сикль един и две меры ячменя за сикль, по глаголу Господню.
And the people went out, and plundered the camp of Syria: and a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord, and two measures of barley for a shekel.
17 И царь пристави тристата, на егоже руце царь почиваше, у врат: и попраша его людие во вратех, и умре, якоже глагола человек Божий, иже глагола, егда посланный прииде к нему.
And the king appointed the officer on whose hand the king leaned [to have charge] over the gate: and the people trampled on him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God [had] said, who spoke when the messenger came down to him.
18 И бысть якоже рече Елиссей к царю глаголя: две меры ячменя за сикль един, и мера муки пшеничны за сикль: и будет якоже сей час заутра во вратех Самарии.
So it came to pass as Elisaie had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley [shall be sold] for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel; and it shall be as at this time to-morrow in the gate of Samaria.
19 И отвеща тристат Елиссею и рече: аще Господь отверзет хляби небесныя, не будет глагол сей. И рече Елиссей: се, узриши очима твоима, и оттуду и не имаши ясти.
And the officer answered Elisaie, and said, Behold, [if] the Lord makes flood-gates in heaven, shall this thing be? and Elisaie said, Behold, you shall see [it] with your eyes, but you shall not eat thereof.
20 И бысть тако, и попраша его людие во вратех, и умре.
And it was so: for the people trampled on him in the gate, and he died.
