2 Kralji 7

1 Potem je Elizej rekel: »Poslušaj besedo od Gospoda: ›Tako govori Gospod: ›Jutri okoli tega časa bo v velikih vratih Samarije mera fine moke prodajana za šekel in dve meri ječmena za šekel.‹«

Elisha said, "Hear the word of the LORD. Thus says the LORD, '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 Potem je gospod, na čigar roko se je kralj naslanjal, odgovoril Božjemu možu in rekel: »Glej, če bi Gospod naredil okna na nebu, mar bi se to lahko zgodilo?« On pa je rekel: »Glej, to boš videl s svojimi lastnimi očmi, toda od tega ne boš jedel.«

Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, "Look, if the LORD made windows in heaven, could this thing be?" He said, "Look, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it."

3 Ob vhodu velikih vrat so bili štirje gobavci in drug drugemu so rekli: »Čemu tukaj sedimo, dokler ne umremo?

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate. And they said to one another, "Why do we sit here until we die?

4 Če rečemo: ›Vstopili bomo v mesto, potem je lakota v mestu in bomo tam umrli. Če pa mirno sedimo tukaj, bomo tudi umrli. Sedaj torej pridite in padimo v vojsko Sircev. Če nas rešijo žive, bomo živeli, če pa nas ubijejo, bomo samo umrli.‹«

If we say, 'We will enter into the city,' then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. If we sit still here, we also die. Now therefore come, and let us surrender to the army of the Arameans. If they save us alive, we will live; and if they kill us, we will only die."

5 V poltemi so se dvignili, da gredo v tabor Sircev. Ko so prišli k najbolj oddaljenemu delu tabora Sircev, glej, tam ni bilo nobenega moža.

They rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Arameans. When they had come to the outermost part of the camp of the Arameans, look, there was no man there.

6 Kajti Gospod je vojski Sircev storil, da slišijo hrup bojnih vozov in hrup konjev, celó hrup velike vojske in drug drugemu so rekli: »Glejte, Izraelov kralj je zoper nas najel kralje Hetejcev in kralje Egipčanov, da pridejo nad nas.«

For the LORD had made the army of the Arameans to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great army: and they said one to another, Look, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come on us.

7 Zato so vstali in v poltemi zbežali in pustili svoje šotore, svoje konje in svoje osle, celo tabor, kakor je bil in pobegnili za svoje življenje.

Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

8 Ko so ti gobavci prišli k najbolj oddaljenemu delu tabora, so odšli v en šotor in jedli, pili in od tam odnesli srebro, zlato in oblačilo ter odšli in to skrili in ponovno prišli ter vstopili v drug šotor in tudi od tam odnesli in odšli ter to skrili.

When these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drink, and carried there silver, and gold, and clothing, and went and hid it. Then they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried there also, and went and hid it.

9 Potem so drug drugemu rekli: »Ne delamo dobro. Ta dan je dan dobrih novic, mi pa molčimo. Če nadaljujemo do jutranje svetlobe, bo nad nas prišla neka vragolija. Sedaj torej pridite, da bomo lahko šli in povedali kraljevi družini.«

Then they said one to another, "We aren't doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we keep silent. If we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household."

10 Tako so prišli in zaklicali vratarju mesta. Povedali so jim, rekoč: »Prišli smo k taboru Sircev in glejte, tam ni bilo nobenega moža niti človeškega glasu, temveč privezani konji, privezani osli in šotori, kakor so bili.«

So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city; and they told them, saying, "We came to the camp of the Arameans, and, look, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were."

11 Poklical je vratarje in to so povedali znotraj kraljeve hiše.

The gatekeepers called out, and it was reported to the king's household within.

12 Kralj je ponoči vstal in svojim služabnikom rekel: »Sedaj vam bom pokazal, kaj so nam storili Sirci. Vedo, da smo lačni, zato so odšli iz tabora, da se skrijejo na polju, rekoč: ›Ko pridejo iz mesta, jih bomo žive ujeli in pridemo v mesto.‹«

The king arose in the night, and said to his servants, "I will now show you what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we are hungry. Therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, 'When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.'"

13 Eden izmed njegovih služabnikov je odgovoril in rekel: »Naj nekateri vzamejo, prosim te, pet izmed konjev, ki so še, ki so ostali v mestu (glej, oni so kakor vsa Izraelova množica, ki je ostala v njem. Glej, pravim, oni so celo kakor vsa množica Izraelcev, ki so použiti) in pošljimo ter poglejmo.«

And one of his servants answered, "Please let some take five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city. Look, they are like the whole multitude of Israel who have already perished. Let us send and see."

14 Vzeli so torej dva bojna voza [s] konji in kralj je poslal za sirsko vojsko, rekoč: »Pojdite in poglejte.«

They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the army of the Arameans, saying, "Go and see."

15 Za njimi so odšli do Jordana in glej, vsa pot je bila polna oblek in posod, ki so jih Sirci v svoji naglici odvrgli. Poslanci so se vrnili in povedali kralju.

They went after them to the Jordan; and look, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Arameans had cast away in their haste. The messengers returned, and told the king.

16 Ljudstvo je odšlo ven in oplenilo šotore Sircev. Tako je bila mera fine moke prodajana za šekel in dve meri ječmena za šekel, glede na Gospodovo besedo.

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, according to the word of the LORD.

17 Kralj je določil gospoda, na čigar roko se je naslanjal, da je zadolžen za velika vrata, ljudstvo pa ga je v velikih vratih pomendralo in je umrl, kakor je rekel Božji mož, ki je govoril, ko je dol k njemu prišel kralj.

The king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to be in charge of the gate: and the people trod on him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.

18 Pripetilo se je, kakor je Božji mož govoril kralju, rekoč: »Dve meri ječmena za šekel in mera fine moke za šekel bosta jutri okrog tega časa v velikih vratih Samarije.«

It happened, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, "Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria";

19 Tisti gospod je Božjemu možu odgovoril in rekel: »Sedaj glej, če bi Gospod naredil okna na nebu, mar bi se to lahko zgodilo?« In ta je rekel: »Glej, to boš videl s svojimi lastnimi očmi, toda od tega ne boš jedel.«

and that captain answered the man of God, and said, "Now, look, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be?" and he said, "Look, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it."

20 In tako ga je to doletelo, kajti ljudstvo ga je pomendralo v velikih vratih in je umrl.

It happened like that to him; for the people trod on him in the gate, and he died.