2 Reyes 2
1 Cuando Yahvé quiso arrebatar a Elías al cielo, mediante un torbellino, partió Elías con Eliseo desde Gálgala;
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 y dijo Elías a Eliseo: “Quédate, te ruego, aquí, porque Yahvé me envía a Betel.” Mas Eliseo le respondió: “Por la vida de Yahvé, y por la vida de tu alma, que no te dejaré.” Bajaron, pues, a 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 Los hijos de los profetas que había en Betel salieron al encuentro de Eliseo y le dijeron: “¿Sabes tú que hoy va a arrebatar Yahvé a tu señor alzándolo sobre tu cabeza?” Dijo él: “Yo también lo sé; ¡callad!”
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 Luego dijo Elías: “Eliseo, quédate, te ruego, aquí, porque Yahvé me envía a Jericó.” Mas él le respondió: “Por la vida de Yahvé, y por la vida de tu alma, que no te dejaré.” Y llegaron a 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 Los discípulos de los profetas que había en Jericó vinieron a Eliseo, y le dijeron: “¿Sabes tú que hoy va a arrebatar Yahvé a tu señor alzándolo sobre tu cabeza?” Respondió él: “Yo también lo sé; ¡callad!”
[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 Después le dijo Elías: “Quédate, te ruego, aquí; porque Yahvé me envía al Jordán.” Mas él le respondió: “Por la vida de Yahvé, y por la vida de tu alma, que no te dejaré.” Y ambos siguieron andando.
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 Vinieron también cincuenta de los discípulos de los profetas, que se pararon enfrente, a lo lejos, mientras los dos estaban de pie junto al Jordán.
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 Entonces tomó Elías su manto, lo arrolló y golpeó las aguas, las cuales se dividieron a un lado y otro; y entrambos pasaron a pie enjuto.
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 Cuando hubieron pasado, dijo Elías a Eliseo: “Pide lo que quieras que haga por ti, antes que sea quitado de tu lado.” Contestó Eliseo: “Que venga sobre mí doble porción de tu espíritu.”
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 Respondió él: “Cosa difícil es la que pides. Si me vieres cuando fuere quitado de ti, te será hecho así; mas si no, no te será concedido.”
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 Mientras seguían andando y hablando, he aquí que un carro de fuego y caballos de fuego separaron al uno del otro y subió Elías en un torbellino al cielo.
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 Eliseo miraba y clamaba: “¡Padre mío, padre mío, carro de Israel y su caballería!” Y no lo vio más. Entonces asió sus vestidos y los rasgó en dos 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 Alzó Eliseo el manto que se le había caído a Elías, y volviéndose se detuvo a la orilla del Jordán.
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 Luego tomó el manto que se le había caído a Elías, e hirió las aguas, diciendo: “¿Dónde está ahora Yahvé, el Dios de Israel?” Y cuando hirió las aguas, estas se dividieron a un lado y otro; y pasó Eliseo.
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 Viendo esto los discípulos de los profetas que estaban enfrente, en Jericó, decían: “El espíritu de Elías reposa sobre Eliseo.” Y saliéndole al encuentro se postraron delante de él en tierra,
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 y le dijeron: “He aquí que hay entre tus siervos cincuenta hombres esforzados; que vayan ellos en busca de tu señor. Quizás el espíritu del Señor le ha arrebatado y le ha arrojado sobre algún monte, o en algún valle.” Mas él dijo: “No los enviéis.”
[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 Pero ellos le importunaron hasta que se avergonzó y dijo: “Enviad.” Enviaron pues a los cincuenta nombres, los cuales buscaron tres días sin dar con él.
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 Cuando se volvieron a él —pues él moraba en Jericó— les dijo: “¿No os he dicho: No vayáis?”
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 Los vecinos de la ciudad dijeron a Eliseo: “El sitio de la ciudad es hermoso, como lo ve mi señor; pero las aguas son malas, y la tierra es estéril.”
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 Entonces él dijo: “Traedme una vasija nueva, y echad sal en ella.” Se la trajeron;
Elisha said to them, “Put some salt in a new bowl and bring the bowl to me.” So they brought it to him.
21 y él salió a la fuente del agua, echó en ella la sal y dijo: “Así dice Yahvé: Yo saneo estas aguas. En adelante no saldrá más de aquí ni muerte ni esterilidad.”
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 Y quedaron saneadas aquellas aguas hasta el día de hoy, conforme a la palabra que había dicho Eliseo.
And the water became pure, just as Elisha said it would be. Since that time it has always remained pure.
23 De allí subió a Betel, y en la subida, estando él en el camino, salieron de la ciudad unos muchachuelos que se burlaban de él, diciéndole: “¡Sube, calvo! ¡Sube, calvo!”
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 Pero él se dio vuelta, los miró y los maldijo en nombre de Yahvé; y salieron dos osas del bosque, que destrozaron cuarenta y dos de esos muchachuelos.
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 De allí se fue al monte Carmelo, desde donde regresó a Samaria.
Elisha left Bethel and went to Carmel Mountain, and after that he returned to Samaria [city].
