2 Reyes 2
1 Justo antes de que el Señor se llevara a Elías al cielo en un torbellino, Elías y Eliseo caminaban juntos en su camino desde Gilgal.
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 Elías le dijo a Eliseo: “Por favor, quédate aquí, porque el Señor me ha enviado a Betel”. Pero Eliseo respondió: “Vive el Señor y vives tú, no te dejaré”. Así que se fueron 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 vivían en Betel se acercaron a Eliseo y le dijeron: “Sabes que el Señor te va a quitar hoy a tu señor, ¿no?”. “Sí, lo sé”, respondió. “No hables de ello”.
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 Entonces Elías le dijo: “Quédate aquí, Eliseo, porque el Señor me ha enviado a Jericó”. Él respondió: “Vive el Señor y vives tú, no te dejaré”. Así que fueron 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 hijos de los profetas que vivían en Jericó se acercaron a Eliseo y le dijeron: “Sabes que el Señor te va a quitar hoy a tu señor, ¿no?”. “Sí, lo sé”, respondió. “No hables de ello”.
[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 Entonces Elías le dijo: “Quédate aquí, Eliseo, porque el Señor me ha enviado al Jordán”. Él respondió: “Vive el Señor y vives tú, no te dejaré”. Así que siguieron viajando juntos.
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 Entonces un grupo de cincuenta de los hijos de los profetas fue y se puso frente a Elías y Eliseo a cierta distancia, mientras los dos estaban 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 Elías tomó su manto, lo enrolló y golpeó el agua. Se dividió a un lado y al otro y ambos cruzaron en seco.
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 llegaron al otro lado, Elías le preguntó a Eliseo: “¿Qué puedo hacer por ti antes de ser llevado?”. “Por favor, dame una cantidad doble de tu espíritu”, respondió Eliseo.
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 “Lo que has pedido es difícil”, respondió Elías. “Pero si me ves cuando me quiten de ti, lo tendrás, si no, no”.
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 caminaban hablando, un carro de fuego y caballos de fuego se interpuso entre ellos, y Elías fue llevado en el 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 vio lo ocurrido y gritó: “¡Padre mío! ¡Padre mío! ¡Mira! ¡Los carros y los jinetes de Israel!” Entonces Eliseo ya no pudo verlo. Tomó sus ropas y las hizo pedazos.
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 Entonces Eliseo recogió el manto de Elías que se le había caído, y regresó y se puso 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 Tomó el manto de Elías que se le había caído, golpeó el agua y gritó: “¿Dónde está el Señor, el Dios de Elías?”. Cuando golpeó el agua, ésta se dividió hacia un lado y hacia el otro y Eliseo cruzó.
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 Los hijos de los profetas que vivían en Jericó lo vieron desde el lado opuesto y gritaron: “¡El espíritu de Elías descansa ahora sobre Eliseo!” Fueron a su encuentro y se postraron en el suelo ante él.
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 “Mira”, le dijeron a Eliseo, “nosotros, tus siervos, tenemos aquí cincuenta hombres buenos. Por favor, permíteles ir a buscar a tu amo. Tal vez el Espíritu del Señor se lo ha llevado y lo ha puesto en una montaña o en un valle en alguna parte”. “No te molestes en enviarlos”, respondió Eliseo.
[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 siguieron tratando de persuadirlo hasta que se sintió demasiado avergonzado para decir que no. “Adelante, envíenlos”, les dijo. Así que enviaron a cincuenta hombres, que buscaron a Elías durante tres días, pero no pudieron encontrarlo.
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 regresaron a Eliseo, que se encontraba en Jericó, éste les dijo: “¿No les dije que no se molestaran en ir?”
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 La gente del pueblo le dijo a Eliseo: “Mira, señor, aunque nuestro pueblo tiene una buena ubicación, como puedes ver, el agua es mala y la tierra es pobre”.
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 “Tráiganme un cuenco nuevo y pónganle sal”, respondió él. Así que se lo 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 Entonces Eliseo fue al manantial, echó la sal en él y dijo: “Esto es lo que dice el Señor: ‘He purificado esta agua. Ya no causará muertes ni abortos’”.
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 El agua de allí sigue siendo pura hasta el día de hoy, tal como dijo Eliseo que sería.
And the water became pure, just as Elisha said it would be. Since that time it has always remained pure.
23 Eliseo siguió desde allí hasta Betel. Cuando iba por el camino, llegó un grupo de jóvenes del pueblo. Se burlaron de él, gritando: “¡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 Volviéndose, los miró y lanzó una maldición sobre ellos en nombre del Señor. De repente, dos osos hembras salieron del bosque y mutilaron a cuarenta y dos de ellos.
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 Eliseo continuó hasta el monte Carmelo, y desde allí volvió a Samaria.
Elisha left Bethel and went to Carmel Mountain, and after that he returned to Samaria [city].
