2 Reyes 2
1 Cuando Yahvé estaba a punto de llevarse a Elías en un torbellino al cielo, Elías fue con Eliseo 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 Elías le dijo a Eliseo: “Por favor, espera aquí, porque Yahvé me ha enviado hasta Betel”. Eliseo dijo: “Vive Yahvé y vive tu alma, no te dejaré”. Así que bajaron 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 estaban en Betel salieron a ver a Eliseo y le dijeron: “¿Sabes que Yahvé te quitará hoy a tu maestro de encima?” Dijo: “Sí, lo sé. No te metas en líos”.
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 Elías le dijo: “Eliseo, por favor, espera aquí, porque Yahvé me ha enviado a Jericó”. Dijo: “Vive Yahvé y vive tu alma, no te dejaré”. Así que 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 hijos de los profetas que estaban en Jericó se acercaron a Eliseo y le dijeron: “¿Sabes que Yahvé te quitará hoy a tu maestro de encima?” Él respondió: “Sí, lo sé. Cállate”.
[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 Elías le dijo: “Por favor, espera aquí, porque Yahvé me ha enviado al Jordán”. Dijo: “Vive Yahvé y vive tu alma, no te dejaré”. Entonces ambos siguieron adelante.
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 Cincuenta hombres de los hijos de los profetas fueron y se colocaron frente a ellos a cierta distancia; y ambos se quedaron 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 las aguas, que se dividieron aquí y allá, de modo que ambos pasaron 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 hubieron pasado, Elías dijo a Eliseo: “Pregunta qué debo hacer por ti, antes de que me quiten.” Eliseo dijo: “Por favor, que una doble porción de tu espíritu esté sobre mí”.
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 Él dijo: “Has pedido algo difícil. Si me ves cuando me quiten, será así para ti; pero si no, no será así”.
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 hablando, he aquí que un carro de fuego y caballos de fuego los separaban, y Elías subió al cielo en un torbellino.
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 lo vio y gritó: “¡Padre mío, padre mío, los carros de Israel y su caballería!” No lo vio más. Entonces tomó su propia ropa y la rompió en dos 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 Tomó también el manto de Elías que se le había caído, y regresó y se quedó 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 las aguas y dijo: “¿Dónde está Yahvé, el Dios de Elías?” Cuando él también golpeó las aguas, se separaron, y Eliseo pasó.
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 Cuando los hijos de los profetas que estaban en Jericó frente a él lo vieron, dijeron: “El espíritu de Elías reposa sobre Eliseo”. Salieron a su encuentro y se postraron en tierra 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 Le dijeron: “Mira ahora, hay con tus siervos cincuenta hombres fuertes. Por favor, deja que vayan a buscar a tu amo. Tal vez el Espíritu de Yahvé se lo haya llevado y lo haya puesto en alguna montaña o en algún valle”. Dijo: “No los envíes”.
[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 Cuando le insistieron hasta que se avergonzó, dijo: “Envíalos”. Por eso enviaron a cincuenta hombres; y lo buscaron durante tres días, pero no lo encontraron.
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 Volvieron a buscarlo mientras se quedaba en Jericó, y él les dijo: “¿No os he dicho que 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 hombres de la ciudad dijeron a Eliseo: “Mira, por favor, la situación de esta ciudad es agradable, como ve mi señor; pero el agua es mala 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 Dijo: “Tráiganme un frasco nuevo y pongan sal en él”. Entonces 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 Salió al manantial de las aguas, echó sal en él y dijo: “Yahvé dice: ‘He sanado estas aguas. Ya no habrá más muerte ni tierra estéril”.
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 Así quedaron curadas las aguas hasta el día de hoy, según la palabra que Eliseo pronunció.
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. Mientras subía por el camino, salieron de la ciudad unos jóvenes que se burlaban de él y le decían: “¡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 Él miró detrás de sí y los vio, y los maldijo en nombre de Yahvé. Entonces salieron del bosque dos hembras de oso y mutilaron a cuarenta y dos de aquellos jóvenes.
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 Se dirigió desde allí al monte Carmelo, y desde allí regresó a Samaria.
Elisha left Bethel and went to Carmel Mountain, and after that he returned to Samaria [city].
