2 Reyes 4

1 Una mujer de las esposas de los hijos de los profetas clamó a Eliseo diciendo: “Tu siervo, mi esposo, ha muerto. Tú sabes que tu siervo temía a Yahvé. Ahora el acreedor ha venido a tomar para sí a mis dos hijos como esclavos”.

Now a certain woman, from the wives of the prophets, cried out to Elisha, saying: “My husband, your servant, is dead. And you know that your servant was one who fears the Lord. And behold, a creditor has arrived, so that he may take away my two sons to serve him.”

2 Eliseo le dijo: “¿Qué debo hacer por ti? Dime, ¿qué tienes en la casa?” Ella dijo: “Tu siervo no tiene nada en la casa, excepto una olla de aceite”.

And Elisha said to her: “What do you want me to do for you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?” And she responded, “I, your handmaid, do not have anything in my house, except a little oil, with which I may be anointed.”

3 Luego les dijo: “Vayan y pidan prestados recipientes vacíos a todos sus vecinos. No pidas prestados sólo algunos recipientes.

And he said to her: “Go, ask to borrow from all your neighbors empty vessels, more than a few.

4 Entra y cierra la puerta para ti y para tus hijos, y echa aceite en todos esos recipientes; y aparta los que estén llenos.”

And enter and close your door. And when you are inside with your sons, pour from the oil into all those vessels. And when they are full, take them away.”

5 Se separó de él y cerró la puerta para sí misma y para sus hijos. Le trajeron los recipientes y ella echó aceite.

And so, the woman went and closed the door upon herself and her sons. They were bringing her the vessels, and she was pouring into them.

6 Cuando los recipientes se llenaron, dijo a su hijo: “Tráeme otro recipiente”. Le dijo: “No hay otro recipiente”. Entonces el aceite dejó de fluir.

And when the vessels had been filled, she said to her son, “Bring me another a vessel.” And he responded, “I have none.” And there was oil remaining.

7 Entonces ella vino y se lo contó al hombre de Dios. Él le dijo: “Ve, vende el aceite y paga tu deuda; y tú y tus hijos vivid del resto”.

Then she went and told the man of God. And he said: “Go, sell the oil, and repay your creditor. Then you and your sons may live on what remains.”

8 Un día Eliseo fue a Sunem, donde había una mujer prominente, y ella lo convenció de que comiera pan. Así fue, que cada vez que pasaba por allí, se volvía para comer pan.

Now it happened that, on a certain day, Elisha passed by Shunem. And there was a great woman there, who took him to eat bread. And since he frequently passed by there, he turned aside to her house, so that he might eat bread.

9 Ella dijo a su marido: “Mira ahora, percibo que éste es un santo varón de Dios que pasa por delante de nosotros continuamente.

And she said to her husband: “I have noticed that he is a holy man of God, who passes by us frequently.

10 Por favor, hagamos una pequeña habitación en el techo. Pongamos allí una cama, una mesa, una silla y un candelabro para él. Cuando venga a nosotros, podrá quedarse allí”.

Therefore, let us prepare a small upper room for him, and place a bed in it for him, and a table, and a chair, and a lampstand, so that when he comes to us, he may stay there.”

11 Un día llegó allí, entró en la habitación y se acostó.

Then it happened that, on a certain day, arriving, he turned aside into the upper room, and he rested there.

12 Dijo a Guejazi, su criado: “Llama a esta sunamita”. Cuando la llamó, ella se puso delante de él.

And he said to his servant Gehazi, “Call this Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, and she stood before him,

13 Él le dijo: “Dile ahora: ‘Mira que nos has atendido con todos estos cuidados. ¿Qué hay que hacer por ti? ¿Quieres que te hablen al rey o al capitán del ejército?” Ella respondió: “Habito entre mi propia gente”.

he said to his servant: “Say to her: Behold, you have ministered to us attentively in all things. What do you want, that I might do for you? Do you have any business, or do you want me to speak to the king, or to the leader of the military?” And she responded, “I live in the midst of my own people.”

14 Dijo: “¿Qué hay que hacer entonces por ella?” Giezi respondió: “Ciertamente no tiene hijo, y su marido es viejo”.

And he said, “Then what does she want, that I might do for her?” And Gehazi said: “You need not ask. For she has no son, and her husband is elderly.”

15 Él dijo: “Llámala”. Cuando la llamó, ella se puso en la puerta.

And so, he instructed him to call her. And when she had been called, and was standing before the door,

16 Le dijo: “El año que viene, en esta época, abrazarás un hijo”. Ella dijo: “No, señor mío, hombre de Dios, no mientas a tu siervo”.

he said to her, “At this time, and at this same hour, with life as a companion, you will have a son in your womb.” But she responded, “Do not, I ask you, my lord, a man of God, do not be willing to lie to your handmaid.”

17 La mujer concibió y dio a luz un hijo en aquel tiempo, como le había dicho Eliseo.

And the woman conceived. And she bore a son, in the time and at the same hour as Elisha had said.

18 Cuando el niño creció, un día salió a ver a su padre a los segadores.

And the boy grew. And on a certain day, when he had gone out to his father, to the harvesters,

19 Le dijo a su padre: “¡Mi cabeza! Mi cabeza!” Dijo a su criado: “Llévalo a su madre”.

he said to his father: “I have a pain in my head. I have a pain in my head.” But he said to his servant, “Take him, and lead him to his mother.”

20 Cuando lo tomó y lo llevó a su madre, se sentó en sus rodillas hasta el mediodía, y luego murió.

But when he had taken him, and he had led him to his mother, she placed him upon her knees, until midday, and then he died.

21 Ella subió, lo puso en la cama del hombre de Dios, le cerró la puerta y salió.

Then she went up and laid him out on the bed of the man of God, and she closed the door. And departing,

22 Llamó a su marido y le dijo: “Te ruego que me envíes uno de los criados y uno de los asnos, para que corra al hombre de Dios y vuelva.”

she called her husband, and she said: “Send with me, I beg you, one of your servants, and a donkey, so that I may hurry to the man of God, and then return.”

23 Él dijo: “¿Por qué quieres ir a él hoy? No es luna nueva ni sábado”. Ella dijo: “Está bien”.

And he said to her: “What is the reason that you would go to him? Today is not the new moon, and it is not the Sabbath.” She responded, “I will go.”

24 Entonces ensilló un asno y dijo a su criado: “¡Conduce y avanza! No frenes por mí, si no te lo pido”.

And she saddled a donkey, and she instructed her servant: “Drive, and hurry on. You shall cause no delay for me in departing. And do whatever I instruct you to do.”

25 Ella se fue y vino al hombre de Dios en el monte Carmelo. Cuando el varón de Dios la vio de lejos, dijo a Giezi, su siervo: “Ahí está la sunamita.

And so she set out. And she came to the man of God, on mount Carmel. And when the man of God had seen her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi: “Behold, it is that Shunammite woman.

26 Por favor, corre ahora a su encuentro y pregúntale: “¿Te va bien? ¿Está bien tu marido? ¿Está bien tu hijo?” Ella respondió: “Está bien”.

So then, go to meet her, and say to her, ‘Does all go well concerning you, and your husband, and your son?’” And she answered, “It is well.”

27 Cuando se acercó al hombre de Dios en la colina, se agarró a sus pies. Guejazi se acercó para empujarla; pero el hombre de Dios dijo: “Déjala, porque su alma está turbada dentro de ella, y Yahvé me lo ha ocultado y no me lo ha dicho.”

And when she had arrived at the man of God, on the mount, she took hold of his feet. And Gehazi drew near, so that he might remove her. But the man of God said: “Permit her. For her soul is in bitterness. And the Lord has concealed it from me, and has not revealed it to me.”

28 Entonces ella dijo: “¿Acaso te pedí un hijo, mi señor? ¿No te dije que no me engañaras?”

And she said to him: “Did I ask a son from my lord? Did I not say to you, ‘You should not deceive me?’”

29 Entonces dijo a Guejazi: “Mete tu capa en tu cinturón, toma mi bastón en tu mano y sigue tu camino. Si te encuentras con algún hombre, no lo saludes; y si alguien te saluda, no le vuelvas a responder. Luego pon mi bastón en la cara del niño”.

And so he said to Gehazi: “Gird your waist, and take my staff in your hand, and go. If any man will meet you, you shall not greet him. And if anyone greets you, you shall not respond to him. And place my staff upon the face of the boy.”

30 La madre del niño dijo: “Vive Yahvé y vive tu alma, no te dejaré”. Así que se levantó y la siguió.

But the mother of the boy said, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not release you.” Therefore, he rose up, and he followed her.

31 Gehazi se adelantó a ellos y puso el bastón sobre el rostro del niño, pero no había voz ni oído. Por eso volvió a su encuentro y le dijo: “El niño no ha despertado”.

But Gehazi had gone before them, and he had placed the staff upon the face of the boy. And there was no voice, nor any response. And so he returned to meet him. And he reported to him, saying, “The boy did not rise up.”

32 Cuando Eliseo entró en la casa, he aquí que el niño estaba muerto y acostado en su cama.

Therefore, Elisha entered the house. And behold, the boy was lying dead upon his bed.

33 Entró, pues, y cerró la puerta a los dos, y oró a Yahvé.

And entering, he closed the door upon himself and the boy. And he prayed to the Lord.

34 Subió y se acostó sobre el niño, y puso su boca sobre su boca, y sus ojos sobre sus ojos, y sus manos sobre sus manos. Se tendió sobre él, y la carne del niño se calentó.

And he climbed up, and lay across the boy. And he put his mouth over his mouth, and his eyes over his eyes, and his hands over his hands. And he leaned himself over him, and the body of the boy grew warm.

35 Luego regresó y se paseó por la casa una vez de un lado a otro, después subió y se tendió sobre él. Entonces el niño estornudó siete veces, y el niño abrió los ojos.

And returning, he walked around the house, first here and then there. And he went up, and lay across him. And the boy gasped seven times, and he opened his eyes.

36 Llamó a Giezi y le dijo: “¡Llama a esta sunamita!” Y la llamó. Cuando ella se acercó a él, le dijo: “Toma a tu hijo”.

And he called Gehazi, and said to him, “Call this Shunammite woman.” And having been called, she entered to him. And he said, “Take up your son.”

37 Entonces entró, se postró a sus pies y se inclinó hasta el suelo; luego tomó a su hijo y salió.

She went and fell at his feet, and she reverenced upon the ground. And she took up her son, and departed.

38 Eliseo llegó de nuevo a Gilgal. Había hambre en el país, y los hijos de los profetas estaban sentados ante él; y dijo a su criado: “Trae la olla grande y hierve un guiso para los hijos de los profetas.”

And Elisha returned to Gilgal. Now there was a famine in the land, and the sons of the prophets were living in his sight. And he said to one of his servants, “Set out a large cooking pot, and boil a soup for the sons of the prophets.”

39 Uno de ellos salió al campo a recoger hierbas, y encontró una parra silvestre, de la que recogió un regazo lleno de calabazas silvestres, y vino y las cortó en la olla del guiso, porque no las reconocían.

And one went out into the field, so that he might collect wild herbs. And he found something like a wild vine, and he gathered from it bitter fruits of the field, and he filled his cloak. And returning, he cut these up for the pot of soup. But he did not know what it was.

40 Así echaron para que los hombres comieran. Mientras comían un poco del guiso, gritaron y dijeron: “¡Hombre de Dios, hay muerte en la olla!”. Y no pudieron comerlo.

Then they poured it out for their companions to eat. And when they had tasted the mixture, they cried out, saying, “Death is in the cooking pot, O man of God!” And they were unable to eat.

41 Pero él dijo: “Entonces trae comida”. La echó en la olla, y dijo: “Sírvela al pueblo, para que coma”. Y no había nada malo en la olla.

But he said, “Bring some flour.” And when they had brought it, he cast it into the cooking pot, and he said, “Pour it out for the group, so that they may eat.” And there was no longer any bitterness in the cooking pot.

42 Vino un hombre de Baal Salishah y le trajo al hombre de Dios un poco de pan de las primicias: veinte panes de cebada y espigas frescas en su saco. Eliseo le dijo: “Dale al pueblo para que coma”.

Now a certain man arrived from Baal-Shalishah, carrying, for the man of God, bread from the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and new grain in his satchel. But he said, “Give it to the people, so that they may eat.”

43 Su siervo dijo: “¿Qué, debo exponer esto ante cien hombres?” Pero él dijo: “Dáselo al pueblo, para que coma; porque Yahvé dice: ‘Comerán y les sobrará’”.

And his servant responded to him, “What amount is this, that I should set it before a hundred men?” But he said again: “Give it to the people, so that they may eat. For thus says the Lord, ‘They shall eat, and there shall be still more.’”

44 Así que lo puso delante de ellos y comieron y sobró algo, según la palabra de Yahvé.

And so, he set it before them. And they ate, and there was still more, in accord with the word of the Lord.