2 Reyes 6
1 Los hijos de los profetas dijeron a Eliseo: “Mira ahora, el lugar donde vivimos y nos reunimos contigo es demasiado pequeño para nosotros.
One day a group of prophets said to Elisha, “Look, this place where we meet together with you is very small.
2 Por favor, vayamos al Jordán, y cada uno tome una viga de allí, y hagamos allí un lugar donde podamos vivir.” Él respondió: “¡Vete!”
Allow us to go to the Jordan [River and cut down some trees to make] logs to build a new meeting place.” So Elisha said, “Okay, go.”
3 Uno dijo: “Por favor, tened el gusto de ir con vuestros siervos”. Él respondió: “Iré”.
One of them said to Elisha, “Please come with us.” So Elisha replied, “Okay, I will go with you.”
4 Así que se fue con ellos. Cuando llegaron al Jordán, cortaron leña.
So they went together. When they reached the Jordan [River], they cut down some trees.
5 Pero cuando uno estaba cortando un árbol, la cabeza del hacha cayó al agua. Entonces gritó y dijo: “¡Ay, señor mío! Porque era prestada”.
But while one of them was cutting down a tree, suddenly the axe head [separated from the handle and] fell into the water. He cried out to Elisha, “O, Master, what shall I do? [The axe is not mine]; I borrowed it!”
6 El hombre de Dios preguntó: “¿Dónde cayó?”. Le mostró el lugar. Cortó un palo, lo arrojó allí e hizo flotar el hierro.
Elisha replied, “Where did it fall into the water?” After the man showed him the place, Elisha cut off a stick, and threw it into the water, and caused the iron axe head to float [on top of the water].
7 Le dijo: “Tómalo”. Así que alargó la mano y lo cogió.
Elisha said, “Take it out of the water.” So the man reached his hand down and picked up the axe head.
8 El rey de Siria estaba en guerra contra Israel, y se aconsejó con sus siervos, diciendo: “Mi campamento estará en tal y tal lugar”.
Whenever the king of Syria [prepared to send his army to] fight against Israel, he first consulted his officers, and then told them where they should set up their tents.
9 El hombre de Dios envió a decir al rey de Israel: “Ten cuidado de no pasar por este lugar, porque los sirios bajan por allí”.
But each time, Elisha would send a message to warn the king of Israel, [telling him where the army of Syria was planning to attack them, ] saying, “Be sure that your army does not go near that place, because the army of Syria has set up their tents there.”
10 El rey de Israel envió al lugar que el hombre de Dios le había dicho y advertido, y se salvó allí, ni una ni dos veces.
So the king of Israel would send [messengers] to warn [the people who lived in] that place, and the people would remain on guard. That happened several times.
11 El corazón del rey de Siria se turbó mucho por esto. Llamó a sus siervos y les dijo: “¿No queréis mostrarme cuál de los dos es para el rey de Israel?”
The king of Syria was very upset/disturbed/angry about that. So he summoned his army officers and said to them, “[Obviously] one of you is (betraying us/revealing our plans) to the king of Israel. Which one of you is doing it?”
12 Uno de sus siervos dijo: “No, mi señor, oh rey; pero Eliseo, el profeta que está en Israel, le cuenta al rey de Israel las palabras que habla en su alcoba”.
One of his officers answered, “Your Majesty, it is not one of us. Elisha the prophet [knows what we plan to do, and he] tells the king of Israel everything. He even knows what you say in your own bedroom!”
13 Dijo: “Ve a ver dónde está, para que envíe a buscarlo”. Se le dijo: “He aquí que está en Dotán”.
The king of Syria replied, “Go and find out where he is, and I will send [some men there] to capture him.” Someone told him, “People say that he is in Dothan [town north of Samaria].”
14 Por eso envió allí caballos, carros y un gran ejército. Llegaron de noche y rodearon la ciudad.
So the king sent a large group of soldiers [to Dothan] with horses and chariots. They arrived at night and surrounded the town.
15 Cuando el siervo del hombre de Dios se levantó de madrugada y salió, he aquí que un ejército con caballos y carros rodeaba la ciudad. Su siervo le dijo: “¡Ay, señor mío! ¿Qué haremos?”
Early the next morning, Elisha’s servant got up and went outside the house. He saw the soldiers of Syria with their horses and chariots surrounding the town. So he went inside [the house and reported it to Elisha] and exclaimed, “O, sir! What are we going to do?”
16 Él respondió: “No temas, porque los que están con nosotros son más que los que están con ellos”.
Elisha replied, “Do not be afraid! Those who will be helping us will be more than those who will be helping them!”
17 Eliseo oró y dijo: “Yahvé, por favor, abre sus ojos para que pueda ver.” Yahvé abrió los ojos del joven y vio; y he aquí que la montaña estaba llena de caballos y carros de fuego alrededor de Eliseo.
Then he prayed, “Yahweh, I request that you open my servant’s eyes in order that he can see [what is out there]!” So Yahweh enabled the servant to look out and see that surrounding the hill on which the town [was built] was a huge number of horses, and chariots made of fire!
18 Cuando bajaron hacia él, Eliseo oró a Yahvé y dijo: “Por favor, hiere a este pueblo con ceguera”. Los golpeó con ceguera según la palabra de Eliseo.
When the army of Syria prepared to attack Elisha, he prayed again, saying, “Yahweh, cause all these soldiers to become blind!” Yahweh answered his prayer and caused them to be unable to see clearly.
19 Eliseo les dijo: “Este no es el camino, ni esta es la ciudad. Seguidme, y os llevaré al hombre que buscáis”. Los condujo a Samaria.
Then Elisha went to them and said, “You are not on the right road; this is not the city that you are searching for. I will take you to the man whom you are searching for.” But he led them to Samaria, [the capital of Israel]!
20 Cuando llegaron a Samaria, Eliseo dijo: “Yahvé, abre los ojos de estos hombres para que vean”. El Señor les abrió los ojos, y vieron; y he aquí que estaban en medio de Samaria.
As soon as they entered Samaria, Elisha prayed again, saying, “Yahweh, now enable these soldiers to see correctly again!” So Yahweh enabled them to see correctly, and they were surprised to see that they were inside Samaria [city].
21 El rey de Israel dijo a Eliseo, al verlos: “Padre mío, ¿los golpearé? ¿Los golpeo?”
When the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, “Sir, shall I [tell my soldiers to] kill them? Shall we kill all of them?”
22 Él respondió: “No los golpearás. ¿Golpearías a los que has llevado cautivos con tu espada y con tu arco? Pon delante de ellos pan y agua, para que coman y beban, y luego vayan a su amo”.
Elisha replied, “No, you must not kill them. If your army captured many of your enemies in a battle, you would certainly not [RHQ] kill them. Give these men something to eat and drink, and then allow them to return to their king.”
23 Les preparó un gran banquete. Después de que comieron y bebieron, los despidió y se fueron con su amo. Entonces las bandas de Siria dejaron de asaltar la tierra de Israel.
So the king of Israel did that. He told his servants to provide a big feast for them. And when they had eaten and drunk plenty, he sent them away. They returned to the king of Syria [and told him what had happened]. So for a while after that, soldiers from Syria stopped raiding/attacking towns in Israel.
24 Después de esto, Benhadad, rey de Siria, reunió a todo su ejército y subió a sitiar Samaria.
But some time later, Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, assembled his entire army, and they went to Samaria and surrounded the city [for a long time].
25 Hubo una gran hambruna en Samaria. La sitiaron hasta que una cabeza de asno se vendió por ochenta monedas de plata, y la cuarta parte de un kab de estiércol de paloma por cinco monedas de plata.
Because of that, after a while there was hardly any food left inside the city, with the result that eventually a donkey’s head, [which was usually worthless, ] cost eighty pieces of silver, and (one cup/0.3 liter) of dove’s dung cost five pieces of silver.
26 Cuando el rey de Israel pasaba por la muralla, una mujer le gritó diciendo: “¡Socorro, mi señor, oh rey!”
One day when the king of Israel was walking on top of the city wall, a woman cried out to him, “Your Majesty, help me!”
27 Dijo: “Si Yahvé no te ayuda, ¿de dónde podría sacar ayuda para ti? ¿De la era, o del lagar?”
He replied, “If Yahweh will not help you, I certainly cannot [RHQ] help you. I certainly [RHQ] do not have any wheat or wine!
28 Entonces el rey le preguntó: “¿Cuál es tu problema?” Ella respondió: “Esta mujer me dijo: ‘Entrega a tu hijo, para que lo comamos hoy, y mañana comeremos a mi hijo’.
What is your problem?” She replied, “Several days ago, that woman [over there] said to me, ‘[Because we have nothing left to eat, ] let’s kill your son today, in order that we can eat his flesh. Then tomorrow we can [kill] my son [and] eat his flesh.’
29 Así que hervimos a mi hijo y nos lo comimos; y al día siguiente le dije a ella: ‘Entrega a tu hijo, para que nos lo comamos’; y ella ha escondido a su hijo.”
So we [killed my son and cut his body up and] boiled his flesh and ate it. The next day, I said to her, ‘Now give your son to me, in order that we can [kill him and cook his flesh and] eat it.’ But she has hidden her son!”
30 Cuando el rey oyó las palabras de la mujer, rasgó sus vestidos. Pasaba por el muro, y la gente miró, y he aquí que tenía un saco debajo de su cuerpo.
When the king heard what the woman said, he tore his robe [to show that he was very distressed]. The people who were standing close to the wall were able to see that the king was wearing rough cloth underneath his robe [because he was very distressed].
31 Entonces dijo: “Que Dios me haga así, y más aún, si la cabeza de Eliseo, hijo de Safat, permanece hoy sobre él.”
The king exclaimed, “I wish/hope that God will strike me dead if I do not cut off the head of Elisha today, [because he is the one who has caused these terrible things to happen to us]!”
32 Pero Eliseo estaba sentado en su casa, y los ancianos estaban sentados con él. Entonces el rey envió a un hombre de su parte; pero antes de que el mensajero llegara a él, dijo a los ancianos: “¿Veis cómo este hijo de un asesino ha enviado a quitarme la cabeza? Mirad, cuando venga el mensajero, cerrad la puerta y mantenedla cerrada contra él. ¿No se oye el ruido de los pies de su amo detrás de él?”
So the king sent an officer to get Elisha. Before the officer arrived, Elisha was sitting in his house with some Israeli elders who were talking with him. Elisha said to them, “That murderer, [the king of Israel, ] is sending someone here to kill me. Listen: When he arrives, shut the door and do not allow him to come in. And the king will be coming right behind that officer!”
33 Mientras aún hablaba con ellos, he aquí que el mensajero descendió hacia él. Entonces dijo: “He aquí que este mal viene de Yahvé. ¿Por qué he de esperar más a Yahvé?”.
And while he was still speaking, the king and the officer arrived. The king said, “It is Yahweh who has caused us to have all this trouble/suffering. (Why should I wait any longer [RHQ] for him to do something [to help us]?/It is useless for me to wait any longer for him [to help us]!)”
