1 And Elisha said, Hear the word of Jehovah. Thus saith Jehovah: To-morrow about this time shall the measure of fine flour be at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

2 And the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in the heavens, would this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

3 And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate, and they said one to another, Why do we abide here until we die?

4 If we say, Let us enter into the city, the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we abide here, we shall die. And now come, let us fall away to the camp of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they put us to death, we shall but die.

5 And they rose up in the dusk to go to the camp of the Syrians; and they came to the extremity of the camp of the Syrians; and behold, there was no man there.

6 For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, a noise of a great host; and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

7 And they rose up and fled in the dusk, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

8 And those lepers came to the extremity of the camp; and they went into one tent, and ate and drank, and carried thence silver and gold, and garments, and went and hid it; and they came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence, and went and hid {it}.

9 And they said one to another, We are not doing right; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, the iniquity will find us out; and now come, let us go and tell the king's household.

10 And they came and called to the porters of the city, and told them saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was no one there, no sound of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.

11 And the porters cried {it} and told {it} to the king's house within.

12 And the king rose up in the night and said to his servants, Let me tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry, and they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some one take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that have perished), and let us send and see.

14 And they took two chariots with their horses; and the king sent after the army of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

15 And they went after them to the Jordan; and behold, all the way was full of garments and materials, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned and told the king.

16 And the people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians; and the measure of fine flour was at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.

17 And the king had appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate; and the people trampled upon him in the gate, and he died, according to what the man of God had said, -what he had said when the king came down to him.

18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king saying, Two measures of barley shall be at a shekel, and the measure of fine flour at a shekel, to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria.

19 And the captain answered the man of God and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in the heavens, would such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

20 And so it happened to him; and the people trampled upon him in the gate, and he died.

1 Disse Eliseu: Ouvi a palavra de Jeová; assim diz Jeová: Amanhã mais ou menos a estas horas dar-se-á uma medida de flor de farinha por um siclo, e por um siclo duas medidas de cevada, na porta de Samaria.

2 O capitão, a cuja mão estava o rei encostado, respondeu ao homem de Deus: Ainda quando Jeová fizesse janelas no céu, poderia isso suceder? Eliseu disse: Eis que tu verás com os teus olhos, porém não comerás.

3 Quatro homens leprosos estavam à entrada da porta, os quais disseram uns aos outros: Por que ficamos nós sentados aqui até morrermos?

4 Se dissermos: Entremos na cidade, há fome ali, e morreremos; e se ficarmos sentados aqui, também morreremos. Vamo-nos e passemo-nos para o arraial dos siros; se nos deixarem viver, viveremos; e se nos tirarem a vida, morreremos.

5 Levantaram-se no crepúsculo para irem ao arraial dos siros; e tendo eles chegado à entrada do arraial, eis que não havia ali ninguém.

6 Porque o Senhor fizera ouvir no arraial dos siros um estrondo de carros, e um estrondo de cavalos, um estrondo de um grande exército; e disseram uns aos outros: Eis que o rei de Israel alugou contra nós os reis dos heteus e os reis dos egípcios, para virem sobre nós.

7 Pelo que se levantaram e fugiram no crepúsculo, deixaram as suas tendas, e os seus cavalos, e os seus jumentos, o arraial tal como estava, e fugiram para salvarem as suas vidas.

8 Tendo os leprosos chegado à entrada do arraial, entraram numa tenda; comeram e beberam, e levaram dali prata, ouro e vestidos, que foram esconder; e tendo voltado entraram em outra tenda, e tiraram dali objetos que foram esconder.

9 Então disseram uns aos outros: Não fazemos bem; este dia é dia de boas novas, e nós nos calamos; se esperamos até à luz da manhã, castigo nos sobrevirá. Vinde agora, vamos informar à casa do rei.

10 Assim vieram e chamaram aos porteiros da cidade e contaram-lhes, dizendo: Fomos ao arraial dos siros e eis que não havia ali ninguém, nem voz de homem, mas somente os cavalos e os jumentos atados, e as tendas como estavam.

11 Chamaram os porteiros e fizeram levar a nova ao interior da casa do rei.

12 O rei levantou-se de noite, e disse aos seus servos: Eu vos farei saber o que os siros nos acabam de fazer. Eles sabem que estamos com fome; portanto saíram do arraial para se esconderem no campo, dizendo: Quando saírem da cidade, os apanharemos vivos, e entraremos na cidade.

13 Respondeu um dos seus servos: Tomem alguns de nós cinco dos cavalos que ainda restam na cidade (eles estão como toda a multidão de Israel que nela fica; eles estão como toda a multidão de Israel que perece), e enviemo-los, e vejamos.

14 Tomaram dois carros com cavalos; e o rei os enviou após o exército dos siros, dizendo: Ide e vede.

15 Foram após os siros até o Jordão; e eis que todo o caminho estava cheio de vestidos e vasos, que os siros na sua pressa tinham arrojado. Voltaram os mensageiros e deram conta ao rei.

16 Tendo o povo saído, saqueou o arraial dos siros. Assim uma medida de flor de farinha foi vendida por um siclo, e duas medidas de cevada por um siclo, conforme a palavra de Jeová.

17 O rei deu a guarda da porta ao capitão, a cuja mão se encostava; o povo o atropelou na porta, e morreu como dissera o homem de Deus, que falou quando desceu o rei a ter com ele.

18 Assim se cumpriu o que o homem de Deus havia dito ao rei: Amanhã mais ou menos a estas horas se darão na porta de Samaria por um siclo duas medidas de cevada, e por um siclo uma medida de flor de farinha;

19 e aquele capitão respondeu ao homem de Deus: Ainda quando Jeová fizesse janelas no céu, poderia isso suceder? e ele disse: Eis que tu verás com os teus olhos, porém não comerás.

20 Assim lhe sucedeu; porque o povo o atropelou na porta, e morreu.