1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. 3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. 4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. 5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. 6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. 7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
8 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. 9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down. 10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice. 11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel? 12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
13 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. 14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. 15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? 16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. 18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
19 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria. 20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. 21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? 22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. 23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
24 And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver. 26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. 27 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? 28 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow. 29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. 31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. 32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him? 33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
1 众先知门徒对以利沙说： "请看， 我们在你面前居住的那一个地方， 对我们来说实在是太窄小了。
2 请你让我们到约旦河， 每人从那里取一根木头， 我们要在那里为自己建造一个地方居住。"以利沙说： "你们去吧！ "
3 有一个门徒说： "请你和你的仆人们一起去。"他说： "我会去的。"
4 他就和他们同去。他们到了约旦河， 就砍伐树木。
5 有一个门徒砍伐木头的时候， 斧头掉到水里去了。他就喊着说： "惨啦！ 我主啊， 这斧头是借回来的。"
6 神人说： "掉在哪里呢？"于是他把那地点指给他看。他砍了一根木头， 丢在那里， 那斧头就浮上来了。
7 以利沙说： "你自己拿上来吧。"他就伸手把它拿住了。
8 亚兰王与以色列人打仗， 他和他的臣仆商议， 说： "我要在某处某处埋伏。"
9 神人就差派人去见以色列王说： "你要小心， 不要经过这个地方， 因为亚兰人在那里埋伏。"
10 以色列王派人到那地方， 就是神人曾告诉他， 警告他的， 他就在那里小心防范； 这样不止一两次。
11 亚兰王因为这事心中大感困惑， 他召了他的臣仆来， 对他们说： "在我们中间有谁帮助以色列王， 你们不告诉我吗？"
12 他的一位臣仆说： "我主我王啊！ 不是的； 只不过是以色列的以利沙先知， 把你在你卧室内所说的话， 告知了以色列王。"
13 于是王说： "你们去看看他在哪里， 我要派人把他捉住。"有人告诉他说： "看哪！ 他正在多坍。"
14 他就差派车马和一大队军兵往那里去， 他们在夜间抵达， 围困那城。
15 神人的侍从清早起来， 走出屋子， 看见军队、车马围住了城。神人的仆人对神人说： "惨啦， 我主啊！ 我们怎样办才好呢？"
16 神人说： "不要惧怕， 因为和我们在一起的比和他们在一起的更多。"
17 以利沙祷告， 说： "耶和华啊！ 请你打开他的眼睛， 使他能看见。"于是耶和华打开了仆人的眼睛， 他就看见； 看哪！ 那山上布满了火马火车， 围绕着以利沙。
18 亚兰人下来攻击以利沙， 以利沙就祷告耶和华， 说： "求你击打这民族， 使他们瞎眼。"于是耶和华击打他们， 使他们瞎眼， 正如以利沙所说的。
19 以利沙对他们说： "这不是那条路， 这边不是那座城； 你们跟着我来， 我要把你们领到你们要寻找的人那里。"于是他把他们领到撒玛利亚。
20 他们进入撒玛利亚的时候， 以利沙就说： "耶和华啊！ 求你开这些人的眼睛， 使他们能看见。"于是耶和华开了他们的眼睛， 他们就看见了。看哪！ 他们竟是在撒玛利亚城中。
21 以色列王看见他们， 就对以利沙说： "我父啊， 我可以击杀他们吗？"
22 以利沙说： "你不可击杀他们。你可以击杀你自己用刀用弓掳回来的人吗？你要在他们面前摆上食物和水， 给他们吃喝， 然后回到他们的主人那里去。"
23 于是王为他们预备盛大的宴会； 他们吃喝完了， 王打发他们离去， 他们就回到他们的主人那里去了。从此， 亚兰的军队不再侵犯以色列地了。
24 后来， 亚兰王便．哈达征召他全部的军队上来围困撒玛利亚。
25 于是撒玛利亚发生了极大的饥荒， 敌军继续包围， 以致一个驴头要卖九百克银子， 两百克的鸽子粪也值六十克银子。
26 以色列王在城墙上经过时， 有一个妇人向他呼求说： "我主我王啊， 救救我！ "
27 他说： "如果耶和华不救你， 我又从哪里救你？是从打谷场， 或是从榨酒池呢？"
28 王对她说： "到底有什么事呢？"她说： "这妇人对我说： ‘把你的儿子交出来， 今日我们好把他吃了； 明天我们可以吃我的儿子。’
29 于是我们把我的儿子煮了， 把他吃了。第二日， 我对她说： ‘把你的儿子交出来， 我们好把他吃了。’她却把她的儿子收藏起来。"
30 王听见那妇人的话， 就撕裂衣服， 他当时正在城墙上， 人民都看见他； 看哪， 他里面贴身穿着的是件麻衣。
31 他说： "如果今日沙法的儿子以利沙的头仍留在他身上， 愿 神惩罚我， 而且加倍惩罚我。"
32 那时， 以利沙正坐在自己的屋子里， 众长老也和他坐在一起。王差派一个在他面前侍立的人去， 那使者去到以利沙那里以前， 以利沙对众长老说： "你们看这凶手之子派人来取我的首级。你们留意那使者来到的时候， 你们要把门关上， 把他挡在门外。他主人的脚步声不是在他后面吗？"
33 他和众长老还在说话的时候， 看哪， 王（"王"原文作"使者"）就下到他那里， 说： "看哪， 这灾祸是从耶和华来的， 我为什么还仰望耶和华呢？"