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Елисей каза: „Чуйте словото от Господа! Така говори Господ: Утре по това време при портите на Самария една мярка чисто брашно ще струва една сикла и двойна мярка ечемик – една сикла.“ (A)Тогава сановникът, дясната ръка на царя, каза на Божия човек: „Господ е Този, Който прави прозорци на небето. Ще стане ли това нещо?“ И Елисей отговори: „С очите си ще видиш това, но няма да ядеш.“

(B)При входа извън портите имаше четирима прокажени, които говореха помежду си: „Защо да седим тук, очаквайки смъртта? Ако речем да влезем в града, в града има глад и ще умрем там. Но ако седим тук, ще умрем. Така че да вървим и да се предадем в арамейския стан. Ако ни оставят живи, ще живеем; ако ни убият, ще умрем така или иначе.“ И те станаха в здрач, за да отидат в арамейския стан, но когато достигнаха до границата на арамейския стан, там нямаше никого. Господ беше направил в арамейския стан да се чува шум от колесници, коне и от голяма войска. И арамейците си бяха казали един на друг: „израилският цар е наел хетските и египетските царе да дойдат против нас.“ Поради това те също станаха в здрач и избягаха, изоставяйки шатрите си, конете си и магаретата си. Станът си беше, както те го оставиха. Те избягаха, за да останат живи. Когато тези прокажени дойдоха до границата на стана, те влязоха в една шатра, ядоха, пиха и задигнаха оттам сребро, злато и дрехи, и отидоха да ги скрият. След това се върнаха и влязоха в друга шатра, и задигнаха оттам неща, и отидоха да ги скрият. И си казаха един на друг: „Ние не трябва да правим така. Този ден е ден за добри вести, а ние мълчим. Ако чакаме до зазоряване и продължаваме да мълчим, ще бъдем хванати в лъжа. Хайде, нека отидем и съобщим в царския дворец.“ 10 Така те отидоха и завикаха към пазачите на портата: „Идваме от арамейския стан. Там няма никого, нито се чува човешки глас, само вързани коне и осли и шатрите са непокътнати.“ 11 Тогава пазачите извикаха и предадоха вестта в царския дворец.

12 Царят стана през нощта и каза на служителите си: „Аз ще ви кажа какво мислят да направят с нас арамейците. Те знаят, че сме гладни, и са напуснали своя стан, за да се скрият в полето, казвайки си: ‘Ако те излязат от града, ще ги хванем живи и ще влезем в града’.“ 13 Един от неговите служители отвърна: „Нека вземат пет от конете, които са останали в града – ето от цялото Израилско множество само това остана. Те са като цялото множество на Израил, което се свърши – да изпратим и да видим.“ 14 И взеха две двойки коне, впрегнати в колесници, които царят прати в арамейския стан и казаха: „Идете и вижте!“ 15 Те вървяха по стъпките им чак до Йордан и целият път беше осеян с дрехи и вещи, които арамейците бяха изхвърляли в бързината. След това пратениците се завърнаха и известиха на царя.

16 Тогава народът излезе и плячкоса арамейския стан. И така се случи, че една мярка чисто брашно се продаваше за една сикла и две мерки ечемик – за една сикла, според словото на Господа. 17 И царят назначи сановника си, своята дясна ръка, да отговаря за портата, но народът го стъпка при портата и той умря. Това стана, както бе казал Божият човек, когато царят ходи при него. 18 Това се случи според словото на Божия човек към царя: „Две мерки ечемик за една сикла, една мярка чисто брашно за една сикла, утре по това време при портата на Самария.“ 19 Но сановникът отвърна на Божия човек: „Ето Господ прави прозорци на небето. Ще стане ли това нещо?“ А той беше отговорил: „С очите си ще видиш това, но няма да ядеш.“ 20 И случи се с него точно това. Народът го стъпка при портите и той умря.

Elisha replied, “Hear the word of the Lord. This is what the Lord says: About this time tomorrow, a seah[a] of the finest flour will sell for a shekel[b] and two seahs[c] of barley for a shekel(A) at the gate of Samaria.”

The officer on whose arm the king was leaning(B) said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates(C) of the heavens, could this happen?”

“You will see it with your own eyes,” answered Elisha, “but you will not eat(D) any of it!”

The Siege Lifted

Now there were four men with leprosy[d](E) at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, “Why stay here until we die? If we say, ‘We’ll go into the city’—the famine is there, and we will die. And if we stay here, we will die. So let’s go over to the camp of the Arameans and surrender. If they spare us, we live; if they kill us, then we die.”

At dusk they got up and went to the camp of the Arameans. When they reached the edge of the camp, no one was there, for the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound(F) of chariots and horses and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired(G) the Hittite(H) and Egyptian kings to attack us!” So they got up and fled(I) in the dusk and abandoned their tents and their horses and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives.

The men who had leprosy(J) reached the edge of the camp, entered one of the tents and ate and drank. Then they took silver, gold and clothes, and went off and hid them. They returned and entered another tent and took some things from it and hid them also.

Then they said to each other, “What we’re doing is not right. This is a day of good news and we are keeping it to ourselves. If we wait until daylight, punishment will overtake us. Let’s go at once and report this to the royal palace.”

10 So they went and called out to the city gatekeepers and told them, “We went into the Aramean camp and no one was there—not a sound of anyone—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents left just as they were.” 11 The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported within the palace.

12 The king got up in the night and said to his officers, “I will tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving; so they have left the camp to hide(K) in the countryside, thinking, ‘They will surely come out, and then we will take them alive and get into the city.’”

13 One of his officers answered, “Have some men take five of the horses that are left in the city. Their plight will be like that of all the Israelites left here—yes, they will only be like all these Israelites who are doomed. So let us send them to find out what happened.”

14 So they selected two chariots with their horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army. He commanded the drivers, “Go and find out what has happened.” 15 They followed them as far as the Jordan, and they found the whole road strewn with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown away in their headlong flight.(L) So the messengers returned and reported to the king. 16 Then the people went out and plundered(M) the camp of the Arameans. So a seah of the finest flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel,(N) as the Lord had said.

17 Now the king had put the officer on whose arm he leaned in charge of the gate, and the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died,(O) just as the man of God had foretold when the king came down to his house. 18 It happened as the man of God had said to the king: “About this time tomorrow, a seah of the finest flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.”

19 The officer had said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates(P) of the heavens, could this happen?” The man of God had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!” 20 And that is exactly what happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 7:1 That is, probably about 12 pounds or about 5.5 kilograms of flour; also in verses 16 and 18
  2. 2 Kings 7:1 That is, about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams; also in verses 16 and 18
  3. 2 Kings 7:1 That is, probably about 20 pounds or about 9 kilograms of barley; also in verses 16 and 18
  4. 2 Kings 7:3 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin; also in verse 8.

Dijo entonces Eliseo:

—Oíd la palabra de Jehová: Así dijo Jehová: “Mañana a estas horas valdrá un siclo el seah de flor de harina, y un siclo dos seahs de cebada, a la puerta de Samaria.”

Un príncipe sobre cuyo brazo el rey se apoyaba, respondió al varón de Dios y le dijo:

—Si Jehová abriera ahora ventanas en el cielo, ¿sería esto así?

Él dijo:

—Tú lo verás con tus propios ojos, pero no comerás de ello.

Había a la entrada de la puerta cuatro hombres leprosos, y se decían los unos a los otros:

—¿Por qué estamos aquí esperando la muerte? Si tratamos de entrar en la ciudad, moriremos en ella, por el hambre que hay en la ciudad; y si nos quedamos aquí, también moriremos. Vamos, pues, ahora y pasémonos al campamento de los sirios: si ellos nos dan la vida, viviremos, y si nos dan la muerte, moriremos.

Se levantaron, pues, al anochecer, para ir al campamento de los sirios, y al llegar a la entrada del campamento de los sirios, no había allí nadie. Jehová había hecho que en el campamento de los sirios se oyera estruendo de carros, ruido de caballos y el estrépito de un gran ejército, por lo que se dijeron unos a otros: «El rey de Israel ha tomado a sueldo contra nosotros a los reyes de los heteos y a los reyes de los egipcios para que vengan a atacarnos.» Así que se levantaron y huyeron al anochecer, abandonando sus tiendas, sus caballos, sus asnos y el campamento tal cual estaba. Huyeron para salvar sus vidas. Cuando los leprosos llegaron al límite del campamento, entraron en una tienda, comieron y bebieron, tomaron de allí plata, oro y vestidos, y fueron a esconderlos. Después volvieron, entraron en otra tienda, y de allí también tomaron cosas que fueron a esconder. Luego se dijeron unos a otros:

—No estamos haciendo bien. Hoy es día de buenas noticias y nosotros callamos. Si esperamos hasta el amanecer, nos alcanzará nuestra maldad. Vamos pues, ahora, entremos y demos la noticia en la casa del rey.

10 Fueron, pues, llamaron a los guardias de la puerta de la ciudad, y les gritaron diciendo:

«Nosotros fuimos al campamento de los sirios y no había allí nadie, ni se oía ninguna voz humana; sólo estaban los caballos atados, los asnos también atados y el campamento intacto.»

11 Los porteros gritaron y lo anunciaron dentro, en el palacio del rey. 12 Se levantó el rey de noche y dijo a sus siervos:

—Os voy a decir lo que nos han hecho los sirios. Ellos saben que tenemos hambre, han salido de las tiendas y se han escondido en el campo, pensando: “Cuando hayan salido de la ciudad, los tomaremos vivos y entraremos en ella.”

13 Entonces uno de sus siervos propuso:

—Tomen ahora cinco de los caballos que han quedado en la ciudad (porque los que quedan acá también perecerán, como toda la multitud de Israel que ya ha perecido). Los enviaremos para ver qué pasa.

14 Tomaron, pues, dos caballos de un carro y los envió el rey al campamento de los sirios, diciendo: «Id y ved.» 15 Ellos los siguieron hasta el Jordán y vieron que todo el camino estaba lleno de vestidos y enseres que los sirios habían arrojado por la premura. Regresaron los mensajeros y lo hicieron saber al rey. 16 Entonces el pueblo salió y saqueó el campamento de los sirios. Y, conforme a la palabra de Jehová, fue vendido un seah de flor de harina por un siclo, y dos seahs de cebada por un siclo.

17 El rey había puesto a la puerta a aquel príncipe sobre cuyo brazo él se apoyaba, pero el pueblo lo atropelló a la entrada, y murió, conforme a lo que había dicho el varón de Dios cuando el rey descendió a él.

18 Aconteció, pues, de la manera que el varón de Dios había anunciado al rey, al decir: «Serán vendidos por un siclo dos seahs de cebada, y el seah de flor de harina será vendido por un siclo mañana a estas horas, a la puerta de Samaria.» 19 A lo cual aquel príncipe había respondido al varón de Dios: «Si Jehová abriera ventanas en el cielo, ¿pudiera suceder esto?» Y él le había dicho: «Tú lo verás con tus ojos, pero no comerás de ello.» 20 Y así le sucedió, porque el pueblo lo atropelló a la entrada, y murió.

Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?

If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.

For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.

Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.

10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.

11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.

12 And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they 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 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, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.

14 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

15 And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

16 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord.

17 And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake 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 for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:

19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the Lord should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

20 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.