열왕기하 7
Korean Living Bible
7 그때 엘리사가 대답하였다. “왕은 여호와의 말씀을 들으십시오. 내일 이맘때에 사마리아 성문에서 가장 좋은 밀가루 [a]약 7리터와 보리 [b]약 15리터가 각각 은 [c]11.4그램에 매매되는 것을 보게 될 것입니다.”
2 그러자 왕의 보좌관이 엘리사에게 말하였다. “만일 여호와께서 하늘에 창을 내고 곡식을 쏟아 붓는다고 해도 그런 일은 있을 수가 없소.” 그때 엘리사가 “당신은 그것을 직접 목격하게 될 것이지만 그 어느 것도 먹지는 못할 것이오” 하고 대답하였다.
시리아군이 도망함
3 사마리아 성문 입구에 문둥병자 네 사람이 앉아서 서로 이렇게 말하였다. “무엇 때문에 우리가 여기 앉아서 죽을 때까지 기다려야만 하겠느냐?
4 우리가 성에 들어가도 굶어 죽고 여기 앉아 있어도 죽을 바에야 차라리 시리아군에게 가서 항복하자. 만일 그들이 우리를 살려 준다면 다행한 일이지만 그렇지 않으면 죽기밖에 더하겠느냐?”
5 그러고서 그들은 해질 무렵에 일어나 시리아군의 진지로 갔는데 그 곳에 도착해 보니 한 사람도 없었다.
6 이것은 여호와께서 시리아군에게 요란한 전차 바퀴 소리와 말발굽 소리와 그리고 수많은 군대가 진격하는 소리를 듣게 하셨으므로 시리아군은 이스라엘 왕이 자기들을 치려고 헷 사람과 이집트 사람들을 고용한 것으로 생각하고
7 당황하여 그들의 천막과 말과 나귀를 진지에 그대로 버려 둔 채 목숨만이라도 건지겠다고 그 날 저녁에 도망하였기 때문이었다.
8 그래서 그 문둥병자들은 한 천막에 들어가서 먹고 마시고 거기에 있는 은과 금과 의복을 가지고 나와 숨겨 두고 또 다른 천막에 들어가서도 그렇게 하였다.
9 그러나 그들은 자기들의 소행이 옳지 못한 것을 알고 서로 이렇게 말하였다. “이럴 수는 없어. 좋은 소식을 전해야 할 우리가 이렇게 가만히 있어서야 되겠느냐? 만일 우리가 내일 아침까지 이 소식을 전하지 않고 그대로 있으면 우리가 천벌을 받을 것이다! 자, 가서 왕궁에 이 사실을 보고하자.”
10 그러고서 그들은 성으로 가서 문지기들을 불러 말하였다. “우리가 시리아군의 진지에 가서 보니 아무도 없었고 말과 나귀들만 매여 있었으며 천막들은 고스란히 그대로 있었습니다.”
11 문지기들이 그 소식을 왕궁에 전하자
12 왕이 밤중에 일어나 자기 신하들에게 말하였다. “내가 그대들에게 시리아군의 전략을 말해 주겠다. 그들은 우리가 굶주리고 있다는 것을 알고 지금 자기들의 진지를 떠나 들에 숨어서 우리가 성 밖으로 나가면 우리를 공격하여 생포하고 성 안으로 쳐들어올 계획을 세우고 있다.”
13 그러자 한 신하가 대답하였다. “성 안에 남아 있는 말 다섯 마리와 함께 사람을 보내 시리아군의 진지를 살펴보고 오게 하십시오. 여기 남아 있는다고 해도 이미 죽은 사람들의 처지와 다를 것이 없습니다.”
14 신하들이 전차 두 대를 준비하고 정찰병을 대기시키자 왕은 그들을 보내며 시리아군의 동태를 살피고 와서 보고하라고 명령하였다.
15 그래서 그들은 시리아군을 추적하여 요단강까지 갔는데 길에는 그들이 급히 도망하면서 버리고 간 의복과 장비가 여기저기 흩어져 있었다. 그들이 돌아와서 왕에게 사실대로 보고하자
16 사마리아 사람들은 달려나가서 시리아 진지를 약탈하였다. 그래서 가장 좋은 밀가루 약 7리터와 보리 약 15리터가 여호와의 말씀대로 각각 은 11.4그램에 매매되었다.
17 이때 왕이 그의 보좌관을 성문에 배치하여 통행 질서를 유지하도록 했으나 그 보좌관은 밀어닥치는 군중들에게 짓밟혀 죽고 말았다. 이것은 엘리사가 왕이 그를 잡으러 왔을 때 예언한 그대로 된 것인데
18 그때 엘리사는 왕에게 그 다음날 사마리아 성문에서 가장 좋은 밀가루 약 7리터와 보리 약 15리터가 각각 은 11.4그램에 매매될 것이라고 예언하였다.
19 그러나 그때 왕의 이 보좌관은 여호와께서 하늘에 창을 내고 곡식을 쏟아 붓는다고 해도 그런 일은 있을 수가 없을 것이라고 대꾸하였다. 그래서 엘리사가 “당신은 그것을 직접 목격하게 될 것이지만 그 어느 것도 먹지는 못할 것이오” 하고 예언하였다.
20 그러므로 그는 엘리사가 말한 그대로 성문에서 군중들에게 짓밟혀 죽은 것이다.
列王纪下 7
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
7 以利沙说：“你们要听耶和华的话，耶和华说，‘明天这个时候，在撒玛利亚城门口，三公斤细面粉只卖十一克银子，六公斤大麦也卖十一克银子。’” 2 一个搀扶王的将领对上帝的仆人说：“即使耶和华打开天上的窗户，也不可能发生这样的事！”以利沙说：“你必亲眼看见，却吃不到。”
撒玛利亚城获救
3 城门口有四个麻风病人，他们商量说：“我们为什么坐在这里等死呢？ 4 如果我们进城，城里正闹饥荒，我们会饿死；但我们坐在这里也是死，不如去投靠亚兰军。如果他们不杀我们，我们就能活命；如若不然，死就死吧！” 5 傍晚时分，他们动身去亚兰人的营地，到了营地外边，却发现人影全无。 6 原来，主使亚兰人听见大队人马和战车的声音。他们以为以色列王雇用了赫人的诸王和埃及人的诸王来攻营， 7 便在傍晚时分撇下帐篷、马和驴，弃营而逃。 8 那几个麻风病人到了营地，走进一个帐篷，又吃又喝，把那里的金银和衣服拿走收藏起来，再回来进入另一个帐篷，把财物拿走收藏起来。
9 后来，他们彼此说：“我们这样做不对。今天是个报好消息的日子，我们却不作声。若等到天亮，我们会受惩罚的。走，我们给王报信去。” 10 他们就去喊城门守卫，对他们说：“我们到了亚兰人的营中，里面不见人影也没有人声，只有拴着的马和驴，帐篷依然在那里。” 11 城门守卫就高声宣告消息，有人去禀告王。 12 王连夜起来，对臣仆说：“我告诉你们是怎么回事。亚兰人知道我们正闹饥荒，就故意离开军营，埋伏在田野，等我们以色列人出城后，好活捉我们，并攻入城中。”
13 一个臣仆说：“不如派人骑着城中仅存的五匹马出去打探一下。反正他们和城中剩下的以色列人一样快要死了。” 14 他们预备了两辆马车，王便命人出去追踪亚兰军、查明实情。 15 探子一路追到约旦河，沿路看见到处都是亚兰军仓皇逃走时丢弃的衣服和装备，便回去禀告王。 16 于是，民众出城抢掠亚兰人的营地。那时，三公斤细面粉只卖十一克银子，六公斤大麦也只卖十一克银子，正如耶和华所言。 17 王派那位搀扶他的将领守在城门口维持秩序，那将领却被涌出的人群踩死，应验了上帝的仆人在王去见他时所说的话。 18 上帝的仆人曾对王说：“明天这个时候，在撒玛利亚城门口，三公斤细面粉只卖十一克银子，六公斤大麦也只卖十一克银子。”
19 但那将领对上帝的仆人说：“即使耶和华打开天上的窗户，也不可能发生这样的事！”上帝的仆人说：“你必亲眼看见，却吃不到。” 20 这话果然应验在他身上，他被人群踩死在城门口。
2 Kings 7
King James Version
7 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.
2 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.
3 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?
4 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.
5 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.
6 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.
7 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.
8 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.
9 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.
2 Kings 7
New International Reader's Version
7 Elisha replied, “Listen to a message from the Lord. He says, ‘About this time tomorrow, flour won’t cost very much. Even 12 pounds of the finest flour will cost less than half of an ounce of silver. You will also be able to buy 20 pounds of barley for the same price. That’s all you will have to pay for those things at the gate of Samaria.’ ”
2 The king was leaning on an officer’s arm. The officer spoke to the man of God. The officer said, “Suppose the Lord opens the sky and pours down food on us. Even if he does, could what you are saying really happen?”
“You will see it with your own eyes,” answered Elisha. “But you won’t eat any of it!”
The Attack on Samaria Ends
3 There were four men who had a skin disease. They were at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. They said to one another, “Why should we stay here until we die? 4 Suppose we say, ‘We’ll go into the city.’ There isn’t any food there, and we’ll die. But if we stay here, we’ll die anyway. So let’s go over to Aram’s army camp. Let’s give ourselves up. If they spare us, we’ll live. If they kill us, we’ll die.”
5 At sunset they got up and went to Aram’s army camp. They arrived at the edge of it. But no one was there. 6 The Lord had caused the soldiers of Aram to hear a noise. It sounded like chariots and horses and a huge army. So the soldiers said to one another, “Listen! The king of Israel has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings. He has paid them to attack us!” 7 So the soldiers of Aram had run away at sunset. They had left their tents and horses and donkeys behind. They had left the camp just as it was. And they had run for their lives.
8 The men who had a skin disease arrived at the edge of the camp. They entered one of the tents. They ate and drank. Then they took silver, gold and clothes. They went off and hid them. They returned and entered another tent. They took some things from it and hid them also.
9 But then they said to one another, “What we’re doing isn’t right. This is a day of good news. And we’re keeping it to ourselves. If we wait until sunrise, we’ll be punished. Let’s go at once. Let’s report this to the royal palace.”
10 So they went. They called out to the people who were guarding the city gates. They told them, “We went into Aram’s army camp. No one was there. We didn’t hear anyone. The horses and donkeys were still tied up. The tents were left just as they were.” 11 The people who guarded the gates shouted the news. It was reported inside the palace.
12 The king of Israel got up in the night. He spoke to his officers. He said, “I’ll tell you what the men of Aram have done to us. They know we are very hungry. So they have left the camp to hide in the countryside. They are thinking, ‘We are sure they’ll come out. Then we’ll take them alive. And we’ll get into the city.’ ”
13 One of the king’s officers said, “A few horses are still left in the city. Have some men get five of them. Those men won’t be any worse off than all the other Israelites who are left here. In fact, all of us will soon be dead anyway. So let’s send the men to find out what happened.”
14 The men chose two chariots and their horses. The king sent them out to look for Aram’s army. He commanded the drivers, “Go and find out what has happened.” 15 They followed the trail of Aram’s soldiers all the way to the Jordan River. They found clothes and supplies all along the road. The soldiers had thrown them down when they ran away. So the men who were sent out returned. They reported to the king what they had seen. 16 Then the people went out of the city. They took everything of value from Aram’s army camp. So 12 pounds of the finest flour sold for less than half of an ounce of silver. And 20 pounds of barley sold for the same price. That’s exactly what the Lord had said would happen.
17 The king had put an officer in charge of the city gate. He was the officer on whose arm the king leaned. On their way out of the city, the people knocked the officer down. In the entrance of the gate he was crushed as they walked on top of him. And so he died. That’s exactly what the man of God had said would happen. He had said it when the king came down to his house. 18 What Elisha, the man of God, had told the king came true. Elisha had said, “About this time tomorrow, flour won’t cost very much. Even 12 pounds of the finest flour will cost less than half of an ounce of silver. You will also be able to buy 20 pounds of barley for the same price. That’s all you will have to pay for those things at the gate of Samaria.”
19 The officer had spoken to the man of God. The officer had said, “Suppose the Lord opens the sky and pours down food on us. Even if he does, could what you are saying really happen?” The man of God had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes. But you won’t eat any of it!” 20 And that’s exactly what happened to the officer. On their way out of the city, the people knocked him down. In the entrance of the gate he was crushed as they walked on top of him. And so he died.
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