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Faaskii Sabbaynayey

Oo qoonkii nebiyada ahaana waxay Eliishaa ku yidhaahdeen, Bal eeg, meesha hortaada ah ee aannu deggan nahay waa nagu cidhiidhi. Haddaba waannu ku baryaynaaye aannu tagno xagga Urdun oo halkaas nin waluba dogob ha ka qaado, oo aannu halkaas ka dhisanno meel aan degno. Oo isna wuxuu ugu jawaabay, Orda oo taga. Oo midba wuxuu yidhi, Waan ku baryayaaye raalli ahow oo na raac annagoo addoommadaada ah. Oo isna wuxuu ugu jawaabay, Waan idin raacayaa. Sidaas daraaddeed wuu raacay. Oo iyana markay Urdun yimaadeen ayay geedo jareen. Laakiinse midba intuu qori jarayay ayaa faaskii intii birta ahayd biyihii ku dhex dhacday, oo isna intuu qayliyey ayuu yidhi, Sayidkaygiiyow, hoogay! Waayo, deyn buu igu ahaa. Markaasaa ninkii Ilaah wuxuu yidhi, War xaggee bay ku dhacday? Oo isna markaasuu meeshii tusay. Markaasuu ul soo goostay oo meeshii ku riday, birtiina waa soo dabaalatay. Wuxuuna yidhi, War haddaba soo qaado. Sidaas daraaddeed gacantii buu fidiyey oo soo qaatay.

Eliishaa Oo Shirqoolay Indhooleyaal

Haddaba boqorkii Suuriya wuxuu la diriray dadkii Israa'iil, oo intuu addoommadiisii la tashaday ayuu ku yidhi, Meesha saa iyo saa ah ayaa xeradaydu ahaan doonta. Markaasaa ninkii Ilaah u cid diray boqorkii dalka Israa'iil oo wuxuu ku yidhi, War iska jir oo ha soo marin meesha saas ah, waayo, reer Suuriya meeshaasay ku dhaadhacayaan. 10 Oo boqorkii dalka Israa'iilna cid buu u diray meeshii ninkii Ilaah isaga u sheegay oo uu uga digay, oo isna intuu halkaas iska nabadgeliyey mar iyo laba toona ma aha. 11 Oo boqorkii Suuriyana qalbigiisu waxyaalahan aad buu uga welwelsanaa; oo wuxuu isugu yeedhay addoommadiisii, oo ku yidhi, War maad ii sheegtaan midkeenna la jira boqorkii dalka Israa'iil? 12 Markaasaa mid addoommadiisii ka mid ahu wuxuu ku yidhi, Boqorow, sayidkaygiiyow, saas ma aha; laakiinse Eliishaa oo ah nebi dalka Israa'iil dhex jooga ayaa boqorka dadka Israa'iil u sheega erayada aad kaga hadasho qolkaaga aad seexato. 13 Oo isna wuxuu ku yidhi, Tag oo soo arag meeshuu joogo si aan isaga ugu cid diro ha la soo qabtee. Oo waxaa loo sheegay oo lagu yidhi, War wuxuu joogaa Dotaan. 14 Sidaas daraaddeed wuxuu halkaas u diray fardo, iyo gaadhifardood, iyo ciidan faro badan; oo iyana intay habeennimo yimaadeen ayay magaaladii hareereeyeen. 15 Oo ninkii Ilaah shaqeeyihiisii markuu aroortii soo toosay oo uu baxay, bal eeg, waxaa la arkay ciidan fardo iyo gaadhifardood wata oo magaaladii ku wareegsan. Markaasaa midiidinkiisii wuxuu isagii ku yidhi, Sayidow, hoogaye! sidee baynu yeeli doonnaa? 16 Oo isna wuxuu ugu jawaabay, Ha cabsan, waayo, kuwa inala jiraa way ka sii badan yihiin kuwa iyaga la jira. 17 Markaasaa Eliishaa baryootamay oo yidhi, Rabbiyow, waxaan kaa baryayaa inaad ninkan indhaha u furtid wax ha arkee. Markaasaa Rabbigu ninkii dhallinyarada ahaa indhihii u furay, wax buuna arkay; oo wuxuu u jeeday fardo iyo gaadhifardood dab ah oo buurta ka buuxa ee Eliishaa ku wareegsan. 18 Oo iyana markay isagii u soo dhaadhaceen ayaa Eliishaa Rabbiga baryay oo yidhi, Rabbiyow, waxaan kaa baryayaa inaad dadkan indhabbeel ku riddid. Oo isna indhabbeel ayuu ugu riday sidii eraygii Eliishaa u ahaa. 19 Markaasaa Eliishaa wuxuu iyagii ku yidhi, War jidkanu ma aha jidkii, magaaladanuna ma aha magaaladii. Haddaba i soo raaca oo waxaan idiin geeynayaa ninkaad doonaysaan. Oo isna wuxuu u hor kacay xagga Samaariya. 20 Oo markay Samaariya soo galeen ayaa Eliishaa yidhi, Rabbiyow, nimankan indhaha u fur, wax ha arkeene. Kolkaasaa Rabbigu indhaha u furay, wax bayna arkeen, oo waxay u jeedeen inay Samaariya dhex joogaan. 21 Markaasaa boqorkii dalka Israa'iil wuxuu Eliishaa ku yidhi markuu nimankii arkay, Aabbahayow, miyaan laayaa? Miyaan laayaa? 22 Oo isna wuxuu ugu jawaabay, Maya, waa inaadan layn. Ma layn lahayd kuwaad ku soo qabsatay seeftaada iyo qaansadaada? Waxaad soo hor dhigtaa kibis iyo biyo ay cunaan oo ay cabbaan, oo dabadeedna ha u tageen sayidkoodii. 23 Markaasuu wuxuu iyagii u diyaariyey cunto badan, oo markay wax cuneen oo wax cabbeen ayuu iska diray, oo sayidkoodii bay u tageen. Oo guutooyinkii reer Suuriyana mar dambe ma soo gelin dalkii Israa'iil.

Hareerayntii Samaariya Ee Keentay Baahida

24 Oo taas dabadeed Benhadad oo ahaa boqorkii Suuriya wuxuu soo wada urursaday ciidankiisii oo dhan, oo intuu soo kacay ayuu Samaariya hareereeyey. 25 Oo Samaariyana abaar weyn baa ku dhacday, oo bal eeg iyana waxay hareeraha ka joogeen ilaa madax dameer lagu iibiyey siddeetan sheqel oo lacag ah, oo qab rubuciis digo qolley ahna lagu iibiyey shan sheqel oo lacag ah. 26 Oo boqorkii dalka Israa'iil oo derbiga dul maraya ayaa naagu u qayshatay oo ku tidhi, Boqorow, sayidkaygiiyow, i caawi. 27 Oo isna wuxuu ku yidhi, Naa haddii uusan Rabbigu ku caawin, anigu xaggee baan kaa caawinayaa? Naa ma waxaan kaa caawinayaa meesha hadhuudhka lagu tumo; mase meesha canabka lagu tuujiyo? 28 Markaasaa boqorkii wuxuu iyadii ku yidhi, Naa maxaa ku helay? Oo iyana waxay ugu jawaabtay, Naagtan waxay igu tidhi, Naa wiilkaaga na sii aan maanta cunnee oo wiilkaygana berri baannu wada cuni doonnaa. 29 Sidaas daraaddeed wiilkaygii waan karsannay oo waannu cunnay; markaasaan maalintii dambe iyadii ku idhi, Naa wiilkaagii na sii aan cunnee; laakiinse iyadu way qarisay wiilkeedii. 30 Oo markii boqorkii naagtii hadalkeedii maqlay ayuu dharkiisii dildillaaciyey; (oo markaas wuxuu dul marayay derbiga), oo dadkiina way wada arkayeen inuu jidhkiisii ku guntaday joonyado. 31 Oo markaasuu yidhi, Ilaah saas iyo si ka sii daranba ha igu sameeyo, haddii Eliishaa ina Shaafaad madaxiisu maanta ku sii yaallo. 32 Oo Eliishaana markaas wuxuu dhex fadhiyey gurigiisii, oo odayaashiina way la fadhiyeen; oo boqorkiina nin buu iska soo hor mariyey; laakiinse ninkii wargeeyska ahaa intuusan isagii u iman ayuu Eliishaa odayaashii ku yidhi, War bal eega siduu kan gacankudhiigluhu dhalay cid ugu soo diray in madaxa layga gooyo? War markii wargeeysku yimaado albaabka xidha, oo dib ugu celiya albaabka. War waxa ka dambeeya sow ma aha sanqadhii cagihii sayidkiisa? 33 Oo intuu iyagii weli la hadlayay ayaa wargeeyskii u soo dhaadhacay; oo isna wuxuu yidhi, Belaayadanu xagga Rabbigay ka timid; haddaba maxaan Rabbiga weli u sii sugaa?

An Axhead Floats

The company(A) of the prophets said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we meet with you is too small for us. Let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a pole; and let us build a place there for us to meet.”

And he said, “Go.”

Then one of them said, “Won’t you please come with your servants?”

“I will,” Elisha replied. And he went with them.

They went to the Jordan and began to cut down trees. As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. “Oh no, my lord!” he cried out. “It was borrowed!”

The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw(B) it there, and made the iron float. “Lift it out,” he said. Then the man reached out his hand and took it.

Elisha Traps Blinded Arameans

Now the king of Aram was at war with Israel. After conferring with his officers, he said, “I will set up my camp in such and such a place.”

The man of God sent word to the king(C) of Israel: “Beware of passing that place, because the Arameans are going down there.” 10 So the king of Israel checked on the place indicated by the man of God. Time and again Elisha warned(D) the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.

11 This enraged the king of Aram. He summoned his officers and demanded of them, “Tell me! Which of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”

12 “None of us, my lord the king(E),” said one of his officers, “but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”

13 “Go, find out where he is,” the king ordered, “so I can send men and capture him.” The report came back: “He is in Dothan.”(F) 14 Then he sent(G) horses and chariots and a strong force there. They went by night and surrounded the city.

15 When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. “Oh no, my lord! What shall we do?” the servant asked.

16 “Don’t be afraid,”(H) the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more(I) than those who are with them.”

17 And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots(J) of fire all around Elisha.

18 As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Strike this army with blindness.”(K) So he struck them with blindness, as Elisha had asked.

19 Elisha told them, “This is not the road and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you are looking for.” And he led them to Samaria.

20 After they entered the city, Elisha said, “Lord, open the eyes of these men so they can see.” Then the Lord opened their eyes and they looked, and there they were, inside Samaria.

21 When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “Shall I kill them, my father?(L) Shall I kill them?”

22 “Do not kill them,” he answered. “Would you kill those you have captured(M) with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them so that they may eat and drink and then go back to their master.” 23 So he prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. So the bands(N) from Aram stopped raiding Israel’s territory.

Famine in Besieged Samaria

24 Some time later, Ben-Hadad(O) king of Aram mobilized his entire army and marched up and laid siege(P) to Samaria. 25 There was a great famine(Q) in the city; the siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels[a] of silver, and a quarter of a cab[b] of seed pods[c](R) for five shekels.[d]

26 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”

27 The king replied, “If the Lord does not help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing floor? From the winepress?” 28 Then he asked her, “What’s the matter?”

She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son so we may eat him today, and tomorrow we’ll eat my son.’ 29 So we cooked my son and ate(S) him. The next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son so we may eat him,’ but she had hidden him.”

30 When the king heard the woman’s words, he tore(T) his robes. As he went along the wall, the people looked, and they saw that, under his robes, he had sackcloth(U) on his body. 31 He said, “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today!”

32 Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders(V) were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Don’t you see how this murderer(W) is sending someone to cut off my head?(X) Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold it shut against him. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?” 33 While he was still talking to them, the messenger came down to him.

The king said, “This disaster is from the Lord. Why should I wait(Y) for the Lord any longer?”

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 6:25 That is, about 2 pounds or about 920 grams
  2. 2 Kings 6:25 That is, probably about 1/4 pound or about 100 grams
  3. 2 Kings 6:25 Or of doves’ dung
  4. 2 Kings 6:25 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams