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Síðari bók konunganna 6
Icelandic Bible
Síðari bók konunganna 6
Icelandic Bible
6 Spámannasveinarnir sögðu við Elísa: "Húsrýmið, þar sem vér búum hjá þér, er of lítið fyrir oss.
2 Leyf oss að fara ofan að Jórdan og taka þar sinn bjálkann hver, til þess að vér getum gjört oss bústað." Hann mælti: "Farið þér!"
3 En einn af þeim mælti: "Gjör oss þann greiða að fara með þjónum þínum." Hann mælti: "Ég skal fara."
4 Síðan fór hann með þeim. Þegar þeir komu að Jórdan, tóku þeir að höggva tré.
5 En er einn þeirra var að fella bjálka, hraut öxin af skafti út á ána. Hljóðaði hann þá upp yfir sig og mælti: "Æ, herra minn _ og það var lánsöxi!"
6 Þá sagði guðsmaðurinn: "Hvar datt hún?" Og er hann sýndi honum staðinn, sneið hann af viðargrein, skaut henni þar ofan í ána og lét járnið fljóta.
7 Síðan sagði hann: "Náðu henni nú upp!" Þá rétti hann út höndina og náði henni.
8 Þegar Sýrlandskonungur átti í ófriði við Ísrael, ráðgaðist hann um við menn sína og mælti: "Á þeim og þeim stað skuluð þér leggjast í launsátur."
9 En guðsmaðurinn sendi til Ísraelskonungs og lét segja honum: "Varast þú að fara fram hjá þessum stað, því að Sýrlendingar liggja þar í launsátri."
10 Þá sendi Ísraelskonungur á þann stað, sem guðsmaðurinn hafði nefnt við hann. Varaði hann konung þannig við í hvert sinn, og gætti hann sín þar, og það oftar en einu sinni eða tvisvar.
11 Út af þessu varð Sýrlandskonungur órór í skapi, kallaði á menn sína og sagði við þá: "Getið þér ekki sagt mér, hver af vorum mönnum ljóstrar upp fyrirætlunum vorum við Ísraelskonung?"
12 Þá sagði einn af þjónum hans: "Því er eigi svo farið, minn herra konungur, heldur flytur Elísa spámaður, sem er í Ísrael, Ísraelskonungi þau orð, sem þú talar í svefnherbergi þínu."
13 Þá sagði hann: "Farið og vitið, hvar hann er, svo að ég geti sent menn og látið sækja hann." Var honum þá sagt, að hann væri í Dótan.
14 Þá sendi hann þangað hesta og vagna og mikinn her. Komu þeir þangað um nótt og slógu hring um borgina.
15 Þegar Elísa kom út árla næsta morgun, umkringdi her með hestum og vögnum borgina. Þá sagði sveinn hans við hann: "Æ, herra minn, hvað eigum við nú til bragðs að taka?"
16 Hann svaraði: "Óttast ekki, því að fleiri eru þeir, sem með okkur eru, en þeir, sem með þeim eru."
17 Og Elísa gjörði bæn sína og mælti: "Drottinn, opna þú augu hans, svo að hann sjái." Þá opnaði Drottinn augu sveinsins, og sá hann þá, að fjallið var alþakið hestum og eldlegum vögnum hringinn í kringum Elísa.
18 Fóru Sýrlendingar nú niður í móti honum, en Elísa gjörði bæn sína til Drottins og mælti: "Slá fólk þetta með blindu." Þá sló hann það með blindu eftir beiðni Elísa.
19 Síðan sagði Elísa við þá: "Þetta er ekki vegurinn og þetta er ekki borgin. Komið með mér, ég skal fylgja yður til mannsins, sem þér leitið að." Og hann fór með þá til Samaríu.
20 En er þeir komu til Samaríu, mælti Elísa: "Drottinn, opna þú nú augu þeirra, svo að þeir sjái." Þá opnaði Drottinn augu þeirra, og þeir sáu, að þeir voru komnir inn í miðja Samaríu.
21 En er Ísraelskonungur sá þá, sagði hann við Elísa: "Faðir minn, á ég að höggva þá niður?"
22 En hann svaraði: "Eigi skalt þú höggva þá niður. Ert þú vanur að höggva þá niður, er þú hertekur með sverði þínu og boga? Set fyrir þá brauð og vatn, svo að þeir megi eta og drekka. Síðan geta þeir farið heim til herra síns."
23 Þá bjó hann þeim mikla máltíð, og þeir átu og drukku. Síðan lét hann þá í burt fara, og fóru þeir heim til herra síns. Upp frá þessu komu ránsflokkar Sýrlendinga eigi framar inn í land Ísraels.
24 Eftir þetta bar svo til, að Benhadad Sýrlandskonungur dró saman allan her sinn og fór og settist um Samaríu.
25 Þá varð hungur svo mikið í Samaríu, er þeir sátu um hana, að asnahöfuð kostaði áttatíu sikla silfurs og fjórðungur úr kab af dúfnadrit fimm sikla silfurs.
26 Þegar Ísraelskonungur var á gangi uppi á borgarveggnum, kallaði kona nokkur til hans og mælti: "Hjálpa þú, herra konungur!"
27 Hann mælti: "Ef Drottinn hjálpar þér ekki, hvaðan á ég þá að taka hjálp handa þér? Úr láfanum eða úr vínþrönginni?"
28 Og konungur sagði við hana: "Hvað viltu þá?" Hún svaraði: "Konan þarna sagði við mig: ,Sel fram son þinn og skulum við eta hann í dag, en á morgun skulum við eta minn son.`
29 Suðum við síðan minn son og átum hann. En er ég sagði við hana daginn eftir: ,Sel þú fram son þinn og skulum við eta hann,` þá fal hún son sinn."
30 Er konungur heyrði þessi ummæli konunnar, reif hann klæði sín þar sem hann stóð á múrnum. Sá þá lýðurinn, að hann hafði hærusekk á líkama sínum innstan klæða.
31 Þá sagði hann: "Guð gjöri mér hvað sem hann vill nú og síðar, ef höfuðið situr á Elísa Safatssyni til kvölds."
32 En Elísa sat í húsi sínu, og öldungarnir sátu hjá honum. Sendi þá konungur mann á undan sér, en áður en sendimaðurinn kom til hans, sagði Elísa við öldungana: "Vitið þér, að þessi morðhundur hefir sent hingað til þess að höggva af mér höfuðið? Gætið þess að loka dyrunum, þegar sendimaðurinn kemur, og standið fyrir hurðinni, svo að hann komist ekki inn. Heyrist ekki þegar fótatak húsbónda hans á eftir honum?"
33 Meðan hann var að segja þetta við þá, kom konungur þegar ofan til hans og mælti: "Sjá, hvílíka ógæfu Drottinn lætur yfir dynja. Hví skyldi ég lengur vona á Drottin?"
2 Kings 6
New International Version
2 Kings 6
New International Version
An Axhead Floats
6 The company(A) of the prophets said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we meet with you is too small for us. 2 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.”
3 Then one of them said, “Won’t you please come with your servants?”
“I will,” Elisha replied. 4 And he went with them.
They went to the Jordan and began to cut down trees. 5 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!”
6 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. 7 “Lift it out,” he said. Then the man reached out his hand and took it.
Elisha Traps Blinded Arameans
8 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.”
9 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
- 2 Kings 6:25 That is, about 2 pounds or about 920 grams
- 2 Kings 6:25 That is, probably about 1/4 pound or about 100 grams
- 2 Kings 6:25 Or of doves’ dung
- 2 Kings 6:25 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams
2 Kings 6
King James Version
2 Kings 6
King James Version
6 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 Benhadad 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?
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