M'lakhim (מלכים) - 2 Re 4

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 וְאִשָּׁה אַחַת מִנְּשֵׁי בְנֵי־הַנְּבִיאִים צָעֲקָה אֶל־אֱלִישָׁע לֵאמֹר עַבְדְּךָ אִישִׁי מֵת וְאַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ כִּי עַבְדְּךָ הָיָה יָרֵא אֶת־יְהוָה וְהַנֹּשֶׁה בָּא לָקַחַת אֶת־שְׁנֵי יְלָדַי לֹו לַעֲבָדִים	1 A certain woman, the widow of one of the guild prophets, complained to Elisha: "My husband, your servant, is dead. You know that he was a God-fearing man, yet now his creditor has come to take my two children as his slaves."
2 וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ אֱלִישָׁע מָה אֶעֱשֶׂה־לָּךְ הַגִּידִי לִי מַה־יֶּשׁ־ [לְכִי כ] (לָךְ ק) בַּבָּיִת וַתֹּאמֶר אֵין לְשִׁפְחָתְךָ כֹל בַּבַּיִת כִּי אִם־אָסוּךְ שָׁמֶן	2 "How can I help you?" Elisha answered her. "Tell me what you have in the house." "This servant of yours has nothing in the house but a jug of oil," she replied.
3 וַיֹּאמֶר לְכִי שַׁאֲלִי־לָךְ כֵּלִים מִן־הַחוּץ מֵאֵת כָּל־ [שִׁכְנָכֵי כ] (שְׁכֵנָיִךְ ק) כֵּלִים רֵקִים אַל־תַּמְעִיטִי	3 "Go out," he said, "borrow vessels from all your neighbors--as many empty vessels as you can.
4 וּבָאת וְסָגַרְתְּ הַדֶּלֶת בַּעֲדֵךְ וּבְעַד־בָּנַיִךְ וְיָצַקְתְּ עַל כָּל־הַכֵּלִים הָאֵלֶּה וְהַמָּלֵא תַּסִּיעִי	4 Then come back and close the door on yourself and your children; pour the oil into all the vessels, and as each is filled, set it aside."
5 וַתֵּלֶךְ מֵאִתֹּו וַתִּסְגֹּר הַדֶּלֶת בַּעֲדָהּ וּבְעַד בָּנֶיהָ הֵם מַגִּשִׁים אֵלֶיהָ וְהִיא [מֵיצָקֶת כ] (מֹוצָקֶת׃ ק)	5 She went and did so, closing the door on herself and her children. As they handed her the vessels, she would pour in oil.
6 וַיְהִי ׀ כִּמְלֹאת הַכֵּלִים וַתֹּאמֶר אֶל־בְּנָהּ הַגִּישָׁה אֵלַי עֹוד כֶּלִי וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ אֵין עֹוד כֶּלִי וַיַּעֲמֹד הַשָּׁמֶן	6 When all the vessels were filled, she said to her son, "Bring me another vessel." "There is none left," he answered her. And then the oil stopped.
7 וַתָּבֹא וַתַּגֵּד לְאִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים וַיֹּאמֶר לְכִי מִכְרִי אֶת־הַשֶּׁמֶן וְשַׁלְּמִי אֶת־ [נִשְׁיֵכִי כ] (נִשְׁיֵךְ ק) וְאַתְּ [בְּנֵיכִי כ] (וּבָנַיִךְ ק) תִחְיִי בַּנֹּותָר׃ פ	7 She went and told the man of God, who said, "Go and sell the oil to pay off your creditor; with what remains, you and your children can live."
8 וַיְהִי הַיֹּום וַיַּעֲבֹר אֱלִישָׁע אֶל־שׁוּנֵם וְשָׁם אִשָּׁה גְדֹולָה וַתַּחֲזֶק־בֹּו לֶאֱכָל־לָחֶם וַיְהִי מִדֵּי עָבְרֹו יָסֻר שָׁמָּה לֶאֱכָל־לָחֶם	8 One day Elisha came to Shunem, where there was a woman of influence, who urged him to dine with her. Afterward, whenever he passed by, he used to stop there to dine.
9 וַתֹּאמֶר אֶל־אִישָׁהּ הִנֵּה־נָא יָדַעְתִּי כִּי אִישׁ אֱלֹהִים קָדֹושׁ הוּא עֹבֵר עָלֵינוּ תָּמִיד	9 So she said to her husband, "I know that he is a holy man of God. Since he visits us often,
10 נַעֲשֶׂה־נָּא עֲלִיַּת־קִיר קְטַנָּה וְנָשִׂים לֹו שָׁם מִטָּה וְשֻׁלְחָן וְכִסֵּא וּמְנֹורָה וְהָיָה בְּבֹאֹו אֵלֵינוּ יָסוּר שָׁמָּה	10 let us arrange a little room on the roof and furnish it for him with a bed, table, chair, and lamp, so that when he comes to us he can stay there."
11 וַיְהִי הַיֹּום וַיָּבֹא שָׁמָּה וַיָּסַר אֶל־הָעֲלִיָּה וַיִּשְׁכַּב־שָׁמָּה	11 Sometime later Elisha arrived and stayed in the room overnight.
12 וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־גֵּחֲזִי נַעֲרֹו קְרָא לַשּׁוּנַמִּית הַזֹּאת וַיִּקְרָא־לָהּ וַתַּעֲמֹד לְפָנָיו	12 Then he said to his servant Gehazi, "Call this Shunammite woman." He did so, and when she stood before Elisha,
13 וַיֹּאמֶר לֹו אֱמָר־נָא אֵלֶיהָ הִנֵּה חָרַדְתְּ ׀ אֵלֵינוּ אֶת־כָּל־הַחֲרָדָה הַזֹּאת מֶה לַעֲשֹׂות לָךְ הֲיֵשׁ לְדַבֶּר־לָךְ אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֹו אֶל־שַׂר הַצָּבָא וַתֹּאמֶר בְּתֹוךְ עַמִּי אָנֹכִי יֹשָׁבֶת	13 he told Gehazi, "Say to her, 'You have lavished all this care on us; what can we do for you? Can we say a good word for you to the king or to the commander of the army?'" She replied, "I am living among my own people."
14 וַיֹּאמֶר וּמֶה לַעֲשֹׂות לָהּ וַיֹּאמֶר גֵּיחֲזִי אֲבָל בֵּן אֵין־לָהּ וְאִישָׁהּ זָקֵן	14 Later Elisha asked, "Can something be done for her?" "Yes!" Gehazi answered. "She has no son, and her husband is getting on in years."
15 וַיֹּאמֶר קְרָא־לָהּ וַיִּקְרָא־לָהּ וַתַּעֲמֹד בַּפָּתַח	15 "Call her," said Elisha. When she had been called, and stood at the door,
16 וַיֹּאמֶר לַמֹּועֵד הַזֶּה כָּעֵת חַיָּה [אַתִּי כ] (אַתְּ ק) חֹבֶקֶת בֵּן וַתֹּאמֶר אַל־אֲדֹנִי אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים אַל־תְּכַזֵּב בְּשִׁפְחָתֶךָ	16 Elisha promised, "This time next year you will be fondling a baby son." "Please, my lord," she protested, "you are a man of God; do not deceive your servant."
17 וַתַּהַר הָאִשָּׁה וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן לַמֹּועֵד הַזֶּה כָּעֵת חַיָּה אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר אֵלֶיהָ אֱלִישָׁע	17 Yet the woman conceived, and by the same time the following year she had given birth to a son, as Elisha had promised.
18 וַיִּגְדַּל הַיָּלֶד וַיְהִי הַיֹּום וַיֵּצֵא אֶל־אָבִיו אֶל־הַקֹּצְרִים	18 The day came when the child was old enough to go out to his father among the reapers.
19 וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־אָבִיו רֹאשִׁי ׀ רֹאשִׁי וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־הַנַּעַר שָׂאֵהוּ אֶל־אִמֹּו	19 "My head hurts!" he complained to his father. "Carry him to his mother," the father said to a servant.
20 וַיִּשָּׂאֵהוּ וַיְבִיאֵהוּ אֶל־אִמֹּו וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל־בִּרְכֶּיהָ עַד־הַצָּהֳרַיִם וַיָּמֹת	20 The servant picked him up and carried him to his mother; he stayed with her until noon, when he died in her lap.
21 וַתַּעַל וַתַּשְׁכִּבֵהוּ עַל־מִטַּת אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים וַתִּסְגֹּר בַּעֲדֹו וַתֵּצֵא	21 The mother took him upstairs and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Closing the door on him, she went out
22 וַתִּקְרָא אֶל־אִישָׁהּ וַתֹּאמֶר שִׁלְחָה נָא לִי אֶחָד מִן־הַנְּעָרִים וְאַחַת הָאֲתֹנֹות וְאָרוּצָה עַד־אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים וְאָשׁוּבָה	22 and called to her husband, "Let me have a servant and a donkey. I must go quickly to the man of God, and I will be back."
23 וַיֹּאמֶר מַדּוּעַ [אַתִּי כ] (אַתְּ ק) [הֹלַכְתִּי כ] (הֹלֶכֶת ק) אֵלָיו הַיֹּום לֹא־חֹדֶשׁ וְלֹא שַׁבָּת וַתֹּאמֶר שָׁלֹום	23 "Why are you going to him today?" he asked. "It is neither the new moon nor the sabbath." But she bade him good-bye,
24 וַתַּחֲבֹשׁ הָאָתֹון וַתֹּאמֶר אֶל־נַעֲרָהּ נְהַג וָלֵךְ אַל־תַּעֲצָר־לִי לִרְכֹּב כִּי אִם־אָמַרְתִּי לָךְ	24 and when the donkey was saddled, said to her servant: "Lead on! Do not stop my donkey unless I tell you to."
25 וַתֵּלֶךְ וַתָּבֹוא אֶל־אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים אֶל־הַר הַכַּרְמֶל וַיְהִי כִּרְאֹות אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִים אֹתָהּ מִנֶּגֶד וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־גֵּיחֲזִי נַעֲרֹו הִנֵּה הַשּׁוּנַמִּית הַלָּז	25 She kept going till she reached the man of God on Mount Carmel. When he spied her at a distance, the man of God said to his servant Gehazi: "There is the Shunammite!
26 עַתָּה רוּץ־נָא לִקְרָאתָהּ וֶאֱמָר־לָהּ הֲשָׁלֹום לָךְ הֲשָׁלֹום לְאִישֵׁךְ הֲשָׁלֹום לַיָּלֶד וַתֹּאמֶר שָׁלֹום	26 Hurry to meet her, and ask if all is well with her, with her husband, and with the boy." "Greetings," she replied.
27 וַתָּבֹא אֶל־אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים אֶל־הָהָר וַתַּחֲזֵק בְּרַגְלָיו וַיִּגַּשׁ גֵּיחֲזִי לְהָדְפָהּ וַיֹּאמֶר אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים הַרְפֵּה־לָהּ כִּי־נַפְשָׁהּ מָרָה־לָהּ וַיהוָה הֶעְלִים מִמֶּנִּי וְלֹא הִגִּיד לִי	27 But when she reached the man of God on the mountain, she clasped his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the man of God said: "Let her alone, she is in bitter anguish; the LORD hid it from me and did not let me know."
28 וַתֹּאמֶר הֲשָׁאַלְתִּי בֵן מֵאֵת אֲדֹנִי הֲלֹא אָמַרְתִּי לֹא תַשְׁלֶה אֹתִי	28 "Did I ask my lord for a son?" she cried out. "Did I not beg you not to deceive me?"
29 וַיֹּאמֶר לְגֵיחֲזִי חֲגֹר מָתְנֶיךָ וְקַח מִשְׁעַנְתִּי בְיָדְךָ וָלֵךְ כִּי־תִמְצָא אִישׁ לֹא תְבָרְכֶנּוּ וְכִי־יְבָרֶכְךָ אִישׁ לֹא תַעֲנֶנּוּ וְשַׂמְתָּ מִשְׁעַנְתִּי עַל־פְּנֵי הַנָּעַר	29 "Gird your loins," Elisha said to Gehazi, "take my staff with you and be off; if you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer. Lay my staff upon the boy."
30 וַתֹּאמֶר אֵם הַנַּעַר חַי־יְהוָה וְחֵי־נַפְשְׁךָ אִם־אֶעֶזְבֶךָּ וַיָּקָם וַיֵּלֶךְ אַחֲרֶיהָ	30 But the boy's mother cried out: "As the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not release you." So he started to go back with her.
31 וְגֵחֲזִי עָבַר לִפְנֵיהֶם וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת־הַמִּשְׁעֶנֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַנַּעַר וְאֵין קֹול וְאֵין קָשֶׁב וַיָּשָׁב לִקְרָאתֹו וַיַּגֶּד־לֹו לֵאמֹר לֹא הֵקִיץ הַנָּעַר	31 Meanwhile, Gehazi had gone on ahead and had laid the staff upon the boy, but there was no sound or sign of life. He returned to meet Elisha and informed him that the boy had not awakened.
32 וַיָּבֹא אֱלִישָׁע הַבָּיְתָה וְהִנֵּה הַנַּעַר מֵת מֻשְׁכָּב עַל־מִטָּתֹו	32 When Elisha reached the house, he found the boy lying dead.
33 וַיָּבֹא וַיִּסְגֹּר הַדֶּלֶת בְּעַד שְׁנֵיהֶם וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל אֶל־יְהוָה	33 He went in, closed the door on them both, and prayed to the LORD.
34 וַיַּעַל וַיִּשְׁכַּב עַל־הַיֶּלֶד וַיָּשֶׂם פִּיו עַל־פִּיו וְעֵינָיו עַל־עֵינָיו וְכַפָּיו עַל־ [כַּפֹּו כ] (כַּפָּיו ק) וַיִּגְהַר עָלָיו וַיָּחָם בְּשַׂר הַיָּלֶד	34 Then he lay upon the child on the bed, placing his mouth upon the child's mouth, his eyes upon the eyes, and his hands upon the hands. As Elisha stretched himself over the child, the body became warm.
35 וַיָּשָׁב וַיֵּלֶךְ בַּבַּיִת אַחַת הֵנָּה וְאַחַת הֵנָּה וַיַּעַל וַיִּגְהַר עָלָיו וַיְזֹורֵר הַנַּעַר עַד־שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים וַיִּפְקַח הַנַּעַר אֶת־עֵינָיו	35 He arose, paced up and down the room, and then once more lay down upon the boy, who now sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
36 וַיִּקְרָא אֶל־גֵּיחֲזִי וַיֹּאמֶר קְרָא אֶל־הַשֻּׁנַמִּית הַזֹּאת וַיִּקְרָאֶהָ וַתָּבֹוא אֵלָיו וַיֹּאמֶר שְׂאִי בְנֵךְ	36 Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, "Call the Shunammite." She came at his call, and Elisha said to her, "Take your son."
37 וַתָּבֹא וַתִּפֹּל עַל־רַגְלָיו וַתִּשְׁתַּחוּ אָרְצָה וַתִּשָּׂא אֶת־בְּנָהּ וַתֵּצֵא׃ פ	37 She came in and fell at his feet in gratitude; then she took her son and left the room.
38 וֶאֱלִישָׁע שָׁב הַגִּלְגָּלָה וְהָרָעָב בָּאָרֶץ וּבְנֵי הַנְּבִיאִים יֹשְׁבִים לְפָנָיו וַיֹּאמֶר לְנַעֲרֹו שְׁפֹת הַסִּיר הַגְּדֹולָה וּבַשֵּׁל נָזִיד לִבְנֵי הַנְּבִיאִים	38 When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. Once, when the guild prophets were seated before him, he said to his servant, "Put the large pot on, and make some vegetable stew for the guild prophets."
39 וַיֵּצֵא אֶחָד אֶל־הַשָּׂדֶה לְלַקֵּט אֹרֹת וַיִּמְצָא גֶּפֶן שָׂדֶה וַיְלַקֵּט מִמֶּנּוּ פַּקֻּעֹת שָׂדֶה מְלֹא בִגְדֹו וַיָּבֹא וַיְפַלַּח אֶל־סִיר הַנָּזִיד כִּי־לֹא יָדָעוּ	39 Someone went out into the field to gather herbs and found a wild vine, from which he picked a clothful of wild gourds. On his return he cut them up into the pot of vegetable stew without anybody's knowing it.
40 וַיִּצְקוּ לַאֲנָשִׁים לֶאֱכֹול וַיְהִי כְּאָכְלָם מֵהַנָּזִיד וְהֵמָּה צָעָקוּ וַיֹּאמְרוּ מָוֶת בַּסִּיר אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לֶאֱכֹל	40 The stew was poured out for the men to eat, but when they began to eat it, they exclaimed, "Man of God, there is poison in the pot!" And they could not eat it.
41 וַיֹּאמֶר וּקְחוּ־קֶמַח וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ אֶל־הַסִּיר וַיֹּאמֶר צַק לָעָם וְיֹאכֵלוּ וְלֹא הָיָה דָּבָר רָע בַּסִּיר׃ ס	41 "Bring some meal," Elisha said. He threw it into the pot and said, "Serve it to the people to eat." And there was no longer anything harmful in the pot.
42 וְאִישׁ בָּא מִבַּעַל שָׁלִשָׁה וַיָּבֵא לְאִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים לֶחֶם בִּכּוּרִים עֶשְׂרִים־לֶחֶם שְׂעֹרִים וְכַרְמֶל בְּצִקְלֹנֹו וַיֹּאמֶר תֵּן לָעָם וְיֹאכֵלוּ	42 A man came from Baal-shalishah bringing the man of God twenty barley loaves made from the first fruits, and fresh grain in the ear. "Give it to the people to eat," Elisha said.
43 וַיֹּאמֶר מְשָׁרְתֹו מָה אֶתֵּן זֶה לִפְנֵי מֵאָה אִישׁ וַיֹּאמֶר תֵּן לָעָם וְיֹאכֵלוּ כִּי כֹה אָמַר יְהוָה אָכֹל וְהֹותֵר	43 But his servant objected, "How can I set this before a hundred men?" "Give it to the people to eat," Elisha insisted. "For thus says the LORD, 'They shall eat and there shall be some left over.'"
44 וַיִּתֵּן לִפְנֵיהֶם וַיֹּאכְלוּ וַיֹּותִרוּ כִּדְבַר יְהוָה׃ פ	44 And when they had eaten, there was some left over, as the LORD had said.