2 Reyes 5

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1 Naamán, jefe del ejército del rey de Aram, era hombre muy estimado y favorecido por su señor, porque por su medio había dado Yahveh la victoria a Aram. Este hombre era poderoso, pero tenía lepra.	1 Naaman, the leader of the military of the king of Syria, was a great and honorable man with his lord. For through him the Lord gave salvation to Syria. And he was a strong and rich man, but a leper.
2 Habiendo salido algunas bandas de arameos, trajeron de la tierra de Israel una muchachita que se quedó al servicio de la mujer de Naamán.	2 Now robbers had gone out from Syria, and they had led away captive, from the land of Israel, a little girl. And she was in the service of the wife of Naaman.
3 Dijo ella a su señora: «Ah, si mi señor pudiera presentarse al profeta que hay en Samaría, pues le curaría de su lepra».	3 And she said to her lady: “I wish that my lord had been with the prophet who is in Samaria. Certainly, he would have cured him of the leprosy that he has.”
4 Fue él y se lo manisfestó a su señor diciendo: «Esto y esto ha dicho la muchacha israelita».	4 And so, Naaman entered to his lord, and he reported to him, saying: “The girl from the land of Israel spoke in such a manner.”
5 Dijo el rey de Aram: «Anda y vete; yo enviaré una carta al rey de Israel». Fue y tomó en su mano diez talentos de plata, 6.000 siclos de oro y diez vestidos nuevos.	5 And the king of Syria said to him, “Go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” And when he had set out, he had taken with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand gold coins, and ten changes of fine clothing.
6 Llevó al rey de Israel la carta que decía: «Con la presente, te envío a mi siervo Naamán, para que le cures de su lepra».	6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, in these words: “When you will receive this letter, know that I have sent to you my servant, Naaman, so that you may heal him of his leprosy.”
7 Al leer la carta el rey de Israel, desgarró sus vestidos diciendo: «¿Acaso soy yo Dios para dar muerte y vida, pues éste me manda a que cure a un hombre de su lepra? Reconoced y ved que me busca querella».	7 And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he tore his garments, and he said: “Am I God, so that I could take or give life, or so that this man would send to me to cure a man from his leprosy? Take notice and see that he is seeking occasions against me.”
8 Cuando Eliseo, el hombre de Dios, oyó que el rey de Israel había rasgado sus vestidos, envió a decir al rey: «¿Por qué has rasgado tus vestidos? Que venga a mí y sabrá que hay un profeta en Israel».	8 And when Elisha, the man of God, had heard this, specifically, that the king of Israel had torn his garments, he sent to him, saying: “Why have you torn your garments? Let him come to me, and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel.”
9 Llegó Naamán con sus caballos y su carro y se detuvo a la entrada de la casa de Eliseo.	9 Therefore, Naaman arrived with his horses and chariots, and he stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
10 Eliseo envió un mensajero a decirle: «Vete y lávate siete veces en el Jordán y tu carne se te volverá limpia».	10 And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go, and wash seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will receive health, and you will be clean.”
11 Se irritó Naamán y se marchaba diciendo: «Yo que había dicho: ¡Seguramente saldrá, se detendrá, invocará el nombre de Yahveh su Dios, frotará con su mano mi parte enferma y sanaré de la lepra!	11 And becoming angry, Naaman went away, saying: “I thought that he would have come out to me, and, standing, would have invoked the name of the Lord, his God, and that he would have touched the place of the leprosy with his hand, and so have healed me.
12 ¿Acaso el Abaná y el Farfar, ríos de Damasco, no son mejores que todas las aguas de Israel? ¿No podría bañarme en ellos para quedar limpio?» Y, dando la vuelta, partió encolerizado.	12 Are not the Abana and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel, so that I might wash in them and be cleansed?” But then, after he had turned himself away and was leaving with indignation,
13 Se acercaron sus servidores, le hablaron y le dijeron: «Padre mío; si el profeta te hubiera mandado una cosa difícil ¿es que no la hubieras hecho? ¡Cuánto más habiéndote dicho: Lávate y quedarás limpio!»	13 his servants approached him, and they said to him: “If the prophet had told you, father, to do something great, certainly you ought to have done it. How much more so, now that he has said to you: ‘Wash, and you will be clean?’ ”
14 Bajó, pues, y se sumergió siete veces en el Jordán, según la palabra del hombre de Dios, y su carne se tornó como la carne de un niño pequeño, y quedó limpio.	14 So he descended and washed in the Jordan seven times, in accord with the word of the man of God. And his flesh was restored, like the flesh of a little child. And he was made clean.
15 Se volvió al hombre de Dios, él y todo su acompañamiento, llegó, se detuvo ante él y dijo: «Ahora conozco bien que no hay en toda la tierra otro Dios que el de Israel. Así pues, recibe un presente de tu siervo».	15 And returning to the man of God, with his entire retinue, he arrived, and stood before him, and he said: “Truly, I know there is no other God, in all the earth, except in Israel. And so I beg you to accept a blessing from your servant.”
16 Pero él dijo: «Vive Yahveh a quien sirvo, que no lo aceptaré»; le insistió para que lo recibiera, pero no quiso.	16 But he responded, “As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And though he urged him strongly, he did not agree at all.
17 Dijo Naamán: «Ya que no, que se dé a tu siervo, de esta tierra, la carga de dos mulos, porque tu siervo ya no ofrecerá holocausto ni sacrificio a otros dioses sino a Yahveh.	17 And Naaman said: “As you wish. But I beg you to grant to me, your servant, that I may take from here the burden of two mules from the ground. For your servant will no longer offer holocaust or victim to other gods, except to the Lord.
18 Que Yahveh dispense a su siervo por tener que postrarse en el templo de Rimmón cuando mi señor entre en el templo para adorar allí, apoyado en mi brazo; que Yahveh dispense a tu siervo por ello».	18 But there is still this matter, for which you will entreat the Lord on behalf of your servant: when my lord enters the temple of Rimmon, so that he may adore there, and he leans on my hand, if I will bow down in the temple of Rimmon, while he is adoring in the same place, that the Lord may ignore me, your servant, concerning this matter.”
19 El le dijo: «Vete en paz». Y se alejó de él una cierta distancia.	19 And he said to him, “Go in peace.” Then he went away from him, in the elect time of the earth.
20 Guejazí, el criado de Eliseo, el hombre de Dios, se dijo: «Mi amo ha sido indulgente con Naamán, ese arameo, al no aceptar de su mano lo que traía. ¡Vive Yahveh!, que voy a correr tras él y tomaré algo de su mano».	20 And Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, said: “My lord has spared Naaman, this Syrian, by not receiving from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.”
21 Guejazí partió en seguimiento de Naamán. Naamán vio que corría tras de él y saltó del carro a su encuentro y dijo: «Todo va bien?»	21 And so, Gehazi followed after the back of Naaman. And when he had seen him running toward him, he leaped down from his chariot to meet him, and he said, “Is all well?”
22 Respondió: «Bien. Mi señor me envía a decirte: Acaban de llegar a mí dos jovenes de la montaña de Efraím, de la comunidad de los profetas; dame, por favor, para ellos un talento de plata y dos vestidos de fiesta».	22 And he said: “It is well. My lord has sent me to you, saying: ‘Just now two youths from the sons of the prophets have come to me from mount Ephraim. Give them a talent of silver, and two changes of clothing.’ ”
23 Dijo Naamán: «Dígnate aceptar dos talentos y dos vestidos de fiesta». Le insistió, y metió dos talentos de plata en dos sacos y se lo entregó a dos de sus criados que lo llevaron delante de él.	23 And Naaman said, “It is better that you accept two talents.” And he urged him, and he bound the two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing. And he set them upon two of his servants, who carried them before him.
24 Cuando llegó a Ofel, lo tomó de sus manos, y lo puso en la casa y despidió a los hombres, que se fueron.	24 And when now he had arrived in the evening, he took them from their hands, and he stored them in the house. And he dismissed the men, and they went away.
25 Cuando llegó y se presentó a su señor, Eliseo le dijo: «¿De dónde vienes Guejazí?» Respondió él: «Tu siervo no ha ido ni aquí ni allá».	25 Then, having entered, he stood before his lord. And Elisha said, “Where are you coming from, Gehazi?” He responded, “Your servant did not go anywhere.”
26 Le replicó: «¿No iba contigo mi corazón cuando un hombre saltó de su carro a tu encuentro? Ahora has recibido plata y puedes adquirir jardines, olivares y viñas, rebaños de ovejas y bueyes, siervos y siervas.	26 But he said: “Was my heart not present, when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you? And now you have received money, and you have received garments, so that you might buy olive groves, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men and women servants.
27 Pero la lepra de Naamán se pegará a ti y a tu descendencia para siempre». Y salió de su presencia con lepra blanca como la nieve.	27 So then, the leprosy of Naaman shall adhere to you, and to your offspring forever.” And he departed from him a leper, as white as snow.