2 Kings 4

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	BIBBIA VOLGARE
1 Now a certain woman, from the wives of the prophets, cried out to Elisha, saying: “My husband, your servant, is dead. And you know that your servant was one who fears the Lord. And behold, a creditor has arrived, so that he may take away my two sons to serve him.”	1 E una femina delle mogli de' profeti gridava ad Eliseo, dicendo: il tuo servo mio marito è morto, e tu sai che il tuo servo temeva Dominedio; ed ecco che uno suo creditore sì è venuto per torre due miei figliuoli per suoi servi.
2 And Elisha said to her: “What do you want me to do for you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?” And she responded, “I, your handmaid, do not have anything in my house, except a little oil, with which I may be anointed.”	2 Alla quale disse Eliseo: che vogli tu ch' io ti faccia? Dimmi: che hai tu in casa tua? E quella respuose: io serva tua, non hoe in casa nulla, se non uno poco d'olio del quale mi unga.
3 And he said to her: “Go, ask to borrow from all your neighbors empty vessels, more than a few.	3 Alla quale egli disse: va, addimanda alle serve tue vasa vuote non poche.
4 And enter and close your door. And when you are inside with your sons, pour from the oil into all those vessels. And when they are full, take them away.”	4 Ed entra in casa, e serra l'uscio, quando tu e i tuoi figliuoli sarete dentro; e di quello metti in tutte queste vasa; e quando saranno piene, tollo.
5 And so, the woman went and closed the door upon herself and her sons. They were bringing her the vessels, and she was pouring into them.	5 E andò quella femina, e serrò l'uscio istando dentro ella e i figliuoli; e quegli portavano le vasa, ed ella vi mette l'olio.
6 And when the vessels had been filled, she said to her son, “Bring me another a vessel.” And he responded, “I have none.” And there was oil remaining.	6 Ed essendo piene le vasa, disse al suo figliuolo: dammi ancora uno vaso. E quegli respuose: non v'è vasa più. E ristette l'olio.
7 Then she went and told the man of God. And he said: “Go, sell the oil, and repay your creditor. Then you and your sons may live on what remains.”	7 E quella venne, e significollo all' uomo di Dio. E quegli disse: va, vendi l' olio, e rendi quello che tu dèi al tuo creditore; e dell' altro vivete tu e i tuoi figliuoli.
8 Now it happened that, on a certain day, Elisha passed by Shunem. And there was a great woman there, who took him to eat bread. And since he frequently passed by there, he turned aside to her house, so that he might eat bread.	8 E venuto uno dì, Eliseo passava per una cittade; ed era ivi una grande femina, la quale il tenne a mangiare con lei il pane; e spesso passando· indi, si ristava con lei a mangiare del pane.
9 And she said to her husband: “I have noticed that he is a holy man of God, who passes by us frequently.	9 La quale disse al suo marito: io considero che questo è uomo di Dio e santo, il quale ispesse volte passa da noi.
10 Therefore, let us prepare a small upper room for him, and place a bed in it for him, and a table, and a chair, and a lampstand, so that when he comes to us, he may stay there.”	10 Onde facciamo una saletta piccola, e pognamvi uno letto e una mensa e una sedia e uno candeliere; e quando verrà a noi, sì starà ivi.
11 Then it happened that, on a certain day, arriving, he turned aside into the upper room, and he rested there.	11 E venne uno dì, che egli vegnendo a loro, si riposò ivi.
12 And he said to his servant Gehazi, “Call this Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, and she stood before him,	12 E disse a Giezi suo fante: chiama questa femina Sunamite. La quale chiamata, ed ella istando dinanzi a lui,
13 he said to his servant: “Say to her: Behold, you have ministered to us attentively in all things. What do you want, that I might do for you? Do you have any business, or do you want me to speak to the king, or to the leader of the military?” And she responded, “I live in the midst of my own people.”	13 disse allo fante: dì a lei: ecco che continuamente tu ci hai ministrato in tutte le cose; che vuogli tu ch' io faccia? e hai tu a fare nulla, che sia di bisogno ch' io favelli per te al re, ovvero al principe della milizia? La quale respuose: io abito nel mezzo del mio popolo.
14 And he said, “Then what does she want, that I might do for her?” And Gehazi said: “You need not ask. For she has no son, and her husband is elderly.”	14 E quegli disse: che vuogli ch' io faccia? E Giezi disse: non domandare; ella non ha figliuolo, e il suo marito è antico.
15 And so, he instructed him to call her. And when she had been called, and was standing before the door,	15 E comandò che la chiamasse; la quale chiamata, e istando all' uscio,
16 he said to her, “At this time, and at this same hour, with life as a companion, you will have a son in your womb.” But she responded, “Do not, I ask you, my lord, a man of God, do not be willing to lie to your handmaid.”	16 disse a lei: in questo tempo, e in questa medesima ora, se avrai vita, avrai uno figliuolo nel corpo. Ed ella respuose: signore mio, uomo di Dio, io ti priego che alla tua serva tu non gli dichi le bugie.
17 And the woman conceived. And she bore a son, in the time and at the same hour as Elisha had said.	17 E concepette la femina, e partorì uno figliuolo, in quello tempo e in quella medesima ora, che avea detto Eliseo.
18 And the boy grew. And on a certain day, when he had gone out to his father, to the harvesters,	18 E crebbe il fanciullo; e venuto uno dì, uscito al suo padre a' mietitori,
19 he said to his father: “I have a pain in my head. I have a pain in my head.” But he said to his servant, “Take him, and lead him to his mother.”	19 disse al suo padre: duolmi il capo. Ed ello disse al fante: tollo, e portalo alla madre sua.
20 But when he had taken him, and he had led him to his mother, she placed him upon her knees, until midday, and then he died.	20 Il quale tolto, portollo alla madre sua. Ella sel puose in sulle ginocchia insino al mezzo dì, e morio.
21 Then she went up and laid him out on the bed of the man of God, and she closed the door. And departing,	21 E andò, e puoselo sopra il letto dell' uomo di Dio, e serrò l' uscio. E uscita fuori,
22 she called her husband, and she said: “Send with me, I beg you, one of your servants, and a donkey, so that I may hurry to the man of God, and then return.”	22 chiamò il suo marito, e disse: io ti priego, che tu mi mandi uno de' fanti e l'asina, acciò ch' io corra insino all' uomo di Dio, e ritorni (incontanente).
23 And he said to her: “What is the reason that you would go to him? Today is not the new moon, and it is not the Sabbath.” She responded, “I will go.”	23 E quello disse: per qual cagione vai tu a lui? Oggi non è calende, nè 'I sabbato. Ed ella respuose: androvvi.
24 And she saddled a donkey, and she instructed her servant: “Drive, and hurry on. You shall cause no delay for me in departing. And do whatever I instruct you to do.”	24 E sellò l'asina, e disse al fante; mènalami, e non tardare; e fa quello ch' io ti comando.
25 And so she set out. And she came to the man of God, on mount Carmel. And when the man of God had seen her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi: “Behold, it is that Shunammite woman.	25 E andossene, e venne all' uomo di Dio nel monte Carmelo; e l' uomo di Dio, veggendola d'incontro, disse a Giezi suo servigiale: ecco quella Sunamite.
26 So then, go to meet her, and say to her, ‘Does all go well concerning you, and your husband, and your son?’ ” And she answered, “It is well.”	26 Vagli incontro e digli: istanno tutte le cose diritte per te e per lo tuo marito [e per lo tuo figliuolo]? La quale respuose: diritte.
27 And when she had arrived at the man of God, on the mount, she took hold of his feet. And Gehazi drew near, so that he might remove her. But the man of God said: “Permit her. For her soul is in bitterness. And the Lord has concealed it from me, and has not revealed it to me.”	27 E venuta ella all' uomo di Dio nel monte, prese i suoi piedi; e Giezi si fece innanzi per levarla. E l'uomo di Dio disse: lasciala stare; però che l'anima sua si è in amaritudine, e il Signore me l'ha celato e non me l'ha manifestato.
28 And she said to him: “Did I ask a son from my lord? Did I not say to you, ‘You should not deceive me?’ ”	28 La quale disse: domandai io figliuolo al mio signore? non ti dissi: non fare beffe di me?
29 And so he said to Gehazi: “Gird your waist, and take my staff in your hand, and go. If any man will meet you, you shall not greet him. And if anyone greets you, you shall not respond to him. And place my staff upon the face of the boy.”	29 E quegli disse a Giezi: cingi i tuoi lombi, e tuogli nella tua mano il mio bastone, e vanne: se uomo ti scontra, nol salutare; e se alcuno saluterà te, non gli respondere; e porrai il mio bastone sopra il viso del fanciullo.
30 But the mother of the boy said, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not release you.” Therefore, he rose up, and he followed her.	30 Ma la madre del fanciullo disse: vive il Signore, e vive l' anima mia, ch' io non ti lascerò. Onde egli si levò, e seguitava lei.
31 But Gehazi had gone before them, and he had placed the staff upon the face of the boy. And there was no voice, nor any response. And so he returned to meet him. And he reported to him, saying, “The boy did not rise up.”	31 E Giezi era passato innanzi, e avea posto il bastone sopra il viso del fanciullo, e non avea voce nè sentimento; e ritornò incontro, e significogli, dicendo: il fanciullo non è risuscitato.
32 Therefore, Elisha entered the house. And behold, the boy was lying dead upon his bed.	32 Ed Eliseo entrò in casa, e giacea il fanciullo morto in sul letto suo.
33 And entering, he closed the door upon himself and the boy. And he prayed to the Lord.	33 Ed entrato dentro, serrò l'uscio, istando egli dentro col fanciullo; e adorò a Dio.
34 And he climbed up, and lay across the boy. And he put his mouth over his mouth, and his eyes over his eyes, and his hands over his hands. And he leaned himself over him, and the body of the boy grew warm.	34 E ascese, e posesi sopra il putto; e pose la bocca sua sopra la bocca del putto, e gli occhi sopra gli occhi del fanciullo, e le mani sue sopra le mani del fanciullo, e incurvossi sopra lui; e la carne del fanciullo si riscaldò.
35 And returning, he walked around the house, first here and then there. And he went up, and lay across him. And the boy gasped seven times, and he opened his eyes.	35 Ed egli si levò, e andò una volta per la casa là e qua; e anco ascendeo, e corricossi sopra lui; e isbadigliò il fanciullo sette volte, e aperse gli occhi.
36 And he called Gehazi, and said to him, “Call this Shunammite woman.” And having been called, she entered to him. And he said, “Take up your son.”	36 E chiamò Giezi, e disse: chiama questa Sunamite. La quale chiamata entrò a lui; ed egli disse a lei: tuogli il tuo figliuolo.
37 She went and fell at his feet, and she reverenced upon the ground. And she took up her son, and departed.	37 E quella venne, e caddegli ai piedi, e adorò sopra la terra; e tolse il suo figliuolo, e uscio fuori.
38 And Elisha returned to Gilgal. Now there was a famine in the land, and the sons of the prophets were living in his sight. And he said to one of his servants, “Set out a large cooking pot, and boil a soup for the sons of the prophets.”	38 Ed Eliseo si ritornò in Galgala. Ed era in quella città fame, e i figliuoli de' profeti abitavano nel suo cospetto; e disse ad uno de' suoi servitori: poni una grande pentola, e cuoci alcuna vivanda per li figliuoli de' profeti.
39 And one went out into the field, so that he might collect wild herbs. And he found something like a wild vine, and he gathered from it bitter fruits of the field, and he filled his cloak. And returning, he cut these up for the pot of soup. But he did not know what it was.	39 E uno uscito nel campo per cogliere erbe selvatiche, trovossi quasi come una vite selvatica; e colse di quella colloquintide campestri, ed empiessene il mantello, e tornato misele nella pentola; però che non sapea quello che fosse.
40 Then they poured it out for their companions to eat. And when they had tasted the mixture, they cried out, saying, “Death is in the cooking pot, O man of God!” And they were unable to eat.	40 E puoseno quella vivanda dinanzi alli compagni, acciò che mangiassero e assaggiando egli di quello cotto, gridarono: o uomo di Dio, la morte è nella pentola. E non poterono mangiare.
41 But he said, “Bring some flour.” And when they had brought it, he cast it into the cooking pot, and he said, “Pour it out for the group, so that they may eat.” And there was no longer any bitterness in the cooking pot.	41 Ed Eliseo disse: recatemi della farina. E avendola portata, misela nella pentola, e disse: danne a questa gente, che mangi. E non fu nulla d' amaritudine nella pentola.
42 Now a certain man arrived from Baal-Shalishah, carrying, for the man of God, bread from the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and new grain in his satchel. But he said, “Give it to the people, so that they may eat.”	42 E uno uomo venne di Baalsalisa, e portava all' uomo di Dio pani delle primizie, e venti pani d' orzo, e grano nuovo nella sua saccuccia. Ed egli disse: dallo a questo popolo, che mangi.
43 And his servant responded to him, “What amount is this, that I should set it before a hundred men?” But he said again: “Give it to the people, so that they may eat. For thus says the Lord, ‘They shall eat, and there shall be still more.’ ”	43 E respuose a lui il suo ministro: e quanto è questo, ch' io il ponga innanzi a cento uomini? E quegli disse anche: [dà] al popolo di che mangi, però che questo dice il Signore: e' mangeranno, avanzerà loro.
44 And so, he set it before them. And they ate, and there was still more, in accord with the word of the Lord.	44 Onde che quegli puose loro innanzi : [e mangiarono], e avanzonne loro secondo la parola di Dio.