Secondo libro dei Re 2

BIBBIA MARTINI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Or egli avvenne, che volendo il Signore rapire al cielo Elia in un turbine, si partirono Elia, ed Eliseo da Gàlgala.	1 Now it happened that, when the Lord willed to lift up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were going out of Gilgal.
2 Ed Elia disse ad Eliseo: Fermati qui; perocché il Signore mi manda Bethel. Ed Eliseo a lui disse: Viva il Signore, e viva l'anima tua: io non ti lascerò. E quando furono giunti a Bethel,	2 And Elijah said to Elisha: “Remain here. For the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” And Elisha said to him, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not forsake you.” And when they had descended to Bethel,
3 Andarono a trovar Eliseo i figliuoli de' profeti, che erano a Bethel, e gli dissero: Non sai tu come oggi il Signore ti torrà il tuo padrone? Ed ei rispose: Io pur lo so: non parlate	3 the sons of the prophets, who were at Bethel, went out to Elisha. And they said to him, “Do you not know that today the Lord will take away your lord from you?” And he responded: “I know it. Be silent.”
4 Or Elia disse ad Eliseo: Fermati qui; perocché il Signore mi manda a Gerico. E quegli disse: Viva il Signore, e viva l'anima tua; io non ti lascerò. E giunti che furono a Gerico,	4 Then Elijah said to Elisha: “Remain here. For the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” And he said, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not forsake you.” And when they had arrived at Jericho,
5 I figliuoli de' profeti, che erano a Gerico, si accostarono ad Eliseo, e gli dissero: Non sai tu, che oggi il Signore ti torrà il tuo padrone? Ed egli disse: Io pur lo so: non parlate.	5 the sons of the prophets, who were at Jericho, drew near to Elisha. And they said to him, “Do you not know that today the Lord will take away your lord from you?” And he said: “I know it. Be silent.”
6 Or Elia disse a lui: Fermati qui: perocché il Signore mi manda sino al Giordano. Ed ei rispose: Viva il Signore, e viva l'anima tua; io non ti lascerò. Andarono adunque ambedue insieme.	6 Then Elijah said to him: “Remain here. For the Lord has sent me as far as the Jordan.” And he said, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not forsake you.” And so, the two of them continued on together.
7 E andaron dietro a loro cinquanta uomini de' figliuoli dei profeti, i quali si fermarono in vista di essi da lontano: e quelli stavano ambedue sulla riva del Giordano.	7 And fifty men from the sons of the prophets followed them, and they stood opposite them, at a distance. But the two of them were standing above the Jordan.
8 Ed Elia prese il suo pallio, e lo ripiegò, e percosse le acque, le quali si divisero in due parti, e passarono ambedue a piedi asciutti.	8 And Elijah took his cloak, and he rolled it up, and he struck the waters, which were divided into two parts. And they both went across on dry ground.
9 E passati che furono, disse Elia ad Eliseo: Chiedi quello, che vuoi, ch'io faccia per te, prima ch'io ti sia tolto. E disse Eliseo: Prego, che sia in me il doppio tuo spirito.	9 And when they had gone across, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what you wish that I may do for you, before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “I beg you, that twice your spirit may be accomplished in me.”
10 E quegli rispose a lui: Hai domandata una cosa difficile: con tutto ciò se tu mi vedrai, quand' io sarò rapito a te, ti sarà dato quello, che chiedi: se poi non mi vedrai, non l'avrai.	10 And he responded: “You have requested a difficult thing. Nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, you will have what you requested. But if you do not see, it shall not be.”
11 E mentre andavano innanzi, e camminando discorrevano insieme, subitamente un cocchio di fuoco con cavalli di fuoco separarono l'uno dall'altro; ed Elia salì al cielo in un turbine.	11 And as they continued on, they were conversing while walking. And behold, a fiery chariot with fiery horses divided the two. And Elijah ascended by a whirlwind into heaven.
12 Ed Eliseo vedeva, e gridava: Padre mio, padre mio: cocchio d'Israele, e suo cocchiere. E più noi vide; e, prese le sue vesti, le spezzò in due parti.	12 Then Elisha saw it, and he cried out: “My father, my father! The chariot of Israel with its driver!” And he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own garments, and he tore them into two parts.
13 E raccolse il pallio di Elia, che gli era caduto; e tornato indietro si fermò sulla riva del Giordano,	13 And he picked up the cloak of Elijah, which had fallen from him. And turning back, he stood above the bank of the Jordan.
14 E col pallio, che era caduto ad Elia, percosse le acque, le quali non si divisero, ed egli disse: Dov' è anche adesso il Dio di Elia? E percosse le acque, e si spartirono di qua, e di là, ed Eliseo passò.	14 And he struck the waters with the cloak of Elijah, which had fallen from him, and they were not divided. And he said, “Where is the God of Elijah, even now?” And he struck the waters, and they were divided here and there. And Elisha went across.
15 E avendo ciò veduto i figliuoli de' profeti venuti da Gerico, che stavano irimpetto, dissero: Lo spirito di Elia si è posato sopra Eliseo. E andatigli incontro, se gli inchinarono fino a terra,	15 Then the sons of the prophets, who were at Jericho, watching from a distance, said, “The spirit of Elijah has rested upon Elisha.” And approaching to meet him, they reverenced him prone on the ground.
16 E gli dissero: Ecco qui tra' tuoi servi cinquanta uomini robusti, i quali potranno andar in cerca del tuo padrone, se mai lo Spirito del Signore lo avesse preso, e gettatolo su qualche monte, o in qualche valle. Ed egli disse: Non li mandate.	16 And they said to him, “Behold, with your servants there are fifty strong men, who are able to go forth and to seek your lord. For perhaps, the Spirit of the Lord has taken him up and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley.” But he said, “Do not send them.”
17 E lo pressarono fino a tanto che si arrendette, e disse: Mandate. E mandarono i cinquanta uomini, i quali avendolo cercato per tre giorni, noi trovarono.	17 And they urged him, until he acquiesced and said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men. And after they had searched for three days, they did not find him.
18 E quelli tornarono a lui: ed egli si stava in Gerico, e disse loro: Non vi diss'io: Non mandate?	18 And they returned to him, for he was living in Jericho. And he said to them: “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not send them?’ ”
19 Or gli uomini di quella città dissero ad Eliseo: Tu vedi come il soggiorno di questa città è buonissimo, come tu stesso il conosci, o signore; ma le acque son cattivissime, e la terra è sterile.	19 Also, the men of the city said to Elisha: “Behold, this city is a very good habitation, as you yourself perceive, O lord. But the waters are very bad, and the ground is barren.”
20 E quegli disse: Portatemi un vaso nuovo, e mettetevi del sale. E quando gli l'ebbero portato,	20 And so he said, “Bring a new vessel to me, and place salt in it.” And when they had brought it,
21 Andò egli alla sorgiva delle acque, e gettovvi il sale, e disse: Queste cose dice il Signore: Io ho sanate queste acque, ed esse non saran più causa di morte, né di sterilità.	21 he went out to the source of the waters, and he cast the salt into it. And he said: “Thus says the Lord: I have healed these waters, and no longer shall there be death or barrenness in them.”
22 Restarono adunque sane quelle acque per sino al dì d'oggi, secondo la parola detta da Eliseo.	22 Then the waters were healed, even to this day, in accord with the word of Elisha, which he spoke.
23 Ed egli di là andò a Bethel; e mentre egli era per istrada, uscirono dalla citta dei piccoli ragazzi, i quali lo beffeggiavano, dicendo: Vien su, o calvo, vien su, o calvo.	23 Then he went up from there into Bethel. And as he was ascending along the way, little boys departed from the city. And they were mocking him, saying: “Go up, bald head! Go up, bald head!”
24 Ed egli voltati gli occhi li vide, e li maledisse nel nome del Signore; e usciron due orsi dalla boscaglia, i quali sbranarono quarantadue di que' ragazzi.	24 And when he had looked back, he saw them, and he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two bears went out from the forest, and they wounded forty-two boys among them.
25 Ed egli di là andò sul monte Carmelo, e indi tornossene a Samaria.	25 Then he went away from there to mount Carmel. And he returned from there into Samaria.