Secondo libro dei Re 2

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Factum est autem cum levare vellet Dominus Eliam per turbi nem in caelum, ibant Elias et Eliseus de Galgalis;	1 When the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, he and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.
2 dixitque Elias ad Eliseum: “ Sede hic, quia Dominus misit me usque Bethel ”. Cui ait Eliseus: “ Vivit Dominus, et vivit anima tua, quia non derelinquam te ”. Cumque descendissent Bethel,	2 "Stay here, please," Elijah said to Elisha. "The LORD has sent me on to Bethel." "As the LORD lives, and as you yourself live," Elisha replied, "I will not leave you." So they went down to Bethel,
3 egressi sunt filii prophetarum, qui erant in Bethel, ad Eliseum et dixerunt ei: “Numquid nosti quia hodie Dominus tollat dominum tuum desuper capite tuo? ”. Qui respondit: “ Et ego novi, silete ”.	3 where the guild prophets went out to Elisha and asked him, "Do you know that the LORD will take your master from over you today?" "Yes, I know it," he replied. "Keep still."
4 Dixit autem ei Elias: “ Elisee, sede hic, quia Dominus misit me in Iericho ”. Et ille ait: “ Vivit Dominus, et vivit anima tua, quia non derelinquam te ”. Cumque venissent Ierichum,	4 Then Elijah said to him, "Stay here, please, Elisha, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho." "As the LORD lives, and as you yourself live," Elisha replied, "I will not leave you."
5 accesserunt filii prophetarum, qui erant in Iericho, ad Eliseum et dixerunt ei: “ Numquid nosti quia hodie Dominus tollet dominum tuum desuper capite tuo? ”. Et ait: “ Et ego novi, silete ”.	5 They went on to Jericho, where the guild prophets approached Elisha and asked him, "Do you know that the LORD will take your master from over you today?" "Yes, I know it," he replied. "Keep still."
6 Dixit autem ei Elias: “ Sede hic, quia Dominus misit me ad Iordanem ”. Qui ait: “ Vivit Dominus, et vivit anima tua, quia non derelinquam te ”. Ierunt igitur ambo pariter,	6 Elijah said to Elisha, "Please stay here; the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan." "As the LORD lives, and as you yourself live," Elisha replied, "I will not leave you." And so the two went on together.
7 et quinquaginta viri de filiis prophetarum secuti sunt, qui et steterunt e contra longe. Illi autem ambo stabant super Iordanem.	7 Fifty of the guild prophets followed, and when the two stopped at the Jordan, stood facing them at a distance.
8 Tulitque Elias pallium suum et involvit illud et percussit aquas, quae divisae sunt in utramque partem, et transierunt ambo per siccum.	8 Elijah took his mantle, rolled it up and struck the water, which divided, and both crossed over on dry ground.
9 Cumque transissent, Elias dixit ad Eliseum: “ Postula, quod vis, ut faciam tibi, antequam tollar a te ”. Dixitque Eliseus: “ Obsecro, ut fiant duae partes spiritus tui in me ”.	9 When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask for whatever I may do for you, before I am taken from you." Elisha answered, "May I receive a double portion of your spirit."
10 Qui respondit: “ Rem difficilem postulasti. Attamen si videris me, quando tollor a te, erit tibi, quod petisti; si autem non videris, non erit ”.	10 "You have asked something that is not easy," he replied. "Still, if you see me taken up from you, your wish will be granted; otherwise not."
11 Cumque pergerent et incedentes sermocinarentur, ecce currus igneus et equi ignei diviserunt utrumque; et ascendit Elias per turbinem in caelum.	11 As they walked on conversing, a flaming chariot and flaming horses came between them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.
12 Eliseus autem videbat et clamabat: “ Pater mi, pater mi, currus Israel et auriga eius! ”. Et non vidit eum amplius; apprehenditque vestimenta sua et scidit illa in duas partes.	12 When Elisha saw it happen he cried out, "My father! my father! Israel's chariots and drivers!" But when he could no longer see him, Elisha gripped his own garment and tore it in two.
13 Et levavit pallium Eliae, quod ceciderat ei, reversusque stetit super ripam Iordanis.	13 Then he picked up Elijah's mantle which had fallen from him, and went back and stood at the bank of the Jordan.
14 Et pallio Eliae, quod ceciderat ei, percussit aquas et dixit: “ Ubi est Deus Eliae etiam nunc? ”. Percussitque aquas, et divisae sunt huc atque illuc, et transiit Eliseus.	14 Wielding the mantle which had fallen from Elijah, he struck the water in his turn and said, "Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?" When Elisha struck the water it divided and he crossed over.
15 Videntes autem filii prophetarum, qui erant in Iericho de contra, dixerunt: “ Requievit spiritus Eliae super Eliseum ”. Et venientes in occursum eius adoraverunt eum proni in terram	15 The guild prophets in Jericho, who were on the other side, saw him and said, "The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha." They went to meet him, bowing to the ground before him.
16 dixeruntque illi: “ Ecce cum servis tuis sunt quinquaginta viri fortes, qui possunt ire et quaerere dominum tuum, ne forte tulerit eum spiritus Domini et proiecerit in uno montium aut in una vallium ”. Qui ait: “ Nolite mittere! ”.	16 "Among your servants are fifty brave men," they said. "Let them go in search of your master. Perhaps the spirit of the LORD has carried him away to some mountain or some valley." "Do not send them," he answered.
17 Coegeruntque eum, donec acquiesceret et diceret: “ Mittite ”. Et miserunt quinquaginta viros. Qui cum quaesissent tribus diebus, non invenerunt	17 However, they kept urging him, until he was embarrassed and said, "Send them." So they sent the fifty men, who searched for three days without finding him.
18 et reversi sunt ad eum. At ille habitabat in Iericho dixitque eis: “ Numquid non dixi vobis: Nolite ire?”.	18 When they returned to Elisha in Jericho, where he was staying, he said to them, "Did I not tell you not to go?"
19 Dixerunt quoque viri civitatis ad Eliseum: “ Ecce habitatio civitatis huius optima est, sicut tu ipse, domine, perspicis; sed aquae pessimae sunt, et terra faciens abortium ”.	19 Once the inhabitants of the city complained to Elisha, "The site of the city is fine indeed, as my lord can see, but the water is bad and the land unfruitful."
20 At ille ait: “Afferte mihi vas novum et mittite in illud sal ”. Qui cum attulissent,	20 "Bring me a new bowl," Elisha said, "and put salt into it." When they had brought it to him,
21 egressus ad fontem aquarum misit in eum sal et ait: “ Haec dicit Dominus: Sanavi aquas has, et non erit ultra in eis mors neque abortium ”.	21 he went out to the spring and threw salt into it, saying, "Thus says the LORD, 'I have purified this water. Never again shall death or miscarriage spring from it.'"
22 Sanatae sunt ergo aquae usque ad diem hanc iuxta verbum Elisei, quod locutus est.	22 And the water has stayed pure even to this day, just as Elisha prophesied.
23 Ascendit autem inde Bethel. Cumque ascenderet per viam, pueri parvi egressi sunt de civitate et illudebant ei dicentes: “Ascende, calve; ascende, calve! ”.	23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. While he was on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him. "Go up, baldhead," they shouted, "go up, baldhead!"
24 Qui cum respexisset, vidit eos et maledixit eis in nomine Domini; egressique sunt duo ursi de saltu et laceraverunt ex eis quadraginta duos pueros.	24 The prophet turned and saw them, and he cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the children to pieces.
25 Abiit autem inde in montem Carmeli et inde reversus est Samariam.	25 From there he went to Mount Carmel, and thence he returned to Samaria.