Secondo libro dei Re 5

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Naaman princeps militiae regis Syriae erat vir magnus apud dominum suum et honoratus; per illum enim dedit Dominus salutem Syriae. Erat autem vir fortis leprosus.	1 Naaman, general of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable: for by him the Lord gave deliverance to Syria: and he was a valiant man and rich, but a leper.
2 Porro de Syria egressa fuerat turma et captivam duxerat de terra Israel puellam parvulam, quae erat in obsequio uxoris Naaman.	2 Now there had gone out robbers from Syria, and had led away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid, and she waited upon Naaman's wife.
3 Quae ait ad dominam suam: “ Utinam esset dominus meus ad prophetam, qui est in Samaria! Profecto curaret eum a lepra, quam habet ”.	3 And she said to her mistress: I wish my master had been with the prophet, that is in Samaria: he would certainly have healed him of the leprosy which he hath.
4 Ingressus est itaque Naaman ad dominum suum et nuntiavit ei dicens: “ Sic et sic locuta est puella de terra Israel ”.	4 Then Naaman went in to his lord, and told him, saying: Thus and thus said tile girl from the land of Israel.
5 Dixitque ei rex Syriae: “ Vade, et mittam litteras ad regem Israel ”. Qui cum profectus esset et tulisset secum decem talenta argenti et sex milia siclorum auri et decem mutatoria vestimentorum,	5 And the king of Syria sad to him: Go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and tell changes of raiment,
6 detulit litteras ad regem Israel in haec verba: “ Cum acceperis epistulam hanc, scito quod miserim ad te Naaman servum meum, ut cures eum a lepra sua ”.	6 And brought the letter to the king of Israel, in these words: When thou shalt receive this letter, know that I have sent to thee Naaman my servant, that thou mayest heal him of his leprosy.
7 Cumque legisset rex Israel litteras, scidit vestimenta sua et ait: “ Numquid Deus sum, ut occidere possim et vivificare, quia iste mittit ad me, ut curem hominem a lepra sua? Animadvertite et videte quod occasiones quaerat adversum me ”.	7 And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he rent his garments, and said: Am I God, to be able to kill and give life, that this man hath sent to me, to heal a man of his leprosy? mark, and see how he seeketh occasions against me.
8 Quod cum audisset Eliseus vir Dei, scidisse videlicet regem Israel vestimenta sua, misit ad eum dicens: “ Quare scidisti vestimenta tua? Veniat ad me et sciat esse prophetam in Israel ”.	8 And when Eliseus the man of God had heard this, to wit, that the king of Israel had rent his garments, he sent to him, saying: Why hast thou rent thy garments? let him come to me, and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel.
9 Venit ergo Naaman cum equis et curribus et stetit ad ostium domus Elisei.	9 So Naaman came with Iris horses and chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Eliseus:
10 Misitque ad eum Eliseus nuntium dicens: “ Vade et lavare septies in Iordane; et recipiet sanitatem caro tua, atque mundaberis ”.	10 And Eliseus sent a messenger to him, saying: Go, and wash seven times in the Jordan, and thy flesh shall recover health, and thee shalt be clean.
11 Iratus Naaman recedebat dicens: “ Putabam quod egrederetur ad me et stans invocaret nomen Domini Dei sui et tangeret manu sua locum leprae et curaret me.	11 Naaman was angry and went away, saying: I thought he would hare come out to me, and standing would hare invoked the name of the Lord his God, and touched with his hand the place of the leprosy, and healed me.
12 Numquid non meliores sunt Abana et Pharphar, fluvii Damasci, omnibus aquis Israel, ut laver in eis et munder? ”. Cum ergo vertisset se et abiret indignans,	12 Are not the Abana, and the Pharphar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel, that I may wash in them, and be made clean? So as he turned, and was going away with indignation,
13 accesserunt ad eum servi sui et locuti sunt ei: “ Si rem grandem dixisset tibi propheta, certe faceres; quanto magis quia nunc dixit tibi: “Lavare et mundaberis!” ”.	13 His servants came to him, and said to him: Father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, surely thou shouldst have done it: how much rather what he now hath said to thee: Wash, and thou shalt he clean?
14 Descendit et intinxit se in Iordane septies iuxta sermonem viri Dei, et restituta est caro eius sicut caro pueri parvuli, et mundatus est.	14 Then he went down, and washed in the Jordan seven times: according to 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 Reversusque ad virum Dei cum universo comitatu suo venit et stetit coram eo et ait: “ Vere scio quod non sit Deus in universa terra, nisi tantum in Israel! Obsecro itaque, ut accipias benedictionem a servo tuo ”.	15 And returning to the man of God with all his train, be came, and stood before him, and said: In truth, I know there is no other God in all the earth, but only in Israel: I beseech thee therefore take a blessing of thy servant.
16 At ille respondit: “ Vivit Dominus, ante quem sto, non accipiam ”. Cumque vim faceret, penitus non acquievit.	16 But he answered: As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And when he pressed him, he still refused.
17 Dixitque Naaman: “ Ut vis. Sed, obsecro, concedatur mihi servo tuo tantum terrae quantum onus duorum burdonum; non enim faciet ultra servus tuus holocaustum aut victimam diis alienis, nisi Domino.	17 And Naaman said: As thou wilt: but I beseech thee, grant to me thy servant, to take from hence two mules' burden of earth: for thy servant will not henceforth offer holocaust, or victim, to other gods, but to the Lord.
18 Hoc autem solum ignoscat Dominus servo tuo, quando ingreditur dominus meus templum Remmon, ut adoret ibi, et illo innitente super manum meam, si adoravero in templo Remmon, adorante eo in eodem loco, ut ignoscat mihi Dominus servo tuo pro hac re ”.	18 But there is only this, for which thou shalt entreat the Lord for thy servant, when my master goeth into the temple of Remmon, to worship: and he leaneth upon my hand, if I bow down in the temple of Remmon, when he boweth down in the same place, that the Lord pardon me thy servant for this thing.
19 Qui dixit ei: “ Vade in pace ”. Abiit ergo ab eo viam modicam.	19 And he said to him: Go in peace. So he departed from him in the springtime of the earth.
20 Dixitque Giezi puer viri Dei: “ Pepercit dominus meus Naaman Syro isti, ut non acciperet ab eo, quae attulit; vivit Dominus, curram post eum et accipiam ab eo aliquid ”.	20 But Giezi the servant of the man of God said: My master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving of him that which he brought: as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take some thing of him:
21 Et secutus est Giezi post tergum Naaman. Quem cum vidisset ille currentem ad se, desiluit de curru in occursum eius et ait: “ Rectene sunt omnia? ”.	21 ,21And Giezi followed after Naaman: and when he saw him running after him, he leapt down from his chariot to meet him, and said: Is all well?
22 Et ille ait: “ Recte. Dominus meus misit me dicens: “Modo venerunt ad me duo adulescentes de monte Ephraim ex filiis prophetarum. Da eis talentum argenti et vestes mutatorias duplices” ”.	22 And he said: Well: my master hath sent me to thee, saying: Just now there are come to me from mount Ephraim, two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
23 Dixitque Naaman: “ Melius est, ut accipias duo talenta ”. Et coegit eum ligavitque duo talenta argenti in duobus saccis et duplicia vestimenta et imposuit duobus pueris suis, qui et portaverunt coram eo.	23 And Naaman said: It is better that thou take two talents. And he forced him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, and two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants, and they carried them before him.
24 Cumque venisset ad collem, tulit de manu eorum et reposuit in domo; dimisitque viros et abierunt.	24 And when he was come, and now it was the evening, he took them from their hands, and laid them up in the house, and sent the men away, and they departed.
25 Ipse autem ingressus stetit coram domino suo. Et dixit Eliseus: “ Unde venis, Giezi? ”. Qui respondit: “ Non ivit servus tuus quoquam ”.	25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Eliseus said: Whence comest thou, Giezi? He answered: Thy servant went no whither.
26 At ille: “ Nonne, ait, cor meum in praesenti erat, quando reversus est homo de curru suo in occursum tui? Estne tempus accipere argentum et accipere vestes et oliveta et vineta et oves et boves et servos et ancillas?	26 But he said: Was not my heart present, when the man turned back from his chariot to meet thee? So now thou hast received money, and received garments, to buy oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants.
27 Sed et lepra Naaman adhaerebit tibi et semini tuo in sempiternum ”. Et egressus est ab eo leprosus quasi nix.	27 But the leprosy of Naaman shall also stick to thee, and to thy seed for ever. And he went out from him a leper as white as snow.