Secondo libro dei Re 5

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
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, army commander to the king of Aram, was a man who enjoyed his master's respect andfavour, since through him Yahweh had granted victory to the Aramaeans.
2 Porro de Syria egressa fuerat turma et captivam duxerat de terra Israel puellam parvulam, quae erat in obsequio uxoris Naaman.	2 But the man suffered from a virulent skin-disease. Now, on one of their raids into Israelite territory, theAramaeans had carried off a little girl, who became a servant of 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 She said to her mistress, 'If only my master would approach the prophet of Samaria! He would cure himof his skin-disease.'
4 Ingressus est itaque Naaman ad dominum suum et nuntiavit ei dicens: “ Sic et sic locuta est puella de terra Israel ”.	4 Naaman went and told his master. 'This and this', he reported, 'is what the girl from Israel has said.'
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 'Go by al means,' said the king of Aram, 'I shal send a letter to the king of Israel.' So Naaman left, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold and ten festal robes.
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 He presented the letter to the king of Israel. It read, 'With this letter, I am sending my servant Naaman toyou for you to cure him of his skin-disease.'
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 When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes. 'Am I a god to give death and life,' he said,'for him to send a man to me and ask me to cure him of his skin-disease? Listen to this and take note of it andsee how he intends to pick a quarrel with 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 When Elisha heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent word to the king, 'Why have youtorn your clothes? Let him come to me, and he wil find 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 his team and chariot and drew up at the door of Elisha's house.
10 Misitque ad eum Eliseus nuntium dicens: “ Vade et lavare septies in Iordane; et recipiet sanitatem caro tua, atque mundaberis ”.	10 And Elisha sent him a messenger to say, 'Go and bathe seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh wilbecome clean once more.'
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 But Naaman was indignant and went off, saying, 'Here was I, thinking he would be sure to come out tome, and stand there, and cal on the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand over the spot and cure thepart that was diseased.
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 Surely, Abana and Parpar, the rivers of Damascus, are better than any water in Israel? Could I notbathe in them and become clean?' And he turned round and went off in a rage.
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 But his servants approached him and said, 'Father, if the prophet had asked you to do somethingdifficult, would you not have done it? Al the more reason, then, when he says to you, "Bathe, and you wilbecome 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 So he went down and immersed himself seven times in the Jordan, as Elisha had told him to do. Andhis flesh became clean once more like the flesh of a little child.
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 Returning to Elisha with his whole escort, he went in and, presenting himself, said, 'Now I know thatthere is no God anywhere on earth except in Israel. Now, please, accept a present from your servant.'
16 At ille respondit: “ Vivit Dominus, ante quem sto, non accipiam ”. Cumque vim faceret, penitus non acquievit.	16 But Elisha replied, 'As Yahweh lives, whom I serve, I wil accept nothing.' Naaman pressed him toaccept, but he 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 Then Naaman said, 'Since your answer is "No," al ow your servant to be given as much earth as twomules may carry, since your servant wil no longer make burnt offerings or sacrifice to any god except Yahweh.
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 Only -- and may Yahweh forgive your servant for this -- when my master goes to the temple of Rimmonto worship there, he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon when he does; may Yahwehforgive your servant for doing this!'
19 Qui dixit ei: “ Vade in pace ”. Abiit ergo ab eo viam modicam.	19 'Go in peace,' Elisha replied.
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 Naaman had gone a smal distance, when Gehazi, Elisha's servant, said to himself, 'My master has letthis Aramaean Naaman off lightly, by not accepting what he offered. As Yahweh lives, I will run after him and getsomething out 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 So Gehazi set off in pursuit of Naaman. When Naaman saw him running after him, he jumped downfrom his chariot to meet him. 'Is all well?' he asked.
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 'All is well,' he said. 'My master has sent me to say, "This very moment two young men of the propheticbrotherhood have arrived from the highlands of Ephraim. Be kind enough to give them a talent of silver and twofestal robes." '
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 'Please accept two talents,' Naaman replied, and pressed him, tying up the two talents of silver in twobags with the two festal robes and consigning them to two of his servants who carried them ahead of Gehazi.
24 Cumque venisset ad collem, tulit de manu eorum et reposuit in domo; dimisitque viros et abierunt.	24 When he reached Ophel, he took these from them and put them away in the house. He then dismissedthe men, who went away.
25 Ipse autem ingressus stetit coram domino suo. Et dixit Eliseus: “ Unde venis, Giezi? ”. Qui respondit: “ Non ivit servus tuus quoquam ”.	25 He, for his part, went and presented himself to his master. Elisha said, 'Gehazi, where have you been?''Your servant has not been anywhere,' he replied.
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 Elisha said to him, 'Was not my heart present there when someone left his chariot to meet you?Now you have taken the money, you can buy gardens with it, and olive groves, sheep and oxen, male andfemale slaves.
27 Sed et lepra Naaman adhaerebit tibi et semini tuo in sempiternum ”. Et egressus est ab eo leprosus quasi nix.	27 But Naaman's disease of the skin wil cling to you and your descendants for ever.' And Gehazi left hispresence white as snow from skin-disease.