Secondo libro dei Re 7

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Dixit autem Eliseus: “ Audite verbum Domini. Haec dicit Dominus: In tempore hoc cras modius similae uno statere erit, et duo modii hordei statere uno in porta Samariae ”.	1 Then Elisha said: “Listen to the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: Tomorrow, at this time, one measure of fine wheat flour will be one silver coin, and two measures of barley will be one silver coin, at the gate of Samaria.”
2 Respondens dux, super cuius manum rex incumbebat, homini Dei ait: “ Si Dominus fecerit etiam cataractas in caelo, numquid poterit esse, quod loqueris? ”. Qui ait: “ Videbis oculis tuis et inde non comedes ”.	2 And one of the leaders, upon whose hand the king leaned, responding to the man of God, said, “Even if the Lord will open the floodgates of heaven, how can what you say possibly be?” And he said, “You will see it with your own eyes, and you will not eat from it.”
3 Quattuor ergo viri erant leprosi iuxta introitum portae; qui dixerunt ad invicem: “ Quid hic esse volumus, donec moriamur?	3 Now there were four lepers beside the entrance of the gate. And they said one to another: “Should we choose to stay here until we die?
4 Sive ingredi voluerimus civitatem, fame moriemur; sive manserimus hic, moriendum nobis est. Venite igitur, et transfugiamus ad castra Syriae. Si pepercerint nobis, vivemus; si autem occidere voluerint, nihilominus moriemur ”.	4 If we choose to enter the city, we will die from the famine. And if we remain here, we also will die. Therefore, come and let us flee over to the camp of the Syrians. If they spare us, we will live. But if they choose to kill us, we will die anyway.”
5 Surrexerunt igitur vesperi, ut venirent ad castra Syriae. Cumque venissent ad principium castrorum Syriae, nullum ibidem reppererunt.	5 Therefore, they rose up in the evening, so that they might go to the camp of the Syrians. And when they had arrived at the beginning of the camp of the Syrians, they found no one in that place.
6 Siquidem Dominus sonitum audiri fecerat in castris Syriae curruum et equorum et exercitus plurimi; dixeruntque ad invicem: “ Ecce mercede conduxit adversum nos rex Israel reges Hetthaeorum et Aegyptiorum, ut venirent contra nos ”.	6 For indeed, the Lord had caused them to hear, in the camp of Syria, the sound of chariots and horses, and a very numerous army. And they said one to another: “Behold, the king of Israel has paid wages to the kings of the Hittites and of the Egyptians against us. And they will overwhelm us.”
7 Surrexerunt ergo et fugerunt in tenebris et dereliquerunt tentoria sua et equos et asinos, castra, sicut erant; fugeruntque animas tantum suas salvare cupientes.	7 Therefore, they rose up and fled away in the dark. And they left behind their tents and horses and donkeys in the camp. And they fled, desiring to save so much as their own lives.
8 Igitur cum venissent leprosi illi ad principium castrorum, ingressi sunt unum tabernaculum et comederunt et biberunt; tuleruntque inde argentum et aurum et vestes et abierunt et absconderunt. Et rursum reversi sunt ad aliud tabernaculum, et inde similiter auferentes absconderunt.	8 And so, when these lepers had arrived at the beginning of the camp, they entered one tent, and they ate and drank. And they took from there silver, and gold, and clothing. And they went away and hid it. And they returned again to another tent, and similarly, carrying away from there, they hid it.
9 Dixeruntque ad invicem: “ Non recte facimus; haec enim dies boni nuntii est, et nos tacemus. Si noluerimus nuntiare usque mane, sceleris arguemur; venite, eamus et nuntiemus in aula regis ”.	9 Then they said one to another: “We are not doing the right thing. For this is a day of good news. If we remain silent and refuse to report it until morning, we will be charged with a crime. Come, let us go and report it in the court of the king.”
10 Cumque venissent, vocaverunt portarios civitatis et narraverunt eis dicentes: “ Ivimus ad castra Syriae et nullum ibidem repperimus hominum nisi equos et asinos alligatos et tentoria, sicut erant ”.	10 And when they had arrived at the gate of the city, they explained to them, saying: “We went into the camp of the Syrians, and we found no one in that place, except horses and donkeys tied, and the tents still standing.”
11 Clamaverunt ergo portarii et nuntiaverunt in palatio regis intrinsecus.	11 Therefore, the gatekeepers went and reported it in the palace of the king.
12 Qui surrexit nocte et ait ad servos suos: “ Dico vobis quid fecerint nobis Syri. Sciunt quia fame laboramus, et idcirco egressi sunt de castris et latitant in agris dicentes: “Cum egressi fuerint de civitate, capiemus eos viventes, et tunc civitatem ingredi poterimus” ”.	12 And he rose up in the night, and he said to his servants: “I tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are suffering from famine, and therefore they have gone out from the camp, and they lie hidden in the fields, saying: ‘When they will have gone out from the city, we will capture them alive, and then we will be able to enter the city.’ ”
13 Respondit autem unus servorum eius: “ Tollamus quinque equos, qui remanserunt in urbe; fiant sicut universa multitudo Israel, quae consumpta est; mittamus ergo et videamus ”.	13 But one of his servants responded: “Let us take the five horses that remain in the city (for there were no more amid the entire multitude of Israel, since the rest had been consumed), and sending, we will be able to explore.”
14 Adduxerunt ergo duos currus cum equis, misitque rex post exercitum Syrorum dicens: “ Ite et videte ”.	14 Therefore, they brought two horses. And the king sent them into the camp of the Syrians, saying, “Go, and see.”
15 Qui abierunt post eos usque ad Iordanem; ecce autem omnis via plena erat vestibus et vasis, quae proiecerant Syri, cum turbarentur. Reversique nuntii indicaverunt regi.	15 And they went away after them, as far as the Jordan. But behold, the entire way was filled with clothing and vessels, which the Syrians had thrown aside when they were disturbed. And the messengers returned and told the king.
16 Et egressus populus diripuit castra Syriae; factusque est modius similae statere uno, et duo modii hordei statere uno iuxta verbum Domini.	16 And the people, going out, pillaged the camp of the Syrians. And one measure of fine wheat flour went for one silver coin, and two measures of barley went for one silver coin, in accord with the word of the Lord.
17 Porro rex ducem illum, in cuius manu incumbebat, constituit ad portam; quem conculcavit turba in introitu, et mortuus est iuxta quod locutus fuerat vir Dei, quando descenderat rex ad eum.	17 Then the king stationed that leader, on whose hand he leaned, at the gate. And the crowd trampled him at the entrance of the gate. And he died, in accord with what the man of God had said when the king had descended to him.
18 Factumque est secundum sermonem viri Dei, quem dixerat regi, quando ait: “ Duo modii hordei statere uno erunt, et modius similae statere uno hoc eodem tempore cras in porta Samariae ”;	18 And this happened in accord with the word of the man of God, which he had spoken to the king, when he said: “Two measures of barley will be one silver coin, and one measure of fine wheat flour will be one silver coin, at this same time tomorrow, at the gate of Samaria.”
19 quando responderat dux ille viro Dei et dixerat: “ Etiamsi Dominus fecerit cataractas in caelo, numquid fieri poterit, quod loqueris? ”, et dixerat ei: “ Videbis oculis tuis et inde non comedes ”.	19 Then that leader had responded to the man of God, and he had said, “Even if the Lord will open the floodgates of heaven, how can what you say possibly happen?” And he said to him, “You will see it with your own eyes, and you will not eat from it.”
20 Evenit ergo ei, sicut praedictum erat, et conculcavit eum populus in porta, et mortuus est.	20 Therefore, it happened to him just as it had been predicted. For the people trampled him at the gate, and he died.