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1선지자의 생도가 엘리사에게 이르되 보소서 우리가 당신과 함께 거한 곳이 우리에게는 좁으니 2우리가 요단으로 가서 거기서 각각 한 재목을 취하여 그곳에 우리의 거할 처소를 세우사이다 엘리사가 가로되 가라 3그 하나가 가로되 청컨대 당신도 종들과 함께 하소서 엘리사가 가로되 내가 가리라 하고 4드디어 저희와 함께 가니라 무리가 요단에 이르러 나무를 베더니 5한 사람이 나무를 벨 때에 도끼가 자루에서 빠져 물에 떨어진지라 이에 외쳐 가로되 아아 내 주여 이는 빌어온 것이니이다 6하나님의 사람이 가로되 어디 빠졌느냐 하매 그곳을 보이는지라 엘리사가 나무가지를 베어 물에 던져서 도끼로 떠오르게 하고 7가로되 너는 취하라 그 사람이 손을 내밀어 취하니라 8때에 아람 왕이 이스라엘로 더불어 싸우며 그 신복들과 의논하여 이르기를 우리가 아무데 아무데 진을 치리라 하였더니 9하나님의 사람이 이스라엘 왕에게 기별하여 가로되 왕은 삼가 아무 곳으로 지나가지 마소서 아람 사람이 그곳으로 나오나이다 10이스라엘 왕이 하나님의 사람의 자기에게 고하여 경계한 곳으로 사람을 보내어 방비하기가 한두 번이 아닌지라 11이러므로 아람 왕의 마음이 번뇌하여 그 신복들을 불러 이르되 우리 중에 누가 이스라엘 왕의 내응이 된 것을 내게 고하지 아니하느냐 12그 신복 중에 하나가 가로되 우리 주 왕이여 아니로소이다 오직 이스라엘 선지자 엘리사가 왕이 침실에서 하신 말씀이라도 이스라엘 왕에게 고하나이다 13왕이 가로되 너희는 가서 엘리사가 어디 있나 보라 내가 보내어 잡으리라 혹이 왕에게 고하여 가로되 엘리사가 도단에 있나이다 14왕이 이에 말과 병거와 많은 군사를 보내매 저희가 밤에 가서 그 성을 에워쌌더라 15하나님의 사람의 수종드는 자가 일찍이 일어나서 나가보니 군사와 말과 병거가 성을 에워쌌는지라 그 사환이 엘리사에게 고하되 아아 내 주여 우리가 어찌하리이까 16대답하되 두려워하지 말라 우리와 함께한 자가 저와 함께한 자보다 많으니라 하고 17기도하여 가로되 여호와여 원컨대 저의 눈을 열어서 보게 하옵소서 하니 여호와께서 그 사환의 눈을 여시매 저가 보니 불말과 불병거가 산에 가득하여 엘리사를 둘렀더라 18아람 사람이 엘리사에게 내려오매 엘리사가 여호와께 기도하여 가로되 원컨대 저 무리의 눈을 어둡게 하옵소서 하매 엘리사의 말대로 그 눈을 어둡게 하신지라 19엘리사가 저희에게 이르되 이는 그 길이 아니요 이는 그 성도 아니니 나를 따라 오라 내가 너희를 인도하여 너희의 찾는 사람에게로 나아가리라 하고 저희를 인도하여 사마리아에 이르니라 20사마리아에 들어갈 때에 엘리사가 가로되 여호와여 이 무리의 눈을 열어서 보게 하옵소서 하니 여호와께서 저희의 눈을 여시매 저희가 보니 자기가 사마리아 가운데 있더라 21이스라엘 왕이 저희를 보고 엘리사에게 이르되 내 아버지여 내가 치리이까 내가 치리이까 22대답하되 치지 마소서 칼과 활로 사로잡은 자인들 어찌 치리이까 떡과 물을 그 앞에 두어 먹고 마시게 하고 그 주인에게로 돌려 보내소서 23왕이 위하여 식물을 많이 베풀고 저희가 먹고 마시매 놓아보내니 저희가 그 주인에게로 돌아가니라 이로부터 아람 군사의 부대가 다시는 이스라엘 땅에 들어오지 못하니라 24이후에 아람 왕 벤하닷이 그 온 군대를 모아 올라와서 사마리아를 에워싸니 25아람 사람이 사마리아를 에워싸므로 성중이 크게 주려서 나귀 머리 하나에 은 팔십 세겔이요 합분태 사분 일 갑에 은 다섯 세겔이라 26이스라엘 왕이 성 위로 통과할 때에 한 여인이 외쳐 가로되 나의 주 왕이여 도우소서 27왕이 가로되 여호와께서 너를 돕지 아니하시면 내가 무엇으로 너를 도우랴 타작마당으로 말미암아 하겠느냐 포도주 틀로 말미암아 하겠느냐 28또 가로되 무슨 일이냐 여인이 대답하되 이 여인이 내게 이르기를 네 아들을 내라 우리가 오늘날 먹고 내일은 내 아들을 먹자 하매 29우리가 드디어 내 아들을 삶아 먹었더니 이튿날에 내가 이르되 네 아들을 내라 우리가 먹으리라 하나 저가 그 아들을 숨겼나이다 30왕이 그 여인의 말을 듣고 자기 옷을 찢으니라 저가 성 위로 지나갈 때에 백성이 본즉 그 속살에 굵은 베를 입었더라 31왕이 가로되 사밧의 아들 엘리사의 머리가 오늘날 그 몸에 붙어 있으면 하나님이 내게 벌 위에 벌을 내리실지로다 하니라 32그 때에 엘리사가 그 집에 앉았고 장로들이 저와 함께 앉았는데 왕이 자기 처소에서 사람을 보내었더니 그 사자가 이르기 전에 엘리사가 장로들에게 이르되 너희는 이 살인한 자의 자식이 내 머리를 취하려고 사람을 보내는 것을 보느냐 너희는 보다가 사자가 오거든 문을 닫고 문 안에 들이지 말라 그 주인의 발소리가 그 뒤에서 나지 아니하느냐 하고 33무리와 말씀할 때에 그 사자가 이르니라 왕이 가로되 이 재앙이 여호와께로부터 나왔으니 어찌 더 여호와를 기다리리요

1The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “See now, the place where we dwell before you is too small for us. 2Please let us go to the Jordan, and every man take a beam from there, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell.” He answered, “Go!” 3One said, “Please be pleased to go with your servants.” He answered, “I will go.” 4So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood. 5But as one was felling a beam, the ax head fell into the water. Then he cried, and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.” 6The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” He showed him the place. He cut down a stick, threw it in there, and made the iron float. 7He said, “Take it.” So he put out his hand and took it. 8Now the king of Syria was warring against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, “My camp will be in such and such a place.” 9The man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, “Beware that you not pass such a place; for the Syrians are coming down there.” 10The king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once nor twice. 11The heart of the king of Syria was very troubled about this. He called his servants, and said to them, “Won’t you show me which of us is for the king of Israel?” 12One of his servants said, “No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.” 13He said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him.” It was told him, saying, “Behold, he is in Dothan.” 14Therefore he sent horses, chariots, and a great army there. They came by night, and surrounded the city. 15When the servant of the man of God had risen early, and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was around the city. His servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?” 16He answered, “Don’t be afraid; for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” 17Elisha prayed, and said, “Yahweh, please open his eyes, that he may see.” Yahweh opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha. 18When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please strike this people with blindness.” He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. 19Elisha said to them, “This is not the way, neither is this the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek.” He led them to Samaria. 20When they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, “Yahweh, open the eyes of these men, that they may see.” Yahweh opened their eyes, and they saw; and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. 21The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, “My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?” 22He answered, “You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.” 23He prepared great feast for them. When they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. The bands of Syria stopped raiding the land of Israel. 24After this, Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria. 25There was a great famine in Samaria. Behold, they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver. 26As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!” 27He said, “If Yahweh doesn’t help you, from where could I help you? From of the threshing floor, or from the wine press?” 28The king said to her, “What ails you?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’ 29So we boiled my son, and ate him: and I said to her on the next day, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him;’ and she has hidden her son.” 30When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes (now he was passing by on the wall); and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his flesh. 31Then he said, “God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stay on him this day.” 32But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Then the king sent a man from before him; but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? Behold, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door shut against him. Isn’t the sound of his master’s feet behind him?” 33While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. Then he said, “Behold, this evil is from Yahweh. Why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?”

1En de kinderen der profeten zeiden tot Elisa: Zie nu, de plaats, waar wij wonen voor uw aangezicht, is voor ons te eng. 2Laat ons toch tot aan de Jordaan gaan, en elk van daar een timmerhout halen, dat wij ons daar een plaats maken, om er te wonen. En hij zeide: Gaat heen. 3En er zeide een: Het believe u toch te gaan met uw knechten. En hij zeide: Ik zal gaan. 4Zo ging hij met hen. Als zij nu aan de Jordaan gekomen waren, hieuwen zij hout af. 5En het geschiedde, als een het timmerhout velde, dat het ijzer in het water viel; en hij riep, en zeide: Ach, mijn heer, want het was geleend. 6En de man Gods zeide: Waar is het gevallen? En toen hij hem de plaats gewezen had, sneed hij een hout af, en wierp het daarhenen, en deed het ijzer boven zwemmen. 7En hij zeide: Neem het tot u op. Toen stak hij zijn hand uit, en nam het, 8En de koning van Syrie voerde krijg tegen Israel, en beraadslaagde zich met zijn knechten, zeggende: Mijn legering zal zijn in de plaats van zulk een. 9Maar de man Gods zond henen tot den koning van Israel, zeggende: Wacht u, dat gij door die plaats niet trekt, want de Syriers zijn daarhenen afgekomen. 10Daarom zond de koning van Israel henen aan die plaats, waarvan hem de man Gods gezegd en hem gewaarschuwd had, en wachtte zich aldaar, niet eenmaal, noch tweemaal. 11Toen werd het hart des konings van Syrie onstuimig over dezen handel; en hij riep zijn knechten, en zeide tot hen: Zult gij mij dan niet te kennen geven, wie van de onzen zij voor den koning van Israel? 12En een van zijn knechten zeide: Neen, mijn heer koning! Maar Elisa, de profeet, die in Israel is, geeft den koning van Israel te kennen de woorden, die gij in uw binnenste slaapkamer spreekt. 13En hij zeide: Gaat heen, en ziet, waar hij is, dat ik zende en hem halen late. En hem werd te kennen gegeven, zeggende: Zie, hij is te Dothan. 14Toen zond hij daarhenen paarden, en wagenen, en een zwaar heir; welke des nachts kwamen, en omsingelden de stad. 15En de dienaar van den man Gods stond zeer vroeg op, en ging uit; en ziet, een heir omringde de stad met paarden en wagenen. Toen zeide zijn jongen tot hem: Ach, mijn heer, hoe zullen wij doen. 16En hij zeide: Vrees niet; want die bij ons zijn, zijn meer, dan die bij hen zijn. 17En Elisa bad, en zeide: HEERE, open toch zijn ogen, dat hij zie! En de HEERE opende de ogen van den jongen, dat hij zag; en ziet, de berg was vol vurige paarden en wagenen rondom Elisa. 18Als zij nu tot hem afkwamen, bad Elisa tot den HEERE, en zeide: Sla toch dit volk met verblindheden. En Hij sloeg hen met verblindheden, naar het woord van Elisa. 19Toen zeide Elisa tot hen: Dit is de weg niet, en dit is de stad niet; volgt mij na, en ik zal u leiden tot den man, dien gij zoekt; en hij leidde hen naar Samaria. 20En het geschiedde, als zij te Samaria gekomen waren, dat Elisa zeide: HEERE, open de ogen van dezen, dat zij zien! En de HEERE opende hun ogen, dat zij zagen; en ziet, zij waren in het midden van Samaria. 21En de koning van Israel zeide tot Elisa, als hij hen zag: Zal ik hen slaan? Zal ik hen slaan, mijn vader? 22Doch hij zeide: Gij zult hen niet slaan; zoudt gij ook slaan, die gij met uw zwaard en met uw boog gevangen hadt? Zet hun brood en water voor, dat zij eten en drinken, en tot hun heer trekken. 23En hij bereidde hun een groten maaltijd, dat zij aten en dronken; daarna liet hij hen gaan, en zij trokken tot hun heer. Zo kwamen de benden der Syriers niet meer in het land van Israel. 24En het geschiedde daarna, dat Benhadad, de koning van Syrie, zijn gehele leger verzamelde, en optoog, en Samaria belegerde. 25En er werd grote honger in Samaria; want ziet, zij belegerden ze, totdat een ezelskop voor tachtig zilverlingen was verkocht, en een vierendeel van een kab duivenmest voor vijf zilverlingen. 26En het geschiedde, als de koning op den muur voorbijging, dat een vrouw tot hem riep, zeggende: Help mij, heer koning! 27En hij zeide: De HEERE helpt u niet; waarvan zou ik u helpen? Van den dorsvloer of van den wijnpers? 28Verder zeide de koning tot haar: Wat is u? En zij zeide: Deze vrouw heeft tot mij gezegd: Geef uw zoon, dat wij hem heden eten, en morgen zullen wij mijn zoon eten. 29Zo hebben wij mijn zoon gezoden, en hebben hem gegeten; maar als ik des anderen daags tot haar zeide: Geef uw zoon, dat wij hem eten, zo heeft zij haar zoon verstoken. 30En het geschiedde, als de koning de woorden dezer vrouw gehoord had, dat hij zijn klederen scheurde, alzo hij op den muur voortging; en het volk zag, dat, ziet, een zak van binnen over zijn vlees was. 31En hij zeide: Zo doe mij God, en doe zo daartoe, indien het hoofd van Elisa, den zoon van Safat, heden op hem zal blijven staan! 32(Elisa nu zat in zijn huis, en de oudsten zaten bij hem.) En hij zond een man van voor zijn aangezicht; maar eer de bode tot hem gekomen was, had hij gezegd tot de oudsten: Hebt gijlieden gezien, hoe die zoon des moordenaars gezonden heeft, om mijn hoofd af te nemen? Ziet toe, als die bode komt, sluit de deur toe, en dringt hem uit met de deur; is niet het geruis der voeten van zijn heer achter hem? 33Als hij nog met hen sprak, ziet, zo kwam de bode tot hem af; en hij zeide: Zie, dat kwaad is van den HEERE; wat zou ik verder op den HEERE wachten?