열왕기하 7

1엘리사가 가로되 여호와의 말씀을 들을지어다 여호와께서 가라사대 내일 이맘때에 사마리아 성문에서 고운 가루 한 스아에 한 세겔을 하고 보리 두 스아에 한 세겔을 하리라 하셨느니라 2그 때에 한 장관 곧 왕이 그 손에 의지하는 자가 하나님의 사람에게 대답하여 가로되 여호와께서 하늘에 창을 내신들 어찌 이런 일이 있으리요 엘리사가 가로되 네가 네 눈으로 보리라 그러나 그것을 먹지는 못하리라 하니라 3성문 어귀에 문둥이 네 사람이 있더니 서로 말하되 우리가 어찌하여 여기 앉아서 죽기를 기다리랴 4우리가 성에 들어가자고 할지라도 성중은 주리니 우리가 거기서 죽을 것이요 여기 앉아 있어도 죽을지라 그런즉 우리가 가서 아람 군대에게 항복하자 저희가 우리를 살려두면 살려니와 우리를 죽이면 죽을 따름이라 하고 5아람 진으로 가려하여 황혼에 일어나서 아람 진 가에 이르러 본즉 그 곳에 한 사람도 없으니 6이는 주께서 아람 군대로 병거 소리와 말 소리와 큰 군대의 소리를 듣게 하셨으므로 아람 사람이 서로 말하기를 이스라엘 왕이 우리를 치려하여 헷 사람의 왕들과 애굽 왕들에게 값을 주고 저희로 우리에게 오게 하였다 하고 7황혼에 일어나서 도망하되 그 장막과 말과 나귀를 버리고 진을 그대로 두고 목숨을 위하여 도망하였음이라 8그 문둥이들이 진 가에 이르자 한 장막에 들어가서 먹고 마시고 거기서 은과 금과 의복을 가지고 가서 감추고 다시 와서 다른 장막에 들어가서 거기서도 가지고 가서 감추니라 9문둥이가 서로 말하되 우리의 소위가 선치 못하도다 오늘날은 아름다운 소식이 있는 날이어늘 우리가 잠잠하고 있도다 만일 밝은 아침까지 기다리면 벌이 우리에게 미칠지니 이제 떠나 왕궁에 가서 고하자 하고 10드디어 가서 성 문지기를 불러 고하여 가로되 우리가 아람 진에 이르러 보니 거기 한 사람도 없고 사람의 소리도 없고 오직 말과 나귀만 매여 있고 장막들이 그대로 있더이다 11저가 문지기들을 부르매 저희가 왕궁에 있는 자에게 고하니 12왕이 밤에 일어나 그 신복들에게 이르되 아람 사람이 우리에게 행한 것을 내가 너희에게 알게 하노니 저희가 우리의 주린 것을 아는고로 그 진을 떠나서 들에 매복하고 스스로 이르기를 저희들이 성에서 나오거든 우리가 사로잡고 성에 들어가겠다 한 것이니라 13그 신복 중 하나가 대답하여 가로되 청컨대 아직 성중에 남아 있는 말 다섯 필을 취하고 사람을 보내어 정탐하게 하소서 이 말들이 성중에 남아있는 이스라엘 온 무리 곧 멸망한 이스라엘 온 무리와 같으니이다 하고 14저희가 병거 둘과 그 말을 취한지라 왕이 아람 군대 뒤로 보내며 가서 정탐하라 하였더니 15저희가 그 뒤를 따라 요단에 이른즉 아람 사람이 급히 도망하느라고 버린 의복과 군물이 길에 가득하였더라 사자가 돌아와서 왕에게 고하매 16백성들이 나가서 아람 사람의 진을 노략한지라 이에 고운 가루 한 스아에 한 세겔이 되고 보리 두 스아에 한 세겔이 되니 여호와의 말씀과 같이 되었고 17왕이 그 손에 의지하였던 그 장관을 세워 성문을 지키게 하였더니 백성이 성문에서 저를 밟으매 하나님의 사람의 말대로 죽었으니 곧 왕이 내려왔을 때에 그의 한 말대로라 18일찍이 하나님의 사람이 왕에게 고하여 이르기를 내일 이맘때에 사마리아 성문에서 보리 두 스아에 한 세겔을 하고 고운 가루 한 스아에 한 세겔을 하리라 한즉 19그 때에 이 장관이 하나님의 사람에게 대답하여 가로되 여호와께서 하늘에 창을 내신들 어찌 이 일이 있으랴 하매 대답하기를 네가 네 눈으로 보리라 그러나 그것을 먹지는 못하리라 하였더니 20그 장관에게 그대로 이루었으되 곧 백성이 성문에서 저를 밟으매 죽었더라

1Elisha said, “Hear Yahweh’s word. Thus says Yahweh, ‘Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.’” 2Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, “Behold, if Yahweh made windows in heaven, could this thing be?” He said, “Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it.” 3Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate. They said one to another, “Why do we sit here until we die? 4If we say, ‘We will enter into the city,’ then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. If we sit still here, we also die. Now therefore come, and let us surrender to the army of the Syrians. If they save us alive, we will live; and if they kill us, we will only die.” 5They rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians. When they had come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there. 6For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great army: and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come on us. 7Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life. 8When these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drink, and carried there silver, and gold, and clothing, and went and hid it. Then they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried there also, and went and hid it. 9Then they said one to another, “We aren’t doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we keep silent. If we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come, let us go and tell the king’s household.” 10So they came and called to the porter of the city; and they told them, saying, “We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.” 11He called the porters; and they told it to the king’s household within. 12The king arose in the night, and said to his servants, “I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry. Therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, ‘When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.’” 13One of his servants answered, “Please let some take five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city. Behold, they are like all the multitude of Israel who are left in it. Behold, they are like all the multitude of Israel who are consumed. Let us send and see.” 14They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the army of the Syrians, saying, “Go and see.” 15They went after them to the Jordan; and behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. The messengers returned, and told the king. 16The people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to Yahweh’s word. 17The king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to be in charge of the gate: and the people trod on him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him. 18It happened as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, “Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria”; 19and that captain answered the man of God, and said, “Now, behold, if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be?” and he said, “Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it.” 20It happened like that to him; for the people trod on him in the gate, and he died.

1Toen zeide Elisa: Hoort het woord des HEEREN; zo zegt de HEERE: Morgen omtrent dezen tijd zal een maat meelbloem verkocht worden voor een sikkel, en twee maten gerst voor een sikkel, in de poort van Samaria. 2Maar een hoofdman, op wiens hand de koning leunde, antwoordde den man Gods, en zeide: Zie, zo de HEERE vensteren in den hemel maakte, zou die zaak kunnen geschieden? En hij zeide: Zie, gij zult het met uw ogen zien, doch daarvan niet eten. 3Er waren nu vier melaatse mannen voor de deur der poort; die zeiden, de een tot den ander: Wat blijven wij hier, totdat wij sterven? 4Indien wij zeggen: Laat ons in de stad komen, zo is de honger in de stad, en wij zullen daar sterven, en indien wij hier blijven, wij zullen ook sterven; nu dan, komt, en laat ons in het leger der Syriers vallen; indien zij ons laten leven, wij zullen leven; en indien zij ons doden, wij zullen maar sterven. 5En zij stonden op in de schemering, om in het leger der Syriers te komen. Toen zij aan het uiterste van het leger der Syriers kwamen, ziet, toen was er niemand. 6Want de HEERE had het heir der Syriers doen horen een geluid van wagenen, en een geluid van paarden, het geluid ener grote heirkracht; zodat zij zeiden de een tot den ander: Zie, de koning van Israel heeft tegen ons gehuurd de koningen der Hethieten, en de koningen der Egyptenaren, om tegen ons te komen. 7Derhalve hadden zij zich opgemaakt, en waren in de schemering gevloden, en hadden hun tenten gelaten, en hun paarden, en hun ezelen, het leger gelijk als het was; en waren gevloden om huns levens wil. 8Als nu deze melaatsen aan het uiterste des legers kwamen, zo gingen zij in een tent, en aten en dronken, en namen van daar zilver, en goud, en klederen, en gingen henen, en verborgen het; daarna keerden zij weder, en kwamen in een andere tent, namen van daar ook, en gingen henen, en verborgen het. 9Toen zeiden zij, de een tot den ander: Wij doen niet recht; deze dag is een dag van goede boodschap, en wij zwijgen stil. Indien wij vertoeven tot den lichten morgen, zo zal ons de ongerechtigheid vinden; daarom nu, komt, laat ons gaan, en dit aan het huis des konings boodschappen. 10Zo kwamen zij, en riepen tot den poortier der stad, en boodschapten hun, zeggende: Wij zijn gekomen tot het leger der Syriers, en ziet, niemand was daar, noch eens mensen stem; maar paarden aangebonden, en ezels aangebonden, en tenten, gelijk als zij waren. 11En hij riep de poortiers; en zij deden de boodschap binnen in het huis des konings. 12En de koning stond op in den nacht, en zeide tot zijn knechten: Ik zal u nu te kennen geven, wat de Syriers ons gedaan hebben; zij weten, dat wij hongerig zijn; daarom zijn zij uit het leger gegaan, om zich in het veld te versteken, zeggende: Als zij uit de stad gegaan zullen zijn, dan zullen wij hen levend grijpen, en wij zullen in de stad komen. 13Toen antwoordde een van zijn knechten, en zeide: Dat men toch neme vijf van de overige paarden, die hierbinnen overgebleven zijn (zie, zij zijn als de gehele menigte der Israelieten, die hierbinnen overgebleven zijn; zie, zij zijn als de gehele menigte der Israelieten, die vergaan zijn), laat ons die zenden, en zien. 14Zij namen dan twee wagenpaarden. En de koning zond het leger der Syriers achterna, zeggende: Gaat henen, en ziet. 15En zij volgden hen na tot de Jordaan toe; en ziet, de ganse weg was vol van klederen en gereedschap, die de Syriers in hun verhaasten weggeworpen hadden. De boden nu keerden weder, en boodschapten het den koning. 16Toen ging het volk uit, en beroofde het leger der Syriers; en een maat meelbloem werd verkocht voor een sikkel, en twee maten gerst voor een sikkel, naar het woord des HEEREN. 17De koning nu had den hoofdman, op wiens hand hij leunde, over die poort gesteld; en het volk vertrad hem in de poort, dat hij stierf, gelijk de man Gods gesproken had, die het sprak, als de koning tot hem afgekomen was. 18Want het was geschied, gelijk de man Gods gesproken had tot den koning, zeggende: Morgen omtrent dezen tijd zullen twee maten gerst voor een sikkel, en een maat meelbloem voor een sikkel verkocht worden, in de poort van Samaria. 19En die hoofdman had den man Gods geantwoord en gezegd: Zie, zo de HEERE vensteren in den hemel maakte, zou het ook naar dit woord geschieden kunnen? En hij had gezegd: Zie, gij zult het met uw ogen zien, doch daarvan niet eten. 20Even alzo geschiedde hem, want het volk vertrad hem in de poort, dat hij stierf.