2 Kings 5

1 Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.

1 乃缦是亚兰王的元帅，甚得亚兰王器重，因为耶和华借他使亚兰人打了许多胜仗。他是英勇的战士，只是患了麻风病。

2 At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife.

2 亚兰人袭击以色列时，曾掳回一个以色列少女，这少女做了乃缦妻子的婢女。

3 She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.”

3 有一天，她对主母说：“要是我主人去见撒玛利亚的那位先知就好了！他一定能治好我主人的麻风病。”

4 And Naaman went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said.

4 乃缦把这以色列少女的话告诉亚兰王。

5 “Go now,” said the king of Aram, “and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman departed, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of clothing.

5 亚兰王说：“你去吧。我会写信给以色列王。”于是，乃缦带了六千八百两银子、一千四百两金子和十套衣服，启程前往以色列。

6 And the letter that he took to the king of Israel stated: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman, so that you may cure him of his leprosy.”

6 他带给以色列王的信上写着：“谨以此信介绍我的臣仆乃缦到你那里，你要治好他的麻风病。”

7 When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”

7 以色列王读完信后，就撕裂衣服说：“难道我是上帝吗？我能操纵人的生死吗？这人竟叫我治好一个人的麻风病！他只是想找借口攻打我。”

8 Now when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent a message to the king: “Why have you torn your clothes? Please let the man come to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.”

8 上帝的仆人以利沙听说以色列王撕裂了衣服，便派人去对王说：“你为什么撕裂衣服呢？让那人到我这里来，我要让他知道以色列有先知。”

9 So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha’s house.

9 乃缦带领车辆和马匹到了以利沙的家，站在门口。

10 Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.”

10 以利沙派使者出去对乃缦说：“你到约旦河里洗七次，你的皮肤就会复原，并得到洁净。”

11 But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy.

11 乃缦却怒冲冲地走了。他说：“我以为他一定会出来见我，为我站着求告他的上帝耶和华的名，用手在我的患处晃一晃，治好我的麻风病。

12 Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage.

12 大马士革的亚巴拿河和法珥法河不比以色列所有的河都好吗？难道我在那里洗就不能得到洁净吗？”于是，他怒冲冲地转身走了。

13 Naaman’s servants, however, approached him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’?”

13 他的仆人上前对他说：“我父啊，先知若吩咐你做一件大事，难道你不去做吗？何况他只是说你去洗洗就可以洁净！”

14 So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.

14 乃缦就去约旦河，照上帝仆人的话在河里洗了七次，他的皮肤复原，像小孩子的一样，他便洁净了。

15 Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”

15 乃缦率领全体随从回到上帝的仆人那里，站在他面前说：“我如今才知道，除了以色列，普天下没有上帝。请你收下仆人的礼物。”

16 But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And although Naaman urged him to accept it, he refused.

16 以利沙说：“我凭我事奉的永活的耶和华起誓，我决不接受。”乃缦再三请求，他仍不肯接受。

17 “If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much soil as a pair of mules can carry. For your servant will never again make a burnt offering or a sacrifice to any other god but the LORD.

17 乃缦说：“你如果不肯接受礼物，请容许仆人用两头骡子驮些泥土回去。从此以后，我不再献燔祭或平安祭给其他神明，只献给耶和华。

18 Yet may the LORD forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter.”

18 但有一件事，愿耶和华饶恕仆人。我主人进入临门庙祭拜时，他会扶着我的手，这样我也得随着他弯腰。如果我在临门庙里弯腰，愿耶和华饶恕我。”

19 “Go in peace,” said Elisha. But after Naaman had traveled a short distance,

19 以利沙对他说：“你安心走吧。”

20 Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”

20 乃缦刚走不远，上帝仆人以利沙的侍者基哈西心想：“我主人没有收亚兰人乃缦带来的礼物就让他走了。我凭永活的耶和华起誓，我一定要追上去，向他要点东西。”

21 So Gehazi pursued Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running toward him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right?”

21 他便去追赶乃缦。乃缦见后面有人赶来，就下车迎接他，问他：“一切都好吗？”

22 “Everything is all right,” Gehazi replied. “My master has sent me to say, ‘Look, two young men from the sons of the prophets have just now come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two sets of clothing.’”

22 基哈西答道：“一切都好。我主人派我来告诉你，刚才有两位年轻的先知从以法莲山区来见他，请你赐给他们七百两银子和两套衣服。”

23 But Naaman insisted, “Please, take two talents.” And he urged Gehazi to accept them. Then he tied up two talents of silver in two bags along with two sets of clothing and gave them to two of his servants, who carried them ahead of Gehazi.

23 乃缦说：“请你拿走一千四百两银子吧！”并再三请基哈西接受，然后把一千四百两银子装进两个袋子，连同两套衣服，交给他的两个仆人抬走，基哈西跟在他们后面。

24 When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the gifts from the servants and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the men, and they departed.

24 到了山冈，基哈西接过银子和衣服，放进屋里，便让他们回去了。

25 When Gehazi went in and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Gehazi, where have you been?” “Your servant did not go anywhere,” he replied.

25 基哈西进去侍立在他主人以利沙面前，以利沙问他：“基哈西，你刚才去哪里了？”基哈西答道：“仆人哪里也没去。”

26 But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?

26 以利沙对他说：“那人下车回头迎接你的时候，我的心不也在那里吗？现在岂是接受人家银子、衣服、橄榄园、葡萄园、牛羊和仆婢的时候？

27 Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!” And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous—as white as snow.

27 因此，你和你的后代会永远沾染乃缦的麻风病。”基哈西离开以利沙时，患了麻风病，皮肤像雪一样白。