2 Kings 6

1 Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Please take note that the place where we meet with you is too small for us.

1 一群先知对以利沙说：“你看，我们住的地方实在太小了。

2 Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said Elisha.

2 请让我们去约旦河吧，我们每人都可以从那里砍一根木头盖房子居住。”以利沙说：“你们去吧。”

3 Then one of them said, “Please come with your servants.” “I will come,” he replied.

3 其中一人请以利沙一起去，以利沙答应了，

4 So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees.

4 便和他们一起去约旦河砍伐树木。

5 As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”

5 有个人砍树的时候，斧头掉进了水里。他大喊：“唉！师傅，这把斧头是借来的。”

6 “Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.

6 上帝的仆人问：“斧头掉在哪里了？”他就指给以利沙看。以利沙砍了一根树枝抛进水里，斧头便浮了上来。

7 “Lift it out,” he said, and the man reached out his hand and took it.

7 以利沙说：“你去拿上来吧！”他便伸手拿起了斧头。

8 Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”

8 亚兰王与以色列人交战，他和臣仆商议要在某处安营。

9 Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful not to pass by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”

9 上帝的仆人传信给以色列王，说：“你要小心，不要经过那个地方，因为亚兰人埋伏在那里。”

10 So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.

10 以色列王派人到上帝的仆人所说的地方，警告那里的人要小心防备。这样的事情发生了好几次。

11 For this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”

11 亚兰王因此十分恼怒，召来臣仆质问他们：“你们当中谁向以色列王泄露了我们的计划？”

12 But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”

12 一位臣仆说：“我主我王啊，没有人泄露。是以色列的先知以利沙将王在寝宫所谈的事告诉了以色列王。”

13 So the king said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capture him.” On receiving the report, “Elisha is in Dothan,”

13 王说：“去找出他在哪里，我派人去捉拿他。”王得知以利沙在多坍后，

14 the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.

14 便派出大队人马和战车前往那里，他们在夜间抵达多坍，把城围住。

15 When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”

15 上帝仆人的侍者清早起来，走到外面，看见城被军队、车马包围，就对上帝的仆人说：“唉！我主啊，我们该怎么办呢？”

16 “Do not be afraid,” Elisha answered, “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

16 上帝的仆人说：“不要害怕！我们的兵马比他们的还要多。”

17 Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

17 他随后祷告：“耶和华啊，求你开他的眼睛，让他看见。”于是，耶和华开那个侍者的眼睛，他就看见山上到处都是火车火马围绕着以利沙。

18 As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.

18 亚兰人向以利沙冲来，以利沙祈求耶和华说：“求你使他们瞎眼。”耶和华听了以利沙的祷告，使他们瞎了眼。

19 And Elisha told them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will take you to the man you are seeking.” And he led them to Samaria.

19 以利沙对他们说：“不是这条路，也不是这座城。跟我来，我带你们到你们要找的人那里。”以利沙把他们领到撒玛利亚。

20 When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O LORD, open the eyes of these men that they may see.” Then the LORD opened their eyes, and they looked around and discovered that they were in Samaria.

20 他们进城后，以利沙祷告：“耶和华啊，求你开他们的眼睛，让他们看见。”耶和华开了他们的眼睛，他们就看见了，发现自己在撒玛利亚城中。

21 And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”

21 以色列王看见他们，问以利沙说：“我父啊，我可以杀他们吗？”

22 “Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”

22 以利沙答道：“不可杀他们。岂可杀用刀和弓抓来的俘虏呢？给他们吃的喝的，让他们吃喝完了回自己主人那里吧。”

23 So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.

23 于是，以色列王为他们大摆宴席，等他们吃喝完毕，便放他们回自己主人那里。之后，亚兰人不再侵犯以色列。

24 Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.

24 后来，亚兰王便·哈达召集全军围困撒玛利亚。

25 So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.

25 撒玛利亚被困后，城里陷入严重饥荒，以致一个驴头可卖二十两银子，二百克鸽子粪可卖一两银子。

26 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”

26 一天，以色列王从城墙上走过，一个妇人向他呼喊：“我主我王啊，求你帮帮我！”

27 He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”

27 王说：“如果耶和华不帮助你，我怎能帮助你呢？我岂有麦子和酒？

28 Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’

28 你有什么难处呢？”妇人说：“这个女人对我说，‘我们今天吃你儿子，明天再吃我儿子。’

29 So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”

29 于是我们把我儿子煮了吃。第二天我叫她把她儿子交出来，她却把儿子藏了起来。”

30 When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.

30 王听了妇人的话，就撕裂衣服。王走在城墙上，人们都看见他贴身穿着麻衣。

31 He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”

31 王说：“如果今天沙法的儿子以利沙的头颅还留在他颈项上，愿上帝重重地惩罚我！”

32 Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

32 王派使者去以利沙那里。那时，以利沙正与长老们坐在他家中。使者到达之前，以利沙对长老说：“你们看，这凶手派人来斩我的头。使者到达时，你们要把他关在门外。他后面不就是他主人的脚步声吗？”

33 While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”

33 话音未落，使者已经到了，说：“既然这祸是从耶和华来的，我何必再仰望祂呢？”