1 Q uando o Senhor estava para tomar Elias ao céu num redemoinho, Elias partiu de Gilgal com Eliseu.

When Yahweh was about to take Elijah up by a whirlwind into heaven, Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

2 D isse Elias a Eliseu: Fica-te aqui, porque o Senhor me envia a Betel. Eliseu, porém disse: Vive o Senhor, e vive a tua alma, que não te deixarei. E assim desceram a Betel.

Elijah said to Elisha, “Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me as far as Bethel.” Elisha said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

3 E ntão os filhos dos profetas que estavam em Betel saíram ao encontro de Eliseu, e lhe disseram: Sabes que o Senhor hoje tomará o teu senhor por sobre a tua cabeça? E ele disse: Sim, eu o sei; calai-vos.

The sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from your head today?” He said, “Yes, I know it. Hold your peace.”

4 E Elias lhe disse: Eliseu, fica-te aqui, porque o Senhor me envia a Jericó. Ele, porém, disse: Vive o Senhor, e vive a tua alma, que não te deixarei. E assim vieram a Jericó.

Elijah said to him, “Elisha, please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to Jericho.” He said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho.

5 E ntão os filhos dos profetas que estavam em Jericó se chegaram a Eliseu, e lhe disseram: Sabes que o Senhor hoje tomará o teu senhor por sobre a tua cabeça? E ele disse: Sim, eu o sei; calai-vos.

The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from your head today?” He answered, “Yes, I know it. Hold your peace.”

6 E Elias lhe disse: Fica-te aqui, porque o senhor me envia ao Jordão. Mas ele disse: Vive o Senhor, e vive a tua alma, que não te deixarei. E assim ambos foram juntos.

Elijah said to him, “Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to the Jordan.” He said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” Then they both went on.

7 E foram cinqüenta homens dentre os filhos dos profetas, e pararam defronte deles, de longe; e eles dois pararam junto ao Jordão.

Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood opposite them at a distance; and they both stood by the Jordan.

8 E ntão Elias tomou a sua capa e, dobrando-a, feriu as águas, as quais se dividiram de uma ã outra banda; e passaram ambos a pé enxuto.

Elijah took his mantle, and rolled it up, and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that they both went over on dry ground.

9 H avendo eles passado, Elias disse a Eliseu: Pede-me o que queres que eu te faça, antes que seja tomado de ti. E disse Eliseu: Peço-te que haja sobre mim dobrada porção de teu espírito.

When they had gone over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be on me.”

10 R espondeu Elias: Coisa difícil pediste. Todavia, se me vires quando for tomado de ti, assim se te fará; porém, se não, não se fará.

He said, “You have asked a hard thing. If you see me when I am taken from you, it will be so for you; but if not, it will not be so.”

11 E , indo eles caminhando e conversando, eis que um carro de fogo, com cavalos de fogo, os separou um do outro; e Elias subiu ao céu num redemoinho.

As they continued on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated them, and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

12 O que vendo Eliseu, clamou: Meu pai, meu pai! o carro de Israel, e seus cavaleiros! E não o viu mais. Pegou então nas suas vestes e as rasgou em duas partes;

Elisha saw it, and he cried, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” He saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes, and tore them in two pieces.

13 t omou a capa de Elias, que dele caíra, voltou e parou ã beira do Jordão.

He also took up Elijah’s mantle that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.

14 E ntão, pegando da capa de Elias, que dele caíra, feriu as águas e disse: Onde está o Senhor, o Deus de Elias? Quando feriu as águas, estas se dividiram de uma ã outra banda, e Eliseu passou.

He took Elijah’s mantle that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, “Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah?” When he also had struck the waters, they were divided apart, and Elisha went over.

15 V endo-o, pois, os filhos dos profetas que estavam defronte dele em Jericó, disseram: O espírito de Elias repousa sobre Eliseu. E vindo ao seu encontro, inclinaram-se em terra diante dele.

When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho over against him saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

16 E disseram-lhe: Eis que entre os teus servos há cinqüenta homens valentes. Deixa-os ir, pedimos-te, em busca do teu senhor; pode ser que o Espírito do Senhor o tenha arrebatado e lançado nalgum monte, ou nalgum vale. Ele, porém, disse: Não os envieis.

They said to him, “See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master. Perhaps Yahweh’s Spirit has taken him up, and put him on some mountain, or into some valley. He said, “Don’t send them.”

17 M as insistiram com ele, até que se envergonhou; e disse-lhes: Enviai. E enviaram cinqüenta homens, que o buscaram três dias, porém não o acharam.

When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, “Send them.” Therefore they sent fifty men; and they searched for three days, but didn’t find him.

18 E ntão voltaram para Eliseu, que ficara em Jericó; e ele lhes disse: Não vos disse eu que não fôsseis?

They came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go?’”

19 O s homens da cidade disseram a Eliseu: Eis que a situação desta cidade é agradável, como vê o meu senhor; porém as águas são péssimas, e a terra é estéril.

The men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, please, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is barren.”

20 E ele disse: Trazei-me um jarro novo, e ponde nele sal. E lho trouxeram.

He said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.” Then they brought it to him.

21 E ntão saiu ele ao manancial das águas e, deitando sal nele, disse: Assim diz o Senhor: Sarei estas águas; não mais sairá delas morte nem esterilidade.

He went out to the spring of the waters, and threw salt into it, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘I have healed these waters. There shall not be from there any more death or barren wasteland.’”

22 E aquelas águas ficaram sãs, até o dia de hoje, conforme a palavra que Eliseu disse.

So the waters were healed to this day, according to Elijah’s word which he spoke.

23 E ntão subiu dali a Betel; e, subindo ele pelo caminho, uns meninos saíram da cidade, e zombavam dele, dizendo: Sobe, calvo; sobe, calvo!

He went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldy! Go up, you baldy!”

24 E , virando-se ele para trás, os viu, e os amaldiçoou em nome do Senhor. Então duas ursas saíram do bosque, e despedaçaram quarenta e dois daqueles meninos.

He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in Yahweh’s name. Then two female bears came out of the woods, and mauled forty-two of those youths.

25 E dali foi para o monte Carmelo, de onde voltou para Samária.

He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.