1 A nd Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man before his master, and honourable, for by him Jehovah had given deliverance to Syria; and he was a mighty man of valour, a leper.

كانَ نُعْمانُ قائِدَ جَيشِ مَلِكِ أرامَ. وَكانَ مُكَرَّماً جِدّاً عِنْدَهُ وَعَزِيزاً عَلَيهِ، لِأنَّ اللهَ حَقَّقَ لِآرامَ نَصْراً عَظِيماً عَلَى يَدِهِ. وَمَعْ أنَّ نُعْمانَ هَذا كانَ عَظِيماً وَقَوِيّاً، إلّا أنَّهُ كانَ مُصاباً بِالبَرَصِ.

2 A nd the Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.

وَكانَ الأرامِيُّونَ قَدْ خَرَجُوا فِي غَزَواتٍ عَدِيدَةٍ ضِدَّ إسْرائِيلَ. وَفِي إحدَى غَزَواتِهِمْ أسَرُوا بِنْتاً صَغِيرَةً مِنْ أرْضِ إسْرائِيلَ. فَصارَتْ خادِمَةً لِزَوْجَةِ نُعْمانَ.

3 A nd she said to her mistress, Oh, would that my lord were before the prophet that is in Samaria! then he would cure him of his leprosy.

فَقالَتِ البِنْتُ لِزَوْجَتِهِ: «لَيتَ سَيِّدِي يَذْهَبُ لِرُؤْيَةِ النَّبِيِّ الَّذِي فِي السّامِرَةِ، فَهُوَ يَقْدِرُ أنْ يَشفِيَهُ مِنْ بَرَصِهِ.»

4 A nd he went and told his lord saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.

فَذَهَبَ نُعْمانُ إلَى سَيِّدِهِ وَأخْبَرَهُ بِما قالَتِ الخادِمَةُ الَّتِي مِنْ إسْرائِيلَ.

5 A nd the king of Syria said, Well! go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand of gold, and ten changes of raiment.

فَقالَ مَلِكُ أرامَ لَهُ: «اذْهَبْ فَوْراً، وَسَأُرْسِلُ مَعَكَ رِسالَةً إلَى مَلِكِ إسْرائِيلَ.» فَذَهَبَ نُعْمانُ إلَى إسْرائِيلَ، وَأخَذَ مَعَهُ عَشْرَةَ قَناطِيرَ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ، وَسِتَّةَ آلافِ مِثْقالٍ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ، وَعَشْرَةَ أثْوابٍ.

6 A nd he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, And now, when this letter comes to thee, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest cure him of his leprosy.

وَأحضَرَ نُعْمانُ الرِّسالَةَ إلَى مَلِكِ إسْرائِيل، وَجاءَ فِيها: «… وَالآنَ، أُبَيِّنُ لَكَ بِمُوجِبِ هَذِهِ الرِّسالَةِ أنِّي مُرْسِلٌ خادِمِي نُعْمانَ إلَيكَ فاشْفِهِ مِنْ بَرَصِهِ.»

7 A nd it came to pass when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his garments, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks an occasion against me.

فَلَمّا قَرَأ مَلِكُ إسْرائِيلَ الرِّسالَةَ، شَقَّ ثِيابَهُ وَقالَ: «أأنا اللهَ الَّذِي يَقدِرُ أنْ يُحيِيَ وَيُمِيتَ؟ فَلِماذا أرْسَلَ إلَيَّ مَلِكُ أرامَ رَجُلاً أبْرَصَ حَتَّى أشْفِيَهِ؟ إنَّهُ يُضْمِرُ لِيَ الشَّرَّ!»

8 A nd it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his garments, that he sent to the king, saying, Why hast thou rent thy garments? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

وَسَمِعَ ألِيشَعُ، رَجُلُ اللهِ، أنَّ مَلِكَ إسْرائِيلَ قَدْ شَقَّ ثِيابَهُ. فَأرْسَلَ إلَيهِ ألِيشَعُ رِسالَةً يَقُولُ فِيها: «لِماذا شَقَقْتَ ثِيابَكَ؟ أرْسِلْ نُعمانَ إلَيَّ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَعلَمُ أنَّ هُناكَ نَبِيّاً فِي إسْرائِيلَ!»

9 A nd Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the doorway of the house of Elisha.

فَجاءَ نُعمانُ بِخَيلِهِ وَمَرْكَباتِهِ إلَى بَيتِ ألِيشَعَ وَوَقَفَ عِنْدَ البابِ.

10 A nd Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

فَأرْسَلَ ألِيشَعُ رَسُولاً لِنُعْمانَ يَقُولُ لَهُ: «اذْهَبْ وَاغتَسِلْ فِي نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ سَبْعَ مَرّاتٍ. حِينَئِذٍ، سَيُشْفَى جِلْدُكَ. وَتَصِيرُ طاهِراً.»

11 A nd Naaman was wroth, and went away and said, Behold, I thought, He will certainly come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Jehovah his God, and wave his hand over the place, and cure the leper.

فَغَضِبَ نُعمانُ وَمَضَى وَهْوَ يَقُولُ: «تَوَقَّعْتُ أنْ يَخرُجَ ألِيشَعُ لاسْتِقبالِي عَلَى الأقَلِّ ويَقِفَ أمامِي وَيَدعُو بِاسْمِ إلَهِهِ. تَوَقَّعْتُ أنْ يَضَعَ يَدَهُ فَوْقَ جَسَدِي فَيُشْفَى.

12 A re not the Abanah and the Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them and be clean? And he turned and went away in a rage.

إنَّ أبانَةَ، وَفَرْفَرَ، نَهْرَي دِمَشْقَ، أفضَلُ مِنْ كُلِّ أنْهارِ إسْرائِيلَ. فَلِماذا لا يُمكِنُنِي أنْ أغتَسِلَ فِي نَهرَي دِمَشْقَ وَأطْهُرَ؟» غَضِبَ نُعمانُ كَثِيراً وَأرادَ مُواصَلَةَ طَرِيقِ العَوْدَةِ.

13 A nd his servants drew near, and spoke to him and said, My father, the prophet had bidden thee great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he says to thee, Wash and be clean?

غَيرَ أنَّ خُدّامَ نُعْمانَ ذَهَبُوا إلَيهِ وَقالُوا لَهُ: «يا أبانا، لَوْ طَلَبَ مِنْكَ النَّبِيُّ أنْ تَفْعَلَ شَيئاً صَعْباً، أما كُنْتَ تَفْعَلُهُ؟ لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَطلُبْ مِنْكَ إلّا أمْراً بَسِيطاً جِدّاً، إذْ قالَ لَكَ: ‹اغْتَسِلْ وَاطهُرْ.›»

14 T hen he went down, and plunged himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God. And his flesh became again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

فَعَمِلَ نُعمانُ بِما أوْصاهُ رَجُلُ اللهِ. فَنَزَلَ وَغَطَسَ فِي نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ سَبْعَ مَرّاتٍ، فَطَهُرَ تَماماً! بَلْ صارَ جِلْدُهُ ناعِماً كَجِلْدِ طِفلٍ رَضِيعٍ.

15 A nd he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came and stood before him; and he said, Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; and now, I pray thee, take a present of thy servant.

فَعادَ نُعْمانُ وَجَماعَتُهُ إلَى رَجُلِ اللهِ. وَوَقَفَ أمامَ ألِيشَعَ وَقالَ: «ها أنا قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أنَّهُ لا يُوجَدُ إلَهٌ إلّا فِي إسْرائِيلَ! وَالآنَ، أرجُو أنْ تَقبَلَ هَدِيَّةً مِنِّي، أنا عَبْدَكَ.»

16 B ut he said, As Jehovah liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none! And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

لَكِنَّ ألِيشَعَ قالَ: «أُقْسِمُ بِاللهِ الحَيِّ الَّذِي أخدِمُهُ، لَنْ آخُذَ هَدِيَّةً مِنْكَ.» وَألَحَّ نُعْمانُ عَلَى الِيشَعَ أنْ يَأْخُذَ الهَدِيَّةَ، فَلَمْ يَقْبَلْ.

17 A nd Naaman said, If not, then let there, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth; for thy servant will no more offer burnt-offering and sacrifice to other gods, but to Jehovah.

فَقالَ نُعْمانُ: «لا تُرِيدُ أنْ تَقْبَلَ هَدِيَّتِي، فاسْمَحْ لِي أنْ آخُذَ حِملَ بَغلَينِ مِنَ التُّرابِ. فَأنا لا أُرِيدُ أنْ أُقَدِّمَ ذَبِيحَةً أوْ تَقْدِمَةً فِيما بَعْدُ لأيِّ إلَهٍ سِوَى يهوه.

18 I n this thing Jehovah pardon thy servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to bow down there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon—when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, Jehovah pardon thy servant, I pray thee, in this thing.

وَليَغْفِرْ لَيَ يهوه! فَعِندَما يَذهَبُ مَولايَ مَلِكُ أرامَ فِي المُستَقبَلِ إلَى هَيكَلِ رَمُّونَ لِيَعبُدَهُ، سَيَسْتَنِدُ المَلِكُ عَلَيَّ. فَأنا مُضْطَرٌّ إلَى أنْ أسْجُدَ فِي هَيكَلِ رَمُّونَ. وَأنا أطلُبُ أنْ يَغفِرَ لِيَ يهوه ذَلِكَ.»

19 A nd he said to him, Go in peace. And he departed from him a little way.

فَقالَ ألِيشَعُ لِنُعْمانَ: «اذْهَبْ بِسَلامٍ.» وَلَمْ يَكَنْ نُعْمانُ قَدِ ابتَعَدَ كثِيراً،

20 A nd Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman, this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought; but as Jehovah liveth, I will run after him and take somewhat of him.

حَتَّى قالَ جِيحَزِي خادِمُ ألِيشَعَ رَجُلِ اللهِ فِي نَفْسِهِ: «ها قَدْ رَفَضَ سَيِّدِي أنْ يَأْخُذَ الهَدِيَّةَ الَّتِي أحضَرَها نُعْمانُ. أُقْسِمُ بِاللهِ الحَيِّ، سَألْحَقُ أنا بِهِ وَآخُذُ شَيئاً مِنْهُ!»

21 A nd Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he sprang down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?

فَرَكَضَ جِيحَزِي إلَى نُعْمانَ. فَلَمّا رَآهُ نُعْمانُ راكِضاً خَلْفَهُ، أوْقَفَ المَرْكَبَةَ وَنَزَلَ لِلِقائِهِ. وَسَألَهُ: «أكُلُّ شَيءِ عَلَى ما يُرامُ؟»

22 A nd he said, All is well. My master has sent me saying, Behold, even now there are come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment.

فَقالَ جِيحَزِي: «نَعَمْ، لَكِنَّ سَيِّدِي أرْسَلَنِي إلَيكَ. وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: ‹جاءَنِي ضَيفانِ مِنْ جَماعَةِ الأنبِياءِ فِي أفْرايِمَ، فَأعْطِهِما قِنطاراً مِنَ الفِضَّةِ وَثَوْبَينِ.›»

23 A nd Naaman said, Consent to take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of raiment, and laid them upon two of his young men; and they bore them before him.

وقال نعمان: «أرْجُو أنْ تَأْخُذَ قِنْطارَينِ.» وَألَحَّ نُعمانُ عَلَى جِيحَزِي أنْ يَأْخُذَ الفِضَّةَ. فَوَضَعَ قِنْطارَيِّ الفِضَّةِ فِي كِيسَينِ، وَأخَذَ ثَوْبَينِ وَأعَطاهُما لاثْنَينِ مِنْ خُدّامِهِ. فَحَمَلا هَذا كُلَّهُ، وَسارا أمامَ جِيحَزِي.

24 A nd when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.

وَلَمّا وَصَلَ إلَى التَّلَّةِ، أخَذَ هَذِهِ الأشْياءَ مِنَ الخادِمَينِ، ثُمَّ صَرَفَ الخادِمَينِ، فانْصَرَفا. وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ خَبَّأها فِي بَيتِهِ.

25 A nd he entered in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, Whence, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.

ثُمَّ رَجِعَ جِيحَزِي وَدَخَلَ وَوَقَفَ أمامَ سَيِّدِهِ. فَقالَ ألِيشَعُ لِجِيحَزِي: «أينَ كُنْتَ؟» فَأجابَ جِيحَزِي: «لَمْ أتَحَرَّكْ مِنْ هَذا المَكانِ.»

26 A nd he said to him, Did not my heart go, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and bondmen, and bondwomen?

فَقالَ ألِيشَعُ لِجِيحَزِي: «لَيسَ هَذا صَحِيحاً! فَقَدْ كُنْتُ مَعَكَ بِرُوحِي عِنْدَما التَفَتَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ وَنَزَلَ مِنْ مَركَبَتِهِ لِلِقائِكَ! أهَذا وَقْتُ أخذِ مالٍ وَثِيابٍ وَزَيتُونٍ وَعِنَبٍ وَغَنَمٍ وَبَقَرٍ وَعَبِيدٍ وَجَوارٍ؟

27 B ut the leprosy of Naaman shall fasten upon thee, and upon thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence leprous, as snow.

وَالآنَ، سَيَنتَقِلُ بَرَصُ نُعمانَ إلَيكَ وَإلَى أولادِكَ إلَى الأبَدِ!» فَلَمّا خَرَجَ جِيحَزِي مِنْ عِنْدِ ألِيشَعَ، صارَ جِلْدُهُ أبْيَضَ كَالثَّلْجِ بِسَبَبِ البَرَصِ.