1 ف َقالَ ألِيشَعُ: «اسْمَعُوا كَلامَ اللهِ! يَقُولُ اللهُ: ‹غَداً فِي مِثلِ هَذا الوَقتِ، سَيُباعُ مكيالُ طَحِينٍ بِمِثْقالٍ واحِدٍ، وَمِكيالا شَعِيرٍ بِمِثْقالٍ واحِدٍ فِي السُّوق عِنْدَ بَوّابَةِ السّامِرَةِ.›»

¶ Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus hath the LORD said, Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

2 ف َقالَ أحَدُ الجُنُود المُقَرَّبِينَ إلَى المَلِكِ لِرَجُلِ اللهِ: «حَتَّى وَلَوْ فَتَحَ اللهُ نَوافِذَ فِي السَّماءِ، لا يُمْكِنُ لِهَذا أنْ يَحدُثَ!» فَقالَ ألِيشَعُ: «سَتُبْصِرُ هَذا بِعَينَيكَ، لَكِنَّكَ لَنْ تَذُوقَ شَيئاً مِنْهُ.» بُرْصٌ يَعثُرُونَ عَلَى مُعَسْكَرِ الأرامِيِّين

Then a captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat of it.

3 و َكانَ هُناكَ أربَعَةُ رِجالٍ بُرْصٍ عِنْدَ بَوّابَةِ المَدِينَةِ. فَقالَ بَعضُهُمْ لِبَعضٍ: «لِماذا نَحنُ مُنتَظرُونَ هُنا حَتَّى يَأْتِيَنا المَوتُ؟

¶ And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate, who said one to another, Why shall we stay here until we die?

4 إ ذا دَخَلْنا مَدِينَةَ السّامِرَةِ، فَسَنَمُوتُ جُوعاً. فَلا يُوجَدُ طَعامٌ هُناكَ. وَإذا بَقِينا هُنا، فَسَنَمُوتُ أيضاً. فَلْنَذهَبْ إلَى مُعَسْكَرِ الأرامِيِّينَ. فَإذا عَفُوا عَنّا، سَنَحْيا. وَإذا قَتَلُونا فَسَنَمُوتُ.»

If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we stay here, we shall die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians; if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

5 ف َذَهَبَ البُرْصُ الأربَعَةُ فِي المَساء إلَى مُعَسْكَرِ الأرامِيِّينَ. وَوَصَلُوا إلَى حُدُودِ المُعَسْكَرِ. فَوَجَدُوهُ فارِغاً!

And they rose up at the beginning of the night, to go unto the camp of the Syrians; and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.

6 ف َقَدْ أسْمَعَ الرَّبُّ الجَيشَ الأرامِيَّ صَوْتَ مَرْكَباتٍ وَخَيلٍ وَجَيشٍ كَبِيرٍ. فَقالَ الجُنُودُ الأرامِيُّونَ بَعضُهُمْ لِبَعضٍ: «لا بُدَّ أنَّ مَلِكَ إسْرائِيلَ قَدِ اسْتَنْجَدَ بِمُلُوكِ الحِثِّيِّينَ وَالمصْرِيِّينَ لِكَي يُهاجِمُونا.»

For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host; 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 upon us.

7 ف َهَرَبَ الأرامِيُّونَ فِي وَقتٍ مُبَكِّرٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ المَساء، تارِكينَ كُلَّ شَيءٍ خَلْفَهُمْ. تَرَكُوا خِيامَهُمْ وَخَيلَهُمْ وَحَمِيرَهُمْ وَهَرَبُوا لِحَياتِهمْ. البُرْصُ فِي مُعَسْكَرِ العَدُوّ

Therefore they had arisen and fled at the beginning of the night and had left their tents and their horses and their asses, even the camp as it was, and had fled for their lives.

8 ف َلَمّا وَصَلَ الرِّجالُ البُرْصُ إلَى أوَّلِ المُعَسْكَرِ، دَخَلُوا إحدَى الخِيامِ. فَأكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا. وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ حَمَلُوا فِضَّةً وَذَهَباً وَمَلابِسَ مِنَ المُخَيَّمِ. وَذَهَبُوا وَأخفُوها فِي حُفْرَةٍ وَطَمَرُوها. ثُمَّ رَجِعُوا إلَى المُعَسْكَرِ وَدَخَلُوا خَيمَةً أُخْرَى. وَحَمَلُوا مِنْها غَنائِمَ وَذَهَبُوا وَأخفُوها أيضاً.

And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent and ate and drank and took silver and gold and raiment and went and hid it and came again and entered into another tent and took from there also and went and hid it.

9 ث ُمَّ قالُوا بَعضُهُمْ لبَعضٍ: «بِئْسَ ما نَفْعَلُ! اليَوْمُ يَوْمُ بِشارَةٍ، وَنَحنُ ساكِتُونَ! وَإذا انْتَظَرْنا حَتَّى الصَّباحِ، سَنُعاقَبُ. فَلْنَذْهَبْ وَنُبَشِّرِ السّاكنِينَ فِي بَيتِ المَلِكِ.» البُرْصُ يُعلِنُونَ البَشرَى

Then they said one to another, We do not well; this day is a day to give good tidings, and we are silent; if we tarry until the morning light, we shall be taken in the iniquity. Now, therefore, come, that we may enter in and give the news in the king’s house.

10 ف َجاءَ البُرْصُ وَنادُوا عَلَى حُرّاسِ بَوّابَةِ المَدِينَةِ. وَقالُوا لَهُمْ: «ذَهَبْنا إلَى مُعَسْكَرِ الأرامِيِّينَ، لَكِنَّنا لَمْ نَسْمَعْ صَوْتاً وَلَمْ نَجِدْ أحَداً. غَيرَ أنَّنا وَجَدْنا الخُيُولَ وَالحَمِيرَ مَرْبُوطَةً وَالخيامَ مازالَتْ قائمَةً.»

So they came and called unto the porter of the city, and they told them, saying, We went to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied and asses tied, and the tents as they were.

11 ف َنادَى حُرّاسُ البَوّابَةِ بِأعلَى صَوْتِهِمْ وَأخبَرُوا السّاكِنِينَ فِي بَيتِ المَلِكِ.

And the porters cried out and told it inside and in the king’s house.

12 ك انَ الوَقْتُ لَيلاً، لَكِنَّ المَلِكَ قالَ لِكِبارِ مَسْؤُوليهِ: «أعتَقِدُ أنِّي أفهَمُ خُطَّةَ الجَيشِ الأرامِيِّ. إنَّهُمْ يَعرِفُونَ أنَّنا جَوْعَى. فَتَرَكُوا المُعَسْكَرَ لِيَكمُنُوا لَنا فِي السُّهُولِ. وَهُمْ يُرِيدُونَنا أنْ نَخرُجَ مِنَ المَدِينَةِ لِكَي يَقبِضُوا عَلَينا أحياءً. وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ سَيَدْخُلُونَ المَدِينَةَ.»

¶ And the king arose in the night and said unto his slaves, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore, they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive and get into the city.

13 ف َقالَ أحَدُ كِبارِ مَسْؤُولِي المَلِك: «فَلنُرْسِلْ خَمْسَةَ رِجالٍ عَلَى الأحْصِنَةِ الخَمْسَةِ المُتَبَقِّيَةِ فِي المَدِينَةِ. فَمَصِيرُها المَوْتُ كَجَمِيعِ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ الباقِينَ فِي المَدِينَةِ. فَلْيَذْهَبِ الرِّجالُ وَيَسْتَطلِعُوا الأمْرَ.»

Then one of his slaves answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city (for they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; they are also as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed) and let us send and see.

14 ف َأخَذَ هَؤُلاء الرِّجالُ مَرْكَبَتَينِ، وَذَهَبُوا حَسَبَ أمْرِ المَلِكِ لِيَرَوْا ما حَدَثَ للجَيشِ الأرامِيِّ.

They took, therefore, two chariot horses; and the king sent after the camp of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

15 ف انطَلَقَ هَؤُلاءِ الرِّجالُ خَلْفَ الجَيشِ الأرامِيِّ حَتَّى نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ. فَرَأَوْا عَلَى طُولِ الطَّرِيقِ ثِياباً وَأسلِحَةً ألقَى بِها الأرامِيُّونَ حَتَّى لا يُبْطِئُوا بِالهَرَبِ. فَرَجِعَ الرُّسُلُ إلَى السّامِرَةِ وَأخْبَرُوا المَلِكَ بِهَذا.

And they went after them unto the Jordan; and, behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned and told the king.

16 ف َخَرَجَ الشَّعبُ مُسْرِعِينَ إلَى مُعَسْكَرِ الأرامِيِّينَ. وَنَهَبُوا كُلَّ ثَمِينٍ فِيهِ. وَصارَ مِكيالُ الطَّحينِ يُباعُ بِمِثْقالٍ، وَمِكيالا الشَّعيرِ بِمِثْقالٍ. فَتَحَقَّقَ كَلامُ اللهِ.

Then the people went out and spoiled 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 the word of the LORD.

17 و َأرْسَلَ المَلِكُ القائِدَ الَّذِي كانَ يَسْتَنِدُ عَلَى يَدِهِ إلَى البَوّابَةِ لِيَحرُسَها. لَكِنَّ النّاسَ تَدافَعُوا وَطَرَحُوهُ أرْضاً وَداسُوهُ، فَماتَ. فَحَدَثَ كُلُّ شَيءٍ كَما قالَ رَجُلُ اللهِ لِلمَلِكِ.

And the king appointed the prince on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate; and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.

18 ف َعِندَما قالَ رَجُلُ اللهِ لِلمَلِكِ: «سَيُباعُ مِكيالُ الطَّحِينِ بِمِثْقالٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَمِكيالا الشَّعِيرِ بِمِثْقالٍ وَاحِدٍ فِي السُّوق عِنْدَ بَوّابَةِ السّامِرَةِ، غَداً فِي مِثلِ هَذا الوَقتِ»

And it came to pass 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.

19 ق الَ القائِدُ لِرَجُلِ اللهِ: «حَتَّى وَلَوْ فَتَحَ اللهُ نَوافِذَ فِي السَّماءِ، لا يُمْكِنُ لِهَذا أنْ يَحدُثَ!» وَقالَ لَهُ ألِيشَعُ: «سَتُبْصِرُ هَذا بِعَينَيكَ، لَكِنَّكَ لَنْ تَذُوقَ شَيئاً مِنْهُ.»

Unto which that prince had answered the man of God, and said, Even if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat of it.

20 و َهَذا تَماماً ما حَدَثَ لِلقائِدِ. إذْ طَرَحَهُ النّاسُ أرْضاً عِندَ البَوّابَةِ، وَداسُوا عَلَيهِ فَماتَ.

And so it happened unto him, for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.