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 the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at 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

So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, “Look, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” And he said, “In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it.” The Syrians Flee

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

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, “Why are we sitting 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 the city,’ the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we die also. Now therefore, come, let us surrender to the army of the Syrians. If they keep us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall only die.”

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

And they rose at twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians; and when they had come to the outskirts of the Syrian camp, to their surprise no one was 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 caused the army of the Syrians to hear the noise of chariots and the noise of horses—the noise of a great army; so they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack 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 arose and fled at twilight, and left the camp intact—their tents, their horses, and their donkeys—and they 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 outskirts of the camp, they went into one tent and ate and drank, and carried from it silver and gold and clothing, and went and hid them; then they came back and entered another tent, and carried some 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 to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we remain silent. If we wait until morning light, some punishment will come upon us. Now therefore, come, let us go and tell the king’s household.”

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 went and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and told them, saying, “We went to the Syrian camp, and surprisingly no one was there, not a human sound—only horses and donkeys tied, and the tents intact.”

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

And the gatekeepers called out, and they told it to the king’s household inside.

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.»

So the king arose in the night and said to his servants, “Let me now tell 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.»

And one of his servants answered and said, “Please, let several men take five of the remaining horses which are left in the city. Look, they may either become like all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; or indeed, I say, they may become like all the multitude of Israel left from those who are consumed; so let us send them and see.”

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

Therefore they took two chariots with horses; and the king sent them in the direction of the Syrian army, 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 to the Jordan; and indeed all the road was full of garments and weapons which the Syrians had thrown away in their haste. So 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 plundered the tents of the Syrians. So a seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two seahs 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.

Now the king had appointed the officer on whose hand he leaned to have charge of the gate. But the people trampled him in the gate, and he died, just 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»

So it happened just as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, “Two seahs of barley for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour for a shekel, shall be sold 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.»

Then that officer had answered the man of God, and said, “Now look, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?” And he had said, “In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”

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

And so it happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gate, and he died.