1 N ow a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead. You know that your servant feared Yahweh. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves.”
وَاشْتَكَتْ أرمَلَةُ أحَدِ الأنبِياءِ إلَى ألِيشَعَ، قالَتْ: «ماتَ زَوجي الَّذِي كانَ فِي مَقامِ خادِمِكَ. وَأنتَ تَعْرِفُ أنَّهُ كانَ يَتَّقِي اللهَ. لَكِنَّهُ كانَ مَدِيناً بِمَبلَغٍ مِنَ المالِ لِرَجُلٍ. وَها هُوَ الرَّجُلُ آتٍ لِكَي يَأْخُذَ وَلَدَيَّ وَيَسْتَعْبِدَهُما سَداداً لِلدَّينِ!»
2 E lisha said to her, “What should I do for you? Tell me: what do you have in the house?” She said, “Your servant has nothing in the house, except a pot of oil.”
فَقالَ لَها ألِيشَعُ: «كَيفَ أُساعِدَكِ؟ أخبِرِينِي، ماذا لَدَيكِ فِي البَيْتِ؟» فَقالَتِ المَرأةُ: «لَيسَ عِندِي شَيءٌ فِي البَيتِ إلّا جَرَّةَ زَيتِ.»
3 T hen he said, “Go, borrow empty containers from of all your neighbors. Don’t borrow just a few containers.
فَقالَ ألِيشَعُ: «اذْهَبِي وَاسْتَعِيرِي أوْعِيَةً فارِغَةً مِنْ جَمِيعِ جاراتِكِ. اسْتَعِيرِي أكْبَرَ عَدَدٍ مُمكِنٍ.
4 G o in and shut the door on you and on your sons, and pour oil into all those containers; and set aside those which are full.”
ثُمَّ اذهَبِي إلَى بَيتِكِ وَأغلِقِي البابَ عَلَيكِ وَعَلَى وَلَدَيكِ، ثُمَّ اسْكُبِي الزَّيتَ فِي كُلِّ الأوْعِيَةِ، وَضَعِي كُلَّ وِعاءٍ يَمتَلِئُ جانِباً.»
5 S o she went from him, and shut the door on herself and on her sons. They brought the containers to her, and she poured oil.
فَتَرَكَتْهُ المَرأةُ، وَأغلَقَتِ البابَ عَلَى نَفسِها وَعَلَى وَلَدَيها. فَكانَ الوَلَدانِ يُحضِرانِ لَها الأوْعِيَةَ المُستَعارَةَ وَهِيَ تَسْكُبُ الزَّيْتَ فِيها.
6 W hen the containers were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another container.” He said to her, “There isn’t another container.” Then the oil stopped flowing.
فَمَلأتْ أوْعِيَةً كَثِيرَةً. وَأخِيراً، قالَتْ لأحَدِ وَلَدَيها: «أحْضِرْ لِي وِعاءً آخَرَ.» فَقالَ: «لَمْ يَعُدْ هُناكَ أوْعِيَةٌ.» فَتَوَقَّفَ الزَّيتُ.
7 T hen she came and told the man of God. He said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.”
فَجاءَتْ وَأخْبَرَتْ رَجُلَ اللهِ بِما حَدَثَ، فَقالَ لَها: «اذهَبِي وَبِيعِي الزَّيتَ وَسَدِّدِي دَينَكِ. وَعِيشِي أنْتِ وَأولادُكِ عَلَى ما يَتَبَقَّى مِنَ المالِ.» امْرأةٌ مِنْ شُونَمَ تستضيف ألِيشَع
8 O ne day Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman; and she persuaded him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
وَذاتَ يَوْمٍ ذَهَبَ ألِيشَعُ إلَى شُونَمَ حَيثُ تَسْكُنُ امْرأةٌ ذاتُ شَأْنٍ. فَألَحَّتْ عَلَى ألِيشَعَ أنْ يَأْتِيَ إلَى بَيتِها. فَصارَ كُلَّما مَرَّ مِنْ تِلْكَ المَدِينَةِ يَأتي إلَى بَيتِها لِيَتَناوَلَ الطَّعامَ.
9 S he said to her husband, “See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God who passes by us continually.
قالَتِ المَرأةُ لِزَوجِها: «اسْمَعْ، يَبْدُو أنَّ الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي يَتَرَدَّدُ إلَى بَيتِنا هُوَ رَجُلُ اللهِ المُقَدَّسُ.
10 P lease let us make a little room on the roof. Let us set for him there a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp stand. When he comes to us, he can stay there.”
فَما رَأْيُكَ أنْ نَبنِيَ لَهُ عِلِّيَّةً صَغِيرَةً. وَلْنَضَعْ فِيها فِراشاً وَطاوِلَةً وَكُرْسِيّاً وَمِصباحاً؟ وَعِندَمَأ يَأْتِي إلَينا، يَستَخدِمُها.»
11 O ne day he came there, and he went to the room and lay there.
وَذاتَ يَومٍ جاءَ ألِيشَعُ إلَى بَيتِ المَرأةِ. وَدَخَلَ إلَى العِلِّيَّةِ وَاسْتَراحَ هُناكَ.
12 H e said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him.
فَقالَ ألِيشَعُ لِخادِمِهِ جِيحَزِي: «ادْعُ لِي هَذِهِ المَرأةَ الشُّونَمِيَّةَ.» فَدَعا الخادِمُ المَرأةَ الشُّونَمِيَّةَ، فَجاءَتْ وَوَقَفَتْ أمامَهُ.
13 H e said to him, “Say now to her, ‘Behold, you have cared for us with all this care. What is to be done for you? Would you like to be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the army?’” She answered, “I dwell among my own people.”
فَقالَ ألِيشَعُ لِخادِمِهِ: «وَالآنَ، قُلْ لَها: ‹لَقَدْ أتْعَبْتِ نَفْسَكِ كَثِيراً مِنْ أجلِنا. فَماذا يُمكِنُنا أنْ نَفعَلَ مِنْ أجلِكِ؟ هَلْ تُرِيدِينَ أنْ نَتَوَسَّطَ لَكِ فِي شَيءٍ عِندَ المَلِكِ أوْ قائِدِ الجَيشِ؟›» فَقالَتِ المَرأةُ لِجِيحَزِي: «أنا أسْكُنُ في وَسْطِ شَعبِي، وَلا أحتاجُ شَيئاً.»
14 H e said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old.”
فَقالَ ألِيشَعُ لِجِيحَزِي: «ماذا يُمكِنُنا أنْ نَصْنَعَ مِنْ أجلِها؟» فَأجابَ: «إنَّها مَحرُومَةٌ مِنَ الأولادِ. وَزَوْجُها قَدْ شاخَ.»
15 H e said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the door.
فَقالَ ألِيشَعُ: «ادْعُها.» فَدَعا جِيحَزِي المَرأةَ. فَجاءَتْ وَوَقَفَتْ بِالبابِ.
16 H e said, “At this season, when the time comes around, you will embrace a son.” She said, “No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your servant.”
فَقالَ لَها ألِيشَعُ: «فِي مِثلِ هَذا الوَقتِ مِنَ الرَّبِيعِ القادِمِ سَتَحضِنِينَ ابْنَكِ بَينَ ذِراعَيكِ.» فَقالَتِ المَرأةُ: «لا يا سَيِّدِي، رَجُلَ اللهِ، لا تَكذِبْ عَلَيَّ!» المَرأةُ الشُّونَمِيَّةُ تُرزَقُ بابْن
17 T he woman conceived, and bore a son at that season, when the time came around, as Elisha had said to her.
لَكِنَّ المَرأةَ حَبِلَتْ بِالفِعلِ وَوَلَدَتِ ابْناً فِي الرَّبِيعِ التّالِي، حَسَبَ قَولِ النَّبِيِّ ألِيشَعَ.
18 W hen the child was grown, one day he went out to his father to the reapers.
وَكَبِرَ الوَلَدُ، وَذاتَ يَومٍ ذَهَبَ الوَلَدُ إلَى الحُقُولِ لِكَي يَرَى أباهُ وَالحَصّادِينَ.
19 H e said to his father, “My head! My head!” He said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
فَقالَ الوَلَدُ لِأبِيهِ: «رَأْسِي! رَأْسِي يُؤلِمُنِي!» فَقالَ الأبُ لِخادِمِهِ: «احمِلْهُ إلَى أُمِّهِ.»
20 W hen he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.
فَحَمَلَ الخادِمُ الوَلَدَ إلَى أُمِّهِ. فَأجلَسَتْهُ عَلَى حِجْرِها حَتَّى الظُّهْرِ. ثُمَّ ماتَ. المَرأةُ تَذهَبُ لِرُؤيَةِ ألِيشَع
21 S he went up and laid him on the man of God’s bed, and shut the door on him, and went out.
وَأضجَعَتِ المَرأةُ الوَلَدَ عَلَى فِراشِ رَجُلِ اللهِ. وَأغلَقَتْ بابَ الغُرْفَةِ عَلَيهِ وَخَرَجَتْ.
22 S he called to her husband, and said, “Please send me one of the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.”
ثُمَّ نادَتْ زَوْجَها وَقالَتْ لَهُ: «أرْسِلْ لِي واحِداً مِنَ الخَدَمِ وَحِماراً. إذْ أُرِيدُ أنْ أذهَبَ إلَى رَجُلِ اللهِ بِسُرْعَةٍ وَأرجِعَ.»
23 H e said, “Why would you want go to him today? It is not a new moon or a Sabbath.” She said, “It’s alright.”
فَقالَ لَها زَوْجُها: «وَلِماذا تَذهَبِينَ إلَيهِ اليَوْمَ؟ لَيسَ اليَوْمُ عيداً وَلا سَبْتاً.» فَقالَتْ: «سَيَكُونُ الأمرُ خَيراً.»
24 T hen she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, “Drive, and go forward! Don’t slow down for me, unless I ask you to.”
ثُمَّ أسْرَجَتِ الحِمارَ وَقالَتْ لِخادِمِها: «لِنَذهَبْ، وَأسْرِعْ! لا تَتَوَقَّفْ حَتَّى أقُولَ لَكَ.»
25 S o she went, and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her afar off, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Behold, there is the Shunammite.
فَذَهَبَتِ المَرأةُ إلَى رَجُلِ اللهِ فِي جَبَلِ الكَرمَلِ. فَرَأى رَجُلُ اللهِ المَرأةَ الشُّونَمِيَّةَ آتِيَةً مِنْ بَعِيدٍ. فَقالَ لِخادِمِهِ جِيحَزِي: «إنَّها المَرأةُ الشُّونَمِيَّةُ!
26 P lease run now to meet her, and ask her, ‘Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with your child?’” She answered, “It is well.”
فاركُضْ إلَيها وَاسألْها: ‹هَلْ أنْتِ بِخَيرٍ؟ هَلْ زَوجُكِ بِخَيرٍ؟ هَلِ ابْنُكِ بِخَيرٍ؟›» فَقالَتْ: «بِخَيرٍ!»
27 W hen she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, “Leave her alone; for her soul is troubled within her; and Yahweh has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”
وَصَعِدَتِ المَرأةُ الشُّونَمِيَّةُ التَّلَّةَ إلَى رَجُلِ اللهِ. وَانحَنَتْ وَسَجَدَتْ عِنْدَهُ وَأمْسَكَتْ بِقَدَمَيهِ. فَتَقَدَّمَ جِيحَزِي لِكَي يَدْفَعَها بَعِيداً عَنْهُ. لَكِنَّ رَجُلَ اللهِ قالَ لِجِيحَزِي: «دَعْها وَشَأنَها! فَهِيَ مُنزَعِجَةٌ جِدّاً. وَلَمْ يُخبِرْنِي اللهُ بِما حَدَثَ لَها. بَلْ أخفاهُ عَنِّي.»
28 T hen she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me’?”
فَقالَتْ لَهُ: «لَمْ أطلُبْ مِنْكَ وَلَداً يَوْماً. بَلْ قُلْتُ لَكَ: ‹لا تَخْدَعْنِي!›»
29 T hen he said to Gehazi, “Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff in your hand, and go your way. If you meet any man, don’t greet him; and if anyone greets you, don’t answer him again. Then lay my staff on the child’s face.”
فَقالَ ألِيشَعُ لِجِيحَزِي: «اسْتَعِدَّ لِلذَّهابِ. خُذْ عُكّازِيَ وَاذْهَبْ. وَإنْ قابَلَكَ أحَدٌ فِي الطَّرِيقِ، فَلا تَتَوَقَّفْ حَتَّى لِتَحِيَّتِهِ. وَإنْ حَيّاكَ أحَدٌ، فَلا تَرُدَّ عَلَيهِ. وَعِنْدَما تَصِلُ إلَى الوَلَدِ، ضَعْ عُكّازِيَ عَلَى وَجهِهِ.»
30 T he child’s mother said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So he arose, and followed her.
فَقالَتْ أُمُّ الولَدِ: «أُقْسِمُ بِاللهِ الحَيِّ وَبِحَياتِكَ، لَنْ أعُودَ إلَى بَيتِي إلّا مَعَكَ!» فَقامَ ألِيشَعُ وَتَبِعَها.
31 G ehazi went ahead of them, and laid the staff on the child’s face; but there was no voice and or hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, “The child has not awakened.”
فَسَبَقَ جِيحَزِي ألِيشَعَ وَالمَرأةَ الشُّونَمِيَّةَ إلَى البَيتِ، وَوَضَعَ عَصاهُ عَلَى وَجهِ الوَلَدِ. لَكِنَّ الوَلَدَ لَمْ يُصْدِرْ صَوتاً أوْ يُظْهِرْ أيَّةَ عَلامَةٍ. فَرَجِعَ لِلِقاءِ ألِيشَعَ. وَقالَ لَهُ: «لَمْ يَسْتَيقِظِ الوَلَدُ بَعْدُ!» ابْنُ المَرأةِ الشُّونَمِيَّةِ يَعُودُ إلَى الحَياة
32 W hen Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and lying on his bed.
فَدَخَلَ ألِيشَعُ البَيتَ، فَوَجَدَ الوَلَدَ مَيِّتاً وَمُمَدّداً عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ.
33 H e went in therefore, and shut the door on them both, and prayed to Yahweh.
فَدَخَلَ الغُرْفَةَ، وَأغلَقَ البابَ عَلَيهِ وَعَلَى الوَلَدِ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى إلَى اللهِ.
34 H e went up, and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. He stretched himself on him; and the child’s flesh grew warm.
ثُمَّ صَعِدَ عَلَى الفِراشِ وَتَمَدَّدَ عَلَى الوَلَدِ، وَوَضَعَ عَينَيهِ عَلَى عَينَيهِ، وَفَمَهُ عَلَى فَمِهِ، وَيَدَيهِ عَلَى يَدَيهِ. وَظَلَّ مُتَمَدِّداً فَوْقَهُ إلَى أنْ صارَ جَسَدُ الصَّبِيِّ دافِئاً.
35 T hen he returned, and walked in the house once back and forth; and went up, and stretched himself out on him. Then the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
ثُمَّ قامَ ألِيشَعُ عَنِ الوَلَدِ وَراحَ يَتَمَشَّى فِي الغُرْفَةِ. وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ رَجِعَ وَتَمَدَّدَ عَلَى الصَّبِيِّ إلَى أنْ عَطَسَ الصَّبِيُّ سَبْعَ مَرّاتٍ وَفَتَحَ عَينَيهِ.
36 H e called Gehazi, and said, “Call this Shunammite!” So he called her. When she had come in to him, he said, “Take up your son.”
ثُمَّ نادَى ألِيشَعُ جِيحَزِي وَقالَ لَهُ: «ادْعُ المَرأةَ الشُّونَمِيَّةَ!» فَدَعاها جِيحَزِي، فَجاءَتْ إلَى ألِيشَعَ. فَقالَ لَها: «احمِلِي ابْنَكِ.»
37 T hen she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; then she picked up her son, and went out.
فَتَقَدَّمَتِ المَرأةُ الشُّونَمِيَّةُ وَسَجَدَتْ عِنْدَ قَدَمَيِّ ألِيشَعَ. ثُمَّ حَمَلَتِ ابْنَها وَخَرَجَتْ. ألِيشَعُ وَالحَساءُ المَسْمُوم
38 E lisha came again to Gilgal. There was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, “Get the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”
وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، عادَ ألِيشَعُ إلَى الجِلجالِ. وَكانَتْ فِي الأرْضِ مَجاعَةٌ. وَكانَتْ جَماعَةُ الأنبِياءِ جالِسَةً أمامَ ألِيشَعَ. فَقالَ لِخادِمِهِ: «ضَعِ القِدْرَ الكَبِيرَ عَلَى النّارِ، وَاصْنَعْ حَساءً لِجَماعَةِ الأنْبِياءِ.»
39 O ne went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered a lap full of wild gourds from it, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew; for they didn’t recognize them.
وَخَرَجَ رَجُلٌ إلَى الحُقُولِ لِيَجمَعَ أعشاباً، فَوَجَدَ يَقطِيناً بَرِّيّاً. فَوَضَعَهُ فِي ثَوْبِهِ وَأحضَرَهُ مَعَهُ. وَقَطَّعَ اليَقطِينَ البَرِّيَّ وَوَضَعَهُ فِي القِدْرِ. وَلَمْ يَعرِفْ أحَدٌ ما الَّذِي وَضَعَهُ فِي القِدْرِ.
40 S o they poured out for the men to eat. As they were eating some of the stew, they cried out, and said, “Man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.
ثُمَّ سَكَبُوا بَعْضَ الحَساءِ. وَعِندَما بَدَأُوا يَأْكُلُونَ، صَرَخُوا: «يا رَجُلَ اللهِ، هُناكَ سُمٌّ فِي القِدْرِ!» لَمْ يَستَطِيعُوا أنْ يَأْكُلُوا لِأنَّهُمْ أحَسُّوا بِطَعْمِ السُّمِّ.
41 B ut he said, “Then bring meal.” He threw it into the pot; and he said, “Serve it to the people, that they may eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
لَكِنَّ ألِيشَعَ قالَ: «أحضِرُوا بَعْضَ الطَّحِينِ.» فَرَمَى ألِيشَعُ الطَّحِينَ فِي القِدْرِ. ثُمَّ قالَ: «صُبَّ الحَساءَ حَتَّى يَأْكُلُوا.» فاختَفَى كُلُّ أثَرٍ سَيئٍ مِنَ الحَساءِ! ألِيشَعُ يُطعِمُ مِئَةَ رَجُل
42 A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God bread some of the first fruits: twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. He said, “Give to the people, that they may eat.”
وَجاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَعلِ شَلِيشَةَ حامِلاً مَعَهُ خُبْزاً مِنْ أوَّلِ الحَصادِ لِرَجُلِ اللهِ. جَلَبَ مَعَهُ هَذا الرَجُلُ عِشْرِينَ رَغِيفاً مِنَ الشَّعِيرِ وَسَنابِلَ طَرِيَّةً فِي كِيسِهِ. فَقالَ ألِيشَعُ لَهُ: «أعطِ ما مَعَكَ لِلرِّجالِ لِيَأْكُلُوا.»
43 H is servant said, “What, should I set this before a hundred men?” But he said, “Give the people, that they may eat; for Yahweh says, ‘They will eat, and will have some left over.’”
فَقالَ خادِمُ ألِيشَعَ: «كَيفَ أضَعُ هَذِهِ الكَمِّيَّةَ الضَّئِيلَةَ مِنَ الطَّعامِ أمامَ مِئَةِ رَجُلٍ؟» فَقالَ ألِيشَعَ: «قَدِّمِ الطَّعامَ لِلرِّجالِ لِيَأْكُلُوا. إذْ يَقُولُ اللهُ: ‹سَيَشْبَعُونَ وَيَفْضُلُ عَنْهُمْ.›»
44 S o he set it before them, and they ate, and had some left over, according to Yahweh’s word.
فَوَضَعَ خادِمُ ألِيشَعَ الطَّعامَ أمامَ الأنبِياءِ. فَأكَلُوا وَشَبِعُوا. وَفَضُلَ عَنْهُمْ حَسَبَ قَولِ اللهِ.