1 E lisha said, “Hear Yahweh’s word. Yahweh says, ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.’”

فَقالَ 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.›»

2 T hen the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, “Behold, if Yahweh made windows in heaven, could this thing be?” He said, “Behold, you will see it with your eyes, but will not eat of it.”

فَقالَ 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

3 N ow there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate. They said to one another, “Why do we sit here until we die?

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

4 I f we say, ‘We will enter into the city,’ then the famine is in the city, and we will die there. If we sit still here, we also die. Now therefore come, and let us surrender to the army of the Syrians. If they save us alive, we will live; and if they kill us, we will only die.”

إذا 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.»

5 T hey rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians. When they had come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, no man was there.

فَذَهَبَ البُرْصُ الأربَعَةُ فِي المَساء إلَى مُعَسْكَرِ الأرامِيِّينَ. وَوَصَلُوا إلَى حُدُودِ المُعَسْكَرِ. فَوَجَدُوهُ فارِغاً!

6 F or the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear the sound of chariots, and the sound of horses, even the noise of a great army; and they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us.”

فَقَدْ 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.»

7 T herefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

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

8 W hen these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drink, and carried away silver, gold, and clothing, and went and hid it. Then they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried things from there also, and went and hid them.

فَلَمّا 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.

9 T hen they said to one another, “We aren’t doing right. Today is a day of good news, and we keep silent. If we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come, let’s go and tell the king’s household.”

ثُمَّ 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

10 S o they came and called to the city gatekeepers; and they told them, “We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, not even a man’s voice, but the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.”

فَجاءَ 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.»

11 H e called the gatekeepers; and they told it to the king’s household within.

فَنادَى حُرّاسُ البَوّابَةِ بِأعلَى صَوْتِهِمْ وَأخبَرُوا السّاكِنِينَ فِي بَيتِ المَلِكِ.

12 T he king arose in the night, and said to his servants, “I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry. Therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, ‘When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.’”

كانَ 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.»

13 O ne of his servants answered, “Please let some people take five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city. Behold, they are like all the multitude of Israel who are left in it. Behold, they are like all the multitude of Israel who are consumed. Let us send and see.”

فَقالَ 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.»

14 T herefore they took two chariots with horses; and the king them sent out to the Syrian army, saying, “Go and see.”

فَأخَذَ هَؤُلاء الرِّجالُ مَرْكَبَتَينِ، وَذَهَبُوا حَسَبَ أمْرِ المَلِكِ لِيَرَوْا ما حَدَثَ للجَيشِ الأرامِيِّ.

15 T hey went after them to the Jordan; and behold, all the path was full of garments and equipment which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. The messengers returned, and told the king.

فانطَلَقَ 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.

16 T he people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to Yahweh’s word.

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

17 T he king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to be in charge of the gate; and the people trampled over him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.

وَأرْسَلَ 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.

18 I t happened 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 tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria”;

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

19 a nd that captain answered the man of God, and said, “Now, behold, if Yahweh made windows in heaven, might such a thing be?” and he said, “Behold, you will see it with your eyes, but will not eat of it.”

قالَ 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.»

20 I t happened like that to him; for the people trampled over him in the gate, and he died.

وَهَذا تَماماً ما حَدَثَ لِلقائِدِ. إذْ طَرَحَهُ النّاسُ أرْضاً عِندَ البَوّابَةِ، وَداسُوا عَلَيهِ فَماتَ.