A nd Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him. And sent a man before him. Before the messenger came to him, he himself said to the elders, Do ye see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? See, when the messenger comes; shut the door, and keep him off with the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
فَأرسَلَ المَلِكُ رَسُولاً إلَى ألِيشَعَ. وَكانَ ألِيشَعُ جالِساً فِي بَيتِهِ وَالشُّيُوخُ جالِسينَ مَعَهُ. وَقَبلَ وُصُولِ الرَّسُولِ، قالَ ألِيشَعُ لِلشُّيُوخِ: «لَقَدْ أرْسَلَ ابْنُ القاتِلِ رِجالاً لِيَقطَعُوا رَأْسِي. فَعِندَما يَصِلُ الرَّسُولُ، أغلِقُوا البابَ وَلا تَسمَحُوا لَهُ بِالدُّخُولِ. إنِّي أسْمَعُ صَوْتَ قَدَمَيِّ سَيِّدِهِ وَراءَهُ.»
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