ف َأرسَلَ 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.»
And Elisha is sitting in his house, and the elders are sitting with him, and sendeth a man from before him; before the messenger doth come unto him, even he himself said unto the elders, `Have ye seen that this son of the murderer hath sent to turn aside my head? see, at the coming in of the messenger, shut the door, and ye have held him fast at the door, is not the sound of the feet of his lord behind him?'
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