B ut Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at 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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