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¹先知門徒對以利沙說：「看哪，我們同你所住的地方過於窄小，Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Please take note that the place where we meet with you is too small for us.

²求你容我們往約旦河去，各人從那裡取一根木料建造房屋居住。」他說：「你們去吧！」Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said Elisha.

³有一人說：「求你與僕人同去。」回答說：「我可以去。」Then one of them said, “Please come with your servants.” “I will come,” he replied.

⁴於是以利沙與他們同去。到了約旦河，就砍伐樹木。So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees.

⁵有一人砍樹的時候，斧頭掉在水裡，他就呼叫說：「哀哉！我主啊，這斧子是借的。」As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axe head fell into the water. “Oh, my master,” he cried out, “it was borrowed!”

⁶神人問說：「掉在哪裡了？」他將那地方指給以利沙看。以利沙砍了一根木頭，拋在水裡，斧頭就漂上來了。“Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.

⁷以利沙說：「拿起來吧！」那人就伸手拿起來了。“Lift it out,” he said, and the man reached out his hand and took it.

⁸亞蘭王與以色列人爭戰，和他的臣僕商議說：「我要在某處某處安營。」Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”

⁹神人打發人去見以色列王，說：「你要謹慎，不要從某處經過，因為亞蘭人從那裡下來了。」Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful not to pass by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”

¹⁰以色列王差人去窺探神人所告訴所警戒他去的地方，就防備未受其害，不止一兩次。So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.

¹¹亞蘭王因這事心裡驚疑，召了臣僕來，對他們說：「我們這裡有誰幫助以色列王，你們不指給我嗎？」For this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”

¹²有一個臣僕說：「我主，我王！無人幫助他，只有以色列中的先知以利沙，將王在臥房所說的話告訴以色列王了。」But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”

¹³王說：「你們去探他在哪裡，我好打發人去捉拿他。」有人告訴王說：「他在多坍。」So the king said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capture him.” On receiving the report, “Elisha is in Dothan,”

¹⁴王就打發車馬和大軍往那裡去，夜間到了，圍困那城。the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.

¹⁵神人的僕人清早起來出去，看見車馬軍兵圍困了城。僕人對神人說：「哀哉！我主啊，我們怎樣行才好呢？」When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”

¹⁶神人說：「不要懼怕！與我們同在的比與他們同在的更多。」“Do not be afraid,” Elisha answered, “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

¹⁷以利沙禱告說：「耶和華啊，求你開這少年人的眼目，使他能看見。」耶和華開他的眼目，他就看見滿山有火車火馬圍繞以利沙。Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

¹⁸敵人下到以利沙那裡，以利沙禱告耶和華說：「求你使這些人的眼目昏迷。」耶和華就照以利沙的話，使他們的眼目昏迷。As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.

¹⁹以利沙對他們說：「這不是那道，也不是那城；你們跟我去，我必領你們到所尋找的人那裡。」於是領他們到了撒馬利亞。And Elisha told them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will take you to the man you are seeking.” And he led them to Samaria.

²⁰他們進了撒馬利亞，以利沙禱告說：「耶和華啊，求你開這些人的眼目，使他們能看見。」耶和華開他們的眼目，他們就看見了，不料，是在撒馬利亞的城中。When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O LORD, open the eyes of these men that they may see.” Then the LORD opened their eyes, and they looked around and discovered that they were in Samaria.

²¹以色列王見了他們，就問以利沙說：「我父啊，我可以擊殺他們嗎？」And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”

²²回答說：「不可擊殺他們！就是你用刀用弓擄來的，豈可擊殺他們嗎（或譯：也不可擊殺，何況這些人呢）？當在他們面前設擺飲食，使他們吃喝回到他們的主人那裡。」“Do not kill them,” he replied. “Would you kill those you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and then return to their master.”

²³王就為他們預備了許多食物；他們吃喝完了，打發他們回到他們主人那裡。從此，亞蘭軍不再犯以色列境了。So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.

²⁴此後，亞蘭王便‧哈達聚集他的全軍，上來圍困撒馬利亞。Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.

²⁵於是撒馬利亞被圍困，有饑荒，甚至一個驢頭值銀八十舍客勒，二升鴿子糞值銀五舍客勒。So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.

²⁶一日，以色列王在城上經過，有一個婦人向他呼叫說：「我主，我王啊！求你幫助。」As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, “Help me, my lord the king!”

²⁷王說：「耶和華不幫助你，我從何處幫助你？是從禾場，是從酒醡呢？」He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?”

²⁸王問婦人說：「你有甚麼苦處？」她回答說：「這婦人對我說：『將你的兒子取來，我們今日可以吃，明日可以吃我的兒子。』Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’

²⁹我們就煮了我的兒子吃了。次日我對她說：『要將你的兒子取來，我們可以吃。』她卻將她的兒子藏起來了。」So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”

³⁰王聽見婦人的話，就撕裂衣服；（王在城上經過）百姓看見王貼身穿著麻衣。When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.

³¹王說：「我今日若容沙法的兒子以利沙的頭仍在他項上，願　神重重地降罰與我！」He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”

³²那時，以利沙正坐在家中，長老也與他同坐。王打發一個伺候他的人去；他還沒有到，以利沙對長老說：「你們看這兇手之子，打發人來斬我的頭；你們看著使者來到，就關上門，用門將他推出去。在他後頭不是有他主人腳步的響聲嗎？」Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”

³³正說話的時候，使者來到，王也到了，說：「這災禍是從耶和華那裡來的，我何必再仰望耶和華呢？」While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”