1 E Naamã, capitão do exército do rei da Síria, era um grande homem diante do seu senhor, e de muito respeito; porque por ele o Senhor dera livramento aos sírios; e era este homem herói valoroso, porém leproso.

2 E saíram tropas da Síria, da terra de Israel, e levaram presa uma menina que ficou ao serviço da mulher de Naamã.

3 E disse esta à sua senhora: Antes o meu senhor estivesse diante do profeta que está em Samaria; ele o restauraria da sua lepra.

4 Então foi Naamã e notificou ao seu senhor, dizendo: Assim e assim falou a menina que é da terra de Israel.

5 Então disse o rei da Síria: Vai, anda, e enviarei uma carta ao rei de Israel. E foi, e tomou na sua mão dez talentos de prata, seis mil siclos de ouro e dez mudas de roupas.

6 E levou a carta ao rei de Israel, dizendo: Logo, em chegando a ti esta carta, saibas que eu te enviei Naamã, meu servo, para que o cures da sua lepra.

7 E sucedeu que, lendo o rei de Israel a carta, rasgou as suas vestes, e disse: Sou eu Deus, para matar e para vivificar, para que este envie a mim um homem, para que eu o cure da sua lepra? Pelo que deveras notai, peço-vos, e vede que busca ocasião contra mim.

8 Sucedeu, porém, que, ouvindo Eliseu, homem de Deus, que o rei de Israel rasgara as suas vestes, mandou dizer ao rei: Por que rasgaste as tuas vestes? Deixa-o vir a mim, e saberá que há profeta em Israel.

9 Veio, pois, Naamã com os seus cavalos, e com o seu carro, e parou à porta da casa de Eliseu.

10 Então Eliseu lhe mandou um mensageiro, dizendo: Vai, e lava-te sete vezes no Jordão, e a tua carne será curada e ficarás purificado.

11 Porém, Naamã muito se indignou, e se foi, dizendo: Eis que eu dizia comigo: Certamente ele sairá, pôr-se-á em pé, invocará o nome do Senhor seu Deus, e passará a sua mão sobre o lugar, e restaurará o leproso.

12 Não são porventura Abana e Farpar, rios de Damasco, melhores do que todas as águas de Israel? Não me poderia eu lavar neles, e ficar purificado? E voltou-se, e se foi com indignação.

13 Então chegaram-se a ele os seus servos, e lhe falaram, e disseram: Meu pai, se o profeta te dissesse alguma grande coisa, porventura não a farias? Quanto mais, dizendo-te ele: Lava-te, e ficarás purificado.

14 Então desceu, e mergulhou no Jordão sete vezes, conforme a palavra do homem de Deus; e a sua carne tornou-se como a carne de um menino, e ficou purificado.

1 And Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man before his master, and honourable, for by him Jehovah had given deliverance to Syria; and he was a mighty man of valour, {but} a leper.

2 And the Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.

3 And she said to her mistress, Oh, would that my lord were before the prophet that is in Samaria! then he would cure him of his leprosy.

4 And he went and told his lord saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.

5 And the king of Syria said, Well! go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand {shekels} of gold, and ten changes of raiment.

6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, And now, when this letter comes to thee, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest cure him of his leprosy.

7 And it came to pass when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his garments, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks an occasion against me.

8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his garments, that he sent to the king, saying, Why hast thou rent thy garments? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

9 And Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the doorway of the house of Elisha.

10 And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

11 And Naaman was wroth, and went away and said, Behold, I thought, He will certainly come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Jehovah his God, and wave his hand over the place, and cure the leper.

12 Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them and be clean? And he turned and went away in a rage.

13 And his servants drew near, and spoke to him and said, My father, {if} the prophet had bidden thee {do some} great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he says to thee, Wash and be clean?

14 Then he went down, and plunged himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God. And his flesh became again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.