1 And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with you is too strait for us.

2 Let us go, we pray you, to Jordan, and take there every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go you.

3 And one said, Be content, I pray you, and go with your servants. And he answered, I will go.

4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

5 But as one was felling a beam, the ax head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.

7 Therefore said he, Take it up to you. And he put out his hand, and took it.

1 E disseram os filhos dos profetas a Eliseu: Eis que o lugar em que habitamos diante da tua face, nos é estreito.

2 Vamos, pois, até ao Jordão e tomemos de lá, cada um de nós, uma viga, e façamo-nos ali um lugar para habitar. E disse ele: Ide.

3 E disse um: Serve-te de ires com os teus servos. E disse: Eu irei.

4 E foi com eles; e, chegando eles ao Jordão, cortaram madeira.

5 E sucedeu que, derrubando um deles uma viga, o ferro caiu na água; e clamou, e disse: Ai, meu senhor! Ele era emprestado.

6 E disse o homem de Deus: Onde caiu? E mostrando-lhe ele o lugar, cortou um pau, e o lançou ali, e fez flutuar o ferro.

7 E disse: Levanta-o. Então ele estendeu a sua mão e o tomou.