1 Naamã, comandante do exército do rei da Síria, era grande homem diante do seu senhor e de muito conceito, porque por ele o Senhor dera vitória à Síria; era ele herói da guerra, porém leproso. 2 Saíram tropas da Síria, e da terra de Israel levaram cativa uma menina, que ficou ao serviço da mulher de Naamã. 3 Disse ela à sua senhora: Tomara o meu senhor estivesse diante do profeta que está em Samaria; ele o restauraria da sua lepra. 4 Então, foi Naamã e disse ao seu senhor: Assim e assim falou a jovem que é da terra de Israel. 5 Respondeu o rei da Síria: Vai, anda, e enviarei uma carta ao rei de Israel. Ele partiu e levou consigo dez talentos de prata, seis mil siclos de ouro e dez vestes festivais. 6 Levou também ao rei de Israel a carta, que dizia: Logo, em chegando a ti esta carta, saberás que eu te enviei Naamã, meu servo, para que o cures da sua lepra. 7 Tendo lido o rei de Israel a carta, rasgou as suas vestes e disse: Acaso, sou Deus com poder de tirar a vida ou dá-la, para que este envie a mim um homem para eu curá-lo de sua lepra? Notai, pois, e vede que procura um pretexto para romper comigo. 8 Ouvindo, porém, 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 os seus carros e parou à porta da casa de Eliseu. 10 Então, Eliseu lhe mandou um mensageiro, dizendo: Vai, lava-te sete vezes no Jordão, e a tua carne será restaurada, e ficarás limpo. 11 Naamã, porém, muito se indignou e se foi, dizendo: Pensava eu que ele sairia a ter comigo, pôr-se-ia de pé, invocaria o nome do Senhor, seu Deus, moveria a mão sobre o lugar da lepra e restauraria o leproso. 12 Não são, porventura, Abana e Farfar, rios de Damasco, melhores do que todas as águas de Israel? Não poderia eu lavar-me neles e ficar limpo? E voltou-se e se foi com indignação. 13 Então, se chegaram a ele os seus oficiais e lhe disseram: Meu pai, se te houvesse dito o profeta alguma coisa difícil, acaso, não a farias? Quanto mais, já que apenas te disse: Lava-te e ficarás limpo. 14 Então, desceu e mergulhou no Jordão sete vezes, consoante a palavra do homem de Deus; e a sua carne se tornou como a carne de uma criança, e ficou limpo.

1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance to Syria: he was also a mighty man in valor, but he was a leper.

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

3 And she said to her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.

4 And one went in, 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, Go to, 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 pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.

6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come to you, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may recover him of his leprosy.

7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man does send to me to recover a man of his leprosy? why consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks a quarrel against me.

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

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

10 And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean.

11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

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

13 And his servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid you do some great thing, would you not have done it? how much rather then, when he said to you, Wash, and be clean?

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