1 Certa mulher, das mulheres dos discípulos dos profetas, clamou a Eliseu, dizendo: Meu marido, teu servo, morreu; e tu sabes que ele temia ao Senhor. É chegado o credor para levar os meus dois filhos para lhe serem escravos. 2 Eliseu lhe perguntou: Que te hei de fazer? Dize-me que é o que tens em casa. Ela respondeu: Tua serva não tem nada em casa, senão uma botija de azeite. 3 Então, disse ele: Vai, pede emprestadas vasilhas a todos os teus vizinhos; vasilhas vazias, não poucas. 4 Então, entra, e fecha a porta sobre ti e sobre teus filhos, e deita o teu azeite em todas aquelas vasilhas; põe à parte a que estiver cheia. 5 Partiu, pois, dele e fechou a porta sobre si e sobre seus filhos; estes lhe chegavam as vasilhas, e ela as enchia. 6 Cheias as vasilhas, disse ela a um dos filhos: Chega-me, aqui, mais uma vasilha. Mas ele respondeu: Não há mais vasilha nenhuma. E o azeite parou. 7 Então, foi ela e fez saber ao homem de Deus; ele disse: Vai, vende o azeite e paga a tua dívida; e, tu e teus filhos, vivei do resto.

1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen. 2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me; what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thy handmaid hath not anything in the house, save a pot of oil. 3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. 4 And thou shalt go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and thou shalt set aside that which is full. 5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons; they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out. 6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. 7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons of the rest.

1 The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the LORD. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves."

2 Elisha replied to her, "How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?Your servant has nothing there at all," she said, "except a little oil."

3 Elisha said, "Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don't ask for just a few.

4 Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side."

5 She left him and afterward shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring.

6 When all the jars were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another one." But he replied, "There is not a jar left." Then the oil stopped flowing.

7 She went and told the man of God, and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left."