1 وصرخت الى اليشع امرأة من نساء بني الانبياء قائلة ان عبدك زوجي قد مات وانت تعلم ان عبدك كان يخاف الرب. فأتى المرابي ليأخذ ولديّ له عبدين.2 فقال لها اليشع ماذا اصنع لك. اخبريني ماذا لك في البيت فقالت ليس لجاريتك شيء في البيت الا دهنة زيت.3 فقال اذهبي استعيري لنفسك اوعية من خارج من عند جميع جيرانك اوعية فارغة. لا تقللي.4 ثم ادخلي واغلقي الباب على نفسك وعلى بنيك وصبّي في جميع هذه الاوعية وما امتلأ انقليه.5 فذهبت من عنده واغلقت الباب على نفسها وعلى بنيها. فكانوا هم يقدمون لها الاوعية وهي تصب.6 ولما امتلأت الاوعية قالت لابنها قدم لي ايضا وعاء. فقال لها لا يوجد بعد وعاء. فوقف الزيت.7 فاتت واخبرت رجل الله فقال اذهبي بيعي الزيت واوفي دينك وعيشي انت وبنوك بما بقي8 وفي ذات يوم عبر اليشع الى شونم. وكانت هناك امرأة عظيمة فامسكته لياكل خبزا. وكان كلما عبر يميل الى هناك لياكل خبزا.9 فقالت لرجلها قد علمت انه رجل الله مقدس الذي يمرّ علينا دائما.10 فلنعمل عليّة على الحائط صغيرة ونضع له هناك سريرا وخوانا وكرسيا ومنارة حتى اذا جاء الينا يميل اليها.11 وفي ذات يوم جاء الى هناك ومال الى العليّة واضطجع فيها.12 فقال لجيحزي غلامه ادع هذه الشونمية. فدعاها فوقفت امامه.13 فقال له قل لها هوذا قد انزعجت بسببنا كل هذا الانزعاج. فماذا يصنع لك. هل لك ما يتكلم به الى الملك او الى رئيس الجيش. فقالت انما انا ساكنة في وسط شعبي.14 ثم قال فماذا يصنع لها. فقال جيحزي انه ليس لها ابن ورجلها قد شاخ.15 فقال ادعها. فدعاها فوقفت في الباب.16 فقال في هذا الميعاد نحو زمان الحياة تحتضنين ابنا. فقالت لا يا سيدي رجل الله لا تكذب على جاريتك.17 فحبلت المرأة وولدت ابنا في ذلك الميعاد نحو زمان الحياة كما قال لها اليشع.18 وكبر الولد. وفي ذات يوم خرج الى ابيه الى الحصادين.19 وقال لابيه راسي راسي. فقال للغلام احمله الى امه.20 فحمله وأتى به الى امه فجلس على ركبتيها الى الظهر ومات.21 فصعدت واضجعته على سرير رجل الله واغلقت عليه وخرجت.22 ونادت رجلها وقالت ارسل لي واحدا من الغلمان واحدى الاتن فاجري الى رجل الله وارجع.23 فقال لماذا تذهبين اليه اليوم. لا راس شهر ولا سبت. فقالت سلام.24 وشدّت على الاتان وقالت لغلامها سق وسر ولا تتعوّق لاجلي في الركوب ان لم اقل لك.25 وانطلقت حتى جاءت الى رجل الله الى جبل الكرمل. فلما رآها رجل الله من بعيد قال لجيحزي غلامه هوذا تلك الشونمية.26 اركض الآن للقائها وقل لها أسلام لك. أسلام لزوجك. أسلام للولد. فقالت سلام.27 فلما جاءت الى رجل الله الى الجبل امسكت رجليه. فتقدم جيحزي ليدفعها. فقال رجل الله دعها لان نفسها مرّة فيها والرب كتم الأمر عني ولم يخبرني.28 فقالت هل طلبت ابنا من سيدي. ألم اقل لا تخدعني.29 فقال لجيحزي اشدد حقويك وخذ عكّازي بيدك وانطلق واذا صادفت احد فلا تباركه وان باركك احد فلا تجبه. وضع عكّازي على وجه الصبي.30 فقالت ام الصبي حيّ هو الرب وحية هي نفسك انني لا اتركك. فقام وتبعها.31 وجاز جيحزي قدامهما ووضع العكاز على وجه الصبي فلم يكن صوت ولا مصغ. فرجع للقائه واخبره قائلا لم ينتبه الصبي.32 ودخل اليشع البيت واذا بالصبي ميت ومضطجع على سريره.33 فدخل واغلق الباب على نفسيهما كليهما وصلّى الى الرب.34 ثم صعد واضطجع فوق الصبي ووضع فمه على فمه وعينيه على عينيه ويديه على يديه وتمدّد عليه فسخن جسد الولد.35 ثم عاد وتمشى في البيت تارة الى هنا وتارة الى هناك وصعد وتمدّد عليه فعطس الصبي سبع مرّات ثم فتح الصبي عينيه.36 فدعا جيحزي وقال ادع هذه الشونمية. فدعاها ولما دخلت اليه قال احملي ابنك.37 فاتت وسقطت على رجليه وسجدت الى الارض ثم حملت ابنها وخرجت38 ورجع اليشع الى الجلجال. وكان جوع في الارض وكان بنو الانبياء جلوسا امامه. فقال لغلامه ضع القدر الكبيرة واسلق سليقة لبني الانبياء.39 وخرج واحد الى الحقل ليلتقط بقولا فوجد يقطينا بريا فالتقط منه قثاء بريا ملء ثوبه وأتى وقطعه في قدر السليقة. لانهم لم يعرفوا.40 وصبوا للقوم ليأكلوا. وفيما هم يأكلون من السليقة صرخوا وقالوا في القدر موت يا رجل الله. ولم يستطيعوا ان ياكلوا.41 فقال هاتوا دقيقا. فالقاه في القدر وقال صبّ للقوم فيأكلوا. فكانه لم يكن شيء رديء في القدر42 وجاء رجل من بعل شليشة واحضر لرجل الله خبز باكورة عشرين رغيفا من شعير وسويقا في جرابه. فقال اعط الشعب ليأكلوا.43 فقال خادمه ماذا. هل اجعل هذا امام مئة رجل. فقال اعط الشعب فياكلوا لانه هكذا قال الرب يأكلون ويفضل عنهم.44 فجعل امامهم فأكلوا وفضل عنهم حسب قول الرب

1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take to him my two sons to be slaves.2 And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? tell me, what have you in the house? And she said, Your handmaid has not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.3 Then he said, Go, borrow you vessels abroad of all your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.4 And when you are come in, you shall shut the door on you and on your sons, and shall pour out into all those vessels, and you shall set aside that which is full.5 So she went from him, and shut the door on her and on her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said to 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 your debt, and live you and your children of the rest.8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.9 And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passes by us continually.10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray you, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he comes to us, that he shall turn in thither.11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.13 And he said to him, Say now to her, Behold, you have been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for you? would you be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among my own people.14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Truly she has no child, and her husband is old.15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, you shall embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your handmaid.17 And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that season that Elisha had said to her, according to the time of life.18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.19 And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door on him, and went out.22 And she called to her husband, and said, Send me, I pray you, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.23 And he said, Why will you go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not your riding for me, except I bid you.25 So she went and came to the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:26 Run now, I pray you, to meet her, and say to her, Is it well with you? is it well with your husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well:27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD has hid it from me, and has not told me.28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go your way: if you meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute you, answer him not again: and lay my staff on the face of the child.30 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And he arose, and followed her.31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff on the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Why he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid on his bed.33 He went in therefore, and shut the door on them two, and prayed to the LORD.34 And he went up, and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands: and stretched himself on the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself on him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in to him, he said, Take up your son.37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O you man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.42 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give to the people, that they may eat.43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus said the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.