1 一位先知门徒的妻子哀求以利沙说： "你仆人我的丈夫死了， 你知道你的仆人是敬畏耶和华的。现在债主来要抓我的两个孩子作他的奴仆。"

2 以利沙对他说： "我可以为你作什么呢？告诉我， 你家里有什么呢？"她说： "婢女家中除了一瓶油以外， 什么也没有。"

3 以利沙说： "你到外面去向你所有的邻居借空器皿， 要尽量多借。

4 然后回去， 把你和你儿子关在家里， 你要把油倒在所有器皿里面， 装满了的就放在一边。"

5 于是妇人离开了他， 把自己和儿子关在门内； 她的儿子不住地把器皿拿到她面前， 她就把油倒进去。

6 器皿都倒满了的时候， 她对儿子说： "再拿一个器皿给我。"他对她说： "再没有器皿了。"油就止住了。

7 她去告诉神人， 神人说： "你去把油卖掉， 还清你的债务， 你和你的儿子可以靠着剩下的过活。"

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.