1 Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto 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 Naamanâs wife.

3 And she said unto her mistress, Would that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would cure 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 now, and I will send a letter unto 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 unto you, behold, I have with it sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may cure him of his leprosy.

7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he tore his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man does send unto me to cure a man of his leprosy? therefore 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 torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Why have you torn 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 unto him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean.

11 But Naaman was angry, 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 cure the leprosy.

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 unto 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 says to you, Wash, and be clean?

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

1 E Naamã, chefe do exército do rei da Síria, era um grande homem diante do seu senhor e de muito respeito; porque por ele o Senhor dera livramento aos siros; e era este varão homem valoroso, porém leproso. 2 E saíram tropas da Síria e da terra de Israel levaram presa uma menina, que ficou ao serviço da mulher de Naamã. 3 E disse esta à sua senhora: Tomara que o meu senhor estivesse diante do profeta que está em Samaria; ele o restauraria da sua lepra. 4 Então, entrou Naamã e o notificou a seu senhor, dizendo: Assim e assim falou a menina que é da terra de Israel. 5 Então, disse o rei da Síria: Vai, anda, e enviarei uma carta ao rei de Israel. E foi e tomou na sua mão dez talentos de prata, e seis mil siclos de ouro, e dez mudas de vestes. 6 E levou a carta ao rei de Israel, dizendo: Logo, em chegando a ti esta carta, saibas que eu te enviei Naamã, meu servo, para que o restaures da sua lepra. 7 E sucedeu que, lendo o rei de Israel a carta, rasgou as suas vestes e disse: Sou eu Deus, para matar e para vivificar, para que este envie a mim, para eu restaurar a um homem da sua lepra? Pelo que deveras notai, peço-vos, e vede que busca ocasião contra mim. 8 Sucedeu, porém, que, ouvindo 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 com o seu carro e parou à porta da casa de Eliseu. 10 Então, Eliseu lhe mandou um mensageiro, dizendo: Vai, e lava-te sete vezes no Jordão, e a tua carne te tornará, e ficarás purificado. 11 Porém Naamã muito se indignou e se foi, dizendo: Eis que eu dizia comigo: Certamente ele sairá, pôr-se-á em pé, e invocará o nome do Senhor, seu Deus, e passará a sua mão sobre o lugar, e restaurará o leproso. 12 Não são, porventura, Abana e Farpar, rios de Damasco, melhores do que todas as águas de Israel? Não me poderia eu lavar neles e ficar purificado? E voltou-se e se foi com indignação. 13 Então, chegaram-se a ele os seus servos, e lhe falaram, e disseram: Meu pai, se o profeta te dissera alguma grande coisa, porventura, não a farias? Quanto mais, dizendo-te ele: Lava-te e ficarás purificado. 14 Então, desceu e mergulhou no Jordão sete vezes, conforme a palavra do homem de Deus; e a sua carne tornou, como a carne de um menino, e ficou purificado.