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 the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons 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, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. 3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. 4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt 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, who 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 children of the rest.

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。"