1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, 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 Naaman’s wife. 3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover 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 to, go, 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 thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy. 7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy 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 Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. 11 But Naaman was wroth, 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 recover the leper. 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 spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? 14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

1 亚兰王的军长乃缦在他的主人面前是一个大人物， 很得王的赏识， 因为耶和华曾借他把胜利赐给亚兰。这个人是个勇猛的战士， 可惜他是个痲风病人。

2 亚兰人曾经出去结队抢掠， 从以色列地掳了一个小女孩， 她就侍候乃缦的妻子。

3 她对她的女主人说： "如果我的主人去见撒玛利亚的先知就好了， 他必定能治好他的痲风。"

4 于是乃缦去告诉他的主人说： "从以色列地掳回来的女孩子这样这样说。"

5 亚兰王说： "你去吧！ 我会送一封书信给以色列王的。"于是乃缦去了， 手里带着三百公斤银子， 约七十公斤金子和十套衣裳。

6 他把信带到以色列王那里， 信上说： "这信既已达到你那里， 你看见我差去见你的臣仆乃缦， 你就要医好他的痲风。"

7 以色列王读了这信后， 就撕裂自己的衣服， 说： "我是 神， 能使人死使人活吗？这人竟派人到我这里来， 要我治好他的痲风。请你们想想看， 他是要找机会攻击我。"

8 神人以利沙听见以色列王撕裂自己的衣服， 就打发人去见王说： "你为什么撕裂自己的衣服呢？请你把他送到我这里来吧！ 他就知道在以色列中有先知了。"

9 于是乃缦带着他的车马来到， 停在以利沙的门前。

10 以利沙差派一个使者去见他说： "你去在约旦河中沐浴七次， 你的身体就会复原， 得着洁净。"

11 乃缦却发怒走了， 他说： "我以为他必会出来， 站着求告耶和华他的 神的名， 向着患处摇手， 洁净这痲风病。

12 大马士革的亚罢拿河和法珥法河， 不是比以色列一切河流更好吗？我不是可以在那里沐浴， 得着洁净吗？"于是他掉过头来， 气忿忿地走了。

13 他的仆人上前， 对他说： "我父啊， 先知如果吩咐你作一件大事， 你不是照着行吗？何况他只是说： ‘你去沐浴就得洁净’呢？"

14 于是他下去， 在约旦河里浸了七趟， 正如神人所吩咐的。他的肌肉就复原， 好像小孩子的肌肉， 他就得了洁净。