1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. 3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. 4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. 5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. 6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. 7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.

1 众先知门徒对以利沙说： "请看， 我们在你面前居住的那一个地方， 对我们来说实在是太窄小了。

2 请你让我们到约旦河， 每人从那里取一根木头， 我们要在那里为自己建造一个地方居住。"以利沙说： "你们去吧！ "

3 有一个门徒说： "请你和你的仆人们一起去。"他说： "我会去的。"

4 他就和他们同去。他们到了约旦河， 就砍伐树木。

5 有一个门徒砍伐木头的时候， 斧头掉到水里去了。他就喊着说： "惨啦！ 我主啊， 这斧头是借回来的。"

6 神人说： "掉在哪里呢？"于是他把那地点指给他看。他砍了一根木头， 丢在那里， 那斧头就浮上来了。

7 以利沙说： "你自己拿上来吧。"他就伸手把它拿住了。