1 Pranašų sūnūs sakė Eliziejui: "Vieta, kurioje gyvename, kaip matai, mums per ankšta.

2 Leisk mums eiti prie Jordano, pasikirsti ten medžių ir pasistatyti namus". Jis atsakė: "Eikite".

3 Vienas jų prašė pranašą eiti su jais. Jis atsakė: "Gerai, aš eisiu".

4 Jis išėjo su jais. Atėję prie Jordano, jie kirto medžius.

5 Vienam kertant medį, kirvio geležis įkrito į vandenį. Jis sušuko: "Vargas, šeimininke! Jį buvau pasiskolinęs!"

6 Dievo vyras paklausė: "Kur jis įkrito?" Kai tas parodė vietą, pranašas nusipjovė lazdą, įmetė ją į tą vietą, ir kirvis iškilo.

7 Tada tarė jis: "Pasiimk jį". Vyras ištiesė ranką ir pasiėmė kirvį.

1 Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, There is not room enough for us in the place where we are living under your care;

2 So let us go to Jordan, and let everyone get to work cutting boards, and we will make a living-place for ourselves there. And he said to them, Go, then.

3 And one of them said, Be pleased to go with your servants. And he said, I will go.

4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they got to work cutting down trees.

5 But one of them, while cutting a board, let the head of his axe go into the water; and he gave a cry, and said, This is a bad business, my master, for it is another's.

6 And the man of God said, Where did it go in? and when he saw the place where it had gone into the water, cutting a stick, he put it into the water, and the iron came up to the top of the water.

7 Then he said, Take it up. So he put out his hand and took it.