1 Quando o Senhor levou Elias aos céus num redemoinho aconteceu o seguinte: Elias e Eliseu saíram de Gilgal,

2 e no caminho disse-lhe Elias: "Fique aqui, pois o Senhor me enviou a Betel". Eliseu, porém, disse: "Juro pelo nome do Senhor e por tua vida, que não te deixarei ir só". Então foram a Betel.

3 Em Betel os discípulos dos profetas foram falar com Eliseu e perguntaram: "Você sabe que hoje o Senhor vai levar para os céus o seu mestre, separando-o de você? " Respondeu Eliseu: "Sim, eu sei, mas não falem nisso".

4 Então Elias lhe disse: "Fique aqui, Eliseu, pois o Senhor me enviou a Jericó". Ele respondeu: "Juro pelo nome do Senhor e por tua vida, que não te deixarei ir só". Desceram então a Jericó.

5 Em Jericó os discípulos dos profetas foram falar com Eliseu e lhe perguntaram: "Você sabe que hoje o Senhor vai levar para os céus o seu mestre, separando-o de você? " Respondeu Eliseu: "Sim, eu sei, mas não falem nisso".

6 Em seguida Elias lhe disse: "Fique aqui, pois o Senhor me enviou ao rio Jordão". Ele respondeu: "Juro pelo nome do Senhor e por tua vida, que não te deixarei ir só! " Então partiram juntos.

7 Cinqüenta discípulos dos profetas os acompanharam e ficaram olhando a distância, quando Elias e Eliseu pararam à margem do Jordão.

8 Então Elias tirou o manto, enrolou-o e com ele bateu nas águas. As águas se dividiram, e os dois atravessaram a seco.

9 Depois de atravessar, Elias disse a Eliseu: "O que posso fazer por você antes que eu seja levado para longe de você? " Respondeu Eliseu: "Faze de mim o principal herdeiro de teu espírito profético".

10 Disse Elias: "Você fez um pedido difícil; mas, se você me vir quando eu for separado de você, terá o que pediu; do contrário, não será atendido".

11 De repente, enquanto caminhavam e conversavam, apareceu um carro de fogo, puxado por cavalos de fogo, que os separou, e Elias foi levado aos céus num redemoinho.

12 Quando viu isso, Eliseu gritou: "Meu pai! Meu pai! Tu eras como os carros de guerra e os cavaleiros de Israel! " E quando já não podia mais vê-lo, Eliseu pegou as próprias vestes e as rasgou ao meio.

13 Depois pegou o manto de Elias, que tinha caído, e voltou para a margem do Jordão.

14 Então bateu nas águas do rio com o manto e perguntou: "Onde está agora o Senhor, o Deus de Elias? " Tendo batido nas águas, essas se dividiram e ele atravessou.

15 Quando os discípulos dos profetas, vindos de Jericó, viram isso, disseram: "O espírito profético de Elias repousa sobre Eliseu". Então foram ao seu encontro, prostraram-se diante dele e disseram:

16 "Olha, nós, teus servos, temos cinqüenta homens fortes. Deixa-os sair à procura do teu mestre. Talvez o Espírito do Senhor o tenha levado e deixado em algum monte ou em algum vale". Respondeu Eliseu: "Não mandem ninguém".

17 Mas eles insistiram até que, constrangido, consentiu: "Podem mandar os homens". E mandaram cinqüenta homens, que procuraram Elias por três dias, mas não o encontraram.

18 Quando voltaram a Eliseu, que tinha ficado em Jericó, ele lhes falou: "Não lhes disse que não fossem? "

19 Alguns homens da cidade foram dizer a Eliseu: "Como podes ver, esta cidade está bem localizada, mas a água não é boa e a terra é improdutiva".

20 E disse ele: "Ponham sal numa tigela nova e tragam-na para mim". Quando a levaram,

21 ele foi à nascente, jogou o sal ali e disse: "Assim diz o Senhor: ‘Purifiquei esta água. Não causará mais mortes nem deixará a terra improdutiva’ ".

22 E até hoje a água permanece pura, conforme a palavra de Eliseu.

23 De Jericó Eliseu foi para Betel. No caminho, alguns meninos que vinham da cidade começaram a caçoar dele, gritando: "Suma daqui, careca! "

24 Voltando-se, olhou para eles e os amaldiçoou em nome do Senhor. Então, duas ursas saíram do bosque e despedaçaram quarenta e dois meninos.

25 De Betel prosseguiu até o monte Carmelo e dali voltou a Samaria.

1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

2 And Elijah said to Elisha, Tarry here, I pray you; for the LORD has sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said to him, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went down to Bethel.

3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said to him, Know you that the LORD will take away your master from your head to day? And he said, Yes, I know it; hold you your peace.

4 And Elijah said to him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray you; for the LORD has sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they came to Jericho.

5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said to him, Know you that the LORD will take away your master from your head to day? And he answered, Yes, I know it; hold you your peace.

6 And Elijah said to him, Tarry, I pray you, here; for the LORD has sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And they two went on.

7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided here and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.

9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for you, before I be taken away from you. And Elisha said, I pray you, let a double portion of your spirit be on me.

10 And he said, You have asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so to you; but if not, it shall not be so.

11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;

14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted here and thither: and Elisha went over.

15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah does rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

16 And they said to him, Behold now, there be with your servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray you, and seek your master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up, and cast him on some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, You shall not send.

17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?

19 And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, I pray you, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.

20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

21 And he went forth to the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus said the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from there any more death or barren land.

22 So the waters were healed to this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spoke.

23 And he went up from there to Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, you bald head; go up, you bald head.

24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

25 And he went from there to mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.