1 Quando Jeová estava para tomar a Elias ao céu por um redemoinho, Elias partiu de Gilgal em companhia de Eliseu.2 Disse Elias a Eliseu: Fica-te aqui, porque Jeová me enviou para ir até Betel. Respondeu Eliseu: Pela vida de Jeová e pela vida da tua alma, que não te deixarei. Desceram a Betel.3 Os filhos dos profetas que estavam em Betel saíram ao encontro de Eliseu, e disseram-lhe: Sabes que Jeová há de tirar hoje o teu amo de sobre a tua cabeça? Respondeu ele: Também eu o sei; calai-vos.4 Disse Elias a Eliseu: Fica-te aqui, porque Jeová me enviou a Jericó. Respondeu Eliseu: Pela vida de Jeová e pela vida da tua alma, que não te deixarei. Assim foram a Jericó.5 Então os filhos dos profetas que estavam em Jericó, se chegaram a Eliseu e lhe disseram: Sabes que Jeová há de tirar hoje o teu amo de sobre a tua cabeça? Respondeu ele: Também eu o sei; calai-vos.6 Elias disse-lhe: Fica-te aqui, porque Jeová me enviou ao Jordão. Respondeu Eliseu: Pela vida de Jeová, e pela vida da tua alma, que não te deixarei. Foram, pois, ambos juntos.7 Foram cinqüenta homens dos filhos dos profetas, e pararam defronte deles, de longe; eles ambos pararam junto ao Jordão.8 Elias tomou o seu manto e, dobrando-o, feriu as águas, as quais se dividiram para as duas bandas, de modo que ambos passaram a pé enxuto.9 Depois de terem passado, disse Elias a Eliseu: Pede o que te hei de fazer, antes que seja de ti arrebatado. Respondeu Eliseu: Peço-te que haja sobre mim uma dobrada porção do teu espírito.10 Tornou-lhe Elias: Difícil coisa pediste. Todavia se me vires quando de ti for arrebatado, assim se te fará; porém do contrário, não se te fará.11 Caminhando eles ainda, e conversando, eis que apareceu um carro de fogo, e cavalos de fogo, os quais os separaram um do outro; Elias subiu ao céu por um redemoinho.12 Eliseu o viu, e clamou: Meu pai, meu pai, carros de Israel e os seus cavaleiros. Não o viu mais; pegou nos seus vestidos e rasgou-os em duas partes.13 Também levantou o manto de Elias que este deixara cair e, voltando, pôs-se à borda do Jordão.14 Tomou o manto que Elias deixara cair, feriu as águas e disse: Onde está Jeová, Deus de Elias? Quando ele ferira as águas, elas se dividiram para as duas bandas, e Eliseu passou.15 Vendo-o os filhos dos profetas que estavam defronte em Jericó, disseram: O espírito de Elias repousa sobre Eliseu. Vieram-lhe ao encontro, e prostraram-se com o rosto em terra diante dele.16 Disseram-lhe: Eis que agora entre os teus servos há cinqüenta homens fortes. Deixa-os ir, te pedimos, em procura do teu amo; não suceda que o espírito de Jeová o tenha arrebatado e atirado com ele para algum monte ou para algum vale. Eliseu respondeu: Não envieis.17 Quando instaram com ele, até que se envergonhou, ele disse: Enviai. Enviaram cinqüenta homens que o buscaram por três dias, porém não o acharam.18 Voltaram para ele, que os esperava em Jericó; e ele lhes disse: Não vos disse eu: Não vades?19 Os habitantes da cidade disseram a Eliseu: Eis que a situação desta cidade é agradável, como vê o meu senhor; mas as águas são péssimas, e a terra é estéril.20 Ele disse: Trazei-me um vaso novo, e ponde nele sal. Eles lho trouxeram.21 Então saiu à fonte das águas, e deitou nela sal e disse: Assim diz Jeová: Curei estas águas; elas não serão mais a causa de morte nem de esterilidade.22 Ficaram as águas sadias até o dia de hoje conforme a palavra que Eliseu proferiu.23 Dali subiu a Betel; enquanto ele ia subindo pelo caminho, saíram da cidade uns rapazes, zombaram dele e lhe disseram: Sobe, calvo; sobe, calvo.24 Ele olhou para trás, viu-os e amaldiçoou-os em nome de Jeová. Saíram do bosque duas ursas, e despedaçaram deles quarenta e dois.25 Dali foi para o monte Carmelo, e de lá voltou para Samaria.

1 And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elias into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elias and Eliseus were going from Galgal.2 And Elias said to Eliseus: Stay thou here, because the Lord hath sent me as far as Bethel. And Eliseus said to him: As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And when they were come down to Bethel,3 The sons of the prophets, that were at Bethel, came forth to Eliseus, and said to him: Dost thou know that this day the Lord will take away thy master from thee? And he answered: I also know it: hold your peace.4 And Elias said to Eliseus: Stay here because the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. And he said: As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And when they were come to Jericho,5 The sons of the prophets that were at Jericho, came to Eliseus, and said to him: Dost thou know that this day the Lord will take away thy master from thee? And he said: I also know it: hold your peace.6 And Elias said to him: Stay here, because the Lord hath sent me as far as the Jordan. And he said: As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee; and they two went on together,7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets followed them, and stood in sight at a distance: but they two stood by the Jordan.8 And Elias took his mantle and folded it together, and struck the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, and they both passed over on dry ground.9 And when they were gone over, Elias said to Eliseus: Ask what thou wilt have me to do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Eliseus said: I beseech thee that in me may be thy double spirit.10 And he answered: Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless if thou see me when I am taken from thee, thou shalt have what thou hast asked: but if thou see me not, thou shalt not have it.11 And as they went on, walking and talking together, behold a fiery chariot, and fiery horses parted them both asunder: and Elias went up by a whirlwind into heaven.12 And Eliseus saw him, and cried: My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the driver thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own garments, and rent them in two pieces.13 And he took up the mantle of Elias, that fell from him: and going back, he stood upon the bank of the Jordan,14 And he struck the waters with the mantle of Elias, that had fallen from him, and they were not divided. And he said: Where is now the God of Elias? And he struck the waters, and they were divided, hither and thither, and Eliseus passed over.15 And the sons of the prophets at Jericho, who were over against him, seeing it said: The spirit of Elias hath rested upon Eliseus. And coming to meet him, they worshipped him, falling to the ground,16 And they said to him: Behold, there are with thy servants fifty strong men, that can go, and seek thy master, lest perhaps the spirit of the Lord hath taken him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley. And he said: Do not send.17 But they pressed him, till he consented, and said: Send. And they sent fifty men: and they sought three days but found him not.18 And they came back to him: for he abode at Jericho, and he said to them: Did I not say to you: Do not send?19 And the men of the city said to Eliseus: Behold the situation of this city is very good, as thou, my lord, seest: but the waters are very bad, and the ground barren.20 And he said: Bring me a new vessel, and put salt into it. And when they had brought it,21 He went out to the spring of the waters, and cast the salt into it, and said: Thus saith the Lord: I have healed these waters, and there shall be no more in them death or barrenness.22 And the waters were healed unto this day, according to the word of Eliseus, which he spoke.23 And he went up from thence to Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, little boys came out of the city and mocked him, saying: Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.24 And looking back, he saw them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord: and there came forth two bears out of the forest, and tore of them two and forty boys.25 And from thence he went to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.