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Elias é elevado ao céu num carro de fogo

1 Quando Jeová *Gn 5.24;Hb 11.5estava para tomar a Elias ao céu por um redemoinho, Elias partiu de *Js 4.19Gilgal em companhia de *1Rs 19.16-21Eliseu. 2 Disse Elias a Eliseu: *Rt 1.15Fica-te aqui, porque Jeová me enviou para ir até *1Rs 12.28-29Betel. Respondeu Eliseu: *2Rs 2.4,6;1Sm 1.26Pela vida de Jeová e pela vida da tua alma, que não te deixarei. Desceram a Betel. 3 *2Rs 4.1,38;5.22Os 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: *2Rs 2.2Fica-te aqui, porque Jeová me enviou a *Js 6.26Jericó. Respondeu Eliseu: *2Rs 2.2Pela vida de Jeová e pela vida da tua alma, que não te deixarei. Assim, foram a Jericó. 5 Então, *2Rs 2.3os filhos dos profetas que estavam em Jericó se chegaram a Eliseu e lhe disseram: *2Rs 2.3Sabes 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: *2Rs 2.2Fica-te aqui, porque Jeová me enviou *Js 3.8,15-17ao Jordão. Respondeu Eliseu: Pela vida de Jeová e pela vida da tua alma, que não te deixarei. Foram, pois, ambos juntos. 7 Foram *2Rs 2.15-16cinquenta homens dos filhos dos profetas e pararam defronte deles, de longe; eles ambos pararam junto ao Jordão. 8 Elias *1Rs 19.13,19tomou o seu manto e, dobrando-o, *2Rs 2.14;Êx 14.21-22feriu 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 *2Rs 6.17um 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: *2Rs 13.14Meu pai, meu pai! Carros de Israel e os seus cavaleiros!

O espírito de Elias repousa sobre Eliseu

Não o viu mais; *Gn 37.34;Jó 1.20pegou 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, *2Rs 2.8feriu 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 *2Rs 2.7os 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 cinquenta homens fortes. Deixa-os ir, te pedimos, em procura do teu amo; não suceda que *1Rs 18.12;At 8.39o Espírito de Jeová o tenha arrebatado e atirado com ele para algum monte ou para algum vale. Eliseu respondeu: Não envieis. 17 Quando *2Rs 8.11instaram com ele, até que se envergonhou, ele disse: Enviai. Enviaram cinquenta 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 *2Rs 4.41;6.6;Êx 15.25-26deitou 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 *Ne 13.25-27amaldiçoou-os em nome de Jeová. Saíram do bosque duas ursas e despedaçaram deles quarenta e dois. 25 Dali, foi para *2Rs 4.25;1Rs 18.19-20o monte Carmelo e, de lá, voltou para Samaria.

1 When Yahweh was about to take Elijah up by a whirlwind into heaven, Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. 2 Elijah said to Elisha, "Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me as far as Bethel."

Elisha said, "As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you." So they went down to Bethel.

3 The sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, "Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from over you today?"

He said, "Yes, I know it. Hold your peace."

4 Elijah said to him, "Elisha, please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to Jericho."

He said, "As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you." So they came to Jericho.

5 The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said to him, "Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from over you today?"

He answered, "Yes, I know it. Hold your peace."

6 Elijah said to him, "Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to the Jordan."

He said, "As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you." Then they both went on. 7 Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance; and they both stood by the Jordan. 8 Elijah took his mantle, and rolled it up, and struck the waters; and they were divided here and there, so that they both went over on dry ground. 9 When they had gone over, Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you."

Elisha said, "Please let a double portion of your spirit be on me."

10 He said, "You have asked a hard thing. If you see me when I am taken from you, it will be so for you; but if not, it will not be so."

11 As they continued on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 12 Elisha saw it, and he cried, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!"

He saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces. 13 He also took up Elijah’s mantle that fell from him, and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan. 14 He took Elijah’s mantle that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, "Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah?" When he also had struck the waters, they were divided apart, and Elisha went over.

15 When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho facing him saw him, they said, "The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha." They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. 16 They said to him, "See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master. Perhaps Yahweh’s Spirit has taken him up, and put him on some mountain or into some valley."

He said, "Don’t send them."

17 When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, "Send them."

Therefore they sent fifty men; and they searched for three days, but didn’t find him. 18 They came back to him while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, "Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go’?"

19 The men of the city said to Elisha, "Behold, please, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is barren."

20 He said, "Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it." Then they brought it to him. 21 He went out to the spring of the waters, and threw salt into it, and said, "Yahweh says, ‘I have healed these waters. There shall not be from there any more death or barren wasteland.’" 22 So the waters were healed to this day, according to Elisha’s word which he spoke.

23 He went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, "Go up, you baldy! Go up, you baldy!" 24 He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in Yahweh’s name. Then two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of those youths. 25 He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.