2 Reis 2

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.

Ka Tangohia a Irāia ki te Rangi

1 Nā, i te meatanga a Ihowā kia tangohia atu a Irāia ki te rangi i roto i te tūkauati, ka haere atu a Irāia rāua ko Eriha i Kirikara. 2 Nā, ka mea atu a Irāia ki a Eriha, "Hei konei koe noho ai, kua ungā hoki ahau e Ihowā ki Pētēre."

Anō rā ko Eriha, "E ora ana a Ihowā, e ora ana hoki tōu wairua, e kore ahau e whakarere i a koe." Heoi, haere tahi ana rāua ki raro, ki Pētēre.

3 Nā, ka puta mai ngā tama a ngā poropiti i Pētēre ki a Eriha, ā, ka mea ki a ia, "E mōhio ana rānei koe ko āianei tangohia ai e Ihowā tōu ariki i runga i tōu upoko?"

Anō rā ko ia, "E mōhio ana anō ahau; whakarongoa."

4 Nā, ka mea a Irāia ki a ia, "E Eriha, hei konei koe noho ai; kua ungā hoki ahau e Ihowā ki Heriko."

Anō rā ko tērā, "E ora ana a Ihowā, e ora ana hoki tōu wairua, e kore ahau e whakarere i a koe." Heoi, haere ana rāua ki Heriko.

5 Nā, ka whakatata mai ngā tama a ngā poropiti i Heriko ki a Eriha, ā, ka mea ki a ia, "E mōhio ana rānei koe ko āianei tangohia ai e Ihowā tōu ariki i runga i tōu upoko?"

Anō rā ko ia, "E mōhio ana anō ahau; whakarongoa."

6 Nā, ka mea a Irāia ki a ia, "Hei konei koe noho ai; kua ungā hoki ahau e Ihowā ki Horano."

Anō rā ko tērā, "E ora ana a Ihowā, e ora ana anō hoki tōu wairua, e kore ahau e whakarere i a koe." Nā, haere ana rāua tokorua.

7 Nā, ka haere ētahi tāngata e rima tekau, he tama nā ngā poropiti, ā, tū atu ana i tawhiti; me te tū anō rāua tokorua i te taha o Horano. 8 Nā, ka mau a Irāia ki tōna koroka, whakakopaia ana e ia, patua ana ki ngā wai, ā, ka wehea ki tētahi taha, ki tētahi taha, ā, whiti ana rāua i te wāhi maroke.

9 Ā, nō tō rāua whitinga, ka mea a Irāia ki a Eriha, "Tonoa mai, ko te aha e meatia e ahau māu i ahau kīanō kia wehea noatia i a koe."

Anō rā ko Eriha, "Kia rereruatia mai ki ahau te wāhi wairua i a koe nā."

10 Nā, ka mea tērā, "He mea pakeke tāu i tono mai nā; he ahakoa rā, ki te kite koe i ahau e tangohia atu ana i a koe, ka rite ki tāu nā; ki te kāhore, ka kore e pēnā."

11 Nā, i a rāua e haere ana, me te kōrero haere, ka puta mai tētahi hāriata ahi me ngā hōiho ahi, ā, wehea ana rāua tokorua; ā, kake ana a Irāia i roto i te tūkauati ki te rangi. 12 Ā, ka kite a Eriha, ka karanga ia, "E tōku pāpā, e tōku pāpā, e ngā hāriata o Īharaira, e ōna kaieke hōiho!" Ā, kīhai ia i kite i a ia i muri. Nā, ka mau ia ki ōna kākahu ake, ā, haea iho kia rua ngā wāhi.

13 I tangohia ake hoki e ia te koroka o Irāia i marere i runga i a ia, ā, hoki ana, tū ana i te pareparenga o Horano. 14 Nā, ka mau ia ki te koroka o Irāia i marere nei i runga i a ia, ā, patua iho ki ngā wai, me te kī anō, "Kei hea rā a Ihowā, te Atua o Irāia?" Nā, ka patua e ia ngā wai, wehe ana ki tētahi taha, ki tētahi taha; ā, whiti ana a Eriha.

15 Ā, nō te kitenga o ngā tama a ngā poropiti, o ērā o Heriko i te ritenga mai ki a ia, ka mea rātou, "Kua tau te wairua o Irāia ki runga ki a Eriha."

Nā, haere ana mai rātou ki te whakatau i a ia, piko ana ki tōna aroaro ki te whenua. 16 Nā, ka mea rātou ki a ia, "Nanā, tēnei ētahi tāngata e rima tekau kei āu pononga, he mārohirohi; tukua rātou kia haere ki te rapu i tōu ariki; kei tūpono kua kāhakina atu ia e te Wairua o Ihowā, kua makā ki runga ki tētahi maunga, ki roto rānei ki tētahi awaawa."

Nā, ka mea ia, "Kaua e ungā."

17 Ā, i tā rātou tohenga ā whakamā noa ia, ka kī atu ia, "Ungā." Nā, ungā ana e rātou e rima tekau ngā tāngata; ā, e toru ngā rā i rapu ai rātou, heoi kīhai kitea. 18 Nā, hoki ana rātou ki a ia, (i Heriko hoki ia e noho ana); ā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Kīhai ianei ahau i kī atu ki a koutou, Kaua e haere?"

Ngā Merekara a Eriha

19 Nā, ka mea ngā tāngata o te pā ki a Eriha, "Nanā, he pai te tūranga o tēnei pā, e kite nei hoki tōku ariki; engari ko te wai he kino, ā, ko te whenua he whakatahe."

20 Nā, ka mea ia, "Maua mai he oko hou ki ahau, ka mea he tote ki roto." Nā, ka kawea mai e rātou ki a ia.

21 Nā, haere ana ia ki te mātāpuna o te wai, ā, makā ana te tote ki roto, me te kī anō, "Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: ‘Kua ora tēnei wai i ahau; heoi anō o konei mate, o konei whakatahe.’ " 22 Nā, ora tonu ake taua wai ā mohoa noa nei, pērā tonu me tā Eriha kupu i kōrero ai.

23 Nā, ka haere atu ia i reira ki Pētēre; ā, i a ia e haere ana i te ara, ka puta mai ētahi tamariki ririki i te pā, ka taunu ki a ia, ka mea, "Pākira, haere ki runga; pākira, haere ki runga."

24 Nā, ka tahuri ake ia, ka titiro ki a rātou, ā, kangā iho rātou i runga i te ingoa o Ihowā. Nā, ko te putanga mai o ngā pea uha e rua i te ngahere, ā, haehaea ana ētahi o rātou, e whā tekau mā rua ngā tamariki.

25 Nā, haere atu ana ia i reira ki Maunga Karamere, ā, hoki ana i reira ki Hamaria.