2 Reis 4

1 Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, "Your servant my husband is dead. You know that your servant feared Yahweh. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves."

2 Elisha said to her, "What should I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?"

She said, "Your servant has nothing in the house, except a pot of oil."

3 Then he said, "Go, borrow empty containers from all your neighbors. Don’t borrow just a few containers. 4 Go in and shut the door on you and on your sons, and pour oil into all those containers; and set aside those which are full."

5 So she went from him, and shut the door on herself and on her sons. They brought the containers to her, and she poured oil. 6 When the containers were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another container."

He said to her, "There isn’t another container." Then the oil stopped flowing.

7 Then she came and told the man of God. He said, "Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest."

8 One day Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman; and she persuaded him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread. 9 She said to her husband, "See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God who passes by us continually. 10 Please, let’s make a little room on the roof. Let’s set a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp stand for him there. When he comes to us, he can stay there."

11 One day he came there, and he went to the room and lay there. 12 He said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." When he had called her, she stood before him. 13 He said to him, "Say now to her, ‘Behold, you have cared for us with all this care. What is to be done for you? Would you like to be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the army?’"

She answered, "I dwell among my own people."

14 He said, "What then is to be done for her?"

Gehazi answered, "Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old."

15 He said, "Call her." When he had called her, she stood in the door. 16 He said, "At this season next year, you will embrace a son."

She said, "No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your servant."

17 The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season when the time came around, as Elisha had said to her. 18 When the child was grown, one day he went out to his father to the reapers. 19 He said to his father, "My head! My head!"

He said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."

20 When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died. 21 She went up and laid him on the man of God’s bed, and shut the door on him, and went out. 22 She called to her husband and said, "Please send me one of the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and come again."

23 He said, "Why would you want to go to him today? It is not a new moon or a Sabbath."

She said, "It’s all right."

24 Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, "Drive, and go forward! Don’t slow down for me, unless I ask you to."

25 So she went, and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her afar off, he said to Gehazi his servant, "Behold, there is the Shunammite. 26 Please run now to meet her, and ask her, ‘Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with your child?’"

She answered, "It is well."

27 When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, "Leave her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and Yahweh has hidden it from me, and has not told me."

28 Then she said, "Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me’?"

29 Then he said to Gehazi, "Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff in your hand, and go your way. If you meet any man, don’t greet him; and if anyone greets you, don’t answer him again. Then lay my staff on the child’s face."

30 The child’s mother said, "As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you."

So he arose, and followed her.

31 Gehazi went ahead of them, and laid the staff on the child’s face; but there was no voice and no hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, "The child has not awakened."

32 When Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and lying on his bed. 33 He went in therefore, and shut the door on them both, and prayed to Yahweh. 34 He went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. He stretched himself on him; and the child’s flesh grew warm. 35 Then he returned, and walked in the house once back and forth, then went up and stretched himself out on him. Then the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. 36 He called Gehazi, and said, "Call this Shunammite!" So he called her.

When she had come in to him, he said, "Take up your son."

37 Then she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; then she picked up her son, and went out.

38 Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, "Get the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets."

39 One went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered a lap full of wild gourds from it, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew; for they didn’t recognize them. 40 So they poured out for the men to eat. As they were eating some of the stew, they cried out and said, "Man of God, there is death in the pot!" And they could not eat it.

41 But he said, "Then bring meal." He threw it into the pot; and he said, "Serve it to the people, that they may eat." And there was nothing harmful in the pot.

42 A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God some bread of the first fruits: twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. Elisha said, "Give to the people, that they may eat."

43 His servant said, "What, should I set this before a hundred men?"

But he said, "Give it to the people, that they may eat; for Yahweh says, ‘They will eat, and will have some left over.’"

44 So he set it before them and they ate and had some left over, according to Yahweh’s word.

Ko Eriha me te Hinu o te Pouaru

1 Nā, i tangi tētahi o ngā wāhine a ngā tama a ngā poropiti ki a Eriha, i mea, "Kua mate tāu pononga, tāku tahu; ā, e mōhio ana koe i wehi tāu pononga i a Ihowā. Nā, kua tae mai te kaiwhakatārewa moni ki te tango i āku tama tokorua hei pononga māna."

2 Nā, ka mea a Eriha ki a ia, "Ko te aha kia meatia e ahau māu? Whakaaturia mai; he aha tāu i roto i te whare?"

Anō rā ko tērā, "Kāhore he mea a tāu pononga i roto i te whare, heoti rawa he pāta hinu."

3 Kātahi ia ka mea, "Haere, tonoa ētahi oko māu i waho, i ōu hoa tata katoa, hei ngā oko tahanga; kei torutoru. 4 Ā, ka haere koe ki roto, ka tūtaki i te tatau ki a koutou ko āu tama, ā, ka riringi ki aua oko katoa; ā, me waiho ake i rahaki te mea kua kī."

5 Nā, haere ana ia, ā, tūtakina ana te tatau ki a rātou ko āna tama; ā, kawea ana mai ngā oko ki a ia, ā, ko ia hei riringi ki roto. 6 Ā, ka kī ngā oko, ka mea atu ia ki tāna tama, "Mauria mai anō he oko ki ahau."

Ā, ka mea tērā ki a ia, "Kāhore atu he oko." Nā, mutu ake te hinu.

7 Kātahi ia ka haere, ka kōrero ki te tangata a te Atua. Anō rā ko tērā, "Haere, hokona taua hinu, ka utu i tāu moni tārewa, ā, ko te toenga hei oranga mō koutou ko āu tama."

Ka Whakaarahia e Eriha te Tama o te Huneme

8 Nā, i tētahi rā ka haere a Eriha ki Huneme, i reira hoki tētahi wahine nui; ā, tohea ana e tērā kia kai taro ia. Nā reira, i ōna haerenga katoa atu mā reira, peka ai ia ki reira ki te kai taro.

9 Nā, ka mea tērā ki tāna tahu, "Nanā, e mōhio ana ahau he tangata tapu nā te Atua tēnei e kōpikopiko nei mā tō tāua wāhi. 10 Me hanga e tātou tētahi rūma nohinohi ki runga i te taiepa; ā, me whakapai he moenga mōna ki reira, he tēpu, he nohoanga, he tūranga rama; mō tōna haere mai ki a tātou, nā, ka peka ki reira."

11 Nā, i tētahi rā ka tae mai ia ki reira, ā, peka ana ki taua rūma, takoto ana ki reira. 12 Nā, ka mea ia ki tāna tangata, ki a Kehati, "Karangatia te Hunami nei." Nā, karangatia ana e ia, ā, tū ana tērā ki tōna aroaro. 13 Nā, ka mea ia ki te tangata, "Mea atu ki a ia, ‘Nanā, nāu katoa ēnei whakaaro i whakaaro mai ki a māua; ko te aha kia meatia māu? E mea ana rānei koe kia kōrerotia koe ki te kīngi, ki te rangatira ope rānei?’ "

Anō rā ko tērā, "Kei waenganui nei ahau i tōku iwi e noho ana."

14 Nā, ka mea ia, "Ko te aha rā kia meatia māna?"

Anō rā ko Kehati, "Hore rawa āna tama, he koroheke anō hoki tāna tahu."

15 Nā, ka mea ake ia, "Karangatia ia." Nā, karangatia ana ia e ia, ā, tū ana tērā i te kūwaha. 16 Nā, ka mea ia, "Kei tēnei wā, kia taka mai anō te wā, ka awhi koe i te tama."

Anō rā ko tērā, "Kaua, e tōku ariki, e te tangata a te Atua, kaua e teka ki tāu pononga wahine."

17 Ā, ka hapū te wahine rā, ā, ka whānau he tama i taua wā, i te takanga mai anō, i tā Eriha i kōrero ai ki a ia.

18 Ā, ka kaumātua te tamaiti, i tētahi rā ka haere ia ki tōna pāpā ki ngā kaikotikoti. 19 Nā, ka mea ia ki tōna pāpā, "Tōku mātenga, tōku mātenga!"

Nā, ka mea tērā ki tētahi taitama, "Kawea ki tōna whaea." 20 Ā, nō tāna mauranga i a ia, ā, ka tae ki tōna whaea, ka noho ia i runga i ōna turi, ā, poutūmārō noa te rā; kātahi ka mate. 21 Nā, haere ana ia ki runga, whakatakotoria ana ia ki te moenga o te tangata a te Atua, ā, tūtakina ana tērā e ia ki roto, puta ana ki waho.

22 Nā, ka karanga ia ki tāna tahu, ka mea, "Tēnā, ungā mai tētahi o ngā taitama nā ki ahau, me tētahi o ngā kāihe, kia rere ai ahau ki te tangata a te Atua, ka hoki mai ai."

23 Anō rā ko tērā, "He aha koe i haere ai ki a ia ināianei? Ehara nei hoki i te kōwhititanga marama, i te hāpati rānei."

Ka mea ia, "He pai."

24 Kātahi ka whakanohoia e ia te kāihe, ā, ka mea ki tāna tangata, "Ārahina atu, haere tonu; kaua e whakangāwaritia tāu rere mōku, kia mea atu rā anō ahau ki a koe." 25 Nā, haere ana ia, ā, ka tae ki te tangata a te Atua, ki Maunga Karamere.

Ā, nō te kitenga atu o te tangata a te Atua i a ia i tawhiti, ka mea ia ki tāna tangata ki a Kehati, "Nanā, ko te Hunami rā. 26 Nā, rere atu ki te whakatau i a ia. Ka mea ki a ia, ‘Kei te pai rānei koe? Kei te pai tāu tahu? Kei te pai rānei te tamaiti?’ "

Anō rā ko ia, "Kei te pai."

27 Ā, nō tōna taenga ki te tangata a te Atua, ki te puke, hopukia ana e ia ōna waewae. Nā, ka haere a Kehati ki te pana i a ia. Otiia ka mea te tangata a te Atua, "Waiho rā, e mamae ana hoki tōna ngākau; i hunā hoki tēnei e Ihowā i ahau, kīhai i whakaaturia ki ahau."

28 Kātahi ka mea tērā, "I tonoa rānei e ahau tētahi tama i tōku ariki? Kīhai ianei ahau i mea, ‘Kaua ahau e tinihangatia’?"

29 Kātahi ia ka mea ki a Kehati, "Whītikiria tōu hope, maua atu hoki tāku tokotoko i tōu ringa, ā, haere. Ki te tūtaki koe ki te tangata, kaua e owha ki a ia; ki te owha tētahi ki a koe, kaua e whakahoki kupu ki a ia; ā, whakatakotoria tāku tokotoko ki te mata o te tamaiti."

30 Nā, ka mea te whaea o te tamaiti, "E ora ana a Ihowā, e ora ana hoki tōu wairua, e kore ahau e whakarere i a koe." Nā, whakatika ana ia, haere ana, i muri i te wahine.

31 Nā, ko Kehati kua pahemo i mua i a rāua, ā, whakatakotoria ana e ia te tokotoko ki te mata o te tamaiti; otiia kāhore he reo, kāhore hoki he ohonga ake. Heoi, hoki ana ia ki te whakatau i a ia, ā, ka kōrero ki a ia, ka mea, "Kīhai i korikori te tamaiti."

32 Ā, nō te taenga o Eriha ki te whare, nā, kua mate te tamaiti, e takoto ana i tōna moenga. 33 Heoi, haere ana ia ki roto, tūtakina ana mai te tatau ki ā rāua tokorua, kei te īnoi ki a Ihowā. 34 Nā, piki ana ia ki runga, ā, takoto ana ki runga ki te tamaiti, ā, meatia iho ana tōna māngai ki tō tērā, ōna kanohi ki runga ki o tērā kanohi, ōna ringa ki runga ki o tērā ringa; nā, whārōrō ana ia ki runga ki a ia. Nā, kua mahana haere ngā kiko o te tamaiti. 35 Kātahi ia ka hoki iho, ka haere i roto i te whare, kotahi kōpikotanga; ā, ka piki ki runga, ka whārōrō ki runga ki a ia; nā, kua tihe te tamaiti, e whitu ngā tihetanga, kua titiro ngā kanohi o te tamaiti.

36 Kātahi tērā ka karanga ki a Kehati, ka mea, "Karangatia te Hunami nei. Heoi, karangatia ana e ia." Nō te taenga mai o tērā ki a ia, ka mea ia, "Tangohia tāu tama."

37 Kātahi ka haere mai tērā, ka hinga ki ōna waewae, piko ana ki te whenua. Nā, hāpainga ana e ia tāna tama, puta atu ana.

Ētahi atu Merekara e rua

38 Nā, ka tae anō a Eriha ki Kirikara; ā, he matekai i te whenua; ā, i tōna aroaro ngā tama a ngā poropiti e noho ana; ā, ka mea ia ki tāna tangata, "Whakaekea te kōhua nui, kōhuatia he kai mā ngā tama a ngā poropiti."

39 Nā, ka haere tētahi ki te pārae ki te kohi pūwhā, ka kite i te hue māori, ka kohia e ia he hue māori, kī tonu tōna kākahu; haere ana, katokatohia ana ki roto ki te kōhua, ki ngā mea i kōhuatia rā; kīhai hoki i mōhiotia e rātou.

40 Heoi, ringihia ana e rātou hei kai mā ngā tāngata. Heoi, i a rātou e kai ana i te mea i kōhuatia rā, ka karanga rātou, ka mea, "He mate kei roto i te kōhua, e te tangata a te Atua!" Nā, kīhai i taea te kai.

41 Otiia i mea ia, "Tēnā, kawea mai he parāoa." Nā, makā ana e ia ki roto ki te kōhua; ā, ka mea ia, "Ringihia mā te hunga nei, kia kai rātou." Nā, kua kore he hē i roto i te kōhua.

Ka Whāngaia e Eriha ngā Tāngata Kotahi Rau

42 Nā, ka tae mai tētahi tangata o Paara-Hariha, ka mauria mai he taro mātāmua mā te tangata a te Atua, e rua tekau ngā taro, he mea pārei, me ētahi hua wīti i roto i tāna kōpaki. Ā, ka mea ia, "Hoatu ki te hunga nei, kia kai rātou."

43 Anō rā ko tāna tuari, "Ha, me hoatu rānei tēnei e ahau mā ngā tāngata kotahi rau?"

Anō rā ko ia, "Hoatu mā te iwi, kia kai rātou; ko tā Ihowā kupu hoki tēnei, ‘Ka kai rātou, ā, toe ake.’ "

44 Heoi, hoatu ana e ia ki tō rātou aroaro, ā, kainga ana e rātou, ā, toe ake; i rite tonu ki tā Ihowā kupu.