2 Reis 5

1 Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Yahweh had given victory to Syria; he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. 2 The Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little girl, and she waited on Naaman’s wife. 3 She said to her mistress, "I wish that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would heal him of his leprosy."

4 Someone went in and told his lord, saying, "The girl who is from the land of Israel said this."

5 The king of Syria said, "Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel."

He departed, and took with him ten talents*5:5 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds of silver, six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of clothing. 6 He brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, "Now when this letter has come to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may heal him of his leprosy."

7 When the king of Israel had read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, "Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to heal a man of his leprosy? But please consider and see how he seeks a quarrel against me."

8 It was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, "Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel."

9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. 10 Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, "Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean."

11 But Naaman was angry, and went away and said, "Behold, I thought, ‘He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leper.’ 12 Aren’t Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be clean?" So he turned and went away in a rage.

13 His servants came near and spoke to him, and said, "My father, if the prophet had asked you do some great thing, wouldn’t you have done it? How much rather then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?"

14 Then went he down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. 15 He returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, "See now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel. Now therefore, please take a gift from your servant."

16 But he said, "As Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none."

He urged him to take it; but he refused. 17 Naaman said, "If not, then, please let two mules’ load of earth be given to your servant; for your servant will from now on offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice to other gods, but to Yahweh. 18 In this thing may Yahweh pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon. When I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, may Yahweh pardon your servant in this thing."

19 He said to him, "Go in peace."

So he departed from him a little way. 20 But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, "Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought. As Yahweh lives, I will run after him, and take something from him."

21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. When Naaman saw one running after him, he came down from the chariot to meet him, and said, "Is all well?"

22 He said, "All is well. My master has sent me, saying, ‘Behold, even now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent*5:22 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds of silver and two changes of clothing.’"

23 Naaman said, "Be pleased to take two talents." He urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants; and they carried them before him. 24 When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stored them in the house. Then he let the men go, and they departed. 25 But he went in, and stood before his master. Elisha said to him, "Where did you come from, Gehazi?"

He said, "Your servant went nowhere."

26 He said to him, "Didn’t my heart go with you when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants? 27 Therefore the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and to your offspring*5:27 or, seed forever."

He went out from his presence a leper, as white as snow.

Te Whakaoranga a Naamana

1 Nā, ko Naamana, ko te rangatira ope a te kīngi o Hīria, he tangata nui i te aroaro o tōna ariki, e whakanuia ana hoki, nō te mea i waiho ia e Ihowā hei kaihōmai i te wikitōria ki a Hīria. He tangata mārohirohi anō ia, he toa, otiia he repera.

2 Nā, i haere atu ngā torohē a ngā Hīriani, ā, riro pārau ana mai i a rātou tētahi kōtiro iti i te whenua o Īharaira; nā, ka waiho ia hei mahi ki te wahine a Naamana. 3 Nā, ka mea tērā ki tōna rangatira, "Auē! Me i tata tōku ariki ki te poropiti i Hamaria rā! Kātahi anō he kaiwhakaora mō tōna repera."

4 Nā, kua haere tētahi, kua kōrero ki tōna ariki, kua mea, "Anei ngā kōrero a te kōtiro o te whenua o Īharaira." 5 Nā, ka mea te kīngi o Hīria, "Haere mai, haere, me tuku pukapuka ahau ki te kīngi o Īharaira."

Nā, haere ana ia, maua ana hoki i tōna ringa tekau ngā taranata hiriwa, e ono mano ngā hekere kōura, tekau ngā whakarua kākahu. 6 Nā, kawea ana e ia te pukapuka ki te kīngi o Īharaira; ko te kōrero tēnei: "Ka tae atu tēnei pukapuka ki a koe, nā, kua ungā atu e ahau tāku tangata a Naamana ki a koe, kia whakaorangia e koe tōna repera."

7 Ā, i te kōrerotanga a te kīngi o Īharaira i te pukapuka, ka haea e ia ōna kākahu, ka mea, "He atua ianei ahau hei whakamate, hei whakaora, i tono mai ai tēnei tangata ki ahau kia whakaorangia te repera o te tangata?" Nā, kia mōhio koutou, kia kite, e rapu ana ia he take riri ki ahau.

8 Ā, nō te rongonga o Eriha tangata a te Atua kua haea e te kīngi o Īharaira ōna kākahu, nā, ka unga tāngata ia ki te kīngi hei mea: "He aha i haea ai e koe ōu kākahu? Me haere mai ia ki ahau ināianei, ā, ka mōhio ia he poropiti tēnei kei a Īharaira."

9 Heoi, haere ana mai a Naamana, me ana hōiho, me ana hāriata, ā, tū ana i te tatau o te whare o Eriha. 10 Nā, ka ungā he tangata e Eriha ki a ia hei mea, "Haere, kia whitu ngā horoinga ki Horano, ā, ka hoki ōu kikokiko ki a koe, ka mā koe."

11 Otirā, ka riri a Naamana, ka haere, ka mea, "Nanā, i mahara ahau, Tērā ia e puta mai ki ahau, e tū, e karanga ki te ingoa o Ihowā, o tōna Atua, ka whakahaere hoki i tōna ringa ki runga ki te wāhi, ā, ka whakaorangia te repera. 12 Ehara ianei a Apāna, a Pārapara, ngā awa o Ramahiku, i te pai atu i ngā wai katoa o Īharaira? Kaua ianei ahau e horoi ki ērā, kia mā ai ahau?" Heoi, tahuri ana ia, ā, haere riri ana.

13 Nā, ka whakatata mai āna tāngata ka kōrero ki a ia, ka mea, "E tōku pāpā mehemea te poropiti i whai kupu ki a koe kia meatia tētahi mea nui, e kore ianei e meatia e koe? Nā tērā noa ake rānei i a ia ka kī mai ki a koe, ‘Horoi, kia mā ai’?" 14 Kātahi ia ka haere ki raro, ā, ka rukuruku i a ia e whitu ngā rukuhanga ki Horano, pērā me tā te tangata a te Atua i kōrero ai; ā, hoki ana ōna kikokiko, ānō he kikokiko nō te tamaiti nohinohi, ā, kua mā ia.

15 Nā, hoki ana ia ki te tangata a te Atua, a ia me tāna huihui katoa, ā, ka tae, ka tū i mua i a ia; ā, ka mea ia, "Nanā, kātahi ahau ka mōhio, kāhore he Atua i te whenua katoa, kei a Īharaira anake. Nā, tēnā, kia tangohia e koe tētahi manaakitanga a tāu pononga."

16 Anō rā ko tērā, "E ora ana a Ihowā, kei tōna aroaro nei ahau e tū ana, e kore e tangohia e ahau." Nā, tohe ana tērā ki a ia kia tangohia; otiia whakakāhore tonu ia.

17 Anō rā ko Naamana, "Ki te kāhore, kāti me hōmai ki tāu pononga he oneone, kia rite ki te kawenga mā ngā muera e rua; e kore hoki tāu pononga e mea i te tahunga tinana, i te patunga tapu rānei ā muri ake mā ētahi atua kē, engari mā Ihowā. 18 Mā Ihowā e whakarere noa te hara o tāu pononga i tēnei mea; arā, ina haere tōku ariki ki te whare o Rimono ki te koropiko i reira, ā, ka whirinaki mai ia ki tōku ringa, ā, ka koropiko ahau i roto i te whare o Rimono. Ka koropiko ahau i roto i te whare o Rimono, me whakarere noa iho e Ihowā te hara o tēnei mea a tāu pononga."

19 Anō rā ko tērā ki a ia, "Haere mārie."

Te Touapo o Kehati

Nā, mawehe atu ana ia i a ia he wāhi iti nei. 20 Otirā, ka mea a Kehati, te kaimahi a Eriha tangata a te Atua, "Nā, kua āta hanga tōku ariki ki tēnei Naamana Hīriani, kīhai nei i tango i tōna ringa i ngā mea i mauria mai nei e ia; e ora ana a Ihowā, ka oma ahau i muri i a ia, ā, ka tango i tētahi mea i a ia."

21 Heoi, whai ana a Kehati i a Naamana. Ā, nō te kitenga o Naamana i tētahi e whai ana i muri i a ia, ka marere iho ia i te hāriata ki te whakatau i a ia mea, "He pai rānei?"

22 Anō rā ko tērā, "He pai. Nā tōku ariki ahau i unga mai hei mea, ‘Nā, tēnei ētahi taitamariki tokorua kua tae mai ki ahau ināianei nō te whenua pukepuke o Ēparaima, nō ngā tama a ngā poropiti; hoatu koa mā rāua tētahi taranata hiriwa, kia rua hoki ngā whakarua kākahu.’ "

23 Nā, ka mea a Naamana, "Whakaae mai, ka tango kia rua taranata." Nā, tohea ana ia e ia, ā, takaia ana e ia ngā taranata hiriwa e rua ki ngā pēke e rua, me ngā whakarua kākahu e rua, ā, whakawahā ana ki āna tāngata tokorua; ā, nā rāua i mau ki tōna aroaro.

24 Ā, nō tōna taenga ki te puke, ka tangohia mai e ia i ō rāua ringa, ā, whakatakotoria ana ki te whare. Nā, tukua atu ana e ia aua tāngata, ā, haere ana rāua. 25 Otiia haere ana ia ki roto, ā, tū ana i te aroaro o tōna ariki.

Nā, ka mea a Eriha ki a ia, "I haere mai koe i hea, e Kehati?"

Anō rā ko ia, "Kāhore noa iho tāu pononga i te haere."

26 Nā, ka mea ia ki a ia, "Kīhai ianei tōku ngākau i haere tahi me koe, i te tahuritanga mai o taua tangata i runga i tōna hāriata ki te whakatau i a koe? He wā ianei tēnei mō te tango moni, mō te tango kākahu, māra ōriwa, māra wāina, hipi, kau, pononga tāne, pononga wāhine rānei? 27 Nā reira ka piri ki a koe te repera o Naamana, ki tōu uri hoki, ā ake ake."

Nā, haere atu ana ia i tōna aroaro, he repera, mā tonu me te hukarere.