2 Reis 7

1 Elisha said, "Hear Yahweh’s word. Yahweh says, ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah*7:1 1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks of fine flour will be sold for a shekel,*7:1 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much. and two seahs of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.’"

2 Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, "Behold, if Yahweh made windows in heaven, could this thing be?"

He said, "Behold, you will see it with your eyes, but will not eat of it."

3 Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate. They said to one another, "Why do we sit here until we die? 4 If we say, ‘We will enter into the city,’ then the famine is in the city, and we will die there. If we sit still here, we also die. Now therefore come, and let’s surrender to the army of the Syrians. If they save us alive, we will live; and if they kill us, we will only die."

5 They rose up in the twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians. When they had come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, no man was there. 6 For the Lord*7:6 The word translated "Lord" is "Adonai." had made the army of the Syrians to hear the sound of chariots and the sound of horses, even the noise of a great army; and they said to one another, "Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us." 7 Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life. 8 When these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drank, then carried away silver, gold, and clothing and went and hid it. Then they came back, and entered into another tent and carried things from there also, and went and hid them. 9 Then they said to one another, "We aren’t doing right. Today is a day of good news, and we keep silent. If we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come, let’s go and tell the king’s household."

10 So they came and called to the city gatekeepers; and they told them, "We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, not even a man’s voice, but the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were."

11 Then the gatekeepers called out and told it to the king’s household within.

12 The king arose in the night, and said to his servants, "I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry. Therefore they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, ‘When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.’"

13 One of his servants answered, "Please let some people take five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city. Behold, they are like all the multitude of Israel who are left in it. Behold, they are like all the multitude of Israel who are consumed. Let’s send and see."

14 Therefore they took two chariots with horses; and the king sent them out to the Syrian army, saying, "Go and see."

15 They went after them to the Jordan; and behold, all the path was full of garments and equipment which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. The messengers returned and told the king. 16 The people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a seah*7:16 1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel,*7:16 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much. according to Yahweh’s word. 17 The king had appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to be in charge of the gate; and the people trampled over him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him. 18 It happened as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, "Two seahs*7:18 1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks of barley for a shekel,*7:18 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much. and a seah of fine flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria;" 19 and that captain answered the man of God, and said, "Now, behold, if Yahweh made windows in heaven, might such a thing be?" and he said, "Behold, you will see it with your eyes, but will not eat of it." 20 It happened like that to him, for the people trampled over him in the gate, and he died.

1 Ā, ka mea a Eriha, "Whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowā. Ko te kupu tēnei a Ihowā: Kia pēnei āpōpō ka hokona he mēhua parāoa mō te hekere, ngā mēhua pārei e rua mō te hekere, i te kūwaha o Hamaria."

2 Nā, ka whakahokia e tētahi rangatira, nōna nei te ringa i okioki ai te kīngi, ki te tangata a te Atua; i mea ia, "Nanā, ki te hangā e Ihowā he matapihi ki te rangi, ka rite rānei tēnei kupu?"

Anō rā ko ia, "Nanā, tērā ōu kanohi e kite, otirā e kore koe e kai i tētahi wāhi o taua mea."

Ka Rere te Taua Hīriana

3 Nā, tērā ētahi tāngata tokowhā, he repera, i te kūwaha o te kēti; ā, ka mea rātou tētahi ki tētahi, "He aha tātou i noho ai i konei ā, kia mate rā anō tātou? 4 Ki te mea tātou, ‘Tātou ka tomo ki te pā,’ nā, ko te matekai kei roto i te pā, ā, ka mate tātou ki reira; ā, ki te noho tātou i konei, ka mate anō tātou. Nā, kia haere tātou āianei, kia auraki atu ki te ope o ngā Hīriani; ki te whakaorangia tātou e rātou, ka ora tātou; ki te whakamatea, heoi anō, ka mate."

5 Nā, maranga ana rātou i te mea ka kākarauri, haere ana ki te puni o ngā Hīriani; ā, nō tō rātou taenga ki te pito o te puni o ngā Hīriani, nā, kāhore ō reira tangata. 6 Nā te Ariki hoki i mea kia rongo te ope o ngā Hīriani i te haruru hāriata, i te haruru hōiho, i te haruru hoki o tētahi ope nui; ā, ka mea rātou tētahi ki tētahi, "Nanā, kua utua ngā kīngi o ngā Hiti me ngā kīngi o ngā Īhipiana e te kīngi o Īharaira hei whawhai ki a tātou, kia huaki mai ki a tātou." 7 Nā, whakatika ana rātou, rere ana i te mea ka kākarauri, ā, whakarērea ake ō rātou tēneti, ā rātou hōiho, ā rātou kāihe, me ngā aha noa o te puni, ā, rere ana, he wehi kei mate.

8 Nā, i te taenga o aua repera ki te pito o te puni, ka tomo ki tētahi tēneti, kei te kai, kei te inu, ā, mauria atu ana te hiriwa i reira, me te kōura, me te kākahu, ā, haere ana, huna ana. Nā, ka hoki anō, ka tomo ki tētahi atu tēneti, ā, ka tango anō i reira, ā, haere ana, huna ana.

9 Nā, ka mea rātou tētahi ki tētahi, "Kāhore i te pai tā tātou e mea nei. He rā rongo pai tēnei rā, ā, kei te noho wahangū tātou; ki te tatari tātou kia mārama te ata, tērā tātou e rokohanga e te hē; nā reira hoake, ka haere tātou, ka kōrero ki te whare o te kīngi."

10 Heoi, haere ana rātou, karanga ana ki te kaitiaki o te kūwaha o te pā; ā, ka whakaatu ki a rātou, ka mea, "I tae mātou ki te puni o ngā Hīriani, nā, kāhore he tangata o reira, kāhore he reo tangata, engari ko ngā hōiho anake e here ana, me ngā kāihe e here ana, ā, ko ngā tēneti e tū ana anō."

11 Nā, karangatia ana e ia ngā kaitiaki o te kūwaha; ā, nā rātou i kōrero ki te whare o te kīngi i roto atu. 12 Nā, ka whakatika te kīngi i te pō, ā, ka mea ki āna tāngata, "Māku e whakaatu ki a koutou tā ngā Hīriani i mea ai ki a tātou. E mōhio ana rātou e mate ana tātou i te kai; koia rātou i haere atu ai i te puni ki te pārae piri ai, e kī ana, ‘Ki te puta mai rātou i te pā ka hopukia oratia rātou e tātou, ā, ka uru tātou ki te pā.’ "

13 Nā, ka whakahoki tētahi o āna tāngata, ka mea, "Tangohia oti e ētahi kia rima o ngā hōiho e toe nei, i mahue nei ki te pā. Nanā, pēnei tonu rātou me te huihui katoa o Īharaira kua mahue nei ki konei; nanā, rite tonu rātou ki te huihui katoa o Īharaira kua mōtī nei; ā, tonoa atu rātou e tātou kia kite." 14 Nā, tangohia ana e rātou ētahi hōiho hāriata, e rua, ā, ungā ana e te kīngi ki te whai i te ope o ngā Hīriani, ā, i mea ia, "Tīkina, tirohia."

15 Nā, haere ana rātou ki te whai i a rātou a Horano rā anō. Nā, kapi tonu te huarahi katoa i te kākahu, i ngā mea i rukea atu e ngā Hīriani i tō rātou pōnānā. Nā, hoki ana aua tāngata ki te kōrero ki te kīngi.

16 Nā, ka puta te iwi ki waho, kei te pāhua i te puni o ngā Hīriani. Heoi, hokona ana te mēhua parāoa mō te hekere, me ngā mēhua pārei e rua mō te hekere, i rite tonu ki tā Ihowā kupu.

17 Ā, i whakaritea e te kīngi ko te rangatira i okioki atu nei ia ki tōna ringa hei rangatira mō te kūwaha; nā, takahia iho ia e te iwi ki te kūwaha, ā, mate ake, i rite tonu ki tā te tangata a te Atua i kōrero ai, ki tāna i kōrero rā i te haerenga iho o te kīngi ki raro ki a ia. 18 I rite tonu anō ki tā te tangata a te Atua i kōrero ai ki te kīngi, i mea ai: "E rua ngā mēhua pārei mō te hekere, kotahi anō hoki mēhua parāoa mō te hekere i te kūwaha o Hamaria i te wā pēnei āpōpō." 19 Nā, ka utua e taua rangatira ki te tangata a te Atua, i mea ia, "Nanā, ki te hangā e Ihowā he matapihi ki te rangi, ka rite rānei tēnei kupu." Nā, ka mea tērā, "Nanā, tērā ōu kanohi nā e kite; otiia e kore tētahi wāhi o taua mea e kainga e koe." 20 I pērā tonu te meatanga ki a ia; i takahia hoki ia e te iwi ki te kūwaha, ā, mate iho ia.