2 Kings, 5

1. Naaman, the leader of the military of the king of Syria, was a great and honorable man with his lord. For through him the Lord gave salvation to Syria. And he was a strong and rich man, but a leper.

1. Naaman, vojskovoða aramskoga kralja, bijaše ugledan èovjek i poštovan pred svojim gospodarom, jer je po njemu Jahve dao pobjedu Aramejcima. Ali taj vrsni ratnik bješe gubav.

2. Now robbers had gone out from Syria, and they had led away captive, from the land of Israel, a little girl. And she was in the service of the wife of Naaman.

2. Jednom su Aramejci otišli u pljaèku i na podruèju izraelskom zarobili mladu djevojku, koja je zatim služila ženi Naamanovoj.

3. And she said to her lady: “I wish that my lord had been with the prophet who is in Samaria. Certainly, he would have cured him of the leprosy that he has.”

3. Ona reèe svojoj gospodarici: "Ah, kad bi se samo moj gospodar obratio proroku koji je u Samariji! On bi ga zacijelo oslobodio gube!"

4. And so, Naaman entered to his lord, and he reported to him, saying: “The girl from the land of Israel spoke in such a manner.”

4. Naaman ode i obavijesti svoga gospodara: "Tako je i tako rekla djevojka koja je došla iz zemlje izraelske."

5. And the king of Syria said to him, “Go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” And when he had set out, he had taken with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand gold coins, and ten changes of fine clothing.

5. Aramejski kralj odgovori: "Idi onamo! Ja æu poslati pismo kralju izraelskom." Naaman ode; ponio je deset talenata srebra; šest tisuæa zlatnih šekela i deset sveèanih haljina.

6. And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, in these words: “When you will receive this letter, know that I have sent to you my servant, Naaman, so that you may heal him of his leprosy.”

6. I predade kralju izraelskom pismo što kazivaše: "Uz pismo koje ti stiže, šaljem ti, evo, svoga slugu Naamana da ga izlijeèiš od gube."

7. And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he tore his garments, and he said: “Am I God, so that I could take or give life, or so that this man would send to me to cure a man from his leprosy? Take notice and see that he is seeking occasions against me.”

7. Kad je izraelski kralj proèitao pismo, razdera haljine na sebi i reèe: "Zar sam ja Bog da mogu usmræivati i oživljavati te ga ovaj šalje k meni da ga izlijeèim od njegove gube? Gledajte samo kako traži povoda da me napadne!"

8. And when Elisha, the man of God, had heard this, specifically, that the king of Israel had torn his garments, he sent to him, saying: “Why have you torn your garments? Let him come to me, and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel.”

8. A kad je Elizej saznao da je kralj izraelski razderao na sebi odjeæu, poruèi kralju: "Zašto si razderao haljine svoje? Neka onaj samo doðe k meni i neka se uvjeri da ima prorok u Izraelu."

9. Therefore, Naaman arrived with his horses and chariots, and he stood at the door of the house of Elisha.

9. I tako Naaman stiže sa svojim konjima i kolima i stade pred vratima Elizejeve kuæe.

10. And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go, and wash seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will receive health, and you will be clean.”

10. A Elizej poruèi dolazniku: "Idi i okupaj se sedam puta u Jordanu i tijelo æe ti opet biti èisto."

11. And becoming angry, Naaman went away, saying: “I thought that he would have come out to me, and, standing, would have invoked the name of the Lord, his God, and that he would have touched the place of the leprosy with his hand, and so have healed me.

11. Naaman se naljuti i poðe govoreæi: "Gle, ja mišljah, iziæi æe preda me, zazvat æe ime Jahve, Boga svoga, stavit æe ruku na bolesno mjesto i odnijeti mi gubu.

12. Are not the Abana and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel, so that I might wash in them and be cleansed?” But then, after he had turned himself away and was leaving with indignation,

12. Nisu li rijeke u Damasku, Abana i Parpar, bolje od svih voda izraelskih? Ne bih li se mogao u njima okupati da postanem èist?" Okrenu se i ode odande ljutit.

13. his servants approached him, and they said to him: “If the prophet had told you, father, to do something great, certainly you ought to have done it. How much more so, now that he has said to you: ‘Wash, and you will be clean?’ ”

13. Ali mu pristupiše sluge njegove i rekoše: "Oèe moj, da ti je prorok odredio i teže, zar ne bi uèinio? A nekmoli kad ti je rekao: 'Okupaj se, i bit æeš èist.'"

14. So he descended and washed in the Jordan seven times, in accord with the word of the man of God. And his flesh was restored, like the flesh of a little child. And he was made clean.

14. I tako siðe, opra se sedam puta u Jordanu, prema rijeèi èovjeka Božjega; i tijelo mu posta opet kao u malog djeteta - oèistio se!

15. And returning to the man of God, with his entire retinue, he arrived, and stood before him, and he said: “Truly, I know there is no other God, in all the earth, except in Israel. And so I beg you to accept a blessing from your servant.”

15. Vrati se on Elizeju sa svom svojom pratnjom, uðe, stade preda nj i reèe mu: "Evo, sad znam da nema Boga na svoj zemlji, osim u Izraelu. Zato te molim, primi dar od svoga sluge."

16. But he responded, “As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And though he urged him strongly, he did not agree at all.

16. Ali on odgovori: "Tako mi živog Jahve, komu služim, ne primam." Naaman navaljivaše da primi, ali on ne htjede.

17. And Naaman said: “As you wish. But I beg you to grant to me, your servant, that I may take from here the burden of two mules from the ground. For your servant will no longer offer holocaust or victim to other gods, except to the Lord.

17. Tada Naaman reèe: "Dobro, kad neæeš. Ali barem dopusti da meni, tvome sluzi, dadu ove zemlje koliko mogu ponijeti dvije mazge. Jer sluga tvoj neæe više prinositi pomirnica ni klanica drugim bogovima nego samo Jahvi.

18. But there is still this matter, for which you will entreat the Lord on behalf of your servant: when my lord enters the temple of Rimmon, so that he may adore there, and he leans on my hand, if I will bow down in the temple of Rimmon, while he is adoring in the same place, that the Lord may ignore me, your servant, concerning this matter.”

18. A Jahve neka oprosti ovo sluzi tvome: kad moj gospodar poðe u hram Rimonov da se ondje pokloni, pa se nasloni na moju ruku, onda bih se i ja poklonio u hramu Rimonovu. Neka Jahve oprosti taj èin sluzi tvome."

19. And he said to him, “Go in peace.” Then he went away from him, in the elect time of the earth.

19. A on mu reèe: "Idi s mirom." I udalji se Naaman i prijeðe dio puta.

20. And Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, said: “My lord has spared Naaman, this Syrian, by not receiving from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.”

20. Gehazi, momak Elizeja, Božjega èovjeka, pomisli: "Moj je gospodar poštedio Naamana, toga Aramejca, i nije primio ništa od onoga što mu je ponudio. Tako mi živog Jahve, potrèat æu ja za njim i uzet æu štogod od njega."

21. And so, Gehazi followed after the back of Naaman. And when he had seen him running toward him, he leaped down from his chariot to meet him, and he said, “Is all well?”

21. I Gehazi pohitje za Naamanom. Kada ga je Naaman vidio da za njim trèi, skoèi mu sa svojih kola u susret i upita ga: "Je li sve dobro?"

22. And he said: “It is well. My lord has sent me to you, saying: ‘Just now two youths from the sons of the prophets have come to me from mount Ephraim. Give them a talent of silver, and two changes of clothing.’ ”

22. On odgovori: "Dobro je. Moj gospodar šalje me da ti kažem: upravo su stigla dva mladiæa iz Efrajimove gore, dvojica od proroèkih sinova. Daj za njih, molim te, talenat srebra i dvoje haljine."

23. And Naaman said, “It is better that you accept two talents.” And he urged him, and he bound the two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing. And he set them upon two of his servants, who carried them before him.

23. Naaman reèe: "Uzmi, molim te, dva telenta!" I navaljivaše da uzme. I zaveza dva talenta srebra u dvije kese, i dvoje haljine, i predade ih dvojici svojih momaka da ih nose pred njim.

24. And when now he had arrived in the evening, he took them from their hands, and he stored them in the house. And he dismissed the men, and they went away.

24. Kad je Gehazi stigao do Ofela, uze ih iz njihovih ruku i pohrani ih u kuæi. Zatim otpusti ljude i oni odoše.

25. Then, having entered, he stood before his lord. And Elisha said, “Where are you coming from, Gehazi?” He responded, “Your servant did not go anywhere.”

25. Kad je došao, stao je pred svoga gospodara. Elizej ga upita "Odakle, Gehazi?" On odgovori: "Tvoj sluga nije nikamo odlazio."

26. But he said: “Was my heart not present, when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you? And now you have received money, and you have received garments, so that you might buy olive groves, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men and women servants.

26. Ali Elizej reèe: "Nije li Duh moj bio s tobom kad je netko sišao sa svojih kola te izišao preda te? Sad si primio srebro, pa možeš kupiti maslinike, vinograde, sitno i krupno blago, sluge i sluškinje.

27. So then, the leprosy of Naaman shall adhere to you, and to your offspring forever.” And he departed from him a leper, as white as snow.

27. Ali æe se guba Naamanova prilijepiti za te i za tvoje potomstvo zauvijek." I Gehazi se udalji od njega, bijel od gube kao od snijega.