Liber II Regum, 4

1. Mulier autem quaedam de uxoribus filiorum prophetarum clamabat ad Eliseum dicens: “Servus tuus vir meus mortuus est, et tu nosti quia servus tuus fuit timens Dominum; et ecce creditor venit, ut tollat duos filios meos ad serviendum sibi”.

1. Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Eli'sha, "Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves."

2. Cui dixit Eliseus: “Quid vis, ut faciam tibi? Dic mihi: Quid habes in domo tua?”. At illa respondit: “Non habeo ancilla tua quidquam in domo mea, nisi vasculum olei”.

2. And Eli'sha said to her, "What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?" And she said, "Your maidservant has nothing in the house, except a jar of oil."

3. Cui ait: “Vade, pete mutuo ab omnibus vicinis tuis vasa vacua non pauca;

3. Then he said, "Go outside, borrow vessels of all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few.

4. et ingredere et claude ostium, cum intrinsecus fueris tu et filii tui, et mitte inde in omnia vasa haec et, cum plena fuerint, tolles”.

4. Then go in, and shut the door upon yourself and your sons, and pour into all these vessels; and when one is full, set it aside."

5. Ivit itaque mulier et clausit ostium super se et super filios suos; illi offerebant vasa, et illa infundebat.

5. So she went from him and shut the door upon herself and her sons; and as she poured they brought the vessels to her.

6. Cumque plena fuissent vasa, dixit ad filium suum: “Affer mihi adhuc vas”. Et ille respondit: “Non habeo”. Stetitque oleum.

6. When the vessels were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another vessel." And he said to her, "There is not another." Then the oil stopped flowing.

7. Venit autem illa et indicavit homini Dei. Et ille: “Vade, inquit, vende oleum et redde creditori tuo; tu autem et filii tui vivite de reliquo”.

7. She came and told the man of God, and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest."

8. Facta est autem quaedam dies, et transibat Eliseus per Sunam. Erat autem ibi mulier magna, quae tenuit eum, ut comederet panem. Quotiescumque inde transibat, divertebat ad eam, ut comederet panem.

8. One day Eli'sha went on to Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food.

9. Quae dixit ad virum suum: “Animadverto quod vir Dei sanctus est iste, qui transit per nos frequenter.

9. And she said to her husband, "Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who is continually passing our way.

10. Faciamus ergo cenaculum muratum parvum et ponamus ei in eo lectulum et mensam et sellam et candelabrum, ut, cum venerit ad nos, maneat ibi”.

10. Let us make a small roof chamber with walls, and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp, so that whenever he comes to us, he can go in there."

11. Facta est ergo dies quaedam, et veniens divertit in cenaculum et requievit ibi.

11. One day he came there, and he turned into the chamber and rested there.

12. Dixitque ad Giezi puerum suum: “Voca Sunamitin istam”. Qui cum vocasset eam, et illa stetisset coram eo,

12. And he said to Geha'zi his servant, "Call this Shu'nammite." When he had called her, she stood before him.

13. dixit ad puerum: “Loquere ad eam: Ecce sedule in omnibus ministrasti nobis; quid vis, ut faciam tibi? Numquid habes negotium et vis, ut loquar regi sive principi militiae?”. Quae respondit: “In medio populi mei habito”.

13. And he said to him, "Say now to her, See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? Would you have a word spoken on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?" She answered, "I dwell among my own people."

14. Et ait: “Quid ergo vult, ut faciam ei?”. Dixitque Giezi: “Ne quaeras; filium enim non habet, et vir eius senex est”.

14. And he said, "What then is to be done for her?" Geha'zi answered, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is old."

15. Praecepit itaque, ut vocaret eam; quae cum vocata fuisset et stetisset ad ostium,

15. He said, "Call her." And when he had called her, she stood in the doorway.

16. dixit ad eam: “In tempore isto, in anno altero, amplexaberis filium”. At illa respondit: “Noli, quaeso, domine mi, vir Dei, noli mentiri ancillae tuae”.

16. And he said, "At this season, when the time comes round, you shall embrace a son." And she said, "No, my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your maidservant."

17. Et concepit mulier et peperit filium in tempore isto anni alterius, quo dixerat Eliseus.

17. But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time the following spring, as Eli'sha had said to her.

18. Crevit autem puer et, cum esset quaedam dies, et egressus isset ad patrem suum, ad messores,

18. When the child had grown, he went out one day to his father among the reapers.

19. ait patri suo: “Caput meum, caput meum!”. At ille dixit servo: “Tolle et duc eum ad matrem suam”.

19. And he said to his father, "Oh, my head, my head!" The father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."

20. Qui cum tulisset et adduxisset eum ad matrem suam, posuit eum illa super genua sua usque ad meridiem, et mortuus est.

20. And when he had lifted him, and brought him to his mother, the child sat on her lap till noon, and then he died.

21. Ascendit autem et collocavit eum super lectulum hominis Dei et clausit ostium; et egressa

21. And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.

22. vocavit virum suum et ait: “Mitte mecum, obsecro, unum de pueris et asinam, ut excurram usque ad hominem Dei et revertar”.

22. Then she called to her husband, and said, "Send me one of the servants and one of the asses, that I may quickly go to the man of God, and come back again."

23. Qui ait illi: “Quam ob causam vadis ad eum hodie? Non sunt calendae neque sabbatum”. Quae respondit: “Vale”.

23. And he said, "Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor sabbath." She said, "It will be well."

24. Stravitque asinam et praecepit puero: “Mina et propera, ne mihi moram facias in eundo, nisi praecepero tibi”.

24. Then she saddled the ass, and she said to her servant, "Urge the beast on; do not slacken the pace for me unless I tell you."

25. Profecta est igitur et venit ad virum Dei in montem Carmeli. Cumque vidisset eam vir Dei de contra, ait ad Giezi puerum suum: “Ecce Sunamitis illa.

25. So she set out, and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her coming, he said to Geha'zi his servant, "Look, yonder is the Shu'nammite;

26. Vade cito in occursum eius et dic ei: Rectene agitur circa te et circa virum tuum et circa filium tuum?”. Quae respondit: “Recte”.

26. run at once to meet her, and say to her, Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child?" And she answered, "It is well."

27. Cumque venisset ad virum Dei in monte, apprehendit pedes eius; et accessit Giezi, ut amoveret eam, et ait homo Dei: “Dimitte illam; anima enim eius in amaritudine est, et Dominus celavit me et non indicavit mihi”.

27. And when she came to the mountain to the man of God, she caught hold of his feet. And Geha'zi came to thrust her away. But the man of God said, "Let her alone, for she is in bitter distress; and the LORD has hidden it from me, and has not told me."

28. Quae dixit illi: “Numquid petivi filium a domino meo? Numquid non dixi tibi: Ne illudas me?”.

28. Then she said, "Did I ask my lord for a son? Did I not say, Do not deceive me?"

29. Et ille ait ad Giezi: “Accinge lumbos tuos et tolle baculum meum in manu tua et vade. Si occurrerit tibi homo, non salutes eum et, si salutaverit te quispiam, non respondeas illi. Et pones baculum meum super faciem pueri”.

29. He said to Geha'zi, "Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go. If you meet any one, do not salute him; and if any one salutes you, do not reply; and lay my staff upon the face of the child."

30. Porro mater pueri ait: “Vivit Dominus, et vivit anima tua, non dimittam te”. Surrexit ergo et secutus est eam.

30. Then the mother of the child said, "As the LORD lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." So he arose and followed her.

31. Giezi autem praecesserat eos et posuerat baculum super faciem pueri, et non erat vox neque sensus reversusque est in occursum eius et nuntiavit ei dicens: “Non evigilavit puer”.

31. Geha'zi went on ahead and laid the staff upon the face of the child, but there was no sound or sign of life. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, "The child has not awaked."

32. Ingressus est ergo Eliseus domum, et ecce puer mortuus iacebat in lectulo eius;

32. When Eli'sha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed.

33. ingressusque clausit ostium super se et puerum et oravit ad Dominum.

33. So he went in and shut the door upon the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.

34. Et ascendit et incubuit super puerum posuitque os suum super os eius et oculos suos super oculos eius et manus suas super manus eius et incurvavit se super eum, et calefacta est caro pueri.

34. Then he went up and lay upon the child, putting his mouth upon his mouth, his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands; and as he stretched himself upon him, the flesh of the child became warm.

35. At ille reversus deambulavit in domo semel huc et illuc et ascendit et incubuit super eum, et sternutavit puer septies aperuitque oculos.

35. Then he got up again, and walked once to and fro in the house, and went up, and stretched himself upon him; the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

36. Et ille vocavit Giezi et dixit ei: “Voca Sunamitin hanc”. Quae vocata ingressa est ad eum. Qui ait: “Tolle filium tuum”.

36. Then he summoned Geha'zi and said, "Call this Shu'nammite." So he called her. And when she came to him, he said, "Take up your son."

37. Venit illa et corruit ad pedes eius et adoravit super terram; tulitque filium suum et egressa est.

37. She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground; then she took up her son and went out.

38. Et Eliseus reversus est in Galgala. Erat autem fames in terra, et filii prophetarum habitabant coram eo. Dixitque puero suo: “Pone ollam grandem et coque pulmentum filiis prophetarum”.

38. And Eli'sha came again to Gilgal when there was a famine in the land. And as the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his servant, "Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets."

39. Et egressus est unus in agrum, ut colligeret herbas agrestes; invenitque quasi vitem silvestrem et collegit ex ea colocynthidas agri. Et implevit pallium suum et reversus concidit in ollam pulmenti; nesciebat enim quid esset.

39. One of them went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine and gathered from it his lap full of wild gourds, and came and cut them up into the pot of pottage, not knowing what they were.

40. Infuderunt ergo sociis, ut comederent. Cumque gustassent de coctione, exclamaverunt dicentes: “Mors in olla, vir Dei!”. Et non potuerunt comedere.

40. And they poured out for the men to eat. But while they were eating of the pottage, they cried out, "O man of God, there is death in the pot!" And they could not eat it.

41. At ille: “Afferte, inquit, farinam”. Cumque tulissent, misit in ollam et ait: “Infunde turbae, et comedat”. Et non fuit amplius quidquam amaritudinis in olla.

41. He said, "Then bring meal." And he threw it into the pot, and said, "Pour out for the men, that they may eat." And there was no harm in the pot.

42. Vir autem quidam venit de Baalsalisa deferens viro Dei panes primitiarum, viginti panes hordeaceos et frumentum novum in pera sua. At ille dixit: “Da populo, ut comedat”.

42. A man came from Ba'al-shal'ishah, bringing the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Eli'sha said, "Give to the men, that they may eat."

43. Responditque ei minister eius: “Quantum est hoc, ut apponam coram centum viris?”. Rursum ille dixit: “Da populo, ut comedat. Haec enim dicit Dominus: “Comedent, et supererit””.

43. But his servant said, "How am I to set this before a hundred men?" So he repeated, "Give them to the men, that they may eat, for thus says the LORD, `They shall eat and have some left.'"

44. Posuit itaque coram eis, qui comederunt, et superfuit iuxta verbum Domini.

44. So he set it before them. And they ate, and had some left, according to the word of the LORD.