1 فأجابَ أليشَعُ: «إسمَعوا كلامَ الرّبِّ: في مِثْلِ هذِهِ السَّاعةِ مِنْ غدٍ تُباعُ كَيلَةُ الدَّقيقِ أو كَيلَتا الشَّعيرِ بِقِطعةٍ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ في بابِ السَّامِرةِ». 2 فقالَ لَه مُرافِقُ المَلِكِ: «لو فتَحَ الرّبُّ لِلمَطَرِ نَوافِذَ في السَّماءِ لَما تَمَّ ذلِكَ» فأجابَهُ أليشَعُ: «سَتَرى ذلِكَ بِــعينَيكَ، لكنَّكَ لن تأْكُلَ مِنهُ».
الآراميون يتركون السامرة
3 وكانَ أربعةُ رِجالٍ بُرصٍ عِندَ بابِ المدينةِ، فقالَ بَعضُهُم لِبَعضٍ: «أنَبقى هُنا حتّى نموتَ؟ 4 إذا دخَلْنا المدينةَ، نموتُ فيها مِنَ الجُوعِ، وإن بَقَينا هُنا نموتُ أيضا. فتَعالَوا نذهَبْ إلى مُعَسكرِ الآراميِّينَ، فإنْ أبقَوا علَينا عِشْنا، وإلاَّ فَمُتنا». 5 فقاموا عِندَ المساءِ وذَهبوا إلى مُعَسكرِ الآراميِّينَ، فلمَّا وصلوا إلى طَرَفِ المُعَسكرِ لم يَجِدوا أحدا فيهِ. 6 وكانَ الرّبُّ أسمَعَ جيشَ الآراميِّينَ صوتَ مَركباتٍ وخَيلٍ وجيشٍ عظيمٍ، فقالَ واحدُهُم لِلآخَرِ: ها مَلِكُ بَني إِسرائيلَ استأْجَرَ مُلوكَ الحثِّيِّينَ والمِصْريِّينَ لِقِتالِنا». 7 فهَرَبوا عِندَ المساءِ تارِكينَ خيامَهُم وخَيلَهُم وحميرَهُم، والمُعَسكرَ بِما فيهِ، ونَجَوا بِأنفُسِهِم. 8 فجاءَ أولئِكَ البُرصُ إلى طَرَفِ المُعَسكرِ ودخَلوا إحدى الخيامِ وأكلوا وشرِبوا وأخَذوا مِنْ هُناكَ فضَّةً وذهَبا وثيابا، وذهَبوا وخَبَّأوها، ثُمَّ عادوا ودخَلوا خَيمَةً أُخرى، وأخَذوا مِنها أشياءَ ثَمينةً أيضا وذهَبوا وخَبَّأوها.
9 ثُمَّ قالَ بَعضُهُم لِبَعضٍ: «لا خَيرَ في ما نعمَلُ. عِندَنا هذا اليومَ خبَرٌ سارٌّ ونحنُ ساكِتونَ. فإنِ انتَظَرْنا إلى الصُّبحِ ولم نُعلِنْهُ، عُوقِبنا على سُكوتِنا. فتَعالَوا الآنَ إلى المدينةِ لِنَنقُلَ الخبَرَ إلى قصرِ المَلِكِ». 10 فَجاؤوا ونادوا حُرَّاسَ بابِ المدينةِ وقالوا لهُم: «دخَلْنا مُعَسكرَ الآراميِّينَ فلم يكُنْ هُناكَ أحدٌ ولا سَمِعْنا صوتَ إنسانٍ، وحدَها الخَيلُ والحميرُ مَربوطَةٌ والخيامُ على حالِها». 11 فأذاعَ الحُرَّاسُ الخبَرَ، والّذينَ سَمِعوهُ نقَلوهُ إلى داخِلِ القصرِ. 12 فقامَ المَلِكُ ليلا وقالَ لِحاشيتِهِ: «دَعوني أقولُ لكُم ما يَنوي الآراميُّونَ. عَلِموا أنَّنا جياعٌ فخَرَجوا مِنَ المُعَسكرِ لِـيكمُنوا في البرِّيَّةِ قائِلينَ في أنفُسِهِم: إذا خرَجوا مِنَ المدينةِ دخَلْناها وقبَضْنا علَيهِم أحياءً». 13 فأجابَ أحدُهُم: «لِنُرسِلْ إلى المُعَسكرِ خمْسةً مِنَ الخَيلِ الباقيةِ في المدينةِ معَ فُرسانِها يَستَطلِعونَ ونَرى ما يَحِلُّ بِهِم، لأنَّهُم حتّى لو بَقَوا هُنا، سَيَهلِكونَ كمَن هلَكَ مِنْ سُكَّانِ السَّامِرةِ». 14 فاختارَ المَلِكُ مَركبَتَي خَيلٍ، وأرسَلَهُما وراءَ الآراميِّينَ لِـيَستكشِفوا. 15 فذَهَبوا وراءَهُم إلى الأُردُنِّ، فرَأوا الطَّريقَ كُلَّها مَملوءةً ثيابا وأمتِعةً مِمَّا رَماهُ الآراميُّونَ لِـيُسرِعوا فرجَعَ الرُّسُلُ وأخبَروا المَلِكَ بِما رأَوا.
16 فخَرجَ الشَّعبُ مِنَ المدينةِ ونهَبوا مُعَسكرَ الآراميِّينَ، فصارَت كيلَةُ الدَّقيقِ أو كَيلَتا الشَّعيرِ بِقِطعةٍ مِنَ الفضَّةِ، كما قالَ الرّبُّ. 17 وكانَ المَلِكُ عَيَّنَ القائدَ الّذي رافقَهُ إلى أليشَعَ حارسا على بابِ المدينةِ لحِفظِ النِّظامِ، فداسَهُ الشَّعبُ في البابِ، فماتَ كما تنَبَّأَ أليشَعُ رَجُلُ اللهِ حينَ نزَلَ المَلِكُ إليهِ في بَيتِهِ. 18 حَيثُ قالَ لَه أليشَعُ: «في مِثلِ هذِهِ السَّاعةِ مِنْ غدٍ تكونُ كَيلَتا الشَّعيرِ أو كيلَةُ الدَّقيقِ بِقِطعةٍ مِنَ الفضَّةِ في بابِ السَّامِرةِ». 19 فأجابَ ذلِكَ القائدُ: «لو فتَحَ الرّبُّ نَوافِذَ لِلمَطَرِ في السَّماءِ لَما تَمَّ مِثلُ ذلِكَ». فقالَ لَه أليشَعُ: «ستَرى ذلِكَ بِــعينَيكَ، لكنَّكَ لن تأكُلَ مِنهُ». 20 وهذا ما حَلَّ بهِ، إذ داسَهُ الشَّعبُ في البابِ، فماتَ.
1 Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. 2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
3 ¶ And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? 4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. 5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there. 6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. 7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was , and fled for their life. 8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also , and went and hid it . 9 Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household. 10 So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were . 11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s house within.
12 ¶ And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city. 13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say , they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see. 14 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. 15 And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king. 16 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
17 ¶ And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him. 18 And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria: 19 And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. 20 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.