列王纪下 6
Revised Chinese Union Version (Simplified Script) Shen Edition
找回斧子的头
6 先知的门徒对以利沙说：“看哪，我们在你面前居住的地方，那里对我们太窄小了。 2 让我们往约旦河去，各人从那里取一根木料，在那里为自己建造居住的地方。”他说：“你们去吧！” 3 有一人说：“请你与仆人同去。”他说：“我可以去。” 4 于是以利沙与他们同去。到了约旦河，他们砍伐树木。 5 有一人砍树的时候，斧子的头掉在水里，他就喊着说：“不好了！我主啊，斧子是借来的。” 6 神人说：“掉在哪里了？”他把那地方指给以利沙看。以利沙砍了一块木头，抛在水里，就使斧子的头浮上来了。 7 以利沙说：“拿起来吧！”那人就伸手拿起来了。
亚兰军队进攻受挫
8 亚兰王与以色列作战，他和臣仆商议说：“我要在某处某处安营[a]。” 9 神人派人到以色列王那里，说：“你要小心，不要从某处经过，因为亚兰人下到那里去了。” 10 以色列王派人到神人告诉他的地方去。神人警告他，他就在那里有所防备，不止一两次。
11 亚兰王因这事心里气愤，召了臣仆来，对他们说：“我们当中有谁帮助以色列王，你们不告诉我吗？” 12 有一个臣仆说：“不，我主，我王！只有以色列中的先知以利沙，把王在卧房所说的话告诉以色列王。” 13 王说：“你们去查看他在哪里，我好派人去捉拿他。”有人告诉王说：“看哪，他在多坍。” 14 王就派遣车马和大军往那里去，夜间他们到了，围困那城。
15 神人的仆人清早起来出去，看哪，车马军兵围困了城。仆人对神人说：“不好了！我主啊，我们该怎么办呢？” 16 神人说：“不要惧怕！因与我们同在的比与他们同在的更多。” 17 以利沙祷告说：“耶和华啊，求你开他的眼目，使他能看见。”耶和华开了这年轻人的眼目，他就看见了，看哪，满山有火马和火焰车围绕以利沙。 18 亚兰人下到以利沙那里，以利沙向耶和华祷告说：“求你击打这国，使他们眼目失明。”耶和华就照以利沙的话，击打他们，使他们眼目失明。 19 以利沙对他们说：“这不是那条路，也不是那座城。你们跟我走，我必领你们到你们要寻找的人那里。”于是他领他们到了撒玛利亚。
20 他们进了撒玛利亚，以利沙说：“耶和华啊，求你开这些人的眼目，使他们能看见。”耶和华开了他们的眼目，他们就看见了，看哪，是在撒玛利亚城中。 21 以色列王看见他们，就对以利沙说：“我父啊，我真的可以击杀他们吗？” 22 他说：“不可击杀！这些人岂是你用刀用弓掳来给你击杀的呢？当在他们面前摆设饮食给他们吃喝，让他们回到他们主人那里。” 23 王为他们预备了盛大的宴席。他们吃喝完了，王就送他们回到他们主人那里。此后，亚兰的军队不再侵犯以色列地了。
围困撒玛利亚
24 此后，亚兰王便‧哈达召集他的全军，上来围困撒玛利亚。 25 看哪，被围困的时候，撒玛利亚有大饥荒，甚至一个驴头值八十舍客勒，四分之一卡布[b]的鸽子粪值五舍客勒。 26 一日，以色列王在城墙上经过，有一个妇人向他呼叫说：“我主，我王啊！求你帮助。” 27 王说：“耶和华不帮助你，我从哪里帮助你呢？是从禾场，或从压酒池吗？” 28 王对妇人说：“你有什么事？”她说：“这妇人对我说：‘把你的儿子交出来，我们今日可以吃他，明日可以吃我的儿子。’ 29 我们就煮了我的儿子吃了。次日我对她说：‘要把你的儿子交出来，我们可以吃。’她却把她的儿子藏起来。” 30 王听见妇人的话，就撕裂衣服；那时，王在城墙上经过，百姓看见了，看哪，王贴身穿着麻布。 31 王说：“我今日若容许沙法的儿子以利沙的头还留在他身上，愿 神重重惩罚我！”
32 那时，以利沙正坐在家中，有长老与他同坐。王派一个人先去，使者还没有到，以利沙对长老说：“你们看，这凶手之子派人来斩我的头。你们注意，当使者来到，你们就关上门，把他关在门外。在他后头不就是他主人的脚步声吗？” 33 正与他们说话的时候，看哪，使者[c]下到他那里，说：“看哪，这灾祸是从耶和华来的，我何必再仰望耶和华呢？”
2 Kings 6
World English Bible
6 The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “See now, the place where we live and meet with you is too small for us. 2 Please let us go to the Jordan, and each man take a beam from there, and let’s make us a place there, where we may live.”
He answered, “Go!”
3 One said, “Please be pleased to go with your servants.”
He answered, “I will go.” 4 So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood. 5 But as one was cutting down a tree, the ax head fell into the water. Then he cried out and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.”
6 The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” He showed him the place. He cut down a stick, threw it in there, and made the iron float. 7 He said, “Take it.” So he put out his hand and took it.
8 Now the king of Syria was at war against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”
9 The man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, “Beware that you not pass this place, for the Syrians are coming down there.” 10 The king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once or twice. 11 The king of Syria’s heart was very troubled about this. He called his servants, and said to them, “Won’t you show me which of us is for the king of Israel?”
12 One of his servants said, “No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”
13 He said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him.”
He was told, “Behold, he is in Dothan.”
14 Therefore he sent horses, chariots, and a great army there. They came by night and surrounded the city. 15 When the servant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was around the city. His servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?”
16 He answered, “Don’t be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” 17 Elisha prayed, and said, “Yahweh, please open his eyes, that he may see.” Yahweh opened the young man’s eyes, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha. 18 When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please strike this people with blindness.”
He struck them with blindness according to Elisha’s word.
19 Elisha said to them, “This is not the way, neither is this the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek.” He led them to Samaria. 20 When they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, “Yahweh, open these men’s eyes, that they may see.”
Yahweh opened their eyes, and they saw; and behold, they were in the middle of Samaria.
21 The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, “My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?”
22 He answered, “You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, then go to their master.”
23 He prepared a great feast for them. After they ate and drank, he sent them away and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria stopped raiding the land of Israel.
24 After this, Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria. 25 There was a great famine in Samaria. Behold, they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab[a] of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver. 26 As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”
27 He said, “If Yahweh doesn’t help you, where could I get help for you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?” 28 Then the king asked her, “What is your problem?”
She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’ 29 So we boiled my son and ate him; and I said to her on the next day, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him;’ and she has hidden her son.”
30 When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. Now he was passing by on the wall, and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his body. 31 Then he said, “God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat stays on him today.”
32 But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Then the king sent a man from before him; but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? Behold, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door shut against him. Isn’t the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”
33 While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. Then he said, “Behold, this evil is from Yahweh. Why should I wait for Yahweh any longer?”
Footnotes
- 6:25 A kab was about 2 liters, so a fourth of a kab would be about 500 milliliters or about a pint
2 Kings 6
King James Version
6 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.
3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
8 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?
12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
13 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
17 And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the Lord, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
19 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.
20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
23 And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
27 And he said, If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
28 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord; what should I wait for the Lord any longer?
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