II Kings 4

ve'isha akhat minneshe vene-hannevi'im tsa'aqah el-elisha lemor avdekha ishi met ve'attah yadata ki avdekha hayah yare et-Adonai vehannosheh ba laqakhat et-shene yeladay lo la'avadim

A certain woman, the wife of one of the disciples of the prophets, cried out to Elisha: “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know how your servant revered GOD. And now a creditor is coming to seize my two children as slaves.”

vayyomer eleha elisha mah e'eseh-llakh haggidi li mah-yyesh-[lakh] (lkhy) babbayit vattomer en leshifkhatekha khol babbayit ki im-asukh shamen

Elisha said to her, “What can I do for you? Tell me, what have you in the house?” She replied, “Your maidservant has nothing at all in the house, except a jug of oil.”

vayyomer lekhi sha'ali-lakh kelim min-hakhuts me'et kol-[shekhenayikh] (shkhnkhy) kelim reqim al-tamiti

“Go,” he said, “and borrow vessels outside, from all your neighbors, empty vessels, as many as you can.

uvat vesagart haddelet ba'adekh uve'ad-banayikh veyatsaqt al kol-hakkelim ha'elleh vehammale tassi'i

Then go in and shut the door behind you and your children, and pour [oil] into all those vessels, removing each one as it is filled.”

vattelekh me'itto vattisgor haddelet ba'adah uve'ad baneha hem maggishim eleha vehi (mytsqt) [motsaqet]

She went away and shut the door behind her and her children. They kept bringing [vessels] to her and she kept pouring.

vayehi kimlot hakkelim vattomer el-benah haggishah elay od keli vayyomer eleha en od keli vayya'amod hashamen

When the vessels were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” He answered her, “There are no more vessels”; and the oil stopped.

vattavo vattagged le'ish ha'elohim vayyomer lekhi mikhri et-hashemen veshallemi et-[nishyekh] (nshykhy) ve'at (vnykhy) [uvanayikh] tikhyi bannotar

She came and told the agent of God, and he said, “Go sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your children can live on the rest.”

vayehi hayyom vayya'avor elisha el-shunem vesham isha gedolah vattakhazeq-bo le'ekhol-lakhem vayehi midde ovro yasur shammah le'ekhol-lakhem

One day Elisha visited Shunem. A wealthy woman lived there, and she urged him to have a meal; and whenever he passed by, he would stop there for a meal.

vattomer el-ishah hinneh-na yadati ki ish elohim qadosh hu over alenu tamid

Once she said to her husband, “I am sure it is a holy agent of God who comes this way regularly.

na'aseh-nna aliyyat-qir qetannah venasim lo sham mittah veshulkhan vekhisse umenorah vehayah bevo'o elenu yasur shammah

Let us make a small enclosed upper chamber and place a bed, a table, a chair, and a lampstand there for him, so that he can stop there whenever he comes to us.”

vayehi hayyom vayyavo shammah vayyasar el-ha'aliyyah vayyishkav-shammah

One day he came there; he retired to the upper chamber and lay down there.

vayyomer el-gekhazi na'aro qera lashunammit hazzot vayyiqra-lah vatta'amod lefanayw

He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call that Shunammite.” He called her, and she stood before him.

vayyomer lo emor-na eleha hinneh kharadt elenu et-kol-hakharadah hazzot meh la'asot lakh hayesh ledabber-lakh el-hammelekh o el-sar hatsava vattomer betokh ammi anokhi yoshavet

He said to him, “Tell her, ‘You have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak in your behalf to the king or to the army commander?’” She replied, “I live among my own people.”

vayyomer umeh la'asot lah vayyomer gekhazi aval ben en-lah ve'ishah zaqen

“What then can be done for her?” he asked. “The fact is,” said Gehazi, “she has no son, and her husband is old.”

vayyomer qera-lah vayyiqra-lah vatta'amod bappatakh

“Call her,” he said. He called her, and she stood in the doorway.

vayyomer lammo'ed hazzeh ka'et khayyah (ty) [at] khoveqet ben vattomer al-adoni ish ha'elohim al-tekhazzev beshifkhatekha

And Elisha said, “At this season next year, you will be embracing a son.” She replied, “Please, my lord, agent of God, do not delude your maidservant.”

vattahar ha'isha vatteled ben lammo'ed hazzeh ka'et khayyah asher-dibber eleha elisha

The woman conceived and bore a son at the same season the following year, as Elisha had assured her.

vayyigdal hayyaled vayehi hayyom vayyetse el-aviv el-haqqotserim

The child grew up. One day, he went out to his father among the reapers.

vayyomer el-aviv roshi roshi vayyomer el-hanna'ar sa'ehu el-immo

[Suddenly] he cried to his father, “Oh, my head, my head!” He said to a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

vayyissa'ehu vayevi'ehu el-immo vayyeshev al-birkeha ad-hatsohorayim vayyamot

He picked him up and brought him to his mother. And the child sat on her lap until noon; and he died.

vatta'al vattashkivehu al-mittat ish ha'elohim vattisgor ba'ado vattetse

She took him up and laid him on the bed of the agent of God, and left him and closed the door.

vattiqra el-ishah vattomer shilkhah na li ekhad min-hanne'arim ve'akhat ha'atonot ve'arutsah ad-ish ha'elohim ve'ashuvah

Then she called to her husband: “Please, send me one of the servants and one of the jennies, so I can hurry to the agent of God and back.”

vayyomer maddua (ty) [at] (hlkhty) [holekhet] elayw hayyom lo-khodesh velo shabbat vattomer shalom

But he said, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither new moon nor sabbath.” She answered, “It’s all right.”

vattakhavosh ha'aton vattomer el-na'arah nehag valekh al-ta'atsor-li lirkov ki im-amarti lakh

She had the jenny saddled, and said to her servant, “Urge it on; see that I don’t slow down unless I tell you.”

vattelekh vattavo el-ish ha'elohim el-har hakkarmel vayehi kirot ish-ha'elohim otah minneged vayyomer el-gekhazi na'aro hinneh hashunammit hallaz

She went on until she came to the agent of God on Mount Carmel. When the agent of God saw her from afar, he said to his servant Gehazi, “There is that Shunammite.

attah ruts-na liqratah ve'emor-lah hashalom lakh hashalom le'ishekh hashalom layyaled vattomer shalom

Go, hurry toward her and ask her, ‘How are you? How is your husband? How is the child?’” “We are well,” she replied.

vattavo el-ish ha'elohim el-hahar vattakhazeq beraglayw vayyiggash gekhazi lehodfah vayyomer ish ha'elohim harpeh-lah ki-nafshah marah-lah va-Adonai helim mimmenni velo higgid li

But when she came up to the agent of God on the mountain, she clasped his feet. Gehazi stepped forward to push her away; but the agent of God said, “Let her alone, for she is in bitter distress; and GOD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”

vattomer hasha'alti ven me'et adoni halo amarti lo tashleh oti

Then she said, “Did I ask my lord for a son? Didn’t I say: ‘Don’t mislead me’?”

vayyomer legekhazi khagor motnekha veqakh mishanti veyadekha valekh ki-timtsa ish lo tevarekhennu vekhi-yevarekhkha ish lo ta'anennu vesamta mishanti al-pene hanna'ar

He said to Gehazi, “Tie up your skirts, take my staff in your hand, and go. If you meet anyone, do not greet him; and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. And place my staff on the face of the boy.”

vattomer em hanna'ar khay-Adonai vekhe-nafshekha im-e'ezvekka vayyaqom vayyelekh akhareha

But the boy’s mother said, “As GOD lives and as you live, I will not leave you!” So he arose and followed her.

vegekhazi avar lifnehem vayyasem et-hammishenet al-pene hanna'ar ve'en qol ve'en qashev vayyashov liqrato vayyagged-lo lemor lo heqits hanna'ar

Gehazi had gone on before them and had placed the staff on the boy’s face; but there was no sound or response. He turned back to meet him and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”

vayyavo elisha habbayetah vehinneh hanna'ar met mushkav al-mittato

Elisha came into the house, and there was the boy, laid out dead on his couch.

vayyavo vayyisgor haddelet be'ad shenehem vayyitpallel el-Adonai

He went in, shut the door behind the two of them, and prayed to GOD.

vayya'al vayyishkav al-hayyeled vayyasem piv al-piv ve'enayw al-enayw vekhappayw al-kappav vayyighar alayw vayyakhom besar hayyaled

Then he mounted [the bed] and placed himself over the child. He put his mouth on its mouth, his eyes on its eyes, and his hands on its hands, as he bent over it. And the body of the child became warm.

vayyashov vayyelekh babbayit akhat hennah ve'akhat hennah vayya'al vayyighar alayw vayezorer hanna'ar ad-sheva pe'amim vayyifqakh hanna'ar et-enayw

He stepped down, walked once up and down the room, then mounted and bent over him. Thereupon, the boy sneezed seven times, and the boy opened his eyes.

vayyiqra el-gekhazi vayyomer qera el-hashunammit hazzot vayyiqra'eha vattavo elayw vayyomer se'i venekh

[Elisha] called Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite,” and he called her. When she came to him, he said, “Pick up your son.”

vattavo vattippol al-raglayw vattishtakhu aretsah vattissa et-benah vattetse

She came and fell at his feet and bowed low to the ground; then she picked up her son and left.

ve'elisha shav haggilgalah vehara'av ba'arets uvene hannevi'im yoshevim lefanayw vayyomer lena'aro shefot hassir haggedolah uvashel nazid livne hannevi'im

Elisha returned to Gilgal. There was a famine in the land, and the disciples of the prophets were sitting before him. He said to his servant, “Set the large pot [on the fire] and cook a stew for the disciples of the prophets.”

vayyetse ekhad el-hassadeh lelaqqet orot vayyimtsa gefen sadeh vayelaqqet mimmennu paqqu'ot sadeh melo vigdo vayyavo vayefallakh el-sir hannazid ki-lo yada'u

So one of them went out into the fields to gather sprouts. He came across a wild vine and picked from it wild gourds, as many as his garment would hold. Then he came back and sliced them into the pot of stew, for they did not know [what they were];

vayyitsqu la'anashim le'ekhol vayehi ke'okhlam mehannazid vehemmah tsa'aqu vayyomeru mavet bassir ish ha'elohim velo yakhelu le'ekhol

and they served it for those present to eat. While they were still eating of the stew, they began to cry out: “O agent of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.

vayyomer uqekhu-qemakh vayyashlekh el-hassir vayyomer tsaq la'am veyokhelu velo hayah davar ra bassir

“Fetch some flour,” [Elisha] said. He threw it into the pot and said, “Serve it to the people and let them eat.” And there was no longer anything harmful in the pot.

ve'ish ba mibba'al shalishah vayyave le'ish ha'elohim lekhem bikkurim esrim-lekhem se'orim vekharmel betsiqlono vayyomer ten la'am veyokhelu

A man came from Baal-shalishah and he brought the agent of God some bread of the first reaping—twenty loaves of barley bread, and some fresh grain in his sack. And [Elisha] said, “Give it to the people and let them eat.”

vayyomer meshareto mah etten zeh lifne me'ah ish vayyomer ten la'am veyokhelu ki khoh amar Adonai akhol vehoter

His attendant replied, “How can I set this before a hundred people?” But he said, “Give it to the people and let them eat. For thus said GOD: They shall eat and have some left over.”

vayyitten lifnehem vayyokhelu vayyotiru kidvar Adonai

So he set it before them; and when they had eaten, they had some left over, as GOD had said.