II Kings 6

vayyomeru vene-hannevi'im el-elisha hinneh-na hammaqom asher anakhnu yoshevim sham lefanekha tsar mimmennu

The disciples of the prophets said to Elisha, “See, the place where we live under your direction is too cramped for us.

nelekhah-nna ad-hayyarden veniqkhah misham ish qorah ekhat vena'aseh-llanu sham maqom lashevet sham vayyomer lekhu

Let us go to the Jordan, and let us each get a log there and build quarters there for ourselves to live in.” “Do so,” he replied.

vayyomer ha'ekhad ho'el na velekh et-avadekha vayyomer ani elekh

Then one of them said, “Will you please come along with your servants?” “Yes, I will come,” he said;

vayyelekh ittam vayyavo'u hayyardenah vayyigzeru ha'etsim

and he accompanied them. So they went to the Jordan and cut timber.

vayehi ha'ekhad mappil haqqorah ve'et-habbarzel nafal el-hammayim vayyitsaq vayyomer ahah adoni vehu sha'ul

As one of them was felling a trunk, the iron ax head fell into the water. And he cried aloud, “Alas, master, it was a borrowed one!”

vayyomer ish-ha'elohim anah nafal vayyarehu et-hammaqom vayyiqtsov-ets vayyashlekh-shammah vayyatsef habbarzel

“Where did it fall?” asked the agent of God. He showed him the spot; and he cut off a stick and threw it in, and he made the ax head float.

vayyomer harem lakh vayyishlakh yado vayyiqqakhehu

“Pick it up,” he said; so he reached out and took it.

umelekh aram hayah nilkham beyisra'el vayyivva'ats el-avadayw lemor el-meqom peloni almoni takhanoti

While the king of Aram was waging war against Israel, he took counsel with his officers and said, “I will encamp in such and such a place.”

vayyishlakh ish ha'elohim el-melekh yisra'el lemor hishamer me'avor hammaqom hazzeh ki-sham aram nekhittim

But the agent of God sent word to the king of Israel, “Take care not to pass through that place, for the Arameans are encamped there.”

vayyishlakh melekh yisra'el el-hammaqom asher amar-lo ish-ha'elohim vehizhiroh venishmar sham lo akhat velo shetayim

So the king of Israel sent word to the place of which the agent of God had told him. Time and again he alerted such a place and took precautions there.

vayyissa'er lev melekh-aram al-haddavar hazzeh vayyiqra el-avadayw vayyomer alehem halo taggidu li mi mishellanu el-melekh yisra'el

Greatly agitated about this matter, the king of Aram summoned his officers and said to them, “Tell me! Who of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”

vayyomer akhad me'avadayw lo adoni hammelekh ki-elisha hannavi asher beyisra'el yaggid lemelekh yisra'el et-haddevarim asher tedabber bakhadar mishkavekha

“No one, my lord king,” said one of the officers. “Elisha, that prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”

vayyomer lekhu ure'u ekhoh hu ve'eshlakh ve'eqqakhehu vayyuggad-lo lemor hinneh vedotan

“Go find out where he is,” he said, “so that I can have him seized.” It was reported to him that [Elisha] was in Dothan;

vayyishlakh-shammah susim verekhev vekhayil kaved vayyavo'u laylah vayyaqqifu al-ha'ir

so he sent horses and chariots there and a strong force. They arrived at night and encircled the town.

vayyashkem mesharet ish ha'elohim laqum vayyetse vehinneh-khayil sovev et-ha'ir vesus varakhev vayyomer na'aro elayw ahah adoni ekhah na'aseh

When the attendant of the agent of God rose early and went outside, he saw a force, with horses and chariots, surrounding the town. “Alas, master, what shall we do?” his servant asked him.

vayyomer al-tira ki rabbim asher ittanu me'asher otam

“Have no fear,” he replied. “There are more on our side than on theirs.”

vayyitpallel elisha vayyomar Adonai peqakh-na et-enayw veyireh vayyifqakh Adonai et-ene hanna'ar vayyar vehinneh hahar male susim verekhev esh sevivot elisha

Then Elisha prayed: “ETERNAL One, open his eyes and let him see.” And GOD opened the servant’s eyes and he saw the hills all around Elisha covered with horses and chariots of fire.

vayyeredu elayw vayyitpallel elisha el-Adonai vayyomar hakh-na et-haggoy-hazzeh bassanverim vayyakkem bassanverim kidvar elisha

[The Arameans] came down against him, and Elisha prayed to GOD: “Please strike this people with a blinding light.” And they were struck with a blinding light, as Elisha had asked.

vayyomer alehem elisha lo zeh hadderekh velo zoh ha'ir lekhu akharay ve'olikhah etkhem el-ha'ish asher tevaqqeshun vayyolekh otam shomeronah

Elisha said to them, “This is not the road, and that is not the town; follow me, and I will lead you to the man you want.” And he led them to Samaria.

vayehi kevo'am shomeron vayyomer elisha Adonai peqakh et-ene-elleh veyiru vayyifqakh Adonai et-enehem vayyiru vehinneh betokh shomeron

When they entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O ETERNAL One, open the eyes of these men so that they may see.” GOD opened their eyes and they saw that they were inside Samaria.

vayyomer melekh-yisra'el el-elisha kiroto otam ha'akkeh akkeh avi

When the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, “Father, shall I strike them down?”

vayyomer lo takkeh ha'asher shavita bekharbekha uveqashtekha attah makkeh sim lekhem vamayim lifnehem veyokhelu veyishtu veyelekhu el-adonehem

“No, do not,” he replied. “Did you take them captive with your sword and bow that you would strike them down? Rather, set food and drink before them, and let them eat and drink and return to their master.”

vayyikhreh lahem kerah gedolah vayyokhelu vayyishtu vayeshallekhem vayyelekhu el-adonehem velo-yasefu od gedude aram lavo be'erets yisra'el

So he prepared a lavish feast for them and, after they had eaten and drunk, he let them go, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean bands stopped invading the land of Israel.

vayehi akhare-khen vayyiqbots ben-hadad melekh-aram et-kol-makhanehu vayya'al vayyatsar al-shomeron

Sometime later, King Ben-hadad of Aram mustered his entire army and marched upon Samaria and besieged it.

vayehi ra'av gadol beshomeron vehinneh tsarim aleha ad heyot rosh-khamor bishmonim kesef verova haqqav (khry) [div-]yonim bakhamisha-khasef

There was a great famine in Samaria, and the siege continued until a donkey’s head sold for eighty [shekels] of silver and a quarter of a kab of doves’ dung for five shekels.

vayehi melekh yisra'el over al-hakhomah ve'isha tsa'aqah elayw lemor hoshi'ah adoni hammelekh

Once, when the king of Israel was walking on the city wall, a woman cried out to him: “Help me, Your Majesty!”

vayyomer al-yoshi'ekh Adonai me'ayin oshi'ekh hamin-haggoren o min-hayyaqev

“Don’t [ask me],” he replied. “Let GOD help you! Where could I get help for you, from the threshing floor or from the winepress?

vayyomer-lah hammelekh mah-llakh vattomer ha'isha hazzot amerah elay teni et-benekh venokhelennu hayyom ve'et-beni nokhal makhar

But what troubles you?” the king asked her. The woman answered, “That woman said to me, ‘Give up your son and we will eat him today; and tomorrow we’ll eat my son.’

vannevashel et-beni vannokhelehu va'omar eleha bayyom ha'akher teni et-benekh venokhelennu vattakhbi et-benah

So we cooked my son and we ate him. The next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son and let’s eat him’; but she hid her son.”

vayehi khishmoa hammelekh et-divre ha'isha vayyiqra et-begadayw vehu over al-hakhomah vayyar ha'am vehinneh hassaq al-besaro mibbayit

When the king heard what the woman said, he rent his clothes; and as he walked along the wall, the people could see that he was wearing sackcloth underneath.

vayyomer koh-ya'aseh-lli elohim vekhoh yosif im-ya'amod rosh elisha ben-shafat alayw hayyom

He said, “Thus and more may God do to me if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.”

ve'elisha yoshev beveto vehazzeqenim yoshevim itto vayyishlakh ish millefanayw beterem yavo hammalakh elayw vehu amar el-hazzeqenim harre'item ki-shalakh ben-hameratseakh hazzeh lehasir et-roshi re'u kevo hammalakh sigru haddelet ulekhatstem oto baddelet halo qol ragle adonayw akharayw

Now Elisha was sitting at home and the elders were sitting with him. The king had sent one of his men ahead; but before that messenger arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see—that murderer has sent someone to cut off my head! Watch when the messenger comes, and shut the door and hold the door fast against him. No doubt the sound of his master’s footsteps will follow.”

odennu medabber immam vehinneh hammalakh yored elayw vayyomer hinneh-zot hara'ah me'et Adonai mah-okhil la-Adonai od

While he was still talking to them, the messenger came to him and said, “This calamity is from GOD. What more can I hope for from GOD ?”