II Kings 7

vayyomer elisha shimu devar-Adonai koh amar Adonai ka'et makhar se'ah-solet besheqel vesatayim se'orim besheqel besha'ar shomeron

And Elisha replied, “Hear the word of GOD. Thus said GOD: This time tomorrow, a seah of choice flour shall sell for a shekel at the gate of Samaria, and two seahs of barley for a shekel.”

vayya'an hashalish asher-lammelekh nishan al-yado et-ish ha'elohim vayyomar hinneh Adonai oseh arubbot bashamayim hayihyeh haddavar hazzeh vayyomer hinnekhah ro'eh be'enekha umisham lo tokhel

The aide on whose arm the king was leaning spoke up and said to the agent of God, “Even if GOD were to make windows in the sky, could this come to pass?” And he retorted, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”

ve'arba'ah anashim hayu metsora'im petakh hasha'ar vayyomeru ish el-re'ehu mah anakhnu yoshevim poh ad-motnu

There were four men, lepers, outside the gate. They said to one another, “Why should we sit here waiting for death?

im-amarnu navo ha'ir vehara'av ba'ir vamatnu sham ve'im-yashavnu foh vamotnu ve'attah lekhu venippelah el-makhaneh aram im-yekhayyunu nikhyeh ve'im-yemitunu vamotnu

If we decide to go into the town, what with the famine in the town, we shall die there; and if we just sit here, still we die. Come, let us desert to the Aramean camp. If they let us live, we shall live; and if they put us to death, we shall but die.”

vayyaqumu vanneshef lavo el-makhaneh aram vayyavo'u ad-qetseh makhaneh aram vehinneh en-sham ish

They set out at twilight for the Aramean camp; but when they came to the edge of the Aramean camp, there was no one there.

vadonay hishmia et-makhaneh aram qol rekhev qol sus qol khayil gadol vayyomeru ish el-akhiv hinneh sakhar-alenu melekh yisra'el et-malkhe hakhittim ve'et-malkhe mitsrayim lavo alenu

For [God] had caused the Aramean camp to hear a sound of chariots, a sound of horses—the din of a huge army. They said to one another, “The king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Mizraim to attack us!”

vayyaqumu vayyanusu vanneshef vayya'azvu et-oholehem ve'et-susehem ve'et-khamorehem hammakhaneh ka'asher-hi vayyanusu el-nafsham

And they fled headlong in the twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys—the [entire] camp just as it was—as they fled for their lives.

vayyavo'u hametsora'im ha'elleh ad-qetseh hammakhaneh vayyavo'u el-ohel ekhad vayyokhelu vayyishtu vayyisu misham kesef vezahav uvegadim vayyelekhu vayyatminu vayyashuvu vayyavo'u el-ohel akher vayyisu misham vayyelekhu vayyatminu

When those lepers came to the edge of the camp, they went into one of the tents and ate and drank; then they carried off silver and gold and clothing from there and buried it. They came back and went into another tent, and they carried off what was there and buried it.

vayyomeru ish el-re'ehu lo-khen anakhnu osim hayyom hazzeh yom-besorah hu va'anakhnu makhshim vekhikkinu ad-or habboqer umetsa'anu avon ve'attah lekhu venavo'ah venaggidah bet hammelekh

Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right. This is a day of good news, and we are keeping silent! If we wait until the light of morning, we shall incur guilt. Come, let us go and inform the king’s palace.”

vayyavo'u vayyiqre'u el-sho'er ha'ir vayyaggidu lahem lemor banu el-makhaneh aram vehinneh en-sham ish veqol adam ki im-hassus asur vehakhamor asur ve'ohalim ka'asher-hemmah

They went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city and told them, “We have been to the Aramean camp. There is not a soul there, nor any human sound; but the horses are tethered and the donkeys are tethered and the tents are undisturbed.”

vayyiqra hasho'arim vayyaggidu bet hammelekh penimah

The gatekeepers called out, and the news was passed on into the king’s palace.

vayyaqom hammelekh laylah vayyomer el-avadayw aggidah-nna lakhem et asher-asu lanu aram yade'u ki-re'evim anakhnu vayyetse'u min-hammakhaneh lehekhaveh (vhshdh) [vassadeh] lemor ki-yetse'u min-ha'ir venitpesem khayyim ve'el-ha'ir navo

The king rose in the night and said to his courtiers, “I will tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we are starving, so they have gone out of camp and hidden in the fields, thinking: When they come out of the town, we will take them alive and get into the town.”

vayya'an ekhad me'avadayw vayyomer veyiqkhu-na khamisha min-hassusim hannisharim asher nisharu-vah hinnam kekhol-[hamon] (hhmvn) yisra'el asher nisharu-vah hinnam kekhol-hamon yisra'el asher-tammu venishlekhah venireh

But one of the courtiers spoke up, “Let a few of the remaining horses that are still here be taken—they are like those that are left here of the whole multitude of Israel, out of the whole multitude of Israel that have perished—and let us send and find out.”

vayyiqkhu shene rekhev susim vayyishlakh hammelekh akhare makhaneh-aram lemor lekhu ure'u

They took two teams of horses and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and find out.”

vayyelekhu akharehem ad-hayyarden vehinneh khol-hadderekh mele'ah vegadim vekhelim asher-hishlikhu aram (vhkhfzm) [bekhofzam] vayyashuvu hammalakhim vayyaggidu lammelekh

They followed them as far as the Jordan, and found the entire road full of clothing and gear that the Arameans had thrown away in their haste; and the messengers returned and told the king.

vayyetse ha'am vayyavozzu et makhaneh aram vayehi se'ah-solet besheqel vesatayim se'orim besheqel kidvar Adonai

The people then went out and plundered the Aramean camp. So a seah of choice flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel—as GOD had spoken.

vehammelekh hifqid et-hashalish asher-nishan al-yado al-hasha'ar vayyirmesuhu ha'am basha'ar vayyamot ka'asher dibber ish ha'elohim asher dibber beredet hammelekh elayw

Now the king had put the aide on whose arm he leaned in charge of the gate; and he was trampled to death in the gate by the people—just as the agent of God had spoken, as he had spoken when the king came down to him.

vayehi kedabber ish ha'elohim el-hammelekh lemor satayim se'orim besheqel use'ah-solet besheqel yihyeh ka'et makhar besha'ar shomeron

For when the agent of God said to the king, “This time tomorrow two seahs of barley shall sell at the gate of Samaria for a shekel, and a seah of choice flour for a shekel,”

vayya'an hashalish et-ish ha'elohim vayyomar vehinneh Adonai oseh arubbot bashamayim hayihyeh kaddavar hazzeh vayyomer hinnekha ro'eh be'enekha umisham lo tokhel

the aide answered the agent of God and said, “Even if GOD made windows in the sky, could this come to pass?” And he retorted, “You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”

vayehi-lo ken vayyirmesu oto ha'am basha'ar vayyamot

That is exactly what happened to him: The people trampled him to death in the gate.