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.
Bads beidzies
1 Bet Elīša teica: “Klausieties Kunga vārdu! Tā saka Kungs: rīt ap šo laiku Samarijas vārtos mērs smalku miltu maksās vienu šekeli un arī divi mēri miežu maksās vienu šekeli.” 2 Tad virsnieks, uz kura rokas balstījās ķēniņš, sacīja Dieva vīram: “Ja arī Kungs taisītu logus debesīs, vai tas varētu notikt?” Elīša sacīja: “Redzi, tu to redzēsi pats savām acīm, bet nebaudīsi!”
3 Pilsētas vārtos bija četri spitālīgi vīri, un tie sacīja viens otram: “Kāpēc mums šeit sēdēt, līdz mirstam? 4 Ja iesim pilsētā, tur ir bads un mēs mirsim, ja paliksim šeit – arī mirsim. Nu tad ejam uz Arāma nometni, ja tie mūs atstās dzīvus, tad dzīvosim, bet, ja nonāvēs, tad mirsim!” 5 Mijkrēslī tie cēlās un gāja uz Arāma nometni. Viņi nonāca līdz Arāma nometnei, un, redzi, tur neviena nebija! 6 Jo Kungs bija licis Arāma nometnē sadzirdēt kararatu, zirgu un liela karaspēka troksni, un tie bija teikuši cits citam: “Palūk, Israēla ķēniņš ir pret mums nolīdzis hetiešu ķēniņu un Ēģiptes ķēniņu, lai tie nāk pret mums!” 7 Mijkrēslī tie bija cēlušies, bēguši un pametuši savas teltis, zirgus un ēzeļus – nometni, kā tā stāvēja, – un bēguši, lai glābtu dzīvību. 8 Kad spitālīgie nonāca nometnē, viņi iegāja kādā teltī. Viņi ēda, dzēra un ņēma no turienes sudrabu, zeltu un drēbes, gāja un noslēpa. Pēc tam tie atgriezās, iegāja citā teltī un ņēma arī no tās, gāja un noslēpa.
9 Tad viņi sacīja viens otram: “Mēs nedarām labi! Šī diena ir labās vēsts diena – ja mēs klusēsim un gaidīsim līdz rītausmai, tad būsim vainīgi. Nāciet, iesim un stāstīsim to ķēniņa namā!” 10 Viņi gāja, sauca pilsētas vārtu sargus un stāstīja: “Mēs bijām Arāma nometnē – tur neviena nav un nedzird cilvēka balsi, tur ir tikai piesieti zirgi un ēzeļi un pamestas teltis.” 11 Un vārtu sargi sauca un pasludināja šo vēsti ķēniņa namā. 12 Ķēniņš piecēlās naktī un sacīja saviem kalpiem: “Es jums teikšu, ko aramieši grib mums darīt! Tie zina, ka mēs esam badā, tādēļ tie ir izgājuši no nometnes un paslēpušies laukā, sacīdami: kad viņi iznāks no pilsētas, mēs viņus sagrābsim dzīvus un iekļūsim pilsētā.” 13 Viens no viņa kalpiem atbildēja: “Lai ņem tos piecus zirgus, kas vēl palikuši, jo tas ir viss, kas atlicis no lielā Israēla pulka, un ar tiem notiks tāpat kā ar visu lielo Israēla pulku, kas ir pagalam. Sūtīsim tos, tad redzēsim!” 14 Tad tie ņēma divus ratus ar zirgiem, un ķēniņš tos sūtīja pakaļ aramiešu karapulkam, sacīdams: “Ejiet un izlūkojiet!”
15 Viņi sekoja tiem līdz Jordānai, un, redzi, viss ceļš bija pilns drēbju un ieroču, ko aramieši bēgot bija pametuši. Un sūtņi atgriezās, lai to pastāstītu ķēniņam. 16 Tad tauta izgāja no pilsētas un izlaupīja aramiešu nometni. Tagad mērs smalku miltu maksāja vienu šekeli un arī divi mēri miežu vienu šekeli, kā Kungs bija teicis. 17 To virsnieku, uz kura rokas ķēniņš bija balstījies, viņš iecēla par vārtu pārraugu. Vārtos tauta viņu samina, un tas mira, kā Dieva vīrs bija teicis, kad ķēniņš bija pie viņa atnācis. 18 Notika tā, kā Dieva vīrs bija teicis ķēniņam: “Rīt ap šo laiku Samarijas vārtos divi mēri miežu maksās vienu šekeli un arī mērs smalku miltu vienu šekeli.” 19 Virsnieks bija atbildējis Dieva vīram: “Ja arī Kungs taisītu logus debesīs, vai tas varētu notikt?” Un viņš bija sacījis: “Redzi, pats savām acīm tu to redzēsi, bet nebaudīsi!” 20 Tā viņam notika, jo tauta to samina vārtos un tas nomira.
