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Markaasaa Eliishaa yidhi, War maqla erayga Rabbiga. Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Berrito hadda oo kale Samaariya iriddeeda koombo bur ah waxaa lagaga iibin doonaa sheqel, oo laba koombo oo shaciir ahna waxaa lagaga iibin doonaa sheqel. Oo sirkaalkii gacantiisa boqorku ku tiirsanaa wuxuu ninkii Ilaah ugu jawaabay, Rabbiga oo samada daaqado ka fura mooyaane, ee sidee baa waxanu ku noqon karaan? Oo isna wuxuu ku yidhi, Bal ogow, indhahaaga ayaad ku arki doontaa, laakiinse waxba kama cuni doontid.

Samaariya Oo Hareerayntii Laga Qaaday

Haddaba iridda magaalada laga soo galo waxaa joogay afar nin oo baras qabay; oo iyana midba kii kaluu ku yidhi, War maxaynu halkan u fadhinnaa ilaa aynu ka dhimanno? Haddaynu nidhaahno, Aan magaalada galno, de markaasna magaaladii waa abaar, oo kolleyba halkaasaynu ku dhimanaynaa. Oo haddaynu halkan iska fadhinnona waynu dhimanaynaa. Haddaba ina keena oo aynu ciidanka Suuriya u baxno; oo hadday na bixiyaan, waynu noolaan, hadday na dilaanna kolleyba waynu dhiman lahayn. Oo markaasay fiidkii kaceen inay tagaan xeradii ciidanka Suuriya, oo markay yimaadeen dibadda sare oo xeradii ciidankii Suuriya waxay arkeen inaan ciduna halkaas joogin. Maxaa yeelay, Sayidku wuxuu ciidankii Suuriya maqashiiyey gaadhifardood sanqadhood, iyo fardo sanqadhood, iyo xataa ciidan weyn sanqadhiis; oo waxay isku yidhaahdeen, War boqorkii dalka Israa'iil wuxuu inoo soo kiraystay boqorradii reer Xeed, iyo boqorradii Masar inay inagu soo duulaan. Sidaas daraaddeed way kaceen oo carareen intay fiidkii ahayd. Waxayna ka tageen teendhooyinkoodii, iyo fardahoodii, iyo dameerahoodii, iyo xataa xeradiina siday ahayd; naftoodiina way la carareen. Oo kuwii baraska qabayna markay yimaadeen xeradii dibaddeeda sare ayay teendho galeen, oo wax bay cuneen, waxna way cabbeen, markaasay halkaas ka qaateen lacag, iyo dahab, iyo dhar, oo intay tageen ayay soo qarsadeen; oo haddana way soo noqdeen oo waxay galeen teendho kale, oo halkaasna wax kalay ka qaateen, oo intay tageen ayay soo qarsadeen. Markaasay isku yidhaahdeen, War wax wanaagsan ma samaynayno, waayo, maanta waa maalin war wanaagsan, oo annana waynu iska aamusan nahay. Haddaynu sugno ilaa waagu ka beryo hubaal belaayo baa inagu dhici doonta; haddaba ina keena oo aynu xaalkan reerkii boqorka u soo sheegno. 10 Sidaas daraaddeed way yimaadeen, oo waxay u dhawaaqeen magaalada iridjoogayaasheedii; oo way u warrameen oo waxay ku yidhaahdeen, Waxaannu galnay xeradii ciidanka Suuriya, oo halkaas ninna ma joogin, codna laguma maqal, laakiinse waxaa joogay fardihii xidhxidhnaa, iyo dameerihii xidhxidhnaa, iyo teendhooyinkii oo sidoodii iska ahaa. 11 Oo isna wuxuu u yeedhay iridjoogayaashii, oo iyana waxay saas u soo sheegeen reerkii boqorka ee gudaha joogay. 12 Markaasaa boqorkii habeennimadii toosay oo addoommadiisii ku yidhi, Haatan waxaan idin tusayaa wixii ay reer Suuriya nagu sameeyeen. Iyagu way og yihiin inaynu gaajaysan nahay, oo sidaas daraaddeed xeradii way ka baxeen oo duurka ku dhuunteen, oo waxay isyidhaahdeen, Markay magaalada ka soo baxaan ayaynu iyagoo noolnool qabqabanaynaa, oo magaalada ayaynu galaynaa. 13 Oo mid addoommadiisii ka mid ahaa ayaa ugu jawaabay, Waxaan kaa baryayaa in qaar wado shan faras oo kuwa magaalada ku hadhay ah, (maxaa yeelay, iyagu waxay la mid yihiin sida dadkii Israa'iil ka hadhay oo dhan, oo waxay la mid yihiin sida dadkii Israa'iil ee le'day oo dhan, ) oo aynu dirno iyagu ha soo arkeene. 14 Oo sidaas daraaddeed waxay wadeen laba gaadhifaras iyo fardahoodii; oo boqorkii baa wuxuu ka daba diray ciidankii Suuriya, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Ordoo soo arka. 15 Oo iyana waxay daba socdeen ilaa Webi Urdun; oo bal eeg jidka oo dhan waxaa ka buuxay dhar iyo weelal ay reer Suuriya iska xooreen intay degdegayeen. Oo wargeeyayaashiina intay soo noqdeen ayay saas boqorkii u soo sheegeen. 16 Markaasaa dadkii baxay oo waxay dhaceen xeradii reer Suuriya. Haddaba koombo bur ah waxaa lagu iibiyey sheqel, laba koombo oo shaciir ahna waxaa lagu iibiyey sheqel, oo waxay noqotay sidii erayga Rabbigu ahaa. 17 Markaasaa boqorkii sirkaalkii uu gacantiisa ku tiirsanaa ku amray inuu iridda u taliyo; laakiinse dadkii baa ku tuntay isagoo iridda jooga, oo wuu dhintay sidii ninkii Ilaah sheegay kolkii boqorku isaga u soo dhaadhacay. 18 Oo waxay noqotay sidii ninkii Ilaah boqorkii ula hadlay isagoo leh, Berrito hadda oo kale Samaariya iriddeeda laba koombo oo shaciir ah waxaa lagaga iibin doonaa sheqel, koombo bur ahna waxaa lagaga iibin doonaa sheqel; 19 oo sirkaalkii baa wuxuu ugu jawaabay ninkii Ilaah, Rabbiga oo samada daaqado ka fura mooyaane, ee sidee baa waxanu ku noqon karaan? Oo isna wuxuu ku yidhi, Bal ogow, indhahaaga waad ku arki doontaa, laakiinse waxba kama cuni doontid. 20 Haddaba isagii sidii baa ku dhacday; maxaa yeelay, isagii dadkii baa ku tuntay isagoo iridda jooga oo wuu dhintay.

Elisha replied, “Hear the word of the Lord. This is what the Lord says: About this time tomorrow, a seah[a] of the finest flour will sell for a shekel[b] and two seahs[c] of barley for a shekel(A) at the gate of Samaria.”

The officer on whose arm the king was leaning(B) said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates(C) of the heavens, could this happen?”

“You will see it with your own eyes,” answered Elisha, “but you will not eat(D) any of it!”

The Siege Lifted

Now there were four men with leprosy[d](E) at the entrance of the city gate. They said to each other, “Why stay here until we die? If we say, ‘We’ll go into the city’—the famine is there, and we will die. And if we stay here, we will die. So let’s go over to the camp of the Arameans and surrender. If they spare us, we live; if they kill us, then we die.”

At dusk they got up and went to the camp of the Arameans. When they reached the edge of the camp, no one was there, for the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound(F) of chariots and horses and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired(G) the Hittite(H) and Egyptian kings to attack us!” So they got up and fled(I) in the dusk and abandoned their tents and their horses and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives.

The men who had leprosy(J) reached the edge of the camp, entered one of the tents and ate and drank. Then they took silver, gold and clothes, and went off and hid them. They returned and entered another tent and took some things from it and hid them also.

Then they said to each other, “What we’re doing is not right. This is a day of good news and we are keeping it to ourselves. If we wait until daylight, punishment will overtake us. Let’s go at once and report this to the royal palace.”

10 So they went and called out to the city gatekeepers and told them, “We went into the Aramean camp and no one was there—not a sound of anyone—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents left just as they were.” 11 The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported within the palace.

12 The king got up in the night and said to his officers, “I will tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving; so they have left the camp to hide(K) in the countryside, thinking, ‘They will surely come out, and then we will take them alive and get into the city.’”

13 One of his officers answered, “Have some men take five of the horses that are left in the city. Their plight will be like that of all the Israelites left here—yes, they will only be like all these Israelites who are doomed. So let us send them to find out what happened.”

14 So they selected two chariots with their horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army. He commanded the drivers, “Go and find out what has happened.” 15 They followed them as far as the Jordan, and they found the whole road strewn with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown away in their headlong flight.(L) So the messengers returned and reported to the king. 16 Then the people went out and plundered(M) the camp of the Arameans. So a seah of the finest flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel,(N) as the Lord had said.

17 Now the king had put the officer on whose arm he leaned in charge of the gate, and the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died,(O) just as the man of God had foretold when the king came down to his house. 18 It happened as the man of God had said to the king: “About this time tomorrow, a seah of the finest flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.”

19 The officer had said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates(P) of the heavens, could this happen?” The man of God had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!” 20 And that is exactly what happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 7:1 That is, probably about 12 pounds or about 5.5 kilograms of flour; also in verses 16 and 18
  2. 2 Kings 7:1 That is, about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams; also in verses 16 and 18
  3. 2 Kings 7:1 That is, probably about 20 pounds or about 9 kilograms of barley; also in verses 16 and 18
  4. 2 Kings 7:3 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin; also in verse 8.