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Síðari bók konunganna 5
Icelandic Bible
Síðari bók konunganna 5
Icelandic Bible
5 Naaman, hershöfðingi Sýrlandskonungs, var í miklum metum hjá herra sínum og í hávegum hafður, því að undir forustu hans hafði Drottinn veitt Sýrlendingum sigur. Var maðurinn hinn mesti kappi, en líkþrár.
2 Sýrlendingar höfðu farið herför í smáflokkum og haft burt af Ísraelslandi unga stúlku. Þjónaði hún konu Naamans.
3 Hún sagði við húsmóður sína: "Ég vildi óska að húsbóndi minn væri kominn til spámannsins í Samaríu. Hann mundi losa hann við líkþrána."
4 Þá fór Naaman og sagði herra sínum frá á þessa leið: "Svo og svo hefir stúlkan frá Ísraelslandi talað."
5 Þá mælti Sýrlandskonungur: "Far þú, ég skal senda Ísraelskonungi bréf." Lagði Naaman þá af stað og tók með sér tíu talentur silfurs, sex þúsund sikla gulls og tíu alklæðnaði.
6 Hann færði Ísraelskonungi bréfið, er var á þessa leið: "Þegar bréf þetta kemur þér í hendur, þá skalt þú vita, að ég hefi sent til þín Naaman þjón minn, og skalt þú losa hann við líkþrá hans."
7 En er Ísraelskonungur hafði lesið bréfið, reif hann klæði sín og mælti: "Er ég þá Guð, er deytt geti og lífgað, fyrst hann gjörir mér orð um að losa mann við líkþrá hans? Megið þér þar sjá og skynja, að hann leitar saka við mig."
8 En er Elísa, guðsmaðurinn, frétti, að Ísraelskonungur hefði rifið klæði sín, sendi hann til konungs og lét segja honum: "Hví rífur þú klæði þín? Komi hann til mín, þá skal hann komast að raun um, að til er spámaður í Ísrael."
9 Þá kom Naaman með hesta sína og vagna og nam staðar úti fyrir húsdyrum Elísa.
10 Þá sendi Elísa mann til hans og lét segja honum: "Far og lauga þig sjö sinnum í Jórdan, þá mun hold þitt komast í samt lag og þú munt hreinn verða!"
11 Þá varð Naaman reiður og gekk burt og mælti: "Ég hugði þó, að hann mundi koma út til mín og ganga að mér og ákalla nafn Drottins, Guðs síns, veifa hendinni í áttina til helgistaðarins og koma þannig líkþránni burt.
12 Eru ekki Abana og Farfar, fljótin hjá Damaskus, betri en allar ár í Ísrael? Gæti ég ekki laugað mig í þeim og orðið hreinn?" Sneri hann sér þá við og hélt burt í reiði.
13 Þá gengu þjónar hans til hans, töluðu til hans og sögðu: "Ef spámaðurinn hefði skipað þér eitthvað erfitt, mundir þú þá ekki hafa gjört það? Hve miklu fremur þá, er hann hefir sagt þér: ,Lauga þig og munt þú hreinn verða`?"
14 Þá fór hann ofan eftir og dýfði sér sjö sinnum niður í Jórdan, eins og guðsmaðurinn hafði sagt. Varð þá hold hans aftur sem hold á ungum sveini, og hann varð hreinn.
15 Þá hvarf hann aftur til guðsmannsins og allt hans föruneyti, og er hann kom þangað, gekk hann fyrir hann og mælti: "Nú veit ég, að enginn Guð er til í neinu landi nema í Ísrael, og þigg nú gjöf af þjóni þínum."
16 En Elísa mælti: "Svo sannarlega sem Drottinn lifir, sá er ég þjóna: Ég tek ekki við neinu!" Og þótt hann legði að honum að taka við því, þá færðist hann undan.
17 Þá mælti Naaman: "Ef ekki, þá lát þó gefa þjóni þínum mold á tvo múla, því að þjónn þinn mun eigi framar færa brennifórnir og sláturfórnir neinum guðum öðrum en Drottni.
18 Það eitt verður Drottinn að fyrirgefa þjóni þínum: Þegar herra minn gengur í musteri Rimmons til þess að biðjast þar fyrir, og hann þá styðst við hönd mína, svo að ég fell fram í musteri Rimmons, þegar hann fellur fram í musteri Rimmons, _ það verður Drottinn að fyrirgefa þjóni þínum."
19 En Elísa mælti til hans: "Far þú í friði." En er Naaman var kominn spölkorn frá honum,
20 þá sagði Gehasí, sveinn Elísa, guðsmannsins, við sjálfan sig: "Sjá, herra minn hefir hlíft Naaman þessum sýrlenska og ekki þegið af honum það, sem hann kom með. Svo sannarlega sem Drottinn lifir, þá skal ég hlaupa á eftir honum og þiggja eitthvað af honum."
21 Hélt Gehasí nú á eftir Naaman. En er Naaman sá mann koma hlaupandi á eftir sér, stökk hann af vagninum, gekk í móti honum og mælti: "Er nokkuð að?"
22 Gehasí svaraði: "Nei, en herra minn sendir mig og lætur segja þér: ,Rétt í þessu komu til mín frá Efraímfjöllum tveir sveinar af spámannasveinunum. Gef mér handa þeim talentu silfurs og tvo alklæðnaði."`
23 Naaman svaraði: "Gjör þú mér þann greiða að taka við tveimur talentum!" Og hann lagði að honum og batt tvær talentur silfurs í tvo sjóðu, svo og tvo alklæðnaði og fékk tveimur sveinum sínum, og báru þeir það fyrir honum.
24 En er þeir komu á hæðina, þá tók Gehasí við því af þeim, geymdi það í húsinu og lét mennina fara burt, og fóru þeir leiðar sinnar.
25 Síðan fór hann inn og gekk fyrir herra sinn. En Elísa sagði við hann: "Hvaðan kemur þú, Gehasí?" Hann svaraði: "Þjónn þinn hefir alls ekkert farið."
26 Og Elísa sagði við hann: "Ég fylgdi þér í anda, þegar maðurinn sneri frá vagni sínum í móti þér. Nú hefir þú fengið silfur og munt fá klæði, olíutré, víngarða, sauði og naut, þræla og ambáttir.
27 En líkþrá Naamans mun ávallt loða við þig og niðja þína." Gekk hann þá burt frá honum hvítur sem snjór af líkþrá.
2 Kings 5
New International Version
2 Kings 5
New International Version
Naaman Healed of Leprosy
5 Now Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram.(A) He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded, because through him the Lord had given victory to Aram. He was a valiant soldier, but he had leprosy.[a](B)
2 Now bands of raiders(C) from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman’s wife. 3 She said to her mistress, “If only my master would see the prophet(D) who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.”
4 Naaman went to his master and told him what the girl from Israel had said. 5 “By all means, go,” the king of Aram replied. “I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman left, taking with him ten talents[b] of silver, six thousand shekels[c] of gold and ten sets of clothing.(E) 6 The letter that he took to the king of Israel read: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman to you so that you may cure him of his leprosy.”
7 As soon as the king of Israel read the letter,(F) he tore his robes and said, “Am I God?(G) Can I kill and bring back to life?(H) Why does this fellow send someone to me to be cured of his leprosy? See how he is trying to pick a quarrel(I) with me!”
8 When Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his robes, he sent him this message: “Why have you torn your robes? Have the man come to me and he will know that there is a prophet(J) in Israel.” 9 So Naaman went with his horses and chariots and stopped at the door of Elisha’s house. 10 Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, “Go, wash(K) yourself seven times(L) in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed.”
11 But Naaman went away angry and said, “I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand(M) over the spot and cure me of my leprosy. 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters(N) of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be cleansed?” So he turned and went off in a rage.(O)
13 Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father,(P) if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’!” 14 So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times,(Q) as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored(R) and became clean like that of a young boy.(S)
15 Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God(T). He stood before him and said, “Now I know(U) that there is no God in all the world except in Israel. So please accept a gift(V) from your servant.”
16 The prophet answered, “As surely as the Lord lives, whom I serve, I will not accept a thing.” And even though Naaman urged him, he refused.(W)
17 “If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much earth(X) as a pair of mules can carry, for your servant will never again make burnt offerings and sacrifices to any other god but the Lord. 18 But may the Lord forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to bow down and he is leaning(Y) on my arm and I have to bow there also—when I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the Lord forgive your servant for this.”
19 “Go in peace,”(Z) Elisha said.
After Naaman had traveled some distance, 20 Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said to himself, “My master was too easy on Naaman, this Aramean, by not accepting from him what he brought. As surely as the Lord(AA) lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
21 So Gehazi hurried after Naaman. When Naaman saw him running toward him, he got down from the chariot to meet him. “Is everything all right?” he asked.
22 “Everything is all right,” Gehazi answered. “My master sent me to say, ‘Two young men from the company of the prophets have just come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent[d] of silver and two sets of clothing.’”(AB)
23 “By all means, take two talents,” said Naaman. He urged Gehazi to accept them, and then tied up the two talents of silver in two bags, with two sets of clothing. He gave them to two of his servants, and they carried them ahead of Gehazi. 24 When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the things from the servants and put them away in the house. He sent the men away and they left.
25 When he went in and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?”
“Your servant didn’t go anywhere,” Gehazi answered.
26 But Elisha said to him, “Was not my spirit with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time(AC) to take money or to accept clothes—or olive groves and vineyards, or flocks and herds, or male and female slaves?(AD) 27 Naaman’s leprosy(AE) will cling to you and to your descendants forever.” Then Gehazi(AF) went from Elisha’s presence and his skin was leprous—it had become as white as snow.(AG)
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 5:1 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin; also in verses 3, 6, 7, 11 and 27.
- 2 Kings 5:5 That is, about 750 pounds or about 340 kilograms
- 2 Kings 5:5 That is, about 150 pounds or about 69 kilograms
- 2 Kings 5:22 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms
2 Kings 5
King James Version
2 Kings 5
King James Version
5 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.
3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
16 But he said, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord.
18 In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy servant in this thing.
19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.
20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?
22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.
24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
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