1Then Elisha said, 'Listen to the word of the LORD; thus says the LORD, 'Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.''
1以利沙說：你們要聽耶和華的話，耶和華如此說：明日約到這時候，在撒瑪利亞城門口，一細亞細麵要賣銀一舍客勒，二細亞大麥也要賣銀一舍客勒。
2The royal officer on whose hand the king was leaning answered the man of God and said, 'Behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?' Then he said, 'Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat of it.'
2有一個攙扶王的軍長對神人說：即便耶和華使天開了窗戶，也不能有這事。以利沙說：你必親眼看見，卻不得吃。
3Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, 'Why do we sit here until we die?
3在城門那裡有四個長大痲瘋的人，他們彼此說：我們為何坐在這裡等死呢？
4'If we say, 'We will enter the city,' then the famine is in the city and we will die there; and if we sit here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they spare us, we will live; and if they kill us, we will but die.'
4我們若說，進城去罷！城裡有饑荒，必死在那裡；若在這裡坐著不動，也必是死。來罷，我們去投降亞蘭人的軍隊，他們若留我們的活命，就活著；若殺我們，就死了罷！
5They arose at twilight to go to the camp of the Arameans; when they came to the outskirts of the camp of the Arameans, behold, there was no one there.
5黃昏的時候，他們起來往亞蘭人的營盤去；到了*營邊，不見一人在那裡。
6For the Lord had caused the army of the Arameans to hear a sound of chariots and a sound of horses, [even] the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, 'Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.'
6因為主使亞蘭人的軍隊聽見車馬的聲音，是大軍的聲音；他們就彼此說：這必是以色列王賄買赫人的諸王和埃及人的諸王來攻擊我們。
7Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents and their horses and their donkeys, [even] the camp just as it was, and fled for their life.
7所以，在黃昏的時候他們起來逃跑，撇下帳棚、馬、驢，營盤照舊，只顧逃命。
8When these lepers came to the outskirts of the camp, they entered one tent and ate and drank, and carried from there silver and gold and clothes, and went and hid [them]; and they returned and entered another tent and carried from there [also], and went and hid [them].
8那些長大痲瘋的到了營邊，進了帳棚，吃了喝了，且從其中拿出金銀和衣服來，去收藏了；回來又進了一座帳棚，從其中拿出財物來去收藏了。
9Then they said to one another, 'We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, but we are keeping silent; if we wait until morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household.'
9那時，他們彼此說：我們所做的不好！今日是有好信息的日子，我們竟不作聲！若等到天亮，罪必臨到我們。來罷，我們與王家報信去！
10So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and they told them, saying, 'We came to the camp of the Arameans, and behold, there was no one there, nor the voice of man, only the horses tied and the donkeys tied, and the tents just as they were.'
10他們就去叫守城門的，告訴他們說：我們到了亞蘭人的營，不見一人在那裡，也無人聲，只有拴著的馬和驢，帳棚都照舊。
11The gatekeepers called and told [it] within the king's household.
11守城門的叫了眾守門的人來，他們就進去與王家報信。
12Then the king arose in the night and said to his servants, 'I will now tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore they have gone from the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, 'When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and get into the city.''
12王夜間起來，對臣僕說：我告訴你們亞蘭人向我們如何行。他們知道我們飢餓，所以離營，埋伏在田野，說：以色列人出城的時候，我們就活捉他們，得以進城。
13One of his servants said, 'Please, let some [men] take five of the horses which remain, which are left in the city. Behold, they [will be in any case] like all the multitude of Israel who are left in it; behold, they [will be in any case] like all the multitude of Israel who have already perished, so let us send and see.'
13有一個臣僕對王說：我們不如用城裡剩下之馬中的五匹馬（馬和城裡剩下的以色列人都是一樣，快要滅絕），打發人去窺探。
14They took therefore two chariots with horses, and the king sent after the army of the Arameans, saying, 'Go and see.'
14於是取了兩輛車和馬，王差人去追尋亞蘭軍，說：你們去窺探窺探。
15They went after them to the Jordan, and behold, all the way was full of clothes and equipment which the Arameans had thrown away in their haste. Then the messengers returned and told the king.
15他們就追尋到約但河，看見滿道上都是亞蘭人急跑時丟棄的衣服器具，使者就回來報告王。
16So the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. Then 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.
16眾人就出去，擄掠亞蘭人的營盤。於是一細亞細麵賣銀一舍客勒，二細亞大麥也賣銀一舍客勒，正如耶和華所說的。
17Now the king appointed the royal officer on whose hand he leaned to have charge of the gate; but the people trampled on him at the gate, and he died just as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.
17王派攙扶他的那軍長在城門口彈壓，眾人在那裡將他踐踏，他就死了，正如神人在王下來見他的時候所說的。
18It happened just 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, will be [sold] tomorrow about this time at the gate of Samaria.'
18神人曾對王說：明日約到這時候，在撒瑪利亞城門口，二細亞大麥要賣銀一舍客勒，一細亞細麵也要賣銀一舍客勒。
19Then the royal officer answered the man of God and said, 'Now behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?' And he said, 'Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat of it.'
19那軍長對神人說：即便耶和華使天開了窗戶，也不能有這事。神人說：你必親眼看見，卻不得吃。
20And so it happened to him, for the people trampled on him at the gate and he died.
20這話果然應驗在他身上；因為眾人在城門口將他踐踏，他就死了。