4. Krallar 2

¹Rab, İlyas'ı bir sarsıntıyla sanki göğe yükseltmek üzereyken, İlyas ile Elişa Gilgal'dan yola çıktılar.

²İlyas Elişa'ya, "Lütfen burada kal, çünkü Rab beni Beytel'e kadar gönderdi" dedi; ama Elişa, "Rab'bin varlığı hakkı için ve canın hakkı için seni asla bırakmayacağım" dedi ve böylece Beytel'e gittiler.

³Beytel'deki peygamber oğulları Elişa'nın yanına gelip ona, "Rab'bin bugün efendini senin başının yukarısından alacağını biliyor musun?" dediler; o da, "Ben de kesinlikle biliyorum, susun" dedi.

⁴İlyas ona, "Elişa, lütfen burada kal, çünkü Rab beni Eriha'ya gönderdi" dedi; ama o, "Rab'bin varlığı hakkı için ve canın hakkı için seni asla bırakmayacağım" dedi ve böylece Eriha'ya geldiler.

⁵Eriha'daki peygamber oğulları Elişa'ya yaklaşıp ona, "Rab'bin bugün efendini senin başının yukarısından alacağını biliyor musun?" dediler; o da, "Gerçekten ben de biliyorum, susun" dedi.

⁶İlyas ona, "Lütfen burada kal, çünkü Rab beni Şeria Irmağı'na kadar gönderdi" dedi; ama Elişa, "Rab'bin varlığı hakkı için ve canın hakkı için seni asla bırakmayacağım" dedi ve böylece her ikisi birlikte yola devam etti.

⁷Peygamber oğullarından elli kişi de gidip karşılarında, uzakta durdu; ikisi ise Şeria Irmağı'nın kıyısında duruyordu.

⁸İlyas post pelerinini aldı, dürüp sulara vurdu; sular ikiye bölündü ve ikisi kuru yerde karşıya geçtiler.

⁹Karşıya geçtiklerinde İlyas Elişa'ya, "Ben senin yanından alınmadan önce senin için ne yapmamı istersin, dile" dedi; Elişa da, "Senin ruhundaki gücün iki katı üzerimde olsun" dedi.

¹⁰İlyas, "Zor bir şey diledin" dedi, "eğer senin yanından alınırken beni görürsen dilediğin gibi olacak; ama görmezsen kesinlikle olmayacak."

¹¹Onlar yürüyüp konuşmaya devam ederken, ansızın ateşten bir savaş arabası ve ateşten atlar göründü, ikisini birbirinden ayırdı; İlyas bir sarsıntıyla sanki göğe yükseldi.

¹²Elişa bunu gördü ve "Babam, babam! İsrail'in savaş arabası ve sürücüsü!" diye feryat etti; onu bir daha görmedi ve kendi giysilerini kavrayıp iki parça halinde yırttı.

¹³İlyas'ın üzerinden, Elişa'nın üzerine düşmüş olan post pelerinini yerden aldı, geri dönüp Şeria Irmağı'nın kıyısında durdu.

¹⁴İlyas'ın üzerinden düşen post pelerinini alıp sulara vurdu ama sular bölünmedi; "İlyas'ın Tanrısı Rab nerede, evet O?" dedi ve sulara tekrar vurunca sular ikiye bölündü ve Elişa karşıya geçti.

¹⁵Eriha'da, karşı tarafta olan peygamber oğulları onu görünce, "İlyas'ın ruhu Elişa'nın üzerine kondu" dediler; onu karşılamaya gelip önünde yere kapandılar.

¹⁶Ona, "Bak, kullarının yanında elli yiğit adam var" dediler, "lütfen gitsinler, efendini arasınlar; belki de Rab'bin Ruhu onu kaldırıp Şeria Irmağı'na ya da dağlardan, tepelerden birinin üzerine fırlatıp atmıştır"; ama Elişa, "Göndermeyin" dedi.

¹⁷Ancak onu mahcup olacağı kadar zorladılar; sonunda, "Gönderin" dedi; elli kişi gönderdiler, üç gün aradılarsa da onu bulamadılar.

¹⁸Eriha'da oturmakta olan Elişa'nın yanına döndüklerinde, Elişa onlara, "Ben size 'Gitmeyin' dememiş miydim?" dedi.

¹⁹Kent halkı Elişa'ya, "Bak, efendimizin de gördüğü gibi bu kentin konumu güzel" dediler, "ama suları kötü ve toprağı kısırlaştırıyor."

²⁰Elişa, "Bana yeni bir su testisi getirin ve içine tuz koyun" dedi; testiyi getirip ona verdiler.

²¹Elişa suların kaynağına gitti, tuzu oraya dökerek şöyle dedi: "Rab şöyle diyor: 'Bu suları iyileştirdim; artık buradan ölüm ya da kısırlık gelmeyecek.'"

²²Sular, Elişa'nın söylediği söz uyarınca bugüne dek şifalı kaldı.

²³Elişa oradan Beytel'e gitti; o yolda yukarı doğru çıkarken, kentten küçük gençler çıkıp onunla alay ettiler ve "Yukarı çık, kel kafalı! Yukarı çık!" dediler.

²⁴Elişa arkasına dönüp onları gördü ve Rab'bin adıyla onları lanetledi; o anda ormandan iki dişi ayı çıktı ve çocuklardan kırk iki tanesini parçaladı.

²⁵Elişa oradan Karmel Dağı'na gitti, oradan da Samiriyye'ye döndü.

¹ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἀνάγειν Κύριον ἐν συσσεισμῷ τὸν ᾿Ηλιοὺ ὡς εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἐπορεύθη ᾿Ηλιοὺ καὶ ῾Ελισαιὲ ἐκ Γαλγάλων.

²καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ηλιοὺ πρὸς ῾Ελισαιέ· κάθου δὴ ἐνταῦθα, ὅτι Κύριος ἀπέσταλκέ με ἕως Βαιθήλ· καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ελισαιέ· ζῇ Κύριος καὶ ζῇ ἡ ψυχή σου, εἰ ἐγκαταλείψω σε· καὶ ἦλθον εἰς Βαιθήλ.

³καὶ ἦλθον οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν προφητῶν οἱ ἐν Βαιθὴλ πρὸς ῾Ελισαιὲ καὶ εἶπον πρὸς αὐτόν· εἰ ἔγνως, ὅτι Κύριος σήμερον λαμβάνει τὸν κύριόν σου ἐπάνωθεν τῆς κεφαλῆς σου; καὶ εἶπε· κἀγὼ ἔγνωκα, σιωπᾶτε.

⁴καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ηλιοὺ πρὸς ῾Ελισαιέ· κάθου δὴ ἐνταῦθα, ὅτι Κύριος ἀπέσταλκέ με εἰς ῾Ιεριχώ· καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ελισαιέ· ζῇ Κύριος καὶ ζῇ ἡ ψυχή σου, εἰ ἐγκαταλείψω σε· καὶ ἦλθον εἰς ῾Ιεριχώ.

⁵καὶ ἤγγισαν οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν προφητῶν οἱ ἐν ῾Ιεριχὼ πρὸς ῾Ελισαιὲ καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτόν· εἰ ἔγνως ὅτι σήμερον λαμβάνει Κύριος τὸν κύριόν σου ἐπάνωθεν τῆς κεφαλῆς σου; καὶ εἶπε· καί γε ἐγὼ ἔγνων, σιωπᾶτε.

⁶καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ᾿Ηλιού· κάθου δὴ ὧδε, ὅτι Κύριος ἀπέσταλκέ με ἕως εἰς τὸν ᾿Ιορδάνην· καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ελισαιέ· ζῇ Κύριος καὶ ζῇ ἡ ψυχή σου, εἰ ἐγκαταλείψω σε· καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἀμφότεροι·

⁷καὶ πεντήκοντα ἄνδρες υἱοὶ τῶν προφητῶν καὶ ἔστησαν ἐξεναντίας μακρόθεν· καὶ ἀμφότεροι ἔστησαν ἐπὶ τοῦ ᾿Ιορδάνου.

⁸καὶ ἔλαβεν ᾿Ηλιοὺ τὴν μηλωτὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ εἵλησε καὶ ἐπάταξε τὸ ὕδωρ, καὶ διῃρέθη τὸ ὕδωρ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα, καὶ διέβησαν ἀμφότεροι ἐν ἐρήμῳ.

⁹καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ διαβῆναι αὐτοὺς καὶ ᾿Ηλιοὺ εἶπε πρὸς ῾Ελισαιέ· αἴτησαι τί ποιήσω σοι πρὶν ἢ ἀναληφθῆναί με ἀπὸ σοῦ. καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ελισαιέ· γενηθήτω δὴ διπλᾶ ἐν πνεύματί σου ἐπ᾿ ἐμέ.

¹⁰καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ηλιού· ἐσκλήρυνας τοῦ αἰτήσασθαι· ἐὰν ἴδῃς με ἀναλαμβανόμενον ἀπὸ σοῦ, καὶ ἔσται σοι οὕτως· καὶ ἐὰν μή, οὐ μὴ γένηται.

¹¹καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτῶν πορευομένων, ἐπορεύοντο καὶ ἐλάλουν· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἅρμα πυρὸς καὶ ἵπποι πυρὸς καὶ διέστειλαν ἀνὰ μέσον ἀμφοτέρων, καὶ ἀνελήφθη ᾿Ηλιοὺ ἐν συσσεισμῷ ὡς εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν.

¹²καὶ ῾Ελισαιὲ ἑώρα καὶ ἐβόα· πάτερ, πάτερ, ἅρμα ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ἱππεὺς αὐτοῦ· καὶ οὐκ εἶδεν αὐτὸν ἔτι καὶ ἐπελάβετο τῶν ἱματίων αὐτοῦ καὶ διέρρηξεν αὐτὰ εἰς δύο ῥήγματα.

¹³καὶ ὕψωσε τὴν μηλωτὴν ᾿Ηλιού, ἣ ἔπεσεν ἐπάνωθεν ῾Ελισαιέ, καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν ῾Ελισαιὲ καὶ ἔστη ἐπὶ τοῦ χείλους τοῦ ᾿Ιορδάνου·

¹⁴καὶ ἔλαβε τὴν μηλωτὴν ᾿Ηλιού, ἣ ἔπεσεν ἐπάνωθεν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπάταξε τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ οὐ διέστη· καὶ εἶπε· ποῦ ὁ Θεὸς ᾿Ηλιοὺ ἀφφώ; καὶ ἐπάταξε τὰ ὕδατα, καὶ διερράγησαν ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα, καὶ διέβη ῾Ελισαιέ.

¹⁵καὶ εἶδον αὐτὸν οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν προφητῶν οἱ ἐν ῾Ιεριχὼ ἐξεναντίας καὶ εἶπον· ἐπαναπέπαυται τὸ πνεῦμα ᾿Ηλιοὺ ἐπὶ ῾Ελισαιέ· καὶ ἦλθον εἰς συναντὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ προσεκύνησαν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.

¹⁶καὶ εἶπον πρὸς αὐτόν· ἰδοὺ δὴ μετὰ τῶν παίδων σου πεντήκοντα ἄνδρες υἱοὶ δυνάμεως· πορευθέντες δὴ ζητησάτωσαν τὸν κύριόν σου, μή ποτε ᾖρεν αὐτὸν πνεῦμα Κυρίου καὶ ἔρριψεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ᾿Ιορδάνῃ ἢ ἐφ᾿ ἓν τῶν ὀρέων ἢ ἐφ᾿ ἕνα τῶν βουνῶν. καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ελισαιέ· οὐκ ἀποστελεῖτε.

¹⁷καὶ παρεβιάσαντο αὐτὸν ἕως οὗ ᾐσχύνετο. καὶ εἶπεν· ἀποστείλατε. καὶ ἀπέστειλαν πεντήκοντα ἄνδρας, καὶ ἐζήτησαν τρεῖς ἡμέρας καὶ οὐχ εὗρον αὐτόν.

¹⁸καὶ ἀνέστρεψαν πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐκάθητο ἐν ῾Ιεριχώ, καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ελισαιέ· οὐκ εἶπον πρὸς ὑμᾶς, μὴ πορευθῆτε;

¹⁹καὶ εἶπον οἱ ἄνδρες τῆς πόλεως πρὸς ῾Ελισαιέ· ἰδοὺ ἡ κατοίκησις τῆς πόλεως ἀγαθή, καθὼς ὁ κύριος βλέπει, καὶ τὰ ὕδατα πονηρὰ καὶ ἡ γῆ ἀτεκνουμένη.

²⁰καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ελισαιέ· λάβετέ μοι ὑδρίσκην καινὴν καὶ θέτε ἐκεῖ ἅλα· καὶ ἔλαβον καὶ ἤνεγκαν πρὸς αὐτόν.

²¹καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ῾Ελισαιὲ εἰς τὴν διέξοδον τῶν ὑδάτων καὶ ἔρριψεν ἐκεῖ ἅλα καὶ εἶπε· τάδε λέγει Κύριος· ἴαμαι τὰ ὕδατα, οὐκ ἔσται ἔτι ἐκεῖθεν θάνατος καὶ ἀτεκνουμένη.

²²καὶ ἰάθησαν τὰ ὕδατα ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης κατὰ τὸ ρῆμα ῾Ελισαιέ, ὃ ἐλάλησε.

²³καὶ ἀνέβη ἐκεῖθεν εἰς Βαιθήλ· καὶ ἀναβαίνοντος αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ καὶ παιδάρια μικρὰ ἐξῆλθον ἐκ τῆς πόλεως καὶ κατέπαιζον αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπον αὐτῷ· ἀνάβαινε, φαλακρέ, ἀνάβαινε.

²⁴καὶ ἐξένευσεν ὀπίσω αὐτῶν καὶ εἶδεν αὐτά, καὶ κατηράσατο αὐτοῖς ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐξῆλθον δύο ἄρκοι ἐκ τοῦ δρυμοῦ καὶ ἀνέρρηξαν ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν τεσσαράκοντα καὶ δύο παῖδας.

²⁵καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐκεῖθεν εἰς τὸ ὄρος τὸ Καρμήλιον κἀκεῖθεν ἐπέστρεψεν εἰς Σαμάρειαν.

¹And it came to pass, when the Lord was going to take Eliu with a whirlwind as it were into heaven, that Eliu and Elisaie went out of Galgala.

²And Eliu said to Elisaie, Stay here, I pray thee; for God has sent me to Baethel. And Elisaie said, [As] the Lord lives and thy soul lives, I will not leave thee; so they came to Baethel.

³And the sons of the prophets who were in Baethel came to Elisaie, and said to him, Dost thou know, that the Lord this day is going to take thy lord away from thy head? And he said, Yea, I know [it]; be silent.

⁴And Eliu said to Elisaie, Stay here, I pray thee; for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. And he said, [As] the Lord lives and thy soul lives, I will not leave thee. And they came to Jericho.

⁵And the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho drew near to Elisaie, and said to him, Dost thou know that the Lord is about to take away thy master to-day from thy head? And he said, Yea, I know [it]; hold your peace.

⁶And Eliu said to him, Stay here I pray thee, for the Lord has sent me to Jordan. And Elisaie said, [As] the Lord lives and thy soul lives, I will not leave thee: and they both went on.

⁷And fifty men of the sons of the prophets [went also], and they stood opposite afar off: and both stood on [the bank] of Jordan.

⁸And Eliu took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the water: and the water was divided on this side and on that side, and they both went over on dry ground.

⁹And it came to pass while they were crossing over, that Eliu said to Elisaie, Ask what I shall do for thee before I am taken up from thee. And Elisaie said, Let there be, I pray thee, a double [portion] of thy spirit upon me.

¹⁰And Eliu said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: if thou shalt see me when I am taken up from thee, then shall it be so to thee; and if not, it shall not be [so].

¹¹And it came to pass as they were going, they went on talking; and, behold, a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and it separated between them both; and Eliu was taken up in a whirlwind as it were into heaven.

¹²And Elisaie saw, and cried, Father, father, the chariot of Israel, and the horseman thereof! And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his garments, and rent them into two pieces.

¹³And Elisaie took up the mantle of Eliu, which fell from off him upon Elisaie; and Elisaie returned, and stood upon the brink of Jordan;

¹⁴and he took the mantle of Eliu, which fell from off him, and smote the water, and it was not divided, and said, Where is the Lord God of Eliu? and he smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither; and Elisaie went over.

¹⁵And the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho on the opposite side saw him, and said, The spirit of Eliu has rested upon Elisaie. And they came to meet him, and did obeisance to him to the ground.

¹⁶And they said to him, Behold now, [there are] with thy servants fifty men of strength: let them go now, and seek thy lord: peradventure the Spirit of the Lord has taken him up, and cast him into Jordan, or on one of the mountains, or on one of the hills. And Elisaie said, Ye shall not send.

¹⁷And they pressed him until he was ashamed; and he said, Send. And they sent fifty men, and sought three days, and found him not.

¹⁸And they returned to him, for he dwelt in Jericho: and Elisaie said, Did I not say to you, Go not?

¹⁹And the men of the city said to Elisaie, Behold, the situation of the city [is] good, as [our] lord sees; but the waters [are] bad, and the ground barren.

²⁰And Elisaie said, Bring me a new pitcher, and put salt in it. And they took [one], and brought [it] to him.

²¹And Elisaie went out to the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and says, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be any longer death thence or barren [land].

²²And the waters were healed until this day, according to the word of Elisaie which he spoke.

²³And he went up thence to Baethel: and as he was going up by the way there came up also little children from the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, bald-head, go up.

²⁴And he turned after them, and saw them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And, behold, there came out two bears out of the wood, and they tore forty and two children of them.

²⁵And he went thence to mount Carmel, and returned thence to Samaria.