2 राजा 4
1 भविष्यद्वक्ताओं के चेलों की पत्नियों में से एक स्त्री ने एलीशा की दोहाई देकर कहा, तेरा दास मेरा पति मर गया, और तू जानता है कि वह यहोवा का भय माननेवाला था, और जिसका वह कर्जदार था वह आया है कि मेरे दोनों पुत्रों को अपने दास बनाने के लिये ले जाए।
2 एलीशा ने उस से पूछा, मैं तेरे लिये क्या करूं? मुझ से कह, कि तेरे घर में क्या है? उसने कहा, तेरी दासी के घर में एक हांड़ी तेल को छोड़ और कुछ तहीं है।
3 उसने कहा, तू बाहर जा कर अपनी सब पड़ोसियों खाली बरतन मांग ले आ, और थोड़े बरतन न लाना।
4 फिर तू अपने बेटों समेत अपने घर में जा, और द्वार बन्द कर के उन सब बरतनों में तेल उण्डेल देना, और जो भर जाए उन्हें अलग रखना।
5 तब वह उसके पास से चली गई, और अपने बेटों समेत अपने घर जा कर द्वार बन्द किया; तब वे तो उसके पास बरतन लाते गए और वह उण्डेलती गई।
6 जब बरतन भर गए, तब उसने अपने बेटे से कहा, मेरे पास एक और भी ले आ, उसने उस से कहा, और बरतन तो नहीं रहा। तब तेल थम गया।
7 तब उसने जा कर परमेश्वर के भक्त को यह बता दिया। ओर उसने कहा, जा तेल बेच कर ऋण भर दे; और जो रह जाए, उस से तू अपने पुत्रों सहित अपना निर्वाह करना।
8 फिर एक दिन की बात है कि एलीशा शूनेम को गया, जहां एक कुलीन स्त्री थी, और उसने उसे रोटी खाने के लिये बिनती कर के विवश किया। और जब जब वह उधर से जाता, तब तब वह वहां रोटी खाने को उतरता था।
9 और उस स्त्री ने अपने पति से कहा, सुन यह जो बार बार हमारे यहां से हो कर जाया करता है वह मुझे परमेश्वर का कोई पवित्र भक्त जान पड़ता है।
10 तो हम भीत पर एक छोटी उपरौठी कोठरी बनाएं, और उस में उसके लिये एक खाट, एक मेज, एक कुसीं और एक दीवट रखें, कि जब जब वह हमारे यहां आए, तब तब उसी में टिका करे।
11 एक दिन की बात है, कि वह वहां जा कर उस उपरौठी कोठरी में टिका और उसी में लेट गया।
12 और उसने अपने सेवक गेहजी से कहा, उस शुनेमिन को बुला ले। उसके बुलाने से वह उसके साम्हने खड़ी हुई।
13 तब उसने गेहजी से कहा, इस से कह, कि तू ने हमारे लिये ऐसी बड़ी चिन्ता की है, तो तेरे लिये क्या किया जाए? क्या तेरी चर्चा राजा, वा प्रधान सेनापति से की जाए? उसने उत्तर दिया मैं तो अपने ही लोगों में रहती हूँ।
14 फिर उसने कहा, तो इसके लिये क्या किया जाए? गेहजी ने उत्तर दिया, निश्चय उसके कोई लड़का नहीं, और उसका पति बूढ़ा है।
15 उसने कहा, उसको बुला ले। और जब उसने उसे बुलाया, तब वह द्वार में खड़ी हुई।
16 तब उसने कहा, बसन्त ऋतु में दिन पूरे होने पर तू एक बेटा छाती से लगाएगी। स्त्री ने कहा, हे मेरे प्रभु! हे परमेश्वर के भक्त ऐसा नहीं, अपनी दासी को धोखा न दे।
17 और स्त्री को गर्भ रहा, और वसन्त ऋतु का जो समय एलीशा ने उस से कहा था, उसी समय जब दिन पूरे हुए, तब उसके पुत्र उत्पन्न हुआ।
18 और जब लड़का बड़ा हो गया, तब एक दिन वह अपने पिता के पास लवने वालों के निकट निकल गया।
19 और उसने अपने पिता से कहा, आह! मेरा सिर, आह! मेरा सिर। तब पिता ने अपने सेवक से कहा, इस को इसकी माता के पास ले जा।
20 वह उसे उठा कर उसकी माता के पास ले गया, फिर वह दोपहर तक उसके घुटनों पर बैठा रहा, तब मर गया।
21 तब उसने चढ़ कर उसको परमेश्वर के भक्त की खाट पर लिटा दिया, और निकल कर किवाड़ बन्द किया, तब उतर गई।
22 और उसने अपने पति से पुकार कर कहा, मेरे पास एक सेवक और एक गदही तुरन्त भेज दे कि मैं परमेश्वर के भक्त के यहां झट पट हो आऊं।
23 उसने कहा, आज तू उसके यहां क्योंजाएगी? आज न तो नये चांद का, और न विश्राम का दिन है; उसने कहा, कल्याण होगा।
24 तब उस स्त्री ने गदही पर काठी बान्ध कर अपने सेवक से कहा, हांके चल; और मेरे कहे बिना हांकने में ढिलाई न करना।
25 तो वह चलते चलते कर्मेल पर्वत को परमेश्वर के भक्त के निकट पहुंची। उसे दूर से देखकर परमेश्वर के भक्त ने अपने सेवक गेहजी से कहा, देख, उधर तो वह शूनेमिन है।
26 अब उस से मिलने को दौड़ जा, और उस से पूछ, कि तू कुशल से है? तेरा पति भी कुशल से है? और लड़का भी कुशल से है? पूछने पर स्त्री ने उत्तर दिया, हां, कुशल से हैं।
27 वह पहाड़ पर परमेश्वर के भक्त के पास पहुंची, और उसके पांव पकड़ने लगी, तब गेहजी उसके पास गया, कि उसे धक्का देकर हटाए, परन्तु परमेश्वर के भक्त ने कहा, उसे छोड़ दे, उसका मन व्याकुल है; परन्तु यहोवा ने मुझ को नहीं बताया, छिपा ही रखा है।
28 तब वह कहने लगी, क्या मैं ने अपने प्रभु से पुत्र का वर मांगा था? क्या मैं ने न कहा था मुझे धोखा न दे?
29 तब एलीशा ने गेहजी से कहा, अपनी कमर बान्ध, और मेरी छड़ी हाथ में ले कर चला जा, मार्ग में यदि कोई तुझे मिले तो उसका कुशल न पूछना, और कोई तेरा कुशल पूछे, तो उसको उत्तर न देना, और मेरी यह छड़ी उस लड़के के मुंह पर धर देना।
30 तब लड़के की मां ने एलीशा से कहा, यहोवा के और तेरे जीवन की शपथ मैं तुझे न छोड़ूंगी। तो वह उठ कर उसके पीछे पीछे चला।
31 उन से पहिले पहुंच कर गेहजी ने छड़ी को उस लड़के के मुंह पर रखा, परन्तु कोई शब्द न सुन पड़ा, और न उसने कान लगाया, तब वह एलीशा से मिलने को लौट आया, और उसको बतला दिया, कि लड़का नहीं जागा।
32 जब एलीशा घर में आया, तब क्या देखा, कि लड़का मरा हुआ उसकी खाट पर पड़ा है।
33 तब उसने अकेला भीतर जा कर किवाड़ बन्द किया, और यहोवा से प्रार्थना की।
34 तब वह चढ़कर लड़के पर इस रीति से लेट गया कि अपना मुंह उसके मुंह से और अपनी आंखें उसकी आंखों से और अपने हाथ उसके हाथों से मिला दिये और वह लड़के पर पसर गया, तब लड़के की देह गर्म होने लगी।
35 और वह उसे छोड़कर घर में इधर उधर टहलने लगा, और फिर चढ़ कर लड़के पर पसर गया; तब लड़के ने सात बार छींका, और अपनी आंखें खोलीं।
36 तब एलीशा ने गेहजी को बुला कर कहा, शूनेमिन को बुला ले। जब उसके बुलाने से वह उसके पास आई, तब उसने कहा, अपने बेटे को उठा ले।
37 वह भीतर गई, और उसके पावों पर गिर भूमि तक झुककर दण्डवत किया; फिर अपने बेटे को उठा कर निकल गई।
38 तब एलीशा गिलगाल को लौट गया। उस समय देश में अकाल था, और भविष्यद्वक्ताओं के चेले उसके साम्हने बैटे हुए थे, और उसने अपने सेवक से कहा, हण्डा चढ़ा कर भविष्यद्वक्ताओं के चेलों के लिये कुछ पका।
39 तब कोई मैदान में साग तोड़ने गया, और कोई जंगली लता पाकर अपनी अंकवार भर इन्द्रायण तोड़ ले आया, और फांक फांक कर के पकने के लिये हण्डे में डाल दिया, और वे उसको न पहिचानते थे।
40 तब उन्होंने उन मनुष्यों के खाने के लिये हण्डे में से परोसा। खाते समय वे चिल्लाकर बोल उठे, हे परमेश्वर के भक्त हण्डे में माहुर है, और वे उस में से खा न सके।
41 तब एलीशा ने कहा, अच्छा, कुछ मैदा ले आओ, तब उसने उसे हण्डे में डाल कर कहा, उन लोगों के खाने के लिये परोस दे, फिर हण्डे में कुछ हानि की वस्तु न रही।
42 और कोई मतुष्य बालशालीशा से, पहिले उपजे हुए जव की बीस रोटियां, और अपनी बोरी में हरी बालें परमेश्वर के भक्त के पास ले आया; तो एलीशा ने कहा, उन लोगों को खाने के लिये दे।
43 उसके टहलुए ने कहा, क्या मैं सौ मनुष्यों के साम्हने इतना ही रख दूं? उसने कहा, लोगों को दे दे कि खएं, क्योंकि यहोवा यों कहता है, उनके खाने के बाद कुछ बच भी जाएगा।
44 तब उसने उनके आगे धर दिया, और यहोवा के वचन के अनुसार उनके खाने के बाद कुछ बच भी गया।
1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
22 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
25 So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.
27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
30 And the mother of the child said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the Lord.
34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.
41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
42 And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the Lord, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the Lord.
1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
3 And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
4 That the Lord may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s: for it was his from the Lord.
16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
18 And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
19 Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.
20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
23 Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
24 Now therefore, as the Lord liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the Lord; that he might fulfil the word of the Lord, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
32 And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the Lord.
34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
35 And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the Lord, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.
43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever.
46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.