MLV(i)
1 Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead and you know that your servant feared Jehovah and the creditor has come to take my two children to him to be bondmen.
2 And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? Tell me, what have you in the house? And she said, Your handmaid has not anything in the house except a pot of oil. 3 Then he said, Go, borrow for you vessels abroad from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. 4 And you will go in and shut the door upon you and upon your sons and pour out into all those vessels and you will set aside what is full.
5 So she went from him and shut the door upon her and upon her sons. They brought the vessels to her and she poured out. 6 And it happened, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said to her, There is no more a vessel. And the oil halted. 7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil and pay your debt and live you and your sons from the rest.
8 And it fell on a day that Elisha passed to Shunem where there was a prominent woman. And she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as often as he passed by he turned in there to eat bread.
9 And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God who passes by us continually. 10 I beseech you, let us make a little chamber on the wall. And let us set a bed for him there and a table and a seat and a lamp-stand. And it will be, when he comes to us, that he will turn in there.
11 And it fell on a day that he came there 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 to him, Say now to her, Behold, you have been caring for us with all this care. What is to be done for you? Would you be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the army? And she answered, I dwell among my own people.
14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Truly she has no son 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, At this season, when the time comes round, you will embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your handmaid.
17 And the woman conceived and bore a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said to her. 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 to his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, 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 to her husband and said, I beseech you, send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and come again. 23 And he said, Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath. And she said, It will be well. 24 Then she saddled a donkey and said to her servant, Drive and go forward. Do not restrain my riding unless I bid you. 25 So she went and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. And it happened, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is the Shunammite. 26 I beseech you, run now to meet her and say to her, Is it well with you? Is it well with your 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 hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away, but the man of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is distressed within her and Jehovah has hid it from me and has 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 your loins and take my staff in your hand and go your way. If you meet any man, do not salute him and if any salute you, do not answer him again. And lay my staff upon the face of the child. 30 And the mother of the child said, As Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. 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. Therefore he returned to meet him and told him, saying, The child has not awakened.
32 And when Elisha came into the house, behold, the child was dead and laid upon his bed. 33 He went in therefore and shut the door upon the two of them and prayed to Jehovah.
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 him and the flesh of the child grew warm. 35 Then he returned and walked in the house once 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 came in to him, he said, Take up your son. 37 Then she went in and fell at his feet and bowed herself to the ground. And she 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 to his servant, Set on the great pot and boil 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 wild gourds from it, his lap full and came and shred them into the pot of pottage, for they did not know them.
40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it happened, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat of it. 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 a man came from Baal-shalishah and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, Give to the people that they may eat. 43 And his servant said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? But he said, Give to the people that they may eat, for Jehovah says thus, They will eat and will leave of it. 44 So he set it before them and they ate and left of it according to the word of Jehovah.
2 And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? Tell me, what have you in the house? And she said, Your handmaid has not anything in the house except a pot of oil. 3 Then he said, Go, borrow for you vessels abroad from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. 4 And you will go in and shut the door upon you and upon your sons and pour out into all those vessels and you will set aside what is full.
5 So she went from him and shut the door upon her and upon her sons. They brought the vessels to her and she poured out. 6 And it happened, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said to her, There is no more a vessel. And the oil halted. 7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil and pay your debt and live you and your sons from the rest.
8 And it fell on a day that Elisha passed to Shunem where there was a prominent woman. And she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as often as he passed by he turned in there to eat bread.
9 And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God who passes by us continually. 10 I beseech you, let us make a little chamber on the wall. And let us set a bed for him there and a table and a seat and a lamp-stand. And it will be, when he comes to us, that he will turn in there.
11 And it fell on a day that he came there 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 to him, Say now to her, Behold, you have been caring for us with all this care. What is to be done for you? Would you be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the army? And she answered, I dwell among my own people.
14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Truly she has no son 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, At this season, when the time comes round, you will embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your handmaid.
17 And the woman conceived and bore a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said to her. 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 to his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, 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 to her husband and said, I beseech you, send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and come again. 23 And he said, Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath. And she said, It will be well. 24 Then she saddled a donkey and said to her servant, Drive and go forward. Do not restrain my riding unless I bid you. 25 So she went and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. And it happened, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is the Shunammite. 26 I beseech you, run now to meet her and say to her, Is it well with you? Is it well with your 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 hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away, but the man of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is distressed within her and Jehovah has hid it from me and has 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 your loins and take my staff in your hand and go your way. If you meet any man, do not salute him and if any salute you, do not answer him again. And lay my staff upon the face of the child. 30 And the mother of the child said, As Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. 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. Therefore he returned to meet him and told him, saying, The child has not awakened.
32 And when Elisha came into the house, behold, the child was dead and laid upon his bed. 33 He went in therefore and shut the door upon the two of them and prayed to Jehovah.
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 him and the flesh of the child grew warm. 35 Then he returned and walked in the house once 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 came in to him, he said, Take up your son. 37 Then she went in and fell at his feet and bowed herself to the ground. And she 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 to his servant, Set on the great pot and boil 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 wild gourds from it, his lap full and came and shred them into the pot of pottage, for they did not know them.
40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it happened, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat of it. 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 a man came from Baal-shalishah and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, Give to the people that they may eat. 43 And his servant said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? But he said, Give to the people that they may eat, for Jehovah says thus, They will eat and will leave of it. 44 So he set it before them and they ate and left of it according to the word of Jehovah.