2 Kings 6
1 One day a group of prophets said to Elisha, “Look, this place where we meet together with you is very small.
Kinuna dagiti annak dagiti profeta kenni Eliseo, “Ti lugar a pagnanaedantayo ket nailet unay para kadatayo amin.
2 Allow us to go to the Jordan [River and cut down some trees to make] logs to build a new meeting place.” So Elisha said, “Okay, go.”
Pangngaasim ta palubosannakami a mapan idiay Karayan Jordan, ket palubosam ti tunggal lalaki a mangpukan iti kayo, ket mangbangontayo ti lugar sadiay a mabalin a pagnaedantayo.” Simmungbat ni Eliseo, “Mabalinyon ti mapan.”
3 One of them said to Elisha, “Please come with us.” So Elisha replied, “Okay, I will go with you.”
Kinuna ti maysa kadakuada, “Pangngaasim ta kumuyogka kadagiti adipenmo.” Simmungbat ni Eliseo, “Mapanak.”
4 So they went together. When they reached the Jordan [River], they cut down some trees.
Isu a kimmuyog ni Eliseo kadakuada, idi nakadanondan idiay Karayan Jordan, rinugianda ti nagpukan kadagiti kayo.
5 But while one of them was cutting down a tree, suddenly the axe head [separated from the handle and] fell into the water. He cried out to Elisha, “O, Master, what shall I do? [The axe is not mine]; I borrowed it!”
Ngem kabayatan nga agpukpukan ti maysa, natinnag ti ulo ti wasay iti danum; nagpukkaw isuna ket kinunana, “Ayna, apok, daytoy ket bulod!”
6 Elisha replied, “Where did it fall into the water?” After the man showed him the place, Elisha cut off a stick, and threw it into the water, and caused the iron axe head to float [on top of the water].
Isu a kinuna ti tao ti Dios, “Sadino ti nakatnaganna?” Intudo ti lalaki kenni Eliseo ti disso a nakatnaganna. Nangputed ngarud ni Eliseo iti ruting, impuruakna daytoy iti danum, ket pinagtapawna ti landok.
7 Elisha said, “Take it out of the water.” So the man reached his hand down and picked up the axe head.
Kinuna ni Eliseo, “Pidutem.” Isu a ginaw-at ti lalaki daytoy.
8 Whenever the king of Syria [prepared to send his army to] fight against Israel, he first consulted his officers, and then told them where they should set up their tents.
Ita, ti ari ti Aram ket mangirugrugi idi iti gubat maibusor iti Israel. Nakiuman isuna kadagiti adipenna, a kunana, “Agkampoakto iti kastoy ken kastoy a lugar.”
9 But each time, Elisha would send a message to warn the king of Israel, [telling him where the army of Syria was planning to attack them, ] saying, “Be sure that your army does not go near that place, because the army of Syria has set up their tents there.”
Isu a nangibaon ti tao ti Dios iti ari ti Israel, a kunana, “Agannadkayo a saan a magna iti dayta a lugar, ta sumalsalog sadiay dagiti Arameo.”
10 So the king of Israel would send [messengers] to warn [the people who lived in] that place, and the people would remain on guard. That happened several times.
Kalpasanna, nangibaon ti ari ti Israel kadagiti lalaki iti lugar nga impakdaar ti tao ti Dios kenkuana. Namin-anon a daras nga insalakan isuna dayta a pakdaar sadiay.
11 The king of Syria was very upset/disturbed/angry about that. So he summoned his army officers and said to them, “[Obviously] one of you is (betraying us/revealing our plans) to the king of Israel. Which one of you is doing it?”
Nariribukan unay ti panunot ti ari ti Aram maipapan iti daytoy a pakdaar, ket inayabanna dagiti adipenna ket kinunana kadakuada, “Saanyo kadi nga ibaga kaniak no siasino kadatayo ti umay-ayon iti ari ti Israel?
12 One of his officers answered, “Your Majesty, it is not one of us. Elisha the prophet [knows what we plan to do, and he] tells the king of Israel everything. He even knows what you say in your own bedroom!”
Kinuna ngarud ti maysa kadagiti adipenna, “Saan, apok nga ari, ta ni Eliseo a profeta iti Israel ti mangibagbaga iti ari ti Israel kadagiti sasao nga ibagbagam iti siledmo!”
13 The king of Syria replied, “Go and find out where he is, and I will send [some men there] to capture him.” Someone told him, “People say that he is in Dothan [town north of Samaria].”
Simmungbat ti ari, “Inkayo kitaen no sadino ti ayan ni Eliseo tapno makaibaonak kadagiti lallaki a mangtiliw kenkuana.” Naibaga kenkuana, “Kitaem, adda isuna idiay Dotan.”
14 So the king sent a large group of soldiers [to Dothan] with horses and chariots. They arrived at night and surrounded the town.
Isu a nangipatulod ti ari idiay Dotan kadagiti kabalio, karwahe ken nangibaon iti dakkel a bunggoy dagiti armada. Dimtengda sadiay iti rabii ket pinalikmutanda ti siudad.
15 Early the next morning, Elisha’s servant got up and went outside the house. He saw the soldiers of Syria with their horses and chariots surrounding the town. So he went inside [the house and reported it to Elisha] and exclaimed, “O, sir! What are we going to do?”
Idi nakariing a nasapa ket rimmuar ti adipen ti tao ti Dios, adda met sadiay iti dakkel nga armada agraman dagiti kabalio ken karwahe a nakapalikmot iti siudad. Ket kinuna ti adipen kenni Eliseo, “O, apok! Ania ti aramidentayo?”
16 Elisha replied, “Do not be afraid! Those who will be helping us will be more than those who will be helping them!”
Simmungbat ni Eliseo, “Saanka nga agbuteng, ta ad-adu dagiti kaduatayo ngem dagidiay a kakaduada.”
17 Then he prayed, “Yahweh, I request that you open my servant’s eyes in order that he can see [what is out there]!” So Yahweh enabled the servant to look out and see that surrounding the hill on which the town [was built] was a huge number of horses, and chariots made of fire!
Nagkararag ni Eliseo ket kinunana, Yahweh, agpakpakaasiak a lukatam dagiti matana tapno makitana.” Kalpasanna, linuktan ni Yahweh dagiti mata ti adipen, ket nakitana. Adtoy, napno ti bantay kadagiti kabalio ken karwahe nga umap-apuy iti likmot ni Eliseo!
18 When the army of Syria prepared to attack Elisha, he prayed again, saying, “Yahweh, cause all these soldiers to become blind!” Yahweh answered his prayer and caused them to be unable to see clearly.
Idi simmalog dagiti Arameo a napan kenkuana, nagkararag ni Eliseo kenni Yahweh a kinunana, “Dawatek kenka a pagbulsekem dagitoy a tattao.” Isu a pinagbulsek ida ni Yahweh, kas dinawat ni Eliseo.
19 Then Elisha went to them and said, “You are not on the right road; this is not the city that you are searching for. I will take you to the man whom you are searching for.” But he led them to Samaria, [the capital of Israel]!
Kalpasanna, imbaga ni Eliseo kadagiti Arameo, “Saan a daytoy ti dalan, wenno ti siudad. Surutendak, ket ipankayo iti tao a birbirukenyo.” Ket inturongna ida idiay Samaria.
20 As soon as they entered Samaria, Elisha prayed again, saying, “Yahweh, now enable these soldiers to see correctly again!” So Yahweh enabled them to see correctly, and they were surprised to see that they were inside Samaria [city].
Napasamak nga idi nakadanonda idiay Samaria, imbaga ni Eliseo, “Yahweh, luktam dagiti mata dagitoy a tattao tapno makakitada.” Linukatan ni Yahweh dagiti matada ket nakitada, ket adtoy, addada iti tengnga ti siudad ti Samaria.
21 When the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, “Sir, shall I [tell my soldiers to] kill them? Shall we kill all of them?”
Kinuna ti ari ti Israel kenni Eliseo, idi nakitana ida, “Amak, rumbeng kadi a papatayek ida? Rumbeng kadi a patayek ida?
22 Elisha replied, “No, you must not kill them. If your army captured many of your enemies in a battle, you would certainly not [RHQ] kill them. Give these men something to eat and drink, and then allow them to return to their king.”
Simmungbat ni Eliseo, “Saan a rumbeng a papatayem ida. Papatayem kadi dagiti natiliwmo a balud babaen kadagiti kampilan ken panam. Mangikabilka iti tinapay ken danum iti sangoananda, tapno mangan ken uminumda, ket mapanda iti apoda.”
23 So the king of Israel did that. He told his servants to provide a big feast for them. And when they had eaten and drunk plenty, he sent them away. They returned to the king of Syria [and told him what had happened]. So for a while after that, soldiers from Syria stopped raiding/attacking towns in Israel.
Isu a nangisagana ti ari iti adu a taraon para kadakuada, ket idi nakapangan ken nakainomdan, pinapanawna ida, ket nagsublida iti apoda. Nabayag a panawen a saanen a nagsubli dagidiay a bunggoy dagiti soldado ti Aram iti daga ti Israel.
24 But some time later, Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, assembled his entire army, and they went to Samaria and surrounded the city [for a long time].
Iti saan a nabayag kalpasan daytoy, inummong ni Ben Hadad nga ari ti Aram iti amin nga armada ti Aram ket rinautda ti Samaria ket linakubda daytoy.
25 Because of that, after a while there was hardly any food left inside the city, with the result that eventually a donkey’s head, [which was usually worthless, ] cost eighty pieces of silver, and (one cup/0.3 liter) of dove’s dung cost five pieces of silver.
Isu nga adda idi ti nakaro a panagbisin idiay Samaria. Adtoy, linakubda daytoy agingga a nailako ti ulo ti asno iti walo pulo a pidaso a pirak, ken ti kakapat a kab ti lugit ti kalapati iti lima a pidaso a pirak.
26 One day when the king of Israel was walking on top of the city wall, a woman cried out to him, “Your Majesty, help me!”
Kabayatan a magmagna ti ari ti Israel iti rabaw ti pader, nagpukkaw kenkuana ti maysa a babai, kinunana, “Tulong, apok nga ari.”
27 He replied, “If Yahweh will not help you, I certainly cannot [RHQ] help you. I certainly [RHQ] do not have any wheat or wine!
Kinunana, “No saannaka a tulungan ni Yahweh, kasanoka a matulungan? Adda kadi aniaman nga agtataud iti pagirikan wenno pagpespesan ti arak?”
28 What is your problem?” She replied, “Several days ago, that woman [over there] said to me, ‘[Because we have nothing left to eat, ] let’s kill your son today, in order that we can eat his flesh. Then tomorrow we can [kill] my son [and] eat his flesh.’
Intultuloy ti ari, “Ania ti pakarirriribukam? Simmungbat ti babai, “Kinuna daytoy a babai kaniak, 'Itedmo ti anakmo a lalaki tapno kanenta isuna ita nga aldaw, ket kanenta ti anakko inton bigat.”
29 So we [killed my son and cut his body up and] boiled his flesh and ate it. The next day, I said to her, ‘Now give your son to me, in order that we can [kill him and cook his flesh and] eat it.’ But she has hidden her son!”
Inangermi ngarud ti anakko ket kinnanmi isuna, ket imbagak kenkuana iti sumaruno nga aldaw, “Itedmo ti anakmo ta kanenta isuna, ngem inlemmengna ti anakna.”
30 When the king heard what the woman said, he tore his robe [to show that he was very distressed]. The people who were standing close to the wall were able to see that the king was wearing rough cloth underneath his robe [because he was very distressed].
Idi nangngeg ti ari dagiti sao ti babai, rinay-abna dagiti kawesna (ita, magmagna ti ari iti rabaw ti pader), ket kimmita dagiti tattao ket nakitada a nakersang a lupot iti pang-uneg a kawesna.
31 The king exclaimed, “I wish/hope that God will strike me dead if I do not cut off the head of Elisha today, [because he is the one who has caused these terrible things to happen to us]!”
Ket kinunana, “Kastoy koma met ti aramiden ti Dios kaniak, ken ad-adda pay koma, no ti ulo ni Eliseo nga anak ni Safat ket agtalinaed pay kenkuana ita nga aldaw.”
32 So the king sent an officer to get Elisha. Before the officer arrived, Elisha was sitting in his house with some Israeli elders who were talking with him. Elisha said to them, “That murderer, [the king of Israel, ] is sending someone here to kill me. Listen: When he arrives, shut the door and do not allow him to come in. And the king will be coming right behind that officer!”
Ngem agtugtugaw idi ni Eliseo iti uneg ti balayna, ket kaduana nga agtugtugaw dagiti panglakayen. Nangibaon ti ari iti tao manipud iti sangoananna, ngem idi napan ti mensahero kenni Eliseo, kinunana kadagiti panglakayen, “Kitaenyo no kasano a nangibaon daytoy nga anak ti mammapatay iti umay mangputed iti ulok? Kastoy, inton umay ti mensahero, irekepyo ti ridaw, ket saanyo nga ilukatan isuna. Saan kadi a ti uni dagiti saka ti amona iti sumarsaruno kenkuana?”
33 And while he was still speaking, the king and the officer arrived. The king said, “It is Yahweh who has caused us to have all this trouble/suffering. (Why should I wait any longer [RHQ] for him to do something [to help us]?/It is useless for me to wait any longer for him [to help us]!)”
Kabayatan a makisarsarita pay laeng ni Eliseo kadakuada, adtoy, ti mensahero ket napan kenkuana. Kinuna ti ari, “Adtoy, daytoy a rigat ket naggapu kenni Yahweh. Apay koma nga agurayak pay laeng kenni Yahweh?”
