2 Kingi 7

1 A ka mea a Eriha, Whakarongo ki te kupu a Ihowa: ko te kupu tenei a Ihowa, Kia penei apopo ka hokona he mehua paraoa mo te hekere, nga mehua parei e rua mo te hekere, i te kuwaha o Hamaria.

And Elisha said: 'Hear ye the word of the LORD; thus saith the LORD: To-morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.'

2 Na ka whakahokia e tetahi rangatira, nona nei te ringa i okioki ai te kingi, ki te tangata a te Atua; i mea ia, Nana, ki te hanga e Ihowa he matapihi ki te rangi, ka rite ranei tenei kupu? Ano ra ko ia, Nana, tera ou kanohi e kite, otira e kore k oe e kai i tetahi wahi o taua mea.

Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said: 'Behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might this thing be?' And he said: 'Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.'

3 Na tera etahi tangata tokowha, he repera, i te kuwaha o te keti: a ka mea ratou tetahi ki tetahi, He aha tatou i noho ai i konei a kia mate raano tatou?

Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said one to another: 'Why sit we here until we die?

4 Ki te mea tatou, Tatou ka tomo ki te pa, na ko te matekai kei roto i te pa, a ka mate tatou ki reira: a, ki te noho tatou i konei, ka mate ano tatou. Na, kia haere tatou aianei, kia auraki atu ki te ope o nga Hiriani: ki te whakaorangia tatou e r atou, ka ora tatou: ki te whakamatea, heoi ano, ka mate.

If we say: We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Arameans; if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.'

5 Na maranga ana ratou i te mea ka kakarauri, haere ana ki te puni o nga Hiriani: a, no to ratou taenga ki te pito o te puni o nga Hiriani, na kahore o reira tangata.

And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Arameans; and when they were come to the outermost part of the camp of the Arameans, behold, there was no man there.

6 Na te Ariki hoki i mea kia rongo te ope o nga Hiriani i te haruru hariata, i te haruru hoiho, i te haruru hoki o tetahi ope nui: a ka mea ratou tetahi ki tetahi, Nana, kua utua nga kingi o nga Hiti me nga kingi o nga Ihipiana e te kingi o Iharair a hei whawhai ki a tatou, kia huaki mai ki a tatou.

For the Lord had made the host of the Arameans to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host; and they said one to another: 'Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.'

7 Na whakatika ana ratou, rere ana i te mea ka kakarauri, a whakarerea ake o ratou teneti, a ratou hoiho, a ratou kaihe, me nga aha noa o te puni, a rere ana, he wehi kei mate.

Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

8 Na, i te taenga o aua repera ki te pito o te puni, ka tomo ki tetahi teneti, kei te kai, kei te inu, a mauria atu ana te hiriwa i reira, me te koura, me te kakahu, a haere ana, huna ana; na ka hoki ano, ka tomo ki tetahi atu teneti, a ka tango an o i reira, a haere ana, huna ana.

And when these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.

9 Na ka mea ratou tetahi ki tetahi, Kahore i te pai ta tatou e mea nei: he ra rongo pai tenei ra, a kei te noho wahangu tatou: ki te tatari tatou kia marama te ata, tera tatou e rokohanga e te he: na reira hoake, ka haere tatou, ka korero ki te wha re o te kingi.

Then they said one to another: 'We do not well; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace; if we tarry till the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household.'

10 Heoi haere ana ratou, karanga ana ki te kaitiaki o te kuwaha o te pa: a ka whakaatu ki a ratou, ka mea, I tae matou ki te puni o nga Hiriani, na kahore he tangata o reira, kahore he reo tangata, engari ko nga hoiho anake e here ana, me nga kaihe e here ana, a ko nga teneti e tu ana ano.

So they came and called unto the porters of the city; and they told them, saying. 'We came to the camp of the Arameans, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.'

11 Na karangatia ana e ia nga kaitiaki o te kuwaha; a na ratou i korero ki te whare o te kingi i roto atu.

And the porters called, and they told it to the king's household within.

12 Na ka whakatika te kingi i te po, a ka mea ki ana tangata, Maku e whakaatu ki a koutou ta nga Hiriani i mea ai ki a tatou. E mohio ana ratou e mate ana tatou i te kai; koia ratou i haere atu ai i te puni ki te parae piri ai, e ki ana, Ki te puta mai ratou i te pa, ka hopukia oratia ratou e tatou, a ka uru tatou ki te pa.

And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants: 'I will now tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying: When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.'

13 Na ka whakahoki tetahi o ana tangata, ka mea, Tangohia oti e etahi kia rima o nga hoiho e toe nei, i mahue nei ki te pa; nana, penei tonu ratou me te huihui katoa o Iharaira kua mahue nei ki konei; nana, rite tonu ratou ki te huihui katoa o Ihar aira kua moti nei: a tonoa atu ratou e tatou kia kite.

And one of his servants answered and said: 'Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city — behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are consumed — and let us send and see.'

14 Na tangohia ana e ratou etahi hoiho hariata, e rua, a unga ana e te kingi ki te whai i te ope o nga Hiriani, a i mea ia, Tikina, tirohia.

They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the host of the Arameans, saying: 'Go and see.'

15 Na haere ana ratou ki te whai i a ratou a Horano ra ano. Na kapi tonu te huarahi katoa i te kakahu, i nga mea i rukea atu e nga Hiriani i to ratou ponana. Na hoki ana aua tangata ki te korero ki te kingi.

And they went after them unto the Jordan; and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Arameans had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

16 Na ka puta te iwi ki waho, kei te pahua i te puni o nga Hiriani. Heoi hokona ana te mehua paraoa mo te hekere, me nga mehua parei e rua mo te hekere, i rite tonu ki ta Ihowa kupu.

And the people went out, and spoiled the camp of the Arameans. So 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.

17 A i whakaritea e te kingi ko te rangatira i okioki atu nei ia ki tona ringa hei rangatira mo te kuwaha: na takahia iho ia e te iwi ki te kuwaha, a mate ake, i rite tonu ki ta te tangata a te Atua i korero ai, ki tana i korero ra i te haerenga ih o o te kingi ki raro, ki a ia.

And the king appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate; and the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him.

18 I rite tonu ano ki ta te tangata a te Atua i korero ai ki te kingi, i mea ai, E rua nga mehua parei mo te hekere, kotahi ano hoki mehua paraoa mo te hekere i te kuwaha o Hamaria i te wa penei apopo;

And it came to pass, 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, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria';

19 Na ka utua e taua rangatira ki te tangata a te Atua, i mea ia, Nana, ki te hanga e Ihowa he matapihi ki te rangi, ka rite ranei tenei kupu? Na ka mea tera, Nana, tera ou kanohi na e kite; otiia e kore tetahi wahi o taua mea e kainga e koe;

and that captain answered the man of God, and said: 'Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be?' and he said: 'Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof';

20 I pera tonu te meatanga ki a ia; i takahia hoki ia e te iwi ki te kuwaha, a mate iho ia.

it came to pass even so unto him; for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died.