1 I beše Neman vojvoda cara sirskog čovek velik u gospodara svog i u časti, jer preko njega sačuva Gospod Siriju; ali taj veliki junak beše gubav. 2 A iz Sirije izađe četa i zarobi u zemlji izrailjskoj malu devojku, te ona služaše ženu Nemanovu. 3 I ona reče svojoj gospođi: O da bi moj gospodar otišao k proroku u Samariji! On bi ga oprostio od gube. 4 Tada on otide k svom gospodaru i javi mu govoreći: Tako i tako kaže devojka iz zemlje izrailjske. 5 A car sirski reče mu: Hajde idi, a ja ću poslati knjigu caru Izrailjevom. I on otide, i ponese deset talanata srebra i šest hiljada sikala zlata i desetore stajaće haljine. 6 I odnese knjigu caru Izrailjevom koja ovako govoraše: Eto, kad ti dođe ova knjiga, znaj da šaljem k tebi Nemana, slugu svog, da ga oprostiš gube. 7 A kad car Izrailjev pročita knjigu, razdre haljine svoje i reče: Zar sam ja Bog da mogu ubiti i povratiti život, te šalje k meni da oprostim čoveka gube! Pazite i vidite kako traži zadevice sa mnom. 8 A kad ču Jelisije, čovek Božji, da je car Izrailjev razdro haljine svoje, posla k caru i poruči: Zašto si razdro haljine svoje? Neka dođe k meni, da pozna da ima prorok u Izrailju. 9 I tako dođe Neman s konjima i kolima svojim, i stade na vratima doma Jelisijeva. 10 A Jelisije posla k njemu i poruči: Idi i okupaj se sedam puta u Jordanu, i ozdraviće telo tvoje, i očistićeš se. 11 Tada se rasrdi Neman i pođe govoreći: Gle! Ja mišljah, on će izaći k meni, i staće, i prizvaće ime Gospoda Boga svog, i metnuti ruku svoju na mesto, i očistiti gubu. 12 Nisu li Avana i Farfar vode u Damasku bolje od svih voda izrailjskih? Ne bih li se mogao u njima okupati i očistiti? I okrenuvši se otide gnevan. 13 Ali sluge njegove pristupivši rekoše mu govoreći: Oče, da ti je kazao prorok šta veliko, ne bi li učinio? A zašto ne bi kad ti reče: Okupaj se, pa ćeš se očistiti? 14 I tako siđe, i zaroni u Jordan sedam puta po rečima čoveka Božijeg, i telo njegovo posta kao u malog deteta, i očisti se. 15 Tada se vrati k čoveku Božijem sa pratnjom svojom i došav stade pred njim, i reče: Evo sad vidim da nema Boga nigde na zemlji do u Izrailju. Nego uzmi dar od sluge svog. 16 Ali on reče: Tako da je živ Gospod, pred kojim stojim, neću uzeti. I on navaljivaše na nj da uzme; ali on ne hte. 17 Tada reče Neman: Kad nećeš, a ono neka se da sluzi tvom ove zemlje koliko mogu poneti dve mazge. Jer sluga tvoj neće više prinositi žrtava paljenica ni drugih žrtava drugim bogovima, nego Gospodu. 18 A Gospod neka oprosti ovo sluzi tvom: Kad gospodar moj uđe u dom Rimonov da se pokloni onde, pa se prihvati za moju ruku, da se i ja poklonim u domu Rimonovom, neka oprosti Gospod sluzi tvom kad se tako poklonim u domu Rimonovom. 19 A on mu reče: Idi s mirom. I on otide od njega, i pređe jedno potrkalište. 20 Tada reče Gijezije, sluga Jelisija čoveka Božijeg: Gle, gospodar moj ne hte primiti iz ruku tog Nemana Sirca šta beše doneo. Ali tako da je živ Gospod, potrčaću za njim i uzeću šta od njega. 21 I Gijezije otrča za Nemanom. A kad ga vide Neman gde trči za njim, skoči s kola svojih i srete ga, pa mu reče: Je li dobro? 22 A on reče: Dobro je. Gospodar moj posla me da ti kažem: Evo, baš sad dođoše k meni dva mladića iz gore Jefremove, proročki sinovi, daj za njih talanat srebra i dvoje stajaće haljine. 23 A Neman reče: Uzmi i dva talanta. I natera ga; i sveza dva talanta srebra u dva toboca, i dvoje stajaće haljine, i dade dvojici momaka svojih, da nose pred njim. 24 A on kad dođe na brdo, uze iz ruku njihovih i ostavi u jednoj kući, a ljude otpusti, te otidoše. 25 Potom došavši stade pred gospodarem svojim. A Jelisije mu reče: Otkle Gijezije? A on reče: Nije išao sluga tvoj nikuda. 26 Ali mu on reče: Zar srce moje nije išlo onamo kad se čovek vrati s kola svojih preda te? Zar je to bilo vreme uzimati srebro i uzimati haljine, maslinike, vinograde, ovce, goveda, sluge i sluškinje? 27 Zato guba Nemanova neka prione za te i za seme tvoje doveka. I otide od njega gubav, beo kao sneg.
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- eBible.org's Latin-script edition, ekavian pronunciation (e.g. svet, greh).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
People & places in this chapter
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People
Gehazi
Elisha's servant, who carried messages to the Shunammite woman, took gifts from Naaman by deceit and was struck with Naaman's leprosy, and later told the king of Elisha's wonders.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 4:12; 2 Kings 4:31; 2 Kings 5:20
Naaman
The commander of the army of the king of Aram, a mighty man of valor with leprosy, who went to Elisha on the advice of an Israelite girl, washed seven times in the Jordan, and was…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 5:1; 2 Kings 5:9; 2 Kings 5:14
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Damascus
An ancient Aramean capital where Saul (Paul) was converted and first preached. He later escaped over its wall in a basket.
Cited in the guide: Acts 9:3; Genesis 14:15; 2 Kings 5:12
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 4:27; Romans 15:18; Proverbs 21:31; Numbers 12:10–12; Esther 9:4
- 2 2 Kings 6:23; 2 Kings 13:20; Psalm 123:2; 1 Samuel 13:17–18; Judges 9:34
- 3 Numbers 11:29; Acts 26:29; Luke 17:12–14; 1 Corinthians 4:8; Matthew 11:5
- 4 1 Corinthians 1:26–27; 2 Kings 7:9–11; Mark 5:19; John 1:42–46; John 4:28–29
- 5 Judges 14:12; 2 Kings 8:8–9; Ecclesiastes 2:1; Genesis 45:22; Isaiah 5:5
- 7 1 Samuel 2:6; Genesis 30:2; 1 Kings 20:7; Deuteronomy 32:39; Hosea 6:1
- 8 2 Kings 5:15; 2 Samuel 3:31; 1 Kings 17:24; 1 Kings 18:36–37; Romans 11:13
- 9 Isaiah 60:14; 2 Kings 6:32; Acts 16:37–39; Acts 16:29–30; 2 Kings 3:12
- 10 John 9:7; 1 Corinthians 6:11; Leviticus 14:7; Matthew 15:23–26; Joshua 6:4
- 11 Proverbs 13:10; John 4:48; Matthew 15:27; 1 Corinthians 1:21–25; 1 Corinthians 2:14–16
- 12 Mark 1:9; Joshua 3:15–17; 2 Kings 2:14; 2 Kings 5:17; Proverbs 19:11
- 13 2 Kings 6:21; Job 32:8–9; 2 Kings 2:12; Revelation 7:14; 2 Kings 13:14
- 14 Job 33:25; Luke 4:27; Luke 5:13; Zechariah 14:8; John 2:5
- 15 Daniel 2:47; Daniel 6:26–27; Joshua 2:9–11; 2 Kings 5:8; Isaiah 44:8
- 16 2 Kings 5:26; 2 Kings 3:14; 2 Kings 5:20; Genesis 14:22–23; 1 Kings 13:8
- 17 Acts 26:18; 1 Peter 4:3; Romans 14:1; Exodus 20:24; 2 Kings 5:12
- 18 2 Kings 7:2; 2 Kings 7:17; Jeremiah 50:20; 2 Kings 17:35; 1 Kings 19:18
- 19 1 Samuel 1:17; Mark 5:34; Exodus 4:18; Matthew 9:16–17; Luke 8:48
- 20 2 Kings 4:12; Titus 1:7; 2 Kings 6:31; 2 Kings 4:36; 2 Kings 4:31
- 21 Acts 10:25–26; 2 Kings 4:26; Luke 7:6–7; 2 Kings 9:17–22; Acts 8:31
- 22 2 Kings 5:5; Jeremiah 9:5; John 8:44; Revelation 21:8; Acts 5:3–4
- 23 2 Kings 5:16; 2 Kings 2:17; Isaiah 30:6; Luke 11:54; 1 Kings 20:7
- 24 1 Kings 21:16; Joshua 7:21; Joshua 7:1; Joshua 7:11–12; Habakkuk 2:6
- 25 2 Kings 5:22; Proverbs 30:20; Acts 5:3–4; Ezekiel 33:31; John 13:26–30
- 26 Colossians 2:5; 1 Corinthians 5:3; 2 Kings 6:12; Acts 20:35; 2 Kings 5:16
- 27 Exodus 4:6; Numbers 12:10; 2 Kings 15:5; Joshua 7:25; 2 Kings 5:1
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
For, following the Septuagint version, these are the prophet's words: "Did not my heart go with thee, when the man came out of his chariot to meet thee, and thou tookedst his gifts?" Or, as the presbyter Jerome rendered it from the Hebrew, "Was not my heart present when the man turned from his chariot to meet thee?" The prophet …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
"For I thought," saith he, "he will surely come out, and will lay on his hand." For in truth they who are more or less dull of temper, require sight and sensible things.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And when he came, Elisseus asked him; and like Peter, when he said, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? he also enquires, Whence comest thou, Gehazi?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)