2 Kings · Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
2 Kings 2 Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Includes the books not found in the Hebrew Bible (Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, Letter of Jeremiah, 1–3 Maccabees, 2 and 3 Esdras, Prayer of Manasseh), as in the Synodal editions.
1 В то время, как Господь восхотел вознести Илию в вихре на небо, шел Илия с Елисеем из Галгала.
1 When Yahweh was about to take Elijah up by a whirlwind into heaven, Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
2 И сказал Илия Елисею: останься здесь, ибо Господь посылает меня в Вефиль. Но Елисей сказал: жив Господь и жива душа твоя! не оставлю тебя. И пошли они в Вефиль.
2 Elijah said to Elisha, “Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me as far as Bethel.” Elisha said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
3 И вышли сыны пророков, которые в Вефиле, к Елисею и сказали ему: знаешь ли, что сегодня Господь вознесет господина твоего над главою твоею? Он сказал: я также знаю, молчите.
3 The sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from over you today?” He said, “Yes, I know it. Hold your peace.”
4 И сказал ему Илия: Елисей, останься здесь, ибо Господь посылает меня в Иерихон. И сказал он: жив Господь и жива душа твоя! не оставлю тебя. И пришли в Иерихон.
4 Elijah said to him, “Elisha, please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to Jericho.” He said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho.
5 И подошли сыны пророков, которые в Иерихоне, к Елисею и сказали ему: знаешь ли, что сегодня Господь берет господина твоего и вознесет над главою твоею? Он сказал: я также знаю, молчите.
5 The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from over you today?” He answered, “Yes, I know it. Hold your peace.”
6 И сказал ему Илия: останься здесь, ибо Господь посылает меня к Иордану. И сказал он: жив Господь и жива душа твоя! не оставлю тебя. И пошли оба.
6 Elijah said to him, “Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to the Jordan.” He said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” Then they both went on.
7 Пятьдесят человек из сынов пророческих пошли и стали вдали напротив их, а они оба стояли у Иордана.
7 Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance; and they both stood by the Jordan.
8 И взял Илия милоть свою, и свернул, и ударил ею по воде, и расступилась она туда и сюда, и перешли оба посуху.
8 Elijah took his mantle, and rolled it up, and struck the waters; and they were divided here and there, so that they both went over on dry ground.
9 Когда они перешли, Илия сказал Елисею: проси, что сделать тебе, прежде нежели я буду взят от тебя. И сказал Елисей: дух, который в тебе, пусть будет на мне вдвойне.
9 When they had gone over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be on me.”
10 И сказал он: трудного ты просишь. Если увидишь, как я буду взят от тебя, то будет тебе так, а если не увидишь, не будет.
10 He said, “You have asked a hard thing. If you see me when I am taken from you, it will be so for you; but if not, it will not be so.”
11 Когда они шли и дорогою разговаривали, вдруг явилась колесница огненная и кони огненные, и разлучили их обоих, и понесся Илия в вихре на небо.
11 As they continued on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
12 Елисей же смотрел и воскликнул: отец мой, отец мой, колесница Израиля и конница его! И не видел его более. И схватил он одежды свои и разодрал их на две части.
12 Elisha saw it, and he cried, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” He saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.
13 И поднял милоть Илии, упавшую с него, и пошел назад, и стал на берегу Иордана;
13 He also took up Elijah’s mantle that fell from him, and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
14 и взял милоть Илии, упавшую с него, и ударил ею по воде, и сказал: где Господь, Бог Илии, — Он Самый? И ударил по воде, и она расступилась туда и сюда, и перешел Елисей.
14 He took Elijah’s mantle that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, “Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah?” When he also had struck the waters, they were divided apart, and Elisha went over.
15 И увидели его сыны пророков, которые в Иерихоне, издали, и сказали: опочил дух Илии на Елисее. И пошли навстречу ему, и поклонились ему до земли,
15 When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho facing him saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
16 и сказали ему: вот, есть у нас, рабов твоих, человек пятьдесят, люди сильные; пусть бы они пошли и поискали господина твоего; может быть, унес его Дух Господень и поверг его на одной из гор, или на одной из долин. Он же сказал: не посылайте.
16 They said to him, “See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master. Perhaps Yahweh’s Spirit has taken him up, and put him on some mountain or into some valley.” He said, “Don’t send them.”
17 Но они приступали к нему долго, так что наскучили ему, и он сказал: пошлите. И послали пятьдесят человек, и искали три дня, и не нашли его,
17 When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, “Send them.” Therefore they sent fifty men; and they searched for three days, but didn’t find him.
18 и возвратились к нему, между тем как он оставался в Иерихоне, и сказал им: не говорил ли я вам: не ходите?
18 They came back to him while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go’?”
19 И сказали жители того города Елисею: вот, положение этого города хорошо, как видит господин мой; но вода нехороша и земля бесплодна.
19 The men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, please, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is barren.”
20 И сказал он: дайте мне новую чашу и положите туда соли. И дали ему.
20 He said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.” Then they brought it to him.
21 И вышел он к истоку воды, и бросил туда соли, и сказал: так говорит Господь: Я сделал воду сию здоровою, не будет от нее впредь ни смерти, ни бесплодия.
21 He went out to the spring of the waters, and threw salt into it, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘I have healed these waters. There shall not be from there any more death or barren wasteland.’”
22 И вода стала здоровою до сего дня, по слову Елисея, которое он сказал.
22 So the waters were healed to this day, according to Elisha’s word which he spoke.
23 И пошел он оттуда в Вефиль. Когда он шел дорогою, малые дети вышли из города и насмехались над ним и говорили ему: иди, плешивый! иди, плешивый!
23 He went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldy! Go up, you baldy!”
24 Он оглянулся и увидел их и проклял их именем Господним. И вышли две медведицы из леса и растерзали из них сорок два ребенка.
24 He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in Yahweh’s name. Then two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of those youths.
25 Отсюда пошел он на гору Кармил, а оттуда возвратился в Самарию.
25 He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
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Elisha
Son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah, found plowing with twelve teams of oxen when Elijah threw his cloak around him, who inherited a double portion of Elijah's spirit, worked many…
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 19:16; 1 Kings 19:19; 2 Kings 2:9
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 5:24; Hebrews 11:5; 1 Kings 19:16–21; 1 Kings 19:11; Joshua 4:19
- 2 2 Kings 2:6; 2 Kings 4:30; Ruth 1:15–18; 2 Kings 2:4; 1 Samuel 1:26
- 3 2 Kings 4:38; 2 Kings 4:1; 2 Kings 9:1; 1 Kings 20:35; 2 Kings 2:15
- 4 2 Kings 2:2; Joshua 6:26; Luke 19:1; 1 Kings 16:34; 2 Kings 4:30
- 5 2 Kings 2:3; Joshua 1:1–2; Acts 1:2; Isaiah 41:1; Ecclesiastes 3:7
- 6 2 Kings 2:2; Joshua 3:15
- 7 1 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 2:17; 1 Kings 18:13
- 8 1 Kings 19:19; Exodus 14:21–22; Joshua 3:14–17; 2 Kings 2:14; Isaiah 11:15
- 9 Numbers 11:17; Deuteronomy 21:17; John 16:7; Acts 20:25–36; Zechariah 12:8
- 10 John 16:24; Mark 11:22–24; 2 Kings 2:12; Acts 1:9–10
- 11 2 Kings 6:17; Psalm 104:3–4; Hebrews 1:14; Psalm 68:17; Ezekiel 10:9–22
- 12 2 Kings 13:14; Isaiah 57:1–2; Proverbs 30:4; Acts 8:2; Isaiah 37:21
- 13 1 Kings 19:19; 2 Kings 2:8
- 14 John 14:12; Psalm 42:10; Psalm 115:2; Acts 3:12–13; Joshua 1:1–9
- 15 1 Peter 4:14; Acts 1:8; Isaiah 59:21; 2 Kings 6:1–7; Isaiah 11:2
- 16 1 Kings 18:12; Acts 8:39; Ezekiel 11:24; Ezekiel 3:14; 2 Corinthians 12:2–3
- 17 2 Kings 8:11; Hebrews 11:5; Romans 10:2; Luke 11:8; 2 Samuel 18:22–23
- 19 Exodus 23:26; Deuteronomy 28:2–4; Deuteronomy 28:11; Deuteronomy 28:15–18; 1 Kings 16:34
- 20 Zephaniah 2:9; Judges 9:45; Ezekiel 47:11
- 21 Exodus 15:25–26; 2 Kings 4:41; Leviticus 2:13; Revelation 21:4; Revelation 22:2–3
- 23 2 Chronicles 36:16; Job 19:18; Job 30:1; Amos 5:5; Proverbs 22:6
- 24 Acts 13:9–11; Acts 5:5; Hosea 13:8; Acts 5:9; Amos 7:17
- 25 2 Kings 4:25; 1 Kings 18:19–20; 1 Kings 18:42
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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).
When God's Prophet Elisha was going up, children called after him mocking, "Go up thou bald head, Go up thou bald head:" but he, not so much in cruelty as in mystery, made those children to be devoured by bears out of the wood. If those children had not been devoured, would they have lived even till now?
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