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1 Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets came crying to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared Yahweh. Now the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”
1 UNA mujer, de las mujeres de los hijos de los profetas, clamó á Eliseo, diciendo: Tu siervo mi marido es muerto; y tú sabes que tu siervo era temeroso de Jehová: y ha venido el acreedor para tomarse dos hijos míos por siervos.
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. You know that your servant feared Yahweh. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves.”
2 So Elisha said to her, “What can I do for you? Tell me what do you have in the house?” She said, “Your servant has nothing in the house, except a pot of oil.”
2 Y Eliseo le dijo: ¿Qué te haré yo? Declárame qué tienes en casa. Y ella dijo: Tu sierva ninguna cosa tiene en casa, sino una botija de aceite.
2 Elisha said to her, “What should I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She said, “Your servant has nothing in the house, except a pot of oil.”
3 Then Elisha said, “Go out to borrow jars from your neighbors, empty jars. Borrow as many as possible.
3 Y él le dijo: Ve, y pide para ti vasos prestados de todos tus vecinos, vasos vacíos, no pocos.
3 Then he said, “Go, borrow empty containers from all your neighbors. Don’t borrow just a few containers.
4 Then you must go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all those jars; set aside the jars that are full.”
4 Entra luego, y cierra la puerta tras ti y tras tus hijos; y echa en todos los vasos, y en estando uno lleno, ponlo aparte.
4 Go in and shut the door on you and on your sons, and pour oil into all those containers; and set aside those which are full.”
5 So she left Elisha and shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her, and she filled them with oil.
5 Y partióse la mujer de él, y cerró la puerta tras sí y tras sus hijos; y ellos le llegaban [los vasos], y ella echaba [del aceite].
5 So she went from him, and shut the door on herself and on her sons. They brought the containers to her, and she poured oil.
6 When the vessels were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another jar.” But he said to her, “There are no more jars.” Then the oil stopped flowing.
6 Y como los vasos fueron llenos, dijo á un hijo suyo: Tráeme aún [otro] vaso. Y él dijo: No hay más vasos. Entonces cesó el aceite.
6 When the containers were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another container.” He said to her, “There isn’t another container.” Then the oil stopped flowing.
7 Then she came and told the man of God. He said, “Go, sell the oil; pay your debt, and live with your sons on the rest.”
7 Vino ella luego, y contólo al varón de Dios, [el cual] dijo: Ve, y vende el aceite, y paga á tus acreedores; y tú y tus hijos vivid de lo que quedare.
7 Then she came and told the man of God. He said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.”
8 One day Elisha walked to Shunem where an important woman lived; she urged him to eat food with her. So as often as Elisha passed by, he would stop there to eat.
8 Y aconteció también que un día pasaba Eliseo por Sunem; y había allí una mujer principal, la cual le constriñó á que comiese del pan: y cuando por allí pasaba, veníase á su casa á comer del pan.
8 One day Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman; and she persuaded him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
9 The woman said to her husband, “See, now I realize that this is a holy man of God who is always passing by.
9 Y ella dijo á su marido: He aquí ahora, yo entiendo que éste que siempre pasa por nuestra casa, es varón de Dios santo.
9 She said to her husband, “See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God who passes by us continually.
10 Let us make a little room on the roof for Elisha, and let us put in it a bed, a table, a seat, and a lamp. Then when he comes to us, he will stay there.”
10 Yo te ruego que hagas una pequeña cámara de paredes, y pongamos en ella cama, y mesa, y silla, y candelero, para que cuando viniere á nosotros, se recoja en ella.
10 Please, let’s make a little room on the roof. Let’s set a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp stand for him there. When he comes to us, he can stay there.”
11 So when the day came again that Elisha stopped there, he stayed in the room and rested there.
11 Y aconteció que un día vino él por allí, y recogióse en aquella cámara, y durmió en ella.
11 One day he came there, and he went to the room and lay there.
12 Elisha said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him.
12 Entonces dijo á Giezi su criado: Llama á esta Sunamita. Y como él la llamó, pareció ella delante de él.
12 He said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him.
13 Elisha said to him, “Say to her, 'You have gone to all this trouble to care for us. What can be done for you? Can we speak for you to the king or to the army commander?'” She answered, “I live among my own people.”
13 Y dijo él á Giezi: Dile: He aquí tú has estado solícita por nosotros con todo este esmero: ¿qué quieres que haga por ti? ¿has menester que hable por ti al rey, ó al general del ejército? Y ella respondió: Yo habito en medio de mi pueblo.
13 He said to him, “Say now to her, ‘Behold, you have cared for us with all this care. What is to be done for you? Would you like to be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the army?’” She answered, “I dwell among my own people.”
14 So Elisha said, “What can we do for her, then?” Gehazi answered, “Indeed, she has no son, and her husband is old.”
14 Y él dijo: ¿Qué pues haremos por ella? Y Giezi respondió: He aquí ella no tiene hijo, y su marido es viejo.
14 He said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old.”
15 So Elisha answered, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the door.
15 Dijo entonces: Llámala. Y él la llamó, y ella se paró á la puerta.
15 He said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the door.
16 Elisha said, “At this time of year, in one year's time, you will be holding a son.” She said, “No, my master and man of God, do not lie to your servant.”
16 Y él le dijo: A este tiempo según el tiempo de la vida, abrazarás un hijo. Y ella dijo: No, señor mío, varón de Dios, no hagas burla de tu sierva.
16 He said, “At this season next year, you will embrace a son.” She said, “No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your servant.”
17 But the woman conceived and gave birth to a son at the same time in the following year, as Elisha had said to her.
17 Mas la mujer concibió, y parió un hijo á aquel tiempo que Eliseo le había dicho, según el tiempo de la vida.
17 The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season when the time came around, as Elisha had said to her.
18 When the child had grown, he went out one day to his father, who was with harvesters.
18 Y como el niño fué grande, aconteció que un día salió á su padre, á los segadores.
18 When the child was grown, one day he went out to his father to the reapers.
19 He said to his father, “My head, my head.” His father said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
19 Y dijo á su padre: ¡Mi cabeza, mi cabeza! Y él dijo á un criado: Llévalo á su madre.
19 He said to his father, “My head! My head!” He said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
20 When the servant had picked him up and brought the boy to his mother, the child sat on her knees until noon and then died.
20 Y habiéndole él tomado, y traídolo á su madre, estuvo sentado sobre sus rodillas hasta medio día, y murióse.
20 When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.
21 So the woman got up and laid the boy on the bed of the man of God, shut the door, and went out.
21 Ella entonces subió, y púsolo sobre la cama del varón de Dios, y cerrándole [la puerta], salióse.
21 She went up and laid him on the man of God’s bed, and shut the door on him, and went out.
22 She called to her husband, and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys so that I may hurry to the man of God and then come back.”
22 Llamando luego á su marido, díjole: Ruégote que envíes conmigo á alguno de los criados y una de las asnas, para que yo vaya corriendo al varón de Dios, y vuelva.
22 She called to her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and come again.”
23 Her husband said, “Why do you want to go to him today? It is not a new moon nor a Sabbath.” She replied, “It will be all right.”
23 Y él dijo: ¿Para qué has de ir á él hoy? No es nueva luna, ni sábado. Y ella respondió: Paz.
23 He said, “Why would you want to go to him today? It is not a new moon or a Sabbath.” She said, “It’s all right.”
24 Then she saddled a donkey and said to her servant, “Drive on quickly; do not slow down for me unless I say so.”
24 Después hizo enalbardar una borrica, y dijo al mozo: Guía y anda; y no me hagas detener para que suba, sino cuando yo te lo dijere.
24 Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, “Drive, and go forward! Don’t slow down for me, unless I ask you to.”
25 So she went and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. So when the man of God saw her in the distance, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Look, here comes the Shunammite woman.
25 Partióse pues, y vino al varón de Dios al monte del Carmelo. Y cuando el varón de Dios la vió de lejos, dijo á su criado Giezi: He aquí la Sunamita:
25 So she went, and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her afar off, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Behold, there is the Shunammite.
26 Please run to meet her and say to her, 'Is everything alright with you and with your husband and child?'” She answered, “It is alright.”
26 Ruégote que vayas ahora corriendo á recibirla, y dile: ¿Tienes paz? ¿y tu marido, y tu hijo? Y ella dijo: Paz.
26 Please run now to meet her, and ask her, ‘Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with your child?’” She answered, “It is well.”
27 When she came to the man of God at the mountain, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for she is very upset, and Yahweh has hidden the problem from me, and has told me nothing.”
27 Y luego que llegó al varón de Dios en el monte, asió de sus pies. Y llegóse Giezi para quitarla; mas el varón de Dios le dijo: Déjala, porque su alma está en amargura, y Jehová me ha encubierto [el motivo], y no me lo ha revelado.
27 When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and Yahweh has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”
28 Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my master? Did I not say, 'Do not deceive me'?”
28 Y ella dijo: ¿Pedí yo hijo á mi señor? ¿No dije yo, que no me burlases?
28 Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me’?”
29 Then Elisha said to Gehazi, “Dress for travel and take my staff in your hand. Go to her home. If you meet any man, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Lay my staff on the child's face.”
29 Entonces dijo él á Giezi: Ciñe tus lomos, y toma mi bordón en tu mano, y ve; y si alguno te encontrare, no lo saludes; y si alguno te saludare, no le respondas: y pondrás mi bordón sobre el rostro del niño.
29 Then he said to Gehazi, “Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff in your hand, and go your way. If you meet any man, don’t greet him; and if anyone greets you, don’t answer him again. Then lay my staff on the child’s face.”
30 But the mother of the child said, “As Yahweh lives, and as you live, I will not leave you.” So Elisha arose and followed her.
30 Y dijo la madre del niño: Vive Jehová, y vive tu alma, que no te dejaré.
30 The child’s mother said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So he arose, and followed her.
31 Gehazi hurried on ahead of them and laid the staff on the child's face, but the child did not speak or hear. So then Gehazi returned to meet Elisha and told him saying, “The child has not awakened.”
31 El entonces se levantó, y siguióla. Y Giezi había ido delante de ellos, y había puesto el bordón sobre el rostro del niño, mas ni tenía voz ni sentido; y así se había vuelto para encontrar á Eliseo; y declaróselo, diciendo: El mozo no despierta.
31 Gehazi went ahead of them, and laid the staff on the child’s face; but there was no voice and no hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, “The child has not awakened.”
32 When Elisha arrived at the house, the child was dead and was still on the bed.
32 Y venido Eliseo á la casa, he aquí el niño que estaba tendido muerto sobre su cama.
32 When Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and lying on his bed.
33 So Elisha went in and shut the door on the child and himself and prayed to Yahweh.
33 Entrando él entonces, cerró la puerta sobre ambos, y oró á Jehová.
33 He went in therefore, and shut the door on them both, and prayed to Yahweh.
34 He went up and lay on the child; he put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. He stretched himself out on the boy, and the boy's body grew warm.
34 Después subió, y echóse sobre el niño, poniendo su boca sobre la boca de él, y sus ojos sobre sus ojos, y sus manos sobre las manos suyas; así se tendió sobre él, y calentóse la carne del joven.
34 He went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. He stretched himself on him; and the child’s flesh grew warm.
35 Then Elisha got up and walked around the room and again went up and stretched himself out on the boy. The child sneezed seven times and then opened his eyes!
35 Volviéndose luego, paseóse por la casa á una parte y á otra, y después subió, y tendióse sobre él; y el joven estornudó siete veces, y abrió sus ojos.
35 Then he returned, and walked in the house once back and forth, then went up and stretched himself out on him. Then the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
36 So Elisha called Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite!” So he called her, and when she came into the room, Elisha said, “Pick up your son.”
36 Entonces llamó él á Giezi, y díjole: Llama á esta Sunamita. Y él la llamó. Y entrando ella, él le dijo: Toma tu hijo.
36 He called Gehazi, and said, “Call this Shunammite!” So he called her. When she had come in to him, he said, “Take up your son.”
37 Then she lay facedown on the ground at his feet and bowed to the ground, and then picked up her son and went out.
37 Y así que ella entró, echóse á sus pies, é inclinóse á tierra: después tomó su hijo, y salióse.
37 Then she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; then she picked up her son, and went out.
38 Then Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was famine in the land, and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him. He said to his servant, “Put the large pot on the fire and cook stew for the sons of the prophets.”
38 Y Eliseo se volvió á Gilgal. Había entonces grande hambre en la tierra. Y los hijos de los profetas estaban con él, por lo que dijo á su criado: Pon una grande olla, y haz potaje para los hijos de los profetas.
38 Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, “Get the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”
39 One of them went out into a field to gather vegetables. He found a wild vine and gathered enough wild gourds to fill the fold of his robe. They cut them up and put them into the stew, but did not know what kind they were.
39 Y salió uno al campo á coger hierbas, y halló una [como] parra montés, y cogió de ella una faldada de calabazas silvestres: y volvió, y cortólas en la olla del potaje: porque no sabía [lo que era].
39 One went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered a lap full of wild gourds from it, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew; for they didn’t recognize them.
40 So they poured out the stew for the men to eat. Later, as they were eating, they cried out and said, “Man of God, there is death in the pot!” So they could not eat it anymore.
40 Echóse después para que comieran los hombres; pero sucedió que comiendo ellos de aquel guisado, dieron voces, diciendo: ¡Varón de Dios, la muerte en la olla! Y no lo pudieron comer.
40 So they poured out for the men to eat. As they were eating some of the stew, they cried out and said, “Man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.
41 But Elisha said, “Bring some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people, so that they may eat.” Then there was no longer anything hurtful in the pot.
41 El entonces dijo: Traed harina. Y esparcióla en la olla, y dijo: Echa de comer á la gente. Y no hubo más mal en la olla.
41 But he said, “Then bring meal.” He threw it into the pot; and he said, “Serve it to the people, that they may eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
42 A man came from Baal Shalishah to the man of God and brought twenty loaves of barley bread in his sack from the new harvest, and fresh ears of grain. He said, “Give this to the people so they can eat.”
42 Vino entonces un hombre de Baal-salisa, el cual trajo al varón de Dios panes de primicias, veinte panes de cebada, y trigo nuevo en su espiga. Y él dijo: Da á la gente para que coman.
42 A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God some bread of the first fruits: twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. Elisha said, “Give to the people, that they may eat.”
43 His servant said, “What, should I set this before a hundred men?” But Elisha said, “Give this to the people, so they can eat, because Yahweh says, 'They will eat and will have some left.'”
43 Y respondió su sirviente: ¿Cómo he de poner esto delante de cien hombres? Mas él tornó á decir: Da á la gente para que coman, porque así ha dicho Jehová: Comerán, y sobrará.
43 His servant said, “What, should I set this before a hundred men?” But he said, “Give it to the people, that they may eat; for Yahweh says, ‘They will eat, and will have some left over.’”
44 So his servant set it before them; they ate, and left some remaining, just as the word of Yahweh promised.
44 Entonces él lo puso delante de ellos, y comieron, y sobróles, conforme á la palabra de Jehová.
44 So he set it before them and they ate and had some left over, according to Yahweh’s word.
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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
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- 1 Matthew 18:25; 2 Kings 2:3; Nehemiah 5:2–5; Psalm 147:11; Leviticus 25:39–41
- 2 1 Kings 17:12; James 2:5; Matthew 15:34; 2 Kings 2:9; John 6:5–7
- 3 John 2:7; John 16:24; Psalm 81:10; 2 Kings 13:18–19; 2 Kings 3:16
- 4 Mark 8:5–9; Matthew 6:6; 2 Kings 4:32–33; John 2:7–9; Acts 9:40
- 5 2 Kings 5:11; Hebrews 11:7–8; 1 Kings 17:15–16; Luke 1:45
- 6 Matthew 14:20; 2 Kings 13:19; 2 Chronicles 6:12–13; Matthew 13:58; 1 Kings 17:14
- 7 2 Thessalonians 3:7–12; 1 Kings 12:22; Psalm 37:21; Philippians 4:8; Romans 12:17
- 8 Joshua 19:18; 2 Kings 4:11–12; Job 32:9; Job 1:3; Genesis 19:3
- 9 1 Kings 17:24; Proverbs 31:10–11; 2 Kings 4:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:10; Titus 1:8
- 10 Romans 12:13; Matthew 10:41–42; Matthew 25:40; Hebrews 10:24; Hebrews 13:2
- 12 2 Kings 8:4–5; 1 Kings 19:3; 2 Kings 4:29–31; 2 Kings 5:20–27; 2 Kings 3:11
- 13 2 Timothy 1:16–18; Philippians 4:18–19; Hebrews 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:6–8; 1 Thessalonians 5:12–13
- 14 Luke 1:7; 1 Samuel 1:8; Genesis 15:2–3; Genesis 18:10–14; Judges 13:2
- 16 Genesis 18:10; Luke 1:13; 2 Kings 4:28; Genesis 18:12–15; Genesis 17:21
- 17 Genesis 21:1; Luke 1:36; Psalm 113:9; Hebrews 11:11; 1 Samuel 1:19–20
- 18 Ruth 2:4
- 19 Job 14:1–2; Jeremiah 4:19
- 20 Luke 7:12; John 11:5; John 11:3; John 11:14; 1 Kings 17:17
- 21 2 Kings 4:32; 1 Kings 17:19; 2 Kings 4:7; 2 Kings 4:10
- 22 Acts 9:38; 2 Kings 4:26; John 11:3; 2 Kings 4:24
- 23 Numbers 10:10; 1 Chronicles 23:31; Numbers 28:11; Isaiah 1:13–15
- 24 1 Samuel 25:19–20; Exodus 4:20; 1 Kings 13:23; 1 Kings 13:13
- 25 2 Kings 2:25; Isaiah 35:2; 1 Kings 18:19; 1 Kings 18:42
- 26 Acts 15:36; 2 Kings 4:23; 1 Samuel 17:18; 1 Samuel 3:18; Job 1:21–22
- 27 2 Samuel 7:3; Genesis 18:17; Amos 3:7; 1 Samuel 1:10; 2 Kings 4:25
- 28 Genesis 30:1; 2 Kings 4:16
- 29 2 Kings 2:14; 1 Kings 18:46; Exodus 14:16; Luke 10:4; 2 Kings 9:1
- 30 2 Kings 2:2; Ruth 1:16–18; 2 Kings 2:4; Exodus 33:12–16
- 31 John 11:11; Mark 5:39; 1 Kings 18:29; Ephesians 5:14; Matthew 17:16–20
- 32 1 Kings 17:17; John 11:17; Luke 8:52–53
- 33 Matthew 6:6; 2 Kings 4:4; Acts 9:40; James 5:13–18; Luke 8:51
- 34 1 Kings 17:21; Acts 20:10
- 35 2 Kings 8:5; 2 Kings 13:21; 1 Kings 17:22; Acts 9:40; John 11:43–44
- 36 Hebrews 11:35; 1 Kings 17:23; Luke 7:15
- 37 Hebrews 11:35; 2 Kings 2:15; 1 Kings 17:24; 2 Kings 4:27
- 38 2 Kings 8:1; 2 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 2:1; Luke 10:39; Acts 22:3
- 39 Isaiah 5:4; Jeremiah 2:21; Matthew 15:13; Hebrews 12:15
- 40 Mark 16:18; Exodus 15:23; Exodus 10:17; 2 Kings 1:11; 1 Kings 17:18
- 41 Exodus 15:25; 2 Kings 2:21; 1 Corinthians 1:25; Acts 28:5; 2 Kings 5:10
- 42 1 Samuel 9:7; Matthew 14:16–21; John 6:13; John 6:9; 1 Samuel 9:4
- 43 Luke 9:13; Matthew 14:20; John 6:9; Matthew 16:8–10; John 6:11–13
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