王下6:1 众先知门徒对以利沙说：“请看，我们在你面前居住的那一个地方，对我们来说实在是太窄小了。
王下6:1 Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, There is not room enough for us in the place where we are living under your care;
王下6:2 请你让我们到约旦河，每人从那里取一根木头，我们要在那里为自己建造一个地方居住。”以利沙说：“你们去吧！”
王下6:2 So let us go to Jordan, and let everyone get to work cutting boards, and we will make a living-place for ourselves there. And he said to them, Go, then.
王下6:3 有一个门徒说：“请你和你的仆人们一起去。”他说：“我会去的。”
王下6:3 And one of them said, Be pleased to go with your servants. And he said, I will go.
王下6:4 他就和他们同去。他们到了约旦河，就砍伐树木。
王下6:4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they got to work cutting down trees.
王下6:5 有一个门徒砍伐木头的时候，斧头掉到水里去了。他就喊着说：“惨啦！我主啊，这斧头是借回来的。”
王下6:5 But one of them, while cutting a board, let the head of his axe go into the water; and he gave a cry, and said, This is a bad business, my master, for it is another's.
王下6:6 神人说：“掉在哪里呢？”于是他把那地点指给他看。他砍了一根木头，丢在那里，那斧头就浮上来了。
王下6:6 And the man of God said, Where did it go in? and when he saw the place where it had gone into the water, cutting a stick, he put it into the water, and the iron came up to the top of the water.
王下6:7 以利沙说：“你自己拿上来吧。”他就伸手把它拿住了。
王下6:7 Then he said, Take it up. So he put out his hand and took it.
王下6:8 亚兰王与以色列人打仗，他和他的臣仆商议，说：“我要在某处某处埋伏。”
王下6:8 At that time the king of Aram was making war against Israel; and he had a meeting with the chiefs of his army and said, I will be waiting in secret in some named place.
王下6:9 神人就差派人去见以色列王说：“你要小心，不要经过这个地方，因为亚兰人在那里埋伏。”
王下6:9 And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Take care to keep away from that place, for the Aramaeans are waiting there in secret.
王下6:10 以色列王派人到那地方，就是神人曾告诉他，警告他的，他就在那里小心防范；这样不止一两次。
王下6:10 So the king of Israel sent to the place where the man of God had said there was danger, and kept clear of it more than once.
王下6:11 亚兰王因为这事心中大感困惑，他召了他的臣仆来，对他们说：“在我们中间有谁帮助以色列王，你们不告诉我吗？”
王下6:11 And at this, the mind of the king of Aram was greatly troubled, and he sent for his servants and said to them, Will you not make clear to me which of us is helping the king of Israel?
王下6:12 他的一位臣仆说：“我主我王啊！不是的；只不过是以色列的以利沙先知，把你在你卧室内所说的话，告知了以色列王。”
王下6:12 And one of them said, Not one of us, my lord king; but Elisha, the prophet in Israel, gives the king of Israel news of the words you say even in your bedroom.
王下6:13 于是王说：“你们去看看他在哪里，我要派人把他捉住。”有人告诉他说：“看哪！他正在多坍。”
王下6:13 Then he said, Go and see where he is, so that I may send and get him. And news came to him that he was in Dothan.
王下6:14 他就差派车马和一大队军兵往那里去，他们在夜间抵达，围困那城。
王下6:14 So he sent there horses and carriages and a great army; and they came by night, circling the town.
王下6:15 神人的侍从清早起来，走出屋子，看见军队、车马围住了城。神人的仆人对神人说：“惨啦，我主啊！我们怎样办才好呢？”
王下6:15 Now the servant of the man of God, having got up early and gone out, saw an army with horses and carriages of war all round the town. And the servant said to him, O my master, what are we to do?
王下6:16 神人说：“不要惧怕，因为和我们在一起的比和他们在一起的更多。”
王下6:16 And he said in answer, Have no fear; those who are with us are more than those who are with them.
王下6:17 以利沙祷告，说：“耶和华啊！请你打开他的眼睛，使他能看见。”于是耶和华打开了仆人的眼睛，他就看见；看哪！那山上布满了火马火车，围绕着以利沙。
王下6:17 Then Elisha made a prayer to the Lord, saying, Lord, let his eyes be open so that he may see. And the Lord made the young man's eyes open; and he saw that all the mountain was full of horses and carriages of fire round Elisha.
王下6:18 亚兰人下来攻击以利沙，以利沙就祷告耶和华，说：“求你击打这民族，使他们瞎眼。”于是耶和华击打他们，使他们瞎眼，正如以利沙所说的。
王下6:18 Now when the Aramaeans came down to Elisha, he made a prayer to the Lord saying, Lord, make this people blind. And he made them blind at Elisha's request.
王下6:19 以利沙对他们说：“这不是那条路，这边不是那座城；你们跟着我来，我要把你们领到你们要寻找的人那里。”于是他把他们领到撒玛利亚。
王下6:19 And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, and this is not the town: come after me so that I may take you to the man you are searching for. And he took them to Samaria.
王下6:20 他们进入撒玛利亚的时候，以利沙就说：“耶和华啊！求你开这些人的眼睛，使他们能看见。”于是耶和华开了他们的眼睛，他们就看见了。看哪！他们竟是在撒玛利亚城中。
王下6:20 And when they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, Lord, let the eyes of these men be open so that they may see. And the Lord made their eyes open, and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.
王下6:21 以色列王看见他们，就对以利沙说：“我父啊，我可以击杀他们吗？”
王下6:21 And the king of Israel, when he saw them, said to Elisha, My father, am I to put them to the sword?
王下6:22 以利沙说：“你不可击杀他们。你可以击杀你自己用刀用弓掳回来的人吗？你要在他们面前摆上食物和水，给他们吃喝，然后回到他们的主人那里去。”
王下6:22 But he said in answer, You are not to put them to death; have you any right to put to death those whom you have not taken prisoner with your sword and your bow? put bread and water before them, so that they may have food and drink and go to their master.
王下6:23 于是王为他们预备盛大的宴会；他们吃喝完了，王打发他们离去，他们就回到他们的主人那里去了。从此，亚兰的军队不再侵犯以色列地了。
王下6:23 So he made ready a great feast for them, and when they had had food and drink, he sent them away and they went back to their master. And no more bands of Aramaeans came into the land of Israel.
王下6:24 后来，亚兰王便．哈达征召他全部的军队上来围困撒玛利亚。
王下6:24 Now after this, Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got together all his army and went up to make an attack on Samaria, shutting the town in on all sides with his forces.
王下6:25 于是撒玛利亚发生了极大的饥荒，敌军继续包围，以致一个驴头要卖九百克银子，两百克的鸽子粪也值六十克银子。
王下6:25 And they became very short of food in Samaria; for they kept it shut in till the price of an ass's head was eighty shekels of silver, and a small measure of doves' droppings was five shekels of silver.
王下6:26 以色列王在城墙上经过时，有一个妇人向他呼求说：“我主我王啊，救救我！”
王下6:26 And when the king of Israel was going by on the wall, a woman came crying out to him, and said, Help! my lord king.
王下6:27 他说：“如果耶和华不救你，我又从哪里救你？是从打谷场，或是从榨酒池呢？”
王下6:27 And he said, If the Lord does not give you help, where am I to get help for you? from the grain-floor or the grape-crusher?
王下6:28 王对她说：“到底有什么事呢？”她说：“这妇人对我说：‘把你的儿子交出来，今日我们好把他吃了；明天我们可以吃我的儿子。’
王下6:28 And the king said to her, What is troubling you? And she said in answer, This woman said to me, Give your son to be our food today, and we will have my son tomorrow.
王下6:29 于是我们把我的儿子煮了，把他吃了。第二日，我对她说：‘把你的儿子交出来，我们好把他吃了。’她却把她的儿子收藏起来。”
王下6:29 So, boiling my son, we had a meal of him; and on the day after I said to her, Now give your son for our food; but she has put her son in a secret place.
王下6:30 王听见那妇人的话，就撕裂衣服，他当时正在城墙上，人民都看见他；看哪，他里面贴身穿着的是件麻衣。
王下6:30 Then the king, hearing what the woman said, took his robes in his hands, violently parting them; and, while he was walking on the wall, the people, looking, saw that under his robe he had haircloth on his flesh.
王下6:31 他说：“如果今日沙法的儿子以利沙的头仍留在他身上，愿 神惩罚我，而且加倍惩罚我。”
王下6:31 Then he said, May God's punishment come on me if Elisha, the son of Shaphat, keeps his head on his body after this day.
王下6:32 那时，以利沙正坐在自己的屋子里，众长老也和他坐在一起。王差派一个在他面前侍立的人去，那使者去到以利沙那里以前，以利沙对众长老说：“你们看这凶手之子派人来取我的首级。你们留意那使者来到的时候，你们要把门关上，把他挡在门外。他主人的脚步声不是在他后面吗？”
王下6:32 But Elisha was in his house, and the responsible men were seated there with him; and before the king got there, Elisha said to those who were with him, Do you see how this cruel and violent man has sent to take away my life?
王下6:33 他和众长老还在说话的时候，看哪，王（“王”原文作“使者”）就下到他那里，说：“看哪，这灾祸是从耶和华来的，我为什么还仰望耶和华呢？”
王下6:33 While he was still talking to them, the king came down and said, This evil is from the Lord; why am I to go on waiting any longer for the Lord?