2 Kings 2
1 जब यहोवा एलिय्याह को बवंडर के द्वारा स्वर्ग में उठा लेने को था, तब एलिय्याह और एलीशा दोनों संग संग गिलगाल से चले।
2 एलिय्याह ने एलीशा से कहा, यहोवा मुझे बेतेल तक भेजता है इसलिये तू यहीं ठहरा रह। एलीशा ने कहा, यहोवा के और तेरे जीवन की शपथ मैं तुझे नहीं छोड़ने का; इसलिये वे बेतेल को चले गए।
3 और बेतेलवासी भविष्यद्वक्ताओं के चेले एलीशा के पास आकर कहने लगे, क्या तुझे मालूम है कि आज यहोवा तेरे स्वामी को तेरे ऊपर से उठा लेने पर है? उसने कहा, हां, मुझे भी यह मालूम है, तुम चुप रहो।
4 और एलिय्याह ने उस से कहा, हे एलीशा, यहोवा मुझे यरीहो को भेजता है; इसलिये तू यहीं ठहरा रह: उसने कहा, यहोवा के और तेरे जीवन की शपथ मैं तुझे नहीं छोड़ने का; सो वे यरीहो को आए।
5 और यरीहोवासी भविष्यद्वक्ताओं के चेले एलीशा के पास आकर कहने लगे, क्या तुझे मालूम है कि आज यहोवा तेरे स्वामी को तेरे ऊपर से उठा लेने पर है? उसने उत्तर दिया, हां मुझे भी मालूम है, तुम चुप रहो।
6 फिर एलिय्याह ने उस से कहा, यहोवा मुझे यरदन तक भेजता है, सो तू यहीं ठहरा रह; उसने कहा, यहोवा के और तेरे जीवन की शपथ मैं तुझे नहीं छोड़ने का; सो वे दोनों आगे चले।
7 और भविष्यद्वक्ताओं के चेलों में से पचास जन जा कर उनके साम्हने दूर खड़े हुए, और वे दोनों यरदन के तीर खड़े हुए।
8 तब एलिय्याह ने अपनी चद्दर पकड़ कर ऐंठ ली, और जल पर मारा, तब वह इधर उधर दो भाग हो गया; और वे दोनों स्थल ही स्थल पार उतर गए।
9 उनके पार पहुंचने पर एलिय्याह ने एलीशा से कहा, उस से पहिले कि मैं तेरे पास से उठा लिये जाऊं जो कुछ तू चाहे कि मैं तेरे लिये करूं वह मांग; एलीशा ने कहा, तुझ में जो आत्मा है, उसका दूना भाग मुझे मिल जाए।
10 एलिय्याह ने कहा, तू ने कठिन बात मांगी है, तौभी यदि तू मुझे उठा लिये जाने के बाद देखने पाए तो तेरे लिये ऐसा ही होगा; नहीं तो न होगा।
11 वे चलते चलते बातें कर रहे थे, कि अचानक एक अग्नि मय रथ और अग्निमय घोड़ों ने उन को अलग अलग किया, और एलिय्याह बवंडर में हो कर स्वर्ग पर चढ़ गया।
12 और उसे एलीशा देखता और पुकारता रहा, हाय मेरे पिता! हाय मेरे पिता! हाय इस्राएल के रथ और सवारो! जब वह उसको फिर देख न पड़ा, तब उसने अपने वस्त्र पाड़े और फाड़कर दो भाग कर दिए।
13 फिर उसने एलिय्याह की चद्दर उठाई जो उस पर से गिरी थी, और वह लौट गया, और यरदन के तीर पर खड़ा हुआ।
14 और उसने एलिय्याह की वह चद्दर जो उस पर से गिरी थी, पकड़ कर जल पर मारी और कहा, एलिय्याह का परमेश्वर यहोवा कहां है? जब उसने जल पर मारा, तब वह इधर उधर दो भाग हो गया और एलीशा पार हो गया।
15 उसे देखकर भविष्यद्वक्ताओं के चेले जो यरीहो में उसके साम्हने थे, कहने लगे, एलिय्याह में जो आत्मा थी, वही एलीशा पर ठहर गई है; सो वे उस से मिलने को आए और उसके साम्हने भूमि तक झुक कर दण्डवत की।
16 तब उन्होंने उस से कहा, सुन, तेरे दासों के पास पचास बलवान पुरुष हैं, वे जा कर तेरे स्वामी को ढूढें, सम्भव है कि क्या जाने यहोवा के आत्मा ने उसको उठा कर किसी पहाड़ पर वा किसी तराई में डाल दिया हो; उसने कहा, मत भेजो।
17 जब उन्होंने उसको यहां तक दबाया कि वह लज्जित हो गया, तब उसने कहा, भेज दो; सो उन्होंने पचास पुरुष भेज दिए, और वे उसे तीन दिन तक ढूंढ़ते रहे परन्तु न पाया।
18 उस समय तक वह यरीहो में ठहरा रहा, सो जब वे उसके पास लौट आए, तब उसने उन से कहा, क्या मैं ने तुम से न कहा था, कि मत जाओ?
19 उस नगर के निवासियों ने एलीशा से कहा, देख, यह नगर मनभावने स्थान पर बसा है, जैसा मेरा प्रभु देखता है परन्तु पानी बुरा है; और भूमि गर्भ गिरानेवाली है।
20 उसने कहा, एक नये प्याले में नमक डालकर मेरे पास ले आओ; वे उसे उसके पास ले आए।
21 तब वह जल के सोते के पास निकल गया, और उस में नमक डालकर कहा, यहोवा यों कहता है, कि मैं यह पानी ठीक कर देता हूँ, जिस से वह फिर कभी मृत्यु वा गर्भ गिरने का कारण न होगा।
22 एलीशा के इस वचन के अनुसार पानी ठीक हो गया, और आज तक ऐसा ही है।
23 वहां से वह बेतेल को चला, और मार्ग की चढ़ाई में चल रहा था कि नगर से छोटे लड़के निकलकर उसका ठट्ठा कर के कहने लगे, हे चन्दुए चढ़ जा, हे चन्दुए चढ़ जा।
24 तब उसने पीछे की ओर फिर कर उन पर दृष्टि की और यहोवा के नाम से उन को शाप दिया, तब जंगल में से दो रीछिनियों ने निकल कर उन में से बयालीस लड़के फाड़ डाले।
25 वहां से वह कर्म्मेल को गया, और फिर वहां से शोमरोन को लौट गया।
1 And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha said unto him, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el.
3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.
7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.
11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.
23 And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
3 And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
4 But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
11 We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
17 And he put them all together into ward three days.
18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack’s mouth.
28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.