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Nagbalik ang Babayi nga Taga-Shunem

Ginhambalan sadto ni Elisha ang babayi nga ang iya bata ginbuhi niya, “Dal-a ang imo pamilya kag mag-estar kamo sa iban nga lugar, kay nagsiling ang Ginoo nga may gutom nga mag-abot sa Israel sa sulod sang pito ka tuig.” Gani ginsunod sang babayi ang ginsiling sa iya sang alagad sang Dios. Naglakat siya kag ang iya pamilya kag nag-estar sa duta sang mga Filistinhon sa sulod sang pito ka tuig.

Pagkatapos sang pito ka tuig, nagbalik siya sa Israel kag nagkadto siya sa hari sa pagpakitluoy nga buligan siya nga mabalik sa iya ang iya balay kag duta. Samtang nagapasulod siya, nagapakighambal ang hari kay Gehazi nga suluguon ni Elisha. Nagsiling ang hari, “Sugiri ako sang tanan nga makatilingala nga mga butang nga ginhimo ni Elisha.” Kag samtang nagasugid si Gehazi sa hari kon paano ginbuhi ni Elisha ang bata nga napatay, nagpalapit sa hari ang iloy sang bata kag nagpakitluoy nga buligan siya nga mabalik sa iya ang iya balay kag duta. Nagsiling si Gehazi, “Mahal nga Hari, amo ini ang babayi kag amo ini ang iya bata nga ginbuhi ni Elisha.” Ginpamangkot sang hari ang babayi parte sadto, kag ginsugiran siya sang babayi. Gani nagpatawag ang hari sang isa ka opisyal sa pagbulig sa babayi. Nagsiling siya sa opisyal, “Buligi siya nga mabalik sa iya ang tanan nga iya ginapanag-iyahan, pati ang tanan nga kita sang iya uma halin sang paghalin niya hasta sang pagbalik niya.”

Ginpatay ni Hazael si Ben Hadad

Karon, nagkadto si Elisha sa Damascus, ang kapital sang Aram, nga sa diin nagamasakit si Haring Ben Hadad sang Aram.[a] Sang ginsugiran ang hari nga ara ang alagad sang Dios, nagsiling siya kay Hazael, “Magdala ka sang regalo kag sugataa ang alagad sang Dios. Kag silinga siya nga pamangkuton niya ang Ginoo kon bala magaayo pa ako sa akon sakit.”

Gani ginpakargahan ni Hazael ang 40 ka kamelyo sang pinakamaayo nga mga produkto sang Damascus kag gindala ini kay Elisha bilang regalo. Pag-abot niya kay Elisha, nagsiling siya, “Ginsugo ako sang imo alagad[b] nga si Haring Ben Hadad sang Aram, nga pamangkuton ka kon magaayo pa bala siya sa iya sakit.” 10 Nagsabat si Elisha, “Pauli ka kag silingon mo siya nga sigurado gid nga magaayo siya, pero nagpahayag ang Ginoo sa akon nga mapatay gid siya.” 11 Gintulok niya dayon si Hazael nga wala sing pulupamisok hasta nga nahuya ini. Kag naghibi si Elisha. 12 Ginpamangkot siya ni Hazael, “Sir, ngaa nagahibi ka?” Nagsabat siya, “Tungod nahibaluan ko ang malain nga pagahimuon mo sa mga Israelinhon. Pagasunugon mo ang ila napaderan nga mga banwa, pamatyon mo ang ila mga pamatan-on sa inaway, dugmukon mo ang ila magagmay nga mga bata, kag pagaririan mo ang tiyan sang ila nagabulusong nga mga babayi.” 13 Nagsabat si Hazael, “Sir, paano ko ina mahimo? Wala ako sing ikasarang sa paghimo sina.”[c] Nagsabat si Elisha, “Ginpahayag sang Ginoo sa akon nga mangin hari ka sang Aram.”

14 Nagbalik si Hazael sa iya agalon nga si Ben Hadad, kag ginpamangkot siya ni Ben Hadad, “Ti, ano ang ginsiling ni Elisha sa imo?” Nagsabat si Hazael, “Nagsiling siya sa akon nga sigurado gid nga magaayo ka.” 15 Pero pagkasunod nga adlaw, nagkuha si Hazael sang madamol nga tela kag gintusmog ini sa tubig kag ginhaklap sa nawong sang hari hasta nga napatay ini. Kag si Hazael ang nagbulos bilang hari.

Ang Paghari ni Jehoram sa Juda(A)

16 Nangin hari sang Juda si Jehoram nga anak ni Jehoshafat sang ikalima nga tuig sang paghari ni Joram, nga anak ni Ahab, sa Israel. 17 Nagaedad si Jehoram sing 32 ka tuig sang nangin hari siya. Sa Jerusalem siya nag-estar, kag naghari siya sa sulod sang walo ka tuig. 18 Nagsunod siya sa pagginawi sang mga hari sang Israel, pareho sa ginhimo sang panimalay ni Ahab, kay ang iya napangasawa anak ni Ahab. Malain ang iya ginhimo sa panulok sang Ginoo. 19 Pero tungod kay David, wala paglaglaga sang Ginoo ang Juda, kay nagpromisa siya kay David nga hasta san-o indi madulaan si David sang kaliwat nga magahari.[d]

20 Sang panahon sang paghari ni Jehoram, nagrebelde ang Edom sa Juda, kag nagpili sila sang ila kaugalingon nga hari. 21 Gani nagkadto si Jehoram sa Zair dala ang tanan niya nga mga karwahe. Ginlibutan siya kag ang mga kumander sang iya mga karwahe sang mga Edomnon. Pero pagkagab-i, ginsalakay nila ang mga Edomnon, kag nakalusot sila kag nakapalagyo. Dayon nagpalauli ang iya mga soldado. 22 Hasta subong nagarebelde pa ang Edom sa Juda. Sa amo man sadto nga tion, nagrebelde man ang Libna.

23 Ang iban pa nga estorya parte sa paghari ni Jehoram, kag ang tanan nga iya ginhimo, nasulat sa Libro sang Kasaysayan sang mga Hari sang Juda. 24 Sang napatay si Jehoram, ginlubong siya upod sa iya mga katigulangan sa Banwa ni David. Kag si Ahazia nga iya anak amo ang nagbulos sa iya bilang hari.

Ang Paghari ni Ahazia sa Juda(B)

25 Nangin hari sang Juda si Ahazia nga anak ni Jehoram sang ikadose nga tuig sang paghari ni Joram, nga anak ni Ahab, sa Israel. 26 Nagaedad si Ahazia sang 22 ka tuig sang nangin hari siya. Sa Jerusalem siya nag-estar, kag naghari siya sa sulod sang isa ka tuig. Ang iya iloy amo si Atalia nga apo ni Haring Omri sang Israel. 27 Nagsunod siya sa pagginawi sang pamilya ni Ahab. Malain ang iya ginhimo sa panulok sang Ginoo pareho sang ginhimo sang pamilya ni Ahab, kay nagpangasawa siya sa isa sang mga miyembro sang pamilya ni Ahab.

28-29 Nag-upod si Ahazia kay Joram nga anak ni Ahab sa pagpakig-away kay Haring Hazael sang Aram. Nag-inaway sila sa Ramot Gilead, kag napilasan si Joram. Gani nagpauli si Haring Joram sa banwa sang Jezreel sa pagpaayo sang iya mga pilas. Kag sang didto siya, nagbisita sa iya si Haring Ahazia sang Juda.

Footnotes

  1. 8:7 Aram: ukon, Syria.
  2. 8:9 alagad: sa Hebreo, anak.
  3. 8:13 Wala ako… sina: sa literal, pareho lang ako sa isa ka ido.
  4. 8:19 nagpromisa… magahari: sa literal, nagpromisa ang Ginoo nga hatagan niya si David kag ang iya mga kaliwat sang suga hasta san-o.

The Shunammite’s Land Restored

Now Elisha had said to the woman(A) whose son he had restored to life, “Go away with your family and stay for a while wherever you can, because the Lord has decreed a famine(B) in the land that will last seven years.”(C) The woman proceeded to do as the man of God said. She and her family went away and stayed in the land of the Philistines seven years.

At the end of the seven years she came back from the land of the Philistines and went to appeal to the king for her house and land. The king was talking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, and had said, “Tell me about all the great things Elisha has done.” Just as Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had restored(D) the dead to life, the woman whose son Elisha had brought back to life came to appeal to the king for her house and land.

Gehazi said, “This is the woman, my lord the king, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life.” The king asked the woman about it, and she told him.

Then he assigned an official to her case and said to him, “Give back everything that belonged to her, including all the income from her land from the day she left the country until now.”

Hazael Murders Ben-Hadad

Elisha went to Damascus,(E) and Ben-Hadad(F) king of Aram was ill. When the king was told, “The man of God has come all the way up here,” he said to Hazael,(G) “Take a gift(H) with you and go to meet the man of God. Consult(I) the Lord through him; ask him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”

Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him as a gift forty camel-loads of all the finest wares of Damascus. He went in and stood before him, and said, “Your son Ben-Hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”

10 Elisha answered, “Go and say to him, ‘You will certainly recover.’(J) Nevertheless,[a] the Lord has revealed to me that he will in fact die.” 11 He stared at him with a fixed gaze until Hazael was embarrassed.(K) Then the man of God began to weep.(L)

12 “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael.

“Because I know the harm(M) you will do to the Israelites,” he answered. “You will set fire to their fortified places, kill their young men with the sword, dash(N) their little children(O) to the ground, and rip open(P) their pregnant women.”

13 Hazael said, “How could your servant, a mere dog,(Q) accomplish such a feat?”

“The Lord has shown me that you will become king(R) of Aram,” answered Elisha.

14 Then Hazael left Elisha and returned to his master. When Ben-Hadad asked, “What did Elisha say to you?” Hazael replied, “He told me that you would certainly recover.” 15 But the next day he took a thick cloth, soaked it in water and spread it over the king’s face, so that he died.(S) Then Hazael succeeded him as king.

Jehoram King of Judah(T)

16 In the fifth year of Joram(U) son of Ahab king of Israel, when Jehoshaphat was king of Judah, Jehoram(V) son of Jehoshaphat began his reign as king of Judah. 17 He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. 18 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter(W) of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. 19 Nevertheless, for the sake of his servant David, the Lord was not willing to destroy(X) Judah. He had promised to maintain a lamp(Y) for David and his descendants forever.

20 In the time of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against Judah and set up its own king.(Z) 21 So Jehoram[b] went to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he rose up and broke through by night; his army, however, fled back home. 22 To this day Edom has been in rebellion(AA) against Judah. Libnah(AB) revolted at the same time.

23 As for the other events of Jehoram’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 24 Jehoram rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. And Ahaziah his son succeeded him as king.

Ahaziah King of Judah(AC)

25 In the twelfth(AD) year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. 26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah,(AE) a granddaughter of Omri(AF) king of Israel. 27 He followed the ways of the house of Ahab(AG) and did evil(AH) in the eyes of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for he was related by marriage to Ahab’s family.

28 Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth Gilead.(AI) The Arameans wounded Joram; 29 so King Joram returned to Jezreel(AJ) to recover from the wounds the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramoth[c] in his battle with Hazael(AK) king of Aram.

Then Ahaziah(AL) son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab, because he had been wounded.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 8:10 The Hebrew may also be read Go and say, ‘You will certainly not recover,’ for.
  2. 2 Kings 8:21 Hebrew Joram, a variant of Jehoram; also in verses 23 and 24
  3. 2 Kings 8:29 Hebrew Ramah, a variant of Ramoth

Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.

And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.

And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.

And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the Lord hath shewed me that he shall surely die.

11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.

14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.

15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.

16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je hoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

19 Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.

20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.

22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.

28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.