Elisha Helps a Poor Widow
1 One day the widow of one of the Lord's prophets said to Elisha, “You know that before my husband died, he was a follower of yours and a worshiper of the Lord. But he owed a man some money, and now that man is on his way to take my two sons as his slaves.”
2 “Maybe there's something I can do to help,” Elisha said. “What do you have in your house?”
“Sir, I have nothing but a small bottle of olive oil.”
3 Elisha told her, “Ask your neighbors for their empty jars. And after you've borrowed as many as you can, 4 go home and shut the door behind you and your sons. Then begin filling the jars with oil and set each one aside as you fill it.” 5 The woman left.
Later, when she and her sons were back inside their house, the two sons brought her the jars, and she began filling them.
6 At last, she said to one of her sons, “Bring me another jar.”
“We don't have any more,” he answered, and the oil stopped flowing from the small bottle.
7 After she told Elisha what had happened, he said, “Sell the oil and use part of the money to pay what you owe the man. You and your sons can live on what is left.”
Elisha Brings a Rich Woman's Son Back to Life
8 Once, while Elisha was in the town of Shunem, he met a rich woman who invited him to her home for dinner. After that, whenever he was in Shunem, he would have a meal there with her and her husband.
9 Some time later the woman said to her husband, “I'm sure the man who comes here so often is a prophet of God. 10 Why don't we build him a small room on the flat roof of our house? We can put a bed, a table and chair, and an oil lamp in it. Then whenever he comes, he can stay with us.”
11 The next time Elisha was in Shunem, he stopped at their house and went up to his room to rest. 12-13 He said to his servant Gehazi, “This woman has been very helpful. Have her come up here to the roof for a moment.” She came, and Elisha told Gehazi to say to her, “You've gone to a lot of trouble for us, and we want to help you. Is there something we can request the king or army commander to do?”
The woman answered, “With my relatives nearby, I have everything I need.”
14 “Then what can we do for her?” Elisha asked Gehazi.
Gehazi replied, “I do know that her husband is old, and that she doesn't have a son.”
15 “Ask her to come here again,” Elisha told his servant. He called for her, and she came and stood in the doorway of Elisha's room.
16 Elisha said to her, “Next year at this time, you'll be holding your own baby son in your arms.”
“You're a man of God,” the woman replied. “Please don't lie to me.”
17 But a few months later, the woman got pregnant. She gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had promised.
18 One day while the boy was still young, he was out in the fields with his father, where the workers were harvesting the crops. 19 Suddenly he shouted, “My head hurts. It hurts a lot!”
“Carry him back to his mother,” the father said to his servant. 20 The servant picked up the boy and carried him to his mother. The boy lay on her lap all morning, and by noon he was dead. 21 She carried him upstairs to Elisha's room and laid him across the bed. Then she walked out and shut the door behind her.
22 The woman called to her husband, “I need to see the prophet. Let me use one of the donkeys. Send a servant along with me, and let me leave now, so I can get back quickly.”
23 “Why do you need to see him today?” her husband asked. “It's not the Sabbath or time for the New Moon Festival.”
“That's all right,” she answered. 24 She saddled the donkey and said to her servant, “Let's go. And don't slow down unless I tell you to.” 25 She left at once for Mount Carmel to talk with Elisha.
When Elisha saw her coming, he said, “Gehazi, look! It's the woman from Shunem. 26 Run and meet her. And ask her if everything is all right with her and her family.”
“Everything is fine,” she answered Gehazi. 27 But as soon as she got to the top of the mountain, she went over and grabbed Elisha by the feet.
Gehazi started toward her to push her away, when Elisha said, “Leave her alone! Don't you see how sad she is? But the Lord hasn't told me why.”
28 The woman said, “Sir, I begged you not to get my hopes up, and I didn't even ask you for a son.”
29 “Gehazi, get ready and go to her house,” Elisha said. “Take along my walking stick, and when you get there, lay it on the boy's face. Don't stop to talk to anyone, even if they try to talk to you.”
30 But the boy's mother said to Elisha, “I swear by the living Lord and by your own life that I won't leave without you.” So Elisha got up and went with them.
31 Gehazi ran on ahead and laid Elisha's walking stick on the boy's face, but the boy didn't move or make a sound. Gehazi ran back to Elisha and said, “The boy didn't wake up.”
32 Elisha arrived at the woman's house and went straight to his room, where he saw the boy's body on his bed. 33 He walked in, shut the door, and prayed to the Lord. 34 Then he got on the bed and stretched out over the dead body, with his mouth on the boy's mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hand on his hands. As he lay there, the boy's body became warm. 35 Elisha got up and walked back and forth in the room, then he went back and leaned over the boy's body. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
36 Elisha called out to Gehazi, “Ask the boy's mother to come here.” Gehazi did, and when she was at the door, Elisha said, “You can take your son.”
37 She came in and bowed down at Elisha's feet. Then she picked up her son and left.
Elisha Makes Some Stew Taste Better
38 Later, Elisha went back to Gilgal, where there was almost nothing to eat, because the crops had failed.
One day while the prophets who lived there were meeting with Elisha, he said to his servant, “Prepare a big pot of stew for these prophets.”
39 One of them went out into the woods to gather some herbs. He found a wild vine and picked as much of its fruit as he could carry, but he didn't know that the fruit was very sour. When he got back, he cut up the fruit and put it in the stew.
40 The stew was served, and when the prophets started eating it, they shouted, “Elisha, this stew tastes terrible! We can't eat it.”
41 “Bring me some flour,” Elisha said. He sprinkled the flour in the stew and said, “Now serve it to them.” And the stew tasted fine.
Elisha Feeds One Hundred People
42 A man from the town of Baal-Shalishah brought Elisha some freshly cut grain and 20 loaves of bread made from the first barley that was harvested. Elisha said, “Give it to the people so they can eat.”
43 “There's not enough here for 100 people,” his servant said.
“Just give it to them,” Elisha replied. “The Lord has promised there will be more than enough.”
44 So the servant served the bread and grain to the people. They ate and still had some left over, just as the Lord had promised.
Elisa ye furuyaamusu fuwaaroo maakoyi
1 Kewo doo, meŋ bota annabiyomu kafoo kono, le la furuyaamusoo naata Elisa kaŋ, a ko a ye ko, “N keemaa faata le, i la dookuulaa. Ite faŋo ye a loŋ ne kabiriŋ a be baluuriŋ, a keta moo le ti meŋ silata Yaawe* la. Bari saayiŋ kanindirilaa le naata ka n diŋ kambaanendiŋ fuloo taa, ka taa ì ke joŋolu ti.”
2 Wo le to Elisa ko a ye ko, “Nte be ite maakoyi noo la ñaadii le? Muŋ ne be ite bulu i yaa?” Musoo ñiŋ ye a jaabi ko, “Feŋ-wo-feŋ te i la jommusoo bulu n yaa niŋ a maŋ ke tulundiŋ ti n na tulu dumbundiŋo kono.” 3 Elisa ko a ye ko, “Taa i siiñoolu yaa, i ye jiibindaa kenseŋ jamaalu fuu ì bulu. 4 Ì si ì samba i la buŋo kono, i ye daa soroŋ i faŋo ma, i niŋ i dinkewolu. I si tuloo ñiŋ taa i ye a yelema jiibindaalu kono. Niŋ meŋ-wo-meŋ faata, i ye wo jenkendi kara la.”
5 Bituŋ musoo ñiŋ taata, a ye daa soroŋ a faŋo ma, a niŋ a dinkewolu. Ì ka jiibindaalu samba a ye naŋ, a ka tuloo yelema ì kono. 6 Kabiriŋ ì bee faata, a ko a dinkee doo ye ko, “Jiibindaa doo fanaa samba naŋ.” A ko a ye ko, “Jiibindaalu bee banta le saayiŋ.” Wo to le tuloo naata loo.
7 Bituŋ musoo ñiŋ taata Alla la moo Elisa kaŋ, ka a fo a ye meŋ keta. Elisa ko a ye ko, “Taa i ye tuloo ñiŋ waafi, i ye i la juloo joo a la. Too meŋ tuta jee, i niŋ i diŋolu si baluu wo la.”
Elisa ye kaawakuwo ke Sunamunka musu fankamaa ye
8 Luŋ kiliŋ Elisa be taamasiloo kaŋ, a tambita niŋ Sunamu saatewo kono la. Musu fankamaa doo le tarata nuŋ jee. A ye Elisa buuñaa, a ye a maaneenee ka naa domoroo la a la suwo kono. Bituŋ Elisa taata jee. Ka bo wo luŋo la, waati-wo-waati niŋ Elisa be tambi kaŋ Sunamu saatewo kono la, a si taa jiyaa musoo ñiŋ yaa. 9 Kabiriŋ a meeta, musoo ñiŋ naata a fo a keemaa ye ko, “A juubee baŋ, ñiŋ kewo meŋ ka naa jiyaa ǹ yaa teŋ, a koyita m ma le ko Alla la moo senuŋo le mu. 10 Wo to ŋà laadulaa buŋo loo a ye ǹ na buŋo kaŋ santo, ñiŋ kamma la niŋ a naata ǹ yaa, a si kari i laa jee. Ǹ si laaraŋo ke a ye jee, ka taa taabuloo niŋ siiraŋo, aniŋ lampoo.”
11 Luŋ kiliŋ Elisa naata ka jiyaa jee. Bituŋ a seleta ka taa i foñondiŋ buŋo ñiŋ kono. 12 A ye a la dookuulaa Kehasi kumandi, a ko a ye ko, “Taa Sunamunka musoo ñiŋ kumandi naŋ.” Kabiriŋ a ye a kumandi, a naata, a loota a ñaatiliŋo la. 13 A ko Kehasi ye ko, “A fo a ye ko, a bataata ǹ ye le. A be lafi la ŋà muŋ ne ke a ye? Fo a be lafi la le ŋà a la kuu betoo fo mansa ye baŋ, waraŋ kelediŋ kuntiyo?” Musoo ye a jaabi, a ko a ye ko, “Nte niŋ m fansuŋ moolu le be siiriŋ.”
14 Wo le to Elisa ko Kehasi ye ko, “Wo to ǹ si muŋ ne ke noo ñiŋ musoo ye?” Kehasi ko a ye ko, “Ŋa a loŋ ne ko, a keemaa kotoota baake le, aduŋ ì maŋ diŋ soto.” 15 Bituŋ Elisa ko a ye ko, “Taa musoo ñiŋ kumandi naŋ.” Musoo ñiŋ naata a loota daa to. 16 Elisa ko a ye ko, “Jaari ñiŋ ñoŋ tumoo, i fansuŋ deenaanoo be tara la i bulu le, i faŋo dinkewo.” Musoo ñiŋ ko a ye ko, “Dukaree Alla la moo, kana n neenee.” 17 Bari musoo ñiŋ naata konoo taa, a ye dinkewo wuluu wo jaaroo la, komeŋ Elisa ye a fo a ye ñaameŋ.
18 Kabiriŋ dindiŋo ñiŋ taata fo a keta kambaanendiŋo ti, luŋ kiliŋ a taata a faamaa yaa kunkoo to. Dookuulaalu tarata senefeŋ katoo la. 19 Bituŋ dindiŋo ñiŋ kumboota ka a fo a faamaa ye ko, “N kuŋo! N kuŋo!” Wo le to a faamaa ye dookuulaa kiliŋ kumandi, a ko a ye ko, “Dindiŋo samba a baamaa ye.” 20 Bituŋ a ye a sika ka a samba a baamaa ye. A baamaa ye a landi a wutoo kaŋ. A tarata laariŋ jee fo tilibuloo, wo to le a naata faa.
21 Bituŋ a baamaa ye a furewo sika, a niŋ a seleta buŋo santo, a ye a landi Alla la moo Elisa la laaraŋo kaŋ. A fintita naŋ, a ye daa soroŋ furewo ma. Wo le to a jiita naŋ. 22 A ye a keemaa kumandi, a ko a ye ko, “Dookuulaa kiliŋ kii a ye faloo siti, a ye a samba n ye naŋ. N lafita taa la Alla la moo ñiŋ ne yaa katabake ŋa muru naŋ.” 23 A keemaa ko a ye ko, “Muŋ daliila le be i samba la a yaa, bii maŋ ke Kari Kuta Juuraloo* waraŋ Loobula Luŋo ti.” A ko a ye ko, “Wo nte kasi ti.”
24 Musoo naata a ye faloo siti. Bituŋ a ko a la dookuulaa ye ko, “Faloo bayi ŋà taa. Kana i siŋo talaa fo niŋ n ko i ye a talaa.” 25 A ye siloo taa ka taa Alla la moo Elisa kaŋ Karimeli Konkoo to.
Kabiriŋ Elisa ye a hayinaŋ a ka naa, a ko a la dookuulaa Kehasi ye ko, “A juubee, Sunamunka musoo ñiŋ ne ka naa teŋ.” 26 A ko a ye ko, “I bori i ye a benduŋ, i ye a ñininkaa fo tana maŋ a soto, waraŋ a keemaa, waraŋ a dinkewo.”
Bituŋ Kehasi borita a ye a benduŋ. A ye a ñininkaa, bari musoo ñiŋ ko a ye ko, “Tana-wo-tana nte.” 27 Kabiriŋ a futata Elisa ma konkoo kaŋ, a ñoyita ka a siŋolu ñafu. Bari Kehasi wafuta naŋ ka naa a bondi Elisa siŋolu bala. Bari Elisa ko a ye ko, “A bula. Fo i maŋ a je a niyo be kuyaariŋ ñaameŋ baŋ? Bari Yaawe ye ñiŋ kuwo maabo m ma le, a maŋ a yitandi n na.”
28 Musoo ñiŋ ko Elisa ye ko, “M maarii, fo nte le ye i daani diŋo la baŋ? Fo m maŋ a fo i ye ko kana n neenee?” 29 Bituŋ Elisa ko Kehasi ye ko, “I tewo siti, i ye bori i niŋ n na dokoo ye taa, i ye a muta i buloo kono. Niŋ i niŋ moo-wo-moo benta, i kana a kontoŋ, aduŋ niŋ moo-wo-moo ye i kontoŋ, i kana a jaabi. I si n na taamaraŋ dokoo laa kambaanendiŋo ñaadaa kaŋ.” 30 Bari dindiŋo baamaa ko Elisa ye ko, “A be koyiriŋ ñaameŋ ko Yaawe be baluuriŋ ne, aniŋ ite faŋo, n te i tu la n kooma.” Wo to le Elisa bulata a nooma.
31 Bari Kehasi borita ì ñaato le ka taa. Kabiriŋ a futata dindiŋo ma, a ye Elisa la taamaraŋ dokoo laa a kaŋ. Bari dindiŋo ñiŋ maŋ maamaŋ sako a si wuli. Bituŋ a ye Elisa benduŋ, a ko a ye ko, “Dindiŋo ñiŋ maŋ wuli de.” 32 Elisa naata, a dunta buŋo ñiŋ kono, a ye dindiŋo furewo tara laariŋ laaraŋo kaŋ, ate faŋo ka i laa daameŋ. 33 Wo le to a ye daa soroŋ a faŋ ma, a niŋ furewo, a duwaata ka Yaawe daani. 34 A seleta laaraŋo kaŋ, a ye i laa dindiŋo kaŋ. A ye a daa naki a daa la, a ye a ñaa naki a ñaa la, a ye a buloolu laa a buloolu kaŋ. Kabiriŋ a ye i laa a be tilinjandiŋ kambaanendiŋo kaŋ, bituŋ dindiŋo baloo ye a dati ka kandi. 35 Elisa jiita duuma, a taamaŋ-taamanta buŋo kono, a seleta a ye i laa dindiŋo kaŋ kotenke. Bituŋ dindiŋo ñiŋ tisoota ko siiñaa woorowula. A ye a ñaalu yele.
36 Elisa ye a la dookuulaa Kehasi kumandi naŋ, a ye a kii ka taa Sunamunka musoo ñiŋ kumandi, bituŋ wo ye a kumandi naŋ. Kabiriŋ musoo ñiŋ naata, a ko a ye ko, “I dinkewo fele.” 37 Musoo ñiŋ dunta naŋ buŋo kono, a ñoyita Elisa ye ka a tentu. Bituŋ a ye a diŋo taa, a niŋ a taata.
Elisa ye kunoo bondi domoroo to
38 Kabiriŋ Elisa muruta ka taa Kilikali, wo tumoo konko baa le tarata nuŋ bankoo kaŋ. Luŋ kiliŋ annabiyomu kafoo moolu tarata siiriŋ a ñaatiliŋo la. A ko a la dookuulaa ye ko, “Kaleera baa jonki, i ye jamba duuraŋo tabi ì ye.” 39 Ì kono kee kiliŋ naata taa wuloo kono jamba katoo la. A ye wulakono miraŋ suŋo je. Bituŋ a ye miraŋ diŋolu kati naŋ a bala, a ye jamaa fudi naŋ a la waramboo kono. A ye ì kuntuŋ-kuntuŋ, a ye ì niŋ jamboo tabi kaleeroo kono. A maŋ a loŋ muŋ feŋ ne mu. 40 Bituŋ ì ye domoroo ñiŋ bo kafoo moolu ye. Kabiriŋ ì ye a dati domo la doroŋ, ì wuurita ka a fo ko, “Hee, Alla la moo, kunoo le be ñiŋ domoroo to.” Aduŋ ì maŋ soŋ ka a domo.
41 Bituŋ Elisa ko, “Ali fariña munkoo doo samba n ye naŋ.” Wo to le ì ye fariña munkoo doo dii a la. A ye a taa a ye a ke kaleeroo kono. A ko ì ye ko, “Ali a talaa ì ye a domo.” Bituŋ feŋ maŋ naa tara domoroo ñiŋ to kotenke.
Elisa ye kee keme konoo fandi domorindiŋ na
42 Kewo doo le bota naŋ Baali-Salisa saatewo to. A ye mbuuru kuŋ muwaŋ samba naŋ Elisa ye, mennu dadaata niŋ baali* siimaŋ kutoo la, aniŋ siimaŋ kutoo doo jinsamaa a la kufoo kono.
Bituŋ Elisa ko a la dookuulaa ye ko, “A dii kafoo moolu la ì ye a domo.” 43 A la dookuulaa ko a ye ko, “N si ñiŋ loo noo kee keme koto baŋ?” Bari Elisa ko a ye ko, “A dii ì la doroŋ, kaatu Yaawe ye ñiŋ ne fo ko, ì be a domo la le fo too ye tu.” 44 Wo le to dookuulaa ye a londi ì ye. Ì ye a domo, fo too tuta jee, ko Yaawe la kumoo ye a yitandi ñaameŋ.
