5 — 4 Kings (2 Kings)

1Naaman, general of the army, of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable: for by him the Lord gave deliverance to Syria: and he was a valiant man, and rich, but a leper.Naaman capitano delle milizie del re di Siria era uomo in grande stima, ed onore presso il suo padrone: perocché per mezzo di lui il Signore avea salvata la Siria: ed egli era uom valoroso, e ricco, ma lebbroso.NAAMAN the General of the warfare of the king of Syria, was a great man with his lord, and honorable: for by him our Lord gaue health to Syria: and he was a valiant man and rich, but a leper.Naaman princeps militiæ regis Syriæ erat vir magnus apud dominum suum, et honoratus: per illum enim dedit Dominus salutem Syriæ: erat autem vir fortis et dives, sed leprosus. 2Now there had gone out robbers from Syria, and had led away captive out of the land of Israel, a little maid, and she waited upon Naaman’s wife.Or dalla Siria erano usciti dei ladroncelli, i quali avean condotta prigioniera dalla terra d'Israele una piccola fanciulla, la quale era al servizio della moglie di Naaman:Moreouer out of Syria there were come forth robbers, and had led away captiue out of the Land of Israel a litle girle, which wayted vpon the wife of Naaman.Porro de Syria egressi fuerant latrunculi, et captivam duxerant de terra Israël puellam parvulam, quæ erat in obsequio uxoris Naaman: 3And she said to her mistress: I wish my master had been with the prophet that is in Samaria: he would certainly have healed him of the leprosy which he hath.Or questa disse alla sua padrona: Volesse Dio, che il mio signore fosse andato a trovar il profeta, che è in Samaria: certamente questi lo avrebbe guarito dalla sua lebbra.Who said to her maistresse: I would my lord had bene with the prophete, that is in Samaria: surely he would haue cured him from the leprosie, which he hathquæ ait ad dominam suam: Utinam fuisset dominus meus ad prophetam qui est in Samaria, profecto curasset eum a lepra quam habet. 4Then Naaman went in to his lord, and told him, saying: Thus and thus said the girl from the land of Israel.Naaman pertanto andò a trovare il suo signore, e gli diede tal nuova, e disse: In questa, e questa maniera ha parlato una figlia nata in Israele.Naaman therfore went into his lord, and told him saying: Thus and thus hath the wench of the Land of Israel spoken.Ingressus est itaque Naaman ad dominum suum, et nuntiavit ei, dicens: Sic et sic locuta est puella de terra Israël. 5And the king of Syria said to him: Go; and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment;E il re di Siria gli disse: Va, che io scriverò al re d'Israele. E quegli si parti, e portò seco dieci talenti d'argento, e seimila pezze d'oro, e dieci mute di abiti,And the king of Syria sayd to him: Goe, & I wil send letters to the king of Israel Who when he was sette forward, and had taken with him ten talentes of siluer, and six thousand peces of gold, and ten change of rayment,Dixitque ei rex Syriæ: Vade, et mittam litteras ad regem Israël. Qui cum profectus esset, et tulisset secum decem talenta argenti, et sex millia aureos, et decem mutatoria vestimentorum,

6And brought the letter to the king of Israel, in these words: When thou shalt receive this letter, know that I have sent to thee Naaman, my servant, that thou mayst heal him of his leprosy.E portò lettera al re d'Israele di questo tenore: Quando riceverai questa lettera, sappi, che ho mandato a te Naaman mio servo, affinchè tu il guarisca dalla sua lebbra.he brought the letters to the king of Israel, in these wordes: when thou shalt receiue this letter, know that I haue sent to thee Naaman my seruant, that thou mayest cure him of his leprosie.detulit litteras ad regem Israël in hæc verba: Cum acceperis epistolam hanc, scito quod miserim ad te Naaman servum meum, ut cures eum a lepra sua. 7And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he rent his garments, and said: Am I God, to be able to kill and give life, that this man hath sent to me to heal a man of his leprosy? mark, and see how he seeketh occasions against me.Or il re d'Israele, letta questa lettera, stracciò le sue vesti, e disse: Sono forse un Dio, onde io possa uccidere, e risuscitare, mentre colui mi manda un uomo, perchè io lo guarisca dalla sua lebbra? Ponete mente, e vedrete, ch'ei cerca pretesti contro di me.And when the king of Israel had read the letters, he rent his garmentes, and said: Am I God, that I can kil, and geue life, because this man hath sent to me, that I should cure a man of his leprosie? marke, and see that he seeketh occasions against me.Cumque legisset rex Israël litteras, scidit vestimenta sua, et ait: Numquid deus ego sum, ut occidere possim et vivificare, quia iste misit ad me ut curem hominem a lepra sua ? animadvertite, et videte quod occasiones quærat adversum me. 8And when Eliseus, the man of God, had heard this, to wit, that the king of Israel had rent his garments, he sent to him, saying: Why hast thou rent thy garments? let him come to me, and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel.La qual cosa essendo giunta alle orecchie dell'uom di Dio Eliseo, viene a dire, che il re d'Israele avea stracciate le sue vesti, mandò a dirgli: Per qual motivo hai tu stracciate le tue vesti? Venga colui da me, e sappia, che v'ha un profeta in Israele.Which when Eliseus the man of God had heard, to witte, that the king of Israel had rent his garmentes, he sent to him, saying: Why hast thou rent thy garmentes? let him come to me and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel.Quod cum audisset Eliseus vir Dei, scidisse videlicet regem Israël vestimenta sua, misit ad eum, dicens: Quare scidisti vestimenta tua ? veniat ad me, et sciat esse prophetam in Israël. 9So Naaman came with his horses and chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Eliseus:Andò adunque Naaman co' suoi cavalli, e co' suoi cocchi, e si fermò alla porta della casa di Eliseo:Naaman therfore came with horses and chariotes, and stood at the doore of the house of Eliseus:Venit ergo Naaman cum equis et curribus, et stetit ad ostium domus Elisei:

10And Eliseus sent a messenger to him, saying: Go, and wash seven times in the Jordan, and thy flesh shall recover health, and thou shalt be clean.Ed Eliseo mandò un uomo a dirgli: Va, e lavati sette volte nel Giordano, e la tua carne tornerà sana, e tu sarai mondato.and Eliseus sent a messenger to him, saying: Goe and be washed seuen times in Iordan, and thy flesh shal receiue health, and thou shalt be cleane.misitque ad eum Eliseus nuntium, dicens: Vade, et lavare septies in Jordane, et recipiet sanitatem caro tua, atque mundaberis. 11Naaman was angry, and went away, saying: I thought he would have come out to me, and standing, would have invoked the name of the Lord his God, and touched with his hand the place of the leprosy, and healed me.Naaman si partiva sdegnato, e diceva: Io avea creduto, che egli sarebbe venuto a me, e stando in piedi avrebbe invocato il nome del Signore Dio suo, e avrebbe toccate colla sua mano le parti, dov' è la lebbra, e mi avrebbe guarito.Naaman being angrie departed, saying: I thought he would come out to me, and standing would inuocate the name of the Lord his God, and touch with his hand the place of the leprosie, and cure me.Iratus Naaman recedebat, dicens: Putabam quod egrederetur ad me, et stans invocaret nomen Domini Dei sui, et tangeret manu sua locum lepræ, et curaret me. 12Are not the Abana, and the Pharphar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel, that I may wash in them, and be made clean? So as he turned, and was going away with indignation,Non son eglino di tutte le acque d'Israele migliori i fiumi di Damasco Abana, e Pharphar per lavarmi, ed essere mondato? Mentre egli adunque volgea le spalle, e se n'andava sdegnato.What are not Abana, and Pharphar the riuers of Damascus, better then al the waters of Israel, that I may be washed in them, and be made cleane? Therfore when he had turned him self, and went away with indignation,Numquid non meliores sunt Abana et Pharphar fluvii Damasci, omnibus aquis Israël, ut laver in eis, et munder ? Cum ergo vertisset se, et abiret indignans, 13His servants came to him, and said to him: Father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, surely thou shouldst have done it: how much rather what he now hath said to thee: Wash, and thou shalt be clean?I suoi servi se gli appressarono, e dissero a lui: Padre, quand'anche il profeta avesse ordinata a te una qualche cosa difficile, tu certo dovresti farla: quanto più ora, che egli ti ha detto: Lavati, e sarai mondato?his seruantes came vnto him, & spake to him: Father, & if the prophet had sayd a great thing to thee, certes, thou shouldest haue done it: how much more wheras now he sayd vnto thee: Be washed, and thou shalt be cleane?accesserunt ad eum servi sui, et locuti sunt ei: Pater, etsi rem grandem dixisset tibi propheta, certe facere debueras: quanto magis quia nunc dixit tibi: Lavare, et mundaberis ?

14Then he went down, and washed in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God; and his flesh was restored, like the flesh of a little child: and he was made clean.Andò egli, e lavossi sette volte nel Giordano secondo l'ordine dell'uomo di Dio, e la sua carne tornò come la carne di un piccol fanciullo, e restò mondo.He went downe, & washed in Iordan seuen times according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored, as the flesh of a litle childe, & he was made cleane.Descendit, et lavit in Jordane septies juxta sermonem viri Dei: et restituta est caro ejus sicut caro pueri parvuli, et mundatus est. 15And returning to the man of God, with all his train, he came, and stood before him, and said: In truth, I know there is no other God, in all the earth, but only in Israel: I beseech thee, therefore, take a blessing of thy servant.E tornò con tutto il suo accompagnamento all'uom di Dio, e si presentò innanzi a lui, e disse: Veramente io conosco, che non v'ha altro Dio in tutta la terra, fuorché quello d'Israele. Io ti prego adunque dì accettare l'offerta del tuo servo.And returning to the man of God with al his trayne, he came, and stood before him, & sayd: In very deede I know that there is no other God in al the earth, but only in Israel. I besech the therfore to take a benediction of thy seruant.Reversusque ad virum Dei cum universo comitatu suo, venit, et stetit coram eo, et ait: Vere scio quod non sit alius deus in universa terra, nisi tantum in Israël. Obsecro itaque ut accipias benedictionem a servo tuo. 16But he answered: As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And when he pressed him, he still refused.E quegli rispose: Viva il Signore, al cospetto del quale io sto; non la accetterò. E per quanto quegli lo pressasse, non si arrendè in verun modo.But he answered: Our Lord liueth, before whom I stand, I wil not take it. And when he would haue forced him, he did in nowise agree.At ille respondit: Vivit Dominus, ante quem sto, quia non accipiam. Cumque vim faceret, penitus non acquievit. 17And Naaman said: As thou wilt: but I beseech thee, grant to me, thy servant, to take from hence two mules’ burden of earth: for thy servant will not henceforth offer holocaust, or victim, to other gods, but to the Lord.E Naaman disse: Sia come vuoi: ma ti prego, che permetta a me tuo servo di prendere tanta terra, quanta ne portano due muli: perocché il tuo servo non offerirà più olocausti, e vittime a dei stranieri, ma solo al Signore.And Naaman sayd: As thou wilt, but I besech thee: graunt vnto me thy seruant, that I may take of the earth the burden of two mules: for thy seruant wil no more make holocaust, or victimes to strange goddes, but to the Lord.Dixitque Naaman: Ut vis: sed, obsecro, concede mihi servo tuo ut tollam onus duorum burdonum de terra: non enim faciet ultra servus tuus holocaustum aut victimam diis alienis, nisi Domino.

18But there is only this, for which thou shalt entreat the Lord for thy servant; when my master goeth into the temple of Remmon, to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand: if I bow down in the temple of Remmon, when he boweth down in the same place, that the Lord pardon me, thy servant, for this thing.La sola cosa, della quale pregherai tu il Signore pel tuo servo, si è, che quando il mio padrone entrerà nel tempio di Remmon, per fare adorazione, appoggiandosi sulla mia mano, se io adoro nel tempio di Remmon, mentre egli adora nel luogo stesso, il Signore perdoni a me tuo servo tal cosa.But this onlie is it, for which thou shalt besech the Lord for thy seruant, when my maister shal goe into the temple of Remmon, to adore: and he leaning vpon my hand, if I shal adore in the temple of Remmon, he adoring in the same place, that the Lord pardon me thy seruant for this thing.Hoc autem solum est, de quo depreceris Dominum pro servo tuo, quando ingredietur dominus meus templum Remmon ut adoret: et illo innitente super manum meam, si adoravero in templo Remmon, adorante eo in eodem loco, ut ignoscat mihi Dominus servo tuo pro hac re. 19And he said to him: Go in peace. So he departed from him, in the spring time of the earth.E quegli disse a lui: Va in pace. Egli adunque se n'andò nella stagion migliore della terra.Who sayd to him: Goe in peace. He therfore went from him in the spring time of the earth.Qui dixit ei: Vade in pace. Abiit ergo ab eo electo terræ tempore. 20But Giezi, the servant of the man of God, said: My master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving of him that which he brought: as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take something of him.Ma Giezi servitore dell'uomo di Dio, disse: Il mio padrone è stato troppo buono con questo Siro Naaman, non accettando da lui quel, che gli avea presentato: viva il Signore; io gli correrò dietro, e qualche cosa ne caverò.And Giezi the seruant of the man of God sayd: My maister hath spared Naaman this Syrian, that he tooke not of him the things which he brought: Our Lord liueth, I wil runne after him, and wil take some thing of him.Dixitque Giezi puer viri Dei: Pepercit dominus meus Naaman Syro isti, ut non acciperet ab eo quæ attulit: vivit Dominus, quia curram post eum, et accipiam ab eo aliquid. 21And Giezi followed after Naaman: and when he saw him running after him, he leapt down from his chariot to meet him, and said: Is all well?E Giezi andò dietro a Naaman: e questi avendolo veduto correre dietro a se, saltò giù dal cocchio, e andogli incontro, e disse: Va egli tutto bene?And Giezi folowed at the backe of Naaman: whom when he saw running toward him, he lept downe from his chariote to mete him, and said: Are al thinges wel?Et secutus est Giezi post tergum Naaman: quem cum vidisset ille currentem ad se, desiliit de curru in occursum ejus, et ait: Rectene sunt omnia ?

22And he said: Well: my master hath sent me to thee, saying: Just now there are come to me from mount Ephraim, two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.E quegli disse: Benissimo: il mio padrone mi manda perchè io dica a te, come or ora sono arrivati da lui due giovinotti de' figliuoli de' profeti dal monte Ephraim: dà loro un talento d'argento, e due mute di vesti.And he said: Wel. my maister hath sent me to thee, saying: Euen now there are come to me two yong men from mount Ephraim, of the children of the prophetes: geue them a talent of siluer, and two change of rayment.Et ille ait: Recte. Dominus meus misit me ad te dicens: Modo venerunt ad me duo adolescentes de monte Ephraim, ex filiis prophetarum: da eis talentum argenti, et vestes mutatorias duplices. 23And Naaman said: It is better that thou take two talents. And he forced him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, and two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants, and they carried them before him.E Naaman disse: È meglio, che tu prenda due talenti: e sforzollo a prenderli, e legò i due talenti d'argento in due sacchi colle due mute di vesti, e li fece porre sulle spalle di due de' suoi servi, i quali li portarono andando avanti a Giezi.And Naaman sayd: It is better that thou take two talentes. And he forced him, & bound the two talentes of siluer in two bagges, and the duble rayment, & layd it vpon two of his seruantes, who also caried it before him.Dixitque Naaman: Melius est ut accipias duo talenta. Et coëgit eum, ligavitque duo talenta argenti in duobus saccis, et duplicia vestimenta, et imposuit duobus pueris suis, qui et portaverunt coram eo. 24And when he was come, and now it was the evening, he took them from their hands, and laid them up in the house, and sent the men away, and they departed.E giunto (a casa) che era già sera, li prese dalle lor mani, e li ripose nella casa, e licenziò quegli uomini, i quali se n'andarono:And when he was come now in the euening, he tooke it out of their hand, & layd it vp in the house, & dismissed the men, and they departed.Cumque venisset jam vesperi, tulit de manu eorum, et reposuit in domo, dimisitque viros, et abierunt. 25But he went in, and stood before his master. And Eliseus said: Whence comest thou, Giezi? He answered: Thy servant went no whither.Ed egli andò, e si presentò dinanzi al suo padrone. Ed Eliseo disse: Donde vieni, o Giezi? Ed ci rispose: Il tuo servo non è andato in verun luogo.And himself going in, stood before his maister. And Eliseus said: From whence comest thou Giezi? Who answered: Thy seruant hath not gone any whither.Ipse autem ingressus, stetit coram domino suo. Et dixit Eliseus: Unde venis, Giezi ? Qui respondit: Non ivit servus tuus quoquam.

26But he said: Was not my heart present, when the man turned back, from his chariot, to meet thee? So now thou hast received money, and received garments, to buy oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants.Ma quegli disse: Non era forse presente il mio spirito, quando quell'uomo scese dal suo cocchio per venirti incontro? Orsù, tu hai ricevuto dell'argento, e delle mute di abiti, per comperare degli uliveti, e delle vigne, e delle pecore, e de' buoi, e degli schiavi, e delle schiave.But he sayd: Was not my hart present, when the man returned out of his chariote to meete thee? Now therfore thou hast receiued siluer, and taken rayment, to bye oliuetes, and vineyardes, and sheepe, and oxen, and seruantes, and handmaides.At ille ait: Nonne cor meum in præsenti erat, quando reversus est homo de curru suo in occursum tui ? nunc igitur accepisti argentum, et accepisti vestes ut emas oliveta, et vineas, et oves, et boves, et servos, et ancillas. 27But the leprosy of Naaman, shall also stick to thee, and to thy seed for ever. And he went out from him a leper, as white as snow.Ma anche la lebbra di Naaman si appiccherà a te, e alla tua stirpe in eterno. E quegli si partì da lui con lebbra simile alla neve.But the leprosie also of Naaman shal cleaue to thee, and to thy seede, for euer. And he went out from him a leper as it were snow.Sed et lepra Naaman adhærebit tibi, et semini tuo usque in sempiternum. Et egressus est ab eo leprosus quasi nix.