Eliseus prophesieth plenty of corn the next day, and death to a chief man that will not believe it. 3. Four Lepers going to yield themselves to the Syrians, 6. Who by God's providence are frighted and fled away, 9. bring news thereof to Samaria, 12. Which by trial is found true, 16. And so there is plenty of corn, and the incredulous nobleman is trod to death, with press of multitude in the gate, as the prophet foretold.Eliseus prophecieth plentie of corne the next day, and death to a chief man that wil not beleeue it. 3. Foure Lepers going to yeld themselues to the Syrians, 6. Who by Gods prouidence are frighted and fled away, 9. bring newes therof to Samaria, 12. Which by trial is found true, 16. And so there is plentie of corne, and the incredulous nobleman is trod to death, with presse of multitude in the gate, as the prophet fortold.✦
And Eliseus said: Hear ye the word of our Lord: Thus saith our Lord: At this time to morrow a bushel of flour shall be at one statere: a silver coin, a set weight of money, and two bushels of barley at one stater, in the gate of Samaria.AND Eliseus sayd: Heare ye the word of our Lord: Thus sayth our Lord: At this time to morow a bushel of floure shal be at one stater, and two bushels of barley at one stater, in the gate of Samaria.✦Dixit autem Eliseus : Audite verbum Domini : Hæc dicit Dominus : In tempore hoc cras modius similæ uno statere erit, et duo modii hordei statere uno, in porta Samariæ.
2One of the ducibus: noblemen of ducal rank; captains, military leaders, upon whose hand the king leaned, answering the man of God, said: If our Lord shall make floodgates in heaven, can that possibly be which thou speakest? Who said: Thou shalt see it with thine eyes, and shalt not eat thereof.One of the Dukes, vpon whose hand the king leaned, answearing the man of God, sayd: If our Lord shal make fludgates in heauen, can that possibly be which thou speakest? Who sayd: Thou shalt see it with thine eies, and shalt not eate therof.✦Respondens unus de ducibus, super cujus manum rex incumbebat, homini Dei, ait : Si Dominus fecerit etiam cataractas in cælo, numquid poterit esse quod loqueris ? Qui ait : Videbis oculis tuis, et inde non comedes.
3There were therefore, four men lepers, beside the entrance of the gate: who said one to another: What mean we to be here till we die?There were therfore, foure men lepers, beside the entrance of the gate: who sayd one to an other: What meane we to be here til we die?Quatuor ergo viri erant leprosi juxta introitum portæ : qui dixerunt ad invicem : Quid hic esse volumus donec moriamur ?
4Whether we enter into the city, we shall die for famine: or whether we tarry here, die we must: come therefore, and let us run away to the camp of Syria. If they spare us, we shall live: but if they will kill us, we shall die nevertheless.Whether we enter into the citie, we shal die for famine: or whether we tarie here, die we must: come therfore, and let vs runne away to the campe of Syria. If they spare vs, we shal liue: but if they wil kil vs, we shal die neuerthelesse.sive ingredi voluerimus civitatem, fame moriemur : sive manserimus hic, moriendum nobis est : venite ergo, et transfugiamus ad castra Syriæ : si pepercerint nobis, vivemus : si autem occidere voluerint, nihilominus moriemur.
5They arose therefore in the evening, to come to the camp of Syria. And when they were come to the beginning of the camp of Syria, they found no man there.They arose therfore in the euening, to come to the campe of Syria. And when they were come to the beginning of the campe of Syria, they found no man there.Surrexerunt ergo vesperi, ut venirent ad castra Syriæ. Cumque venissent ad principium castrorum Syriæ, nullum ibidem repererunt.
6For our Lord had made them in the camp of Syria to hear the sound of chariots, and horses, and of a very great army: and they said one to another: Behold the king of Israel hath for wages hired against us the kings of the Hethites, and of the Egyptians, and they are come upon us.For our Lord had made them in the campe of Syria to heare the sound of chariotes, and horses, and of a verie great armie: and they sayd one to an other: Behold the king of Israel hath for wages hyred agaynst vs the kinges of the Hetheites, and of the Ægyptians, and they are come vpon vs.✦Siquidem Dominus sonitum audiri fecerat in castris Syriæ, curruum, et equorum, et exercitus plurimi : dixeruntque ad invicem : Ecce mercede conduxit adversum nos rex Israël reges Hethæorum et Ægyptiorum, et venerunt super nos.
7They arose therefore, and fled in the dark, and left their tents, and their horses and asses in the camp, and fled desirous to save their lives only.They arose therfore, and fled in the darke, and leaft their tentes, and their horses and asses in the campe, and fled desirous to saue their liues only.Surrexerunt ergo, et fugerunt in tenebris, et dereliquerunt tentoria sua, et equos et asinos, in castris, fugeruntque animas tantum suas salvare cupientes.
8Therefore when these lepers were come to the beginning of the camp, they entered into one tabernacle, and did eat and drink: and they took thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went, and hid it: again they returned to another tabernacle, and from thence likewise taking away they hid it.Therfore when these lepers were come to the beginning of the campe, they entered into one tabernacle, and did eate and drinke: and they tooke thence siluer, and gold, and rayment, and went, and hid it: againe they returned to an other tabernacle, and from thence likewise taking away they hid it.Igitur cum venissent leprosi illi ad principium castrorum, ingressi sunt unum tabernaculum, et comederunt et biberunt : tuleruntque inde argentum, et aurum, et vestes, et abierunt, et absconderunt : et rursum reversi sunt ad aliud tabernaculum, et inde similiter auferentes absconderunt.
9And they said one to another: We do not well: for this is a day of good tidings. If we shall hold our peace, and will not tell until morning, we shall be blamed of a heinous offence: Come, let us go, and make report in the king's court.And they said one to an other: We doe not wel: for this is a day of good tydinges. If we shal hold our peace, and wil not tel vntil morning, we shal be blamed of a heinous offence: Come, let vs goe, and make report in the kinges court.Dixeruntque ad invicem : Non recte facimus : hæc enim dies boni nuntii est. Si tacuerimus et noluerimus nuntiare usque mane, sceleris arguemur : venite, eamus, et nuntiemus in aula regis.
10And when they were come to the gate of the city, they told them saying: We went to the camp of Syria, and found no man there, but horses, and asses tied, and the tents pitched.And when they were come to the gate of the citie, they told them saying: We went to the campe of Syria, and found no man there, but horses, and asses tyed, and the tentes pitched.Cumque venissent ad portam civitatis, narraverunt eis, dicentes : Ivimus ad castra Syriæ, et nullum ibidem reperimus hominem, nisi equos et asinos alligatos, et fixa tentoria.
11The portarii: baggage carriers; gatekeepers, doorkeepers therefore went, and told it to the king within his palace.The porters therfore went, and told it to the king within his palace.Ierunt ergo portarii, et nuntiaverunt in palatio regis intrinsecus.
12Who arose in the night, and said to his servants: I tell you what the Syrians have done to us: They know that we suffer great famine, and therefore they are gone out of the camp and lie hid in the fields, saying: When they shall come forth out of the city, we will take them alive, and then we may enter into the city.Who arose in the night, & sayd to his seruants: I tel you what the Syrians haue done to vs: They know that we suffer great famine, and therfore they are gone out of the campe and lie hid in the fieldes, saying: When they shal come forth out of the citie, we wil take them aliue, and then we may enter into the citie.Qui surrexit nocte, et ait ad servos suos : Dico vobis quid fecerint nobis Syri : sciunt quia fame laboramus, et idcirco egressi sunt de castris, et latitant in agris, dicentes : Cum egressi fuerint de civitate, capiemus eos vivos, et tunc civitatem ingredi poterimus.
13But one of his servants answered: Let us take five horses that are remaining in the city (because they only are in the whole multitude of Israel for the other are consumed) and sending, we may try.But one of his seruantes answered: Let vs take fiue horses that are remaining in the citie (because they onlie are in the whole multitude of Israel for the other are consumed) and sending, we may trie.✦Respondit autem unus servorum ejus : Tollamus quinque equos qui remanserunt in urbe (quia ipsi tantum sunt in universa multitudine Israël, alii enim consumpti sunt), et mittentes, explorare poterimus.
14They brought therefore two horses, and the king sent into the camp of the Syrians, saying, Go ye, and see.They brought therfore two horses, and the king sent into the campe of the Syrians, saying, Goe ye, and see.Adduxerunt ergo duos equos, misitque rex in castra Syrorum, dicens : Ite, et videte.
15Who went after them as far as Jordan: and behold all the way was full of raiment, and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away, when they were turbarentur: filled with wonder; thrown into panic, confounded, and the messengers returning told the king.Who went after them as far as Iordan: and behold al the way was ful of rayment, and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away, when they were amased, and the messengers returning told the king.Qui abierunt post eos usque ad Jordanem : ecce autem omnis via plena erat vestibus et vasis quæ projecerant Syri cum turbarentur : reversique nuntii indicaverunt regi.
16And the people going forth spoiled the camp of Syria: and a bushel of flour became at one stater, and two bushels of barley at one stater, according to the word of our Lord.And the people going forth spoyled the campe of Syria: and a bushel of floure became at one stater, and two bushels of barley at one stater, according to the word of our Lord.Et egressus populus diripuit castra Syriæ : factusque est modius similæ statere uno, et duo modii hordei statere uno, juxta verbum Domini.
17Moreover the king appointed that duke on whose hand he leaned, to stand at the gate: whom the multitude trod in the entrance of the gate, and he died, according as the man of God had spoken, when the king came down to him.Moreouer the king appoynted that duke on whose hand he leaned, to stand at the gate: whom the multitude trode in the entrance of the gate, & he died, according as the man of God had spoken, when the king came downe to him.✦Porro rex ducem illum, in cujus manu incumbebat, constituit ad portam : quem conculcavit turba in introitu portæ, et mortuus est, juxta quod locutus fuerat vir Dei, quando descenderat rex ad eum.
18And it came to pass according to the word of the man of God, which he spake to the king, when he said: Two bushels of barley shall be at one stater, and a bushel of flour at one stater, this very time to morrow in the gate of Samaria:And it came to passe according to the word of the man of God, which he spake to the king, when he sayd: Two bushels of barley shal be at one stater, and a bushel of floure at one stater, this verie tyme to morow it the gate of Samaria:Factumque est secundum sermonem viri Dei quem dixerat regi, quando ait : Duo modii hordei statere uno erunt, et modius similæ statere uno, hoc eodem tempore cras in porta Samariæ :
19when that duke answered the man of God, and said: Although our Lord would make floodgates in the heaven, can this be done which thou speakest? And he said to him: Thou shalt see with thine eyes, and shall not eat thereof.when that duke answered the man of God, and sayd: Although our Lord would make fludgates in the heauen, can this be done which thou speakest? And he said to him: Thou shalt see with thine eies, and shal not eate therof.quando responderat dux ille viro Dei, et dixerat : Etiamsi Dominus fecerit cataractas in cælo, numquid poterit fieri quod loqueris ? Et dixit ei : Videbis oculis tuis, et inde non comedes.
20It chanced therefore to him as it was foretold, and the people trod him in the gate, and he died.It chanced therfore to him as it was foretold, and the people trode him in the gate, and he died.Evenit ergo ei sicut prædictum fuerat, et conculcavit eum populus in porta, et mortuus est.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.