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Chapter2
11WhentheLORDwasabouttotakeElijahuptoheaveninawhirlwind,heandElishawereontheirwayfromGilgal.
上主要用旋风接厄里亚升天的时候，厄里亚和厄里叟正离开基耳加耳；
2＂Stayhere,please,＂ElijahsaidtoElisha.＂TheLORDhassentmeontoBethel.＂＂AstheLORDlives,andasyouyourselflive,＂Elishareplied,＂Iwillnotleaveyou.＂SotheywentdowntoBethel,
厄里亚对厄里叟说：＂请你留在这里，因为上主派我到贝特耳去。＂厄里叟却答说：＂我指着永生的上主和你的性命起誓：我决不离开你。＂于是二人下到贝特耳。
3wheretheguildprophetswentouttoElishaandaskedhim,＂DoyouknowthattheLORDwilltakeyourmasterfromoveryoutoday?＂＂Yes,Iknowit,＂hereplied.＂Keepstill.＂
在贝特耳的先知弟子们出来见厄里叟说：＂上主今天要接你的师傅离开你，你知道吗？＂他回答说：＂是，我知道，你们不要作声。＂
4ThenElijahsaidtohim,＂Stayhere,please,Elisha,fortheLORDhassentmeontoJericho.＂＂AstheLORDlives,andasyouyourselflive,＂Elishareplied,＂Iwillnotleaveyou.＂
厄里亚对厄里叟说：＂厄里叟，请你留在这里，因为上主派我到耶里哥去。＂他回答说：＂我指着永生的上主和你的性命起誓：我决不离开你。＂于是二人往耶里哥去了。
5TheywentontoJericho,wheretheguildprophetsapproachedElishaandaskedhim,＂DoyouknowthattheLORDwilltakeyourmasterfromoveryoutoday?＂＂Yes,Iknowit,＂hereplied.＂Keepstill.＂
在耶里哥的先知弟子们前来，对厄里叟说:＂上主今天要接你的师傅离开你，你知道吗？＂他回答说：＂是的，我知道，你们不要作声。＂
6ElijahsaidtoElisha,＂Pleasestayhere;theLORDhassentmeontotheJordan.＂＂AstheLORDlives,andasyouyourselflive,＂Elishareplied,＂Iwillnotleaveyou.＂Andsothetwowentontogether.
厄里亚又对厄里叟说：＂请你留在这里，因为上主派我到约但河去。＂厄里叟回答说：＂我指着永生的上主和你的性命起誓：我决不离开你。＂二人于是继续前行。
7Fiftyoftheguildprophetsfollowed,andwhenthetwostoppedattheJordan,stoodfacingthematadistance.
先知弟子中有五十个人同去，远远站在他们对面，他们二人立在约旦河边，
8Elijahtookhismantle,rolleditupandstruckthewater,whichdivided,andbothcrossedoverondryground.
厄里亚将自己的外衣卷起，击打河水，水即左右分开，他们二人从干地上走了过去。
92Whentheyhadcrossedover,ElijahsaidtoElisha,＂AskforwhateverImaydoforyou,beforeIamtakenfromyou.＂Elishaanswered,＂MayIreceiveadoubleportionofyourspirit.＂
过去以后，厄里亚对厄里叟说：＂在我被接去离开你以前，我应该为你作什么，你尽管求罢！＂厄里叟答说：＂求你把你的精神给我两分。＂
10＂Youhaveaskedsomethingthatisnoteasy,＂hereplied.＂Still,ifyouseemetakenupfromyou,yourwishwillbegranted;otherwisenot.＂
厄里亚说：＂你求了一件难事；不过当我被接去离开你的时候，你若能看见我，你就可以得到；否则，你就不能得到。＂
11Astheywalkedonconversing,aflamingchariotandflaminghorsescamebetweenthem,andElijahwentuptoheaveninawhirlwind.
他们正边走边谈的时候，忽然有一辆火马拉的火车出现，把他们二人分开；厄里亚便乘着旋风升天去了。
123WhenElishasawithappenhecriedout,＂Myfather!myfather!Israel'schariotsanddrivers!＂Butwhenhecouldnolongerseehim,Elishagrippedhisowngarmentandtoreitintwo.
厄里叟一见，就呼喊说：＂我父，我父！以色列的战车，以色列的骏马！＂随后就再看不见他了；厄里叟遂抓住自己的衣服，撕成两半，
13ThenhepickedupElijah'smantlewhichhadfallenfromhim,andwentbackandstoodatthebankoftheJordan.
然后拾起厄里亚身上掉下来的外衣，回去站在约旦河边，
14WieldingthemantlewhichhadfallenfromElijah,hestruckthewaterinhisturnandsaid,＂WhereistheLORD,theGodofElijah?＂WhenElishastruckthewateritdividedandhecrossedover.
拿着从厄里亚身上掉下来的外衣击打河水说：＂上主，厄里亚的天主在那里？＂他一击打河水，河水就左右分开，厄里叟走了过去。
15TheguildprophetsinJericho,whowereontheotherside,sawhimandsaid,＂ThespiritofElijahrestsonElisha.＂Theywenttomeethim,bowingtothegroundbeforehim.
耶里哥的先知弟子们从对面看见了他，就说：＂厄里亚的精神已降在厄里叟的身上了。＂他们便前来迎接他，俯伏在地，叩拜他，
16＂Amongyourservantsarefiftybravemen,＂theysaid.＂Letthemgoinsearchofyourmaster.PerhapsthespiritoftheLORDhascarriedhimawaytosomemountainorsomevalley.＂＂Donotsendthem,＂heanswered.
对他说：＂你仆人中有五十个强壮的人，请让他们去寻找你的师傅，或者上主的神将他提去，丢在一座山上，或一个山谷里。＂他回答说：＂不必派他们去。＂
17However,theykepturginghim,untilhewasembarrassedandsaid,＂Sendthem.＂Sotheysentthefiftymen,whosearchedforthreedayswithoutfindinghim.
但是他们迫得他不好意思，他这才说：＂你们派人去罢！＂他们于是派了五十个人去，寻找了三天，始终没有找到，
18WhentheyreturnedtoElishainJericho,wherehewasstaying,hesaidtothem,＂DidInottellyounottogo?＂
便回来见厄里叟，那时厄里叟还在耶里哥。厄里叟对他们说：＂我不是对你们早说了，你们不必去吗？＂
19OncetheinhabitantsofthecitycomplainedtoElisha,＂Thesiteofthecityisfineindeed,asmylordcansee,butthewaterisbadandthelandunfruitful.＂
城中的人对厄里叟说：＂请看，本城的地势很好，师傅也看见了，只是水不好，以致土产不熟即落。＂
20＂Bringmeanewbowl,＂Elishasaid,＂andputsaltintoit.＂Whentheyhadbroughtittohim,
厄里叟说：＂给我拿一只新碗来，里面放上些盐。＂他们就给他拿了来；
21hewentouttothespringandthrewsaltintoit,saying,＂ThussaystheLORD,‘Ihavepurifiedthiswater.Neveragainshalldeathormiscarriagespringfromit.'＂
他遂出去到水泉旁，将盐倒在水里说：＂上主这样说：我已治好了这水，从此再也不会引起死亡和不熟早落的病。＂
22Andthewaterhasstayedpureeventothisday,justasElishaprophesied.
果然，照厄里叟所说的，那水直到今日常是好水。
234FromthereElishawentuptoBethel.Whilehewasontheway,somesmallboyscameoutofthecityandjeeredathim.＂Goup,baldhead,＂theyshouted,＂goup,baldhead!＂
厄里叟从那里上贝特耳去，当他沿路上去的时候，从城中出来一些小孩子，讥笑他说：＂光头，上来！光头，上来！＂
24Theprophetturnedandsawthem,andhecursedtheminthenameoftheLORD.Thentwoshe-bearscameoutofthewoodsandtoreforty-twoofthechildrentopieces.
厄里叟回过头去看他们，因上主的名诅咒了他们；立即有两只狗熊从林中出来，咬死了其中四十二个孩子。
25FromtherehewenttoMountCarmel,andthencehereturnedtoSamaria.
厄里叟从那里去了加尔默耳山，然后又从那里回了撒玛黎雅。
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Footnotes（注解）
1[1]Gilgal:commonlyidentifiedwithJiljulieh,aboutsevenmilesnorthofBethel,anddifferentfromtheGilgalinDeut11:30nearShechem,andthatinJoshua4;5passim,nearJericho.
2[9]Doubleportionofyourspirit:asthefirst-bornsoninheritedadoubleportionofhisfather'sproperty(Deut21:17),soElishaaskstoinheritfromElijahhisspiritofprophecyinthedegreebefittinghisprincipaldisciple.InNumbers11:17,25GodbestowssomeofthespiritofMosesonothers.
3[12]Myfather:areligioustitleaccordedpropheticleaders;cf2Kings6:21;8:9.Israel'schariotsanddrivers:ElijahwasworthmorethanawholearmyindefendingIsraelandthetruereligion.KingJoashofIsraelusesthesamephraseofElishahimself(2Kings13:14).
4[23-24]Thisstory,liketheoneaboutElijahandthecaptains(2Kings1),ispreservedforusinScripturetoconveyapopularunderstandingofthedignityoftheprophet.Toldinpopularvein,itbecomesacaricature,inwhichneitherElishanorthebearsbehaveincharacter.Seenoteon2Kings1:12andthecontrastingnarrativein2Kings4.