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Elijah Ascends to Heaven

¹And it came to pass, when the Lord was about to ⚓take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with ⚓Elisha from Gilgal. ²Then Elijah said to Elisha, ⚓“Stay here, please, for the Lord has sent me on to Bethel.”
But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and ⚓as your soul lives, I will not leave you!” So they went down to Bethel.
³Now ⚓the sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that the Lord will take away your master from over you today?”
And he said, “Yes, I know; keep silent!”
⁴Then Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here, please, for the Lord has sent me on to Jericho.”
But he said, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you!” So they came to Jericho.
⁵Now the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that the Lord will take away your master from over you today?”
So he answered, “Yes, I know; keep silent!”
⁶Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here, please, for the Lord has sent me on to the Jordan.”
But he said, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you!” So the two of them went on. ⁷And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood facing them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan. ⁸Now Elijah took his mantle, rolled it up, and struck the water; and ⚓it was divided this way and that, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ⚓ground.
⁹And so it was, when they had crossed over, that Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask! What may I do for you, before I am taken away from you?”
Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.”
¹⁰So he said, “You have asked a hard thing. Nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so.” ¹¹Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly ⚓a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah ⚓went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
¹²And Elisha saw it, and he cried out, ⚓“My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!” So he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces. ¹³He also took up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan. ¹⁴Then he took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water, and said, “Where is the Lord God of Elijah?” And when he also had struck the water, ⚓it was divided this way and that; and Elisha crossed over.
¹⁵Now when the sons of the prophets who were⚓from Jericho saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they came to meet him, and bowed to the ground before him. ¹⁶Then they said to him, “Look now, there are fifty strong men with your servants. Please let them go and search for your master, ⚓lest perhaps the Spirit of the Lord has taken him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley.”
And he said, “You shall not send anyone.”
¹⁷But when they urged him till he was ⚓ashamed, he said, “Send them!” Therefore they sent fifty men, and they searched for three days but did not find him. ¹⁸And when they came back to him, for he had stayed in Jericho, he said to them, “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not go’?”

Elisha Performs Miracles

¹⁹Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please notice, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the ground barren.”
²⁰And he said, “Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him. ²¹Then he went out to the source of the water, and ⚓cast in the salt there, and said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘I have healed this water; from it there shall be no more death or barrenness.’ ” ²²So the water remains ⚓healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.
²³Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up the road, some youths came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
²⁴So he turned around and looked at them, and ⚓pronounced a curse on them in the name of the Lord. And two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.
²⁵Then he went from there to ⚓Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

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Coj Eliya moog sau ntuj

¹Txug lub swjhawm kws Yawmsaub yuav swv khaub zeeg cua coj Eliya moog sau ntuj, Eliya hab Elisa saamswm taug kev ntawm lub moos Kilakaa moog. ²Mas Eliya has rua Elisa tas, “Koj nyob ntawm nuav tog, tsua qhov Yawmsaub khaiv kuv moog rua lub moos Npe‑ee.” Tassws Elisa has tas, “Yawmsaub muaj txujsa nyob pum, hab koj muaj txujsa nyob pum, kuv yeej yuav tsw ncaim koj hlo le.” Mas ob tug txhad moog rua lub moos Npe‑ee. ³Paab xwbfwb kws cev Vaajtswv lug huv Npe‑ee tawm tuaj cuag Elisa hab has rua nwg tas, “Koj puas paub tas nub nua Yawmsaub yuav coj koj tug xwbfwb ncaim koj moog?” Elisa teb tas, “Hawj, kuv paub lawm, ua tuabywv.”
⁴Eliya has rua Elisa tas, “Elisa, koj nyob ntawm nuav tog, tsua qhov Yawmsaub khaiv kuv moog rua lub moos Yelikhau.” Tassws Elisa has tas, “Yawmsaub muaj txujsa nyob pum, hab koj muaj txujsa nyob pum, kuv yeej yuav tsw ncaim koj hlo le.” Mas ob tug txhad moog txug lub moos Yelikhau. ⁵Paab xwbfwb kws cev Vaajtswv lug huv Yelikhau txaav lug ze Elisa hab has rua nwg tas, “Koj puas paub tas nub nua Yawmsaub yuav coj koj tug xwbfwb ncaim koj moog?” Elisa teb tas, “Hawj, kuv paub lawm, ua tuabywv.”
⁶Tes Eliya txawm has rua Elisa tas, “Koj nyob ntawm nuav tog, tsua qhov Yawmsaub khaiv kuv moog rua ntawm tug dej Yalatee.” Tassws Elisa has tas, “Yawmsaub muaj txujsa nyob pum, hab koj muaj txujsa nyob pum, kuv yeej yuav tsw ncaim koj hlo le.” Mas ob tug txhad ua ke moog. ⁷Paab xwbfwb kws cev Vaajtswv lug muaj tswb caug leej kuj moog hab. Puab sawv kem deb zog ntawm ob tug, ob tug sawv rua ntawm tug dej Yalatee. ⁸Eliya muab nwg lub tsho ntev lug dov ua ib caaj nplawm tug dej, dej txawm faib rua ob saab ob tug txhad hlaa huv cov aav qhuav moog.
⁹Thaus ob tug hlaa dej moog lawd, Eliya has rua Elisa tas, “Ca le thov yaam kws kuv yuav ua rua koj ua ntej kws kuv yuav raug ncaim koj moog.” Elisa teb tas, “Thov ca kuv tau koj tug ntsuj plig ob npaug ua qub txeeg qub teg.” ¹⁰Eliya has tas, “Koj thov tej kws nyuaj kawg. Yog koj pum ntsoov thaus kuv raug coj ncaim koj moog, yuav muaj le ntawd rua koj. Yog koj tsw pum, yuav tsw muaj le ntawd rua koj.” ¹¹Thaus ob tug tseed sws thaam taug kev moog, ua cav muaj ib lub tsheb suavtawg hab neeg suavtawg lug kem hlo ob tug. Mas Eliya txawm nyob huv lub khaub zeeg cua nce moog sau ntuj lawm. ¹²Elisa pum ntsoov mas nwg qw nrov has tas, “Kuv txwv, kuv txwv. Koj yog cov Yixayee tej tsheb ua rog hab cov tub rog caij neeg.” Tes nwg tsw pum Eliya dua le lawm, nwg txawm muab nwg lub tsho dua rhe ua ob saab.
¹³Nwg khaws Eliya lub tsho ntev kws poob lug hov hab rov qaab moog sawv ntawm ntug dej Yalatee. ¹⁴Nwg muab Eliya lub tsho ntev kws poob lug hov nplawm dej has tas, “Yawmsaub kws yog Eliya tug Vaajtswv nyob hovtwg?” Thaus nwg nplawm dej, dej txawm faib rua ob saab, Elisa txhad hlaa moog.
¹⁵Thaus paab xwbfwb cev Vaajtswv lug kws nyob ntawm lub moos Yelikhau pum Elisa nyob ncaaj ntawm puab xubndag, puab txawm has tas, “Eliya tug ntsuj plig nrug nraim Elisa lawm.” Tes puab txawm tuaj tog nwg hab khoov ntshws pe rua huv aav ntawm nwg xubndag. ¹⁶Puab has rua nwg tas, “Muaj tswb caug tug txwvneej kws muaj zug nrug peb kws yog koj cov tub qhe nyob ua ke nuav. Ca puab moog nrhav koj tug xwbfwb, tej zag Yawmsaub tug Ntsuj Plig nqaa nwg moog tso rua sau ib lub roob lossws ib lub haav twg lawm.” Mas Elisa has tas, “Tsw xob khaiv puab moog le.” ¹⁷Thaus puab pheej taij nwg heev ua rua nwg txaaj muag lawm, nwg txhad has tas, “Khaiv moog maj.” Yog le hov puab txhad khaiv tswb caug leej moog. Puab moog nrhav Eliya tau peb nub tsw pum le. ¹⁸Puab rov lug cuag Elisa rua thaus nwg tseed tog huv lub moos Yelikhau. Nwg txhad has rua puab tas, “Kuv tub has rua mej lawm tas, tsw xob moog, nua nev?”

Elisa ua txujci phemfwj

¹⁹Cov tuabneeg huv lub moos hov has rua Elisa tas, “Lub moos nuav zoo nyob heev lawv le koj kws yog peb tug tswv pum lawd, tassws cov dej tsw zoo swv pheej ua rua tuabneeg pob mivnyuas.” ²⁰Mas Elisa has tas, “Ca le muab ib lub phaaj tshab tshab lug rua kuv hab muab ntsev tso rua huv.” Puab txawm coj lug rua nwg. ²¹Nwg txhad moog rua ntawm lub qhov dej txhawv hab muab cov ntsev nrum rua huv hab has tas, “Yawmsaub has le nuav tas, ‘Kuv tub ua rua cov dej nuav zoo lawm. Txwj nuav moog cov dej yuav tsw ua rua muaj kev tuag kev pob mivnyuas dua le lawm.’ ” ²²Yog le hov cov dej txhad zoo lug txug naj nub nwgnuav, lawv le tej lug kws Elisa has.
²³Elisa tawm hov ntawd moog rua lub moos Npe‑ee. Thaus nwg saamswm taug kev moog, muaj ib cov mivnyuas tub tawm huv lub moos tuaj thuaj luag nwg tas, “Yawm do hau, ca le tswv moog. Yawm do hau, ca le tswv moog.” ²⁴Nwg tig lug saib ntsoov rua puab hab tuav Yawmsaub lub npe foom puab. Tes txawm muaj ob tug maum dais tawm tom haav zoov lug muab plaub caug ob leeg mivnyuas tub hov dua taag. ²⁵Nwg txawm taug kev moog rua sau lub roob Khamee le maav rov qaab moog rua lub nroog Xamali.