¹Naaman princeps militiæ regis Syriæ erat vir magnus apud dominum suum,Naaman,et honoratus:the leader of the military of the king of Syria,per illum enim dedit Dominus salutem Syriæ:was a great and honorable man with his lord.erat autem vir fortisFor through him the Lord gave salvation to Syria.et dives,And he was a strong and rich man,sed leprosus.but a leper.

¹Naaman princeps militiæ regis Syriæ erat vir magnus apud dominum suum,Naaman,et honoratus:the leader of the military of the king of Syria,per illum enim dedit Dominus salutem Syriæ:was a great and honorable man with his lord.erat autem vir fortisFor through him the Lord gave salvation to Syria.et dives,And he was a strong and rich man,sed leprosus.but a leper.

²Porro de Syria egressi fuerant latrunculi,Now robbers had gone out from Syria,et captivam duxerant de terra Israël puellam parvulam,and they had led away captive, from the land of Israel, a little girl.quæ erat in obsequio uxoris Naaman:And she was in the service of the wife of Naaman.

²Porro de Syria egressi fuerant latrunculi,Now robbers had gone out from Syria,et captivam duxerant de terra Israël puellam parvulam,and they had led away captive, from the land of Israel, a little girl.quæ erat in obsequio uxoris Naaman:And she was in the service of the wife of Naaman.

³quæ ait ad dominam suam:And she said to her lady:Utinam fuisset dominus meus ad prophetam qui est in Samaria,“I wish that my lord had been with the prophet who is in Samaria. Certainly,profecto curasset eum a lepra quam habet.he would have cured him of the leprosy that he has.”

³quæ ait ad dominam suam:And she said to her lady:Utinam fuisset dominus meus ad prophetam qui est in Samaria,“I wish that my lord had been with the prophet who is in Samaria. Certainly,profecto curasset eum a lepra quam habet.he would have cured him of the leprosy that he has.”

⁴Ingressus est itaque Naaman ad dominum suum,And so,et nuntiavit ei,Naaman entered to his lord,dicens:and he reported to him,Sicsaying:et sic locuta est puella de terra Israël.“The girl from the land of Israel spoke in such a manner.”

⁴Ingressus est itaque Naaman ad dominum suum,And so,et nuntiavit ei,Naaman entered to his lord,dicens:and he reported to him,Sicsaying:et sic locuta est puella de terra Israël.“The girl from the land of Israel spoke in such a manner.”

⁵Dixitque ei rex Syriæ:And the king of Syria said to him,Vade,“Go,et mittam litteras ad regem Israël.and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.”Qui cum profectus esset,And when he had set out,et tulisset secum decem talenta argenti,he had taken with him ten talents of silver,et sex millia aureos,and six thousand gold coins,et decem mutatoria vestimentorum,and ten changes of fine clothing.

⁵Dixitque ei rex Syriæ:And the king of Syria said to him,Vade,“Go,et mittam litteras ad regem Israël.and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.”Qui cum profectus esset,And when he had set out,et tulisset secum decem talenta argenti,he had taken with him ten talents of silver,et sex millia aureos,and six thousand gold coins,et decem mutatoria vestimentorum,and ten changes of fine clothing.

⁶detulit litteras ad regem Israël in hæc verba:And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, in these words:Cum acceperis epistolam hanc,“When you will receive this letter,scito quod miserim ad te Naaman servum meum,know that I have sent to you my servant, Naaman,ut cures eum a lepra sua.so that you may heal him of his leprosy.”

⁶detulit litteras ad regem Israël in hæc verba:And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, in these words:Cum acceperis epistolam hanc,“When you will receive this letter,scito quod miserim ad te Naaman servum meum,know that I have sent to you my servant, Naaman,ut cures eum a lepra sua.so that you may heal him of his leprosy.”

⁷Cumque legisset rex Israël litteras,And when the king of Israel had read the letter,scidit vestimenta sua,he tore his garments,et ait: Numquid deus ego sum,and he said: “Am I God,ut occidere possim et vivificare,so that I could take or give life,quia iste misit ad me ut curem hominem a lepra sua?or so that this man would send to me to cure a man from his leprosy?animadvertite, et videte quod occasiones quærat adversum me.Take notice and see that he is seeking occasions against me.”

⁷Cumque legisset rex Israël litteras,And when the king of Israel had read the letter,scidit vestimenta sua,he tore his garments,et ait: Numquid deus ego sum,and he said: “Am I God,ut occidere possim et vivificare,so that I could take or give life,quia iste misit ad me ut curem hominem a lepra sua?or so that this man would send to me to cure a man from his leprosy?animadvertite, et videte quod occasiones quærat adversum me.Take notice and see that he is seeking occasions against me.”

⁸Quod cum audisset Eliseus vir Dei,And when Elisha, the man of God, had heard this,scidisse videlicet regem Israël vestimenta sua,specifically, that the king of Israel had torn his garments,misit ad eum,he sent to him,dicens:saying:Quare scidisti vestimenta tua?“Why have you torn your garments?veniat ad me,Let him come to me,et sciat esse prophetam in Israël.and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel.”

⁸Quod cum audisset Eliseus vir Dei,And when Elisha, the man of God, had heard this,scidisse videlicet regem Israël vestimenta sua,specifically, that the king of Israel had torn his garments,misit ad eum,he sent to him,dicens:saying:Quare scidisti vestimenta tua?“Why have you torn your garments?veniat ad me,Let him come to me,et sciat esse prophetam in Israël.and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel.”

⁹Venit ergo Naaman cum equisTherefore,et curribus,Naaman arrived with his horses and chariots,et stetit ad ostium domus Elisei:and he stood at the door of the house of Elisha.

⁹Venit ergo Naaman cum equisTherefore,et curribus,Naaman arrived with his horses and chariots,et stetit ad ostium domus Elisei:and he stood at the door of the house of Elisha.

¹⁰misitque ad eum Eliseus nuntium,And Elisha sent a messenger to him,dicens:saying,Vade,“Go,et lavare septies in Jordane,and wash seven times in the Jordan,et recipiet sanitatem caro tua,and your flesh will receive health,atque mundaberis.and you will be clean.”

¹⁰misitque ad eum Eliseus nuntium,And Elisha sent a messenger to him,dicens:saying,Vade,“Go,et lavare septies in Jordane,and wash seven times in the Jordan,et recipiet sanitatem caro tua,and your flesh will receive health,atque mundaberis.and you will be clean.”

¹¹Iratus Naaman recedebat,And becoming angry, Naaman went away,dicens:saying:Putabam quod egrederetur ad me,“I thought that he would have come out to me, and,et stans invocaret nomen Domini Dei sui,standing, would have invoked the name of the Lord, his God,et tangeret manu sua locum lepræ,and that he would have touched the place of the leprosy with his hand,et curaret me.and so have healed me.

¹¹Iratus Naaman recedebat,And becoming angry, Naaman went away,dicens:saying:Putabam quod egrederetur ad me,“I thought that he would have come out to me, and,et stans invocaret nomen Domini Dei sui,standing, would have invoked the name of the Lord, his God,et tangeret manu sua locum lepræ,and that he would have touched the place of the leprosy with his hand,et curaret me.and so have healed me.

¹²Numquid non meliores sunt Abana et Pharphar fluvii Damasci,Are not the Abana and the Pharpar,omnibus aquis Israël,the rivers of Damascus,ut laver in eis,better than all the waters of Israel,et munder?so that I might wash in them and be cleansed?”Cum ergo vertisset se,But then,et abiret indignans,after he had turned himself away and was leaving with indignation,

¹²Numquid non meliores sunt Abana et Pharphar fluvii Damasci,Are not the Abana and the Pharpar,omnibus aquis Israël,the rivers of Damascus,ut laver in eis,better than all the waters of Israel,et munder?so that I might wash in them and be cleansed?”Cum ergo vertisset se,But then,et abiret indignans,after he had turned himself away and was leaving with indignation,

¹³accesserunt ad eum servi sui,his servants approached him, and they said to him:et locuti sunt ei:“If the prophet had told you,Pater,father,etsi rem grandem dixisset tibi propheta, certe facere debueras:to do something great, certainly you ought to have done it.quanto magis quia nunc dixit tibi:How much more so, now that he has said to you:Lavare, et mundaberis?‘Wash, and you will be clean?’”

¹³accesserunt ad eum servi sui,his servants approached him, and they said to him:et locuti sunt ei:“If the prophet had told you,Pater,father,etsi rem grandem dixisset tibi propheta, certe facere debueras:to do something great, certainly you ought to have done it.quanto magis quia nunc dixit tibi:How much more so, now that he has said to you:Lavare, et mundaberis?‘Wash, and you will be clean?’”

¹⁴Descendit, et lavit in Jordane septies juxta sermonem viri Dei:So he descended and washed in the Jordan seven times, in accord with the word of the man of God.et restituta est caro ejus sicut caro pueri parvuli,And his flesh was restored, like the flesh of a little child.et mundatus est.And he was made clean.

¹⁴Descendit, et lavit in Jordane septies juxta sermonem viri Dei:So he descended and washed in the Jordan seven times, in accord with the word of the man of God.et restituta est caro ejus sicut caro pueri parvuli,And his flesh was restored, like the flesh of a little child.et mundatus est.And he was made clean.

¹⁵Reversusque ad virum Dei cum universo comitatu suo,And returning to the man of God, with his entire retinue, he arrived,venit, et stetit coram eo,and stood before him, and he said:et ait:“Truly,Vere scio quod non sit alius deus in universa terra,I know there is no other God, in all the earth,nisi tantum in Israël.except in Israel.Obsecro itaque ut accipias benedictionem a servo tuo.And so I beg you to accept a blessing from your servant.”

¹⁵Reversusque ad virum Dei cum universo comitatu suo,And returning to the man of God, with his entire retinue, he arrived,venit, et stetit coram eo,and stood before him, and he said:et ait:“Truly,Vere scio quod non sit alius deus in universa terra,I know there is no other God, in all the earth,nisi tantum in Israël.except in Israel.Obsecro itaque ut accipias benedictionem a servo tuo.And so I beg you to accept a blessing from your servant.”

¹⁶At ille respondit:But he responded,Vivit Dominus,“As the Lord lives,ante quem sto,before whom I stand,quia non accipiam.I will not accept it.”Cumque vim faceret,And though he urged him strongly,penitus non acquievit.he did not agree at all.

¹⁶At ille respondit:But he responded,Vivit Dominus,“As the Lord lives,ante quem sto,before whom I stand,quia non accipiam.I will not accept it.”Cumque vim faceret,And though he urged him strongly,penitus non acquievit.he did not agree at all.

¹⁷Dixitque Naaman:And Naaman said:Ut vis:“As you wish.sed,But I beg you to grant to me,obsecro,your servant,concede mihi servo tuo ut tollam onus duorum burdonum de terra:that I may take from here the burden of two mules from the ground.non enim faciet ultra servus tuus holocaustum aut victimam diis alienis,For your servant will no longer offer holocaust or victim to other gods,nisi Domino.except to the Lord.

¹⁷Dixitque Naaman:And Naaman said:Ut vis:“As you wish.sed,But I beg you to grant to me,obsecro,your servant,concede mihi servo tuo ut tollam onus duorum burdonum de terra:that I may take from here the burden of two mules from the ground.non enim faciet ultra servus tuus holocaustum aut victimam diis alienis,For your servant will no longer offer holocaust or victim to other gods,nisi Domino.except to the Lord.

¹⁸Hoc autem solum est,But there is still this matter,de quo depreceris Dominum pro servo tuo, quando ingredietur dominus meus templum Remmon ut adoret:for which you will entreat the Lord on behalf of your servant: when my lord enters the temple of Rimmon,et illo innitente super manum meam,so that he may adore there, and he leans on my hand,si adoravero in templo Remmon,if I will bow down in the temple of Rimmon,adorante eo in eodem loco,while he is adoring in the same place,ut ignoscat mihi Dominus servo tuo pro hac re.that the Lord may ignore me, your servant, concerning this matter.”

¹⁸Hoc autem solum est,But there is still this matter,de quo depreceris Dominum pro servo tuo, quando ingredietur dominus meus templum Remmon ut adoret:for which you will entreat the Lord on behalf of your servant: when my lord enters the temple of Rimmon,et illo innitente super manum meam,so that he may adore there, and he leans on my hand,si adoravero in templo Remmon,if I will bow down in the temple of Rimmon,adorante eo in eodem loco,while he is adoring in the same place,ut ignoscat mihi Dominus servo tuo pro hac re.that the Lord may ignore me, your servant, concerning this matter.”

¹⁹Qui dixit ei:And he said to him,Vade in pace.“Go in peace.”Abiit ergo ab eo electo terræ tempore.Then he went away from him, in the elect time of the earth.

¹⁹Qui dixit ei:And he said to him,Vade in pace.“Go in peace.”Abiit ergo ab eo electo terræ tempore.Then he went away from him, in the elect time of the earth.

²⁰Dixitque Giezi puer viri Dei:And Gehazi, the servant of the man of God,Pepercit dominus meus Naaman Syro isti,said: “My lord has spared Naaman, this Syrian,ut non acciperet ab eo quæ attulit:by not receiving from him what he brought.vivit Dominus,As the Lord lives,quia curram post eum,I will run after him,et accipiam ab eo aliquid.and take something from him.”

²⁰Dixitque Giezi puer viri Dei:And Gehazi, the servant of the man of God,Pepercit dominus meus Naaman Syro isti,said: “My lord has spared Naaman, this Syrian,ut non acciperet ab eo quæ attulit:by not receiving from him what he brought.vivit Dominus,As the Lord lives,quia curram post eum,I will run after him,et accipiam ab eo aliquid.and take something from him.”

²¹Et secutus est Giezi post tergum Naaman:And so, Gehazi followed after the back of Naaman.quem cum vidisset ille currentem ad se,And when he had seen him running toward him,desiliit de curru in occursum ejus,he leaped down from his chariot to meet him,et ait: Rectene sunt omnia?and he said, “Is all well?”

²¹Et secutus est Giezi post tergum Naaman:And so, Gehazi followed after the back of Naaman.quem cum vidisset ille currentem ad se,And when he had seen him running toward him,desiliit de curru in occursum ejus,he leaped down from his chariot to meet him,et ait: Rectene sunt omnia?and he said, “Is all well?”

²²Et ille ait:And he said:Recte.“It is well.Dominus meus misit me ad te dicens:My lord has sent me to you,Modo venerunt ad me duo adolescentes de monte Ephraim,saying:ex filiis prophetarum:‘Just now two youths from the sons of the prophets have come to me from mount Ephraim.da eis talentum argenti,Give them a talent of silver,et vestes mutatorias duplices.and two changes of clothing.’”

²²Et ille ait:And he said:Recte.“It is well.Dominus meus misit me ad te dicens:My lord has sent me to you,Modo venerunt ad me duo adolescentes de monte Ephraim,saying:ex filiis prophetarum:‘Just now two youths from the sons of the prophets have come to me from mount Ephraim.da eis talentum argenti,Give them a talent of silver,et vestes mutatorias duplices.and two changes of clothing.’”

²³Dixitque Naaman:And Naaman said,Melius est ut accipias duo talenta.“It is better that you accept two talents.”Et coëgit eum,And he urged him,ligavitque duo talenta argenti in duobus saccis,and he bound the two talents of silver in two bags,et duplicia vestimenta,with two changes of clothing.et imposuit duobus pueris suis,And he set them upon two of his servants,qui et portaverunt coram eo.who carried them before him.

²³Dixitque Naaman:And Naaman said,Melius est ut accipias duo talenta.“It is better that you accept two talents.”Et coëgit eum,And he urged him,ligavitque duo talenta argenti in duobus saccis,and he bound the two talents of silver in two bags,et duplicia vestimenta,with two changes of clothing.et imposuit duobus pueris suis,And he set them upon two of his servants,qui et portaverunt coram eo.who carried them before him.

²⁴Cumque venisset jam vesperi,And when now he had arrived in the evening,tulit de manu eorum,he took them from their hands,et reposuit in domo,and he stored them in the house.dimisitque viros,And he dismissed the men,et abierunt.and they went away.

²⁴Cumque venisset jam vesperi,And when now he had arrived in the evening,tulit de manu eorum,he took them from their hands,et reposuit in domo,and he stored them in the house.dimisitque viros,And he dismissed the men,et abierunt.and they went away.

²⁵Ipse autem ingressus,Then, having entered,stetit coram domino suo.he stood before his lord.Et dixit Eliseus: Unde venis,And Elisha said, “Where are you coming from,Giezi?Gehazi?”Qui respondit:He responded,Non ivit servus tuus quoquam.“Your servant did not go anywhere.”

²⁵Ipse autem ingressus,Then, having entered,stetit coram domino suo.he stood before his lord.Et dixit Eliseus: Unde venis,And Elisha said, “Where are you coming from,Giezi?Gehazi?”Qui respondit:He responded,Non ivit servus tuus quoquam.“Your servant did not go anywhere.”

²⁶At ille ait:But he said:Nonne cor meum in præsenti erat,“Was my heart not present,quando reversus est homo de curru suo in occursum tui?when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you?nunc igitur accepisti argentum,And now you have received money,et accepisti vestes ut emas oliveta,and you have received garments,et vineas,so that you might buy olive groves,et oves,and vineyards,et boves,and sheep,et servos,and oxen,et ancillas.and men and women servants.

²⁶At ille ait:But he said:Nonne cor meum in præsenti erat,“Was my heart not present,quando reversus est homo de curru suo in occursum tui?when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you?nunc igitur accepisti argentum,And now you have received money,et accepisti vestes ut emas oliveta,and you have received garments,et vineas,so that you might buy olive groves,et oves,and vineyards,et boves,and sheep,et servos,and oxen,et ancillas.and men and women servants.

²⁷Sed et lepra Naaman adhærebit tibi,So then, the leprosy of Naaman shall adhere to you,et semini tuo usque in sempiternum.and to your offspring forever.”Et egressus est ab eo leprosus quasi nix.And he departed from him a leper, as white as snow.

²⁷Sed et lepra Naaman adhærebit tibi,So then, the leprosy of Naaman shall adhere to you,et semini tuo usque in sempiternum.and to your offspring forever.”Et egressus est ab eo leprosus quasi nix.And he departed from him a leper, as white as snow.