Our Papa Heal Naaman
One small Israelite girl wey dem capture show Naaman the way to our Papa prophet. E vex well well when dem tell am make e go wash for Jordan, but e listen to im servants instead of im pride and e come out clean. Elisha no gree collect payment; Gehazi run follow the gift collect am, and e carry the disease join.
5 1Naaman, wey be army commander for di king of Aram, na big man wey im oga respect well-well, because na through am our Papa give Aram victory. E be strong warrior, but skin disease dey worry am. 2Di Aram people don go raid land, and dem carry one small girl comot from Israel as captive, and she come dey serve Naaman wife. 3She tell im madam, “If only my oga fit go meet di prophet wey dey Samaria! E for cure am from im leprosy.”
4So Naaman enter go tell im oga, “Na so-so-so di girl wey come from di land of Israel talk.”
5Di king of Aram talk, “Go. I go send letter give di king of Israel.” So Naaman comot with about 750 pound of silver, about 150 pound of gold, and ten set of cloth.
6E carry di letter give di king of Israel. Di letter talk say: “I dey send my servant Naaman come meet you with dis letter, make you cure am from im skin disease.”
7As di king of Israel read di letter, e tear im cloth: “I be God ni, wey fit kill and give life, wey dis man come dey ask me make I cure man from im skin disease? See am, di man dey find quarrel with me!”
8When Elisha, di man of our Papa, hear say di king of Israel don tear im cloth, e send word give di king: “Why you tear your cloth? Send am come meet me, and e go know say prophet dey for Israel.”
9So Naaman come with im horse and im chariot dem, and e stop for di door of Elisha house. 10Elisha send messenger go meet am: “Go wash yourself seven times for di River Jordan; your flesh go come back, and you go clean.”
11But Naaman comot with vex, e talk say, “I bin think say na im go come out come meet me, stand, call di name of Oga im God, wave im hand over di spot, and cure di disease. 12Abana and Pharpar, di rivers of Damascus, no better pass all di waters of Israel? I no fit wash for dem come clean?” So e turn, e comot with plenty vex.
13But im servant dem come near am: “My papa, if di prophet bin tell you make you do some big thing, you no for do am? How e go take be now wey e just talk say, ‘Wash and clean’?”
14So e go down, e dip imsef inside di Jordan seven times, as di man of our Papa talk, and im flesh come back like di flesh of small pikin, and e clean.
15Naaman and im whole party return go meet di man of our Papa. E come stand for im front, and e talk say, “Now I know say no God dey for di whole earth except for Israel. Abeg, collect gift from your servant.”
16Elisha answer, “As sure as our Papa dey live, wey I dey stand for im front, I no go collect anything.” Naaman beg am make e take am, but e refuse.
17Naaman talk, “If you no go collect am, den abeg make dem give your servant di amount of sand wey two mules fit carry, because your servant no go ever again offer burnt offering or sacrifice give any oda god except Oga. 18But make Oga forgive your servant dis one thing: when my oga enter di temple of Rimmon go worship, wey e lean for my arm, and I bow down for di temple of Rimmon, when I bow down for there—make Oga forgive your servant.”
19Elisha talk, “Go in peace.” So Naaman comot from am, and e don travel small distance.
20But Gehazi, di servant of Elisha di man of our Papa, come dey think: “My oga don let dis Aramean Naaman go too easy, because e no collect wetin e bring. As our Papa dey live, I go run go meet am and collect something.”
21Gehazi run go chase Naaman. As Naaman see am dey run come, e come down from im chariot go meet am: “All thing dey well?”
22Gehazi answer, “All thing dey well. My oga send me come talk say: ‘Two young men from di company of di prophets just come meet me from di hills of Ephraim. Abeg give dem about seventy-five pound of silver and two change of cloth.’”
23Naaman talk, “Abeg, take about 150 pound.” E beg Gehazi, and e tie about 150 pound of silver inside two bag with two set of cloth, e give am to two servant, wey carry dem go for Gehazi front. 24When dem reach di hill, Gehazi collect di things from di servant dem, put dem inside di house, send di men go, and dem comot. 25E enter go stand for im oga front. Elisha ask, “Gehazi, na where you go?” E talk, “Your servant no go anywhere.”
26But Elisha talk, “My heart no follow you go when di man turn from im chariot come meet you? Na time to collect silver, cloth, olive garden, vineyard, sheep, cattle, and male and female servant be dis? 27Naaman leprosy go stick to you and your pikin dem forever.” Gehazi comot from im front, with leprosy, im skin white like snow.
