2 Kings 6

6 ¹Di company of prophets talk to Elisha say, "See, di place wey we dey live under your care don too small for us.

²Make we go di Jordan, each person go carry one log, make we build one place to live for there." E talk say, "Go."

³One of dem talk say, "Abeg, gree come with your servants." E answer say, "I go come."

⁴So e go with dem. Dem reach di Jordan and start to dey cut down trees. ⁵As one person dey fell one beam, di ax head fall inside di water. E cry say, "Ah, my master! Na borrow I borrow am!"

⁶Di man of our Papa ask say, "Where e fall?" Di man show Elisha di place. Elisha cut one stick, throway am for there, and make di iron float. ⁷"Lift am comot," e talk. So di man stretch im hand and take am.

Our Papa Army wey Full of Fire Guard Elisha

⁸Aram im king dey fight Israel. E hold council with im servants say, "My camp go dey for such and such place."

⁹Di man of our Papa warn Israel im king say: "No pass dis place—di Aramean people dey come down there." ¹⁰So di king of Israel send message go di place wey di man of our Papa call, dey warn am; e guard imsef for there—no be once, no be twice. ¹¹Aram im king vex well well over dis matter. E call im servants and ask say, "You no go tell me who among us dey side with Israel im king?"

¹²One of im servants talk say, "Nobody, my lord di king. Na Elisha, di prophet for Israel, dey tell Israel im king di words wey you dey talk for your bedroom."

¹³"Go, see where e dey," di king talk, "so I fit send men go grab am." Word come back say, "E dey Dothan."

¹⁴E send horses, chariots, and one big army go there; dem come by night and surround di city. ¹⁵Di servant of di man of our Papa wake up early and comot—one army with horses and chariots surround di city. "Ah, my master! Wetin we go do?" di servant talk.

¹⁶"No fear," e answer, "dem wey dey with us pass dem wey dey with dem for number." ¹⁷Elisha pray say, "my Father, abeg open im eyes make e see." And our Papa open di young man im eyes: e see di mountain full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha. ¹⁸As di Aramean people dey come down to am, Elisha pray to our Papa say, "Abeg strike dis people with blindness." So e strike dem with blindness, just as Elisha talk.

¹⁹Elisha talk say, "Dis no be di way, e no be di city sef. Follow me—I go lead una go di man wey una dey find." Then e lead dem go Samaria. ²⁰When dem enter Samaria, Elisha talk say, "O my Father, open dis men eyes make dem fit see." Then our Papa open dem eyes, and dem see—dem dey inside Samaria.

²¹As Israel im king see dem, e talk to Elisha say, "My father, make I kill dem? Make I kill dem?"

²²E talk say, "No kill dem. You go kill dem wey you catch with your sword and bow? Give dem bread and water make dem chop and drink, then make dem go their master."

²³E prepare one big feast; dem chop and drink, then e send dem go their master. Aramean raiders no come enter Israel land again.

Siege and Hunger Squeeze Samaria

²⁴Later Ben-hadad king of Aram gather im whole army, march up, and siege Samaria. ²⁵Serious hunger grip Samaria for di time of di siege, until dem sell donkey head for eighty pieces of silver, and quarter-kab of dove shit for five pieces of silver. ^a a v25 One kab na small dry measure, about one quart, so one-fourth of one kab na small small scrap of food wey person wey dey desperate go take manage. ²⁶As Israel im king dey pass along di wall, one woman cry out say, "Help me, my lord di king!"

²⁷E talk say, "If our Papa no help you, where I go find help for you? From di threshing floor? From di winepress?" ²⁸Di king ask say, "Wetin do you?" She talk say, "Dis woman tell me say, 'Give your son make we chop today; we go chop mine tomorrow.'

²⁹So we boil my son and chop am. Di next day I talk say, 'Give your son make we chop,' but she hide am."

³⁰As di king hear di woman words, e tear im robes; as e dey pass along di wall, di people see sackcloth for im skin, for under. ³¹E talk say, "Make our Papa punish me, and pass am sef, if Elisha son of Shaphat im head still dey im body today!"

³²Elisha dey sidon for im house, and di elders dey sidon with am. Di king don send one man go before am, but before di messenger reach, Elisha talk to di elders say, "You see how dis son of murderer dey send person come cut off my head? See, when e come, lock di door and press am against am. No be di sound of im master feet dey behind am?"

³³As e still dey talk with dem, di messenger come down to am. Di king talk say, "Dis disaster na from our Papa. Why I go still dey wait for our Papa?"