1 And Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in the presence of his master and favored {nesu panim: royal favor}, because by him the LORD {YHWH, Victory Bestower} gave deliverance to Aram; yet the man was mighty in valor, a leper.
2 And the Arameans went out in bands {gedudim: raiding parties} and took captive a young girl {na'arah: unmarried female} from the land of Israel, and she was before the wife of Naaman.
3 And she said to her mistress, “If only my master were before the prophet {navi: spokesperson} who is in Samaria, then he would heal him of his leprosy {tzara’at: skin disease}.”
4 And he came and told his lord, saying, “Such and such the young woman {ha-naarah: female attendant} from the land of Israel has spoken {dibrah: delivered message}.”
5 And the king of Aram said, “Go and come, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” Then he went and took in his hand ten talents of silver {kikkerei-kesep: weight standard}, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of garments {khalifot: complete outfits}.
6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel to say, “And now, as this letter comes to you, behold, I have sent to you Naaman {proper name: commander} my servant, that you may recover him of his leprosy {tsaraʿat: skin disease specified in Torah}.”
7 When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his garments and said, “Am I God {ha’elohim: Divine Judge}, to put to death and to bring to life? For this one sends word to me to recover a man from his leprosy {tsara’at: severe skin disease}. Please consider and see how he seeks a pretext against me.”
8 When Elisha, the man of God {Elohim, Divine Representative}, heard that the king of Israel had torn his garments {beged: outer garments}, he sent to the king, saying, “Why have you torn your garments? Let him come to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.”
9 So Naaman came with his horses {sus: riding animals} and with his chariot {rekhev: war carriage} and stood at the entrance of Elisha’s house.
10 And Elisha {elisha: Divine Spokesman} sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will return to you and you will be clean {tahar: ritually pure}.”
11 But Naaman became angry and went away, and he said, “Behold, I thought he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the LORD {YHWH, Miracle Worker} his God, and wave his hand over the place and heal the leper {metsora: outcast sufferer}.”
12 “Is not Abanah{avnah: Syrian river} (Amana) and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and become clean? Then he turned and went off in anger{chemah: hot fury}.”
13 Then his servants approached and spoke to him and said, “My father {avi: respectful address}, if the prophet has spoken a great thing to you, would you not do it? And how much more when he simply says {amar: simple command} to you, ‘Wash and be clean’?”
14 Then he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven {sheva: complete number} times, according to the word of the man of God {Elohim, Restoring God}, and his flesh returned like the flesh of a little boy, and he became clean.
15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his camp, and he came and stood before him and said, “Behold now, I know that there is no God {Elohim, Sovereign Judge} in all the land except in Israel. Now therefore, please accept a blessing {berakhah: gift of gratitude} from your servant.”
16 But he said, “As the LORD {YHWH, Living Witness} lives, before whom I stand {amadti: serve loyally}, I will not take anything.” And though he urged him to take it, he refused.
17 And Naaman said, “If you do not, let a load of earth, as much as a pair of mules can carry, please be given to your servant, for your servant will no longer offer burnt offering {olah: whole burnt tribute} or sacrifice to other gods, but only to the LORD {YHWH, Worship Recipient}.”
18 For this thing may the LORD {YHWH, Merciful Pardoner} forgive your servant, when my master enters the house of Rimmon {rimmon: Aramean deity} to bow down there, and he is leaning on my hand, and I bow down in the house of Rimmon—when I bow down in the house of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter.
19 And he said to him, “Go in peace {leshalom: state of wholeness}.” And he went from him a short distance {kivrat aretz: measured stretch}.
20 Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God {haElohim: Divine Agent}, said, “Behold, my master has withheld from this Naaman the Aramean what he brought. As the LORD {YHWH, Oath Witness} lives, surely I will run after him and take something from him.”
21 And Gehazi pursued Naaman, and when Naaman saw him running {ratz: urgent approach} behind, he dismounted from his chariot to meet him and said, “Is it well {shalom: inquiry of well-being}?”
22 And he said, “Peace, my master {adoni: respectful address}. He has sent me to say, ‘Behold, even now two young men have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim, from the sons of the prophets; grant them a talent {kikkar: weight measure} of silver and two changes of clothes.’”
23 And Naaman said, “Please be willing, take two talents.” Then he pressed him and tied up two talents of silver in two bags {haritim: money pouches}, with two changes of garments {khalifot: spare outfits}. And he gave them to two of his young men, and they carried them before him.
24 And he came to the hill {ophel: defensive mound} and took them from their hand, and he deposited them in the house; and he sent away the men {anashim: male servants}, and they departed.
25 And he came and stood before his master, and Elisha {Elisha, Prophetic Servant} asked him, “From where have you come, Gehazi?” and he replied, “Your servant did not go here or there.” {avdekha: servant declaration}
26 And he said to him, “Was not my heart {libbi: seat of discernment} with you when the man turned from his chariot {merkavto: symbol of authority} to meet you? Is this the time to take the silver and the garments, and the olives and the vineyards, and the flocks and the cattle, and the servants and the maidservants?”
27 And the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and to your descendants forever {leolam: without end}. And he went out from before him as a leper {metsora: ritually unclean} as white as snow.