SARAH
以利沙让斧头浮上来
Elisha Makes the Axe Head Float
《列王纪下》6:1–7
2 Kings 6:1–7
以利沙带着一帮先知门徒一起住。时间长了，大家发现这地方实在太小了，挤得慌。
Elisha was living with a group of the prophets. After some time, they realized that the place was really too small and crowded.
门徒就跟以利沙说：“老师啊，你看咱们这地方太小了，这么多人住挤得慌。这样咱们去约旦河边砍点木头，重新盖个大点儿的地方吧。”
The disciples said to Elisha, “Teacher, look, this place is too small, and it is too crowded for so many of us. How about we go down to the Jordan River, cut some wood, and build a bigger place for ourselves?”
以利沙说：“行，你们去吧。”
Elisha said, “Okay, go ahead.”
其中有一个门徒说：“老师，你也跟我们一起去吧！”
One of the disciples said, “Teacher, please come with us too!”
以利沙说：“那好吧，我跟你们一块儿去。”
Elisha said, “All right, I’ll go with you.”
于是他们来到了约旦河边，看到一棵棵大树就开始干。他们砍倒一棵接一棵。
So they went to the Jordan River, saw the large trees, and started working. They cut down one tree after another.
干着干着，突然，
As they were working, suddenly,
一个门徒的斧头砍下去后，“咣当！”
After one of the disciples swung his axe, and “CLANG!”
斧头的铁头被甩进了河里。
The iron axe head flew into the river.
这下可把他急坏了。
This made him extremely worried.
赶紧喊：“哎呀！师父，我主人啊，这下可完了！这个斧头不是我的，是我借来的！现在铁头掉进了水里，我怎么还人家啊”
He quickly cried out, “Oh no! My master! This is terrible! This axe isn’t mine; I borrowed it! Now the iron head has fallen into the water. How am I going to return it to its owner?”
要是自己的东西丢了就丢了，可以再想办法。一般来说借人家的东西要原样还给人家才对。这下他不知道怎么跟人家交代。
If it had been his own property, losing it would have been one thing, and he could have figured something out. But normally, when you borrow something from someone, you are expected to return it. Now he had no idea how he was going to explain this to the owner.
以利沙问他：“掉哪儿了？”
Elisha asked him, “Where did it fall?”
那个人赶紧指着水里说：“就掉在那儿了！”
The man quickly pointed into the water and said, “It fell right there!”
以利沙走了过去，砍了一根木头，然后扔进水里。
Elisha went over, cut a piece of wood, and threw it into the water.
说也奇怪，本来沉到水底的铁斧头，竟然浮了上来！
Strangely enough, the iron axe head that had sunk to the bottom suddenly floated to the surface!
以利沙就对他说：“行了，捞起来吧。”
Elisha said to him, “There you go. Pick it up.”
那个人赶紧伸手，把斧头捞了上来。
The man quickly reached out and picked up the axe head.