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（《列王纪下》8章）故事：书念妇人回国，田地失而复得
(2 Kings 8) Story: The Shunammite Woman Returns Home and Regains Her Land
一天，以利沙对曾经接待过自己、又经历过孩子被自己救活的那个书念妇人说：“你带着家人赶紧离开这里，到你可住的地方去寄居，因为耶和华已经命定这里要有七年的饥荒。”
One day, Elisha said to the Shunammite woman who had once welcomed him and whose son he had brought back to life, “Take your family and leave here quickly. Go and live wherever you can, because the LORD has determined that a seven-year famine will come upon this land.”
妇人听了以后，没任何犹豫，就照着以利沙的话，带着全家离开了自己的家乡，到了非利士地住了七年。
After hearing this, the woman did not hesitate. She followed Elisha’s words, left her homeland with her entire family, and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
七年以后，饥荒过去了，她又带着家人回来了。
After seven years, the famine was over, and she returned with her family.
可是问题是，她原来的房子和田地已经被人占用了？这是她眼前最大的困难，她无处安身。于是，她去找王哀求。
But there was a problem: her former house and land had been taken over by others. This was the greatest difficulty she faced—she had nowhere to live. So she went to the king and pleaded for help.
她来到王面前，这时的王正在听以利沙的仆人基哈西讲述以利沙所行的神迹。
She came before the king, who at that very moment was listening to Gehazi, Elisha’s servant, telling him about the miracles Elisha had performed.
他刚好讲到以利沙怎样让一个妇人的儿子死而复生。
Gehazi happened to be telling the king how Elisha had restored a woman’s son to life.
就在这时候，书念妇人走进了宫殿。
Just at that moment, the Shunammite woman walked into the palace.
基哈西一看，马上指着那个妇人对王说：“王啊，这就是那个妇人！还有她的儿子，就是以利沙让他活过来的那个孩子！”
When Gehazi saw her, he immediately pointed to the woman and said to the king, “My lord the king, this is the woman! And this is her son, the very child whom Elisha brought back to life!”
王一听，马上询问妇人整个事情的经过。
When the king heard this, he immediately asked the woman to tell him the whole story.
妇人就把自己的经历一五一十地告诉了王。
The woman told the king everything that had happened to her, from beginning to end.
于是王吩咐一个官员说：“凡属这妇人的东西，就是她的田地和她离开这里直到今日的田产收益，都要还给她。”
Then the king commanded an official, saying, “Restore to this woman everything that belongs to her, including her land and all the income her land produced from the day she left until now.”
就这样，最后这个妇人不但重新得回了自己的房屋和田地，连这七年失去的收益也得到了补偿。
And so, in the end, the woman not only regained her house and land, but she also received compensation for the income she had lost during those seven years.