|
Haftarah
for Tazria
|
|
Chapter
4 42
A man (iysh) came from Baal Shalishah (meaning thrice great
lord), bringing the man of Elohiym twenty loaves of barley bread baked
from the first ripe grain, along with some sacks of garden produce. Give
it to the people to eat, the man was told. 43
How can I set this before a hundred men? the attendant asked. But
the attendant was once again told to give it to the people to eat. For
this is what YHWH says: They will eat and have some left over. 44
Then he set it before them and they ate and had some left over,
according to the word of YHWH. Chapter
5 1
Now Na’aman [na-am-awn’], whose name means pleasantness, was
commander of the army of the king of 2
Now bands from 3
She said to her mistress, If only my master would see the prophet
(HaNabiy) who is in 4
Na’aman went to his master and told him what the girl from
Yisrael had said. 5
By all means, go, the king of 6
The letter that he took to the king of Yisrael read: With this
letter I am sending my servant Na’aman to you so that you may cure him
of his leprosy. 7
As soon as the king of Yisrael read the letter, he tore his robes
and said, Am I Elohiym? Can I kill and bring back to life? Why does this
fellow send someone to me to be cured of his leprosy? See how he is
trying to pick a quarrel with me! 8
When Elisha (El-ee-shaw’) [his name means El is salvation] the
man of Elohiym heard that the king of Yisrael had torn his robes, he
sent him this message: Why have you torn your robes? Have the man come
to me and he will know that there is a prophet (Nabiy) in
Yisrael. 9
So Na’aman went with his horses and chariots and stopped at the
door of Elisha's house. 10
Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, Go, wash yourself seven
times in the Jordan (Yarden), and your flesh will be restored and you
will be cleansed. 11
But Na’aman was enraged and went away and said angrily, I
thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the
name of YHWH Elohey and at least wave his hand over the spot and cure me
of my leprosy. 12
Are not Abana (Amanah= support) and Pharpar (Parpar=swift), the
rivers of 13
Na’aman's servants went to him and said, My father, if the
prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it?
How much more, then, when he tells you, Wash and be cleansed. 14
So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan (Yarden) seven
times, as the man of Elohiym had told him and his flesh was restored and
became clean like that of a young boy. 15
Then Na’aman and all his attendants went back to the man of
Elohiym. He stood before him and said, Now I know that there is no
Elohiym in all the world except in Yisrael. Please accept now a gift
from your servant. 16
The prophet answered, As surely as YHWH whom I serve lives, I
will not accept a thing. And even though Na’aman urged him, he
refused. 17
If you will not, said Na’aman, please let me, your servant, be
given as much earth as a pair of mules can carry, for your servant will
never again make burnt offerings and sacrifices to any other Elohiym but
YHWH. 18
But may YHWH forgive your servant for this one thing: When my
master enters the 19
Go in shalom, Elisha said. After that Na’aman traveled some
distance, |
|
Copyright by AmYHWH 2007 © Contact: webmaster@amyhwh.org
|