2:1 耶和華要用旋風接以利亞升天的時候，以利亞與以利沙從吉甲前往。
2:2 以利亞對以利沙說：「耶和華差我往伯特利去，你可以在這裡等候。」以利沙說：「我指著永生的耶和華，又敢在你面前起誓，我必不離開你。」於是二人下到伯特利。
2:3 住伯特利的先知門徒出來見以利沙，對他說：「耶和華今日要接你的師傅離開你，你知道不知道？」他說：「我知道，你們不要作聲。」
2:4 以利亞對以利沙說：「耶和華差遣我往耶利哥去，你可以在這裡等候。」以利沙說：「我指著永生的耶和華，又敢在你面前起誓，我必不離開你。」於是二人到了耶利哥。
2:5 住耶利哥的先知門徒就近以利沙，對他說：「耶和華今日要接你的師傅離開你，你知道不知道？」他說：「我知道，你們不要作聲。」
2:6 以利亞對以利沙說：「耶和華差遣我往約旦河去，你可以在這裡等候。」以利沙說：「我指著永生的耶和華，又敢在你面前起誓，我必不離開你。」於是二人一同前往。
2:7 有先知門徒去了五十人，遠遠地站在他們對面；二人在約旦河邊站住。
2:8 以利亞將自己的外衣捲起來，用以打水，水就左右分開，二人走乾地而過。
2:9 過去之後，以利亞對以利沙說：「我未曾被接去離開你，你要我為你做甚麼，只管求我。」以利沙說：「願感動你的靈加倍地感動我。」
2:10 以利亞說：「你所求的難得。雖然如此，我被接去離開你的時候，你若看見我，就必得著；不然，必得不著了。」
2:11 他們正走著說話，忽有火車火馬將二人隔開，以利亞就乘旋風升天去了。
2:12 以利沙看見，就呼叫說：「我父啊！我父啊！以色列的戰車馬兵啊！」以後不再見他了。於是以利沙把自己的衣服撕為兩片。
2:13 他拾起以利亞身上掉下來的外衣，回去站在約旦河邊。
2:14 他用以利亞身上掉下來的外衣打水，說：「耶和華─以利亞的上帝在哪裡呢？」打水之後，水也左右分開，以利沙就過來了。
2:15 住耶利哥的先知門徒從對面看見他，就說：「感動以利亞的靈感動以利沙了。」他們就來迎接他，在他面前俯伏於地，
2:16 對他說：「僕人們這裡有五十個壯士，求你容他們去尋找你師傅，或者耶和華的靈將他提起來，投在某山某谷。」以利沙說：「你們不必打發人去。」
2:17 他們再三催促他，他難以推辭，就說：「你們打發人去吧！」他們便打發五十人去，尋找了三天，也沒有找著。
2:18 以利沙仍然在耶利哥等候他們回到他那裡；他對他們說：「我豈沒有告訴你們不必去嗎？」
When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. 2 Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; the Lord has sent me to Bethel.”
But Elisha said, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
3 The company of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and asked, “Do you know that the Lord is going to take your master from you today?”
“Yes, I know,” Elisha replied, “so be quiet.”
4 Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here, Elisha; the Lord has sent me to Jericho.”
And he replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.
5 The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, “Do you know that the Lord is going to take your master from you today?”
“Yes, I know,” he replied, “so be quiet.”
6 Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here; the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.”
And he replied, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them walked on.
7 Fifty men from the company of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing the place where Elijah and Elisha had stopped at the Jordan. 8 Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up and struck the water with it. The water divided to the right and to the left, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
9 When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?”
“Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.
10 “You have asked a difficult thing,” Elijah said, “yet if you see me when I am taken from you, it will be yours—otherwise, it will not.”
11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. 12 Elisha saw this and cried out, “My father! My father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And Elisha saw him no more. Then he took hold of his garment and tore it in two.
13 Elisha then picked up Elijah’s cloak that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. 14 He took the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and struck the water with it. “Where now is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over.
15 The company of the prophets from Jericho, who were watching, said, “The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him. 16 “Look,” they said, “we your servants have fifty able men. Let them go and look for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the Lord has picked him up and set him down on some mountain or in some valley.”
“No,” Elisha replied, “do not send them.”
17 But they persisted until he was too embarrassed to refuse. So he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find him. 18 When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”
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在以利亞離世之前，以利沙緊緊跟隨著以利亞。以利亞一直要以利沙離開他，不論到伯利恆或是到耶利哥，以利沙總是對已利亞說：「我指著永生的耶和華，又敢在你面前起誓，我必不離開你。」表明了跟隨的決心！
從以利沙跟隨以利亞的榜樣，我們可以學習到跟隨主耶穌也要以這種精神，不管環境如何、境遇如何，我們都不可以放棄，要進進跟隨！就像使徒約翰一職跟隨主耶穌到十字架下，甚至主耶穌把母親託付給約翰，如約翰福音19章26-27所說：「耶穌見母親和他所愛的那門徒站在旁邊，就對他母親說：『母親（原文是婦人），看，你的兒子！』又對那門徒說：『看，你的母親！』從此，那門徒就接她到自己家裡去了。」也因為這樣約翰被稱為主所愛的門徒！
然而以利沙持續跟隨以利亞，直到以利亞被天使天軍的火車火馬所接走，以利沙看見，就呼叫說：「我父啊！我父啊！以色列的戰車馬兵啊！」以後不再見他了。於是以利沙把自己的衣服撕為兩片。他拾起以利亞身上掉下來的外衣，回去站在約旦河邊。他用以利亞身上掉下來的外衣打水，說：「耶和華─以利亞的上帝在哪裡呢？」打水之後，水也左右分開，以利沙就過來了。也因為此舉，讓耶利哥的人肯定他是接續已利亞做耶和華的先知。因為他求：「願感動你(以利亞)的靈加倍地感動我。」
今日我們跟隨主耶穌的人的記號就是聖靈，也就是充滿基督的靈！正如保羅說：「如果上帝的靈住在你們心裡，你們就不屬肉體，乃屬聖靈了。人若沒有基督的靈，就不是屬基督的。」(羅馬書8:9)
感謝上帝，「聖靈與我們的心同證我們是上帝的兒女；既是兒女，便是後嗣，就是上帝的後嗣，和基督同作後嗣。如果我們和他一同受苦，也必和他一同得榮耀。」(羅馬書8:16-17)
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