The prophets told Elisha they needed a larger meeting place, so he agreed to go with them to cut wood by the Jordan River. However, when one man was cutting down a tree, his iron ax head slipped from the handle and fell into the water. Elisha asked where it fell and had the man show him. Then Elisha threw a stick into the water, causing the ax head to float to the surface so the man could retrieve it.

1. The Floating Ax Head
One day the group of
prophets came to the
prophet Elisha and told
him, “This place where we
meet with you is too
small.Let’s go down to the
Jordan River, where there
are plenty of logs. There
we can build a new place
for us to meet.”
“All right,” he told them,
“go ahead.”
以利沙把斧头浮上来
一群先知对先知以利沙说：
“你看，我们住的地方实
在太小了。请让我们去约
旦河吧，我们每人都可以
从那里砍一根木头盖房子
居住。”
以利沙说：“你们去吧。”

2. The men asked Elisha
to go with them, and
he agreed. When they
arrived at the Jordan
River, they began to cut
down some trees. But
when one man was
cutting down a tree…
其中一人请以利沙一
起去，以利沙答应了，
便和他们一起去约旦
河砍伐树木。

3. … the iron ax head
slipped from the
handle and fell into the
water!
“Oh, sir!” he cried. “It
was a borrowed ax!”
有个人砍树的时候，
斧头掉进了水里。他
大喊：“唉！师傅，这
把斧头是借来的。”

4. Elisha asked, “Where
did it fall?”
The man showed Elisha
the place where the ax
head fell. Then Elisha
cut a stick and threw
the stick into the water.
以利沙问：“斧头掉在
哪里了？”
他就指给以利沙看。
以利沙砍了一根树枝
抛进水里，

5. Then the ax head
floated to the surface!
“Grab it,” Elisha said.
And the man reached
out and grabbed it.
斧头便浮了上来!
以利沙说：“你去拿上
来吧！”他便伸手拿起
了斧头。

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Kings 6:1-7