¹以利亚预言旱灾

¹And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, saith unto Ahab, `Jehovah, God of Israel, liveth, before whom I have stood, there is not these years dew and rain, except according to my word.`

²耶和华的话临到以利亚说：

²And the word of Jehovah is unto him, saying,

³“你离开这里，向东方去，躲藏在约旦河东面的基立溪旁。

³`Go from this [place]; and thou hast turned for thee eastward, and been hidden by the brook Cherith, that [is] on the front of the Jordan,

⁴你要喝那溪里的水，我已经吩咐乌鸦在那里供养你。”

⁴and it hath been, from the brook thou dost drink, and the ravens I have commanded to sustain thee there.`

⁵于是以利亚去了，照着耶和华的话行了；他去住在约旦河东面的基立溪旁。

⁵And he goeth and doth according to the word of Jehovah, yea, he goeth and dwelleth by the brook Cherith, that [is] on the front of the Jordan,

⁶乌鸦早晨给他送饼和肉来，晚上也送饼和肉来，他也喝那溪里的水。

⁶and the ravens are bringing to him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and of the brook he drinketh.

⁷过了一些日子，那溪就干了，因为没有雨下在地上。

⁷And it cometh to pass, at the end of days, that the brook drieth up, for there hath been no rain in the land,

⁸面和油用不尽的神迹耶和华的话又临到以利亚说：

⁸and the word of Jehovah is unto him, saying,

⁹“你起来，往西顿的撒勒法去，住在那里；我已经吩咐那里的一个寡妇供养你。”

⁹`Rise, go to Zarephath, that [is] to Zidon, and thou hast dwelt there; lo, I have commanded there a widow woman to sustain thee.`

¹⁰于是以利亚起来，往撒勒法去了；他来到城门口的时候，就看见一个寡妇在那里捡柴；以利亚呼叫她，说：“请你用器皿取点水来给我！”

¹⁰And he riseth, and goeth to Zarephath, and cometh in unto the opening of the city, and lo there, a widow woman gathering sticks, and he calleth unto her, and saith, `Bring, I pray thee, to me, a little water in a vessel, and I drink.`

¹¹她去取水的时候，以利亚又叫她，说：“请你也给我拿点饼来！”

¹¹And she goeth to bring [it], and he calleth unto her and saith, `Bring, I pray thee, to me a morsel of bread in thy hand.`

¹²她说：“我指着永活的耶和华你的　神起誓，我没有饼，缸里只有一把面粉，瓶里只有一点油。你看我正在捡两根柴，然后回去，为自己和儿子做饼，我们吃完了，就等死。”

¹²And she saith, `Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but the fulness of the hand of meal in a pitcher, and a little oil in a dish; and lo, I am gathering two sticks, and have gone in and prepared it for myself, and for my son, and we have eaten it — and died.`

¹³以利亚对她说：“不要惧怕，照着你所说的去作吧，不过要先为我做一个小饼，拿出来给我，然后才为你自己和儿子做饼。

¹³And Elijah saith unto her, `Fear not, go, do according to thy word, only make for me thence a little cake, in the first place, and thou hast brought out to me; and for thee and for thy son make — last;

¹⁴因为耶和华以色列的　神这样说：‘缸里的面粉必不会用完，瓶里的油决不会短缺，直等到耶和华降雨在地面上的日子。’”

¹⁴for thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, The pitcher of meal is not consumed, and the dish of oil is not lacking, till the day of Jehovah`s giving a shower on the face of the ground.`

¹⁵她就去照着以利亚所说的作了。她和以利亚，以及她的家人，吃了许多日子。

¹⁵And she goeth, and doth according to the word of Elijah, and she eateth, she and he, and her household — days;

¹⁶缸里的面粉果然没有用完，瓶里的油也没有短缺，正像耶和华借着以利亚所说的话一样。

¹⁶the pitcher of meal was not consumed, and the dish of oil did not lack, according to the word of Jehovah that He spake by the hand of Elijah.

¹⁷使寡妇的儿子复活这些事以后，那妇人，就是那个家庭的主人的儿子病了。他的病情十分严重，以致呼吸都停止了。

¹⁷And it cometh to pass, after these things, the son of the woman, mistress of the house, hath been sick, and his sickness is very severe till that no breath hath been left in him.

¹⁸于是妇人对以利亚说：“神人哪，我跟你有什么关系呢？你竟到我这里来，使耶和华想起我的罪孽，杀死我的儿子。”

¹⁸And she saith unto Elijah, `What — to me and to thee, O man of God? thou hast come unto me to cause mine iniquity to be remembered, and to put my son to death!`

¹⁹以利亚对她说：“把你的儿子交给我吧！”以利亚就从她的怀中把孩子接过来，抱他上到自己所住的楼上去，放在自己的床上。

¹⁹And he saith unto her, `Give to me thy son;` and he taketh him out of her bosom, and taketh him up unto the upper chamber where he is abiding, and layeth him on his own bed,

²⁰以利亚呼求耶和华说：“耶和华我的　神啊，我寄居在这寡妇的家里，你也降祸与她，使她的儿子死去吗？”

²⁰and crieth unto Jehovah, and saith, `Jehovah my God, also on the widow with whom I am sojourning hast Thou done evil — to put her son to death?`

²¹然后，以利亚三次伏在孩子的身上，向耶和华呼求说：“耶和华我的　神，求你恢复这孩子的生命吧。”

²¹And he stretcheth himself out on the lad three times, and calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, `O Jehovah my God, let turn back, I pray Thee, the soul of this lad into his midst;`

²²耶和华垂听了以利亚的话，孩子的生命果然恢复，活过来了。

²²and Jehovah hearkeneth to the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the lad turneth back into his midst, and he liveth.

²³以利亚把孩子抱起来，从楼上下到屋子里去，把孩子交给他的母亲；以利亚说：“看，你的儿子活了！”

²³And Elijah taketh the lad, and bringeth him down from the upper chamber of the house, and giveth him to his mother, and Elijah saith, `See, thy son liveth!`

²⁴妇人对以利亚说：“现在我知道你是神人，耶和华借着你的口所说的话是真实的。”

²⁴And the woman saith unto Elijah, `Now, this I have known, that a man of God thou [art], and the word of Jehovah in thy mouth [is] truth.`