1And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
1以利亞奉命去見亞哈過了許久，到第三年，耶和華的話臨到以利亞說：“你去在亞哈面前出現，我要降雨在地面上。”
2And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
2於是以利亞去了，要在亞哈面前出現。那時撒瑪利亞發生十分嚴重的饑荒。
3And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
3亞哈把他的家宰俄巴底召了來。原來俄巴底是個非常敬畏耶和華的人。
4For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
4耶洗別除滅耶和華眾先知的時候，俄巴底帶走了一百個先知，每五十個人一組，分散藏在山洞裡，又用餅和水供養他們。
5And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
5亞哈對俄巴底說：“你走遍這地，到所有的水泉和溪水那裡去看看，也許我們可以找到青草，使騾馬能夠生存，免得牲畜滅絕。”
6So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
6於是他們分地巡視。亞哈獨自走一路，俄巴底獨自走另一路。
7And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?
7俄巴底遇見以利亞俄巴底在路上走的時候，以利亞遇見了他。俄巴底認出他來，就臉伏在地，說：“你真是我主以利亞嗎？”
8And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
8以利亞對他說：“我是。你去告訴你主人，說：‘以利亞在這裡。’”
9And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
9俄巴底說：“我犯了甚麼罪，你竟要把你僕人交在亞哈手裡，使他殺死我呢？
10As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
10我指著永活的耶和華你的 神起誓，沒有一邦一國我主人不派人去找你的，人們若是說你不在那裡，他就要那國邦起誓說實在找不到你。
11And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
11現在你說：‘你去告訴你主人：以利亞在這裡。’
12And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
12我一離開你，耶和華的靈就把你提到我不知道的地方去。這樣，如果我去告訴亞哈，他找不到你，必定殺我。你僕人卻是自幼敬畏耶和華的。
13Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
13難道沒有人把我所作的事告訴我主嗎？就是耶洗別殺害耶和華眾先知的時候，我把一百個先知，五十人一組的分別藏在山洞裡，又用餅和水供養他們。
14And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
14現在你說：‘你去告訴你主人以利亞在這裡！’他必定殺我。”
15And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him to day.
15以利亞說：“我指著我所服事永活的萬軍之耶和華起誓，今天我必在亞哈面前出現。”
16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
16亞哈去見以利亞於是俄巴底去見亞哈，把這事告訴他。亞哈就去見以利亞。
17And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
17亞哈看見了以利亞，就問他：“給以色列惹麻煩的這個人就是你嗎？”
18And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
18以利亞說：“給以色列惹麻煩的，不是我，而是你和你父的家；因為你們離棄了耶和華的誡命，又去隨從巴力。
19Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
19現在你要派人去召集以色列眾人和四百五十個巴力的先知，以及耶洗別供養的四百個亞舍拉的先知，都上迦密山來見我。”
20So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
20迦密山上真假先知比試於是亞哈派人召集眾以色列人和眾先知上迦密山去。
21And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
21以利亞走近眾人說：“你們三心兩意，要到幾時呢？如果耶和華是 神，你們就應當隨從耶和華；如果巴力是 神，你們就應當隨從巴力。”眾人一句話也不回答。
22Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
22以利亞對眾人說：“耶和華的先知只剩下我一個，巴力的先知卻有四百五十個。
23Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:
23現在，請給我們兩頭公牛。讓巴力的先知自己挑選一頭，把牠切成塊子，放在柴上，但不要點火；我也預備一頭公牛，擺在柴上，也不點火。
24And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
24你們呼求你們神的名，我也呼求耶和華的名。那降火來顯示回答的神就是 神了。”眾人都回答：“這話說得很好！”
25And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
25以利亞對巴力的眾先知說：“你們既然人多，可以先為自己選一頭公牛；預備好了，就呼求你們神的名，但不要點火。”
26And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
26他們把人給他們的公牛牽了來，預備好了，就從早晨直到中午，呼求巴力的名，說：“巴力啊，應允我們吧！”可是沒有聲音，也沒有回應。他們就在所築的祭壇周圍跳舞。
27And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
27到了中午，以利亞嘲笑他們，說：“大聲呼求吧，因為他是神，也許他正在默想，或事務繁忙，或正在旅行，或正在睡覺，你們要把他叫醒。”
28And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
28他們就大聲呼求，按著他們的規矩，用刀和槍刺自己，直到身體流血。
29And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
29中午過後，他們繼續狂呼亂叫，直到獻晚祭的時候；可是仍沒有聲音，沒有回應，也沒有理睬他們的。
30And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.
30以利亞對眾人說：“你們走近我這裡來。”眾人就都走近他面前。他重修已經毀壞了的耶和華的祭壇。
31And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
31以利亞照著雅各子孫支派的數目，拿了十二塊石頭。（耶和華的話曾臨到雅各說：“你的名要叫以色列。”）
32And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
32以利亞奉耶和華的名用這些石頭築了一座壇，在壇的四周挖溝，可容十四公升種籽，
33And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
33然後把柴排好，又把公牛切成塊子，放在柴上，就說：“你們盛滿四桶水，倒在燔祭和柴上。”
34And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.
34又說：“倒第二次。”他們就倒第二次；又說：“倒第三次。”他們就倒第三次。
35And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
35水流到祭壇的四周，甚至水溝裡也滿了水。
36And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
36到了獻晚祭的時候，以利亞先知近前來，說：“亞伯拉罕、以撒、以色列的 神耶和華，求你今天使人知道你是在以色列中的 神，我是你的僕人，又是奉你的命令行這一切事。
37Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
37耶和華啊，求你應允我，應允我！使這民知道你耶和華是 神，又知道是你使這民的心再回轉過來的。”
38Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
38於是有耶和華的火降下來，吞滅了燔祭、木柴、石頭和塵土，連溝裡的水也燒乾了。
39And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
39眾人看見了，就面伏於地，說：“耶和華是 神！耶和華是 神！”
40And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
40以利亞對他們說：“捉住巴力的先知，一個也不要讓他們逃脫。”於是眾人捉住他們。以利亞帶他們下到基順河邊，在那裡殺了他們。
41And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
41天降大雨以利亞對亞哈說：“你上去吃喝吧！因為已經有下大雨的響聲了。”
42So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
42亞哈就上去吃喝。以利亞上了迦密山頂，屈身在地，把臉放在兩膝之間。
43And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
43以利亞對自己的僕人說：“你上去向海那邊觀看。”他就上去觀看，說：“甚麼也沒有。”以利亞說：“你再回去觀看。”這樣說了七次。
44And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down that the rain stop thee not.
44到第七次，僕人說：“我看到一小片烏雲，好像人的手掌那麼大，正在從海裡升上來。”以利亞說：“你上去告訴亞哈：‘趕快套車下山，免得被大雨所阻。’”
45And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
45霎時之間，天空因風雲而變為黑暗，隨著降下大雨來。於是亞哈坐上了車，往耶斯列去了。
46And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
46耶和華的能力臨到以利亞的身上，以利亞就束上腰，跑在亞哈的前頭，直跑到耶斯列的城門口。