1And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
1耶洗別尋索以利亞的性命亞哈把以利亞所行的一切，和他用刀殺死眾先知的一切事，都告訴了耶洗別。
2Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
2耶洗別就差派一個使者去見以利亞說：“明天這個時候，如果我不使你的性命，像那些人一樣，願神明懲罰我，並且加倍懲罰我。”
3And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
3以利亞逃往何烈山以利亞害怕，就起來，逃命去了。他到了猶大的別是巴，就把自己的僕人留在那裡。
4But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
4他自己卻在曠野走了一天的路，來到一棵羅騰樹下，就坐在那裡求死，說：“耶和華啊，現在已經夠了，求你取我的性命吧，因為我並不比我的列祖好。”
5And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
5他躺在那棵羅騰樹下，睡著了。忽然有一位天使拍他，說：“起來，吃吧！”
6And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
6他張眼一看，只見頭旁有用炭火烤的餅和一瓶水。他就起來吃喝，然後又躺下去。
7And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
7耶和華的使者第二次回來拍他，說：“起來吃吧！因為你要走的路程太遠了。”
8And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
8於是他起來吃喝，靠著那食物的力量，他走了四十晝夜，直走到 神的山，就是何烈山。
9And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
9耶和華以微聲向以利亞說話他在那裡進了一個洞，就在洞裡過夜。耶和華的話臨到他，說：“以利亞啊，你在這裡幹甚麼？”
10And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
10他說：“我為耶和華萬軍的 神大發熱心，因為以色列人背棄了你的約，拆毀了你的祭壇，用刀殺死了你的眾先知，只剩下我一個人，他們還在尋索，要取去我的性命。”
11And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
11耶和華說：“你出來站在山上，在我耶和華面前。”那時，耶和華從那裡經過。在耶和華面前有強烈的大風，山崩石碎，但耶和華不在風中；風過以後有地震，但耶和華也不在地震中；
12And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
12地震過後有火，耶和華也不在火中；火後有低微柔和的聲音。
13And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
13以利亞聽見了，就用自己的外衣蒙著臉，走出來，站在洞口。忽然有聲音向他說：“以利亞啊，你在這裡幹甚麼？”
14And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
14以利亞說：“我為耶和華萬軍的 神大發熱心，因為以色列人背棄了你的約，拆毀了你的祭壇，用刀殺了你的眾先知，只剩下我一個人，他們還在尋索，要取去我的性命。”
15And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:
15以利亞奉命返回大馬士革耶和華對他說：“你離去吧，從你來的路回到大馬士革的曠野去。你到了那裡，就要膏哈薛作亞蘭王。
16And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
16又要膏寧示的孫子耶戶作以色列王，還要膏亞伯．米何拉人沙法的兒子以利沙接續你作先知。
17And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
17將來逃得過哈薛的刀的，必被耶戶殺死；逃得過耶戶的刀的，必被以利沙殺死。
18Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
18但我在以色列人中留下七千人，他們全是未曾向巴力屈過膝的，也未曾與巴力親過嘴的。”
19So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
19以利亞呼召以利沙於是以利亞離開那裡去了。他遇見沙法的兒子以利沙正在耕田。在他面前有十二對牛，他自己正在趕著第十二對牛。以利亞走過他那裡去，把自己的外衣披在以利沙身上。
20And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
20以利沙就撇下那些牛，跑在以利亞的後面，說：“請你允許我與父母親吻別，然後我就跟隨你。”以利亞對他說：“你回去吧！我向你作了甚麼呢？”
21And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.
21以利沙就離開他回去了。他牽了一對牛來宰了，用套牛的器具把牛煮熟，就分給眾人，他們都吃了。然後以利沙就起來，跟隨以利亞，服事他。