¹And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

¹In Ahab je povedal Jezabeli vse, kar je storil Elija, tudi, kako je umoril vse proroke z mečem.

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.

²In pošlje Jezabela sla k Eliju, da sporoči: Bogovi naj mi store to in to naj še pridenejo, ako ne storim jutri ob tem času z življenjem tvojim, kakor si storil z življenjem onih.

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.

³In ko je zvedel to, vstane in odide zaradi življenja svojega in pride v Bersebo na Judovem in pusti ondi hlapca svojega.

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.

⁴Sam pa gre dalje v puščavo, en dan hoda, in pride in sede pod brinov grm in prosi zase, da bi umrl, govoreč: Zadosti mi je! sedaj, o GOSPOD, vzemi dušo mojo; kajti nisem boljši nego očetje moji!

⁵And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

⁵In leže in zaspi pod brinovim grmom. A glej, angel se ga dotakne in mu veli: Vstani in jej!

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.

⁶In se ozre, in glej, pri glavi njegovi je bil kruh, pečen na gorkih kamenih, pa vrč vode. In ko zaužije in se napije, leže zopet.

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.

⁷In angel GOSPODOV pride zopet, v drugič, se ga dotakne in veli: Vstani in jej! kajti predolga je pot zate.

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.

⁸In vstane in je in pije in potuje v moči tiste jedi štirideset dni in štirideset noči, dokler ne pride do gore Božje, Horeba.

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?

⁹In ondi pride v votlino in tu prenoči. In glej, beseda GOSPODOVA pride k njemu in mu reče: Kaj tu delaš, Elija?

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.

¹⁰Odgovori: Silno sem gorel za GOSPODA, Boga nad vojskami; zakaj sinovi Izraelovi so zapustili zavezo tvojo, oltarje tvoje so razdrli in proroke tvoje pomorili z mečem, in ostal sem jaz sam, pa še meni strežejo po življenju!

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:

¹¹In veli mu: Pojdi ven in stopi na goro pred GOSPODA! In glej, GOSPOD je šel mimo, in veter, velik in močan, je podiral gore in razbijal skale pred GOSPODOM; a GOSPODA ni bilo v vetru. Za vetrom pa pride potres, a GOSPODA ni v potresu.

¹²And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

¹²In za potresom ogenj, a GOSPODA ni v ognju. In za ognjem tih in mil glas.

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?

¹³Ko pa to sliši Elija, si zagrne s plaščem obraz ter gre ven in se ustopi ob vhodu v votlino. In glej, glas mu izpregovori: Kaj delaš tu, Elija?

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.

¹⁴On reče: Silno sem gorel za GOSPODA, Boga nad vojskami; zakaj sinovi Izraelovi so zapustili zavezo tvojo, oltarje tvoje so razdrli in proroke tvoje pomorili z mečem, in ostal sem jaz sam, pa še meni strežejo po življenju.

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:

¹⁵In GOSPOD mu veli: Pojdi, vrni se svojim potom po puščavi, v Damask; in ko prideš tja, pomazili Hazaela za kralja Siriji.

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.

¹⁶Jehuja pa, sina Nimsijevega, pomazili za kralja nad Izraelom, in Elizeja, sina Safatovega, iz Abel-mehole, pomazili za proroka namesto sebe.

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.

¹⁷In zgodi se, da kdor ubeži meču Hazaelovemu, ga umori Jehu, in kdor ubeži meču Jehujevemu, ga umori Elizej.

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.

¹⁸Storil sem pa, da mi jih ostane sedem tisoč v Izraelu, vsa kolena, ki se niso pripogibala gred Baalom, in vsaka usta, ki ga niso poljubljala.

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.

¹⁹In odide odondod ter zaloti Elizeja, sina Safatovega, da orje z dvanajstimi jarmi volov pred seboj, sam pa je bil pri dvanajstem. In Elija stopi k njemu in vrže svoj plašč na njega.

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?

²⁰In on popusti voli in teče za Elijem in reče: Dovoli mi, prosim, da poljubim očeta svojega in mater svojo, in potem pojdem za teboj! Ta mu veli: Idi, vrni se! Kajti kaj sem ti storil?In se obrne in odide od njega in vzame jarem volov ter ju zakolje; in skuha meso pri opravi, ki je bila na volih, in da ljudstvu, in so jedli. Potem vstane in hodi za Elijem in mu streže.

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.

²¹In se obrne in odide od njega in vzame jarem volov ter ju zakolje; in skuha meso pri opravi, ki je bila na volih, in da ljudstvu, in so jedli. Potem vstane in hodi za Elijem in mu streže.