¹وقال ايليا التشبي من مستوطني جلعاد لاخآب حيّ هو الرب اله اسرائيل الذي وقفت امامه انه لا يكون طل ولا مطر في هذه السنين الا عند قولي

¹And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Jehovah the God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except by my word.

²وكان كلام الرب له قائلا

²And the word of Jehovah came to him saying,

³انطلق من هنا واتجه نحو المشرق واختبئ عند نهر كريث الذي هو مقابل الاردن

³Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the torrent Cherith, which is before the Jordan.

⁴فتشرب من النهر وقد أمرت الغربان ان تعولك هناك.

⁴And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the torrent; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

⁵فانطلق وعمل حسب كلام الرب وذهب فاقام عند نهر كريث الذي هو مقابل الاردن.

⁵And he went and did according to the word of Jehovah; he went and abode by the torrent Cherith, which is before the Jordan.

⁶وكانت الغربان تاتي اليه بخبز ولحم صباحا وبخبز ولحم مساء وكان يشرب من النهر.

⁶And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the torrent.

⁷وكان بعد مدة من الزمان ان النهر يبس لانه لم يكن مطر في الارض

⁷And it came to pass after a while that the torrent dried up, for there had been no rain in the land.

⁸وكان له كلام الرب قائلا

⁸And the word of Jehovah came to him saying,

⁹قم اذهب الى صرفة التي لصيدون واقم هناك. هوذا قد امرت هناك امرأة ارملة ان تعولك.

⁹Arise, go to Zarephath, which is by Zidon, and abide there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to maintain thee.

¹⁰فقام وذهب الى صرفة. وجاء الى باب المدينة واذا بامرأة ارملة هناك تقش عيدانا فناداها وقال هاتي لي قليل ماء في اناء فاشرب.

¹⁰And he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the entrance of the city, behold, a widow woman was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

¹¹وفيما هي ذاهبة لتأتي به ناداها وقال هاتي لي كسرة خبز في يدك.

¹¹And she went to fetch [it], and he called to her and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.

¹²فقالت حيّ هو الرب الهك انه ليست عندي كعكة ولكن ملء كف من الدقيق في الكوار وقليل من الزيت في الكوز وهانذا اقش عودين لآتي واعمله لي ولابني لناكله ثم نموت.

¹²And she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse; and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

¹³فقال لها ايليا لا تخافي ادخلي واعملي كقولك ولكن اعملي لي منها كعكة صغيرة اولا واخرجي بها اليّ ثم اعملي لك ولابنك اخيرا.

¹³And Elijah said to her, Fear not; go, do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little cake first; and bring it to me; and afterwards make for thee and for thy son.

¹⁴لانه هكذا قال الرب اله اسرائيل ان كوار الدقيق لا يفرغ وكوز الزيت لا ينقص الى اليوم الذي فيه يعطي الرب مطرا على وجه الارض.

¹⁴For thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: The meal in the barrel shall not waste, neither shall the oil in the cruse fail, until the day that Jehovah sendeth rain upon the face of the earth!

¹⁵فذهبت وفعلت حسب قول ايليا واكلت هي وهو وبيتها اياما.

¹⁵And she went and did according to the word of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house, ate a whole year.

¹⁶كوار الدقيق لم يفرغ وكوز الزيت لم ينقص حسب قول الرب الذي تكلم به عن يد ايليا

¹⁶The meal in the barrel did not waste, neither did the oil in the cruse fail, according to the word of Jehovah which he had spoken through Elijah.

¹⁷وبعد هذه الأمور مرض ابن المرأة صاحبة البيت واشتدّ مرضه جدا حتى لم تبق فيه نسمة.

¹⁷And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.

¹⁸فقالت لايليا ما لي ولك يا رجل الله. هل جئت اليّ لتذكير اثمي واماتة ابني.

¹⁸And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come to me to call mine iniquity to remembrance, and to slay my son?

¹⁹فقال لها اعطيني ابنك. واخذه من حضنها وصعد به الى العلية التي كان مقيما بها واضجعه على سريره

¹⁹And he said to her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the upper chamber where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

²⁰وصرخ الى الرب وقال ايها الرب الهي أايضا الى الارملة التي انا نازل عندها قد اسأت باماتتك ابنها.

²⁰And he cried to Jehovah and said, Jehovah, my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

²¹فتمدد على الولد ثلاث مرات وصرخ الى الرب وقال يا رب الهي لترجع نفس هذا الولد الى جوفه.

²¹And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried to Jehovah and said, Jehovah, my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again!

²²فسمع الرب لصوت ايليا فرجعت نفس الولد الى جوفه فعاش.

²²And Jehovah heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child came into him again, and he lived.

²³فاخذ ايليا الولد ونزل به من العلية الى البيت ودفعه لامه. وقال ايليا انظري. ابنك حيّ.

²³And Elijah took the child, and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, See, thy son lives.

²⁴فقالت المرأة لايليا هذا الوقت علمت انك رجل الله وان كلام الرب في فمك حق

²⁴And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of Jehovah in thy mouth is truth.