¹واخبر اخآب ايزابل بكل ما عمل ايليا وكيف انه قتل جميع الانبياء بالسيف.

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

²فارسلت ايزابل رسولا الى ايليا تقول هكذا تفعل الآلهة وهكذا تزيد ان لم اجعل نفسك كنفس واحد منهم في نحو هذا الوقت غدا.

²And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, So do the gods [to me], and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time!

³فلما رأى ذلك قام ومضى لاجل نفسه وأتى الى بئر سبع التي ليهوذا وترك غلامه هناك.

³And when he saw [that], he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

⁴ثم سار في البرية مسيرة يوم حتى أتى وجلس تحت رتمة وطلب الموت لنفسه وقال قد كفى الآن يا رب خذ نفسي لانني لست خيرا من آبائي.

⁴And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a certain broom-bush, and requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough: now, Jehovah, take my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

⁵واضطجع ونام تحت الرتمة واذا بملاك قد مسّه وقال قم وكل.

⁵And he lay down and slept under the broom-bush. And behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise, eat!

⁶فتطلع واذا كعكة رضف وكوز ماء عند راسه فأكل وشرب ثم رجع فاضطجع.

⁶And he looked, and behold, at his head was a cake, baked on hot stones, and a cruse of water. And he ate and drank, and lay down again.

⁷ثم عاد ملاك الرب ثانية فمسّه وقال قم وكل لان المسافة كثيرة عليك.

⁷And the angel of Jehovah came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise, eat; for the journey is too great for thee.

⁸فقام وأكل وشرب وسار بقوة تلك الأكلة اربعين نهارا واربعين ليلة الى جبل الله حوريب

⁸And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

⁹ودخل هناك المغارة وبات فيها وكان كلام الرب اليه يقول ما لك ههنا يا ايليا.

⁹And there he went into a cave, and lodged there. And behold, the word of Jehovah [came] to him, and he said to him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

¹⁰فقال قد غرت غيرة للرب اله الجنود لان بني اسرائيل قد تركوا عهدك ونقضوا مذابحك وقتلوا انبياءك بالسيف فبقيت انا وحدي وهم يطلبون نفسي ليأخذوها.

¹⁰And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah the 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 am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it away.

¹¹فقال اخرج وقف على الجبل امام الرب. واذا بالرب عابر وريح عظيمة وشديدة قد شقت الجبال وكسرت الصخور امام الرب ولم يكن الرب في الريح. وبعد الريح زلزلة ولم يكن الرب في الزلزلة

¹¹And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before Jehovah. And behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Jehovah: Jehovah was not in the wind. And after the wind, an earthquake: Jehovah was not in the earthquake.

¹²وبعد الزلزلة نار ولم يكن الرب في النار. وبعد النار صوت منخفض خفيف.

¹²And after the earthquake, a fire: Jehovah was not in the fire. And after the fire, a soft gentle voice.

¹³فلما سمع ايليا لف وجهه بردائه وخرج ووقف في باب المغارة. واذا بصوت اليه يقول ما لك ههنا يا ايليا.

¹³And it came to pass, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice [came] to him and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

¹⁴فقال غرت غيرة للرب اله الجنود لان بني اسرائيل قد تركوا عهدك ونقضوا مذابحك وقتلوا انبياءك بالسيف فبقيت انا وحدي وهم يطلبون نفسي ليأخذوها.

¹⁴And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah the 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 am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it away.

¹⁵فقال له الرب اذهب راجعا في طريقك الى برية دمشق وادخل وامسح حزائيل ملكا على ارام

¹⁵And Jehovah said to him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus; and when thou comest, anoint Hazael king over Syria;

¹⁶وامسح ياهو بن نمشي ملكا على اسرائيل وامسح اليشع بن شافاط من آبل محولة نبيا عوضا عنك.

¹⁶and Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint prophet in thy stead.

¹⁷فالذي ينجو من سيف حزائيل يقتله ياهو والذي ينجو من سيف ياهو يقتله اليشع.

¹⁷And it shall come to pass, [that] him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay; and him that escapeth the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

¹⁸وقد ابقيت في اسرائيل سبعة آلاف كل الركب التي لم تجث للبعل وكل فم لم يقبّله

¹⁸Yet I have left [myself] seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth that hath not kissed him.

¹⁹فذهب من هناك ووجد اليشع بن شافاط يحرث واثنا عشر فدان بقر قدامه وهو مع الثاني عشر فمرّ ايليا به وطرح رداءه عليه.

¹⁹And he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was ploughing [with] twelve yokes before him, and he with the twelfth; and Elijah went over to him, and cast his mantle on him.

²⁰فترك البقر وركض وراء ايليا وقال دعني اقبل ابي وامي واسير وراءك. فقال له اذهب راجعا لاني ماذا فعلت لك.

²⁰And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and I will follow thee. And he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to thee?

²¹فرجع من ورائه واخذ فدان بقر وذبحهما وسلق اللحم بأدوات البقر واعطى الشعب فأكلوا. ثم قام ومضى وراء ايليا وكان يخدمه

²¹And he returned back from him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the implements of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. And he arose and went after Elijah, and ministered to him.