¹Ilija Tišbijac, iz Tišbe Gileadske, reče Ahabu: "Živoga mi Jahve, Boga Izraelova, komu služim, neće ovih godina biti ni rose ni kiše, osim na moju zapovijed."

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.

²Upućena mu je riječ Jahvina ovako:

²And the word of Jehovah came to him saying,

³"Idi odavde i kreni na istok i sakrij se na potoku Keritu, koji je nasuprot Jordanu.

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

⁴Pit ćeš iz potoka, a gavranima sam zapovjedio da te ondje hrane."

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

⁵Ode on i učini po riječi Jahvinoj i nastani se na potoku Keritu, nasuprot Jordanu.

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

⁶Gavrani su mu jutrom donosili kruha, a večerom mesa; iz potoka je pio.

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

⁷Ali poslije nekog vremena presuši potok, jer nije bilo kiše u svoj zemlji.

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

⁸Tada Iliji dođe riječ Jahvina:

⁸And the word of Jehovah came to him saying,

⁹"Ustani, idi u Sarfatu Sidonsku i ondje ostani. Evo, ondje sam zapovjedio jednoj udovici da te hrani."

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

¹⁰Ustade on i krenu u Sarfatu. Kada je stigao do gradskih vrata, neka je udovica onuda skupljala drva; on joj se obrati i reče: "Donesi mi malo vode u vrču da pijem!"

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.

¹¹Kad je pošla da donese, on viknu za njom i reče joj: "Donesi mi i malo kruha u ruci!"

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.

¹²Ona odgovori: "Živoga mi Jahve, tvoga Boga, ja nemam pečena kruha, nemam do pregršti brašna u ćupu i malo ulja u vrču. I evo kupim drva, pa ću otići i ono pripremiti sebi i svome sinu da pojedemo i da umremo."

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.

¹³Ali joj Ilija reče: "Ništa se ne boj. Idi i uradi kako si rekla; samo najprije umijesi meni kolačić, pa mi donesi; a onda zgotovi za sebe i za svoga sina.

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.

¹⁴Jer ovako govori Jahve, Bog Izraelov: 'U ćupu neće brašna nestati ni vrč se s uljem neće isprazniti sve dokle Jahve ne pusti da kiša padne na zemlju.'"

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!

¹⁵Ode ona i učini kako je rekao Ilija; i za mnoge dane imadoše jela, ona, on i njen sin.

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

¹⁶Brašno se iz ćupa nije potrošilo i u vrču nije nestalo ulja, po riječi koju je Jahve rekao preko svoga sluge Ilije.

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.

¹⁷Poslije ovih događaja razbolio se sin domaćičin i bolest se njegova jako pogoršala, tako te u njemu nije ostalo daha.

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.

¹⁸Tada ona reče Iliji: "Što ja imam s tobom, čovječe Božji? Zar si došao k meni da me podsjetiš na moj grijeh i da mi usmrtiš sina!"

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?

¹⁹On joj reče: "Daj mi svoga sina!" Tada ga uze iz njezina naručja, odnese ga u gornju sobu gdje je stanovao i položi ga na svoju postelju.

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.

²⁰Tada zavapi Jahvi i reče: "Jahve, Bože moj, zar zaista želiš udovicu koja me ugostila uvaliti u tugu umorivši joj sina?"

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?

²¹Zatim se tri puta pružio nad dječakom zazivajući Jahvu: "Jahve, Bože, učini da se u ovo dijete vrati duša njegova!"

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!

²²Jahve je uslišio molbu Ilijinu, u dijete se vratila duša i ono oživje.

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

²³Ilija ga uze, siđe iz gornje sobe u kuću i dade ga njegovoj materi; i reče Ilija: "Evo, tvoj sin živi!"

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.

²⁴Žena mu reče: "Sada znam da si ti čovjek Božji i da je riječ Jahvina u tvojim ustima istinita!"

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.