¹Prošlo je mnogo vremena i riječ Jahvina bi upravljena treće godine Iliji: "Idi, pokaži se Ahabu, jer želim pustiti kišu na lice zemlje."

¹And it came to pass after many days, that the word of Jehovah came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.

²I ode Ilija da se pokaže Ahabu. Kako je glad u Samariji bivala teža,

²And Elijah went to shew himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.

³pozva Ahab dvorskog upravitelja Obadiju. Taj se Obadija veoma bojao Jahve;

³And Ahab called Obadiah, who was the steward of his house (now Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly;

⁴jer kad je Izebela poubijala proroke Jahvine, on je uzeo stotinu proroka i sakrio ih po pedeset u jednu spilju, gdje ih je hranio kruhom i pojio vodom.

⁴and it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and maintained them with bread and water);

⁵I reče Ahab Obadiji: "Hajde, obići ćemo svu zemlju, sve izvore i sve potoke, možda ćemo naći trave da sačuvamo u životu konje i mazge i da nam ne propadne stoka."

⁵and Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the fountains of water and to all the torrents, perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and the mules alive, so that we may not have to destroy some of [our] beasts.

⁶Podijelili su zemlju koju će pretražiti: Ahab je sam otišao jednim putem, a Obadija je pošao sam drugim putem.

⁶And they divided the land between them to pass through it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

⁷I kad je Obadija bio na putu, eto mu u susret Ilije; poznavši ga, pade ničice i reče: "Jesi li to ti, gospodaru Ilija!"

⁷And as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him; and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it indeed thou, my lord Elijah?

⁸On mu odgovori: "Ja sam! Idi i reci svome gospodaru: 'Evo Ilije!'"

⁸And he said to him, I [am he]: go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah!

⁹Odgovori mu Obadija: "Što sam sagriješio te slugu svojega predaješ u ruke Ahabu da me ubije?

⁹And he said, What have I sinned, that thou givest thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to put me to death?

¹⁰Živoga mi Jahve, tvoga Boga, nema naroda ili kraljevstva kamo moj gospodar nije slao da te traže. I kad su mu rekli: 'Nema ga!' zakleo je kraljevstvo i narod što te nisu našli.

¹⁰As Jehovah thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom whither my lord has not sent to seek thee; and when they said, He is not [here], he took an oath of the kingdom or nation that they found thee not.

¹¹I sada mi naređuješ: 'Idi, reci svome gospodaru: Evo Ilije!'

¹¹And now thou sayest, Go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah!

¹²Ali kad ja odem od tebe, Duh Jahvin odnijet će te ne znam kamo, a ja ću doći i obavijestiti Ahaba. Pa kad te ne nađe, ubit će me! A tvoj se sluga boji Jahve od mladosti svoje!

¹²And it shall come to pass when I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of Jehovah shall carry thee whither I know not; and when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will kill me; and I thy servant fear Jehovah from my youth.

¹³Zar nije poznato mome gospodaru što sam učinio kad je ono Izebela poubijala proroke Jahvine? Sakrio sam stotinu proroka, po pedeset u jednu spilju, i kruhom ih uzdržavao i vodom.

¹³Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of Jehovah, how I hid a hundred men of Jehovah's prophets by fifty in a cave, and maintained them with bread and water?

¹⁴I sada ti naređuješ: 'Idi, reci svome gospodaru: Evo Ilije!' Pa on će me ubiti!"

¹⁴And now thou sayest, Go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah! and he will kill me.

¹⁵Ilija mu odgovori: "Živoga mi Jahve Sebaota, komu služim, još ću mu se danas pokazati."

¹⁵And Elijah said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will certainly shew myself to him to-day.

¹⁶Obadija pođe u susret Ahabu i donese mu vijest, a Ahab pođe u susret Iliji.

¹⁶Then Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.

¹⁷Kad Ahab ugleda Iliju, reče mu: "Jesi li ti onaj koji upropašćuješ Izraela?"

¹⁷And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, the troubler of Israel?

¹⁸Ilija odgovori: "Ne upropašćujem ja Izraela, nego ti i tvoja obitelj, jer ste ostavili Jahvu, a ti si sljedbenik Baala.

¹⁸And he said, I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah, and thou hast followed the Baals.

¹⁹Sada sakupi sav Izrael preda me na gori Karmelu i četiri stotine pedeset proroka Baalovih koji jedu za stolom Izebelinim."

¹⁹And now send, gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the Asherah four hundred, who eat at Jezebel's table.

²⁰Ahab pozva sve sinove Izraelove i sakupi proroke na gori Karmelu.

²⁰So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.

²¹Ilija pristupi svemu narodu i reče: "Dokle ćete hramati na obje strane? Ako je Jahve Bog, slijedite ga; ako je Baal, slijedite njega." A narod mu nije ništa odgovorio.

²¹Then Elijah drew near to all the people, and said, How long do ye halt between two opinions? if Jehovah be God, follow him; and if Baal, follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

²²Ilija nastavi: "Ja sam još jedini ostao kao prorok Jahvin, a Baalovih je proroka četiri stotine i pedeset.

²²And Elijah said to the people, I, only I, remain a prophet of Jehovah; and Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

²³Dajte nam dva junca. Neka oni izaberu sebi jednoga, neka ga sasijeku i stave na drva, ali neka ne podmeću ognja. Ja ću spremiti drugoga junca i neću podmetati ognja.

²³Let them therefore give us two bullocks: and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and put it on the wood, and put no fire; and I will sacrifice the other bullock, and put it on the wood, and put no fire.

²⁴Vi zazovite ime svoga boga, a ja ću zazvati ime Jahvino: bog koji odgovori ognjem pravi je Bog." Sav narod odgovori: "Dobro!"

²⁴And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of Jehovah; and the god that answers by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, The word is good.

²⁵Potom reče Ilija prorocima Baalovim: "Izaberite sebi jednoga junca i počnite, jer vas je mnogo više. Zazovite ime svoga boga, ali ne stavljajte ognja."

²⁵And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose one bullock for yourselves, and sacrifice it first; for ye are the many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire.

²⁶Oni uzeše junca koji je njima pripao i pripremiše ga. Zazivali su ime Baalovo od jutra do podne govoreći: "O Baale, usliši nas!" Ali nije bilo ni glasa, ni odgovora. I skakahu i prigibahu koljena pred žrtvenikom koji su načinili.

²⁶And they took the bullock which had been given them, and sacrificed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, O Baal, answer us! But there was no voice, and none answered. And they leaped about the altar that had been made.

²⁷U podne im se Ilija naruga i reče: "Glasnije vičite, jer on je bog; zauzet je, ili ima posla, ili je na putu; možda spava, pa ga treba probuditi!"

²⁷And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god; for he is meditating, or gone aside, or he is on a journey; perhaps he sleeps, and will awake.

²⁸A oni okrenuše vikati još glasnije i parati se noževima i sulicama, kako je u njih običaj, sve dok ih nije oblila krv.

²⁸And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with swords and spears, till the blood gushed out upon them.

²⁹Kad je prošlo podne, pali su u bunilo i bjesnjeli sve dok nije bilo vrijeme da se prinese žrtva; ali nije bilo nikakva glasa ni odgovora niti znaka da ih tkogod sluša.

²⁹And it came to pass when midday was past, that they prophesied until the [time] of the offering up of the oblation; but there was neither voice, nor any that answered, nor any attention.

³⁰Tada Ilija reče svemu narodu: "Priđite k meni!" I sav mu narod pristupi. On popravi žrtvenik Jahvin koji bijaše srušen.

³⁰Then Elijah said to all the people, Draw near to me. And all the people drew near to him. And he repaired the altar of Jehovah which was broken down.

³¹Ilija uze dvanaest kamenova prema broju plemena sinova Jakova, kome je Bog rekao: "Izrael će biti ime tvoje!"

³¹And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Jehovah came saying, Israel shall be thy name;

³²I sagradi od toga kamenja žrtvenik Imenu Jahvinu i iskopa jarak oko žrtvenika, širok da bi se mogle posijati dvije mjere pšenice.

³²and with the stones he built an altar in the name of Jehovah, and made a trench round about the altar, of the capacity of two measures of seed;

³³Složi drva, rasiječe junca i stavi ga na drva.

³³and he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood. And he said, Fill four pitchers with water, and pour it on the burnt-offering, and on the wood.

³⁴Tada reče: "Napunite vodom četiri vrča i izlijte na paljenicu i na drva!" Učiniše tako. Zapovjedi im: "Ponovite", i oni ponoviše. Tada reče: "Učinite i treći put." Oni tako i treći put.

³⁴And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.

³⁵Voda je tekla oko žrtvenika i jarak se ispunio vodom.

³⁵And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

³⁶Kad bijaše vrijeme da se prinese žrtva, pristupi prorok Ilija i reče: "Jahve, Bože Abrahamov, Izakov i Izraelov, objavi danas da si ti Bog u Izraelu, da sam ja sluga tvoj i da sam po zapovijedi tvojoj učinio sve ovo.

³⁶And it came to pass at [the time of] the offering up of the oblation, that Elijah the prophet drew near, and said, Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things by thy word.

³⁷Usliši me, Jahve; usliši me, da bi sav ovaj narod znao da si ti, Jahve, Bog i da ćeš ti obratiti njihova srca."

³⁷Answer me, Jehovah, answer me, that this people may know that thou Jehovah art God, and [that] *thou* hast turned their heart back again.

³⁸I oganj Jahvin pade i proguta paljenicu i drva, kamenje i prašinu, čak i vodu u jarku isuši.

³⁸And the fire of Jehovah fell, and consumed the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

³⁹Sav narod se uplaši, ljudi padoše ničice i rekoše: "Jahve je Bog! Jahve je Bog!"

³⁹And all the people saw [it], and they fell on their faces and said, Jehovah, he is God! Jehovah, he is God!

⁴⁰Ilija im reče: "Pohvatajte proroke Baalove da nijedan od njih ne utekne!" I oni ih pohvataše. Ilija ih odvede do potoka Kišona i ondje ih pobi.

⁴⁰And Elijah said to them, Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape! And they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the torrent of Kishon, and slaughtered them there.

⁴¹Ilija reče Ahabu: "Idi gore, jedi i pij, jer čujem šumor kiše."

⁴¹And Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

⁴²Dok je Ahab otišao gore da jede i pije, Ilija se popeo na vrh Karmela, prignuo se zemlji i sakrio lice među koljena.

⁴²And Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.

⁴³Rekao je zatim svome momku: "Idi gore i pogledaj prema moru." On ode gore, pogleda i reče: "Ništa nema ondje!" Ilija odgovori: "Vrati se sedam puta."

⁴³And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up and looked, and said, [There is] nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

⁴⁴Ali sedmoga puta reče momak: "Eno se oblak, malen kao dlan čovječji, diže od mora." Tada reče Ilija: "Idi, kaži Ahabu: 'Upregni i silazi da te kiša ne uhvati.'"

⁴⁴And it came to pass at the seventh time that he said, Behold there is a cloud, small as a man's hand, arising out of the sea. And he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Harness and go down, that the pour of rain stop thee not.

⁴⁵Odjednom se nebo zamrači od oblaka i vihora i pade jaka kiša. Ahab se pope na kola i odveze u Jizreel.

⁴⁵And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heavens became black [with] clouds and wind, and there was a great pour of rain. And Ahab got on the chariot, and went to Jizreel.

⁴⁶Ruka je Jahvina bila nad Ilijom te on, opasavši se, otrča pred Ahabom sve do u blizinu Jizreela.

⁴⁶And the hand of Jehovah was upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jizreel.