¹Tisbelane Eelija, Gileadi Tisbest, ütles Ahabile: 'Nii tõesti kui elab Issand, Iisraeli Jumal, kelle ees ma seisan: neil aastail ei ole kastet ega vihma muidu kui minu sõna peale!'

¹Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”

²Ja temale tuli Issanda sõna, kes ütles:

²The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

³'Mine siit ära ja pöördu ida poole ning ole varjul Kriti jõe ääres, mis on ida pool Jordanit!

³“Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

⁴Jõest saad sa juua, ja ma olen käskinud kaarnaid seal sind toita.'

⁴It shall be, that you shall drink of the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

⁵Ja ta läks ning tegi Issanda sõna järgi: ta läks ja elas Kriti jõe ääres, mis on ida pool Jordanit.

⁵So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh; for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

⁶Ja hommikuti tõid kaarnad temale leiba ja liha, samuti õhtuti leiba ja liha, ja ta jõi jõest.

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

⁷Aga mõne aja pärast juhtus, et jõgi kuivas, sest maal ei olnud vihma.

⁷It happened after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

⁸Ja temale tuli Issanda sõna, kes ütles:

⁸The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

⁹'Võta kätte, mine Sareptasse, mis kuulub Siidonile, ja ela seal! Vaata, ma olen käskinud ühte lesknaist seal sind toita.'

⁹“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.”

¹⁰Ja ta võttis kätte ning läks Sareptasse. Ja kui ta jõudis linna värava juurde, vaata, siis oli seal üks lesknaine puid korjamas. Ja ta hüüdis teda ning ütles: 'Too mulle ometi pisut vett mõne nõuga, et saaksin juua!'

¹⁰So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, “Please get me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.”

¹¹Ja kui naine läks vett tooma, siis ta hüüdis temale järele ning ütles: 'Too mulle ka paluke leiba!'

¹¹As she was going to get it, he called to her, and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”

¹²Aga naine vastas: 'Nii tõesti kui Issand, su Jumal, elab, ei ole mul kakukestki, vaid ainult peotäis jahu vakas ja pisut õli kruusis. Vaata, ma olen korjanud paar puutükki, ja ma lähen ning valmistan midagi enesele ja oma pojale, et saaksime veel süüa, enne kui sureme.'

¹²She said, “As Yahweh your God lives, I don’t have a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the jar. Behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”

¹³Siis ütles Eelija temale: 'Ära karda! Mine tee, nagu sa oled öelnud! Aga esmalt valmista sellest mulle pisike kook ja too see minule! Pärast valmista enesele ja oma pojale!

¹³Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you have said; but make me of it a little cake first, and bring it out to me, and afterward make some for you and for your son.

¹⁴Sest nõnda ütleb Issand, Iisraeli Jumal: Jahu ei lõpe vakast ja õli ei vähene kruusist kuni päevani, mil Issand annab maale vihma.'

¹⁴For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘The jar of meal shall not empty, neither shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the earth.’”

¹⁵Ja naine läks ning tegi Eelija sõna järgi. Ja temal, samuti Eelijal ja naise perel oli süüa kauaks ajaks:

¹⁵She went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, ate many days.

¹⁶jahu ei lõppenud vakast ja õli ei vähenenud kruusist Issanda sõna peale, nagu ta Eelija läbi oli öelnud.

¹⁶The jar of meal didn’t empty, neither did the jar of oil fail, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by Elijah.

¹⁷Ja pärast seda lugu sündis, et naise, kojaemanda poeg jäi haigeks; ja tema haigus oli väga raske, nõnda et temasse ei jäänud enam hingeõhkugi.

¹⁷It happened 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.

¹⁸Siis ütles naine Eelijale: 'Mis on mul sinuga tegemist, jumalamees? Sa tulid minu juurde mu süütegu meelde tuletama ja mu poega surma saatma.'

¹⁸She said to Elijah, “What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!”

¹⁹Aga ta vastas temale: 'Anna mulle oma poeg!' Ja ta võttis selle tema sülest ja viis ülakambrisse, kus ta elas, ja pani oma voodisse.

¹⁹He said to her, “Give me your son.” He took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the room where he stayed, and laid him on his own bed.

²⁰Siis ta hüüdis Issanda poole ning ütles: 'Issand, mu Jumal, kas sa oled tõesti lesele, kelle juures ma võõraks olen, teinud seda paha, et oled surmanud tema poja?'

²⁰He cried to Yahweh, and said, “Yahweh my God, have you also brought evil on the widow with whom I stay, by killing her son?”

²¹Seejärel ta sirutas ennast poisi üle kolm korda ja hüüdis Issanda poole ning ütles: 'Issand, mu Jumal, lase ometi selle poisi hing tulla temasse tagasi!'

²¹He stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to Yahweh, and said, “Yahweh my God, please let this child’s soul come into him again.”

²²Ja Issand kuulis Eelija häält ning poisi hing tuli temasse tagasi ja ta virgus ellu.

²²Yahweh listened to the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

²³Ja Eelija võttis poisi ning tõi ülakambrist alla kotta ja andis tema ta emale; ja Eelija ütles: 'Vaata, su poeg elab!'

²³Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the room into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, “Behold, your son lives.”

²⁴Siis naine ütles Eelijale: 'Nüüd ma tean, et sa oled jumalamees ja et Issanda sõna sinu suus on tõde.'

²⁴The woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of Yahweh in your mouth is truth.”