¹A Achab oznámil Jezábeli všetko, čo učinil Eliáš i všetko to, jako pobil všetkých prorokov mečom.

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

²Vtedy poslala Jezábeľ posla k Eliášovi s odkazom: Tak nech mi učinia bohovia a tak nech pridajú, že zajtra o tomto čase učiním to, aby bola tvoja duša jako duša jedného z nich.

²Then Jezebel send a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time.

³A on vidiac, čo sa strojí, vstal a odišiel pre záchranu svojho života a prišiel do Bér-šeby, ktorá patrí Júdovi, a svojho sluhu nechal tam.

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

⁴A sám išiel púšťou cesty jedného dňa a prijdúc sadol si pod nejakým jalovcom a žiadal si zomrieť a povedal: Už teraz dosť, ó, Hospodine, vezmi moju dušu, lebo nie som lepší ako moji otcovia.

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

⁵Potom si ľahol a usnul pod nejakým jalovcom. A hľa, toď, anjel sa ho dotkol a riekol mu: Vstaň, jedz!

⁵And he lay down and slept under a juniper-tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

⁶A keď sa podíval tu hľa, pri jeho hlave bol koláč, pečený na uhlí, a nádoba vody. A keď pojedol a vypil, zase si ľahol.

⁶And he looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

⁷A anjel Hospodinov sa vrátil podruhé a dotkol sa ho a riekol: Vstaň, pojedz, lebo máš priveľkú cestu pred sebou.

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

⁸Vtedy vstal, pojedol a vypil a išiel v sile toho pokrmu štyridsať dní a štyridsať nocí až na vrch Boží Horeb.

⁸And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

⁹A keď prišiel ta k jaskyni, nocoval tam. A hľa, slovo Hospodinovo k nemu, a riekol mu: Čo tu robíš, Eliášu?

⁹And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of Jehovah came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

¹⁰A on povedal: Veľmi som horlil za Hospodina, Boha Zástupov, lebo synovia Izraelovi opustili tvoju smluvu, tvoje oltáre poborili a tvojich prorokov povraždili mečom, a ostal som len ja sám, a hľadajú i moju dušu, aby ju vzali.

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, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

¹¹A riekol: Vyjdi, postav sa a stoj na vrchu pred Hospodinom. A hľa, Hospodin išiel pomimo. A najprv sa valil veľký vietor silný, ktorý podvracal vrchy a lámal skaly, pred Hospodinom. Ale Hospodin nebol vo vetre. A po vetre nasledovalo zemetrasenie; ale Hospodin nebol v zemetrasení.

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 brake in pieces the rocks before Jehovah; but Jehovah was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but Jehovah was not in the earthquake:

¹²A po zemetrasení oheň; ale ani v ohni nebol Hospodin. A po ohni bolo počuť tichý hlas jemný.

¹²and after the earthquake a fire; but Jehovah was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

¹³A stalo sa, keď to počul Eliáš, že zavinul svoju tvár do svojho plášťa a vyjdúc stál pri otvore jaskyne, a hľa, prišiel k nemu nejaký hlas, ktorý hovoril: Čo tu robíš, Eliášu?

¹³And it was so, 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, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

¹⁴A on odpovedal: Veľmi som horlil za Hospodina, Boha Zástupov, lebo synovia Izraelovi opustili tvoju smluvu, tvoje oltáre poborili a tvojich prorokov povraždili mečom, a zostal som len ja sám, a hľadajú i moju dušu, aby ju vzali.

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, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

¹⁵A Hospodin mu riekol: Idi, vráť sa svojou cestou na púšť Damašku a prijdeš a pomažeš Hazaela za kráľa nad Sýriou,

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

¹⁶a Jehu-va, syna Nimšiho, pomažeš za kráľa nad Izraelom a Elizea, syna Šafatovho, z Ábel-mecholy, pomažeš za proroka miesto seba.

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

¹⁷A stane sa, že toho, kto by ušiel meču Hazaelovmu, usmrtí Jehu, a toho, kto by ušiel meču Jehuvovmu, usmrtí Elizeus.

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

¹⁸A ponechal som v Izraelovi sedem tisíc, všetko to kolená, ktoré sa nesklonily Bálovi, a všetko to ústa, ktoré ho nebozkaly.

¹⁸Yet will I leave [me] seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

¹⁹Keď potom išiel odtiaľ, našiel Elizea, syna Šafatovho, práve keď oral majúc pred sebou dvanásť párov volov a on s dvanástym. A Eliáš prejdúc k nemu hodil svoj plášť na neho.

¹⁹So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke [of oxen] before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed over unto him, and cast his mantle upon him.

²⁰A on opustil voly, bežal za Eliášom a povedal: Dovoľ, prosím, aby som bozkal svojho otca a svoju matku a potom pojdem za tebou. Na to mu riekol: Idi, vráť sa, lebo veď čo som ti učinil?

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

²¹A keď sa navrátil od neho, vzal pár volov, zabil ich a riadom od volov ich uvaril, mäso z nich, a dal ľudu a jedli. Potom vstal a išiel za Eliášom a posluhoval mu.

²¹And he returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.