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

¹Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed 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 sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don’t make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow 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.

³When he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs 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 Yahweh, 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!

⁵He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to 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.

⁶He looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again.

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

⁷The angel of Yahweh came again the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.”

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

⁸He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to 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?

⁹He came there to a cave, and lodged there; and behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing 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.

¹⁰He said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword. 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.

¹¹He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before Yahweh.” Behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Yahweh; but Yahweh was not in the wind. After the wind an earthquake; but Yahweh was not in the earthquake.

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

¹²After the earthquake a fire passed; but Yahweh 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?

¹³It 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. Behold, a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing 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.

¹⁴He said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword. 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,

¹⁵Yahweh said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, you shall 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.

¹⁶You shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel; and you shall anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah to be prophet in your place.

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

¹⁷It shall happen, that he who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and he who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.

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 seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has 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 there, 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 to him, and cast his mantle on 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?

²⁰He left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” He said to him, “Go back again; for what have I done to you?”

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.

²¹He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and served him.