¹In Elija, Tisbljan, iz prebivalcev Gileadskih, je govoril Ahabu: Kakor res živi Jehova, Bog Izraelov, ki stojim pred njega obličjem, ne bode ta leta ne rose, ne dežja, razen le po besedi moji!

¹And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, saith unto Ahab, `Jehovah, God of Israel, liveth, before whom I have stood, there is not these years dew and rain, except according to my word.`

²In beseda GOSPODOVA pride k njemu, veleč:

²And the word of Jehovah is unto him, saying,

³Pojdi odtod in obrni se proti vzhodu ter se skrij pri potoku Keritu, ki teče proti Jordanu.

³`Go from this [place]; and thou hast turned for thee eastward, and been hidden by the brook Cherith, that [is] on the front of the Jordan,

⁴In iz potoka boš pil, krokarjem pa sem zapovedal, da te ondi žive.

⁴and it hath been, from the brook thou dost drink, and the ravens I have commanded to sustain thee there.`

⁵Šel je torej in storil po besedi GOSPODOVI; šel je in bival pri potoku Keritu, ki teče proti Jordanu.

⁵And he goeth and doth according to the word of Jehovah, yea, he goeth and dwelleth by the brook Cherith, that [is] on the front of the Jordan,

⁶Krokarji pa so mu prinašali kruha in mesa zjutraj ter kruha in mesa zvečer, in iz potoka je pil.

⁶and the ravens are bringing to him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and of the brook he drinketh.

⁷In zgodi se za nekoliko časa, da je potok usahnil, zakaj dežja ni bilo v deželi.

⁷And it cometh to pass, at the end of days, that the brook drieth up, for there hath been no rain in the land,

⁸In pride mu beseda GOSPODOVA, veleč:

⁸and the word of Jehovah is unto him, saying,

⁹Vstani, pojdi v Sarepto pri Sidonu, in tam prebivaj; glej, zapovedal sem ondi ovdoveli ženi, da te oskrbuje.

⁹`Rise, go to Zarephath, that [is] to Zidon, and thou hast dwelt there; lo, I have commanded there a widow woman to sustain thee.`

¹⁰Vstane torej in odide v Sarepto, in ko pride do mestnih vrat, glej, vdova je bila ondi in je pobirala dračje. In jo pokliče ter veli: Prinesi mi, prosim, malo vode v posodi, da pijem.

¹⁰And he riseth, and goeth to Zarephath, and cometh in unto the opening of the city, and lo there, a widow woman gathering sticks, and he calleth unto her, and saith, `Bring, I pray thee, to me, a little water in a vessel, and I drink.`

¹¹Ko ona gre, da prinese, pokliče za njo in veli: Prosim, prinesi mi tudi grižljaj kruha v roki svoji!

¹¹And she goeth to bring [it], and he calleth unto her and saith, `Bring, I pray thee, to me a morsel of bread in thy hand.`

¹²Ona odvrne: Kakor res živi GOSPOD, Bog tvoj, nimam ničesar pečenega, samo prgišče moke v skrinji in malo olja v vrču, in glej, ravnokar sem nabrala malo dračja, da stopim noter in to pripravim sebi in sinu svojemu, da jeva in umrjeva.

¹²And she saith, `Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but the fulness of the hand of meal in a pitcher, and a little oil in a dish; and lo, I am gathering two sticks, and have gone in and prepared it for myself, and for my son, and we have eaten it — and died.`

¹³A Elija ji veli: Ne boj se! Pojdi in naredi, kakor si dejala, toda pripravi meni majhen kolač najprej ter mi ga prinesi in potem pripravi sebi in sinu svojemu.

¹³And Elijah saith unto her, `Fear not, go, do according to thy word, only make for me thence a little cake, in the first place, and thou hast brought out to me; and for thee and for thy son make — last;

¹⁴Zakaj tako pravi GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov: Moka v skrinji ne bo pošla in olja v vrču ne bo zmanjkalo do dneva, ob katerem pošlje GOSPOD dež nad zemljo.

¹⁴for thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, The pitcher of meal is not consumed, and the dish of oil is not lacking, till the day of Jehovah`s giving a shower on the face of the ground.`

¹⁵In je šla in naredila po besedi Elijevi. In je jedla, tudi on in ona in njena družina dosti dni.

¹⁵And she goeth, and doth according to the word of Elijah, and she eateth, she and he, and her household — days;

¹⁶Moka v skrinji ni pošla in olja v vrču ni zmanjkalo po besedi GOSPODOVI, ki jo je bil govoril po Eliju.

¹⁶the pitcher of meal was not consumed, and the dish of oil did not lack, according to the word of Jehovah that He spake by the hand of Elijah.

¹⁷Zgodi se pa po teh rečeh, da zboli sin tiste žene, hišne gospodinje, in bolezen mu je bila tako huda, da ni bilo več sape v njem.

¹⁷And it cometh to pass, after these things, the son of the woman, mistress of the house, hath been sick, and his sickness is very severe till that no breath hath been left in him.

¹⁸In reče Eliju: Kaj je meni s teboj, mož Božji? Prišel si k meni, da spraviš v spomin krivico mojo in da umoriš sina mojega!

¹⁸And she saith unto Elijah, `What — to me and to thee, O man of God? thou hast come unto me to cause mine iniquity to be remembered, and to put my son to death!`

¹⁹On pa veli: Daj mi sem sina svojega! In ga vzame iz njenega naročja ter ga odnese v zgornjo izbo, kjer je prebival, in ga položi na posteljo svojo.

¹⁹And he saith unto her, `Give to me thy son;` and he taketh him out of her bosom, and taketh him up unto the upper chamber where he is abiding, and layeth him on his own bed,

²⁰In kliče h GOSPODU in reče: O GOSPOD, Bog moj, si li celo tej vdovi, pri kateri gostujem, hudo storil, ko si umoril sina njenega?

²⁰and crieth unto Jehovah, and saith, `Jehovah my God, also on the widow with whom I am sojourning hast Thou done evil — to put her son to death?`

²¹In se razprostre trikrat nad detetom in kliče h GOSPODU, rekoč: GOSPOD, Bog moj, prosim, naj se vrne tega dečka duša zopet vanj!

²¹And he stretcheth himself out on the lad three times, and calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, `O Jehovah my God, let turn back, I pray Thee, the soul of this lad into his midst;`

²²In GOSPOD je uslišal glas Elijev, in duša dečkova se je povrnila vanj, in je oživel.

²²and Jehovah hearkeneth to the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the lad turneth back into his midst, and he liveth.

²³In Elija vzame dečka ter ga prinese iz zgornje izbe doli v hišo in ga izroči materi njegovi; in Elija reče: Glej, sin tvoj živi!In žena reče Eliju: Sedaj sem spoznala, da si ti mož Božji in da beseda GOSPODOVA v ustih tvojih je resnica.

²³And Elijah taketh the lad, and bringeth him down from the upper chamber of the house, and giveth him to his mother, and Elijah saith, `See, thy son liveth!`

²⁴In žena reče Eliju: Sedaj sem spoznala, da si ti mož Božji in da beseda GOSPODOVA v ustih tvojih je resnica.

²⁴And the woman saith unto Elijah, `Now, this I have known, that a man of God thou [art], and the word of Jehovah in thy mouth [is] truth.`