¹In po mnogih dneh pride beseda GOSPODOVA k Eliju, v tretjem letu, in veli: Pojdi, pokaži se Ahabu, da dam dežja na zemljo.

¹And the days are many, and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Elijah in the third year, saying, `Go, appear unto Ahab, and I give rain on the face of the ground;`

²Šel je torej Elija, da se pokaže Ahabu. Bila je pa velika lakota v Samariji.

²and Elijah goeth to appear unto Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,

³In Ahab pokliče Obadija, ki je bil oskrbnik dvorca (Obadija se je pa silno bal GOSPODA;

³and Ahab calleth unto Obadiah, who [is] over the house — and Obadiah hath been fearing Jehovah greatly,

⁴in zgodilo se je, ko je Jezabela morila proroke GOSPODOVE, da je Obadija vzel sto prorokov in jih je skril v jami, tu petdeset in tam petdeset, ter jih je oskrboval s kruhom in z vodo).

⁴and it cometh to pass, in Jezebel`s cutting off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah taketh a hundred prophets, and hideth them, fifty men in a cave, and hath sustained them with bread and water —

⁵In Ahab veli Obadiju: Pojdi po deželi do vseh studencev in do vseh potokov, če morda kje najdemo trave in ohranimo konje in mezge, da ne izgubimo vse živine.

⁵and Ahab saith unto Obadiah, `Go through the land, unto all fountains of waters, and unto all the brooks, if so be we find hay, and keep alive horse and mule, and do not cut off any of the cattle.`

⁶Razdelita si torej deželo, da jo prehodita; Ahab gre po eni poti sam in po drugem potu Obadija sam.

⁶And they apportion to themselves the land, to pass over into it; Ahab hath gone in one way by himself, and Obadiah hath gone in another way by himself;

⁷In ko je Obadija na poti, glej, pride mu Elija naproti; in ga spozna ter pade na obraz in reče: Si li ti, gospod moj Elija?

⁷and Obadiah [is] in the way, and lo, Elijah — to meet him; and he discerneth him, and falleth on his face, and saith, `Art thou he — my lord Elijah?`

⁸On odgovori: Jaz sem. Pojdi, povej svojemu gospodu: Glej, Elija je tu.

⁸And he saith to him, `I [am]; go, say to thy lord, Lo, Elijah.`

⁹On pa reče: Kaj sem pregrešil, da hočeš dati mene, hlapca svojega, Ahabu v roko, da me umori?

⁹And he saith, `What have I sinned, that thou art giving thy servant into the hand of Ahab — to put me to death?

¹⁰Kakor resnično živi GOSPOD, Bog tvoj, ni ga naroda ali kraljestva, kamor ni poslal moj GOSPOD te iskat; in ko so rekli: Ni ga tukaj, je zahteval prisego od tistega kraljestva in naroda, da te niso našli.

¹⁰Jehovah thy God liveth, if there is a nation and kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee; and they said, He is not, then he caused the kingdom and the nation to swear, that it doth not find thee;

¹¹In sedaj mi veliš: Pojdi, povej gospodu svojemu: Glej, Elija je tu!

¹¹and now, thou art saying, Go, say to thy lord, Lo, Elijah;

¹²Lahko se zgodi, ko odidem od tebe, da te duh GOSPODOV odnese ne vem kam; in ko pridem in povem Ahabu zate, on pa te ne najde, tedaj me umori. In hlapec tvoj se boji GOSPODA od mladosti svoje.

¹²and it hath been, I go from thee, and the Spirit of Jehovah doth lift thee up, whither I know not, and I have come to declare to Ahab, and he doth not find thee, and he hath slain me; and thy servant is fearing Jehovah from my youth.

¹³Niso li tebi, gospodu mojemu, povedali, kaj sem storil, ko je Jezabela morila proroke GOSPODOVE? Da sem jih skril sto izmed prorokov GOSPODOVIH v jami, tu petdeset, tam petdeset, in sem jih oskrboval s kruhom in z vodo?

¹³`Hath it not been declared to my lord that which I have done in Jezebel`s slaying the prophets of Jehovah, that I hide of the prophets of Jehovah a hundred men, fifty by fifty in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water?

¹⁴In sedaj mi veliš: Pojdi, povej gospodu svojemu: Glej, Elija je tu! In me umori.

¹⁴and now thou art saying, Go, say to my lord, Lo, Elijah — and he hath slain me!`

¹⁵In Elija reče: Kakor res živi GOSPOD nad vojskami, ki stojim pred njega obličjem, gotovo se mu pokažem danes!

¹⁵And Elijah saith, `Jehovah of Hosts liveth, before whom I have stood, surely to-day I appear unto him.`

¹⁶Tedaj gre Obadija naproti Ahabu in mu to naznani. Ahab pa krene Eliju naproti.

¹⁶And Obadiah goeth to meet Ahab, and declareth [it] to him, and Ahab goeth to meet Elijah,

¹⁷In ko Ahab ugleda Elija, mu reče: Si li tu ti, ki spravljaš v nesrečo Izraela?

¹⁷and it cometh to pass at Ahab`s seeing Elijah, that Ahab saith unto him, `Art thou he — the troubler of Israel?`

¹⁸On odgovori: Nisem jaz spravil v nesrečo Izraela, temuč ti in tvojega očeta hiša s tem, da ste zapustili zapovedi GOSPODOVE in si ti hodil za Baali.

¹⁸And he saith, `I have not troubled Israel, but thou and the house of thy father, in your forsaking the commands of Jehovah, and thou goest after the Baalim;

¹⁹Sedaj torej pošlji in zberi k meni vsega Izraela pri gori Karmelu in prorokov Baalovih štiristo in petdeset, tudi štiristo prorokov Ašerinih, ki jedo z mize Jezabeline.

¹⁹and now, send, gather unto me all Israel, unto the mount of Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the shrine, four hundred — eating at the table of Jezebel.`

²⁰Ahab torej pošlje do vseh sinov Izraelovih in zbere proroke pri gori Karmelu.

²⁰And Ahab sendeth among all the sons of Israel, and gathereth the prophets unto the mount of Carmel;

²¹In Elija stopi pred vse ljudstvo in reče: Kako dolgo omahujete na dve strani? Je li GOSPOD Bog, hodite za njim, če pa je Baal, hodite za njim! In ljudstvo mu ne odgovori besede.

²¹and Elijah cometh nigh unto all the people, and saith, `Till when are ye leaping on the two branches? — if Jehovah [is] God, go after Him; and if Baal, go after him;` and the people have not answered him a word.

²²Tedaj reče Elija ljudstvu: Jaz, jaz sam sem ostal prorok GOSPODOV, a prorokov Baalovih je štiristo in petdeset mož.

²²And Elijah saith unto the people, `I — I have been left a prophet of Jehovah — by myself; and the prophets of Baal [are] four hundred and fifty men;

²³Dajte nam torej dva junca, in oni naj si izbero junca zase in ga razsekajo in polože na drva, ognja pa naj ne zanetijo; in jaz pripravim drugega junca ter ga položim na drva, ognja pa ne zanetim.

²³and let them give to us two bullocks, and they choose for themselves the one bullock, and cut it in pieces, and place [it] on the wood, and place no fire; and I — I prepare the other bullock, and have put [it] on the wood, and fire I do not place; —

²⁴In kličite ime svojega boga, jaz pa bom klical ime GOSPODOVO: in Bog, ki odgovori z ognjem, ta bodi Bog. In vse ljudstvo odgovori in reče: Prav si govoril.

²⁴and ye have called in the name of your god, and I — I call in the name of Jehovah, and it hath been, the god who answereth by fire — He [is] the God.` And all the people answer and say, `Good [is] the word.`

²⁵Nato reče Elija prorokom Baalovim: Izberite si enega junca in ga pripravite najprej, zakaj vas je veliko; in kličite ime svojega boga, ognja pa ne zanetite!

²⁵And Elijah saith to the prophets of Baal, `Choose for you the one bullock, and prepare first, for ye [are] the multitude, and call ye in the name of your god, and place no fire.`

²⁶In vzamejo junca, ki jim je bil dan, in ga pripravijo, pa kličejo ime Baalovo od jutra do poldne, govoreč: O Baal, usliši nas! A ni bilo glasu, ne odgovora. In skačejo okoli oltarja, ki so ga naredili.

²⁶And they take the bullock that [one] gave to them, and prepare, and call in the name of Baal from the morning even till the noon, saying, `O Baal, answer us!` and there is no voice, and there is none answering; and they leap on the altar that one had made.

²⁷In ko je bilo že poldne, jih zasmehuje Elija in veli: Vpijte prav glasno, saj je vendar bog! nemara da je zatopljen v misli, ali je šel na stran, ali je na potovanju; morda spi in se prebudi!

²⁷And it cometh to pass, at noon, that Elijah playeth on them, and saith, `Call with a loud voice, for he [is] a god, for he is meditating, or pursuing, or on a journey; it may be he is asleep, an doth awake.`

²⁸In vpijejo glasno in se po svoji šegi bodejo z nožmi in sulicami, da je kri po njih tekla.

²⁸And they call with a loud voice, and cut themselves, according to their ordinance, with swords and with spears, till a flowing of blood [is] on them;

²⁹In ko je minil poldan, še prorokujejo, dokler ne pride čas, da se prinese večerna daritev, a ni bilo glasu, ne odgovora, ne nikogar, ki bi poslušal.

²⁹and it cometh to pass, at the passing by of the noon, that they feign themselves prophets till the going up of the present, and there is no voice, and there is none answering, and there is none attending.

³⁰Tedaj veli Elija vsemu ljudstvu: Pristopite k meni! In ko pristopi ljudstvo k njemu, popravi oltar GOSPODOV, ki je bil razdrt.

³⁰And Elijah saith to all the people, `Come nigh unto me;` and all the people come nigh unto him, and he repaireth the altar of Jehovah that is broken down;

³¹In Elija vzame dvanajst kamenov, po številu rodov sinov Jakoba, ki se mu je zgodila beseda GOSPODOVA, rekoč: Izrael bodi ime tvoje.

³¹and Elijah taketh twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah was, saying, `Israel is thy name;`

³²In iz teh kamenov zgradi oltar v imenu GOSPODOVEM; in okoli oltarja naredi jarek, širok in globok za dvojno žitno merico.

³²and he buildeth with the stones an altar, in the name of Jehovah, and maketh a trench, as about the space of two measures of seed, round about the altar.

³³In pripravi drva ter razseka junca in ga položi na drva. Pa veli: Napolnite štiri vrče z vodo in jo izlijte na žgalno žrtev in na drva.

³³And he arrangeth the wood, and cutteth in pieces the bullock, and placeth [it] on the wood, and saith, `Fill ye four pitchers of water, and pour on the burnt-offering, and on the wood;

³⁴In veli: Še v drugič storite to! In ko storé v drugič, veli: Storite še v tretjič! In store v tretje.

³⁴and he saith, `Do [it] a second time;` and they do [it] a second time; and he saith, `Do [it] a third time;` and they do [it] a third time;

³⁵In voda je tekla okoli oltarja; pa tudi jarek je napolnil z vodo.

³⁵and the water goeth round about the altar, and also, the trench he hath filled with water.

³⁶In ko pride čas, da se daruje večerna daritev, pristopi prorok Elija in reče: GOSPOD, Bog Abrahamov, Izakov in Izraelov, daj danes spoznati, da si ti Bog v Izraelu in da sem jaz hlapec tvoj in da sem storil vse to po besedi tvoji!

³⁶And it cometh to pass, at the going up of the [evening-]present, that Elijah the prophet cometh nigh and saith, `Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to-day let it be known that Thou [art] God in Israel, and I Thy servant, that by Thy word I have done the whole of these things;

³⁷Odgovóri mi, o GOSPOD, odgovori mi! da spozna to ljudstvo, da si ti, o GOSPOD, Bog in si ti sam preobrnil njih srce.

³⁷answer me, O Jehovah, answer me, and this people doth know that Thou [art] Jehovah God; and Thou hast turned their heart backward.`

³⁸Tedaj švigne doli ogenj GOSPODOV in požre žgalno daritev in drva in kamene in prst in poliže vodo, ki je bila v jarku.

³⁸And there falleth a fire of Jehovah, and consumeth the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and the water that [is] in the trench it hath licked up.

³⁹In ko vse ljudstvo vidi to, popadajo na obraze in govore: GOSPOD je Bog! GOSPOD je Bog!

³⁹And all the people see, and fall on their faces, and say, `Jehovah, He [is] the God, Jehovah, He [is] the God.`

⁴⁰Elija pa jim veli: Primite proroke Baalove, da njih nobeden ne ubeži! In so jih prijeli. In Elija jih popelje doli k potoku Kisonu in jih ondi pomori.

⁴⁰And Elijah saith to them, `Catch ye the prophets of Baal; let not a man escape of them;` and they catch them, and Elijah bringeth them down unto the stream Kishon, and doth slaughter them there.

⁴¹In Elija veli Ahabu: Pojdi gori, jej in pij, kajti šumi, kakor da se bliža silen dež.

⁴¹And Elijah saith to Ahab, `Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.`

⁴²Ahab torej gre gori jest in pit. A Elija stopi na vrh Karmela in, pripognjen proti zemlji, skloni obraz svoj med kolena svoja.

⁴²And Ahab goeth up to eat, and to drink, and Elijah hath gone up unto the top of Carmel, and he stretcheth himself out on the earth, and he placeth his face between his knees,

⁴³In reče hlapcu svojemu: Pojdi gori in poglej proti morju! In gre gori in pogleda, pa reče: Ničesar ni. In mu veli: Pojdi spet tja, sedemkrat!

⁴³and saith unto his young man, `Go up, I pray thee, look attentively the way of the sea;` and he goeth up and looketh attentively, and saith, `There is nothing;` and he saith, `Turn back,` seven times.

⁴⁴In ob sedmem potu reče: Glej, oblaček vstaja iz morja, majhen kakor moška roka. Pa veli: Pojdi in reci Ahabu: Zaprezi in pelji se doli, da te dež ne zadrži!

⁴⁴And it cometh to pass, at the seventh, that he saith, `Lo, a little thickness as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea.` And he saith, `Go up, say unto Ahab, `Bind — and go down, and the shower doth not restrain thee.`

⁴⁵In medtem malo po malo zatemni nebo z oblaki in vetrom, in nastane velik dež. In Ahab sede na voz in se pelje v Jezreel.Roka GOSPODOVA pa je bila nad Elijem, in opasal si je ledje in tekel pred Ahabom do vhoda v Jezreel.

⁴⁵And it cometh to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black — thick clouds and wind — and the shower is great; and Ahab rideth, and goeth to Jezreel,

⁴⁶Roka GOSPODOVA pa je bila nad Elijem, in opasal si je ledje in tekel pred Ahabom do vhoda v Jezreel.

⁴⁶and the hand of Jehovah hath been on Elijah, and he girdeth up his loins, and runneth before Ahab, till thine entering Jezreel.