¹In Ahab je povedal Jezabeli vse, kar je storil Elija, tudi, kako je umoril vse proroke z mečem.

¹And Ahab declareth to Jezebel all that Elijah did, and all how he slew all the prophets by the sword,

²In pošlje Jezabela sla k Eliju, da sporoči: Bogovi naj mi store to in to naj še pridenejo, ako ne storim jutri ob tem času z življenjem tvojim, kakor si storil z življenjem onih.

²and Jezebel sendeth a messenger unto Elijah, saying, `Thus doth the gods, and thus do they add, surely about this time to-morrow, I make thy life as the life of one of them.`

³In ko je zvedel to, vstane in odide zaradi življenja svojega in pride v Bersebo na Judovem in pusti ondi hlapca svojega.

³And he feareth, and riseth, and goeth for his life, and cometh in to Beer-Sheba, that [is] Judah`s, and leaveth his young man there,

⁴Sam pa gre dalje v puščavo, en dan hoda, in pride in sede pod brinov grm in prosi zase, da bi umrl, govoreč: Zadosti mi je! sedaj, o GOSPOD, vzemi dušo mojo; kajti nisem boljši nego očetje moji!

⁴and he himself hath gone into the wilderness a day`s Journey, and cometh and sitteth under a certain retem-tree, and desireth his soul to die, and saith, `Enough, now, O Jehovah, take my soul, for I [am] not better than my fathers.`

⁵In leže in zaspi pod brinovim grmom. A glej, angel se ga dotakne in mu veli: Vstani in jej!

⁵And he lieth down and sleepeth under a certain retem-tree, and lo, a messenger cometh against him, and saith to him, `Rise, eat;`

⁶In se ozre, in glej, pri glavi njegovi je bil kruh, pečen na gorkih kamenih, pa vrč vode. In ko zaužije in se napije, leže zopet.

⁶and he looketh attentively, and lo, at his bolster a cake [baken on] burning stones, and a dish of water, and he eateth, and drinketh, and turneth, and lieth down.

⁷In angel GOSPODOV pride zopet, v drugič, se ga dotakne in veli: Vstani in jej! kajti predolga je pot zate.

⁷And the messenger of Jehovah turneth back a second time, and cometh against him, and saith, `Rise, eat, for the way is too great for thee;`

⁸In vstane in je in pije in potuje v moči tiste jedi štirideset dni in štirideset noči, dokler ne pride do gore Božje, Horeba.

⁸and he riseth, and eateth, and drinketh, and goeth in the power of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God — Horeb.

⁹In ondi pride v votlino in tu prenoči. In glej, beseda GOSPODOVA pride k njemu in mu reče: Kaj tu delaš, Elija?

⁹And he cometh in there, unto the cave, and lodgeth there, and lo, the word of Jehovah [is] unto him, and saith to him, `What — to thee, here, Elijah?`

¹⁰Odgovori: Silno sem gorel za GOSPODA, Boga nad vojskami; zakaj sinovi Izraelovi so zapustili zavezo tvojo, oltarje tvoje so razdrli in proroke tvoje pomorili z mečem, in ostal sem jaz sam, pa še meni strežejo po življenju!

¹⁰And he saith, `I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts, for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant — Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life — to take it.`

¹¹In veli mu: Pojdi ven in stopi na goro pred GOSPODA! In glej, GOSPOD je šel mimo, in veter, velik in močan, je podiral gore in razbijal skale pred GOSPODOM; a GOSPODA ni bilo v vetru. Za vetrom pa pride potres, a GOSPODA ni v potresu.

¹¹And He saith, `Go out, and thou hast stood in the mount before Jehovah.` And lo, Jehovah is passing by, and a wind — great and strong — is rending mountains, and shivering rocks before Jehovah: — not in the wind [is] Jehovah; and after the wind a shaking: — not in the shaking [is] Jehovah;

¹²In za potresom ogenj, a GOSPODA ni v ognju. In za ognjem tih in mil glas.

¹²and after the shaking a fire: — not in the fire [is] Jehovah; and after the fire a voice still small;

¹³Ko pa to sliši Elija, si zagrne s plaščem obraz ter gre ven in se ustopi ob vhodu v votlino. In glej, glas mu izpregovori: Kaj delaš tu, Elija?

¹³and it cometh to pass, at Elijah`s hearing [it], that he wrappeth his face in his robe, and goeth out, and standeth at the opening of the cave, and lo, unto him [is] a voice, and it saith, `What — to thee, here, Elijah?`

¹⁴On reče: Silno sem gorel za GOSPODA, Boga nad vojskami; zakaj sinovi Izraelovi so zapustili zavezo tvojo, oltarje tvoje so razdrli in proroke tvoje pomorili z mečem, in ostal sem jaz sam, pa še meni strežejo po življenju.

¹⁴And he saith, `I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life — to take it.`

¹⁵In GOSPOD mu veli: Pojdi, vrni se svojim potom po puščavi, v Damask; in ko prideš tja, pomazili Hazaela za kralja Siriji.

¹⁵And Jehovah saith unto him, `Go turn back on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus, and thou hast gone in, and anointed Hazael for king over Aram,

¹⁶Jehuja pa, sina Nimsijevega, pomazili za kralja nad Izraelom, in Elizeja, sina Safatovega, iz Abel-mehole, pomazili za proroka namesto sebe.

¹⁶and Jehu son of Nimshi thou dost anoint for king over Israel, and Elisha son of Shaphat, of Abel-Meholah, thou dost anoint for prophet in thy stead.

¹⁷In zgodi se, da kdor ubeži meču Hazaelovemu, ga umori Jehu, in kdor ubeži meču Jehujevemu, ga umori Elizej.

¹⁷`And it hath been, him who is escaped from the sword of Hazael, put to death doth Jehu, and him who is escaped from the sword of Jehu put to death doth Elisha;

¹⁸Storil sem pa, da mi jih ostane sedem tisoč v Izraelu, vsa kolena, ki se niso pripogibala gred Baalom, in vsaka usta, ki ga niso poljubljala.

¹⁸and I have left in Israel seven thousand, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that hath not kissed him.`

¹⁹In odide odondod ter zaloti Elizeja, sina Safatovega, da orje z dvanajstimi jarmi volov pred seboj, sam pa je bil pri dvanajstem. In Elija stopi k njemu in vrže svoj plašč na njega.

¹⁹And he goeth thence, and findeth Elisha son of Shaphat, and he is plowing; twelve yoke [are] before him, and he [is] with the twelfth; and Elijah passeth over unto him, and casteth his robe upon him,

²⁰In on popusti voli in teče za Elijem in reče: Dovoli mi, prosim, da poljubim očeta svojega in mater svojo, in potem pojdem za teboj! Ta mu veli: Idi, vrni se! Kajti kaj sem ti storil?In se obrne in odide od njega in vzame jarem volov ter ju zakolje; in skuha meso pri opravi, ki je bila na volih, in da ljudstvu, in so jedli. Potem vstane in hodi za Elijem in mu streže.

²⁰and he forsaketh the oxen, and runneth after Elijah, and saith, `Let me give a kiss, I pray thee, to my father and to my mother, and I go after thee.` And he saith to him, `Go, turn back, for what have I done to thee?`

²¹In se obrne in odide od njega in vzame jarem volov ter ju zakolje; in skuha meso pri opravi, ki je bila na volih, in da ljudstvu, in so jedli. Potem vstane in hodi za Elijem in mu streže.

²¹And he turneth back from after him, and taketh the yoke of oxen, and sacrificeth it, and with instruments of the oxen he hath boiled their flesh, and giveth to the people, and they eat, and he riseth, and goeth after Elijah, and serveth him.