¹Zvino Eria muTishibhi, waigara Giriyadhi, wakati kuna Ahabhi, NaJehovha mupenyu, Mwari waIsiraeri, iye wandimire pamberi pake, hapangavi nedova kana mvura makore ano, asi kana ndareva ini.

¹And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

²Zvino shoko raJehovha rikasvika kwaari, richiti,

²And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

³Chibva pano, uende kurutivi rwamabvazuva, undovanda parukova Keriti, ruri pamberi paJoridhani.

³Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

⁴Unofanira kumwa mvura yorukova, uye ndakaraira makunguvo kukupa zvokudya ipapo.

⁴And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

⁵Naizvozvo akaenda, akaita sezvaakaudzwa naJehovha; wakandogara parukova Keriti ruri pamberi paJoridhani.

⁵So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

⁶Makunguvo akamuvigira chingwa nenyama mangwanani, nechingwa nenyama madekwana; akamwa mvura yorukova.

⁶And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

⁷Zvino nguva yakati yapfuura rukova rukapwa, nekuti mvura yakanga isinganayi panyika.

⁷And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

⁸Zvino shoko raJehovha rikasvika kwaari, richiti,

⁸And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

⁹Simuka, uende Zarefati panyika yeZidhoni, ugarepo; tarira, ndaraira chirikadzi igerepo, kuti ikupe zvokudya.

⁹Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

¹⁰Naizvozvo akasimuka, akaenda Zarefati; wakati asvika pasuwo reguta, akaona chirikadzi yakanga igerepo, ichiunganidza tutsotso; akamudana, akati, Nditorerewo mvura shomanene mumukombe, ndimwe

¹⁰So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

¹¹Zvino wakati achienda kundoitora, akamudana, akati, Dondivigirawo chimedu chechingwa muruoko rwako.

¹¹And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

¹²Iye akati, NaJehovha Mwari wenyu mupenyu, handina chingwa, asi tsama imwe youpfu mudende, namafuta mashomanene muchinu; tarirai, ndakanga ndichiunganidza tutsotso tuviri, ndichiti ndoenda ndizvigadzirire ini nomwanakomana wangu, tidye, tife hedu.

¹²And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

¹³Ipapo Eria akati kwaari, Usatya hako, enda undoita chingwa chiduku, undivigire icho, ugozviitira iwe nomwanakomana wako pashure.

¹³And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

¹⁴Nekuti zvanzi naJehovha Mwari waIsiraeri, Upfu huri mudende haungaperi, namafuta ari muchinu haangashaikwi, kusvikira pazuva Jehovha raachanaisa naro mvura panyika.

¹⁴For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.

¹⁵Iye akaenda, akandoita sezvakataura Eria; iye mukadzi, naiye Eria, neimba yake, vakadya mazuva mazhinji.

¹⁵And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

¹⁶Upfu hwakanga huri mudende hauna kupera, namafuta akanga ari muchinu haana kushaikwa, sezvakanga zvarehwa naJehovha nomuromo waEria.

¹⁶And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.

¹⁷Zvino pashure paizvozvo mwanakomana womukadzi, mwene weimba, akarwara; kurwara kwake kukanyanya kwazvo, kusvikira apererwa nomweya.

¹⁷And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

¹⁸Mukadzi akati kuna Eria, Ndineiko nemi, imwi munhu waMwari? Makapinda mumba mangu kuti zvivi zvangu zvirangarirwe, uye kuti mwanakomana wangu aurawe here?

¹⁸And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

¹⁹Akati kwaari, Ndipe mwanakomana wako. Akamutora pachipfuva chomukadzi, akamutakurira kuimba yokumusoro, kwaaigara, akamuradzika panhovo yake,

¹⁹And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

²⁰akadanidzira kuna Jehovha, akati, Jehovha Mwari wangu, makaitireiko chirikadzi yandigere nayo chakaipa chakadai, zvamauraya mwanakomana wake?

²⁰And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

²¹Akatsivama pamusoro pomwana katatu, akadanidzira kuna Jehovha, akati, Jehovha Mwari wangu, ndinokumbira, mweya womwana uyu ngaudzokerezve kwaari.

²¹And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.

²²Jehovha akanzwa inzwi raEria, mweya womwana ukadzokerazve kwaari, akararamazve.

²²And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

²³Ipapo Eria akatora mwana, akaburuka naye paimba yokumusoro, akamuisa mumba, akamupa mai vake. Eria akati, Tarira, mwana wako mupenyu.

²³And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.

²⁴Mukadzi akati kuna Eria, Zvino ndinoziva ichi, kuti muri munhu waMwari, uye kuti shoko raJehovha, riri mumuromo menyu, nderechokwadi.

²⁴And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.