¹Zvino Ahabhi wakaudza Izebheri zvose zvakanga zvaitwa naEria, navose vaakauraya, vaporofita vose nomunondo.

¹And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

²Ipapo Izebheri akatuma nhume kuna Eria, akati, Vamwari ngavandirove, ngavarambe vachidaro, kana ini ndikasafananidza upenyu hwako noupenyu hwomumwe wavo mangwana nenguva ino.

²Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

³Zvino wakati achiona izvozvo, akasimuka, akatiza, kuti arege kuurawa, akasvika paBheerishebha raiva raJudha, akasiya muranda wake ipapo.

³And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.

⁴Asi iye wakafamba rwendo rwezuva rimwe kurenje, akandogara pasi pomurara, akakumbira kuti afe hake; akati, Zvaringana hazvo; zvino Jehovha, chitorai henyu upenyu hwangu, nekuti handipfuuri madzibaba angu pakururama.

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 LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

⁵Akavata pasi, akavata hope pasi pomurara. Zvino mutumwa akamugunzva, akati kwaari, Simuka, udye.

⁵And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

⁶Akatarira, akaona pedo nomusoro wake chingwa chiduku chakanga chagochwa pamazimbe, nechirongo chemvura. Akadya, akamwa, akavata pasizve.

⁶And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

⁷Mutumwa waJehovha akasvikazve rwechipiri, akamugunzva, akati, Simuka, udye, nekuti uchakundwa norwendo.

⁷And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.

⁸Akasimuka, akadya, akamwa, akafamba asimbiswa nezvokudya izvo, mazuva makumi mana nousiku huna makumi mana kusvikira paHorebhu, pagomo raMwari.

⁸And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

⁹Akapindapo mubako, akagarapo. Zvino shoko raJehovha rikasvika kwaari, rikati, Unobateiko pano Eria?

⁹And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

¹⁰Iye akati, Ndakanga ndichishingairira Jehovha Mwari wehondo kwazvo, nekuti vana valsiraeri vakarasha sungano yenyu, vakaputsa aritari dzenyu, nokuuraya vaporofita venyu nomunondo; ini ndoga, ndasara hangu; zvino votsvaka kundiuraya.

¹⁰And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

¹¹Iye akati, Enda, undomira pagomo pamberi paJehovha. Zvino Jehovha akapfuurapo, mhepo huru ine simba ikapamura makomo, ikaputsanya mabwe pamberi paJehovha; asi Jehovha wakange asiri mumhepo. Mhepo yakati yapfuura, kudengenyeka kwenyika kukavapo; asi Jehovha wakange asiri mukudengenyeka kwenyika.

¹¹And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:

¹²Kudengenyeka kwenyika kwakati kwapfuura, moto ukatevera; asi Jehovha wakange asiri mumoto; moto wakati wapfuura, kufefetera kokudzikama kukavapo.

¹²And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

¹³Zvino Eria wakati achizvinzwa, akamonera chiso chake nenguvo yake, akabuda, akandomira pamuromo webako. Ipapo inzwi rikasvika kwaari, rikati, Unobateiko pano, Eria?

¹³And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

¹⁴Iye akati, Ndakanga ndichishingairira Jehovha Mwari wehondo kwazvo; nekuti vana vaIsiraeri vakarasha sungano yenyu, vakaputsa aritari dzenyu, vakauraya vaporofita venyu nomunondo; ini, ini ndoga, ndasara hangu; zvino votsvaka kundiuraya.

¹⁴And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

¹⁵Zvino Jehovha akati kwaari, Dzoka nenzira yako yokurenje reDhamasiko; kana wasvikapo, uzodze Hazaeri, ave mambo weSiria,

¹⁵And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:

¹⁶naJehu mwanakomana waNimishi umuzodze ave mambo waIsiraeri, naErisha mwanakomana waShafati weAbherimehora, umuzodze ave muporofita panzvimbo yako.

¹⁶And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.

¹⁷nekuti unopukunyuka pamunondo waHazaeri, uchaurawa naJehu; unopukunyuka pamunondo waJehu, uchaurawa naErisha.

¹⁷And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

¹⁸Kunyange zvakadaro ndichasiya pakati paIsiraeri zviuru zvinomwe zvavanhu vasina kupfugamira Bhaari namabvi avo, vasina kumutsvoda nemiromo yavo.

¹⁸Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

¹⁹Naizvozvo akabvapo, akandowana Erisha mwanakomana waShafati, wakange achirima nenzombe dzakasungwa pamajoko ane gumi namaviri, iye ari pajoko regumi namaviri; Eria akapfuura nokwaari, akakanda nguvo yake pamusoro pake.

¹⁹So he departed thence, 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 by him, and cast his mantle upon him.

²⁰Iye akasiya nzombe, akamhanya achitevera Eria, akati, Nditenderei henyu ndimbondotsvoda baba vangu namai vangu, ndigokuteverai. Iye akati kwaari, Chidzoka hako, nekuti ndakuiteiko?

²⁰And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

²¹Akadzoka pakumutevera, akatora nzombe dzejoko iro, akadzibaya, akagocha nyama yadzo achiita nhumbi dzadzo huni, ndokupa vanhu, ivo vakadya. Zvino wakasimuka, akatevera Eria, akamubatira.

²¹And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.