1It happened after many days, that the word of Yahweh came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth.”
1以利亞奉命去見亞哈過了許久，到第三年，耶和華的話臨到以利亞說：“你去在亞哈面前出現，我要降雨在地面上。”
2Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.
2於是以利亞去了，要在亞哈面前出現。那時撒瑪利亞發生十分嚴重的饑荒。
3Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly:
3亞哈把他的家宰俄巴底召了來。原來俄巴底是個非常敬畏耶和華的人。
4for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Yahweh, that Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
4耶洗別除滅耶和華眾先知的時候，俄巴底帶走了一百個先知，每五十個人一組，分散藏在山洞裡，又用餅和水供養他們。
5Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.”
5亞哈對俄巴底說：“你走遍這地，到所有的水泉和溪水那裡去看看，也許我們可以找到青草，使騾馬能夠生存，免得牲畜滅絕。”
6So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
6於是他們分地巡視。亞哈獨自走一路，俄巴底獨自走另一路。
7As Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
7俄巴底遇見以利亞俄巴底在路上走的時候，以利亞遇見了他。俄巴底認出他來，就臉伏在地，說：“你真是我主以利亞嗎？”
8He answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your lord, ‘Behold, Elijah is here!’”
8以利亞對他說：“我是。你去告訴你主人，說：‘以利亞在這裡。’”
9He said, “Wherein have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
9俄巴底說：“我犯了甚麼罪，你竟要把你僕人交在亞哈手裡，使他殺死我呢？
10As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom, where my lord has not sent to seek you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they didn’t find you.
10我指著永活的耶和華你的 神起誓，沒有一邦一國我主人不派人去找你的，人們若是說你不在那裡，他就要那國邦起誓說實在找不到你。
11Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here.”’
11現在你說：‘你去告訴你主人：以利亞在這裡。’
12It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you I don’t know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can’t find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared Yahweh from my youth.
12我一離開你，耶和華的靈就把你提到我不知道的地方去。這樣，如果我去告訴亞哈，他找不到你，必定殺我。你僕人卻是自幼敬畏耶和華的。
13Wasn’t it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh’s prophets with fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
13難道沒有人把我所作的事告訴我主嗎？就是耶洗別殺害耶和華眾先知的時候，我把一百個先知，五十人一組的分別藏在山洞裡，又用餅和水供養他們。
14Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”;’ and he will kill me.”
14現在你說：‘你去告訴你主人以利亞在這裡！’他必定殺我。”
15Elijah said, “As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”
15以利亞說：“我指著我所服事永活的萬軍之耶和華起誓，今天我必在亞哈面前出現。”
16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
16亞哈去見以利亞於是俄巴底去見亞哈，把這事告訴他。亞哈就去見以利亞。
17It happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”
17亞哈看見了以利亞，就問他：“給以色列惹麻煩的這個人就是你嗎？”
18He answered, “I have not troubled Israel; but you, and your father’s house, in that you have forsaken the commandments of Yahweh, and you have followed the Baals.
18以利亞說：“給以色列惹麻煩的，不是我，而是你和你父的家；因為你們離棄了耶和華的誡命，又去隨從巴力。
19Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to Mount Carmel, and four hundred fifty of the prophets of Baal, and four hundred of the prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
19現在你要派人去召集以色列眾人和四百五十個巴力的先知，以及耶洗別供養的四百個亞舍拉的先知，都上迦密山來見我。”
20So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel.
20迦密山上真假先知比試於是亞哈派人召集眾以色列人和眾先知上迦密山去。
21Elijah came near to all the people, and said, “How long will you waver between the two sides? If Yahweh is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” The people answered him not a word.
21以利亞走近眾人說：“你們三心兩意，要到幾時呢？如果耶和華是 神，你們就應當隨從耶和華；如果巴力是 神，你們就應當隨從巴力。”眾人一句話也不回答。
22Then Elijah said to the people, “I, even I only, am left a prophet of Yahweh; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred fifty men.
22以利亞對眾人說：“耶和華的先知只剩下我一個，巴力的先知卻有四百五十個。
23Let them therefore give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bull, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under it.
23現在，請給我們兩頭公牛。讓巴力的先知自己挑選一頭，把牠切成塊子，放在柴上，但不要點火；我也預備一頭公牛，擺在柴上，也不點火。
24You call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Yahweh. The God who answers by fire, let him be God.” All the people answered, “It is well said.”
24你們呼求你們神的名，我也呼求耶和華的名。那降火來顯示回答的神就是 神了。”眾人都回答：“這話說得很好！”
25Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one bull for yourselves, and dress it first; for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.”
25以利亞對巴力的眾先知說：“你們既然人多，可以先為自己選一頭公牛；預備好了，就呼求你們神的名，但不要點火。”
26They took the bull which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any who answered. They leaped about the altar which was made.
26他們把人給他們的公牛牽了來，預備好了，就從早晨直到中午，呼求巴力的名，說：“巴力啊，應允我們吧！”可是沒有聲音，也沒有回應。他們就在所築的祭壇周圍跳舞。
27It happened at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, “Cry aloud; for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he has gone aside, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he sleeps and must be awakened.”
27到了中午，以利亞嘲笑他們，說：“大聲呼求吧，因為他是神，也許他正在默想，或事務繁忙，或正在旅行，或正在睡覺，你們要把他叫醒。”
28They cried aloud, and cut themselves in their way with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them.
28他們就大聲呼求，按著他們的規矩，用刀和槍刺自己，直到身體流血。
29It was so, when midday was past, that they prophesied until the time of the offering of the offering; but there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any who regarded.
29中午過後，他們繼續狂呼亂叫，直到獻晚祭的時候；可是仍沒有聲音，沒有回應，也沒有理睬他們的。
30Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me”; and all the people came near to him. He repaired the altar of Yahweh that was thrown down.
30以利亞對眾人說：“你們走近我這裡來。”眾人就都走近他面前。他重修已經毀壞了的耶和華的祭壇。
31Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Yahweh came, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”
31以利亞照著雅各子孫支派的數目，拿了十二塊石頭。（耶和華的話曾臨到雅各說：“你的名要叫以色列。”）
32With the stones he built an altar in the name of Yahweh. He made a trench around the altar, large enough to contain two measures of seed.
32以利亞奉耶和華的名用這些石頭築了一座壇，在壇的四周挖溝，可容十四公升種籽，
33He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. He said, “Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering, and on the wood.”
33然後把柴排好，又把公牛切成塊子，放在柴上，就說：“你們盛滿四桶水，倒在燔祭和柴上。”
34He said, “Do it a second time”; and they did it the second time. He said, “Do it a third time”; and they did it the third time.
34又說：“倒第二次。”他們就倒第二次；又說：“倒第三次。”他們就倒第三次。
35The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.
35水流到祭壇的四周，甚至水溝裡也滿了水。
36It happened at the time of the offering of the offering, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, “Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.
36到了獻晚祭的時候，以利亞先知近前來，說：“亞伯拉罕、以撒、以色列的 神耶和華，求你今天使人知道你是在以色列中的 神，我是你的僕人，又是奉你的命令行這一切事。
37Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again.”
37耶和華啊，求你應允我，應允我！使這民知道你耶和華是 神，又知道是你使這民的心再回轉過來的。”
38Then the fire of Yahweh fell, and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
38於是有耶和華的火降下來，吞滅了燔祭、木柴、石頭和塵土，連溝裡的水也燒乾了。
39When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”
39眾人看見了，就面伏於地，說：“耶和華是 神！耶和華是 神！”
40Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let one of them escape!” They seized them. Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
40以利亞對他們說：“捉住巴力的先知，一個也不要讓他們逃脫。”於是眾人捉住他們。以利亞帶他們下到基順河邊，在那裡殺了他們。
41Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”
41天降大雨以利亞對亞哈說：“你上去吃喝吧！因為已經有下大雨的響聲了。”
42So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.
42亞哈就上去吃喝。以利亞上了迦密山頂，屈身在地，把臉放在兩膝之間。
43He said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” He went up, and looked, and said, “There is nothing.” He said, “Go again” seven times.
43以利亞對自己的僕人說：“你上去向海那邊觀看。”他就上去觀看，說：“甚麼也沒有。”以利亞說：“你再回去觀看。”這樣說了七次。
44It happened at the seventh time, that he said, “Behold, a small cloud, like a man’s hand, is rising out of the sea.” He said, “Go up, tell Ahab, ‘Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn’t stop you.’”
44到第七次，僕人說：“我看到一小片烏雲，好像人的手掌那麼大，正在從海裡升上來。”以利亞說：“你上去告訴亞哈：‘趕快套車下山，免得被大雨所阻。’”
45It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
45霎時之間，天空因風雲而變為黑暗，隨著降下大雨來。於是亞哈坐上了車，往耶斯列去了。
46The hand of Yahweh was on Elijah; and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
46耶和華的能力臨到以利亞的身上，以利亞就束上腰，跑在亞哈的前頭，直跑到耶斯列的城門口。