1Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
1耶洗別尋索以利亞的性命亞哈把以利亞所行的一切，和他用刀殺死眾先知的一切事，都告訴了耶洗別。
2Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don’t make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!”
2耶洗別就差派一個使者去見以利亞說：“明天這個時候，如果我不使你的性命，像那些人一樣，願神明懲罰我，並且加倍懲罰我。”
3When he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
3以利亞逃往何烈山以利亞害怕，就起來，逃命去了。他到了猶大的別是巴，就把自己的僕人留在那裡。
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 Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.”
4他自己卻在曠野走了一天的路，來到一棵羅騰樹下，就坐在那裡求死，說：“耶和華啊，現在已經夠了，求你取我的性命吧，因為我並不比我的列祖好。”
5He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat!”
5他躺在那棵羅騰樹下，睡著了。忽然有一位天使拍他，說：“起來，吃吧！”
6He looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again.
6他張眼一看，只見頭旁有用炭火烤的餅和一瓶水。他就起來吃喝，然後又躺下去。
7The angel of Yahweh came again the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.”
7耶和華的使者第二次回來拍他，說：“起來吃吧！因為你要走的路程太遠了。”
8He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God.
8於是他起來吃喝，靠著那食物的力量，他走了四十晝夜，直走到 神的山，就是何烈山。
9He came there to a cave, and lodged there; and behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
9耶和華以微聲向以利亞說話他在那裡進了一個洞，就在洞裡過夜。耶和華的話臨到他，說：“以利亞啊，你在這裡幹甚麼？”
10He said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”
10他說：“我為耶和華萬軍的 神大發熱心，因為以色列人背棄了你的約，拆毀了你的祭壇，用刀殺死了你的眾先知，只剩下我一個人，他們還在尋索，要取去我的性命。”
11He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before Yahweh.” Behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Yahweh; but Yahweh was not in the wind. After the wind an earthquake; but Yahweh was not in the earthquake.
11耶和華說：“你出來站在山上，在我耶和華面前。”那時，耶和華從那裡經過。在耶和華面前有強烈的大風，山崩石碎，但耶和華不在風中；風過以後有地震，但耶和華也不在地震中；
12After the earthquake a fire passed; but Yahweh was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
12地震過後有火，耶和華也不在火中；火後有低微柔和的聲音。
13It was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold, a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
13以利亞聽見了，就用自己的外衣蒙著臉，走出來，站在洞口。忽然有聲音向他說：“以利亞啊，你在這裡幹甚麼？”
14He said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”
14以利亞說：“我為耶和華萬軍的 神大發熱心，因為以色列人背棄了你的約，拆毀了你的祭壇，用刀殺了你的眾先知，只剩下我一個人，他們還在尋索，要取去我的性命。”
15Yahweh said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
15以利亞奉命返回大馬士革耶和華對他說：“你離去吧，從你來的路回到大馬士革的曠野去。你到了那裡，就要膏哈薛作亞蘭王。
16You shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel; and you shall anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah to be prophet in your place.
16又要膏寧示的孫子耶戶作以色列王，還要膏亞伯．米何拉人沙法的兒子以利沙接續你作先知。
17It shall happen, that he who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and he who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.
17將來逃得過哈薛的刀的，必被耶戶殺死；逃得過耶戶的刀的，必被以利沙殺死。
18Yet will I leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.”
18但我在以色列人中留下七千人，他們全是未曾向巴力屈過膝的，也未曾與巴力親過嘴的。”
19So he departed there, 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 over to him, and cast his mantle on him.
19以利亞呼召以利沙於是以利亞離開那裡去了。他遇見沙法的兒子以利沙正在耕田。在他面前有十二對牛，他自己正在趕著第十二對牛。以利亞走過他那裡去，把自己的外衣披在以利沙身上。
20He left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” He said to him, “Go back again; for what have I done to you?”
20以利沙就撇下那些牛，跑在以利亞的後面，說：“請你允許我與父母親吻別，然後我就跟隨你。”以利亞對他說：“你回去吧！我向你作了甚麼呢？”
21He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and served him.
21以利沙就離開他回去了。他牽了一對牛來宰了，用套牛的器具把牛煮熟，就分給眾人，他們都吃了。然後以利沙就起來，跟隨以利亞，服事他。