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.”
1Mokon chic nak yô rox chihab li cueßej li Kâcuaß quixye re laj Elías: —Tatxic cuißchic riqßuin li rey Acab ut tâye re nak lâin tintakla cuißchic li hab, chan.
2Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.
2Joßcan nak laj Elías cô riqßuin laj Acab. Yô chi us li cueßej aran Samaria.
3Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly:
3Li rey Acab quixbok riqßuin laj Abdías, li na-iloc re li cßaßru cuan re saß li palacio. Laj Abdías, aßan cßajoß nak naxxucua ru li Kâcuaß ut naxqßue xlokßal.
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.)
4Junxil nak lix Jezabel yô chixcamsinquileb lix profeta li Kâcuaß, laj Abdías quixcßam jun ciento li profeta ut quixmukeb saß li ochoch pec. Lajêb roxcßâl quixmuk saß li junjûnk chi ochoch pec. Ut quixqßueheb xcua rucßa.
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.”
5Laj Acab quixye re laj Abdías: —Yoßo takasuti li tenamit chirilbaleb li yußam haß ut li nimaß. Mâre anchal takatau caßchßinak richajeb li cacuây ut li mûl. Cui incßaß nakatau xcuaheb, teßcâmk ut tocanâk chi mâcßaß chic kacacuây ut chi mâcßaß chic kamûl, chan.
6So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
6Joßcan nak queßxjach ribeb ut queßcôeb chixsicßbal richajeb li xul. Li rey Acab cô saß li jun pacßal ut laj Abdías cô saß li jun chic.
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?”
7Laj Abdías quixcßul saß be laj Elías nak yô chi xic riqßuin li rey. Laj Abdías quixnau ru. Quixcuikßib rib chiru ut quixye: —Joß li lâat biß li kâcuaß Elías, chan.
8He answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your lord, ‘Behold, Elijah is here!’”
8Laj Elías quixye re: —Yâl. Lâin laj Elías. Anakcuan lâat tatxic riqßuin li rey ut tâye re nak cuanquin arin, chan.
9He said, “Wherein have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
9Laj Abdías quixye: —¿Ma cuan junak mâc xinbânu lâin nak tinâqßue chixcamsi li rey?
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.
10Saß xcßabaß li Kâcuaß lâ Dios lâin ninye âcue nak mâcßaß junak tenamit chi moco junak naßajej incßaß ta quixtakla cuiß âsicßbal li rey. Nak xeßxye nak mâ anihat, li rey quixpuersiheb chixbânunquil li juramento re nak teßxye li yâl.
11Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here.”’
11Abanan lâat yôcat chixyebal nak lâin tinxic chixyebal re li rey nak cuancat arin.
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.
12Mâre lix musikß li Kâcuaß tatxcßam saß jalan chic naßajej nak ac xin-el arin. Cui lâin ninye re li rey Acab nak cuancat arin ut cui mâ anihakat nak tâchâlk châsicßbal, relic chi yâl tinixtakla chi camsîc. Lâat nacanau nak chalen saß insâjilal lâin ninxucua ru li Kâcuaß.
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?
13At kâcuaß Elías, ¿ma incßaß cacuabi resil nak lâin xinmuk jun ciento lix profeta li Dios nak lix Jezabel yô chixcamsinquileb? Xinmukeb saß li ochoch pec. Lajêb roxcßâl xinmuk saß jun li ochoch pec ut lajêb roxcßâl saß li jun chic ut xinqßueheb ajcuiß lix cua rucßaheb.
14Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”;’ and he will kill me.”
14¿Cßaßut nak tinâtakla chixyebal re li rey Acab nak cuancat arin? Li rey tinixcamsi cui tinye re nak xcuil âcuu, chan.
15Elijah said, “As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”
15Laj Elías quixye re: —Saß xcßabaß li nimajcual Dios li nincßanjela ru, lâin ninye âcue nak saß ajcuiß li cutan aßin, lâin tinâtinak riqßuin li rey Acab, chan.
16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
16Joßcan nak laj Abdías cô riqßuin li rey Acab ut quixye re nak laj Elías cuan aran. Ut li rey Acab cô chi âtinac riqßuin.
17It happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”
17Nak laj Acab quiril ru laj Elías quixye re: —Arin peß cuancat lâat li yôcat chi qßuehoc raylal saß xbên li tenamit Israel, chan laj Acab.
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.
18Laj Elías quixye re: —Mâcuaß lâin li yôquin chi qßuehoc raylal saß xbên li tenamit Israel. Lâat ban li yôcat chi qßuehoc raylal âcuochben lâ yucuaß xban nak xetzßektâna lix chakßrab li Kâcuaß ut yôquex chixlokßoninquileb li yîbanbil dios Baal, chan.
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.”
19Ut quixye ajcuiß re li rey Acab nak tixchßutubeb li câhib ciento riqßuin mero ciento li profeta li nequeßcßanjelac chiru laj Baal ut tixchßutubeb ajcuiß li câhib ciento chi profeta li nequeßcßanjelac chiru lix Asera, li nequeßtzacan riqßuin lix Jezabel, li rixakil li rey.
20So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel.
20Joßcan nak li rey Acab quixtakla xchßutubanquileb laj Israel ut quixchßutubeb ajcuiß lix profeta laj Baal saß li tzûl Carmelo.
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.
21Ut laj Elías quijiloc cuanqueb cuiß chixjunil li tenamit ut quixye reheb: —¿Joß najtil chic texcuânk chi cuib ru lê cßaßux? Cui li Kâcuaß, aßan li tzßakal Dios, ¿cßaßut nak incßaß têpâb? Ut cui laj Baal, aßan li tzßakal Dios, tâkehomak aßan, chan. Ut eb li tenamit mâ jun âtin queßxye.
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.
22Ut quixye ajcuiß reheb li tenamit: —Caßaj cuiß lâin lix profeta li Kâcuaß quincana. Abanan lix profeta laj Baal, aßan cuanqueb câhib ciento riqßuin mero ciento.
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.
23Têcßam chak cuibak li cuacax. Ut eb aßan teßxsicß ru li bar cuan teßraj. Teßxcamsi, teßxseti, ut teßxqßue saß xbên li siß. Abanan incßaß teßxqßue xxamlel. Joßcan ajcuiß tinbânu lâin riqßuin li cuacax jun. Tinqßue saß xbên li siß ut incßaß tinqßue xxamlel.
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.”
24Nak ac xeyîb, têyâba xcßabaßeb lê dios. Ut joßcan ajcuiß tinbânu lâin. Tinyâba xcßabaß li nimajcual Dios. Ut li Dios li tixtakla chak li xam saß choxa, aßan li tzßakal Dios, chan laj Elías. Ut chixjunileb li tenamit queßxye: —Us chi joßcan, chanqueb.
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.”
25Ut laj Elías quixye reheb lix profeta laj Baal: —Sicßomak ru li cuacax ut yîbomak lê re lâex xbên cua xban nak lâex nabalex. Abanan, incßaß têqßue xxamlel. Chirix aßan têyâba xcßabaß lê dios, chan reheb.
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.
26Ut eb aßan queßxchap li cuacax li quikßaxtesîc reheb ut queßxyîb. Ut queßxyâba xcßabaß laj Baal lix dioseb chalen ekßela toj cuaßleb. Yôqueb chi xajoc chiru li artal li queßxyîb ut yôqueb chixyebal: —At Baal, choâsume, chanqueb. Abanan mâ ani quisumen reheb.
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.”
27Nak ac xcuulac cuaßleb laj Elías qui-oc chixseßenquileb ut quixye reheb: —Japomak êre chi cau. ¿Ma mâcuaß ta biß aßan lê dios? Mâre yô chi cßoxlac malaj ut yô chi cßanjelac. Mâre xcô chi bêc malaj ut yô chi cuârc. Mâre tento nak têrajsi, chan reheb.
28They cried aloud, and cut themselves in their way with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them.
28Ut eb aßan kßaxal cuißchic cau yôqueb chixjapbal reheb chi tijoc ut yôqueb chixyocßbal ribeb riqßuin chßîchß joß cßaynakeb chixbânunquil toj retal queßxchßulaqui ribeb saß lix quiqßueleb.
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.
29Quinumeß li cuaßleb ut toj yôqueb ajcuiß chixjapbal reheb chixyâbanquil lix dioseb toj quicuulac x-ôril li mayejac ut mâ ani queßabin reheb ut mâ ani queßsumen reheb.
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.
30Ut laj Elías quixye reheb li tenamit: —Jilonkex arin cuanquin cuiß, chan reheb. Ut chixjunileb li tenamit queßjiloc riqßuin laj Elías. Ut aßan qui-oc chixyîbanquil lix artal li Kâcuaß li poßbil.
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.”
31Laj Elías quixchap cablaju li pec. Aßan retalil li cablaju xtêpaleb li ralal xcßajol laj Jacob, li quiqßueheß aj Israel chokß xcßabaß xban li Kâcuaß.
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.
32Ut riqßuin li pec aßan quixyîb li artal re xlokßoninquil li Kâcuaß. Ut chi xjun sutam quixbec jun li rok haß tzßakal tâoc cuibak nînki cuc li ru li trigo chi saß.
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.”
33Quixtus li siß saß xbên li artal. Quixcamsi li cuacax, quixseti ut quixqßue saß xbên li siß.
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.
34Ut quixye reheb: —Nujtesihomak câhib cuc chi haß ut hoyomak saß xbên li mayej ut saß xbên li siß, chan. Ut queßxhoy li haß saß xbên li artal. Ut quixye cuißchic reheb: —Qßuehomak cuißchic li haß saß xbên li artal xcaß sut, chan. Ut queßxqßue cuißchic li haß. Ut oxib sut queßxhoy li haß saß xbên li artal joß quiyeheß reheb xban laj Elías.
35The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.
35Queßxqßue li haß saß xbên li artal toj retal quibêc rok ut quinujac ajcuiß li rok haß li quixyîb chi xjun sutam.
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.
36Nak quicuulac x-ôril xcßatbal li mayej, li profeta Elías quixye: —At nimajcual Dios, lâat lix Dios laj Abraham, laj Isaac ut laj Israel. Chicßutûnk taxak chiruheb anakcuan nak lâat li tzßakal Dios arin Israel ut nak lâin laj cßanjel châcuu. Ut li cßaßru yôquin chixbânunquil anakcuan, lâat xattaklan cue chixbânunquil.
37Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again.”
37At nimajcual Dios, chacuabi taxak li cßaßru nintzßâma châcuu. Chinâsume taxak re nak eb li tenamit aßin teßxqßue retal nak lâat li tzßakal Dios. Chacßut taxak chiruheb nak lâat tâcuaj nak teßsukßîk cuißchic âcuiqßuin, chan laj Elías.
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.
38Saß li hônal aßan li Kâcuaß quixtakla chak li xam. Quixcßat li mayej, ut quixcßat li siß ut li pec joß ajcuiß li poks ut li haß li cuan saß li rok haß, li quixyîb chi xjun sutam li artal.
39When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”
39Chixjunileb li tenamit li cuanqueb aran queßril li quicßulman. Queßxhupub ribeb saß chßochß ut queßxye: —Li Kâcuaß, aßan li tzßakal Dios. Li Kâcuaß, aßan li nimajcual Dios, chanqueb.
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.
40Laj Elías quixye reheb: —Chapomakeb lix profeta laj Baal. Mâ jun reheb têcanab chi êlelic, chan. Ut queßxchap eb li profeta aj balakß. Ut laj Elías quixye reheb nak teßxcßameb saß li nimaß Cisón ut aran quixcamsiheb chi chßîchß.
41Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”
41Chirix chic aßan laj Elías quixye re li rey Acab: —Ayu chi cuaßac chi ucßac anakcuan xban nak lâin ac yôquin chirabinquil li xyâb li hab yô chak chi châlc, chan.
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.
42Nak li rey Acab cô chi cuaßac chi ucßac, li profeta Elías quitakeß saß xbên li tzûl Carmelo. Quicßojla aran ut quixxulub lix jolom saß xyânk rok.
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.
43Ut quixye re lix môs li cuan rochben: —Tatxic ut tat-ilok toj cuan cuiß li palau, chan. Ut lix môs cô ut quisukßi cuißchic riqßuin laj Elías ut quixye re: —Mâcßaß nacßutun, chan. Cuukub sut quixtakla lix môs chi iloc.
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.’”
44Saß xcuuk sut nak quisukßi, li môs quixye re laj Elías: —Xcuil jun li chßina chok joß na xnimal junak ukßej. Li chok aßan yô chi êlc chak saß li palau, chan. Ut laj Elías quixye re lix môs: —Tatxic riqßuin li rey Acab ut ye re nak tixyîb lix carruaje ut xicak saß rochoch chi junpât nak toj mâjiß nachal li cacuil hab. Cui tâbâyk, moco târûk ta chic chi xic xban li hab, chan laj Elías.
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.
45Ut quikßojyînoß ru li choxa. Quixqßue li cacuil ikß. Ut quichal li cacuil hab. Li rey Acab qui-oc saß lix carruaje ut cô saß li tenamit Jezreel.Li Kâcuaß quixqßue xmetzßêu li profeta Elías. Quixbacß chi us li rakß riqßuin lix cßâmal xsaß ut quiâlinac chi cau ut aßan xbên cua quicuulac chiru laj Acab saß li tenamit Jezreel.
46The hand of Yahweh was on Elijah; and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
46Li Kâcuaß quixqßue xmetzßêu li profeta Elías. Quixbacß chi us li rakß riqßuin lix cßâmal xsaß ut quiâlinac chi cau ut aßan xbên cua quicuulac chiru laj Acab saß li tenamit Jezreel.