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.”
1In po mnogih dneh pride beseda GOSPODOVA k Eliju, v tretjem letu, in veli: Pojdi, pokaži se Ahabu, da dam dežja na zemljo.
2Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.
2Šel je torej Elija, da se pokaže Ahabu. Bila je pa velika lakota v Samariji.
3Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly:
3In Ahab pokliče Obadija, ki je bil oskrbnik dvorca (Obadija se je pa silno bal GOSPODA;
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.)
4in zgodilo se je, ko je Jezabela morila proroke GOSPODOVE, da je Obadija vzel sto prorokov in jih je skril v jami, tu petdeset in tam petdeset, ter jih je oskrboval s kruhom in z vodo).
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.”
5In Ahab veli Obadiju: Pojdi po deželi do vseh studencev in do vseh potokov, če morda kje najdemo trave in ohranimo konje in mezge, da ne izgubimo vse živine.
6So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
6Razdelita si torej deželo, da jo prehodita; Ahab gre po eni poti sam in po drugem potu Obadija sam.
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?”
7In ko je Obadija na poti, glej, pride mu Elija naproti; in ga spozna ter pade na obraz in reče: Si li ti, gospod moj Elija?
8He answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your lord, ‘Behold, Elijah is here!’”
8On odgovori: Jaz sem. Pojdi, povej svojemu gospodu: Glej, Elija je tu.
9He said, “Wherein have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
9On pa reče: Kaj sem pregrešil, da hočeš dati mene, hlapca svojega, Ahabu v roko, da me umori?
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.
10Kakor resnično živi GOSPOD, Bog tvoj, ni ga naroda ali kraljestva, kamor ni poslal moj GOSPOD te iskat; in ko so rekli: Ni ga tukaj, je zahteval prisego od tistega kraljestva in naroda, da te niso našli.
11Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here.”’
11In sedaj mi veliš: Pojdi, povej gospodu svojemu: Glej, Elija je tu!
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.
12Lahko se zgodi, ko odidem od tebe, da te duh GOSPODOV odnese ne vem kam; in ko pridem in povem Ahabu zate, on pa te ne najde, tedaj me umori. In hlapec tvoj se boji GOSPODA od mladosti svoje.
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?
13Niso li tebi, gospodu mojemu, povedali, kaj sem storil, ko je Jezabela morila proroke GOSPODOVE? Da sem jih skril sto izmed prorokov GOSPODOVIH v jami, tu petdeset, tam petdeset, in sem jih oskrboval s kruhom in z vodo?
14Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”;’ and he will kill me.”
14In sedaj mi veliš: Pojdi, povej gospodu svojemu: Glej, Elija je tu! In me umori.
15Elijah said, “As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”
15In Elija reče: Kakor res živi GOSPOD nad vojskami, ki stojim pred njega obličjem, gotovo se mu pokažem danes!
16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
16Tedaj gre Obadija naproti Ahabu in mu to naznani. Ahab pa krene Eliju naproti.
17It happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”
17In ko Ahab ugleda Elija, mu reče: Si li tu ti, ki spravljaš v nesrečo Izraela?
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.
18On odgovori: Nisem jaz spravil v nesrečo Izraela, temuč ti in tvojega očeta hiša s tem, da ste zapustili zapovedi GOSPODOVE in si ti hodil za Baali.
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.”
19Sedaj torej pošlji in zberi k meni vsega Izraela pri gori Karmelu in prorokov Baalovih štiristo in petdeset, tudi štiristo prorokov Ašerinih, ki jedo z mize Jezabeline.
20So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel.
20Ahab torej pošlje do vseh sinov Izraelovih in zbere proroke pri gori Karmelu.
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.
21In Elija stopi pred vse ljudstvo in reče: Kako dolgo omahujete na dve strani? Je li GOSPOD Bog, hodite za njim, če pa je Baal, hodite za njim! In ljudstvo mu ne odgovori besede.
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.
22Tedaj reče Elija ljudstvu: Jaz, jaz sam sem ostal prorok GOSPODOV, a prorokov Baalovih je štiristo in petdeset mož.
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.
23Dajte nam torej dva junca, in oni naj si izbero junca zase in ga razsekajo in polože na drva, ognja pa naj ne zanetijo; in jaz pripravim drugega junca ter ga položim na drva, ognja pa ne zanetim.
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.”
24In kličite ime svojega boga, jaz pa bom klical ime GOSPODOVO: in Bog, ki odgovori z ognjem, ta bodi Bog. In vse ljudstvo odgovori in reče: Prav si govoril.
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.”
25Nato reče Elija prorokom Baalovim: Izberite si enega junca in ga pripravite najprej, zakaj vas je veliko; in kličite ime svojega boga, ognja pa ne zanetite!
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.
26In vzamejo junca, ki jim je bil dan, in ga pripravijo, pa kličejo ime Baalovo od jutra do poldne, govoreč: O Baal, usliši nas! A ni bilo glasu, ne odgovora. In skačejo okoli oltarja, ki so ga naredili.
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.”
27In ko je bilo že poldne, jih zasmehuje Elija in veli: Vpijte prav glasno, saj je vendar bog! nemara da je zatopljen v misli, ali je šel na stran, ali je na potovanju; morda spi in se prebudi!
28They cried aloud, and cut themselves in their way with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them.
28In vpijejo glasno in se po svoji šegi bodejo z nožmi in sulicami, da je kri po njih tekla.
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.
29In ko je minil poldan, še prorokujejo, dokler ne pride čas, da se prinese večerna daritev, a ni bilo glasu, ne odgovora, ne nikogar, ki bi poslušal.
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.
30Tedaj veli Elija vsemu ljudstvu: Pristopite k meni! In ko pristopi ljudstvo k njemu, popravi oltar GOSPODOV, ki je bil razdrt.
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.”
31In Elija vzame dvanajst kamenov, po številu rodov sinov Jakoba, ki se mu je zgodila beseda GOSPODOVA, rekoč: Izrael bodi ime tvoje.
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.
32In iz teh kamenov zgradi oltar v imenu GOSPODOVEM; in okoli oltarja naredi jarek, širok in globok za dvojno žitno merico.
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.”
33In pripravi drva ter razseka junca in ga položi na drva. Pa veli: Napolnite štiri vrče z vodo in jo izlijte na žgalno žrtev in na drva.
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.
34In veli: Še v drugič storite to! In ko storé v drugič, veli: Storite še v tretjič! In store v tretje.
35The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.
35In voda je tekla okoli oltarja; pa tudi jarek je napolnil z vodo.
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.
36In ko pride čas, da se daruje večerna daritev, pristopi prorok Elija in reče: GOSPOD, Bog Abrahamov, Izakov in Izraelov, daj danes spoznati, da si ti Bog v Izraelu in da sem jaz hlapec tvoj in da sem storil vse to po besedi tvoji!
37Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again.”
37Odgovóri mi, o GOSPOD, odgovori mi! da spozna to ljudstvo, da si ti, o GOSPOD, Bog in si ti sam preobrnil njih srce.
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.
38Tedaj švigne doli ogenj GOSPODOV in požre žgalno daritev in drva in kamene in prst in poliže vodo, ki je bila v jarku.
39When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”
39In ko vse ljudstvo vidi to, popadajo na obraze in govore: GOSPOD je Bog! GOSPOD je Bog!
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.
40Elija pa jim veli: Primite proroke Baalove, da njih nobeden ne ubeži! In so jih prijeli. In Elija jih popelje doli k potoku Kisonu in jih ondi pomori.
41Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”
41In Elija veli Ahabu: Pojdi gori, jej in pij, kajti šumi, kakor da se bliža silen dež.
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.
42Ahab torej gre gori jest in pit. A Elija stopi na vrh Karmela in, pripognjen proti zemlji, skloni obraz svoj med kolena svoja.
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.
43In reče hlapcu svojemu: Pojdi gori in poglej proti morju! In gre gori in pogleda, pa reče: Ničesar ni. In mu veli: Pojdi spet tja, sedemkrat!
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.’”
44In ob sedmem potu reče: Glej, oblaček vstaja iz morja, majhen kakor moška roka. Pa veli: Pojdi in reci Ahabu: Zaprezi in pelji se doli, da te dež ne zadrži!
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.
45In medtem malo po malo zatemni nebo z oblaki in vetrom, in nastane velik dež. In Ahab sede na voz in se pelje v Jezreel.Roka GOSPODOVA pa je bila nad Elijem, in opasal si je ledje in tekel pred Ahabom do vhoda v 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.
46Roka GOSPODOVA pa je bila nad Elijem, in opasal si je ledje in tekel pred Ahabom do vhoda v Jezreel.