1Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
1 Ahab ci Yezabel se hay kulu kaŋ Iliya te, da mate kaŋ cine no a na annabey kulu wi da takuba.
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 Saaya din binde Yezabel na diya donton Iliya gaa ka ne: «Iri de-koyey m'ay laali d'ay mana ni fundo ciya sanda i ra afo wane cine hala suba mãsancine.»
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 Kala Iliya humburu ka tun ka zuru nga fundo se. A kaa Beyer-Seba, Yahuda laabo ra, ka nga zanka naŋ noodin.
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 Amma nga bumbo din bisa ka zaari fo diraw te saajo ra. A kaa ka goro yunifer tuuri-nya fo cire. A ŋwaaray nga boŋ se nga ma bu ka ne: «A wasa. Sohõ, ya Rabbi, m'ay fundo ta, zama ay mana bisa ay kaayey booriyaŋ bo.»
5He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat!”
5 A kani ka jirbi yunifer tuuri-nyaŋo cire. Malayka fo mo n'a ham ka ne a se: «Tun ka ŋwa.»
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 Kala a guna ka di maasa kaŋ i ton tondi dungo yaŋ boŋ da hari zollo go nga boŋo do haray. A ŋwa ka haŋ, a ye ka kani.
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 Rabbi malayka ye ka kaa sorro hinkante k'a ham. A ne: «Tun ka ŋwa, zama dirawo bisa ni gaabo.»
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 A tun ka ŋwa ka haŋ. }waaro din gaabi no a dira nd'a zaari waytaaci da cin waytaaci, kal a kaa Horeb, Irikoy tondo do.
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 A zumbu noodin tondi guusu fo ra. Kala Rabbi sanno kaa a do ka ne a se: «Ya nin Iliya, ifo no ni goono ga te ne?»
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 A ne: «Ay na canse te gumo Rabbi Irikoy Kundeykoyo se, zama Israyla izey na ni sappa furu, i na ni sargay feemey zeeri, i na ni annabey mo wi da takuba. Ay mo, ay hinne no ka cindi. I goono g'ay fundo mo ceeci, ngey m'a kaa.»
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 Rabbi ne a se: «Fatta ka kay tondo boŋ Rabbi jine.» Kala Rabbi go, a bisa! Haw gaabikooni beeri fo mo na tondey kortu-kortu ka tondi daarey bagu-bagu Rabbi jine, amma Rabbi si hawo ra. Hawo banda koyne, kala laabu zinjiyaŋ te, amma Rabbi si laabu zinjiyaŋo ra.
12After the earthquake a fire passed; but Yahweh was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
12 Laabu zinjiyaŋo banda koyne, kala danji, amma Rabbi si danjo ra. Danjo banda kala jinde baana-baano kaŋ sinda gaabi.
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 Waato kaŋ Iliya maa woodin binde, kal a na nga moyduma daabu da nga daabiro. A fatta ka kay guuso meyo gaa. Kala jinde fo mo go kaŋ kaa a do ka ne a se: «Iliya, ifo no ni goono ga te neewo?»
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 A ne: «Ay na canse te gumo Rabbi Irikoy Kundeykoyo se, zama Israyla izey na ni sappa furu, i na ni sargay feemey zeeri, i na ni annabey mo wi da takuba. Ay mo, ay hinne no ka cindi. I goono g'ay fundo mo ceeci, ngey m'a kaa.»
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 Kala Rabbi ne a se: «Ma ye ka ye ni ce banda ka koy hala Damaskos saajo ra. Da ni to noodin, ni ma ji soogu Hazayel boŋ a ma ciya Suriya bonkooni.
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 Nimsi izo Yehu mo, ni ga ji soogu a boŋo gaa a ma ciya Israyla bonkooni. Safat izo Iliyasu mo, Abel-Mehola kwaara boro, nga mo ni ga ji soogu a boŋ a ma ciya annabi ni nango ra.
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 A ga ciya mo boro kulu kaŋ na Hazayel takuba yana, Yehu g'a wi. Nga kaŋ na Yehu takuba yana mo, Iliyasu g'a wi.
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 Kulu nda yaadin, ay na alboro zambar iyye cindi ay boŋ se Israyla ra, kangey kulu kaŋ yaŋ mana sombu ka sududu Baal se, da meyey kulu kaŋ yaŋ man'a sunsum mo.»
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 A binde tun noodin ka koy ka Safat izo Iliyasu gar, A goono ga far da haw hinka-hinka hala iway cindi hinka nga jine. A go mo iway cindi hinkanta banda. Iliya mo bisa ka koy kal a do haray, ka nga daabiro catu a boŋ.
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 Iliyasu mo na hawey naŋ ka zuru ka Iliya gana. A ne: «Ay ga ni ŋwaaray, ma naŋ ay m'ay baabo d'ay nyaŋo garbey sunsum jina, gaa no ay ma kaa ka ni gana.» Iliya ne a se: «Kala ni ma bare ka ye, zama ifo no ay te ni se?»
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 Kal a bare ka fay d'a ganayaŋ. A na haw hinka sambu k'i dumbu-dumbu. A n'i hina da hawey jinayey bundey ka no jama se hal i ŋwa. Gaa no a tun ka Iliya gana ka te a se zanka.