1 مُلُوك 18
| وَبَعْدَ ثَلاثِ سَنَوَاتٍ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لإِيلِيَّا: «اذْهَبْ وَامْثُلْ أَمَامَ آخْابَ، وَقُلْ لَهُ إِنَّنِي سَأَسْكُبُ مَطَراً عَلَى الأَرْضِ». | ١ 1 |
After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
| فَمَضَى إِيلِيَّا لِيُبَلِّغَ آخْابَ الرِّسَالَةَ، وَكَانَتِ الْمَجَاعَةُ الشَّدِيدَةُ قَدْ عَمَّتِ السَّامِرَةَ. | ٢ 2 |
So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,
| فَاسْتَدْعَى آخْابُ عُوبَدْيَا مُدِيرَ شُؤُونِ الْقَصْرِ، وَكَانَ عُوبَدْيَا يَتَّقِي الرَّبَّ جِدّاً. | ٣ 3 |
and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,
| فَحِينَ شَرَعَتْ إِيزَابِلُ فِي قَتْلِ أَنْبِيَاءِ الرَّبِّ، أَخَذَ عُوبَدْيَا مِئَةَ نَبِيٍّ وَخَبَّأَهُمْ خَمْسِينَ خَمْسِينَ فِي مُغَارَتَيْنِ، وَتَكَفَّلَ بِإِعَالَتِهِمْ بِالطَّعَامِ وَالْمَاءِ. | ٤ 4 |
for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)
| وَكَانَ آخْابُ قَدْ قَالَ لِعُوبَدْيَا: «طُفْ فِي الْبِلادِ وَابْحَثْ عَنْ جَمِيعِ عُيُونِ الْمَاءِ وَفِي الأَوْدِيَةِ، لَعَلَّنَا نَجِدُ عُشْباً فَنُحْيِيَ الْخَيْلَ وَالْبِغَالَ، فَلا تَهْلِكَ كُلُّ الْبَهَائِمِ». | ٥ 5 |
Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
| فَقَسَمَا الْبِلادَ بَيْنَهُمَا لِيَطُوفَا بِها، فَذَهَبَ آخْابُ فِي طَرِيقٍ وَحْدَهُ، وَذَهَبَ عُوبَدْيَا فِي طَرِيقٍ آخَرَ وَحْدَهُ. | ٦ 6 |
So they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.
| وَفِيمَا كَانَ عُوبَدْيَا فِي الطَّرِيقِ الْتَقَاهُ إِيلِيَّا، فَعَرَفَهُ، فَارْتَمَى عَلَى وَجْهِهِ قَائِلاً: «هَلْ أَنْتَ هُوَ سَيِّدِي إِيلِيَّا؟» | ٧ 7 |
Now as Obadiah went on his way, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
| فَأَجَابَهُ: «أَنَا هُوَ، فَاذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لِسَيِّدِكَ إِنِّي هُنَا». | ٨ 8 |
“It is I,” he answered. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here!’”
| فَقَالَ: «أَيَّةُ خَطِيئَةٍ ارْتَكَبْتُ حَتَّى تُسَلِّمَ عَبْدَكَ لِيَدِ آخْابَ لِيُمِيتَنِي؟ | ٩ 9 |
But Obadiah replied, “How have I sinned, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death?
| حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ إِنَّهُ لَمْ تَبْقَ أُمَّةٌ وَلا مَمْلَكَةٌ لَمْ يُرْسِلْ إِلَيْهَا سَيِّدِي مَنْ يَبْحَثُ عَنْكَ، فَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ: إِنَّنَا لَمْ نَعْثُرْ عَلَيْهِ، فَكَانَ آخْابُ يَسْتَحْلِفُ الْمَمْلَكَةَ وَالأُمَّةَ لِتُقْسِمَ أَنَّهَا حَقّاً لَمْ تَجِدْكَ. | ١٠ 10 |
As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.
| وَالآنَ تَطْلُبُ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَذْهَبَ وَأَقُولَ لِلْمَلِكِ إِنَّكَ هُنَا، | ١١ 11 |
And now you say, ‘Go tell your master that Elijah is here!’
| وَمَا إِنْ أَنْطَلِقُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ لأُخْبِرَهُ حَتَّى يَحْمِلَكَ رُوحُ الرَّبِّ إِلَى حَيْثُ لَا أَدْرِي، فَيَأْتِي آخْابُ وَلا يَجِدُكَ فَيَقْتُلُنِي، وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ أَتَّقِي الرَّبَّ مُنْذُ صِبَايَ. | ١٢ 12 |
I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
| أَلَمْ يَطَّلِعْ سَيِّدِي عَمَّا فَعَلْتُهُ حِينَ شَرَعَتْ إِيزَابِلُ تَقْتُلُ أَنْبِيَاءَ الرَّبِّ، كَيْفَ خَبَّأْتُ مِئَةَ رَجُلٍ، خَمْسِينَ خَمْسِينَ فِي مُغَارَتَيْنِ، وَتَكَفَّلْتُ بِإِعَالَتِهِمْ بِالطَّعَامِ وَالْمَاءِ؟ | ١٣ 13 |
Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.
| وَأَنْتَ الآنَ تُطَالِبُنِي أَنْ أَذْهَبَ وَأَقُولَ لِلْمَلِكِ إِنَّكَ هُنَا، فَيَقْتُلَنِي!» | ١٤ 14 |
And now you say, ‘Go tell your lord that Elijah is here!’ He will kill me!”
| فَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ الَّذِي أَنَا وَاقِفٌ أَمَامَهُ، إِنَّنِي الْيَوْمَ أَحْضُرُ لِمُوَاجَهَةِ آخْابَ». | ١٥ 15 |
Then Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”
| فَانْطَلَقَ عُوبَدْيَا لِلِقَاءِ آخْابَ وَأَخْبَرَهُ، فَجَاءَ آخْابُ لِلِقَاءِ إِيلِيَّا. | ١٦ 16 |
So Obadiah went to inform Ahab, who went to meet Elijah.
| وَمَا إِنْ رَأَى آخْابُ إِيلِيَّا حَتَّى قَالَ لَهُ: «أَهَذَا أَنْتَ يَامُكَدِّرَ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟» | ١٧ 17 |
When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
| فَأَجَابَهُ إِيلِيَّا: «أَنَا لَسْتُ مُكَدِّرَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، بَلْ أَنْتَ وَبَيْتُ أَبِيكَ، بِعِصْيَانِكُمْ وَصَايَا الرَّبِّ وَضَلالِكُمْ وَرَاءَ الْبَعْلِيمِ. | ١٨ 18 |
“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
| فَالآنَ أَرْسِلْ وَاسْتَدْعِ لِي كُلَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى جَبَلِ الْكَرْمَلِ، وَكَذَلِكَ أَنْبِيَاءَ الْبَعْلِ الأَرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَالْخَمْسِينَ، وَأَنْبِيَاءَ عَشْتَارُوثَ الأَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ الآكِلِينَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ إِيزَابِلَ». | ١٩ 19 |
Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
| فَاسْتَدْعَى آخْابُ جَمِيعَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيَلَ، وَجَمَعَ الأَنْبِيَاءَ إِلَى جَبَلِ الْكَرْمَلِ، | ٢٠ 20 |
So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.
| فَخَاطَبَ إِيلِيَّا الشَّعْبَ: «حَتَّى مَتَى تَظَلُّونَ تَعْرُجُونَ بَيْنَ الْفِرْقَتَيْنِ؟ إِنْ كَانَ الرَّبُّ هُوَ اللهُ فَاتْبَعُوهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ الْبَعْلُ هُوَ اللهُ فَاتْبَعُوهُ». فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ الشَّعْبُ بِكَلِمَةٍ. | ٢١ 21 |
Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
| ثُمَّ قَالَ إِيلِيَّا لِلشَّعْبِ: «أَنَا بَقِيتُ وَحْدِي نَبِيًّا لِلرَّبِّ، وَأَنْبِيَاءُ الْبَعْلِ أَرْبَعُ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسُونَ. | ٢٢ 22 |
Then Elijah said to the people, “I am the only remaining prophet of the LORD, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.
| فَأَعْطُونَا ثَوْرَيْنِ، وَلْيَخْتَرْ أَنْبِيَاءُ الْبَعْلِ أَحَدَهُمَا، وَيُقَطِّعُوهُ وَيَضَعُوهُ عَلَى الْحَطَبِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُشْعِلُوا نَاراً، وَأَنَا أُقَرِّبُ الثَّوْرَ الآخَرَ وَأَضَعُهُ عَلَى الْحَطَبِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ أُشْعِلَ نَاراً. | ٢٣ 23 |
Get two bulls for us. Let the prophets of Baal choose one bull for themselves, cut it into pieces, and place it on the wood but not light the fire. And I will prepare the other bull and place it on the wood but not light the fire.
| ثُمَّ تَتَضَرَّعُونَ بِاسْمِ آلِهَتِكُمْ، وَأَنَا أَدْعُو بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِي. وَالإِلَهُ الَّذِي يَسْتَجِيبُ وَيُنْزِلُ نَاراً يَكُونُ هُوَ اللهُ الْحَقُّ». فَأَجَابَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: «هَذَا قَوْلٌ صَائِبٌ». | ٢٤ 24 |
Then you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people answered, “What you say is good.”
| فَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا عِنْدَئِذٍ لأَنْبِيَاءِ الْبَعْلِ: «اخْتَارُوا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ ثَوْراً وَاحِداً، وَقَرِّبُوا أَوَّلاً لأَنَّكُمُ الأَكْثَرُ عَدَداً وَادْعُوا بِاسْمِ آلِهَتِكُمْ، وَلَكِنْ إِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تُشْعِلُوا نَاراً». | ٢٥ 25 |
Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.”
| فَأَحْضَرُوا الثَّوْرَ الَّذِي أُعْطِيَ لَهُمْ وَوَضَعُوهُ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ، وَظَلُّوا يَدْعُونَ بِاسْمِ الْبَعْلِ مِنَ الصَّبَاحِ إِلَى الظُّهْرِ قَائِلِينَ: «يَابَعْلُ اسْتَجِبْ لَنَا». فَلَمْ يَكُنْ هُنَاكَ صَوْتٌ أَوْ مُجِيبٌ. فَرَاحُوا يَرْقُصُونَ حَوْلَ الْمَذْبَحِ الْمُشَيَّدِ. | ٢٦ 26 |
And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.
| وَعِنْدَ الظُّهْرِ سَخِرَ بِهِمْ إِيلِيَّا وَقَالَ: «ادْعُوا بِصَوْتٍ أَعْلَى فَهُوَ حَقّاً إِلَهٌ! لَعَلَّهُ مُسْتَغْرِقٌ فِي التَّأَمُّلِ أَوْ فِي خَلْوَةٍ أَوْ فِي سَفَرٍ! أَوْ لَعَلَّهُ نَائِمٌ فَيَسْتَيْقِظَ». | ٢٧ 27 |
At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”
| فَشَرَعُوا يَهْتِفُونَ بِصَوْتٍ أَعْلَى، وَيُمَزِّقُونَ أَجْسَادَهُمْ بِالسُّيُوفِ وَالرِّمَاحِ كَعَادَتِهِمْ، حَتَّى سَالَ مِنْهُمُ الدَّمُ. | ٢٨ 28 |
So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.
| وَانْقَضَتْ سَاعَاتُ الظُّهْرِ، وَظَلَّوا يَهْذُونَ صَارِخِينَ حَتَّى حَلَّ وَقْتُ إِصْعَادِ التَّقْدِمَةِ الْمَسَائِيَّةِ، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكُونَ هُنَاكَ صَوْتٌ أَوْ مُجِيبٌ. | ٢٩ 29 |
Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.
| عِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ إِيلِيَّا لِلشَّعْبِ كُلِّهِ: «تَقَدَّمُوا إِلَيَّ». فَدَنَا جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ مِنْهُ، فَرَمَّمَ مَذْبَحَ الرَّبِّ الْمُنْهَدِمَ، | ٣٠ 30 |
Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.
| ثُمَّ أَخَذَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ حَجَراً حَسَبَ عَدَدِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، ذُرِّيَّةِ يَعْقُوبَ الَّذِي دَعَاهُ اللهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ | ٣١ 31 |
And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
| وَبَنَى بِهَذِهِ الْحِجَارَةِ مَذْبَحاً بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ، وَحَفَرَ حَوْلَهُ قَنَاةً تَسَعُ نَحْوَ كَيْلَتَيْنِ مِنَ الحَبِّ. | ٣٢ 32 |
And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.
| ثُمَّ رَتَّبَ الْحَطَبَ وَقَطَّعَ الثَّوْرَ، وَوَضَعَ أَجْزَاءَهُ عَلَى الْحَطَبِ وَأَمَرَ أَنْ يَمْلأُوا أَرْبَعَ جَرَّاتٍ مَاءً وَيَصُبُّوهَا عَلَى الْمُحْرَقَةِ وَعَلَى الْحَطَبِ. | ٣٣ 33 |
Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood,
| ثُمَّ قَالَ «ثَنُّوا»، فَثَنَّوْا، وَعَادَ يَأْمُرُ: «ثَلِّثُوا»، فَثَلَّثُوا. | ٣٤ 34 |
and said, “Fill four waterpots and pour the water on the offering and on the wood.” “Do it a second time,” he said, and they did it a second time. “Do it a third time,” he said, and they did it a third time.
| حَتَّى جَرَى الْمَاءُ حَوْلَ الْمَذْبَحِ وَامْتَلأَتِ الْقَنَاةُ أَيْضاً بِالْمَاءِ. | ٣٥ 35 |
So the water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.
| وَفِي مِيعَادِ ذَبِيحَةِ الْمَسَاءِ صَلَّى إِيلِيَّا: «أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ، لِيُعْلَمِ الْيَوْمَ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ اللهُ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَنِّي أَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَبِأَمْرِكَ قَدْ أَقْدَمْتُ عَلَى هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ. | ٣٦ 36 |
At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.
| اسْتَجِبْنِي يَا رَبُّ، اسْتَجِبْنِي، لِيُدْرِكَ هَذَا الشَّعْبُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ، وَأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ تَرُدُّ قُلُوبَهُمْ إِلَيْكَ». | ٣٧ 37 |
Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.”
| فَنَزَلَتْ نَارٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ الْتَهَمَتِ الْمُحْرَقَةَ وَالْحَطَبَ وَالْحِجَارَةَ وَالتُّرَابَ وَلَحَسَتْ مَاءَ الْقَنَاةِ. | ٣٨ 38 |
Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.
| فَلَمَّا شَاهَدَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ذَلِكَ خَرُّوا سَاجِدِينَ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ إِلَى الأَرْضِ هَاتِفِينَ: «الرَّبُّ هُوَ اللهُ! الرَّبُّ هُوَ اللهُ!» | ٣٩ 39 |
When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”
| فَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا: «اقْبِضُوا عَلَى أَنْبِيَاءِ الْبَعْلِ وَلا تَدَعُوا رَجُلاً مِنْهُمْ يُفْلِتُ» فَقَبَضُوا عَلَيْهِمْ، فَسَاقَهُمْ إِيلِيَّا إِلَى نَهْرِ قِيشُونَ وَذَبَحَهُمْ هُنَاكَ. | ٤٠ 40 |
Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.
| وَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا لأَخْآبَ: «اصْعَدْ كُلْ وَاشْرَبْ لأَنَّنِي أَسْمَعُ صَوْتَ دَوِيِّ مَطَرٍ». | ٤١ 41 |
And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”
| فَمَضَى آخْابُ لِيَأْكُلَ وَيَشْرَبَ، وَأَمَّا إِيلِيَّا فَارْتَقَى إِلَى قِمَّةِ جَبَلِ الْكَرْمَلِ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَخَبَّأَ رَأْسَهُ بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ. | ٤٢ 42 |
So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.
| وَقَالَ لِغُلامِهِ: «اذْهَبْ وَتَطَلَّعْ نَحْوَ الْبَحْرِ». فَمَضَى الْغُلامُ وَتَطَلَّعَ نَحْوَ الْبَحْرِ وَقَالَ: «لا أَرَى شَيْئاً». فَأَمَرَ إِيلِيَّا: «اذْهَبْ وَتَطَلَّعْ» سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ | ٤٣ 43 |
“Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
| وَفِي الْمَرَّةِ السَّابِعَةِ قَالَ الْغُلامُ: «أَرَى غَيْمَةً صَغِيرَةً فِي حَجْمِ كَفِّ إِنْسَانٍ صَاعِدَةً مِنَ الْبَحْرِ». فَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا: «انْطَلِقْ وَقُلْ لأَخْآبَ أَعِدَّ مَرْكَبَتَكَ وانْزِلْ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ لِئَلّا يُعِيقَكَ الْمَطَرُ عَنِ السَّفَرِ». | ٤٤ 44 |
On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”
| وَسَرْعَانَ مَا تَلَبَّدَتِ السَّمَاءُ بِالْغُيُومِ، وَهَبَّتْ رِيحٌ عَاصِفَةٌ، وَهَطَلَ مَطَرٌ غَزِيرٌ، فَانْدَفَعَ آخْابَ بِمَرْكَبَتِهِ نَحْوَ يِزْرَعِيلَ. | ٤٥ 45 |
Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.
| وَحَلَّتْ قُوَّةُ الرَّبِّ فِي إِيلِيَّا، فَلَفَّ عَبَاءَتَهُ حَوْلَ حَقْوَيْهِ وَرَكَضَ لِيَسْبِقَ آخْابَ إِلَى مَدْخَلِ يِزْرَعِيلَ. | ٤٦ 46 |
And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
