1 مُلُوك 18
| وَبَعْدَ ثَلاثِ سَنَوَاتٍ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لإِيلِيَّا: «اذْهَبْ وَامْثُلْ أَمَامَ آخْابَ، وَقُلْ لَهُ إِنَّنِي سَأَسْكُبُ مَطَراً عَلَى الأَرْضِ». | ١ 1 |
And it lasted many days, when the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself unto Achab; and I will give rain upon the face of the earth.
| فَمَضَى إِيلِيَّا لِيُبَلِّغَ آخْابَ الرِّسَالَةَ، وَكَانَتِ الْمَجَاعَةُ الشَّدِيدَةُ قَدْ عَمَّتِ السَّامِرَةَ. | ٢ 2 |
And Elijah went to show himself unto Achab; and the famine was grievous in Samaria.
| فَاسْتَدْعَى آخْابُ عُوبَدْيَا مُدِيرَ شُؤُونِ الْقَصْرِ، وَكَانَ عُوبَدْيَا يَتَّقِي الرَّبَّ جِدّاً. | ٣ 3 |
And Achab called 'Obadiah, who was the superintendent of the house; —(now 'Obadiah feared the Lord greatly;
| فَحِينَ شَرَعَتْ إِيزَابِلُ فِي قَتْلِ أَنْبِيَاءِ الرَّبِّ، أَخَذَ عُوبَدْيَا مِئَةَ نَبِيٍّ وَخَبَّأَهُمْ خَمْسِينَ خَمْسِينَ فِي مُغَارَتَيْنِ، وَتَكَفَّلَ بِإِعَالَتِهِمْ بِالطَّعَامِ وَالْمَاءِ. | ٤ 4 |
And it happened, when Izebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that 'Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them fifty each in one cave, and provided them with bread 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 |
And Achab said unto 'Obadiah, Go through the land, unto all the springs of water, and unto all the brooks, peradventure we may find grass and keep alive horse and mule, that we lose not all the cattle.
| فَقَسَمَا الْبِلادَ بَيْنَهُمَا لِيَطُوفَا بِها، فَذَهَبَ آخْابُ فِي طَرِيقٍ وَحْدَهُ، وَذَهَبَ عُوبَدْيَا فِي طَرِيقٍ آخَرَ وَحْدَهُ. | ٦ 6 |
So they divided between them the land to pass through it: Achab went one way by himself alone, and 'Obadiah went another way by himself alone.
| وَفِيمَا كَانَ عُوبَدْيَا فِي الطَّرِيقِ الْتَقَاهُ إِيلِيَّا، فَعَرَفَهُ، فَارْتَمَى عَلَى وَجْهِهِ قَائِلاً: «هَلْ أَنْتَ هُوَ سَيِّدِي إِيلِيَّا؟» | ٧ 7 |
And as 'Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah came toward him; and he recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou here indeed, my Lord Elijah?
| فَأَجَابَهُ: «أَنَا هُوَ، فَاذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لِسَيِّدِكَ إِنِّي هُنَا». | ٨ 8 |
And he said unto him, I am: go, say unto thy Lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
| فَقَالَ: «أَيَّةُ خَطِيئَةٍ ارْتَكَبْتُ حَتَّى تُسَلِّمَ عَبْدَكَ لِيَدِ آخْابَ لِيُمِيتَنِي؟ | ٩ 9 |
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldst deliver thy servant into the hand of Achab, to slay me?
| 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 the Lord thy God liveth, there is not a nation or kingdom whither my Lord hath not sent to seek thee; and when they said, He is not here: he caused that kingdom and nation to take an oath, that no one could find thee.
| وَالآنَ تَطْلُبُ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَذْهَبَ وَأَقُولَ لِلْمَلِكِ إِنَّكَ هُنَا، | ١١ 11 |
And now thou sayest, Go, say unto thy Lord, Behold, here is Elijah.
| 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 |
And it may come to pass, that, when I go from thee, the spirit of the Lord may carry thee whither I know not; and when I come to inform Achab, and he cannot find thee, he will slay me; but I thy 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 |
Hath it not been told unto my Lord what I did when Izebel slew the prophets of the Lord, how I hid a hundred men of the prophets of the Lord, fifty each in one cave, and provided them with bread and water?
| وَأَنْتَ الآنَ تُطَالِبُنِي أَنْ أَذْهَبَ وَأَقُولَ لِلْمَلِكِ إِنَّكَ هُنَا، فَيَقْتُلَنِي!» | ١٤ 14 |
And now thou sayest, Go say to thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he will slay me.
| فَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ الَّذِي أَنَا وَاقِفٌ أَمَامَهُ، إِنَّنِي الْيَوْمَ أَحْضُرُ لِمُوَاجَهَةِ آخْابَ». | ١٥ 15 |
Then said Elijah, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I have stood, surely today will I show myself unto him.
| فَانْطَلَقَ عُوبَدْيَا لِلِقَاءِ آخْابَ وَأَخْبَرَهُ، فَجَاءَ آخْابُ لِلِقَاءِ إِيلِيَّا. | ١٦ 16 |
So 'Ohadiah went to meet Achab, and he told it to him; and Achab went to meet Elijah.
| وَمَا إِنْ رَأَى آخْابُ إِيلِيَّا حَتَّى قَالَ لَهُ: «أَهَذَا أَنْتَ يَامُكَدِّرَ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟» | ١٧ 17 |
And it came to pass, when Achab saw Elijah, that Achab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
| فَأَجَابَهُ إِيلِيَّا: «أَنَا لَسْتُ مُكَدِّرَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، بَلْ أَنْتَ وَبَيْتُ أَبِيكَ، بِعِصْيَانِكُمْ وَصَايَا الرَّبِّ وَضَلالِكُمْ وَرَاءَ الْبَعْلِيمِ. | ١٨ 18 |
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, through your forsaking the commandments of the Lord, and because thou hast followed the Be'alim.
| 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 |
And now send, assemble unto me all Israel at Mount Carmel, and the prophets of Ba'al four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the grove four hundred, who eat at the table of Izebel.
| فَاسْتَدْعَى آخْابُ جَمِيعَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيَلَ، وَجَمَعَ الأَنْبِيَاءَ إِلَى جَبَلِ الْكَرْمَلِ، | ٢٠ 20 |
And Achab sent round among all the children of Israel, and he assembled the prophets at 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 |
And Elijah approached unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between the two opinions? if the Lord be the God, follow him; and if Ba'al—follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
| ثُمَّ قَالَ إِيلِيَّا لِلشَّعْبِ: «أَنَا بَقِيتُ وَحْدِي نَبِيًّا لِلرَّبِّ، وَأَنْبِيَاءُ الْبَعْلِ أَرْبَعُ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسُونَ. | ٢٢ 22 |
And Elijah said unto the people, I have been left a prophet of the Lord by myself alone; but the prophets of Ba'al are four hundred and fifty men.
| 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 |
Therefore let there be given unto us two bullocks; and let them choose for themselves the one bullock, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire to it: and I will prepare the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire to it.
| 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 |
And do ye call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and it shall be that the God who answereth by fire, he shall be the [true] God. And all the people answered and said, The proposal 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 |
And Elijah said unto the prophets of Ba'al, Choose you for yourselves the one bullock, and prepare it first; for ye are the many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire to it.
| 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 bullock which he had given to them, and they prepared it; and they called on the name of Ba'al from morning even until noon, saying, O Ba'al, answer us; but there was no voice, nor any answer: and they danced about the altar which had been 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 |
And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked at them, and said, Call with a loud voice; for he is a god; either he is holding council, or he is busy in some pursuit, or he is on a journey; or peradventure he sleepeth, and may thus awaken.
| فَشَرَعُوا يَهْتِفُونَ بِصَوْتٍ أَعْلَى، وَيُمَزِّقُونَ أَجْسَادَهُمْ بِالسُّيُوفِ وَالرِّمَاحِ كَعَادَتِهِمْ، حَتَّى سَالَ مِنْهُمُ الدَّمُ. | ٢٨ 28 |
And they called with a loud voice and cut themselves after their custom with knives and spears, till the blood gushed out over them.
| وَانْقَضَتْ سَاعَاتُ الظُّهْرِ، وَظَلَّوا يَهْذُونَ صَارِخِينَ حَتَّى حَلَّ وَقْتُ إِصْعَادِ التَّقْدِمَةِ الْمَسَائِيَّةِ، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكُونَ هُنَاكَ صَوْتٌ أَوْ مُجِيبٌ. | ٢٩ 29 |
And it came to pass, when midday was past, that they practised their follies until near [the time of] the offering of the evening-sacrifice; but there was neither voice, nor any answer, nor any perceptible sound.
| عِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ إِيلِيَّا لِلشَّعْبِ كُلِّهِ: «تَقَدَّمُوا إِلَيَّ». فَدَنَا جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ مِنْهُ، فَرَمَّمَ مَذْبَحَ الرَّبِّ الْمُنْهَدِمَ، | ٣٠ 30 |
And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me: and all the people came near unto 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, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord was come, saying, Israel shall be thy name.
| وَبَنَى بِهَذِهِ الْحِجَارَةِ مَذْبَحاً بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ، وَحَفَرَ حَوْلَهُ قَنَاةً تَسَعُ نَحْوَ كَيْلَتَيْنِ مِنَ الحَبِّ. | ٣٢ 32 |
And he built of the stones an altar in the name of the Lord; and he made a trench as great as would contain two seahs of seed round about the altar.
| ثُمَّ رَتَّبَ الْحَطَبَ وَقَطَّعَ الثَّوْرَ، وَوَضَعَ أَجْزَاءَهُ عَلَى الْحَطَبِ وَأَمَرَ أَنْ يَمْلأُوا أَرْبَعَ جَرَّاتٍ مَاءً وَيَصُبُّوهَا عَلَى الْمُحْرَقَةِ وَعَلَى الْحَطَبِ. | ٣٣ 33 |
And he put in order the wood, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid them on the wood,
| ثُمَّ قَالَ «ثَنُّوا»، فَثَنَّوْا، وَعَادَ يَأْمُرُ: «ثَلِّثُوا»، فَثَلَّثُوا. | ٣٤ 34 |
And he said. Fill four jars with water; and they had to pour it on the burnt-offering, and on the wood: and he said, Do it the second time: and they did it the second time: and he said, Do it the third time; and they did it the third time.
| حَتَّى جَرَى الْمَاءُ حَوْلَ الْمَذْبَحِ وَامْتَلأَتِ الْقَنَاةُ أَيْضاً بِالْمَاءِ. | ٣٥ 35 |
And the water ran round about the altar; and the trench also he filled with water.
| 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 |
And it came to pass, at [the time of] the offering of the evening-sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, O Lord, God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, this day let it be known that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that at thy word I have done all these things.
| اسْتَجِبْنِي يَا رَبُّ، اسْتَجِبْنِي، لِيُدْرِكَ هَذَا الشَّعْبُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ، وَأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ تَرُدُّ قُلُوبَهُمْ إِلَيْكَ». | ٣٧ 37 |
Answer me, O Lord, answer me, and let all this people know that thou, O Lord, art the [true] God, and thou wilt [then] have turned their heart back again.
| فَنَزَلَتْ نَارٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ الْتَهَمَتِ الْمُحْرَقَةَ وَالْحَطَبَ وَالْحِجَارَةَ وَالتُّرَابَ وَلَحَسَتْ مَاءَ الْقَنَاةِ. | ٣٨ 38 |
And there fell a fire of the Lord, and consumed the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust; and the water also that was in the trench did it lick up.
| فَلَمَّا شَاهَدَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ذَلِكَ خَرُّوا سَاجِدِينَ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ إِلَى الأَرْضِ هَاتِفِينَ: «الرَّبُّ هُوَ اللهُ! الرَّبُّ هُوَ اللهُ!» | ٣٩ 39 |
And when all the people saw this, they fell on their faces; and they said, the Lord—he is the God; the Lord—he is the God.
| فَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا: «اقْبِضُوا عَلَى أَنْبِيَاءِ الْبَعْلِ وَلا تَدَعُوا رَجُلاً مِنْهُمْ يُفْلِتُ» فَقَبَضُوا عَلَيْهِمْ، فَسَاقَهُمْ إِيلِيَّا إِلَى نَهْرِ قِيشُونَ وَذَبَحَهُمْ هُنَاكَ. | ٤٠ 40 |
And Elijah said unto them, Seize the prophets of Ba'al; not one of them must escape; and they seized them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slaughtered them there.
| وَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا لأَخْآبَ: «اصْعَدْ كُلْ وَاشْرَبْ لأَنَّنِي أَسْمَعُ صَوْتَ دَوِيِّ مَطَرٍ». | ٤١ 41 |
And Elijah said unto Achab, Go up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
| فَمَضَى آخْابُ لِيَأْكُلَ وَيَشْرَبَ، وَأَمَّا إِيلِيَّا فَارْتَقَى إِلَى قِمَّةِ جَبَلِ الْكَرْمَلِ وَجَلَسَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَخَبَّأَ رَأْسَهُ بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ. | ٤٢ 42 |
So Achab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down toward the earth, 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 |
And he said to his servant, Go up, I pray thee, look in the direction of the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, Not the least [is visible]. And he said, Go again, seven times.
| 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 |
And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there is a little cloud like a man's hand arising out of the sea. And he said, Go up, say unto Achab, Harness up [thy chariot], and come down, that the rain may not detain thee.
| وَسَرْعَانَ مَا تَلَبَّدَتِ السَّمَاءُ بِالْغُيُومِ، وَهَبَّتْ رِيحٌ عَاصِفَةٌ، وَهَطَلَ مَطَرٌ غَزِيرٌ، فَانْدَفَعَ آخْابَ بِمَرْكَبَتِهِ نَحْوَ يِزْرَعِيلَ. | ٤٥ 45 |
And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heavens were blackened with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Achab rode, and went to Yizre'el.
| وَحَلَّتْ قُوَّةُ الرَّبِّ فِي إِيلِيَّا، فَلَفَّ عَبَاءَتَهُ حَوْلَ حَقْوَيْهِ وَرَكَضَ لِيَسْبِقَ آخْابَ إِلَى مَدْخَلِ يِزْرَعِيلَ. | ٤٦ 46 |
And the inspiration of the Lord came over Elijah, and he girded up his loins; and he ran before Achab up to the entrance of Yizre'el.
