1 مُلُوك 18
| وَبَعْدَ ثَلاثِ سَنَوَاتٍ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لإِيلِيَّا: «اذْهَبْ وَامْثُلْ أَمَامَ آخْابَ، وَقُلْ لَهُ إِنَّنِي سَأَسْكُبُ مَطَراً عَلَى الأَرْضِ». | ١ 1 |
And it happened after many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, "Go, present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the earth."
| فَمَضَى إِيلِيَّا لِيُبَلِّغَ آخْابَ الرِّسَالَةَ، وَكَانَتِ الْمَجَاعَةُ الشَّدِيدَةُ قَدْ عَمَّتِ السَّامِرَةَ. | ٢ 2 |
So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.
| فَاسْتَدْعَى آخْابُ عُوبَدْيَا مُدِيرَ شُؤُونِ الْقَصْرِ، وَكَانَ عُوبَدْيَا يَتَّقِي الرَّبَّ جِدّاً. | ٣ 3 |
And Ahab summoned Obadiah, the steward 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 came about, when Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them, fifty by fifty in a cave, and fed 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 Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the wadis. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals."
| فَقَسَمَا الْبِلادَ بَيْنَهُمَا لِيَطُوفَا بِها، فَذَهَبَ آخْابُ فِي طَرِيقٍ وَحْدَهُ، وَذَهَبَ عُوبَدْيَا فِي طَرِيقٍ آخَرَ وَحْدَهُ. | ٦ 6 |
So they divided the land between them to explore it; Ahab went one way alone, and Obadiah went another way 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, look, Elijah met him; and he recognized him and fell on his face and said, "Is it you, my lord Elijah?"
| فَأَجَابَهُ: «أَنَا هُوَ، فَاذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لِسَيِّدِكَ إِنِّي هُنَا». | ٨ 8 |
He answered him, "It is I. Go, tell your lord, 'Look, Elijah is here.'"
| فَقَالَ: «أَيَّةُ خَطِيئَةٍ ارْتَكَبْتُ حَتَّى تُسَلِّمَ عَبْدَكَ لِيَدِ آخْابَ لِيُمِيتَنِي؟ | ٩ 9 |
And he said, "How have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill 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 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 did not find you.
| وَالآنَ تَطْلُبُ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَذْهَبَ وَأَقُولَ لِلْمَلِكِ إِنَّكَ هُنَا، | ١١ 11 |
Now you say, 'Go, tell your lord, "Look, 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 |
It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the LORD will carry you I do not 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 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 |
Wasn't it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, how I hid one hundred men of the LORD's prophets, fifty by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
| وَأَنْتَ الآنَ تُطَالِبُنِي أَنْ أَذْهَبَ وَأَقُولَ لِلْمَلِكِ إِنَّكَ هُنَا، فَيَقْتُلَنِي!» | ١٤ 14 |
Now you say, 'Go, tell your lord, "Look, Elijah is here";' and he will kill me."
| فَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ الَّذِي أَنَا وَاقِفٌ أَمَامَهُ، إِنَّنِي الْيَوْمَ أَحْضُرُ لِمُوَاجَهَةِ آخْابَ». | ١٥ 15 |
Elijah said, "As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely present myself to him today."
| فَانْطَلَقَ عُوبَدْيَا لِلِقَاءِ آخْابَ وَأَخْبَرَهُ، فَجَاءَ آخْابُ لِلِقَاءِ إِيلِيَّا. | ١٦ 16 |
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
| وَمَا إِنْ رَأَى آخْابُ إِيلِيَّا حَتَّى قَالَ لَهُ: «أَهَذَا أَنْتَ يَامُكَدِّرَ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟» | ١٧ 17 |
It happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, "Is that you, you troubler of Israel?"
| فَأَجَابَهُ إِيلِيَّا: «أَنَا لَسْتُ مُكَدِّرَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، بَلْ أَنْتَ وَبَيْتُ أَبِيكَ، بِعِصْيَانِكُمْ وَصَايَا الرَّبِّ وَضَلالِكُمْ وَرَاءَ الْبَعْلِيمِ. | ١٨ 18 |
He answered, "I have not troubled Israel; but you, and your father's house, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and you 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 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."
| فَاسْتَدْعَى آخْابُ جَمِيعَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيَلَ، وَجَمَعَ الأَنْبِيَاءَ إِلَى جَبَلِ الْكَرْمَلِ، | ٢٠ 20 |
So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together 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 |
Elijah came near to all the people, and said, "How long will you keep limping between two positions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." But the people did not answer him 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, even I only, am left a prophet of the LORD; but the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men, and the prophets of Asherah four hundred.
| 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 |
Let 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 prepare the other bull, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under 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 |
You call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD, and the god who answers by fire, he is God." All the people answered, "It is well said."
| 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, "Choose one bull for yourselves, and prepare it first, for you are the majority, and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under 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 bull which was given them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, "Baal, answer us." But there was no voice, nor any who answered. And they limped about 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 |
And it came about, at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, "Cry aloud, for he is a god. Maybe he is thinking about it, or he is busy, or he is on a trip, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened."
| فَشَرَعُوا يَهْتِفُونَ بِصَوْتٍ أَعْلَى، وَيُمَزِّقُونَ أَجْسَادَهُمْ بِالسُّيُوفِ وَالرِّمَاحِ كَعَادَتِهِمْ، حَتَّى سَالَ مِنْهُمُ الدَّمُ. | ٢٨ 28 |
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves, as was their custom, with swords and spears, until the blood gushed out on them.
| وَانْقَضَتْ سَاعَاتُ الظُّهْرِ، وَظَلَّوا يَهْذُونَ صَارِخِينَ حَتَّى حَلَّ وَقْتُ إِصْعَادِ التَّقْدِمَةِ الْمَسَائِيَّةِ، مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكُونَ هُنَاكَ صَوْتٌ أَوْ مُجِيبٌ. | ٢٩ 29 |
And when midday was past, they prophesied until the offering up of the offering; but there was no voice, no answer, and no response.
| عِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ إِيلِيَّا لِلشَّعْبِ كُلِّهِ: «تَقَدَّمُوا إِلَيَّ». فَدَنَا جَمِيعُ الشَّعْبِ مِنْهُ، فَرَمَّمَ مَذْبَحَ الرَّبِّ الْمُنْهَدِمَ، | ٣٠ 30 |
Elijah said to all the people, "Come near to me"; and all the people came near to him. 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 |
Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD came, saying, "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 he built an altar in the name of the LORD. And he made a trench around the altar, large enough to contain 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 |
And he arranged the wood, and cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood.
| ثُمَّ قَالَ «ثَنُّوا»، فَثَنَّوْا، وَعَادَ يَأْمُرُ: «ثَلِّثُوا»، فَثَلَّثُوا. | ٣٤ 34 |
And he said, "Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering, and on the wood." And they did so. And he said, "Do it a second time"; and they did it the second time. And he said, "Do it a third time"; and they did it the third time.
| حَتَّى جَرَى الْمَاءُ حَوْلَ الْمَذْبَحِ وَامْتَلأَتِ الْقَنَاةُ أَيْضاً بِالْمَاءِ. | ٣٥ 35 |
And the water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench 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 |
It happened at the time of the offering up of the offering, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, "LORD, 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.
| اسْتَجِبْنِي يَا رَبُّ، اسْتَجِبْنِي، لِيُدْرِكَ هَذَا الشَّعْبُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ، وَأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ تَرُدُّ قُلُوبَهُمْ إِلَيْكَ». | ٣٧ 37 |
Hear me, LORD, hear me, that this people may know that you, LORD, are God, and that you have turned their heart 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 burnt offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
| 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 it, 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 |
And Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal. Do not let one of them escape." And they seized them. And Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon, and killed them there.
| وَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا لأَخْآبَ: «اصْعَدْ كُلْ وَاشْرَبْ لأَنَّنِي أَسْمَعُ صَوْتَ دَوِيِّ مَطَرٍ». | ٤١ 41 |
And Elijah said to Ahab, "Get 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 to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down toward 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 |
And he said to his servant, "Go up now, look toward the sea." So he went up, and looked, and said, "There is nothing." Then he said, "Go again" seven times. And the servant went 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 |
It happened at the seventh time, that he said, "Look, 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.'"
| وَسَرْعَانَ مَا تَلَبَّدَتِ السَّمَاءُ بِالْغُيُومِ، وَهَبَّتْ رِيحٌ عَاصِفَةٌ، وَهَطَلَ مَطَرٌ غَزِيرٌ، فَانْدَفَعَ آخْابَ بِمَرْكَبَتِهِ نَحْوَ يِزْرَعِيلَ. | ٤٥ 45 |
It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
| وَحَلَّتْ قُوَّةُ الرَّبِّ فِي إِيلِيَّا، فَلَفَّ عَبَاءَتَهُ حَوْلَ حَقْوَيْهِ وَرَكَضَ لِيَسْبِقَ آخْابَ إِلَى مَدْخَلِ يِزْرَعِيلَ. | ٤٦ 46 |
The hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
