1 مُلُوك 19
| وَأَخْبَرَ آخْابُ إِيزَابِلَ بِمَا صَنَعَهُ إِيلِيَّا، وَكَيْفَ قَتَلَ جَمِيعَ أَنْبِيَاءِ الْبَعْلِ بِالسَّيْفِ، | ١ 1 |
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
| فَبَعَثَتْ إِيزَابِلُ رَسُولاً إِلَى إِيلِيَّا قَائِلَةً: «لِتُعَاقِبْنِي الآلِهَةُ أَشَّدَ عِقَابٍ وَتَزِدْ، إِنْ لَمْ أَقْتُلْكَ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْوَقْتِ غَداً، فَتَكُونَ كَمِثْلِ الَّذِينَ قَتَلْتَهُمْ». | ٢ 2 |
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of those dead prophets by tomorrow about this time.”
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ إِيلِيَّا ذَلِكَ هَرَبَ لِيَنْجُوَ بِنَفْسِهِ، وَوَصَلَ إِلَى بِئْرِ سَبْعٍ التَّابِعَةِ لِيَهُوذَا، حَيْثُ تَرَكَ خَادِمَهُ. | ٣ 3 |
When Elijah heard that, he arose and fled for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
| ثُمَّ هَامَ وَحْدَهُ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ مَسِيرَةَ يَوْمٍ، حَتَّى أَتَى شَجَرَةَ شِيحٍ، فَجَلَسَ تَحْتَهَا، وَتَمَنَّى الْمَوْتَ لِنَفْسِهِ وَقَالَ: «قَدْ كَفَى الآنَ يَارَبِّي، خُذْ نَفْسِي فَلَسْتُ خَيْراً مِنْ آبَائِي». | ٤ 4 |
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. He requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough, now, Yahweh; take away my life, for I am no better than my dead ancestors.”
| وَاضْطَجَعَ وَنَامَ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةِ الشِّيحِ، وَإذَا بِمَلاكٍ يَمَسُّهُ وَيَقُولُ: «قُمْ وَكُلْ». | ٥ 5 |
So he lay down and slept under a broom tree. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, “Get up and eat.”
| فَتَطَلَّعَ حَوْلَهُ وَإذَا بِهِ يَرَى عِنْدِ رَأْسِهِ رَغِيفاً مَخْبُوزاً عَلَى الجَمْرِ وَجَرَّةَ مَاءٍ. فَأَكَلَ وَشَرِبَ، ثُمَّ عَادَ وَنَامَ. | ٦ 6 |
Elijah looked, and near his head was bread that had been baked on coals and a jug of water. So he ate and drank and then lay down again.
| وَمَسَّهُ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ ثَانِيَّةً قَائِلاً: «قُمْ وَكُلْ، لأَنَّ أَمَامَكَ مَسَافَةً طَوِيلَةً لِلسَّفَرِ». | ٧ 7 |
The angel of Yahweh came again a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, because the journey will be too much for you.”
| فَقَامَ وَأَكَلَ وَشَرِبَ، وَمَشَى بِقُوَّةِ تِلْكَ الْوَجْبَةِ أَرْبَعِينَ نَهَاراً وَأَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً، حَتَّى بَلَغَ جَبَلَ اللهِ حُورِيبَ. | ٨ 8 |
So he arose and ate and drank, and he traveled in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God.
| فَدَخَلَ مُغَارَةً هُنَاكَ وَبَاتَ فِيهَا وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لإِيلِيَّا: «مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ هُنَا يَاإِيلِيَّا؟» | ٩ 9 |
He went to a cave there and stayed in it. Then the word of Yahweh came to him and said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
| فَأَجَابَ: «غِرْتُ غَيْرَةً لِلرَّبِّ الإِلَهِ الْقَدِيرِ، لأَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ تَنَكَّرُوا لِعَهْدِكَ وَهَدَمُوا مَذَابِحَكَ وَقَتَلُوا أَنْبِيَاءَكَ بِالسَّيْفِ، وَبَقِيتُ وَحْدِي. وَهَا هُمْ يَبْغُونَ قَتْلِي أَيْضاً» | ١٠ 10 |
Elijah replied, “I have been very zealous for Yahweh, God of hosts, for the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, destroyed your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. Now I, only I, am left and they are also trying to take my life.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُ: «اخْرُجْ وَقِفْ عَلَى الْجَبَلِ أَمَامِي، لأَنِّي مُزْمِعٌ أَنْ أَعْبُرَ». ثُمَّ هَبَّتْ رِيحٌ عَاتِيَةٌ شَقَّتِ الْجِبَالَ وَحَطَّمَتِ الصُّخُورَ، وَلَكِنَّ الرَّبَّ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي الرِّيحِ. ثُمَّ حَدَثَتْ زَلْزَلَةٌ، وَلَمْ يَكُنِ الرَّبُّ فِي الزَّلْزَلَةِ. | ١١ 11 |
Yahweh replied, “Go out and stand on the mountain before me.” Then Yahweh passed by, and a very strong wind struck the mountains and broke rocks into pieces before Yahweh, but Yahweh was not in the wind. Then after the wind, an earthquake came, but Yahweh was not in the earthquake.
| وَبَعْدَ الزَّلْزَلَةِ اجْتَازَتْ بِهِ نَارٌ، وَلَمْ يَكُنِ الرَّبُّ فِي النَّارِ. وَبَعْدَ النَّارِ رَفَّ فِي مَسَامِعِ إِيلِيَّا صَوْتٌ مُنْخَفِضٌ هَامِسٌ. | ١٢ 12 |
Then after the earthquake a fire came, but Yahweh was not in the fire. Then after the fire, a still small voice came.
| فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ إِيلِيَّا الصَّوْتَ، لَفَّ وَجْهَهُ بِرِدَائِهِ، وَخَرَجَ وَوَقَفَ فِي بَابِ الْكَهْفِ. وَإذَا بِصَوْتٍ يُخَاطِبُهُ: «مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ هُنَا يَاإِيلِيَّا؟» | ١٣ 13 |
When Elijah heard the voice, he wrapped his face in his cloak, went out, and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then a voice came to him that said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
| فَأَجَابَ: «غِرْتُ غَيْرَةً لِلرَّبِّ الإِلَهِ الْقَدِيرِ، لأَنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ تَنَكَّروا لِعَهْدِكَ وَهَدَمُوا مَذَابِحَكَ وَقَتَلُوا أَنْبِيَاءَكَ بِالسَّيْفِ، وَبَقِيتُ وَحْدِي، وَهَا هُمْ يَبْغُونَ قَتْلِي». | ١٤ 14 |
Elijah replied, “I have been very zealous for Yahweh, God of hosts, because the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, destroyed your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. Now I, only I, am left and they are also trying to take my life.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ: «اذْهَبْ رَاجِعاً فِي الطَّرِيقِ الصَّحْرَاوِيَّةِ الْمُفْضِيَةِ إِلَى دِمَشْقَ، وَهُنَاكَ امْسَحْ حَزَائِيلَ مَلِكاً عَلَى أَرَامَ، | ١٥ 15 |
Then Yahweh said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus, and when you arrive you will anoint Hazael to be king over Aram,
| ثُمَّ امْسَحْ يَاهُو بْنَ نِمْشِي مَلِكاً عَلَى إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَكَذَلِكَ امْسَحْ أَلِيشَعَ بْنَ شَافَاطَ مِنْ آبَلِ مَحُولَةَ نَبِيًّا خَلَفاً لَكَ. | ١٦ 16 |
and you will anoint Jehu son of Nimshi to be king over Israel, and you will anoint Elisha son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah to be prophet in your place.
| فَالَّذِي يَنْجُو مِنْ سَيْفِ حَزَائِيلَ يَقْتُلُهُ يَاهُو، وَالَّذِي يَنْجُو مِنْ سَيْفِ يَاهُو يَقْتُلُهُ أَلِيشَعُ. | ١٧ 17 |
It will happen that Jehu will kill whoever escapes from the sword of Hazael, and that Elisha will kill whoever escapes from the sword of Jehu.
| وَلَقَدْ أَبْقَيْتُ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ سَبْعَةَ آلافٍ لَمْ يَحْنُوا رُكَبَهُمْ لِلْبَعْلِ وَلَمْ تُقَبِّلْهُ أَفْوَاهُهُمْ». | ١٨ 18 |
But I will leave for myself seven thousand people in Israel, whose knees have not bent down to Baal, and whose mouths have not kissed him.”
| فَانْطَلَقَ إِيلِيَّا مِنْ هُنَاكَ فَوَجَدَ أَلِيشَعَ بْنَ شَافَاطَ يَحْرُثُ حَقْلاً، وَأَمَامَهُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ زَوْجاً مِنَ الْبَقَرِ، وَهُوَ يَسِيرُ خَلْفَ الزَّوْجِ الثَّانِي عَشَرَ. فَمَرَّ بِهِ إِيلِيَّا وَطَرَحَ عَلَيْهِ رِدَاءَهُ، | ١٩ 19 |
So Elijah left from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he himself was plowing with the twelfth yoke. Elijah walked over to Elisha and draped his cloak on him.
| فَتَرَكَ الْبَقَرَ وَرَكَضَ وَرَاءَ إِيلِيَّا وَقَالَ: «دَعْنِي أُوَدِّعُ أَبِي وَأُمِّي وَأَتْبَعُكَ». فَقَالَ لَهُ: «ارْجِعْ، فَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ فَعَلْتُهُ لَكَ؟» | ٢٠ 20 |
Then Elisha left the oxen and ran after Elijah; he said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” Then Elijah said to him, “Go back, but think about what I have done to you.”
| فَرَجَعَ أَلِيشَعُ وَأَخَذَ زَوْجَ بَقَرٍ ذَبَحَهُمَا وَسَلَقَ لَحْمَهُمَا عَلَى خَشَبِ الْمِحْرَاثِ وَوَزَّعَهُ عَلَى الشَّعْبِ فَأَكَلُوا، ثُمَّ قَامَ وَلَحِقَ بِإِيلِيَّا وَوَاظَبَ عَلَى خِدْمَتِهِ. | ٢١ 21 |
So Elisha returned from Elijah and took the yoke of oxen, killed the animals, and cooked the meat with the wood from the ox yoke. Then he gave it to the people and they ate. Then he arose, went after Elijah and served him.
