1 Mafumu 19
1 Tsono Ahabu anawuza Yezebeli zonse zimene anachita Eliya ndi momwe anaphera aneneri onse ndi lupanga.
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and likewise how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
2 Choncho Yezebeli anatuma mthenga kwa Eliya kuti akamuwuze kuti, “Milungu indilange, ndipo indilange koopsa, ngati mawa nthawi ngati yomwe ino sindidzakupha iwe monga unaphera aneneriwo.”
Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.
3 Eliya ataona zimenezi, ananyamuka nathawa kupulumutsa moyo wake. Atafika ku Beeriseba ku Yuda, anasiya mtumiki wake kumeneko,
And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
4 ndipo Eliyayo anayenda ulendo wa tsiku limodzi mʼchipululu. Anafika pa kamtengo ka tsache, nakhala pansi pa tsinde lake napemphera kuti afe. Iye anati, “Yehova, ine ndatopa nazo. Chotsani moyo wanga. Ineyo sindine wopambana makolo anga.”
But 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 LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
5 Ndipo Eliya anagona tulo tofa nato pa tsinde pa kamtengoko. Ndipo taonani, mngelo anamukhudza, namuwuza kuti, “Dzuka udye.”
And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
6 Eliya anayangʼana, ndipo taonani kumutu kwake kunali buledi wootcha pa makala ndi botolo la madzi. Iye anadya ndi kumwa, nʼkugonanso.
And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baked on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
7 Mngelo wa Yehova anabweranso kachiwiri, anamukhudza, namuwuza kuti, “Dzuka udye, popeza ulendowu ndi wautali.”
And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for you.
8 Tsono Eliya anadzuka nadya ndi kumwa. Atapeza mphamvu chifukwa cha chakudyacho, anayenda masiku 40, usana ndi usiku mpaka anafika ku Horebu, phiri la Mulungu.
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
9 Kumeneko analowa mʼphanga, nakhala komweko. Ndipo taonani, Yehova anayankhula naye kuti, “Eliya, ukuchita chiyani kuno?”
And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What do you here, Elijah?
10 Iye anayankha kuti, “Ndakhala wodzipereka kwambiri kwa Yehova Mulungu Wamphamvuzonse. Aisraeli asiya pangano lanu, agwetsa maguwa anu ansembe, ndipo apha aneneri anu ndi lupanga. Ndatsala ine ndekha ndipo tsopano akufuna kundipha.”
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
11 Yehova anati, “Tuluka ndipo ukayime pa phiri pamaso pa Yehova, pakuti Yehova ali pafupi kudutsa pamenepo.” Tsono mphepo yayikulu ndi yamphamvu inawomba ningʼamba mapiri ndi kuswa matanthwe pamaso pa Yehova, koma Yehova sanali mʼmphepomo. Itapita mphepoyo panachita chivomerezi, koma Yehova sanali mʼchivomerezicho.
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
12 Chitapita chivomerezicho, panafika moto, koma Yehova sanali mʼmotomo. Ndipo utapita motowo, panamveka kamphepo kayaziyazi.
And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
13 Eliya atamva kamphepoko, anakokera chovala chake naphimba kumutu. Anatuluka ndipo anayima pa khomo la phanga. Ndipo panamveka mawu akuti, “Eliya, ukuchita chiyani kuno?”
And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What do you here, Elijah?
14 Iye anayankha kuti, “Ndakhala wodzipereka kwambiri kwa Yehova Mulungu Wamphamvuzonse. Aisraeli asiya pangano lanu, agwetsa maguwa anu ansembe, ndipo apha aneneri anu ndi lupanga. Ndatsala ine ndekha ndipo tsopano akufuna kundipha.”
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
15 Yehova anati kwa Eliyayo, “Bwerera njira imene unadzera, ndipo upite ku Chipululu cha ku Damasiko. Ukakafika kumeneko, ukadzoze Hazaeli kuti akhale mfumu ya ku Aramu.
And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when you come, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:
16 Ukadzozenso Yehu mwana wa Nimisi kuti akhale mfumu ya Israeli, ndiponso ukadzoze Elisa mwana wa Safati wa ku Abeli-Mehola kuti akhale mneneri wolowa mʼmalo mwako.
And Jehu the son of Nimshi shall you anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shall you anoint to be prophet in your room.
17 Yehu adzapha aliyense amene adzapulumuke ku lupanga la Hazaeli, ndipo Elisa adzapha aliyense amene adzapulumuke ku lupanga la Yehu.
And it shall come to pass, that him that escapes the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
18 Komabe ndasunga anthu 7,000 ku Israeli, anthu onse amene mawondo awo sanagwadirepo Baala, onse amene pakamwa pawo sipanapsompsoneko fano lake.”
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.
19 Kotero Eliya anachoka kumeneko, nakapeza Elisa mwana wa Safati. Iye ankatipula ndi mapulawo khumi ndi awiri okokedwa ndi ngʼombe ziwiriziwiri zapamagoli, ndipo iye mwini ankayendetsa goli la khumi ndi chiwiri. Eliya anapita kumene anali namuveka chofunda chake.
So he departed thence, 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 by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
20 Pomwepo Elisa anasiya ngʼombe zake nathamangira Eliya. Iye anati, “Mundilole kuti ndikatsanzike abambo ndi amayi anga, ndipo kenaka ndidzakutsatani.” Eliya anayankha kuti, “Bwerera. Ine ndachita chiyani kwa iwe?”
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to you?
21 Choncho Elisa anamusiya Eliyayo nabwerera kwawo. Anatenga ngʼombe zake ziwiri zapagoli nazipha. Anatenga magoli a mapulawo ake nasonkhera moto kuphikira nyamayo ndipo anayipereka kwa anthu kuti adye. Ndipo ananyamuka natsatira Eliya ndi kukhala mtumiki wake.
And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.
