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1 Phat chomkhat jou, gojuh louna kum thum alhin phat in, Pakajin Elijah kom’ah, “Chenlang Ahab lengpa kom’ah, ‘Pakaiyin ajuhsah vahding ahitai gatin,” ati.
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."
2 Hichun Elijah jong Ahab kom’ah achen ahi. A langkhat na Samaria khopia chun kel ana khoh lheh jing in ahi.
So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.
3 Hijeh chun Ahab chun khopi vesuija pang Obadiah chu ana kouvin ahi. Amachu chu Pakai nungjui dih tah ahi.
And Ahab summoned Obadiah, the steward of the house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly.
4 Jezebel’in Pakai themgao jouse tha gam sohkei ding ana got laichun, hiche Obadiah kitipa hin songko mun nia themgao jakhat ana huhdoh in ahi. Aman songko khatna mi som nga nga in ana sellin ama ho chu an le twi ana pen ahi.
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.)
5 Ahab in Obadiah kom’ah, “Chen lang gamsung jouse ga kholsoh kei jin twinah jouse gaven chuleh phaicham jouse jong gachon soh keijin, ijeh nem itileh ham hing pouna munkhat beh imudoh uva ka sakol holeh sakol pol phabep beh i-hinso thei khat diuham,” ati.
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."
6 Hitichun amani chu gamsung khol ding chun akihom khen lhonin, Ahab jong amatah akipan in gamkai lang khat cheh jonin aki homkhen lhon tan ahi.
So they divided the land between them to explore it; Ahab went one way alone, and Obadiah went another way alone.
7 Hitia chu Obadiah avale leh, photlot louvin Elijah chu ama komlang ahin jonin ahi. Obadiah chun amachu ahe peijing in, a angsung’ah abohkhup in ahi. Aman ajah’a, “Kapu Elijah na hilou haimo?” atileh,
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?"
8 Elijah in, “Ka hinai tun chen lang napupa kom’ah, ‘Elijah hikom’ah aum’e’ ga tin,” ati.
He answered him, "It is I. Go, tell your lord, 'Look, Elijah is here.'"
9 Ahivangin Obadiah chun, “Ipi pen tah’a koiman chonset na kaneiya, nangman na sohpa keima hi, Ahab khutna nei peh doh’a ama thasah ding neiti ham?” ati.
And he said, "How have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
10 “Hingjing Pakai na Pathen min’a kasei ahi, kapu Ahab in nangma holnan leiset chunga lenggam jouse le nam jouse hi kolkim vella ahol soh ahitai. Elijah hikom ah aumpoi tihi ama kom alhut teng ule hiche lenggam mite chu aki hahsel sahji ahi.
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.
11 Ahinla tun nangman napupa jah’a, ‘Elijah hikom ah aum’e’ ga tin neitin.
Now you say, 'Go, tell your lord, "Look, Elijah is here."'
12 Ahin nangma ka dalhah lhah teng lhagao vin nangma ka het khahlouna mun khat ah, nalhoh mang kit’in tin, Ahab in nangma na mudoh lou ding ahi. Hiteng chuleh na sohpa keima hi Pathen gingtah mi kahi vang'in Ahab chun ei thalo tei ding ahi.
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.
13 Jezebel lengnun Pakai Themgao te thagam dia agot laiya, thilsoh chu koiman na jah’a aseilou ham? Keiman themgao ho jakhat chu songko nia kana seldoh’a an le twi kana peh ahi.
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?
14 Ahin tun nangin chenlang napupa jaha, ‘Elijah hikom ah aum’e,’ gatin nati. Hepu, hichu ka seileh Ahab in eitha teitei ding ahi,” ati.
Now you say, 'Go, tell your lord, "Look, Elijah is here";' and he will kill me."
15 Ahinlah Elijah in, “Keima a-angsung’a kadin jing, Pakai thanei pen minna kihahsel’a kasei ahi, tuni tah’a hi Ahab chu keiman ka kimupi tei ding ahi,” ati.
Elijah said, "As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely present myself to him today."
16 Hijeh chun Obadiah in Ahab kom’ah, “Elijah ahung’e,” aga tin ahileh, Ahab chu Elijah toh kimuto dingin achen ahi.
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17 Ahab in amuphat in ahin samin, “Israel suboi jingpa nangma na hung hinam?” atin ahi.
It happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, "Is that you, you troubler of Israel?"
18 Elijah in adonbut in, “Keiman Israel kasuboi poi, nangma le na insung mite in na suhboi ahibouve, ajeh chu nangin Pakai thupeh nitlouvin, Baal semthu Pathen joh na hou uvin ahi.
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.
19 Tun Israelte jouse Carmel mol’ah khom in, Baal themgao jali le somnga toh Asherah themgao jali Jazebel in avah ho chu kouvin,” ati.
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."
20 Hiti chun Ahab in Israel mipi hole themgao hochu Carmel mol ah akou khom in ahi.
So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together at Mount Carmel.
21 Hichun Elijah chu amaho masang ah ading doh in, “Phat i-chanpi hi lunggel khenna nei louva lungni pu’a naum jom jing nahlai diuham? Pakai hi Pathen ahi natiu leh jui jeng’un, ahinla Baal hi pathen ahi natiu leh jui jeng’un,” atin ahi. Ahinlah mipi chu athipchet jeng un ahi.
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.
22 Hijou chun Elijah in amaho kom’ah asei tai, “Pakai themgao aki hinghoiya keima changbou kahi tai, Baal doi themgao ho vang jali le somnga alhing uve.
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.
23 Tun bongchal ni hin kailut uvin lang, amahon bongchal khat kilhen masat uvintin, that’u henlang, asemtel jou teng uleh thinglom chung’a khun koi uhen, meivang ati theilou diu ahi. Kenjong bongchal khat joh chu that ing ting thinglom chunga koi jing tin ama vang mei kati lou ding ahi.
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.
24 Hijou teng chuleh na pathen’u min kou un, chule keiman ka Pakai min kakou ding ahi. Hiteng chuleh mei konga hin donbut pen penchu, Pathen dih ahi ti hetna ahi jenge,” ati. Hichu mipi hon a-nop peh tauvin ahi.
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."
25 Hichun Elijah in Baal themgao ho kom ah, “Nangho atamjo nahiuvin, bol masauvin,” ati. Hichun bongchal khat joh chu kilhen unlang kisem un, na pathen’u chu kou’un, amavang thinglom chung’a chun mei tih hih un,” ati.
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."
26 Hiti chun amahon bongchal khat chu alheng un, athat un, asem toh un, maicham chung achun akoiyun, jingkah’a pat sun gei jin, “O Baal neihouvun” tin apeng peng jeng tauvin ahi. Hijou chun amaho alam’un, maicham vella chun asuh chop atou chop jing un ahi.
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.
27 Sun kim ahung hi phat’in, Elijah chun amaho chu atot in, “Na hasap jep’u ngai inte ajeh chu ama pathen ahin, asun imut phat ahi loule, aki choldo phat ahilou leh akhol jin pet ahiloule, a imut pet hija suhkhah ngai himai thei ahi,” ati peh’e.
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."
28 Hijeh chun amahon, ahasap cheh, aha sap cheh jeng un chuleh achon na’u dungjuijin chemcha le chamjam in athi’u ahung kikhodoh masang sen aki at-chen chen jeng un ahi.
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves, as was their custom, with swords and spears, until the blood gushed out on them.
29 Hiti chun nilhah lam kilhai phatdon geiyin akap’un apengun, ahivangin, ogin ima la aja pouvin i-macha donbut na amu deh pouvin ahi.
And when midday was past, they prophesied until the offering up of the offering; but there was no voice, no answer, and no response.
30 Chutah chun Elijah jong chun mipi jouse jah’a, “Nei hin nai lut uvin,” atileh mipi abonchauvin ahenga ahung ki khinlut soh tauve. Hichun Elijah chun Pakai maicham akivo chimsa chu asem phan ahi.
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.
31 Hichun aman Israel phungkhat cheh thalheng dingin songtum somle ni ana lhoh khom’in ahi.
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."
32 Chuleh song tumho chunga chun Pakai min in maicham anathah semin ahi.
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.
33 Elijah chun thinglom jong chu agol gol in ajamin chuin bongchal chu asemtel tel’in, thinglom chunga chun ajamtan ahi. Hichun Elijah in asei jin, “Twi dimset set bel li gadom uvin lang, pumgo thilto chung le thinglom chunga chun chap kot sohkei jun,” ati.
And he arranged the wood, and cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood.
34 Hichu aboljou un, Elijah in, “Bol kit uvin,” atin ahileh ama hon avellin abolkit tauve. Aman asol kit’in, “Thumvei lhin nan ga bol kit uvin,” atia ahileh mihon jong athumvei lhinan abolkit tauve.
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.
35 Hiti chun maicham kimvel a chun twi along dimset tan, twilam jong chu twi adimset tan ahi.
And the water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.
36 Nilhah lang pumgo thilto phat donin, Elijah themgao pachu maicham muna akal touvin atao tan ahi. “Vo Pakai Abraham Pathen, Isaac Pathen, Jacob Pathen tuni nikho’a hin nangma hi Israel Pathen nahina leh keima hi nasohpa kahina hinphong doh in, hicheho jouse hi nangma thupeh’a kana bol ahi jong hi hinphong doh in.
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.
37 “Vo Pakai neihin donbut in! Hiche mite hin nangma hi Pakai Pathen na hin chule nang in alungthim’u hi nanga dinga nale heipeh’u ahitai tihi ahet doh diu ahi,” ati.
Hear me, LORD, hear me, that this people may know that you, LORD, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again."
38 Chutah chun Pakaiya konin meikong ahung lenglhan, pumgo thilto bongchal sa chu aka vam jengin, thinglom jong akavam jeng in, leivui jong aleo go jengin, twilam’a twivei jeng jong chu ahul go hel jing in ahi.
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.
39 Mipin hiche thilsoh hi amudoh phat uvin, amai’u tol’ah asulut cheh uvin hitin aseitauve, “Pakai amahi Pathen ahi, ahiye, Pakai hi Pathen ahi,” atiuve.
And when all the people saw it, they fell facedown and said, "The LORD, he is God. The LORD, he is God."
40 Hijou chun Elijah in mipi ho chu thu apen, “Baal themgao hochu man’un, khatcha jong lhaso hih’un,” ati. Hichun mipi hon amaho chu aman’un, Elijah in Kishon phaichama apui suh in abonchauvin athat gam tan ahi.
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.
41 Chuin Elijah chun Ahab komah, “Chenlang an ga nen lang twi ga don tan ajeh chu keiman gojuh na dinga van kithin husa kajatai,” ati.
And Elijah said to Ahab, "Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of a heavy rain."
42 Hitichun Ahab jong achen an anen twi adon in ahi. Ahinla Elijah chu Carmel molchunga akaldoh in, tol achun akun chah kheh in, akhup teni kikah’a amai asulut in, akun kheh in ahi.
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.
43 Chuin asohpa jah’a, “Chen lang twikhanglen lam khu gave tan,” ati. Hichun asohpa jong achen agaven, Elijah kom a ahung kile kit in “Ima kamupoi” ati. Sagivei jen Elijah chun achea aga vet ding'in anasollin ahi.
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.
44 Asagi vei channa chun asoh pan hitin aseiye, “Vetan, meilhang neo cha mihem khut phang tibep khat hi twikhanglen na konin ahung ki tung doh’e,” ati. Chuphat in Elijah chun asohpa jah’a, “Ahab kom achun cheloijin lang hitin hin ga seipeh in, ‘Na sakol kangtalai ah chun kaldoh inlang na inlanga cheloijin achuti louva ahile geisang le chun gojuh in na lap ding, nache theilou ding ahi, ga tipeh in,” ati.
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.'"
45 Hichejou jou chun, van ahung thimcheh cheh jengin, meilom ahung kikhom khom jeng tan hui ahung nungpan tai, chuin go ha juh in ahung jun ahi. Ahab chu asakol kangtalai akitol in Jezreel henglam’ah gangtah in achetan ahi.
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.
46 Hichun Pakaiyin Elijah chu thahatna jat chombeh apen, aman jong atai akigah in, Ahab masang’ah ana kheltan in Jezreel kot phunga a ana lam tin kittan ahi.
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.
