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1 [厄里亞先知預言旱災]基肋阿得提市貝出身的提市貝人厄里亞對阿哈布說：「我指著我所服侍的永生上主、以色列的天主起誓：這幾年如果沒有我的命令，天決不降露或落雨! 」
And Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, By the living Lord, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word.
2 有上主的話傳於厄里亞說：「
Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
3 你離開這裏，轉向東方，隱居在約但河東的革黎特校河旁。
Go from here in the direction of the east, and keep yourself in a secret place by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.
4 你要喝那小河裏的水，我已經吩咐烏鴉在那裏供給你食物。」
The water of the stream will be your drink, and by my orders the ravens will give you food there.
5 厄里亞就依照上主的話去做，去住在約但河東的革黎特小河旁。
So he went and did as the Lord said, living by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.
6 烏鴉早晨給他送餅和肉來，晚上也給他送餅和肉來；渴了，就喝那小河裏的水。
And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink.
7 不幾天以後，那地方沒有落雨，小河也乾涸了。
Now after a time the stream became dry, because there was no rain in the land.
8 有上主的話傳於厄里亞說：「
Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
9 你起身往漆冬匝爾法特去，住在那裏；我已吩咐那裏的一個寡婦供養你。」
Up! go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and make your living-place there; I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.
10 他就起身往匝爾法特去了，來到城門時，看見一個寡婦在那裏拾木柴。厄里亞喚她說：「請你用器皿取點水來給我喝! 」
So he got up and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the door of the town, he saw a widow woman getting sticks together; and crying out to her he said, Will you give me a little water in a vessel for my drink?
11 她正要去取水的時候，厄里亞又叫住她說：「請你也順便給我拿點餅來! 」
And when she was going to get it, he said to her, And get me with it a small bit of bread.
12 那寡婦說：「我指著永生上主你的天主起誓：我沒有餅，缸裏只有一把麵，罐裏還有一點油。你看，我正要拾兩根木柴，回去為我和我的兒子做點東西，吃了等死。」
Then she said, By the life of the Lord your God, I have nothing but a little meal in my store, and a drop of oil in the bottle; and now I am getting two sticks together so that I may go in and make it ready for me and my son, so that we may have a meal before our death.
13 厄里亞對她說：「你不用害怕，僅管照你所說的去做；只是先為我做一個小餅，給我拿來! 然後，再為你和你的兒子做，
And Elijah said to her, Have no fear; go and do as you have said, but first make me a little cake of it and come and give it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.
14 因為上主以色列的天主這樣說：直到上主使雨落在在地上的那一天，缸裏的麵，決不會用完；罐裏的油，也決不會缺少。」
For this is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: The store of meal will not come to an end, and the bottle will never be without oil, till the day when the Lord sends rain on the earth.
15 那個寡婦就照了厄里亞的話去做了；她和厄里亞並她的孩子吃了許多日子；
So she went and did as Elijah said; and she and he and her family had food for a long time.
16 缸裏的麵，果然沒有用完，罐裏的油，也沒有減少，正如上主藉著厄里亞所說的話。復活寡婦的兒子
The store of meal did not come to an end, and the bottle was never without oil, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah.
17 這事以後，那婦人，即那家的主母的兒子病了，病得很重，就斷了氣。
Now after this, the son of the woman of the house became ill, so ill that there was no breath in him.
18 婦人於是對厄里亞說：「天主的人，我與你有什麼關係﹖你到我這裏來，竟叫上主記起我的罪惡，殺死了我的兒子! 」
And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?
19 厄里亞對婦人說：「把你的兒子交給我! 」於是厄里亞從她懷裏接過孩子來，抱到他住的樓上，放在自己的床上，
And he said to her, Give your son to me. And lifting him out of her arms, he took him up to his room and put him down on his bed.
20 呼求上主說：「上主，我的天主! 我寄居在這寡婦家中，難道你也忍心加害於她，殺死她的兒子嗎﹖」
And crying to the Lord he said, O Lord my God, have you sent evil even on the widow whose guest I am, by causing her son's death?
21 厄里亞三次伏在孩子身上，呼求上主說：「上主，我的天主，求你使這孩子的靈魂再回到他身上! 」
And stretching herself out on the child three times, he made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord my God, be pleased to let this child's life come back to him again.
22 上主聽了厄里亞的呼求，孩子的靈魂又回到他身上，孩子就又活了。
And the Lord gave ear to the voice of Elijah, and the child's spirit came into him again, and he came back to life.
23 厄里亞將孩子曾樓上抱下來，到房間內，把孩子交給他的母親說：「看，你兒子活了! 」
And Elijah took the child down from his room into the house and gave him to his mother and said to her, See, your son is living.
24 那婦人對厄里亞說：「現在我知道你是天主的人，上主藉著你的口所說的話，確是真理。」
Then the woman said to Elijah, Now I am certain that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is true.
