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1 [厄里亞退往曷勒布山]阿哈布將厄里亞所作的一切,以及他如何刀斬眾先知的事,全告訴了依則貝耳。
Forsothe Achab telde to Jezabel alle thingis whiche Elie hadde do, and how he hadde slayn by swerd alle the prophetis of Baal.
2 依則貝耳就派使者去對厄里亞說:「明天這個時候,如果我不使你的性命如同那些先知一樣,願眾神明嚴厲,且加倍嚴厲地懲罰我! 」
And Jezabel sente a messanger to Elie, and seide, Goddis do these thingis to me, and adde these thingis, no but to morewe in this our Y schal putte thi lijf as the lijf of oon of hem.
3 厄里亞害了怕,遂起身逃命,到了猶大境內的貝爾舍巴,叫他的僕人留在那裏,
Therfor Elie dredde, and roos, and yede whidur euer wille bar hym; and he cam in to Bersabe of Juda, and he lefte there his child;
4 自己卻進入曠野,走了一天的路,來到一棵杜松樹下,坐下來求死說:「上主啊! 現在已經夠了! 收去我的性命罷! 因為我並不如我的祖先好。」
and yede in to deseert, the weie of o dai. And whanne he cam, and sat vndir o iunypere tre, he axide to his soule, that he schulde die; and he seide, Lord, it suffisith to me, take my soule; for Y am not betere than my fadris.
5 以後,就躺在那棵杜松樹下,睡著了;忽然,有為天使拍醒他,對他說:「起來,吃罷! 」
And he castide forth hym silf, and slepte in the schadewe of the iunypere tree. And lo! the aungel of the Lord touchide hym, and seide to hym, Rise thou, and ete.
6 他看了看,見頭旁有一塊用炭火烤熟的餅和一罐水;他吃了喝了,又躺下睡了。
He bihelde, and, lo! at his heed was a loof bakun vndur aischis, and a vessel of watir. Therfor he ete, and drank, and slepte eft.
7 上主的使者第二次又來拍醒他說:「起來,吃罷! 因為你還有一段很遠的路。」
And the aungel of the Lord turnede ayen the secounde tyme, and touchide hym; and `the aungel seide to hym, Rise thou, and ete; for a greet weie is to thee.
8 他就起來,吃了喝了,賴那食物的力量,走了四十天四十夜,一直到了天主的山曷勒布。天主顯現給厄里亞
And whanne he hadde rise, he ete, and drank; and he yede in the strengthe of that mete bi fourti dayes and fourti nyytis, `til to Oreb, the hil of God.
9 他來到那裏,進了一個山洞,在那裏過夜;有上主的話傳於他說:「厄里亞,你在這裏做什麼﹖」
And whanne he hadde come thidur, he dwellide in a denne; and lo! the word of the Lord `was maad to him, and seide to hym, Elie, what doist thou here?
10 厄里亞答說:「我為上主萬軍的天主憂心如焚,因為以色列子民背棄了你的盟約,毀壞了你的祭壇,刀斬了你的先知,只剩下了我一個,他們還要奪取我的性命! 」
And he answeride, Bi feruent loue Y louede feruentli, for the Lord God of oostis; for the sones of Israel forsoken the couenaunt of the Lord; thei destrieden thin auters, and killiden bi swerd thi prophetis; and Y am left aloone, and thei seken my lijf, that thei do it awei.
11 上主吩咐他說:「你出來,站在山上,立在上主前面。」那時,上主正從那裏經過,在上主面前,暴風大作,裂山碎石,但是,上主卻不在風暴中;風以後有地震,但是上主亦不在地震中;
And he seide to Elie, Go thou out, and stonde in the hil, bifor the Lord. And lo! the Lord passith, and a greet wynde, and strong, turnynge vpsodoun hillis, and al to brekinge stonys bifor the Lord; not in the wynde ys the Lord. And aftir the wynd is a stirynge; not in the stiryng is the Lord.
12 地震以後有烈火,但是上主仍不在火中;烈火以後,有輕微細弱的風聲。
And aftir the stiryng is fier; not in the fier is the Lord. And aftir the fier is the issyng of thinne wynd; there is the Lord.
13 厄里亞一聽見這聲音,即用外衣蒙住臉出來,站在洞口。遂有聲音對他說:「厄里亞,你在這裏做什麼﹖」
And whanne Elie hadde herd this, he hilide his face with a mentil, and he yede out, and stood in the dore of the denne. And a vois spak to hym, and seide, Elie, what doist thou here?
14 他答說:「我為上主萬軍的天主憂心如焚,因為以色列子民背棄了你的盟約,毀壞了你的祭壇,刀斬了你的先知,只剩下了我一個,他們還要奪取我的性命! 」厄里亞奉命敷油
And he answeride, Bi feruent loue Y louede feruentli, for the Lord God of oostis; for the sones of Israel forsoken thi couenaunt; thei distrieden thin auteris, and thei killiden bi swerd thi prophetis; and Y am left aloone, and thei seken my lijf, that thei do it awey.
15 上主對厄里亞說:「你回去,仍取道曠野,往大馬士革去,到了那裏,給哈匝耳敷油,立他為阿蘭王。
And the Lord seide to hym, Go, and turne ayen in to thi weie, bi the deseert, in to Damask; and whanne thou schalt come thidur, thou schalt anoynte Asahel kyng on Sirie;
16 去給尼默史的孫子耶胡敷油,立他為以色列王;再去給阿耳貝默曷拉人沙法特的兒子厄里叟敷油,立他接替你為先知;
and thou schalt anoynte kyng on Israel Hieu, the sone of Namsi; sotheli thou schalt anoynte prophete for thee, Elise, sone of Saphat, which is of Abelmeula.
17 將來躲過哈匝耳的刀的,必為耶胡所殺;躲過耶胡的刀的,必為厄里叟所殺。
And it schal be, who euer schal fle the swerd of Asahel, Hieu schal sle hym; and who euer schal fle the swerd of Hieu, Elise schal sle hym.
18 然而,在以色列我要為我自己留下七千人;他們全是從未向巴耳屈過膝,未與巴耳親過嘴的人。」厄里叟蒙召
And Y schal leeue to me in Israel seuene thousynde of men, of whiche the knees ben not bowid bifor Baal, and ech mouth that worschipide not hym, and kisside hond.
19 厄里亞於是從那裏起身,去找沙法特的兒子厄里叟。他正在耕田,在他面前有十二對牛,他自己趕著地十二對;厄里亞走過他身邊,將自己的外衣披在他身上。
Therfor Elie yede forth fro thennus, and foond Elise, sone of Saphat, erynge in twelue yockis of oxis; and he was oon in the twelue yockis of oxys, erynge. And whanne Elie hadde come to hym, Elie castide his mentil on hym.
20 厄里叟? 披在的父母吻別,然後來跟隨你。」厄里亞對他說:「你去罷! 要再回來! 因為我應為你作的,已經作了。」
Which ran anoon after Elie, whanne the oxis weren left, and seide, Y preie thee, kysse Y my fadir and my modir, and so Y schal sue thee. And Elie seide to hym, Go thou, and turne ayen, for Y haue do to thee that that was myn.
21 厄里叟離開了厄里亞,回來牽出一對牛宰殺了,用駕馭牛的用具煮熟,分給眾人吃;然後他便起身跟隨厄里亞,作了他的侍從。
`Sotheli he turnede ayen fro Elie, and took tweine oxis, and killide hem; and with the plow of oxis he sethide the fleischis, and yaf to the puple, and thei eeten; and he roos, and yede, and suede Elie, and `mynystride to hym.