< 列王紀上 18 >
1 過了許久,到第三年,耶和華的話臨到以利亞說:「你去,使亞哈得見你;我要降雨在地上。」
Aftir many daies the word of the Lord was maad to Elie, in the thridde yeer, and seide, Go, and schewe thee to Achab, that Y yyue reyn on the face of erthe.
2 以利亞就去,要使亞哈得見他。那時,撒馬利亞有大饑荒;
Therfor Elie yede to schewe hym silf to Achab; forsothe greet hungur was in Samarie.
3 亞哈將他的家宰俄巴底召了來。(俄巴底甚是敬畏耶和華,
And Achab clepide Abdie, dispendere, ether stiward, of his hows; forsothe Abdie dredde greetli the Lord God of Israel.
4 耶洗別殺耶和華眾先知的時候,俄巴底將一百個先知藏了,每五十人藏在一個洞裏,拿餅和水供養他們。)
For whanne Jezabel killide the prophetis of the Lord, he took an hundrid prophetis, and hidde hem, bi fifties and fifties, in dennes, and fedde hem with breed and watir.
5 亞哈對俄巴底說:「我們走遍這地,到一切水泉旁和一切溪邊,或者找得着青草,可以救活騾馬,免得絕了牲畜。」
Therfor Achab seide to Abdie, Go thou in to the lond, to alle wellis of watris, and in to alle valeis, if in hap we moun fynde gras, and saue horsis and mulis; and werk beestis perische not outirli.
6 於是二人分地遊行,亞哈獨走一路,俄巴底獨走一路。
Therfor thei departiden the cuntreis to hem silf, that thei schulden cumpasse tho; Achab yede bi o weye, and Abdie yede bi another weie, `bi hym silf.
7 俄巴底在路上恰與以利亞相遇,俄巴底認出他來,就俯伏在地,說:「你是我主以利亞不是?」
And whanne Abdie was in the weie, Elie mette hym; and whanne he hadde knowe Elie, he felde on his face, and seide, Whethir thou art my lord Elie?
8 回答說:「是。你去告訴你主人說,以利亞在這裏。」
To whom he answeride, Y am. And Elie seide, Go thou, and seie to thi lord, Elie is present.
9 俄巴底說:「僕人有甚麼罪,你竟要將我交在亞哈手裏,使他殺我呢?
And Abdie seide, What `synnede Y, for thou bitakist me in the hond of Achab, that he sle me?
10 我指着永生耶和華-你的上帝起誓,無論哪一邦哪一國,我主都打發人去找你。若說你沒有在那裏,就必使那邦那國的人起誓說,實在是找不着你。
Thi Lord God lyueth, for no folk ethir rewme is, whidur my lord, sekynge thee, sente not; and whanne alle men answeriden, He is not here, he chargide greetli alle rewmes and folkis, for thou were not foundun; and now thou seist to me,
Go, and seie to thi lord, Elie is present.
12 恐怕我一離開你,耶和華的靈就提你到我所不知道的地方去。這樣,我去告訴亞哈,他若找不着你,就必殺我;僕人卻是自幼敬畏耶和華的。
And whanne Y schal departe fro thee, the Spirit of the Lord schal bere thee awey in to a place which Y knowe not; and Y schal entre, and `Y schal telle to Achab, and he schal not fynde thee, and he schal sle me; forsothe thi seruaunt dredith the Lord fro his yong childhod.
13 耶洗別殺耶和華眾先知的時候,我將耶和華的一百個先知藏了,每五十人藏在一個洞裏,拿餅和水供養他們,豈沒有人將這事告訴我主嗎?
Whether it is not schewid to thee, my lord, what Y dide, whanne Jesabel killide the prophetis of the Lord, that Y hidde of the prophetis of the Lord an hundrid men, bi fifty and bi fifti, in dennes, and Y fedde hem with breed and watir?
14 現在你說,要去告訴你主人說,以利亞在這裏,他必殺我。」
And now thou seist, Go, and seie to thi lord, Elie is present, that he sle me.
15 以利亞說:「我指着所事奉永生的萬軍之耶和華起誓,我今日必使亞哈得見我。」
And Elie seide, The Lord of oostis lyueth, bifor whos siyt Y stonde, for to dai Y schal appere to hym.
16 於是俄巴底去迎着亞哈,告訴他;亞哈就去迎着以利亞。
Therfor Abdie yede in to the metyng of Achab, and schewide to hym; and Achab cam in to the meetyng of Elie.
17 亞哈見了以利亞,便說:「使以色列遭災的就是你嗎?」
And whanne he hadde seyn Elie, he seide, Whether thou art he, that disturblist Israel?
18 以利亞說:「使以色列遭災的不是我,乃是你和你父家;因為你們離棄耶和華的誡命,去隨從巴力。
And he seide, Not Y disturble Israel, but thou, and the hows of thi fadir, whiche han forsake the comaundementis of the Lord, and sueden Baalym, `disturbliden Israel.
19 現在你當差遣人,招聚以色列眾人和事奉巴力的那四百五十個先知,並耶洗別所供養事奉亞舍拉的那四百個先知,使他們都上迦密山去見我。」
Netheles now sende thou, and gadere to me al Israel, in the hil of Carmele, and foure hundrid and fifti prophetis of Baal, and foure hundrid prophetis of woodis, that eten of the table of Jezabel.
20 亞哈就差遣人招聚以色列眾人和先知都上迦密山。
Achab sente to alle the sones of Israel, and gaderide prophetis in the hil of Carmele.
21 以利亞前來對眾民說:「你們心持兩意要到幾時呢?若耶和華是上帝,就當順從耶和華;若巴力是上帝,就當順從巴力。」眾民一言不答。
Forsothe Elie neiyede to al the puple of Israel, and seide, Hou long halten ye in to twey partis? If the Lord is God, sue ye hym; forsothe if Baal is God, sue ye hym. And the puple answeride not o word to hym.
22 以利亞對眾民說:「作耶和華先知的只剩下我一個人;巴力的先知卻有四百五十個人。
And Elie seide eft to the puple, Y dwellide aloone a prophete of the Lord; sotheli the prophetis of Baal ben foure hundrid and fifti, and the prophetis of woodis ben foure hundrid men.
23 當給我們兩隻牛犢,巴力的先知可以挑選一隻,切成塊子,放在柴上,不要點火;我也預備一隻牛犢放在柴上,也不點火。
Tweyne oxis be youun to us; and chese thei oon oxe, and thei schulen kitte in to gobetis, and schulen putte on trees, but putte thei not fier vndur; and Y schal make the tother oxe in to sacrifice, and Y schal putte on the trees, and Y schal not putte fier vnder.
24 你們求告你們神的名,我也求告耶和華的名。那降火顯應的神,就是上帝。」眾民回答說:「這話甚好。」
Clepe ye the name of youre goddis, and Y schal clepe the name of my God; and the God that herith bi fier, be he God. And al the puple answeride, and seide, The resoun is best, `which resoun Elie spak.
25 以利亞對巴力的先知說:「你們既是人多,當先挑選一隻牛犢,預備好了,就求告你們神的名,卻不要點火。」
Therfor Elie seide to the prophetis of Baal, Chese ye oon oxe to you, and make ye first, for ye ben the mo; and clepe ye the names of youre goddis, and putte ye not fier vnder.
26 他們將所得的牛犢預備好了,從早晨到午間,求告巴力的名說:「巴力啊,求你應允我們!」卻沒有聲音,沒有應允的。他們在所築的壇四圍踊跳。
And whanne thei hadden take the oxe, whom Elie yaf to hem, thei maden sacrifice, and clepiden the name of Baal, fro the morewtid `til to myddai, and seiden, Baal, here vs! And no vois was, nether ony that answerd; and thei skippiden ouer the auter, which thei hadden maad.
27 到了正午,以利亞嬉笑他們,說:「大聲求告吧!因為他是神,他或默想,或走到一邊,或行路,或睡覺,你們當叫醒他。」
And whanne it was thanne myddai, Elie scornede hem, and seide, Crie ye with gretter vois, for Baal is youre god, and in hap he spekith with an other, ethir he is in a herborgerie, ether in weie, ether certis he slepith, that he be reisid.
28 他們大聲求告,按着他們的規矩,用刀槍自割、自刺,直到身體流血。
Therfor thei crieden with greet vois, and thei kerueden hem silf with knyues and launcetis, bi her custom, til thei weren bisched with blood.
29 從午後直到獻晚祭的時候,他們狂呼亂叫,卻沒有聲音,沒有應允的,也沒有理會的。
Sotheli after that mydday passide, and while thei prophesieden, the tyme cam, in which the sacrifice is wont to be offrid, nether vois was herd `of her goddis, nether ony answeride, nether perceyuede hem preiynge.
30 以利亞對眾民說:「你們到我這裏來。」眾民就到他那裏。他便重修已經毀壞耶和華的壇。
Elie seide to al the puple, Come ye to me. And whanne the puple cam to him, he arrayede the auter of the Lord, that was distried.
31 以利亞照雅各子孫支派的數目,取了十二塊石頭(耶和華的話曾臨到雅各說:「你的名要叫以色列」),
And he took twelue stonys, bi the noumbre of lynagis of sones of Jacob, to which Jacob the word of the Lord was maad, and seide, Israel schal be thi name.
32 用這些石頭為耶和華的名築一座壇,在壇的四圍挖溝,可容穀種二細亞,
And he bildide an auter of stonys, in the name of the Lord, and he made a ledyng to of watir, `ether a dich, as bi twei litle dichis in the cumpas of the auter.
33 又在壇上擺好了柴,把牛犢切成塊子放在柴上,對眾人說:「你們用四個桶盛滿水,倒在燔祭和柴上」;
And he dresside trees, and he departide the oxe bi membris, and puttide on the trees,
34 又說:「倒第二次。」他們就倒第二次;又說:「倒第三次。」他們就倒第三次。
and seide, Fille ye foure pottis with watir, and schede ye on the brent sacrifice, and on the trees. And eft he seide, Also the secounde tyme do ye this. `And thei diden the secounde tyme. And he seide, Do ye the same thing the thridde tyme; and thei diden the thridde tyme.
And the watris runnen aboute the auter, and the dich of ledyng to `of watir was fillid.
36 到了獻晚祭的時候,先知以利亞近前來,說:「亞伯拉罕、以撒、以色列的上帝,耶和華啊,求你今日使人知道你是以色列的上帝,也知道我是你的僕人,又是奉你的命行這一切事。
And whanne the tyme was thanne, that the brent sacrifice schulde be offrid, Elye the prophete neiyede, and seide, Lord God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, schewe thou to dai that thou art God of Israel, and that Y am thi seruaunt, and haue do alle these wordis bi thi comaundement.
37 耶和華啊,求你應允我,應允我!使這民知道你-耶和華是上帝,又知道是你叫這民的心回轉。」
Lord, here thou me; Lord, here thou me; that this puple lerne, that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast conuertid eft the herte of hem.
38 於是,耶和華降下火來,燒盡燔祭、木柴、石頭、塵土,又燒乾溝裏的水。
Sotheli fier of the Lord felde doun, and deuouride brent sacrifice, and trees, and stonus, and lickide vp also the poudre, and the water that was in the `leding of water.
39 眾民看見了,就俯伏在地,說:「耶和華是上帝!耶和華是上帝!」
And whanne al the puple hadde seyn this, it felde in to his face, and seide, The Lord he is God; the Lord he is God.
40 以利亞對他們說:「拿住巴力的先知,不容一人逃脫!」眾人就拿住他們。以利亞帶他們到基順河邊,在那裏殺了他們。
And Elie seide to hem, Take ye the prophetis of Baal; not oon sotheli ascape of hem. And whanne thei hadden take hem, Elie ledde hem to the stronde of Cison, and killide hem there.
41 以利亞對亞哈說:「你現在可以上去吃喝,因為有多雨的響聲了。」
And Elie seide to Achab, Stie thou, ete, and drynke, for the sown of myche reyn is.
42 亞哈就上去吃喝。以利亞上了迦密山頂,屈身在地,將臉伏在兩膝之中;
Achab stiede to ete and drynke; forsothe Elie stiede in to the hil of Carmele, and he settide lowli his face to the erthe, bitwixe hise knees;
43 對僕人說:「你上去,向海觀看。」僕人就上去觀看,說:「沒有甚麼。」他說:「你再去觀看。」如此七次。
and seide to his child, Stie thou, and biholde ayens the see. And whanne he hadde stied, and hadde biholde, he seide, No thing is. And eft Elie seide to hym, Turne thou ayen bi seuene tymes.
44 第七次僕人說:「我看見有一小片雲從海裏上來,不過如人手那樣大。」以利亞說:「你上去告訴亞哈,當套車下去,免得被雨阻擋。」
Sotheli in the seuenthe tyme, lo! a litil cloude as the step of a man stiede fro the see. And Elie seide, Stie thou, and seie to Achab, Ioyne thi chare, and go doun, lest the reyn byfor ocupie thee.
45 霎時間,天因風雲黑暗,降下大雨。亞哈就坐車往耶斯列去了。
And whanne thei turneden hem hidur and thidur, lo! heuenes weren maad derk, and cloud, and wynd, and greet reyn was maad. Therfor Achab stiede, and yede in to Jezrael;
46 耶和華的靈降在以利亞身上,他就束上腰,奔在亞哈前頭,直到耶斯列的城門。
and the hond of the Lord was maad on Elie, and whanne the leendis weren gird, he ran bifor Achab, til he cam in to Jezrael.