1 Kraljevima 17
1 Ilija Tišbijac, iz Tišbe Gileadske, reče Ahabu: “Živoga mi Jahve, Boga Izraelova, komu služim, neće ovih godina biti ni rose ni kiše, osim na moju zapovijed.”
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 Upućena mu je riječ Jahvina ovako:
Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
3 “Idi odavde i kreni na istok i sakrij se na potoku Keritu, koji je nasuprot Jordanu.
Go from here in the direction of the east, and keep yourself in a secret place by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.
4 Pit ćeš iz potoka, a gavranima sam zapovjedio da te ondje hrane.”
The water of the stream will be your drink, and by my orders the ravens will give you food there.
5 Ode on i učini po riječi Jahvinoj i nastani se na potoku Keritu, nasuprot Jordanu.
So he went and did as the Lord said, living by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.
6 Gavrani su mu jutrom donosili kruha, a večerom mesa; iz potoka je pio.
And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink.
7 Ali poslije nekog vremena presuši potok, jer nije bilo kiše u svoj zemlji.
Now after a time the stream became dry, because there was no rain in the land.
8 Tada Iliji dođe riječ Jahvina:
Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
9 “Ustani, idi u Sarfatu Sidonsku i ondje ostani. Evo, ondje sam zapovjedio jednoj udovici da te hrani.”
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 Ustade on i krenu u Sarfatu. Kada je stigao do gradskih vrata, neka je udovica onuda skupljala drva; on joj se obrati i reče: “Donesi mi malo vode u vrču da pijem!”
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 Kad je pošla da donese, on viknu za njom i reče joj: “Donesi mi i malo kruha u ruci!”
And when she was going to get it, he said to her, And get me with it a small bit of bread.
12 Ona odgovori: “Živoga mi Jahve, tvoga Boga, ja nemam pečena kruha, nemam do pregršti brašna u ćupu i malo ulja u vrču. I evo kupim drva, pa ću otići i ono pripremiti sebi i svome sinu da pojedemo i da umremo.”
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 Ali joj Ilija reče: “Ništa se ne boj. Idi i uradi kako si rekla; samo najprije umijesi meni kolačić, pa mi donesi; a onda zgotovi za sebe i za svoga sina.
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 Jer ovako govori Jahve, Bog Izraelov: 'U ćupu neće brašna nestati ni vrč se s uljem neće isprazniti sve dokle Jahve ne pusti da kiša padne na zemlju.'”
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 Ode ona i učini kako je rekao Ilija; i za mnoge dane imadoše jela, ona, on i njen sin.
So she went and did as Elijah said; and she and he and her family had food for a long time.
16 Brašno se iz ćupa nije potrošilo i u vrču nije nestalo ulja, po riječi koju je Jahve rekao preko svoga sluge Ilije.
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 Poslije ovih događaja razbolio se sin domaćičin i bolest se njegova jako pogoršala, tako te u njemu nije ostalo daha.
Now after this, the son of the woman of the house became ill, so ill that there was no breath in him.
18 Tada ona reče Iliji: “Što ja imam s tobom, čovječe Božji? Zar si došao k meni da me podsjetiš na moj grijeh i da mi usmrtiš sina!”
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 On joj reče: “Daj mi svoga sina!” Tada ga uze iz njezina naručja, odnese ga u gornju sobu gdje je stanovao i položi ga na svoju postelju.
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 Tada zavapi Jahvi i reče: “Jahve, Bože moj, zar zaista želiš udovicu koja me ugostila uvaliti u tugu umorivši joj sina?”
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 Zatim se tri puta pružio nad dječakom zazivajući Jahvu: “Jahve, Bože, učini da se u ovo dijete vrati duša njegova!”
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 Jahve je uslišio molbu Ilijinu, u dijete se vratila duša i ono oživje.
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 Ilija ga uze, siđe iz gornje sobe u kuću i dade ga njegovoj materi; i reče Ilija: “Evo, tvoj sin živi!”
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 Žena mu reče: “Sada znam da si ti čovjek Božji i da je riječ Jahvina u tvojim ustima istinita!”
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.
