1 Kings 19
1 Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
[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。
2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”
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! 」
3 And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
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，
4 while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
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。」
5 Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”
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! 」
6 And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.
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。
7 A second time the angel of the LORD returned and touched him, saying, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.”
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。」
8 So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
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
9 There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
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﹖」
10 “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
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! 」
11 Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
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；
12 After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.
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。
13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
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﹖」
14 “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
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
15 Then the LORD said to him, “Go back by the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram.
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。
16 You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.
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；
17 Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.
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。
18 Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”
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
19 So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.
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。
20 So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”
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。」
21 So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. With the oxen’s equipment, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah.
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。
