Kings III 18
1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Eliu in the third year, saying, Go, and appear before Achaab, and I will bring rain upon the face of the earth.
Prošlo je mnogo vremena i riječ Jahvina bi upravljena treće godine Iliji: “Idi, pokaži se Ahabu, jer želim pustiti kišu na lice zemlje.”
2 And Eliu went to appear before Achaab: and the famine [was] severe in Samaria.
I ode Ilija da se pokaže Ahabu. Kako je glad u Samariji bivala teža,
3 And Achaab called Abdiu the steward. Now Abdiu feared the Lord greatly.
pozva Ahab dvorskog upravitelja Obadiju. Taj se Obadija veoma bojao Jahve;
4 And it came to pass when Jezabel struck the prophets of the Lord, that Abdiu took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.
jer kad je Izebela poubijala proroke Jahvine, on je uzeo stotinu proroka i sakrio ih po pedeset u jednu spilju, gdje ih je hranio kruhom i pojio vodom.
5 And Achaab said to Abdiu, Come, and let us go through the land, and to the fountains of water, and to the brooks, if by any means we may find grass, and may save the horses and mules, and so they will not perish from the tents.
I reče Ahab Obadiji: “Hajde, obići ćemo svu zemlju, sve izvore i sve potoke, možda ćemo naći trave da sačuvamo u životu konje i mazge i da nam ne propadne stoka.”
6 And they made a division of the way between them to pass through it: Achaab went one way, and Abdiu went by another way alone.
Podijelili su zemlju koju će pretražiti: Ahab je sam otišao jednim putem, a Obadija je pošao sam drugim putem.
7 And Abdiu was alone in the way; and Eliu came alone to meet him: and Abdiu hasted, and fell upon his face, and said, My lord Eliu, are you [indeed] he?
I kad je Obadija bio na putu, eto mu u susret Ilije; poznavši ga, pade ničice i reče: “Jesi li to ti, gospodaru Ilija!”
8 And Eliu said to him, I [am]: go say to your master, Behold, Eliu [is here].
On mu odgovori: “Ja sam! Idi i reci svome gospodaru: 'Evo Ilije!'”
9 And Abdiu said, What sin have I committed, that you give your servant into the hand of Achaab to kill me?
Odgovori mu Obadija: “Što sam sagriješio te slugu svojega predaješ u ruke Ahabu da me ubije?
10 [As] the Lord your God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom, whither my lord has not sent to seek you; and if they said, He is not [here], then has he set fire to the kingdom and its territories, because he has not found you.
Živoga mi Jahve, tvoga Boga, nema naroda ili kraljevstva kamo moj gospodar nije slao da te traže. I kad su mu rekli: 'Nema ga!' zakleo je kraljevstvo i narod što te nisu našli.
11 And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Eliu [is here].
I sada mi naređuješ: 'Idi, reci svome gospodaru: Evo Ilije!'
12 And it shall come to pass when I shall have departed from you, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry you to a land which I know not, and I shall go in to tell the matter to Achaab, and he will not find you and will kill me: yet your servant fears the Lord from his youth.
Ali kad ja odem od tebe, Duh Jahvin odnijet će te ne znam kamo, a ja ću doći i obavijestiti Ahaba. Pa kad te ne nađe, ubit će me! A tvoj se sluga boji Jahve od mladosti svoje!
13 Has it not been told to you my lord, what I did when Jezabel killed the prophets of the Lord, that I hid a hundred men of the prophets of the Lord, by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
Zar nije poznato mome gospodaru što sam učinio kad je ono Izebela poubijala proroke Jahvine? Sakrio sam stotinu proroka, po pedeset u jednu spilju, i kruhom ih uzdržavao i vodom.
14 And now you say to me, Go, say to your master, Behold, Eliu [is here]: and he shall kill me.
I sada ti naređuješ: 'Idi, reci svome gospodaru: Evo Ilije!' Pa on će me ubiti!”
15 And Eliu said, [As] the Lord of Hosts before whom I stand lives, today I will appear before him.
Ilija mu odgovori: “Živoga mi Jahve Sebaota, komu služim, još ću mu se danas pokazati.”
16 And Abdiu went to meet Achaab, and told him: and Achaab hasted forth, and went to meet Eliu.
Obadija pođe u susret Ahabu i donese mu vijest, a Ahab pođe u susret Iliji.
17 And it came to pass when Achaab saw Eliu, that Achaab said to Eliu, Are you he that perverts Israel?
Kad Ahab ugleda Iliju, reče mu: “Jesi li ti onaj koji upropašćuješ Izraela?”
18 And Eliu said, I do not pervert Israel; but it is you and your father's house, in that you forsake the Lord your God, and you have gone after Baalim.
Ilija odgovori: “Ne upropašćujem ja Izraela, nego ti i tvoja obitelj, jer ste ostavili Jahvu, a ti si sljedbenik Baala.
19 And now send, gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, and the prophets of shame four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, that eat [at] Jezabel's table.
Sada sakupi sav Izrael preda me na gori Karmelu i četiri stotine pedeset proroka Baalovih koji jedu za stolom Izebelinim.”
20 And Achaab sent to all Israel, and gathered all the prophets to mount Carmel.
Ahab pozva sve sinove Izraelove i sakupi proroke na gori Karmelu.
21 And Eliu drew near to them all: and Eliu said to them, How long will you halt on both feet? if the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, follow him. And the people answered not a word.
Ilija pristupi svemu narodu i reče: “Dokle ćete hramati na obje strane? Ako je Jahve Bog, slijedite ga; ako je Baal, slijedite njega.” A narod mu nije ništa odgovorio.
22 And Eliu said to the people, I am left, the only one prophet of the Lord; and the prophets of Baal [are] four hundred and fifty men, and the prophets of the groves four hundred.
Ilija nastavi: “Ja sam još jedini ostao kao prorok Jahvin, a Baalovih je proroka četiri stotine i pedeset.
23 Let them give us two oxen, and let them choose one for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire [on] the wood: and I will dress the other bullock, and put on no fire.
Dajte nam dva junca. Neka oni izaberu sebi jednoga, neka ga sasijeku i stave na drva, ali neka ne podmeću ognja. Ja ću spremiti drugoga junca i neću podmetati ognja.
24 And do you call loudly on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord my God, and it shall come to pass that the God who shall answer by fire, he [is] God. And all the people answered and said, The word which you have spoken [is] good.
Vi zazovite ime svoga boga, a ja ću zazvati ime Jahvino: bog koji odgovori ognjem pravi je Bog.” Sav narod odgovori: “Dobro!”
25 And Eliu said to the prophets of shame, Choose to yourselves one calf, and dress it first, for you [are] many; and call you on the name of your god; but apply no fire.
Potom reče Ilija prorocima Baalovim: “Izaberite sebi jednoga junca i počnite, jer vas je mnogo više. Zazovite ime svoga boga, ali ne stavljajte ognja.”
26 And they took the calf and dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning till noon, and said, hear us, O Baal, hear us. And there was no voice, neither was there hearing, and they ran up and down on the altar which they [had] made.
Oni uzeše junca koji je njima pripao i pripremiše ga. Zazivali su ime Baalovo od jutra do podne govoreći: “O Baale, usliši nas!” Ali nije bilo ni glasa, ni odgovora. I skakahu i prigibahu koljena pred žrtvenikom koji su načinili.
27 And it was noon, and Eliu the Thesbite mocked them, and said, Call with a loud voice, for he is a god; for he is meditating, or else perhaps he is engaged in business, or perhaps he is asleep, and is to be awaked.
U podne im se Ilija naruga i reče: “Glasnije vičite, jer on je bog; zauzet je, ili ima posla, ili je na putu; možda spava, pa ga treba probuditi!”
28 And they cried with a loud voice, and cut themselves according to their custom with knives and lancets until the blood gushed out upon them.
A oni okrenuše vikati još glasnije i parati se noževima i sulicama, kako je u njih običaj, sve dok ih nije oblila krv.
29 And they prophesied until the evening came; and it came to pass as it was the time of the offering of the sacrifice, that Eliu the Thesbite spoke to the prophets of the abominations, saying, Stand by for the present, and I will offer my sacrifice. And they stood aside and departed.
Kad je prošlo podne, pali su u bunilo i bjesnjeli sve dok nije bilo vrijeme da se prinese žrtva; ali nije bilo nikakva glasa ni odgovora niti znaka da ih tkogod sluša.
30 And Eliu said to the people, Come near to me. And all the people came near to him.
Tada Ilija reče svemu narodu: “Priđite k meni!” I sav mu narod pristupi. On popravi žrtvenik Jahvin koji bijaše srušen.
31 And Eliu took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of Israel, as the Lord spoke to him, saying, Israel shall be your name.
Ilija uze dvanaest kamenova prema broju plemena sinova Jakova, kome je Bog rekao: “Izrael će biti ime tvoje!”
32 And he built up the stones in the name of the Lord, and repaired the altar that had been broken down; and he made a trench that would hold two measures of seed round about the altar.
I sagradi od toga kamenja žrtvenik Imenu Jahvinu i iskopa jarak oko žrtvenika, širok da bi se mogle posijati dvije mjere pšenice.
33 And he piled the cleft wood on the altar which he [had] made, and divided the whole burnt offering, and laid [it] on the wood, and laid [it] in order on the altar, and said, Fetch me four pitchers of water, and pour [it] on the whole burnt offering, and on the wood. And they did so.
Složi drva, rasiječe junca i stavi ga na drva.
34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.
Tada reče: “Napunite vodom četiri vrča i izlijte na paljenicu i na drva!” Učiniše tako. Zapovjedi im: “Ponovite”, i oni ponoviše. Tada reče: “Učinite i treći put.” Oni tako i treći put.
35 And the water ran round about the altar, and they filled the trench with water.
Voda je tekla oko žrtvenika i jarak se ispunio vodom.
36 And Eliu cried aloud to the heaven, and said, Lord God of Abraam, and Isaac, and Israel, answer me, O Lord, answer me this day by fire, and let all this people know that you are the Lord, the God of Israel, and I [am] your servant, and for your sake I have wrought these works.
Kad bijaše vrijeme da se prinese žrtva, pristupi prorok Ilija i reče: “Jahve, Bože Abrahamov, Izakov i Izraelov, objavi danas da si ti Bog u Izraelu, da sam ja sluga tvoj i da sam po zapovijedi tvojoj učinio sve ovo.
37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, and let this people know that you are the Lord God, and you have turned back the heart of this people.
Usliši me, Jahve; usliši me, da bi sav ovaj narod znao da si ti, Jahve, Bog i da ćeš ti obratiti njihova srca.”
38 Then fire fell from the Lord out of heaven, and devoured the whole burnt offerings, and the wood and the water that was in the trench, and the fire licked up the stones and the earth.
I oganj Jahvin pade i proguta paljenicu i drva, kamenje i prašinu, čak i vodu u jarku isuši.
39 And all the people fell upon their faces, and said, Truly the Lord [is] God; he [is] God.
Sav narod se uplaši, ljudi padoše ničice i rekoše: “Jahve je Bog! Jahve je Bog!”
40 And Eliu said to the people, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Eliu brings them down to the brook Kisson, and he killed them there.
Ilija im reče: “Pohvatajte proroke Baalove da nijedan od njih ne utekne!” I oni ih pohvataše. Ilija ih odvede do potoka Kišona i ondje ih pobi.
41 And Eliu said to Achaab, Go up, and eat and drink, for [there is] a sound of the coming of rain.
Ilija reče Ahabu: “Idi gore, jedi i pij, jer čujem šumor kiše.”
42 And Achaab went up to eat and to drink; and Eliu went up to Carmel, and stooped to the ground, and put his face between his knees,
Dok je Ahab otišao gore da jede i pije, Ilija se popeo na vrh Karmela, prignuo se zemlji i sakrio lice među koljena.
43 and said to his servant, Go up, and look towards the sea. And the servant looked, and said, There is nothing: and Eliu said, Do you then go again seven times.
Rekao je zatim svome momku: “Idi gore i pogledaj prema moru.” On ode gore, pogleda i reče: “Ništa nema ondje!” Ilija odgovori: “Vrati se sedam puta.”
44 And the servant went again seven times: and it came to pass at the seventh time, that, behold, a little cloud like the sole of a man's foot brought water; and he said, Go up, and say to Achaab, make ready your chariot, and go down, lest the rain overtake you.
Ali sedmoga puta reče momak: “Eno se oblak, malen kao dlan čovječji, diže od mora.” Tada reče Ilija: “Idi, kaži Ahabu: 'Upregni i silazi da te kiša ne uhvati.'”
45 And it came to pass in the meanwhile, that the heaven grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Achaab wept, and went to Jezrael.
Odjednom se nebo zamrači od oblaka i vihora i pade jaka kiša. Ahab se pope na kola i odveze u Jizreel.
46 And the hand of the Lord [was] upon Eliu, and he girded up his loins, and ran before Achaab to Jezrael.
Ruka je Jahvina bila nad Ilijom te on, opasavši se, otrča pred Ahabom sve do u blizinu Jizreela.
