1 Kings 17
1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said unto Ahab: 'As the LORD, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.'
[厄里亞先知預言旱災]基肋阿得提市貝出身的提市貝人厄里亞對阿哈布說：「我指著我所服侍的永生上主、以色列的天主起誓：這幾年如果沒有我的命令，天決不降露或落雨! 」
2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying:
有上主的話傳於厄里亞說：「
3 'Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
你離開這裏，轉向東方，隱居在約但河東的革黎特校河旁。
4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.'
你要喝那小河裏的水，我已經吩咐烏鴉在那裏供給你食物。」
5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
厄里亞就依照上主的話去做，去住在約但河東的革黎特小河旁。
6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
烏鴉早晨給他送餅和肉來，晚上也給他送餅和肉來；渴了，就喝那小河裏的水。
7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
不幾天以後，那地方沒有落雨，小河也乾涸了。
8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying:
有上主的話傳於厄里亞說：「
9 'Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.'
你起身往漆冬匝爾法特去，住在那裏；我已吩咐那裏的一個寡婦供養你。」
10 So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her, and said: 'Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.'
他就起身往匝爾法特去了，來到城門時，看見一個寡婦在那裏拾木柴。厄里亞喚她說：「請你用器皿取點水來給我喝! 」
11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said: 'Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.'
她正要去取水的時候，厄里亞又叫住她說：「請你也順便給我拿點餅來! 」
12 And she said: 'As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, only a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse; and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.'
那寡婦說：「我指著永生上主你的天主起誓：我沒有餅，缸裏只有一把麵，罐裏還有一點油。你看，我正要拾兩根木柴，回去為我和我的兒子做點東西，吃了等死。」
13 And Elijah said unto her: 'Fear not; go and do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it forth unto me, and afterward make for thee and for thy son.
厄里亞對她說：「你不用害怕，僅管照你所說的去做；只是先為我做一個小餅，給我拿來! 然後，再為你和你的兒子做，
14 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: The jar of meal shall not be spent, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the land.'
因為上主以色列的天主這樣說：直到上主使雨落在在地上的那一天，缸裏的麵，決不會用完；罐裏的油，也決不會缺少。」
15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
那個寡婦就照了厄里亞的話去做了；她和厄里亞並她的孩子吃了許多日子；
16 The jar of meal was not spent, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by Elijah.
缸裏的麵，果然沒有用完，罐裏的油，也沒有減少，正如上主藉著厄里亞所說的話。復活寡婦的兒子
17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
這事以後，那婦人，即那家的主母的兒子病了，病得很重，就斷了氣。
18 And she said unto Elijah: 'What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?'
婦人於是對厄里亞說：「天主的人，我與你有什麼關係﹖你到我這裏來，竟叫上主記起我的罪惡，殺死了我的兒子! 」
19 And he said unto her: 'Give me thy son.' And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the upper chamber, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
厄里亞對婦人說：「把你的兒子交給我! 」於是厄里亞從她懷裏接過孩子來，抱到他住的樓上，放在自己的床上，
20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said: 'O LORD my God, hast Thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?'
呼求上主說：「上主，我的天主! 我寄居在這寡婦家中，難道你也忍心加害於她，殺死她的兒子嗎﹖」
21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said: 'O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come back into him.'
厄里亞三次伏在孩子身上，呼求上主說：「上主，我的天主，求你使這孩子的靈魂再回到他身上! 」
22 And the LORD hearkened unto the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back into him, and he revived.
上主聽了厄里亞的呼求，孩子的靈魂又回到他身上，孩子就又活了。
23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the upper chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother; and Elijah said: 'See, thy son liveth.'
厄里亞將孩子曾樓上抱下來，到房間內，把孩子交給他的母親說：「看，你兒子活了! 」
24 And the woman said to Elijah: 'Now I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.'
那婦人對厄里亞說：「現在我知道你是天主的人，上主藉著你的口所說的話，確是真理。」
