1 Kings 18
1 And the days are many, and the word of YHWH has been to Elijah in the third year, saying, “Go, appear to Ahab, and I give rain on the face of the ground”;
| وَبَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ كَانَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى إِيلِيَّا فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلثَّالِثَةِ قَائِلًا: «ٱذْهَبْ وَتَرَاءَ لِأَخْآبَ فَأُعْطِيَ مَطَرًا عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ». | ١ |
2 and Elijah goes to appear to Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,
| فَذَهَبَ إِيلِيَّا لِيَتَرَاءَى لِأَخْآبَ. وَكَانَ ٱلْجُوعُ شَدِيدًا فِي ٱلسَّامِرَةِ، | ٢ |
3 and Ahab calls to Obadiah, who [is] over the house—and Obadiah has been fearing YHWH greatly,
| فَدَعَا أَخْآبُ عُوبَدْيَا ٱلَّذِي عَلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ، وَكَانَ عُوبَدْيَا يَخْشَى ٱلرَّبَّ جِدًّا. | ٣ |
4 and it comes to pass, in Jezebel’s cutting off the prophets of YHWH, that Obadiah takes one hundred prophets, and hides them, fifty men in a cave, and has sustained them with bread and water—
| وَكَانَ حِينَمَا قَطَعَتْ إِيزَابَلُ أَنْبِيَاءَ ٱلرَّبِّ أَنَّ عُوبَدْيَا أَخَذَ مِئَةَ نَبِيٍّ وَخَبَّأَهُمْ خَمْسِينَ رَجُلًا فِي مُغَارَةٍ وَعَالَهُمْ بِخُبْزٍ وَمَاءٍ. | ٤ |
5 and Ahab says to Obadiah, “Go through the land, to all fountains of waters, and to all the brooks, perhaps we find hay, and keep alive horse and mule, and do not cut off any of the livestock.”
| وَقَالَ أَخْآبُ لِعُوبَدْيَا: «ٱذْهَبْ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَى جَمِيعِ عُيُونِ ٱلْمَاءِ وَإِلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلْأَوْدِيَةِ، لَعَلَّنَا نَجِدُ عُشْبًا فَنُحْيِيَ ٱلْخَيْلَ وَٱلْبِغَالَ وَلَا نُعْدَمَ ٱلْبَهَائِمَ كُلَّهَا». | ٥ |
6 And they apportion the land to themselves, to pass over into it; Ahab has gone in one way by himself, and Obadiah has gone in another way by himself;
| فَقَسَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْأَرْضَ لِيَعْبُرَا بِهَا. فَذَهَبَ أَخْآبُ فِي طَرِيقٍ وَاحِدٍ وَحْدَهُ، وَذَهَبَ عُوبَدْيَا فِي طَرِيقٍ آخَرَ وَحْدَهُ. | ٦ |
7 and Obadiah [is] in the way, and behold, Elijah [is there] to meet him; and he discerns him, and falls on his face and says, “Are you he—my lord Elijah?”
| وَفِيمَا كَانَ عُوبَدْيَا فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ، إِذَا بِإِيلِيَّا قَدْ لَقِيَهُ فَعَرَفَهُ، وَخَرَّ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ وَقَالَ: «أَأَنْتَ هُوَ سَيِّدِي إِيلِيَّا؟» | ٧ |
8 And he says to him, “I [am]; go, say to your lord, Behold, Elijah.”
| فَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَنَا هُوَ. ٱذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لِسَيِّدِكَ: هُوَذَا إِيلِيَّا». | ٨ |
9 And he says, “What have I sinned, that you are giving your servant into the hand of Ahab—to put me to death?
| فَقَالَ: «مَا هِيَ خَطِيَّتِي حَتَّى إِنَّكَ تَدْفَعُ عَبْدَكَ لِيَدِ أَخْآبَ لِيُمِيتَنِي؟ | ٩ |
10 Your God YHWH lives, if there is a nation and kingdom to where my lord has not sent to seek [for] you; and they said, He is not, then he caused the kingdom and the nation to swear, that it does not find you;
| حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ، إِنَّهُ لَا تُوجَدُ أُمَّةٌ وَلَا مَمْلَكَةٌ لَمْ يُرْسِلْ سَيِّدِي إِلَيْهَا لِيُفَتِّشَ عَلَيْكَ، وَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ: إِنَّهُ لَا يُوجَدُ. وَكَانَ يَسْتَحْلِفُ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةَ وَٱلْأُمَّةَ أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَجِدُوكَ. | ١٠ |
11 and now, you are saying, Go, say to your lord, Behold, Elijah;
| وَٱلْآنَ أَنْتَ تَقُولُ: ٱذْهَبْ قُلْ لِسَيِّدِكَ هُوَذَا إِيلِيَّا. | ١١ |
12 and it has been, I go from you, and the Spirit of YHWH lifts you up to where I do not know, and I have come to declare to Ahab, and he does not find you, and he has slain me; and your servant is fearing YHWH from my youth.
| وَيَكُونُ إِذَا ٱنْطَلَقْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، أَنَّ رُوحَ ٱلرَّبِّ يَحْمِلُكَ إِلَى حَيْثُ لَا أَعْلَمُ. فَإِذَا أَتَيْتُ وَأَخْبَرْتُ أَخْآبَ وَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ فَإِنَّهُ يَقْتُلُنِي، وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ أَخْشَى ٱلرَّبَّ مُنْذُ صِبَايَ. | ١٢ |
13 Has it not been declared to my lord that which I have done in Jezebel’s slaying the prophets of YHWH, that I hide one hundred men of the prophets of YHWH, fifty by fifty in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water?
| أَلَمْ يُخْبَرْ سَيِّدِي بِمَا فَعَلْتُ حِينَ قَتَلَتْ إِيزَابَلُ أَنْبِيَاءَ ٱلرَّبِّ، إِذْ خَبَّأْتُ مِنْ أَنْبِيَاءِ ٱلرَّبِّ مِئَةَ رَجُلٍ، خَمْسِينَ خَمْسِينَ رَجُلًا فِي مُغَارَةٍ وَعُلْتُهُمْ بِخُبْزٍ وَمَاءٍ؟ | ١٣ |
14 And now you are saying, Go, say to my lord, Behold, Elijah—and he has slain me!”
| وَأَنْتَ ٱلْآنَ تَقُولُ: ٱذْهَبْ قُلْ لِسَيِّدِكَ: هُوَذَا إِيلِيَّا، فَيَقْتُلُنِي». | ١٤ |
15 And Elijah says, “YHWH of Hosts lives, before whom I have stood, surely I appear to him today.”
| فَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا: «حَيٌّ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ ٱلَّذِي أَنَا وَاقِفٌ أَمَامَهُ، إِنِّي ٱلْيَوْمَ أَتَرَاءَى لَهُ». | ١٥ |
16 Obadiah goes to meet Ahab, and declares [it] to him, and Ahab goes to meet Elijah.
| فَذَهَبَ عُوبَدْيَا لِلِقَاءِ أَخْآبَ وَأَخْبَرَهُ، فَسَارَ أَخْآبُ لِلِقَاءِ إِيلِيَّا. | ١٦ |
17 [And it] comes to pass at Ahab’s seeing Elijah that Ahab says to him, “Are you he—the troubler of Israel?”
| وَلَمَّا رَأَى أَخْآبُ إِيلِيَّا قَالَ لَهُ أَخْآبُ: «أَأَنْتَ هُوَ مُكَدِّرُ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟» | ١٧ |
18 And he says, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and the house of your father, in your forsaking the commands of YHWH, and you go after the Ba‘alim;
| فَقَالَ: «لَمْ أُكَدِّرْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، بَلْ أَنْتَ وَبَيْتُ أَبِيكَ بِتَرْكِكُمْ وَصَايَا ٱلرَّبِّ وَبِسَيْرِكَ وَرَاءَ ٱلْبَعْلِيمِ. | ١٨ |
19 and now, send, gather all Israel to me, to the Mount of Carmel, and the four hundred and fifty prophets of Ba‘al, and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who are eating at the table of Jezebel.”
| فَٱلْآنَ أَرْسِلْ وَٱجْمَعْ إِلَيَّ كُلَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى جَبَلِ ٱلْكَرْمَلِ، وَأَنْبِيَاءَ ٱلْبَعْلِ أَرْبَعَ ٱلْمِئَةِ وَٱلْخَمْسِينَ، وَأَنْبِيَاءَ ٱلسَّوَارِي أَرْبَعَ ٱلْمِئَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ إِيزَابَلَ». | ١٩ |
20 And Ahab sends among all the sons of Israel, and gathers the prophets to the Mount of Carmel;
| فَأَرْسَلَ أَخْآبُ إِلَى جَمِيعِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَجَمَعَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءَ إِلَى جَبَلِ ٱلْكَرْمَلِ. | ٢٠ |
21 and Elijah comes near to all the people and says, “Until when are you leaping on the two branches? If YHWH [is] God, go after Him; and if Ba‘al, go after him”; and the people have not answered him a word.
| فَتَقَدَّمَ إِيلِيَّا إِلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلشَّعْبِ وَقَالَ: «حَتَّى مَتَى تَعْرُجُونَ بَيْنَ ٱلْفِرْقَتَيْنِ؟ إِنْ كَانَ ٱلرَّبُّ هُوَ ٱللهَ فَٱتَّبِعُوهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ ٱلْبَعْلُ فَٱتَّبِعُوهُ». فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ ٱلشَّعْبُ بِكَلِمَةٍ. | ٢١ |
22 And Elijah says to the people, “I have been left, by myself, a prophet of YHWH; and the prophets of Ba‘al [are] four hundred and fifty men;
| ثُمَّ قَالَ إِيلِيَّا لِلشَّعْبِ: «أَنَا بَقِيتُ نَبِيًّا لِلرَّبِّ وَحْدِي، وَأَنْبِيَاءُ ٱلْبَعْلِ أَرْبَعُ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسُونَ رَجُلًا. | ٢٢ |
23 and let them give two bullocks to us, and they choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and place [it] on the wood, and place no fire; and I prepare the other bullock, and have put [it] on the wood, and I do not place fire—
| فَلْيُعْطُونَا ثَوْرَيْنِ، فَيَخْتَارُوا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ ثَوْرًا وَاحِدًا وَيُقَطِّعُوهُ وَيَضَعُوهُ عَلَى ٱلْحَطَبِ، وَلَكِنْ لَا يَضَعُوا نَارًا. وَأَنَا أُقَرِّبُ ٱلثَّوْرَ ٱلْآخَرَ وَأَجْعَلُهُ عَلَى ٱلْحَطَبِ، وَلَكِنْ لَا أَضَعُ نَارًا. | ٢٣ |
24 and you have called in the name of your god, and I call in the Name of YHWH, and it has been, the god who answers by fire—He [is] the God.” And all the people answer and say, “The word [is] good.”
| ثُمَّ تَدْعُونَ بِٱسْمِ آلِهَتِكُمْ وَأَنَا أَدْعُو بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ. وَٱلْإِلَهُ ٱلَّذِي يُجِيبُ بِنَارٍ فَهُوَ ٱللهُ». فَأَجَابَ جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ وَقَالُوا: «ٱلْكَلَامُ حَسَنٌ». | ٢٤ |
25 And Elijah says to the prophets of Ba‘al, “Choose one bullock for yourselves, and prepare [it] first, for you [are] the multitude, and call in the name of your god, and place no fire.”
| فَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا لِأَنْبِيَاءِ ٱلْبَعْلِ: «ٱخْتَارُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ ثَوْرًا وَاحِدًا وَقَرِّبُوا أَوَّلًا، لِأَنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمُ ٱلْأَكْثَرُ، وَٱدْعُوا بِٱسْمِ آلِهَتِكُمْ، وَلَكِنْ لَا تَضَعُوا نَارًا». | ٢٥ |
26 And they take the bullock that [one] gave to them, and prepare [it], and call in the name of Ba‘al from the morning even until the noon, saying, “O Ba‘al, answer us!” And there is no voice, and there is none answering; and they leap on the altar that one had made.
| فَأَخَذُوا ٱلثَّوْرَ ٱلَّذِي أُعْطِيَ لَهُمْ وَقَرَّبُوهُ، وَدَعَوْا بِٱسْمِ ٱلْبَعْلِ مِنَ ٱلصَّبَاحِ إِلَى ٱلظُّهْرِ قَائِلِينَ: «يَا بَعْلُ أَجِبْنَا». فَلَمْ يَكُنْ صَوْتٌ وَلَا مُجِيبٌ. وَكَانُوا يَرْقُصُونَ حَوْلَ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ ٱلَّذِي عُمِلَ. | ٢٦ |
27 And it comes to pass, at noon, that Elijah mocks at them and says, “Call with a loud voice, for he [is] a god, for he is meditating, or pursuing, or on a journey; it may be he is asleep, and awakes.”
| وَعِنْدَ ٱلظُّهْرِ سَخِرَ بِهِمْ إِيلِيَّا وَقَالَ: «ٱدْعُوا بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ لِأَنَّهُ إِلَهٌ! لَعَلَّهُ مُسْتَغْرِقٌ أَوْ فِي خَلْوَةٍ أَوْ فِي سَفَرٍ! أَوْ لَعَلَّهُ نَائِمٌ فَيَتَنَبَّهَ!» | ٢٧ |
28 And they call with a loud voice, and cut themselves, according to their ordinance, with swords and with spears, until a flowing of blood [is] on them;
| فَصَرَخُوا بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ، وَتَقَطَّعُوا حَسَبَ عَادَتِهِمْ بِٱلسُّيُوفِ وَٱلرِّمَاحِ حَتَّى سَالَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلدَّمُ. | ٢٨ |
29 and it comes to pass, at the passing by of the noon, that they feign themselves prophets until the going up of the present, and there is no voice, and there is none answering, and there is none attending.
| وَلَمَّا جَازَ ٱلظُّهْرُ، وَتَنَبَّأُوا إِلَى حِينِ إِصْعَادِ ٱلتَّقْدِمَةِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ صَوْتٌ وَلَا مُجِيبٌ وَلَا مُصْغٍ، | ٢٩ |
30 And Elijah says to all the people, “Come near to me”; and all the people come near to him, and he repairs the altar of YHWH that is broken down;
| قَالَ إِيلِيَّا لِجَمِيعِ ٱلشَّعْبِ: «تَقَدَّمُوا إِلَيَّ». فَتَقَدَّمَ جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ إِلَيْهِ. فَرَمَّمَ مَذْبَحَ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلْمُنْهَدِمَ. | ٣٠ |
31 and Elijah takes twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of YHWH was, saying, “Israel is your name”;
| ثُمَّ أَخَذَ إِيلِيَّا ٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ حَجَرًا، بِعَدَدِ أَسْبَاطِ بَنِي يَعْقُوبَ، ٱلَّذِي كَانَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَيْهِ قَائِلًا: «إِسْرَائِيلَ يَكُونُ ٱسْمُكَ» | ٣١ |
32 and he builds an altar with the stones, in the Name of YHWH, and makes a trench, as about the space of two measures of seed, around the altar.
| وَبَنَى ٱلْحِجَارَةَ مَذْبَحًا بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَعَمِلَ قَنَاةً حَوْلَ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ تَسَعُ كَيْلَتَيْنِ مِنَ ٱلْبَزْرِ. | ٣٢ |
33 And he arranges the wood, and cuts the bullock in pieces, and places [it] on the wood, and says, “Fill four pitchers of water, and pour [them] on the burnt-offering, and on the wood”;
| ثُمَّ رَتَّبَ ٱلْحَطَبَ وَقَطَّعَ ٱلثَّوْرَ وَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى ٱلْحَطَبِ، وَقَالَ: «ٱمْلَأُوا أَرْبَعَ جَرَّاتٍ مَاءً وَصُبُّوا عَلَى ٱلْمُحْرَقَةِ وَعَلَى ٱلْحَطَبِ». | ٣٣ |
34 and he says, “Do [it] a second time”; and they do [it] a second time; and he says, “Do [it] a third time”; and they do [it] a third time;
| ثُمَّ قَالَ: «ثَنُّوا» فَثَنَّوْا. وَقَالَ: «ثَلِّثُوا» فَثَلَّثُوا. | ٣٤ |
35 and the water goes around the altar, and he has also filled the trench with water.
| فَجَرَى ٱلْمَاءُ حَوْلَ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ وَٱمْتَلَأَتِ ٱلْقَنَاةُ أَيْضًا مَاءً. | ٣٥ |
36 And it comes to pass, at the going up of the [evening] present, that Elijah the prophet comes near and says, “YHWH, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that You [are] God in Israel, and that I, Your servant, have done the whole of these things by Your word;
| وَكَانَ عِنْدَ إِصْعَادِ ٱلتَّقْدِمَةِ أَنَّ إِيلِيَّا ٱلنَّبِيَّ تَقَدَّمَ وَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ، لِيُعْلَمِ ٱلْيَوْمَ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ ٱللهُ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَنِّي أَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَبِأَمْرِكَ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ كُلَّ هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ. | ٣٦ |
37 answer me, O YHWH, answer me, and this people [then] knows that You [are] YHWH God; and You have turned their heart backward.”
| ٱسْتَجِبْنِي يَارَبُّ ٱسْتَجِبْنِي، لِيَعْلَمَ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلْإِلَهُ، وَأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ حَوَّلْتَ قُلُوبَهُمْ رُجُوعًا». | ٣٧ |
38 And a fire falls [from] YHWH, and consumes the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and it has licked up the water that [is] in the trench.
| فَسَقَطَتْ نَارُ ٱلرَّبِّ وَأَكَلَتِ ٱلْمُحْرَقَةَ وَٱلْحَطَبَ وَٱلْحِجَارَةَ وَٱلتُّرَابَ، وَلَحَسَتِ ٱلْمِيَاهَ ٱلَّتِي فِي ٱلْقَنَاةِ. | ٣٨ |
39 And all the people see, and fall on their faces, and say, “YHWH, He [is] the God! YHWH, He [is] the God!”
| فَلَمَّا رَأَى جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ذَلِكَ سَقَطُوا عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ وَقَالُوا: «ٱلرَّبُّ هُوَ ٱللهُ! ٱلرَّبُّ هُوَ ٱللهُ!». | ٣٩ |
40 And Elijah says to them, “Catch the prophets of Ba‘al; do not let a man escape from them”; and they catch them, and Elijah brings them down to the Brook of Kishon, and slaughters them there.
| فَقَالَ لَهُمْ إِيلِيَّا: «أَمْسِكُوا أَنْبِيَاءَ ٱلْبَعْلِ وَلَا يُفْلِتْ مِنْهُمْ رَجُلٌ». فَأَمْسَكُوهُمْ، فَنَزَلَ بِهِمْ إِيلِيَّا إِلَى نَهْرِ قِيشُونَ وَذَبَحَهُمْ هُنَاكَ. | ٤٠ |
41 And Elijah says to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.”
| وَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا لِأَخْآبَ: «ٱصْعَدْ كُلْ وَٱشْرَبْ، لِأَنَّهُ حِسُّ دَوِيِّ مَطَرٍ». | ٤١ |
42 And Ahab goes up to eat, and to drink, and Elijah has gone up to the top of Carmel, and he stretches himself out on the earth, and he places his face between his knees,
| فَصَعِدَ أَخْآبُ لِيَأْكُلَ وَيَشْرَبَ، وَأَمَّا إِيلِيَّا فَصَعِدَ إِلَى رَأْسِ ٱلْكَرْمَلِ وَخَرَّ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَجَعَلَ وَجْهَهُ بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ. | ٤٢ |
43 and says to his young man, “Now go up, look attentively [toward] the way of the sea”; and he goes up and looks attentively, and says, “There is nothing”; and he says, “Turn back,” seven times.
| وَقَالَ لِغُلَامِهِ: «ٱصْعَدْ تَطَلَّعْ نَحْوَ ٱلْبَحْرِ». فَصَعِدَ وَتَطَلَّعَ وَقَالَ: «لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ». فَقَالَ: «ٱرْجِعْ» سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ. | ٤٣ |
44 And it comes to pass, at the seventh, that he says, “Behold, a little thickness as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea.” And he says, “Go up, say to Ahab, Bind and go down, and the shower does not restrain you.”
| وَفِي ٱلْمَرَّةِ ٱلسَّابِعَةِ قَالَ: «هُوَذَا غَيْمَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ قَدْرُ كَفِّ إِنْسَانٍ صَاعِدَةٌ مِنَ ٱلْبَحْرِ». فَقَالَ: «ٱصْعَدْ قُلْ لِأَخْآبَ: ٱشْدُدْ وَٱنْزِلْ لِئَلَّا يَمْنَعَكَ ٱلْمَطَرُ». | ٤٤ |
45 And it comes to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black—thick clouds and wind—and the shower is great; and Ahab rides, and goes to Jezreel,
| وَكَانَ مِنْ هُنَا إِلَى هُنَا أَنَّ ٱلسَّمَاءَ ٱسْوَدَّتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَيْمِ وَٱلرِّيحِ، وَكَانَ مَطَرٌ عَظِيمٌ. فَرَكِبَ أَخْآبُ وَمَضَى إِلَى يَزْرَعِيلَ. | ٤٥ |
46 and the hand of YHWH has been on Elijah, and he girds up his loins, and runs before Ahab, until your entering Jezreel.
| وَكَانَتْ يَدُ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى إِيلِيَّا، فَشَدَّ حَقْوَيْهِ وَرَكَضَ أَمَامَ أَخْآبَ حَتَّى تَجِيءَ إِلَى يَزْرَعِيلَ. | ٤٦ |
