1 Kings 17
1 Elijah was [a prophet] who lived in Tishbe [town] in [the] Gilead [region]. One day he [went to] King Ahab and said to him, “Yahweh is the God whom we Israelis [worship] and the God whom I worship and serve. Just as certainly as Yahweh lives, there will be no dew or rain for the next few years, if I do not command rain to fall!”
基列寄居的提斯比人以利亞對亞哈說：「我指着所事奉永生耶和華－以色列的上帝起誓，這幾年我若不禱告，必不降露，不下雨。」
2 Then Yahweh said to Elijah,
耶和華的話臨到以利亞說：
3 “[Because you have made the king angry with you, escape from the king and, ] go to the east, to the Kerith Brook, east of where it flows into the Jordan [River].
「你離開這裏往東去，藏在約旦河東邊的基立溪旁。
4 You will be able to drink water from the brook, and [you will be able to eat what] the crows [bring to you, because] I have commanded them to bring food to you.”
你要喝那溪裏的水，我已吩咐烏鴉在那裏供養你。」
5 So Elijah did what Yahweh commanded him to do. He went and camped alongside Kerith Brook.
於是以利亞照着耶和華的話，去住在約旦河東的基立溪旁。
6 Crows bought bread and meat to him every morning and every evening, and he drank [water] from the brook.
烏鴉早晚給他叼餅和肉來，他也喝那溪裏的水。
7 But after a while, the water in the brook dried up, because rain did not fall anywhere in the land.
過了些日子，溪水就乾了，因為雨沒有下在地上。
8 Then Yahweh said to Elijah,
耶和華的話臨到他說：
9 “Go and live in Zarephath [village], near Sidon [city]. There is a widow there who will give you food to eat. I have [already] told her what to do about that.”
「你起身往西頓的撒勒法去，住在那裏；我已吩咐那裏的一個寡婦供養你。」
10 So [Elijah did what God said]. He went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the gates of the village, he saw a widow who was gathering sticks. He said to her, “Would you please bring me a cup of water?”
以利亞就起身往撒勒法去。到了城門，見有一個寡婦在那裏撿柴，以利亞呼叫她說：「求你用器皿取點水來給我喝。」
11 While she was going to get it, he called out to her, “Bring me a piece of bread, too!”
她去取水的時候，以利亞又呼叫她說：「也求你拿點餅來給我！」
12 But she replied, “Your God knows that what I am telling you is true: I do not have even one piece of bread in my house. I have only a handful of flour in a jar, and a little [olive] oil in a jug. I was gathering a few sticks to use these to [make a fire and] cook one more meal, and then after my son and I eat that, we will die [from hunger].”
她說：「我指着永生耶和華－你的上帝起誓，我沒有餅，罈內只有一把麵，瓶裏只有一點油；我現在找兩根柴，回家要為我和我兒子做餅；我們吃了，死就死吧！」
13 But Elijah said to her, “Do not be worried! Go home and do what you said that you were going to do. But first, bake me a little loaf of bread and bring it to me. After you do that, take what is left and prepare some food for you and your son.
以利亞對她說：「不要懼怕！可以照你所說的去做吧！只要先為我做一個小餅拿來給我，然後為你和你的兒子做餅。
14 [I know that you will be able to do that, ] because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says this: ‘There will always be plenty of flour and [olive] oil left in your containers, until the time when I send rain again [and the crops grow again]!’”
因為耶和華－以色列的上帝如此說：罈內的麵必不減少，瓶裏的油必不缺短，直到耶和華使雨降在地上的日子。」
15 So the woman did exactly what Elijah told her to do. And she and her son and Elijah had enough food every day,
婦人就照以利亞的話去行。她和她家中的人，並以利亞，吃了許多日子。
16 because the flour in the jar was never finished, and the jug of oil was never empty. That happened just like Yahweh had told Elijah that it would happen.
罈內的麵果不減少，瓶裏的油也不缺短，正如耶和華藉以利亞所說的話。
17 Some time later, the woman’s son became sick. He continued to get worse, and finally he died.
這事以後，作那家主母的婦人，她兒子病了；病得甚重，以致身無氣息。
18 So the woman went to Elijah and said to him, “You are a prophet; so why have you done this to me? Have you come here to punish me for my sins by causing my son to die?”
婦人對以利亞說：「神人哪，我與你何干？你竟到我這裏來，使上帝想念我的罪，以致我的兒子死呢？」
19 But Elijah replied, “Give your son to me.” So she gave her son to him, and he took the boy’s [body] from her and carried it up [the steps] to the room where he stayed. He laid the boy’s [body] on his bed.
以利亞對她說：「把你兒子交給我。」以利亞就從婦人懷中將孩子接過來，抱到他所住的樓中，放在自己的床上，
20 Then Elijah cried out to Yahweh, “O Yahweh my God, this widow [has kindly allowed] me to stay in her home. So why have you brought this tragedy to her and caused her son to die?” [RHQ]
就求告耶和華說：「耶和華－我的上帝啊，我寄居在這寡婦的家裏，你就降禍與她，使她的兒子死了嗎？」
21 Then Elijah stretched himself on top of the boy’s [body] and called out to Yahweh saying, “Yahweh my God, please allow this boy to become alive again!” He did this three times.
以利亞三次伏在孩子的身上，求告耶和華說：「耶和華－我的上帝啊，求你使這孩子的靈魂仍入他的身體！」
22 Yahweh heard what Elijah prayed, and [he caused] the boy [to] become alive again [DOU].
耶和華應允以利亞的話，孩子的靈魂仍入他的身體，他就活了。
23 Elijah carried the boy down [the steps] and gave him to his mother. He said, “Look, your son is alive!”
以利亞將孩子從樓上抱下來，進屋子交給他母親，說：「看哪，你的兒子活了！」
24 The woman said to Elijah, “Now I know [for certain] that you are a prophet and that the words that you speak are truly from Yahweh!”
婦人對以利亞說：「現在我知道你是神人，耶和華藉你口所說的話是真的。」
