1 Kings 17
1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there will not be dew or rain these years unless I say so.”
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 The word of Yahweh came to Elijah, saying,
耶和華的話臨到以利亞說：
3 “Leave from here and go eastward; hide yourself by the brook Kerith, east of the Jordan.
「你離開這裏往東去，藏在約旦河東邊的基立溪旁。
4 It will happen that you will drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
你要喝那溪裏的水，我已吩咐烏鴉在那裏供養你。」
5 So Elijah went and did as the word of Yahweh commanded. He went to live by the brook Kerith, east of the Jordan.
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 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank 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 brook dried up because there was no rain in the land.
過了些日子，溪水就乾了，因為雨沒有下在地上。
8 The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
耶和華的話臨到他說：
9 “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there. Look, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
「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 he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the gate of the city a widow was there gathering sticks. So he called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a jar so that I may drink.”
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 As she was going to get water he called to her, and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand.”
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 She replied, “As Yahweh your God lives, I do not have any bread, but only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jug. See, I am gathering two sticks so I may go in and cook it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”
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 Elijah said to her, “Do not fear. Go and do as you have said, but make me a little bread first and bring it out to me. Then afterward make some for you and for 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 For Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'The jar of meal will not empty, neither will the jug of oil stop flowing, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the earth.”
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 she did as Elijah had told her. She and Elijah, along with her household, ate for many days.
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 The jar of meal did not empty, neither did the jug of oil stop flowing, just as the word of Yahweh had said, as he had spoken by Elijah.
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 After these things the woman's son, the woman who owned the house, fell sick. His sickness was so severe that there was no more breath left in him.
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 his mother said to Elijah, “What do you have against me, man of God? Have you come to me to remind me of my sin and to kill my son?”
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 Then Elijah replied to her, “Give me your son.” He took the boy from her arms and carried him up into the room where he was staying, and he laid the boy on his own 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 He cried to Yahweh and said, “Yahweh my God, have you also brought disaster on the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?”
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 the child three times; he cried out to Yahweh and said, “Yahweh my God, I beg you, please let this child's life return to him.”
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 listened to the voice of Elijah; the life of the child returned to him, and he revived.
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 took the child and brought him out of his room down into the house; he handed the boy to his mother and said, “See, 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 that you are a man of God, and that the word of Yahweh in your mouth is true.”
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。」
