1 Kings 18
1 So after many days the word of Yahweh came to Elijah, in the third year of the drought, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab and I will send rain on the land.”
Po mnogih dneh se je pripetilo, da je Gospodova beseda prišla k Eliju v tretjem letu, rekoč: »Pojdi, pokaži se Ahábu in jaz bom na zemljo poslal dež.«
2 Elijah went to show himself to Ahab; now the famine was severe in Samaria.
Elija je odšel, da se pokaže Ahábu. Tam v Samariji pa je bila huda lakota.
3 Ahab called Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. Now Obadiah honored Yahweh very much,
Aháb je poklical Obadjá, ki je bil voditelj njegove hiše. (Torej Obadjá se je silno bal Gospoda.
4 for when Jezebel was killing the prophets of Yahweh, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.
Kajti to je bilo tako, ko je Jezabela iztrebila Gospodove preroke, da je Obadjá vzel sto prerokov in jih po petdeset skril v votlino in jih hranil s kruhom in vodo.)
5 Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the water springs and brooks. Perhaps we will find grass and save the horses and mules alive, so that we will not lose all the animals.”
Aháb je rekel Obadjáju: »Pojdi v deželo, k vodnim studencem in k vsem potokom. Morda bomo lahko našli travo, da rešimo konje in mule žive, da ne izgubimo vseh živali.«
6 So they divided the land between them to pass through it and look for water. Ahab went one way by himself and Obadiah went another way.
Tako sta si razdelila deželo, da gresta skoznjo. Aháb je sam odšel eno pot, Obadjá pa je odšel drugo pot.
7 As Obadiah was on the road, Elijah unexpectedly met him. Obadiah recognized him and lay facedown on the ground. He said, “Is it you, my master Elijah?”
Ko je bil Obadjá na poti, glej, ga je srečal Elija. Ta ga je spoznal in padel na svoj obraz ter rekel: » Ali si ti, moj gospod Elija?«
8 Elijah answered him, “It is I. Go tell your master, 'Look, Elijah is here.'”
Odgovoril mu je: »Jaz sem. Pojdi, povej svojemu gospodarju: ›Glej, Elija je tukaj.‹«
9 Obadiah replied, “How have I sinned, that you would give your servant into the hand of Ahab, for him to kill me?
Rekel je: »Kaj sem grešil, da hočeš svojega služabnika izročiti v Ahábovo roko, da me ubije?
10 As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent men to find you. Whenever a nation or kingdom says, 'Elijah is not here,' Ahab makes them take an oath swearing that they could not find you.
Kakor živi Gospod, tvoj Bog, ni ne naroda ne kraljestva, kamor moj gospodar ni poslal, da te poiščejo. In ko so rekli: › Njega ni tukaj, ‹ je od kraljestva in naroda vzel prisego, da te niso našli.
11 Yet now you say, 'Go, tell your master that Elijah is here.'
In sedaj praviš: ›Pojdi, povej svojemu gospodarju: ›Glej, Elija je tukaj.‹‹
12 As soon as I am gone from you, the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you some place I do not know. Then when I go and tell Ahab, and when he cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I, your servant, have worshiped Yahweh from my youth.
Takoj, ko odidem od tebe, se bo zgodilo, da te bo Gospodov Duh odnesel ne vem kam. Ko pridem in povem Ahábu in te ne bo mogel najti, bo tako, da me bo ubil. Vendar se jaz, tvoj služabnik, od svoje mladosti bojim Gospoda.
13 Has it not been told to you, my master, what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, how I hid one hundred of Yahweh's prophets by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water?
Mar ni bilo povedano mojemu gospodu kaj sem storil, ko je Jezabela usmrtila Gospodove preroke, kako sem skril sto mož, Gospodovih prerokov, po petdeset v votlino in jih hranil s kruhom in vodo?
14 Now you say to me, 'Go and tell your master that Elijah is here,' so that he will kill me.”
Sedaj pa praviš: ›Pojdi, povej svojemu gospodarju: ›Glej, Elija je tukaj ‹ in me bo ubil.«
15 Then Elijah responded, “As Yahweh of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to Ahab today.”
Elija je rekel: » Kakor živi Gospod nad bojevniki, pred katerim stojim, se mu bom danes zagotovo pokazal.«
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him what Elijah said. Then the king went to meet Elijah.
Tako je Obadjá odšel, da sreča Ahába in povedal mu je. Aháb je odšel, da sreča Elija.
17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is it you? You are the one who brings trouble to Israel!”
Pripetilo se je, ko je Aháb zagledal Elija, da mu je Aháb rekel: » Si ti ta, ki nadleguje Izraela?«
18 Elijah answered, “I have not brought trouble to Israel, but you and your father's family are the ones who have caused trouble by abandoning the commandments of Yahweh and by following the Baals.
In ta je odgovoril: »Nisem jaz nadlegoval Izraela, temveč ti in hiša tvojega očeta v tem, da ste zapustili Gospodove zapovedi, ti pa si sledil Báalom.
19 Now then, send word and gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, along with the 450 prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel's table.”
Zdaj torej pošlji in zberi k meni ves Izrael na goro Karmel in štiristo petdeset Báalovih prerokov in štiristo Ašerinih prerokov, ki jedo za Jezabelino mizo.«
20 So Ahab sent word to all the people of Israel and gathered the prophets together at Mount Carmel.
Tako je Aháb poslal k vsem Izraelovim otrokom in preroke skupaj zbral h gori Karmel.
21 Elijah came near to all the people and said, “How long will you keep changing your mind? If Yahweh is God, follow him. But if Baal is God, then follow him.” Yet the people did not answer him a word.
Elija je prišel k vsemu ljudstvu in rekel: »Doklej omahujete med dvema možnostma? Če Gospod je Bog, sledite njemu, toda če je Báal, potem sledite njemu.« Ljudstvo pa mu ni odgovorilo niti besede.
22 Then Elijah said to the people, “I, I alone, am left as a prophet of Yahweh, but Baal's prophets are 450 men.
Potem je Elija rekel ljudstvu: »Jaz, celó samo jaz sem ostal Gospodov prerok, toda Báalovih prerokov je štiristo petdeset mož.
23 So let them give us two bulls. Let them choose one bull for themselves and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it. Then I will prepare the other bull and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under it.
Naj nam torej dajo dva bikca in naj si enega bikca izberejo zase, ga razrežejo na koščke in ga položijo na les in pod njim ne podtaknejo ognja, jaz pa bom pripravil drugega bikca in ga položil na les in pod njim ne podtaknem ognja.
24 Then you will call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Yahweh, and the God who answers by fire, then let him be God.” So all the people answered and said, “This is good.”
Kličite k imenu svojih bogov, jaz pa bom klical h Gospodovemu imenu. Bog, ki odgovarja z ognjem, naj bo on Bog.« Vse ljudstvo je odgovorilo in reklo: »To je dobro rečeno.«
25 So Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one bull for yourselves and prepare it first, for you are many people. Then call on the name of your god, but put no fire under the bull.”
Elija je Báalovim prerokom rekel: »Izberite si enega bikca zase in tega pripravite najprej, kajti vas je mnogo, in kličite ime svojih bogov, toda spodaj ne podnetite ognja.«
26 They took the bull that was given to them and prepared it, and they called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, hear us.” But there was no voice, nor anyone who answered. They danced around the altar they had made.
Vzeli so bikca, ki jim je bil dan in ga pripravili in od jutra do poldneva klicali k Báalovemu imenu, rekoč: »Oh Báal, usliši nas.« Toda ni bilo nobenega glasu niti nikogar, da bi odgovoril. In poskakovali so na oltarju, ki je bil narejen.
27 At noon Elijah mocked them and said, “Shout out loudly! He is a god! Perhaps he is thinking, or is relieving himself, or he is traveling on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened.”
Pripetilo se je opoldan, da jih je Elija zasmehoval in rekel: »Glasno vpijte, kajti on je bog; ali klepeta ali zalezuje ali je na potovanju ali morda spi in mora biti prebujen.«
28 So they shouted more loudly, and they cut themselves, as they usually did, with swords and spears, until their blood flowed out over themselves.
Glasno so vpili in se po svoji navadi rezali z noži in nožiči, dokler ni po njih lila kri.
29 Midday passed, and they were still raving until the time of offering of the evening sacrifice, but there was no voice or anyone to answer; there was no one who paid any attention to their pleadings.
Pripetilo se je, ko je sredina dneva minila in so prerokovali do časa darovanja večerne daritve, da tam ni bilo, niti glasu niti odgovora, niti nikogar, ki bi upošteval.
30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me,” and all the people came near to him. Then he repaired the altar of Yahweh that was lying in ruin.
Elija je rekel vsemu ljudstvu: »Pridite bliže k meni.« In vse ljudstvo je prišlo bliže k njemu. Popravil je Gospodov oltar, ki je bil razrušen.
31 Elijah took twelve stones, each stone representing one of the tribes of the sons of Jacob—it was Jacob to whom the word of Yahweh came, saying, “Israel will be your name.”
Elija je vzel dvanajst kamnov, glede na število rodov Jakobovih sinov, ki mu je prišla Gospodova beseda, rekoč: »Izrael bo tvoje ime.«
32 With the stones he built an altar in the name of Yahweh and he dug a trench around the altar large enough to contain two seahs of seeds.
S kamni je v Gospodovem imenu zgradil oltar, in okoli oltarja naredil jarek, tako velik, da bi lahko vseboval dve meri semen.
33 He arranged the wood for a fire, cut the bull in pieces, and laid the pieces of the bull on the wood. He said, “Fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.”
Les je postavil v red in bikca razsekal na koščke, ga položil na les in rekel: »Napolnite štiri sodčke z vodo in jih izlijte na žgalno daritev in na les.«
34 Then he said, “Do it a second time,” and they did it a second time. Once more he said, “Do it a third time,” and they did it a third time.
Rekel je: » To storite drugič.« In to so storili drugič. Rekel je: » To storite tretjič.« In to so storili tretjič.
35 The water ran around the altar and filled the trench.
Voda je tekla naokoli oltarja in tudi jarek je napolnil z vodo.
36 It happened at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, “Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.
Ob času darovanja večerne daritve se je pripetilo, da se je približal prerok Elija in rekel: » Gospod, Bog Abrahama, Izaka in Izraela, naj bo to znano ta dan, da si ti Bog v Izraelu in da sem jaz tvoj služabnik in da sem vse te stvari storil na tvojo besedo.
37 Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that these people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again to yourself.”
Prisluhni mi, oh Gospod, prisluhni mi, da bo to ljudstvo lahko vedelo, da si ti Gospod Bog in da si ti njihova srca ponovno obrnil nazaj.«
38 Then the fire of Yahweh fell and consumed the burnt offering, as well as the wood, the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
Potem je padel Gospodov ogenj in použil žgalno daritev, les, kamne, prah in polizal vodo, ki je bila v jarku.
39 When all the people saw this, they lay facedown on the ground and said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!”
Ko je vse ljudstvo to videlo, so padli na svoje obraze in rekli: » Gospod, on je Bog; Gospod, on je Bog.«
40 So Elijah said to them, “Take the prophets of Baal. Do not let one of them escape.” So they took them, and Elijah brought the prophets of Baal down to the Kishon River and killed them there.
Elija jim je rekel: »Primite Báalove preroke, naj nobeden izmed njih ne pobegne.« Prijeli so jih in Elija jih je odvedel dol k potoku Kišónu in jih tam usmrtil.
41 Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of much rain.”
Elija je rekel Ahábu: »Vstani, jej in pij, kajti tam je zvok obilja dežja.«
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Then Elijah went up to the top of Carmel, bowed himself down on the earth and put his face between his knees.
Tako je Aháb odšel gor, da jé in da pije. Elija pa je odšel gor, na vrh Karmela in se vrgel dol na zemljo in svoj obraz dal med svoja kolena
43 He said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” His servant went up and looked and said, “There is nothing.” So Elijah said, “Go again, seven times.”
in svojemu služabniku rekel: »Pojdi sedaj gor, glej proti morju.« In ta je odšel gor, pogledal in rekel: » Tam ni nič.« Rekel je: »Pojdi ponovno, sedemkrat.«
44 At the seventh time the servant said, “Look, there is a cloud going up from the sea, as small as a man's hand.” Elijah replied, “Go up and say to Ahab, 'Make ready your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.'”
Pripetilo se je sedmič, da je rekel: »Glej, tam vstaja iz morja majhen oblak, podoben človeški roki.« Rekel je: »Pojdi gor in reci Ahábu: ›Pripravi svoj bojni voz in se spusti dol, da te ne ustavi dež.‹«
45 It happened that in a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode and went to Jezreel,
V vmesnem času se je pripetilo, da je bilo nebo črno z oblaki in vetrom in tam je bil velik dež. Aháb je jahal in šel v Jezreél.
46 but the hand of Yahweh was on Elijah. He tucked his robe in his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Gospodova roka pa je bila na Eliju. Opasal je svoja ledja in pred Ahábom tekel k vhodu v Jezreél.
