Fiawo 1 19
1 Azɔ la, Ahab gblɔ nu siwo katã Eliya wɔ, ale si wòwu nyagblɔɖilawo katã kple yi la na Yezebel
And Achaab told Jezabel his wife all that Eliu [had] done, and how he [had] slain the prophets with the sword.
2 eya ta Yezebel ɖo dɔlawo ɖe Eliya be woagblɔ nɛ be, “Mawuawo nefiam ne woagafiam ɖe edzi nenye be etsɔ woaleawoɣi la, nyemewɔ wò agbe abe wo dometɔ ɖeka tɔ ene o.”
And Jezabel sent to Eliu, and said, If you are Eliu and I am Jezabel, God do so to me, and more also, if I do not make your life by this time to-morrow as the life of one of them.
3 Ale Eliya si, le eƒe agbe ta heyi Beerseba si nye du aɖe le Yuda. Egblẽ eƒe subɔla ɖe afi ma.
And Eliu feared, and rose, and departed for his life: and he comes to Bersabee [to] the land of Juda, and he left his servant there.
4 Eya ɖeka zɔ mɔ ŋkeke blibo la yi gbedzi. Enɔ anyi ɖe ati aɖe te eye wòdo gbe ɖa be Yehowa nana yeaku. Egblɔ na Yehowa be, “Eglom azɔ, ɖe nye agbe ɖa, mele kuku ge gbe ɖeka kokoko; nyemenyo wu tɔgbuinyewo o.”
And he himself went a day's journey in the wilderness, and came and sat under a juniper tree; and asked concerning his life that he might die, and said, Let it be enough now, O Lord, take, I pray you, my life from me; for I am no better than my fathers.
5 Eliya mlɔ ati la te eye wòdɔ alɔ̃. Ke mawudɔla aɖe va nyɔe le alɔ̃ me eye wògblɔ nɛ be wòafɔ aɖu nu!
And he lay down and slept there under a tree; and behold, some one touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.
6 Etsa ŋku eye wòkpɔ abolo si mem wonɔ le kpe xɔdzowo dzi kple tsikplu aɖe! Ale wòɖu nu, no tsi la eye wògamlɔ anyi.
And Eliu looked, and, behold, at his head there was a cake of meal and a cruse of water; and he arose, and ate and drank, and returned and lay down.
7 Mawudɔla la gava zi evelia, ganyɔe hegagblɔ nɛ be, “Fɔ, nàgaɖu nane elabena mɔ didi aɖe le ŋgɔ na wò.”
And the angel of the Lord returned again, and touched him, and said to him, Arise, and eat, for the journey [is] far from you.
8 Ale wòfɔ, ɖu nu, no nu eye nuɖuɖu la do ŋusẽe ale gbegbe be wòte ŋu zɔ mɔ ŋkeke blaene kple zã blaene yi Horeb to, Mawu ƒe to la dzi.
And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights to mount Choreb.
9 Eliya ge ɖe agado aɖe me eye wòtsi afi ma dɔ. Yehowa ƒe gbe va nɛ be, “Eliya, nu ka wɔm nèle le afi sia?”
And he entered there into a cave, and rested there; and, behold, the word of the Lord [came] to him, and he said, What [do] you here, Eliu?
10 Eɖo eŋu be, “Meʋã ŋu ɖe Yehowa, Mawu Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la nu. Israelviwo gbe nu le wò nubabla la gbɔ. Wogbã wò vɔsamlekpuiwo ƒu anyi eye wowu wò nyagblɔɖilawo kple yi. Nye koe susɔ eye azɔ la, wole didim be yewoawu nye hã.”
And Eliu said, I have been very jealous for the Lord Almighty, because the children of Israel have forsaken you: they have digged down your altars, and have slain your prophets with the sword; and I only am left alone, and they seek my life to take it.
11 Yehowa gblɔ nɛ be, “Do go, natsi tsitre ɖe to la dzi le Yehowa ŋkume elabena Yehowa ava tso eme ayi.” Tete yaƒoƒo sesẽ aɖe kaka toawo, gbã agakpeawo le Yehowa ŋkume gake Yehowa menɔ yaƒoƒo sesẽ la me o. Anyigbaʋuʋu kplɔ yaƒoƒo sesẽ la ɖo, gake Yehowa menɔ anyigbaʋuʋu la me o
And he said, You shall go forth to-morrow, and shall stand before the Lord in the mount; behold, the Lord will pass by. And, behold, a great [and] strong wind rending the mountains, and crushing the rocks before the Lord; [but] the Lord [was] not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake; [but] the Lord [was] not in the earthquake:
12 Dzo bibi kplɔ anyigbaʋuʋu la ɖo gake Yehowa menɔ dzo bibi la me o. Gbe bɔlɔe aɖe kplɔ dzo bibi la ɖo.
and after the earthquake a fire; [but] the Lord [was] not in the fire: and after the fire the voice of a gentle breeze.
13 Esi Eliya se gbe bɔlɔe la la, ehe eƒe awu ʋlaya tsyɔ mo eye wòdo ɖe gota ɖatsi tsitre ɖe agado la ƒe mɔnu. Tete gbe aɖe gblɔ nɛ be, “Eliya, nu ka wɔm nèle le afi sia?”
And it came to pass when Eliu heard, that he wrapt his face in his mantle, and went forth and stood in the cave: and, behold, a voice [came] to him and said, What [do] you here, Eliu?
14 Eliya ɖo eŋu be, “Meʋã ŋu ɖe Yehowa, Mawu Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la nu. Israelviwo gbe nu le wò nubabla la gbɔ, wogbã wò vɔsamlekpuiwo ƒu anyi eye wowu wò nyagblɔɖilawo kple yi. Nye ɖeka koe susɔ eye azɔ la, wole didim be yewoawu nye hã.”
And Eliu said, I have been very jealous for the Lord Almighty; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, and they have overthrown your altars, and have slain your prophets with the sword! and I am left entirely alone, and they seek my life to take it.
15 Yehowa gblɔ nɛ be, “Trɔ, nàlé mɔ si dzi nèto va eye nàyi ɖe Damasko gbegbe. Ne èɖo afi ma la, si ami na Hazael wòanye fia ɖe Aram dzi.
And the Lord said to him, Go, return, and you shall come into the way of the wilderness of Damascus: and you shall go and anoint Azael to be king over Syria.
16 Le esia megbe la, nàsi ami na Yehu, Nimsi ƒe vi, wòazu Israel fia eye nàsi ami na Elisa, Safat ƒe vi, tso Abel Mehola ne wòanye nyagblɔɖila ɖe tewòƒe.
And Ju the son of Namessi shall you anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisaie the son of Saphat shall you anoint to be prophet in your room.
17 Yehu awu ame sia ame si asi le Hazael ƒe yi nu eye Elisa awu ame sia ame si asi le Yehu ƒe yi nu.
And it shall come to pass, that him that escapes from the sword of Azael, Ju shall kill; and him that escapes from the sword of Ju, Elisaie shall kill.
18 Ke hã la, magblẽ ame akpe adre ɖe Israel, ame siwo medze klo na Baal o eye wometsɔ woƒe nuwo gbugbɔ nu nɛ o.”
And you shall leave in Israel seven thousand men, all the knees which had not bowed themselves to Baal, and every mouth which had not worshipped him.
19 Ale Eliya yi ɖakpɔ Elisa, Safat ƒe vi la, esi wònɔ agble ŋlɔm kple nyiwo ƒe hatsotso wuiɖekɛ siwo yome wònɔ. Ewu bo la ŋɔŋlɔ nu kple nyiawo ƒe hatsotso mamlɛtɔ. Eliya te ɖe eŋu, tsɔ eƒe dziwui da ɖe eƒe abɔta eye wòtrɔ dzo.
And he departed thence, and finds Elisaie the son of Saphat, and he was plowing with oxen; [there were] twelve yoke before him, and he with the twelve, and he passed by to him, and cast his mantle upon him.
20 Elisa gblẽ nyitsuawo ɖe afi ma, ƒu du ɖatu Eliya eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Gbã la, na mayi aɖaklã fofonye kple danye ekema mayi kpli wò!” Eliya gblɔ nɛ be, “Yi, nàtrɔ gbɔ! Nu kae na wò lãme le ƒoƒom ale?”
And Elisaie left the cattle, and ran after Eliu and said, I will kiss my father, and follow after you. And Eliu said, Return, for I have done [a work] for you.
21 Elisa trɔ yi eƒe nyiawo gbɔ, wu wo dometɔ eve eye wòtsɔ nyiawo ƒe kɔkutiawo do dzoe heme woƒe lã. Ena lã la dɔwɔla bubuawo eye wo katã woɖu nu nyuie. Le esia megbe la, edze Eliya yome abe eƒe kpeɖeŋutɔ ene.
And he returned from following him, and took a yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled them with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate: and he arose, and went after Eliu, and ministered to him.
