Fiawo 1 19
1 Azɔ la, Ahab gblɔ nu siwo katã Eliya wɔ, ale si wòwu nyagblɔɖilawo katã kple yi la na Yezebel
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done and how he had killed all 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.”
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of those dead prophets by tomorrow about this time.”
3 Ale Eliya si, le eƒe agbe ta heyi Beerseba si nye du aɖe le Yuda. Egblẽ eƒe subɔla ɖe afi ma.
When Elijah heard that, he arose and fled for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and 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.”
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. He requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough, now, Yahweh; take away my life, for I am no better than my dead ancestors.”
5 Eliya mlɔ ati la te eye wòdɔ alɔ̃. Ke mawudɔla aɖe va nyɔe le alɔ̃ me eye wògblɔ nɛ be wòafɔ aɖu nu!
So he lay down and slept under a broom tree. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, “Get up 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.
Elijah looked, and near his head was bread that had been baked on coals and a jug of water. So he ate and drank and then lay down again.
7 Mawudɔla la gava zi evelia, ganyɔe hegagblɔ nɛ be, “Fɔ, nàgaɖu nane elabena mɔ didi aɖe le ŋgɔ na wò.”
The angel of Yahweh came again a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, because the journey will be too much for 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.
So he arose and ate and drank, and he traveled in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God.
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?”
He went to a cave there and stayed in it. Then the word of Yahweh came to him and said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
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.”
Elijah replied, “I have been very zealous for Yahweh, God of hosts, for the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, destroyed your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. Now I, only I, am left and they are also trying to take my life.”
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
Yahweh replied, “Go out and stand on the mountain before me.” Then Yahweh passed by, and a very strong wind struck the mountains and broke rocks into pieces before Yahweh, but Yahweh was not in the wind. Then after the wind, an earthquake came, but Yahweh 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.
Then after the earthquake a fire came, but Yahweh was not in the fire. Then after the fire, a still small voice came.
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?”
When Elijah heard the voice, he wrapped his face in his cloak, went out, and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then a voice came to him that said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
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.”
Elijah replied, “I have been very zealous for Yahweh, God of hosts, because the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, destroyed your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. Now I, only I, am left and they are also trying to take my life.”
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.
Then Yahweh said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus, and when you arrive you will anoint Hazael to be king over Aram,
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 you will anoint Jehu son of Nimshi to be king over Israel, and you will anoint Elisha son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah to be prophet in your place.
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.
It will happen that Jehu will kill whoever escapes from the sword of Hazael, and that Elisha will kill whoever escapes from the sword of Jehu.
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.”
But I will leave for myself seven thousand people in Israel, whose knees have not bent down to Baal, and whose mouths have not kissed 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.
So Elijah left from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he himself was plowing with the twelfth yoke. Elijah walked over to Elisha and draped his cloak on 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?”
Then Elisha left the oxen and ran after Elijah; he said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” Then Elijah said to him, “Go back, but think about what I have done to 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.
So Elisha returned from Elijah and took the yoke of oxen, killed the animals, and cooked the meat with the wood from the ox yoke. Then he gave it to the people and they ate. Then he arose, went after Elijah and served him.
