1 Wa 19
1 Wa Akab rakonte Jezabèl, madanm li, tou sa Eli te fè, ki jan li te touye tout pwofèt Baal yo.
And Ahab declareth to Jezebel all that Elijah did, and all how he slew all the prophets by the sword,
2 Jezabèl voye yon misyon bay Eli. Li voye di l': -Se ou, se mwen! Se pou bondye yo ban m' pi gwo pinisyon ki genyen si denmen lè konsa mwen pa fè ou tou sa ou te fè pwofèt yo.
and Jezebel sendeth a messenger unto Elijah, saying, 'Thus doth the gods, and thus do they add, surely about this time to-morrow, I make thy life as the life of one of them.'
3 Eli vin pè. Li kouri met deyò pou l' sove lavi li. Li pran domestik li avè l', l' ale lavil Bècheba nan peyi Jida. Li kite domestik li a la.
And he feareth, and riseth, and goeth for his life, and cometh in to Beer-Sheba, that [is] Judah's, and leaveth his young man there,
4 Eli menm mache tout yon jounen nan dezè a. Lè li rete, l' al chita anba lonbray yon ti pye bayawonn. Li mande lanmò, li di: -M' pa kapab ankò, Seyè! Pito m' mouri kont fini. M' pa pi bon pase zansèt mwen yo.
and he himself hath gone into the wilderness a day's Journey, and cometh and sitteth under a certain retem-tree, and desireth his soul to die, and saith, 'Enough, now, O Jehovah, take my soul, for I [am] not better than my fathers.'
5 Li lage kò l' anba pye bayawonn lan. Dòmi pran l'. Antan l' nan dòmi an, yon zanj vin souke l', li di l' konsa: -Leve ou manje!
And he lieth down and sleepeth under a certain retem-tree, and lo, a messenger cometh against him, and saith to him, 'Rise, eat;'
6 Eli voye je l' gade bò kote l', li wè yon ti pen plat tankou sa yo kwit sou chabon dife ak yon krich dlo bò tèt li. Li manje, li bwè. Lèfini, li kouche, li dòmi ankò.
and he looketh attentively, and lo, at his bolster a cake [baken on] burning stones, and a dish of water, and he eateth, and drinketh, and turneth, and lieth down.
7 Zanj Seyè a tounen yon dezyèm fwa, li souke Eli, li leve l', li di l': -Leve ou manje, paske vwayaj la pral long anpil pou ou.
And the messenger of Jehovah turneth back a second time, and cometh against him, and saith, 'Rise, eat, for the way is too great for thee;'
8 Eli leve, li manje, li bwè. Manje a ba li kont fòs kouraj pou li mache pandan karant jou, karant nwit jouk li rive sou mòn Orèb, mòn Bondye a.
and he riseth, and eateth, and drinketh, and goeth in the power of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God — Horeb.
9 Lè li rive, li antre nan yon gwòt, li pase nwit lan la. Seyè a pale ak Eli ankò, li di li: -Eli, sa w'ap fè la a?
And he cometh in there, unto the cave, and lodgeth there, and lo, the word of Jehovah [is] unto him, and saith to him, 'What — to thee, here, Elijah?'
10 Eli reponn: -Seyè, Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa, mwen renmen ou anpil, mwen pa ka wè sa pèp Izrayèl la ap fè ou la. Li pa kenbe kontra li te pase avè ou la, li kraze lotèl ou yo, li touye tout pwofèt ou yo. Se mwen menm sèl ki rete. Men y'ap chache touye m'.
And he saith, 'I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts, for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant — Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life — to take it.'
11 Seyè a di li: -Soti, vin kanpe devan Seyè a sou tèt mòn lan. M' pral pase! Seyè a vin ap pase. Yon gwo van vin leve, li pran vante byen fò, li fann mòn yo, li pete wòch yo devan Seyè a. Men Seyè a pa t' nan van an. Lè van an kase, tè a pran tranble, men Seyè a pa t' nan tranbleman tè a.
And He saith, 'Go out, and thou hast stood in the mount before Jehovah.' And lo, Jehovah is passing by, and a wind — great and strong — is rending mountains, and shivering rocks before Jehovah: — not in the wind [is] Jehovah; and after the wind a shaking: — not in the shaking [is] Jehovah;
12 Lè tè a sispann tranble, te gen yon dife, men Seyè a pa t' nan dife a. Apre dife a, yon ti bri tou piti fèt, yon ti briz tou fèb vin ap soufle.
and after the shaking a fire: — not in the fire [is] Jehovah; and after the fire a voice still small;
13 Lè Eli tande l', li kouvri tèt li ak gwo rad li, li soti, li kanpe devan gwòt la. Li tande yon vwa ki di l': -Eli, sa w'ap fè isit la?
and it cometh to pass, at Elijah's hearing [it], that he wrappeth his face in his robe, and goeth out, and standeth at the opening of the cave, and lo, unto him [is] a voice, and it saith, 'What — to thee, here, Elijah?'
14 Eli reponn: -Seyè, Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a, mwen renmen ou anpil, mwen pa ka wè sa pèp Izrayèl la ap fè ou la. Li pa kenbe kontra li te pase avè ou la. Li kraze lotèl ou yo. Li touye tout pwofèt ou yo. Se mwen menm sèl ki rete. Men y'ap chache touye m'.
And he saith, 'I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life — to take it.'
15 Seyè a di li: -Ale non! Pran menm wout ou te pase nan dezè a pou vini isit la, tounen lavil Damas. W'a antre lavil Damas, w'a pran Azayèl, w'a mete l' wa peyi Siri nan non mwen.
And Jehovah saith unto him, 'Go turn back on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus, and thou hast gone in, and anointed Hazael for king over Aram,
16 Apre sa, w'a ale lakay Jeou, pitit gason Nimchi a, w'a mete l' wa peyi Izrayèl nan non mwen. Lèfini, w'a pran Elize, pitit gason Chafat, moun lavil Abèl Meola a, w'a mete l' apa nan non mwen pou l' sèvi pwofèt nan plas ou.
and Jehu son of Nimshi thou dost anoint for king over Israel, and Elisha son of Shaphat, of Abel-Meholah, thou dost anoint for prophet in thy stead.
17 Tout moun ki va chape anba men Azayèl va tonbe anba men Jeou. Tout moun ki va chape anba men Jeou va tonbe anba men Elize.
'And it hath been, him who is escaped from the sword of Hazael, put to death doth Jehu, and him who is escaped from the sword of Jehu put to death doth Elisha;
18 Men m'ap kite sètmil (7.000) moun vivan nan peyi Izrayèl la. Se moun ki pa t' mete ajenou devan Baal pou sèvi li, ni ki pa t' bo estati li yo.
and I have left in Israel seven thousand, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that hath not kissed him.'
19 Eli pati. Li jwenn Elize, pitit gason Chafat la, ki t'ap raboure yon jaden avèk douz pè bèf. Elize t'ap raboure dènye pòsyon tè a ak douzyèm pè bèf la lè Eli pwoche bò kote l'. Eli wete gwo rad ki te sou li a, li voye l' sou Elize.
And he goeth thence, and findeth Elisha son of Shaphat, and he is plowing; twelve yoke [are] before him, and he [is] with the twelfth; and Elijah passeth over unto him, and casteth his robe upon him,
20 Menm lè a, Elize kite bèf li yo, li kouri dèyè Eli. Li di l' konsa: -Kite m' al di manman m' ak papa m' orevwa anvan. Apre sa m'a swiv ou. Eli reponn li: -Ou mèt tounen tounen ou. M' pa rete ou, mwen menm! Kisa m' fè ou la a?
and he forsaketh the oxen, and runneth after Elijah, and saith, 'Let me give a kiss, I pray thee, to my father and to my mother, and I go after thee.' And he saith to him, 'Go, turn back, for what have I done to thee?'
21 Elize kite Eli, li tounen tounen l', li pran yon pè bèf, li touye yo. Li pran bwa jouk yo, li limen dife, li kwit vyann lan. Li bay moun ki te avè l' yo pou yo manje. Lèfini, li pati al jwenn Eli, li rete avè l'.
And he turneth back from after him, and taketh the yoke of oxen, and sacrificeth it, and with instruments of the oxen he hath boiled their flesh, and giveth to the people, and they eat, and he riseth, and goeth after Elijah, and serveth him.
