1 Ndị Eze 19
1 Ehab kọọrọ Jezebel ihe niile Ịlaịja mere, na otu o si jiri mma agha gbuo ndị amụma Baal niile.
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and in detail how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
2 Nʼihi nke a, Jezebel zigara onyeozi ka ọ ga zie Ịlaịja sị, “Ka chi ndị a mesoo m mmeso, nʼagbanyeghị otu mmeso ahụ si dị njọ, ma ọ bụrụ na oge dịka oge a echi, egbughị gị dịka i si gbuo ndị amụma Baal.”
And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, So do the gods [to me], and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time!
3 Ịlaịja tụrụ egwu, gbapụ ọsọ, nʼihi ichebe ndụ ya. Mgbe ọ bịaruru Bịasheba, dị na Juda, ọ hapụrụ nwokorobịa na-ejere ya ozi nʼebe ahụ.
And when he saw [that], he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
4 Ma ya onwe ya pụkwara jee ije otu ụbọchị nʼọzara naanị ya. Nʼikpeazụ, ọ kwụsịrị nọdụ ala nʼokpuru otu osisi brum, kpee ekpere rịọọ ka a napụ ya ndụ ya. Ekpere o kpere nʼoge a bụ, “O zuorela m Onyenwe anyị, biko napụ ndụ m. O nweghị ụzọ m si dị mma karịa nna nna m ha.”
And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a certain broom-bush, and requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough: now, Jehovah, take my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
5 O dinara nʼokpuru osisi brum rahụ ụra. Ma lee, otu oge ahụ, mmụọ ozi metụrụ ya aka, sị ya, “Bilie, rie nri.”
And he lay down and slept under the broom-bush. And behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise, eat!
6 Ịlaịja biliri legharịa anya, hụ ogbe achịcha na ite mmiri nta nke dị nʼakụkụ ebe ọ tụkwasịrị isi ya. O riri ogbe achịcha ahụ a hụrụ nʼicheku ọkụ, ṅụọkwa mmiri ahụ. Emesịa, o dinakwara ọzọ.
And he looked, and behold, at his head was a cake, baked on hot stones, and a cruse of water. And he ate and drank, and lay down again.
7 Mmụọ ozi nke Onyenwe anyị bịaghachikwara nke ugboro abụọ, sị ya, “Bilie rie ihe, nʼihi na ije dị gị nʼihu dị ukwuu.”
And the angel of Jehovah came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise, eat; for the journey is too great for thee.
8 Ịlaịja biliri rie ihe, ṅụọkwa mmiri. Nri ahụ nyere ya ike ije ije iri ụbọchị anọ ọzọ, ehihie na abalị, tutu ruo mgbe ọ bịaruru nʼugwu Horeb nke bụ ugwu Chineke.
And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.
9 Nʼebe ahụ, ọ banyere nʼotu ọgba nkume rahụ ụra abalị nʼime ya. Ma okwu Onyenwe anyị rutere ya sị, “Ịlaịja, gịnị ka ị na-eme nʼebe a?”
And there he went into a cave, and lodged there. And behold, the word of Jehovah [came] to him, and he said to him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
10 Ọ zaghachiri sị, “Eji m ịnụ ọkụ nʼobi na-ejere Onyenwe anyị Chineke Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ozi. Ndị Izrel ajụla ọgbụgba ndụ gị, tidasịakwa ebe ịchụ aja gị, were mma agha gbukwaa ndị amụma gị niile, ugbu a, ọ bụ naanị mụ onwe m bụ onye fọdụrụ, ma ha na-achọkwa iwepụ ndụ m.”
And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it away.
11 Onyenwe anyị sịrị ya, “Pụọ gaa guzo nʼelu ugwu, nʼihu Onyenwe anyị, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị na-aga isite nʼebe ahụ gafee.” Mgbe ahụ, oke ifufe dị ike gbawara ugwu ahụ, tipịasịa nkume ndị ahụ nʼihu Onyenwe anyị, ma Onyenwe anyị anọghị nʼime ifufe ahụ. Mgbe ifufe ahụ gasịrị, e nwere oke ala ọma jijiji nʼugwu ahụ, ma Onyenwe anyị anọkwaghị nʼala ọma jijiji ahụ.
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before Jehovah. And behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Jehovah: Jehovah was not in the wind. And after the wind, an earthquake: Jehovah was not in the earthquake.
12 Mgbe ala ọma jijiji ahụ gasịrị, ọkụ nwuuru, ma Onyenwe anyị anọghị nʼime ọkụ ahụ. Ma mgbe ọkụ ahụ gasịrị, nwa olu nta dị nwayọọ dara.
And after the earthquake, a fire: Jehovah was not in the fire. And after the fire, a soft gentle voice.
13 Mgbe Ịlaịja nụrụ ya, o ji uwe mwụda ya kpuchie ihu ya, pụọ gaa guzo nʼọnụ ụzọ ọgba nkume ahụ. Mgbe ahụ, ọ nụrụ olu jụrụ ya sị, “Ịlaịja, gịnị ka ị na-eme nʼebe a?”
And it came to pass, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice [came] to him and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
14 Ọ zaghachiri sị, “Eji m ịnụ ọkụ nʼobi na-ejere Onyenwe anyị Chineke Onye pụrụ ime ihe niile ozi. Ndị Izrel ajụla ọgbụgba ndụ gị, tidasịakwa ebe ịchụ aja gị, were mma agha gbukwaa ndị amụma gị niile, ugbu a ọ bụ naanị mụ onwe m bụ onye fọdụrụ, ma ha na-achọkwa iwepụ ndụ m.”
And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I am left, I alone, and they seek my life, to take it away.
15 Onyenwe anyị sịrị ya, “Sikwa ụzọ i si bịa laghachi, gaa nʼọzara Damaskọs. Mgbe i ruru ebe ahụ, tee Hazael mmanụ ịbụ eze Aram.
And Jehovah said to him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus; and when thou comest, anoint Hazael king over Syria;
16 Teekwa Jehu, nwa Nimshi mmanụ ịbụ eze Izrel. Ị ga-etekwa Ịlaisha nwa Shafat, onye Ebel-Mehola mmanụ ịbụ onye amụma nʼọnọdụ gị.
and Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint prophet in thy stead.
17 Onye ọbụla gbanarịrị Hazael ga-anwụ nʼaka Jehu. Otu a kwa, ndị niile gbanarịrị mma agha Jehu ka Ịlaisha ga-egbu.
And it shall come to pass, [that] him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay; and him that escapeth the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
18 Ma ghọta na ọ dị puku mmadụ asaa nọ nʼIzrel, ndị na-egbubeghị ikpere ha nʼala nye Baal, maọbụ sutu ya ọnụ, ife ya ofufe.”
Yet I have left [myself] seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth that hath not kissed him.
19 Ịlaịja sitere nʼebe ahụ pụọ gaa chọta Ịlaisha nwa Shafat ebe ọ nọ na-akọ ala ubi. Iri ehi abụọ na anọ e jikọtara abụọ abụọ dị ya nʼihu, ma ya onwe ya ji ehi abụọ e jikọtara ọnụ, nke iri na abụọ ya na-akọ ala ubi. Ịlaịja jekwuru Ịlaisha wụkwasị ya uwe mwụda ya nʼubu ya.
And he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was ploughing [with] twelve yokes before him, and he with the twelfth; and Elijah went over to him, and cast his mantle on him.
20 Mgbe ahụ, Ịlaisha hapụrụ ehi ndị ahụ ebe ha guzoro nʼubi ahụ gbara ọsọ gbakwuru Ịlaịja sị ya, “Biko, kwere ka m gaa sutu nna m na nne m ọnụ, sị ha nọdụ nke ọma. Emesịa, aga m esokwa gị.” Ịlaịja zara sị ya, “Laghachi azụ, ọ bụ gịnị ka m mere gị?”
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and I will follow thee. And he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to thee?
21 Ịlaisha laghachiri azụ, gbuo ehi abụọ ahụ e jikọtara nʼotu, kpọọ ihe ahụ e ji arụ ọrụ nʼubi ọkụ, were ha sie anụ ahụ nye ndị mmadụ, ha rie. Mgbe ahụ, o biliri ije pụọ ga soro Ịlaịja, bụrụ nwaodibo ya.
And he returned back from him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the implements of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. And he arose and went after Elijah, and ministered to him.
