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 Achaab told Jezabel his wife all that Eliu [had] done, and how he [had] slain 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 there under a tree; and behold, some one touched him, and said to him, Arise and 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 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 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 the Lord returned again, and touched him, and said to him, Arise, and eat, for the journey [is] far from you.
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 meat forty days and forty nights to mount Choreb.
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 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 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 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 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, 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 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; [but] the Lord [was] not in the fire: and after the fire the voice of a gentle breeze.
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 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 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 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 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 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 Teekwa Jehu, nwa Nimshi mmanụ ịbụ eze Izrel. Ị ga-etekwa Ịlaisha nwa Shafat, onye Ebel-Mehola mmanụ ịbụ onye amụma nʼọnọdụ gị.
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 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 escapes from the sword of Azael, Ju shall kill; and him that escapes from the sword of Ju, Elisaie shall kill.
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.”
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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
