1 Raja-raja 17
1 Lalu berkatalah Elia, orang Tisbe, dari Tisbe-Gilead, kepada Ahab: "Demi Tuhan yang hidup, Allah Israel, yang kulayani, sesungguhnya tidak akan ada embun atau hujan pada tahun-tahun ini, kecuali kalau kukatakan."
And Elijah the Tishbite, from the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord lives, the God of Israel, in whose sight I stand, there shall not be dew or rain during these years, except by the words of my mouth.”
2 Kemudian datanglah firman TUHAN kepadanya:
And the word of the Lord came to him, saying:
3 "Pergilah dari sini, berjalanlah ke timur dan bersembunyilah di tepi sungai Kerit di sebelah timur sungai Yordan.
“Withdraw from here, and go toward the east, and hide at the torrent Cherith, which is opposite the Jordan.
4 Engkau dapat minum dari sungai itu, dan burung-burung gagak telah Kuperintahkan untuk memberi makan engkau di sana."
And there you shall drink from the torrent. And I have instructed the ravens to feed you there.”
5 Lalu ia pergi dan ia melakukan seperti firman TUHAN; ia pergi dan diam di tepi sungai Kerit di sebelah timur sungai Yordan.
Therefore, he went and acted in accord with the word of the Lord. And going away, he settled by the torrent Cherith, which is opposite the Jordan.
6 Pada waktu pagi dan petang burung-burung gagak membawa roti dan daging kepadanya, dan ia minum dari sungai itu.
And the ravens carried bread and flesh to him in the morning, and likewise bread and flesh in the evening. And he drank from the torrent.
7 Tetapi sesudah beberapa waktu, sungai itu menjadi kering, sebab hujan tiada turun di negeri itu.
But after some days, the torrent dried up. For it had not rained upon the earth.
8 Maka datanglah firman TUHAN kepada Elia:
Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying:
9 "Bersiaplah, pergi ke Sarfat yang termasuk wilayah Sidon, dan diamlah di sana. Ketahuilah, Aku telah memerintahkan seorang janda untuk memberi engkau makan."
“Rise up, and go to Zarephath of the Sidonians, and dwell there. For I have instructed a widowed woman there to feed you.”
10 Sesudah itu ia bersiap, lalu pergi ke Sarfat. Setelah ia sampai ke pintu gerbang kota itu, tampaklah di sana seorang janda sedang mengumpulkan kayu api. Ia berseru kepada perempuan itu, katanya: "Cobalah ambil bagiku sedikit air dalam kendi, supaya aku minum."
He rose up and went away to Zarephath. And when he had arrived at the gate of the city, he saw the widowed woman collecting wood, and he called to her. And he said to her, “Give me a little water in a vessel, so that I may drink.”
11 Ketika perempuan itu pergi mengambilnya, ia berseru lagi: "Cobalah ambil juga bagiku sepotong roti."
And as she was going to bring it, he called out after her, saying, “Bring me also, I beg you, a morsel of bread in your hand.”
12 Perempuan itu menjawab: "Demi TUHAN, Allahmu, yang hidup, sesungguhnya tidak ada roti padaku sedikitpun, kecuali segenggam tepung dalam tempayan dan sedikit minyak dalam buli-buli. Dan sekarang aku sedang mengumpulkan dua tiga potong kayu api, kemudian aku mau pulang dan mengolahnya bagiku dan bagi anakku, dan setelah kami memakannya, maka kami akan mati."
And she responded: “As the Lord your God lives, I have no bread, except a handful of flour in a jar, and a little oil in a bottle. See, I am collecting a couple of sticks, so that I may go in and make it for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
13 Tetapi Elia berkata kepadanya: "Janganlah takut, pulanglah, buatlah seperti yang kaukatakan, tetapi buatlah lebih dahulu bagiku sepotong roti bundar kecil dari padanya, dan bawalah kepadaku, kemudian barulah kaubuat bagimu dan bagi anakmu.
And Elijah said to her: “Do not be afraid. But go and do as you have said. Yet truly, first make for me, from the same flour, a little bread baked under ashes, and bring it to me. Then afterward, make some for yourself and for your son.
14 Sebab beginilah firman TUHAN, Allah Israel: Tepung dalam tempayan itu tidak akan habis dan minyak dalam buli-buli itupun tidak akan berkurang sampai pada waktu TUHAN memberi hujan ke atas muka bumi."
For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘The jar of flour will not fail, nor the bottle of oil be diminished, until the day when the Lord will grant rain upon the face of the earth.’”
15 Lalu pergilah perempuan itu dan berbuat seperti yang dikatakan Elia; maka perempuan itu dan dia serta anak perempuan itu mendapat makan beberapa waktu lamanya.
She went and acted in accord with the word of Elijah. And he ate, and she and her household ate. And from that day,
16 Tepung dalam tempayan itu tidak habis dan minyak dalam buli-buli itu tidak berkurang seperti firman TUHAN yang diucapkan-Nya dengan perantaraan Elia.
the jar of flour did not fail, and the bottle of oil was not diminished, in accord with the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the hand of Elijah.
17 Sesudah itu anak dari perempuan pemilik rumah itu jatuh sakit dan sakitnya itu sangat keras sampai tidak ada nafasnya lagi.
Now it happened that, after these things, the son of the woman who was the mother of the family became ill. And the sickness was very powerful, so that no breath remained in him.
18 Kata perempuan itu kepada Elia: "Apakah maksudmu datang ke mari, ya abdi Allah? Singgahkah engkau kepadaku untuk mengingatkan kesalahanku dan untuk menyebabkan anakku mati?"
Therefore, she said to Elijah: “What is there between you and me, O man of God? Have you entered to me, so that my iniquities would be remembered, and so that you would put to death my son?”
19 Kata Elia kepadanya: "Berikanlah anakmu itu kepadaku." Elia mengambilnya dari pangkuan perempuan itu dan membawanya naik ke kamarnya di atas, dan membaringkan anak itu di tempat tidurnya.
And Elijah said to her, “Give your son to me.” And he took him from her bosom, and he carried him to an upper room, where he himself was staying. And he placed him on his own bed.
20 Sesudah itu ia berseru kepada TUHAN, katanya: "Ya TUHAN, Allahku! Apakah Engkau menimpakan kemalangan ini atas janda ini juga, yang menerima aku sebagai penumpang, dengan membunuh anaknya?"
And he cried out to the Lord, and he said, “O Lord, my God, have you even afflicted the widow by whom I am, in a sense, sustained, so that you would put to death her son?”
21 Lalu ia mengunjurkan badannya di atas anak itu tiga kali, dan berseru kepada TUHAN, katanya: "Ya TUHAN, Allahku! Pulangkanlah kiranya nyawa anak ini ke dalam tubuhnya."
And he stretched himself out beside the boy three times. And he cried out to the Lord and said, “O Lord, my God, let the soul of this boy, I beg you, return to his body.”
22 TUHAN mendengarkan permintaan Elia itu, dan nyawa anak itu pulang ke dalam tubuhnya, sehingga ia hidup kembali.
And the Lord heeded the voice of Elijah. And the soul of the boy returned to him, and he revived.
23 Elia mengambil anak itu; ia membawanya turun dari kamar atas ke dalam rumah dan memberikannya kepada ibunya. Kata Elia: "Ini anakmu, ia sudah hidup!"
And Elijah took the boy, and he brought him down from the upper room to the lower part of the house. And he gave him to his mother. And he said to her, “See, your son lives.”
24 Kemudian kata perempuan itu kepada Elia: "Sekarang aku tahu, bahwa engkau abdi Allah dan firman TUHAN yang kauucapkan itu adalah benar."
And the woman said to Elijah: “By this, I now realize that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is true.”
