1 Raja-raja 18
1 Dan sesudah beberapa lama, datanglah firman TUHAN kepada Elia dalam tahun yang ketiga: "Pergilah, perlihatkanlah dirimu kepada Ahab, sebab Aku hendak memberi hujan ke atas muka bumi."
After many days, the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go and show yourself to Ahab, so that I may grant rain upon the face of the earth.”
2 Lalu pergilah Elia memperlihatkan diri kepada Ahab. Adapun kelaparan itu berat di Samaria.
Therefore, Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. For there was a severe famine in Samaria.
3 Sebab itu Ahab telah memanggil Obaja yang menjadi kepala istana. Obaja itu seorang yang sungguh-sungguh takut akan TUHAN.
And Ahab called Obadiah, the manager of his household. Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly.
4 Karena pada waktu Izebel melenyapkan nabi-nabi TUHAN, Obaja mengambil seratus orang nabi, lalu menyembunyikan mereka lima puluh lima puluh sekelompok dalam gua dan mengurus makanan dan minuman mereka.
For when Jezebel was killing the prophets of the Lord, he took one hundred prophets, and concealed them, fifty and fifty, in caves. And he fed them with bread and water.
5 Ahab berkata kepada Obaja: "Jelajahilah negeri ini dan pergi ke segala mata air dan ke semua sungai; barangkali kita menemukan rumput, sehingga kita dapat menyelamatkan kuda dan bagal, dan tidak usah kita memotong seekorpun dari hewan itu."
Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go into the land, to all fountains of water, and to all the valleys, for perhaps we will be able to find plants, and save the horses and mules, so that the beasts of burden may not perish entirely.”
6 Lalu mereka membagi-bagi tanah itu untuk menjelajahinya. Ahab pergi seorang diri ke arah yang satu dan Obaja pergi ke arah yang lain.
And they divided the regions among themselves, so that they might travel through them. Ahab went one way alone, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
7 Sedang Obaja di tengah jalan, ia bertemu dengan Elia. Setelah mengenali dia, ia sujud serta bertanya: "Engkaukah ini, hai tuanku Elia?"
And while Obadiah was on the way, Elijah met him. And when he had recognized him, he fell on his face, and he said, “Are you not my lord Elijah?”
8 Jawab Elia kepadanya: "Benar! Pergilah, katakan kepada tuanmu: Elia ada."
And he responded to him: “I am. Go and tell your lord that Elijah is here.”
9 Tetapi jawab Obaja: "Apakah dosa yang telah kuperbuat, maka engkau hendak menyerahkan hambamu ini kepada Ahab, supaya aku dibunuhnya?
And he said: “How have I sinned that you would deliver me, your servant, into the hand of Ahab, so that he would put me to death?
10 Demi TUHAN, Allahmu, yang hidup, sesungguhnya tidak ada bangsa atau kerajaan, yang tidak didatangi suruhan tuanku Ahab untuk mencari engkau. Dan apabila orang berkata: Ia tidak ada, maka ia menyuruh kerajaan atau bangsa itu bersumpah, bahwa engkau tidak ditemukan di sana.
As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom to which my lord has not sent, seeking you. And when all responded, ‘He is not here,’ he swore each kingdom and nation to an oath, because you were not found at all.
11 Dan sekarang engkau berkata: Pergilah, katakan kepada tuanmu: Elia ada.
And now, you say to me, ‘Go and tell your lord that Elijah is here.’
12 Mungkin terjadi, apabila aku sudah pergi dari padamu, Roh TUHAN mengangkat engkau ke tempat yang tidak kuketahui. Kalau aku sampai kepada Ahab untuk memberitahukannya dan engkau tidak didapatinya, tentulah ia akan membunuh aku, padahal hambamu ini dari sejak kecil takut akan TUHAN.
And when I will have departed from you, the Spirit of the Lord will transport you to a place that I do not know. And entering, I will report to Ahab. And he, not finding you, will put me to death. Yet your servant has feared the Lord from his infancy.
13 Tidakkah diberitahukan kepada tuanku apa yang telah kulakukan pada waktu Izebel membunuh nabi-nabi TUHAN, bagaimana aku menyembunyikan seratus orang nabi-nabi TUHAN dalam gua, lima puluh lima puluh sekelompok dan mengurus makanan dan minuman mereka?
Has it not been revealed to you, my lord, what I did when Jezebel was killing the prophets of the Lord: how I hid one hundred men from the prophets of the Lord, fifty and fifty, in caves, and how I fed them with bread and water?
14 Dan sekarang, mengapa engkau ini berkata: Pergilah, katakan kepada tuanmu: Elia ada! Ia pasti akan membunuh aku."
And now you say: ‘Go and tell your lord that Elijah is here,’ so that he may kill me!”
15 Jawab Elia: "Demi TUHAN semesta alam yang hidup, yang kulayani, sesungguhnya hari ini juga aku akan memperlihatkan diri kepadanya."
And Elijah said, “As the Lord of hosts lives, before whose face I stand, this day I will appear to him.”
16 Lalu pergilah Obaja menemui Ahab dan memberitahukan hal itu kepadanya. Kemudian Ahab pergi menemui Elia.
Therefore, Obadiah went away to meet Ahab, and he reported to him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17 Segera sesudah Ahab melihat Elia, ia berkata kepadanya: "Engkaukah itu, yang mencelakakan Israel?"
And when he had seen him, he said, “Are you the one who is disturbing Israel?”
18 Jawab Elia kepadanya: "Bukan aku yang mencelakakan Israel, melainkan engkau ini dan kaum keluargamu, sebab kamu telah meninggalkan perintah-perintah TUHAN dan engkau ini telah mengikuti para Baal.
And he said: “I have not troubled Israel. But it is you, and the house of your father, who have abandoned the commandments of the Lord, and have followed the Baals.
19 Sebab itu, suruhlah mengumpulkan seluruh Israel ke gunung Karmel, juga nabi-nabi Baal yang empat ratus lima puluh orang itu dan nabi-nabi Asyera yang empat ratus itu, yang mendapat makan dari meja istana Izebel."
Yet truly now, send and gather to me all of Israel, on Mount Carmel, with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of the sacred groves, who eat from the table of Jezebel.”
20 Ahab mengirim orang ke seluruh Israel dan mengumpulkan nabi-nabi itu ke gunung Karmel.
Ahab sent to all the sons of Israel, and he gathered together the prophets on mount Carmel.
21 Lalu Elia mendekati seluruh rakyat itu dan berkata: "Berapa lama lagi kamu berlaku timpang dan bercabang hati? Kalau TUHAN itu Allah, ikutilah Dia, dan kalau Baal, ikutilah dia." Tetapi rakyat itu tidak menjawabnya sepatah katapun.
Then Elijah, drawing near to all the people, said: “How long will you waver between two sides? If the Lord is God, follow him. But if Baal is, then follow him.” And the people did not respond a word to him.
22 Lalu Elia berkata kepada rakyat itu: "Hanya aku seorang diri yang tinggal sebagai nabi TUHAN, padahal nabi-nabi Baal itu ada empat ratus lima puluh orang banyaknya.
And Elijah said again to the people: “I alone remain as a prophet of the Lord. But the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men.
23 Namun, baiklah diberikan kepada kami dua ekor lembu jantan; biarlah mereka memilih seekor lembu, memotong-motongnya, menaruhnya ke atas kayu api, tetapi mereka tidak boleh menaruh api. Akupun akan mengolah lembu yang seekor lagi, meletakkannya ke atas kayu api dan juga tidak akan menaruh api.
Let two oxen be given to us. And let them choose one ox for themselves, and, cutting it into pieces, let them set it on the wood. But they may not place fire under it. And I will prepare the other ox, and set it on the wood. But I will not place fire under it.
24 Kemudian biarlah kamu memanggil nama allahmu dan akupun akan memanggil nama TUHAN. Maka allah yang menjawab dengan api, dialah Allah!" Seluruh rakyat menyahut, katanya: "Baiklah demikian!"
Call upon the names of your gods. And I will call on the name of my Lord. And the God who will have heeded with fire, let him be God.” And in response, all the people said, “Excellent proposition.”
25 Kemudian Elia berkata kepada nabi-nabi Baal itu: "Pilihlah seekor lembu dan olahlah itu dahulu, karena kamu ini banyak. Sesudah itu panggillah nama allahmu, tetapi kamu tidak boleh menaruh api."
Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal: “Choose for yourselves one ox, and prepare it first. For you are many. And call on the names of your gods, but do not place fire under it.”
26 Mereka mengambil lembu yang diberikan kepada mereka, mengolahnya dan memanggil nama Baal dari pagi sampai tengah hari, katanya: "Ya Baal, jawablah kami!" Tetapi tidak ada suara, tidak ada yang menjawab. Sementara itu mereka berjingkat-jingkat di sekeliling mezbah yang dibuat mereka itu.
And when they had taken an ox, which he had given to them, they prepared it. And they called on the name of Baal, from morning even until midday, saying, “O Baal, heed us.” And there was no voice, nor did anyone respond. And so they leaped upon the altar that they had made.
27 Pada waktu tengah hari Elia mulai mengejek mereka, katanya: "Panggillah lebih keras, bukankah dia allah? Mungkin ia merenung, mungkin ada urusannya, mungkin ia bepergian; barangkali ia tidur, dan belum terjaga."
And when it was now midday, Elijah ridiculed them, saying: “Cry out with a louder voice. For he is a god, and perhaps he is talking, or at an inn, or on a journey, or certainly he may be asleep, and must be awakened.”
28 Maka mereka memanggil lebih keras serta menoreh-noreh dirinya dengan pedang dan tombak, seperti kebiasaan mereka, sehingga darah bercucuran dari tubuh mereka.
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and they cut themselves, in accord with their ritual, with knives and lancets, until they were entirely covered in blood.
29 Sesudah lewat tengah hari, mereka kerasukan sampai waktu mempersembahkan korban petang, tetapi tidak ada suara, tidak ada yang menjawab, tidak ada tanda perhatian.
Then, after midday had passed, and they were prophesying, the time had arrived when the sacrifice is usually offered. And there was no voice heard, neither did anyone heed or respond to the praying.
30 Kata Elia kepada seluruh rakyat itu: "Datanglah dekat kepadaku!" Maka mendekatlah seluruh rakyat itu kepadanya. Lalu ia memperbaiki mezbah TUHAN yang telah diruntuhkan itu.
Elijah said to all the people, “Draw near to me.” And as the people were drawing near to him, he repaired the altar of the Lord, which had been torn down.
31 Kemudian Elia mengambil dua belas batu, menurut jumlah suku keturunan Yakub. --Kepada Yakub ini telah datang firman TUHAN: "Engkau akan bernama Israel." --
And he took twelve stones, in accord with the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord came, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”
32 Ia mendirikan batu-batu itu menjadi mezbah demi nama TUHAN dan membuat suatu parit sekeliling mezbah itu yang dapat memuat dua sukat benih.
And he built from the stones an altar to the name of the Lord. And he made a trench for water, like two furrows of plowed land, all around the altar.
33 Ia menyusun kayu api, memotong lembu itu dan menaruh potongan-potongannya di atas kayu api itu.
And he arranged the wood, and he cut the ox into pieces, and he placed it on the wood.
34 Sesudah itu ia berkata: "Penuhilah empat buyung dengan air, dan tuangkan ke atas korban bakaran dan ke atas kayu api itu!" Kemudian katanya: "Buatlah begitu untuk kedua kalinya!" Dan mereka berbuat begitu untuk kedua kalinya. Kemudian katanya: "Buatlah begitu untuk ketiga kalinya!" Dan mereka berbuat begitu untuk ketiga kalinya,
And he said, “Fill four containers with water, and pour it over the holocaust, and over the wood.” And again, he said, “Do this a second time.” And when they had done it a second time, he said, “Do it also a third time.” And they did so a third time.
35 sehingga air mengalir sekeliling mezbah itu; bahkan parit itupun penuh dengan air.
And the water was running down around the altar, and the pit of the trench was filled with water.
36 Kemudian pada waktu mempersembahkan korban petang, tampillah nabi Elia dan berkata: "Ya TUHAN, Allah Abraham, Ishak dan Israel, pada hari ini biarlah diketahui orang, bahwa Engkaulah Allah di tengah-tengah Israel dan bahwa aku ini hamba-Mu dan bahwa atas firman-Mulah aku melakukan segala perkara ini.
And when it was now time for the holocaust to be offered, the prophet Elijah, drawing near, said: “O Lord, God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Israel, reveal this day that you are the God of Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have acted, in all these things, in accord with your precept.
37 Jawablah aku, ya TUHAN, jawablah aku, supaya bangsa ini mengetahui, bahwa Engkaulah Allah, ya TUHAN, dan Engkaulah yang membuat hati mereka tobat kembali."
Heed me, O Lord, heed me, so that this people may learn that you are the Lord God, and that you have converted their heart again.”
38 Lalu turunlah api TUHAN menyambar habis korban bakaran, kayu api, batu dan tanah itu, bahkan air yang dalam parit itu habis dijilatnya.
Then the fire of the Lord fell down and devoured the holocaust, and the wood, and the stones, and even the dust, and it absorbed the water that was in the trench.
39 Ketika seluruh rakyat melihat kejadian itu, sujudlah mereka serta berkata: "TUHAN, Dialah Allah! TUHAN, Dialah Allah!"
And when all the people had seen it, they fell upon their face, and they said: “The Lord himself is God! The Lord himself is God!”
40 Kata Elia kepada mereka: "Tangkaplah nabi-nabi Baal itu, seorangpun dari mereka tidak boleh luput." Setelah ditangkap, Elia membawa mereka ke sungai Kison dan menyembelih mereka di sana.
And Elijah said to them, “Apprehend the prophets of Baal, and do not let even one of them escape.” And when they had apprehended them, Elijah led them down to the torrent Kishon, and he put them to death there.
41 Kemudian berkatalah Elia kepada Ahab: "Pergilah, makanlah dan minumlah, sebab bunyi derau hujan sudah kedengaran."
And Elijah said to Ahab “Ascend; eat and drink. For there is the sound of an abundance of rain.”
42 Lalu Ahab pergi untuk makan dan minum. Tetapi Elia naik ke puncak gunung Karmel, lalu ia membungkuk ke tanah, dengan mukanya di antara kedua lututnya.
Ahab ascended, so that he might eat and drink. But Elijah ascended to the top of Carmel, and bending down to the ground, he placed his face between his knees.
43 Setelah itu ia berkata kepada bujangnya: "Naiklah ke atas, lihatlah ke arah laut." Bujang itu naik ke atas, ia melihat dan berkata: "Tidak ada apa-apa." Kata Elia: "Pergilah sekali lagi." Demikianlah sampai tujuh kali.
And he said to his servant, “Ascend, and gaze out toward the sea.” And when he had ascended, and had contemplated, he said, “There is nothing.” And again, he said to him, “Return seven times.”
44 Pada ketujuh kalinya berkatalah bujang itu: "Wah, awan kecil sebesar telapak tangan timbul dari laut." Lalu kata Elia: "Pergilah, katakan kepada Ahab: Pasang keretamu dan turunlah, jangan sampai engkau terhalang oleh hujan."
And at the seventh time, behold, a little cloud ascended from the sea like the footstep of a man. And he said: “Ascend, and say to Ahab, ‘Yoke your chariot, and descend; otherwise, the rain may prevent you.’”
45 Maka dalam sekejap mata langit menjadi kelam oleh awan badai, lalu turunlah hujan yang lebat. Ahab naik kereta lalu pergi ke Yizreel.
And as he was turning himself this way and that, behold, the heavens were darkened, and there were clouds and wind, and a great rainstorm occurred. And so Ahab, going up, went away to Jezreel.
46 Tetapi kuasa TUHAN berlaku atas Elia. Ia mengikat pinggangnya dan berlari mendahului Ahab sampai ke jalan yang menuju Yizreel.
And the hand of the Lord was upon Elijah. And cinching his waist, he ran before Ahab, until he arrived at Jezreel.
