I Regum 18
1 Post dies multos factum est verbum Domini ad Eliam, in anno tertio dicens: Vade, et ostende te Achab, ut dem pluviam super faciem terræ.
And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Eliu in the third year, saying, Go, and appear before Achaab, and I will bring rain upon the face of the earth.
2 Ivit ergo Elias, ut ostenderet se Achab: erat autem fames vehemens in Samaria.
And Eliu went to appear before Achaab: and the famine [was] severe in Samaria.
3 Vocavitque Achab Abdiam dispensatorem domus suæ: Abdias autem timebat Dominum valde.
And Achaab called Abdiu the steward. Now Abdiu feared the Lord greatly.
4 Nam cum interficeret Iezabel prophetas Domini, tulit ille centum prophetas, et abscondit eos quinquagenos et quinquagenos in speluncis, et pavit eos pane et aqua.
And it came to pass when Jezabel struck the prophets of the Lord, that Abdiu took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.
5 Dixit ergo Achab ad Abdiam: Vade in terram ad universos fontes aquarum, et in cunctas valles, si forte possimus invenire herbam, et salvare equos et mulos, et non penitus iumenta intereant.
And Achaab said to Abdiu, Come, and let us go through the land, and to the fountains of water, and to the brooks, if by any means we may find grass, and may save the horses and mules, and so they will not perish from the tents.
6 Diviseruntque sibi regiones, ut circuirent eas: Achab ibat per viam unam, et Abdias per viam alteram seorsum.
And they made a division of the way between them to pass through it: Achaab went one way, and Abdiu went by another way alone.
7 Cumque esset Abdias in via, Elias occurrit ei: qui cum cognovisset eum, cecidit super faciem suam, et ait: Num tu es, domine mi, Elias?
And Abdiu was alone in the way; and Eliu came alone to meet him: and Abdiu hasted, and fell upon his face, and said, My lord Eliu, are you [indeed] he?
8 Cui ille respondit: Ego. Vade, et dic domino tuo: Adest Elias.
And Eliu said to him, I [am]: go say to your master, Behold, Eliu [is here].
9 Et ille: Quid peccavi, inquit, quoniam tradis me servum tuum in manu Achab, ut interficiat me?
And Abdiu said, What sin have I committed, that you give your servant into the hand of Achaab to kill me?
10 Vivit Dominus Deus tuus, quia non est gens aut regnum, quo non miserit dominus meus te requirens: et respondentibus cunctis: Non est hic: adiuravit regna singula et gentes, eo quod minime reperireris.
[As] the Lord your God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom, whither my lord has not sent to seek you; and if they said, He is not [here], then has he set fire to the kingdom and its territories, because he has not found you.
11 Et nunc tu dicis mihi: Vade, et dic domino tuo: Adest Elias.
And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Eliu [is here].
12 Cumque recessero a te, Spiritus Domini asportabit te in locum, quem ego ignoro: et ingressus nunciabo Achab, et non inveniens te, interficiet me: servus autem tuus timet Dominum ab infantia sua.
And it shall come to pass when I shall have departed from you, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry you to a land which I know not, and I shall go in to tell the matter to Achaab, and he will not find you and will kill me: yet your servant fears the Lord from his youth.
13 Numquid non indicatum est tibi domino meo, quid fecerim cum interficeret Iezabel prophetas Domini, quod absconderim de prophetis Domini centum viros, quinquagenos et quinquagenos in speluncis, et paverim eos pane et aqua?
Has it not been told to you my lord, what I did when Jezabel killed the prophets of the Lord, that I hid a hundred men of the prophets of the Lord, by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
14 Et nunc tu dicis: Vade, et dic domino tuo: Adest Elias: ut interficiat me?
And now you say to me, Go, say to your master, Behold, Eliu [is here]: and he shall kill me.
15 Et dixit Elias: Vivit Dominus exercituum, ante cuius vultum sto, quia hodie apparebo ei.
And Eliu said, [As] the Lord of Hosts before whom I stand lives, today I will appear before him.
16 Abiit ergo Abdias in occursum Achab, et indicavit ei: venitque Achab in occursum Eliæ.
And Abdiu went to meet Achaab, and told him: and Achaab hasted forth, and went to meet Eliu.
17 Et cum vidisset eum, ait: Tune es ille, qui conturbas Israel?
And it came to pass when Achaab saw Eliu, that Achaab said to Eliu, Are you he that perverts Israel?
18 Et ille ait: Non ego turbavi Israel, sed tu, et domus patris tui, qui dereliquistis mandata Domini, et secuti estis Baalim.
And Eliu said, I do not pervert Israel; but it is you and your father's house, in that you forsake the Lord your God, and you have gone after Baalim.
19 Verumtamen nunc mitte, et congrega ad me universum Israel in monte Carmeli, et prophetas Baal quadringentos quinquaginta, prophetasque lucorum quadringentos, qui comedunt de mensa Iezabel.
And now send, gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, and the prophets of shame four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, that eat [at] Jezabel's table.
20 Misit Achab ad omnes filios Israel, et congregavit prophetas in monte Carmeli.
And Achaab sent to all Israel, and gathered all the prophets to mount Carmel.
21 Accedens autem Elias ad omnem populum, ait: Usquequo claudicatis in duas partes? Si Dominus est Deus, sequimini eum: si autem Baal, sequimini illum. Et non respondit ei populus verbum.
And Eliu drew near to them all: and Eliu said to them, How long will you halt on both feet? if the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, follow him. And the people answered not a word.
22 Et ait rursus Elias ad populum: Ego remansi propheta Domini solus: prophetæ autem Baal quadringenti et quinquaginta viri sunt.
And Eliu said to the people, I am left, the only one prophet of the Lord; and the prophets of Baal [are] four hundred and fifty men, and the prophets of the groves four hundred.
23 Dentur nobis duo boves, et illi eligant sibi bovem unum, et in frustra cædentes ponant super ligna, ignem autem non supponant: et ego faciam bovem alterum, et imponam super ligna, ignem autem non supponam.
Let them give us two oxen, and let them choose one for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire [on] the wood: and I will dress the other bullock, and put on no fire.
24 Invocate nomina deorum vestrorum, et ego invocabo nomen Domini mei: et Deus qui exaudierit per ignem, ipse sit Deus. Respondens omnis populus ait: Optima propositio.
And do you call loudly on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord my God, and it shall come to pass that the God who shall answer by fire, he [is] God. And all the people answered and said, The word which you have spoken [is] good.
25 Dixit ergo Elias prophetis Baal: Eligite vobis bovem unum, et facite primi, quia vos plures estis: et invocate nomina deorum vestrorum, ignemque non supponatis.
And Eliu said to the prophets of shame, Choose to yourselves one calf, and dress it first, for you [are] many; and call you on the name of your god; but apply no fire.
26 Qui cum tulissent bovem, quem dederat ei, fecerunt: et invocabant nomen Baal de mane usque ad meridiem, dicentes: Baal exaudi nos. Et non erat vox, nec qui responderet: transiliebantque altare quod fecerant.
And they took the calf and dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning till noon, and said, hear us, O Baal, hear us. And there was no voice, neither was there hearing, and they ran up and down on the altar which they [had] made.
27 Cumque esset iam meridies, illudebat illis Elias, dicens: Clamate voce maiore: deus enim est, et forsitan loquitur, aut in diversorio est, aut in itinere, aut certe dormit, ut excitetur.
And it was noon, and Eliu the Thesbite mocked them, and said, Call with a loud voice, for he is a god; for he is meditating, or else perhaps he is engaged in business, or perhaps he is asleep, and is to be awaked.
28 Clamabant ergo voce magna, et incidebant se iuxta ritum suum cultris et lanceolis, donec perfunderentur sanguine.
And they cried with a loud voice, and cut themselves according to their custom with knives and lancets until the blood gushed out upon them.
29 Postquam autem transiit meridies, et illis prophetantibus venerat tempus, quo sacrificium offerri solet, nec audiebatur vox, nec aliquis respondebat, nec attendebat orantes:
And they prophesied until the evening came; and it came to pass as it was the time of the offering of the sacrifice, that Eliu the Thesbite spoke to the prophets of the abominations, saying, Stand by for the present, and I will offer my sacrifice. And they stood aside and departed.
30 dixit Elias omni populo: Venite ad me. Et accedente ad se populo, curavit altare Domini, quod destructum fuerat.
And Eliu said to the people, Come near to me. And all the people came near to him.
31 Et tulit duodecim lapides iuxta numerum tribuum filiorum Iacob, ad quem factus est sermo Domini, dicens: Israel erit nomen tuum.
And Eliu took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of Israel, as the Lord spoke to him, saying, Israel shall be your name.
32 Et ædificavit de lapidibus altare in nomine Domini: fecitque aquæductum, quasi per duas aratiunculas in circuitu altaris,
And he built up the stones in the name of the Lord, and repaired the altar that had been broken down; and he made a trench that would hold two measures of seed round about the altar.
33 et composuit ligna: divisitque per membra bovem, et posuit super ligna,
And he piled the cleft wood on the altar which he [had] made, and divided the whole burnt offering, and laid [it] on the wood, and laid [it] in order on the altar, and said, Fetch me four pitchers of water, and pour [it] on the whole burnt offering, and on the wood. And they did so.
34 et ait: Implete quattuor hydrias aqua, et fundite super holocaustum, et super ligna. Rursumque dixit: Etiam secundo hoc facite. Qui cum fecissent secundo, ait: Etiam tertio idipsum facite. Feceruntque tertio,
And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.
35 et currebant aquæ circum altare, et fossa aquæductus repleta est.
And the water ran round about the altar, and they filled the trench with water.
36 Cumque iam tempus esset ut offerretur holocaustum, accedens Elias propheta, ait: Domine Deus Abraham, et Isaac, et Israel, ostende hodie quia tu es Deus Israel, et ego servus tuus, et iuxta præceptum tuum feci omnia verba hæc.
And Eliu cried aloud to the heaven, and said, Lord God of Abraam, and Isaac, and Israel, answer me, O Lord, answer me this day by fire, and let all this people know that you are the Lord, the God of Israel, and I [am] your servant, and for your sake I have wrought these works.
37 Exaudi me Domine, exaudi me: ut discat populus iste, quia tu es Dominus Deus, et tu convertisti cor eorum iterum.
Hear me, O Lord, hear me, and let this people know that you are the Lord God, and you have turned back the heart of this people.
38 Cecidit autem ignis Domini, et voravit holocaustum, et ligna, et lapides, pulverem quoque, et aquam, quæ erat in aquæductu lambens.
Then fire fell from the Lord out of heaven, and devoured the whole burnt offerings, and the wood and the water that was in the trench, and the fire licked up the stones and the earth.
39 Quod cum vidisset omnis populus, cecidit in faciem suam, et ait: Dominus ipse est Deus, Dominus ipse est Deus.
And all the people fell upon their faces, and said, Truly the Lord [is] God; he [is] God.
40 Dixitque Elias ad eos: Apprehendite prophetas Baal, et ne unus quidem effugiat ex eis. Quos cum apprehendissent, duxit eos Elias ad torrentem Cison, et interfecit eos ibi.
And Eliu said to the people, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Eliu brings them down to the brook Kisson, and he killed them there.
41 Et ait Elias ad Achab: Ascende, comede, et bibe: quia sonus multæ pluviæ est.
And Eliu said to Achaab, Go up, and eat and drink, for [there is] a sound of the coming of rain.
42 Ascendit Achab ut comederet et biberet: Elias autem ascendit in verticem Carmeli, et pronus in terram posuit faciem suam inter genua sua,
And Achaab went up to eat and to drink; and Eliu went up to Carmel, and stooped to the ground, and put his face between his knees,
43 et dixit ad puerum suum: Ascende, et prospice contra mare. Qui cum ascendisset, et contemplatus esset, ait: Non est quidquam. Et rursum ait illi: Revertere septem vicibus.
and said to his servant, Go up, and look toward the sea. And the servant looked, and said, There is nothing: and Eliu said, Do you then go again seven times.
44 In septima autem vice: Ecce nubecula parva quasi vestigium hominis ascendebat de mari. Qui ait: Ascende, et dic Achab: Iunge currum tuum et descende, ne occupet te pluvia.
And the servant went again seven times: and it came to pass at the seventh time, that, behold, a little cloud like the sole of a man's foot brought water; and he said, Go up, and say to Achaab, make ready your chariot, and go down, lest the rain overtake you.
45 Cumque se verteret huc itaque illuc, ecce cæli contenebrati sunt, et nubes, et ventus, et facta est pluvia grandis. Ascendens itaque Achab abiit in Iezrahel:
And it came to pass in the meanwhile, that the heaven grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Achaab wept, and went to Jezrael.
46 et manus Domini facta est super Eliam, accinctisque lumbis currebat ante Achab, donec veniret in Iezrahel.
And the hand of the Lord [was] upon Eliu, and he girded up his loins, and ran before Achaab to Jezrael.
