1 Bakonzi 17
1 Eliya, moto ya Tishibe, moko kati na bavandi ya Galadi, alobaki na mokonzi Akabi: — Solo, na Kombo na Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, Nzambe oyo ngai nasalelaka, mamwe mpe mvula ekozala te na mibu oyo ezali koya, longola kaka soki nasengi yango.
And Eliu the prophet, the Thesbite of Thesbae of Galaad, said to Achaab, As the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be these years dew nor rain, except by the word of my mouth.
2 Bongo Yawe alobaki na Eliya:
And the word of the Lord came to Eliu, [saying],
3 — Longwa awa, kende na ngambo ya este mpe bombama na lubwaku ya Keriti, na ngambo ya este ya Yordani.
Depart hence eastward, and hide you by the brook of Chorrath, that is before Jordan.
4 Kuna, okomela mayi ya lubwaku, mpe napesi mitindo epai ya bayanganga mpo ete eleisa yo.
And it shall be [that] you shall drink water of the brook, and I will charge the ravens to feed you there.
5 Eliya asalaki ndenge Yawe alobaki na ye: akendeki na lubwaku ya Keriti na ngambo ya este ya Yordani mpe avandaki kuna.
And Eliu did according to the word of the Lord, and he sat by the brook of Chorrath before Jordan.
6 Bayanganga ezalaki komemela ye mapa mpe mbisi na tongo mpe na pokwa, mpe amelaki mayi ya lubwaku.
And the ravens brought him loaves in the morning, and flesh in the evening and he drank water of the brook.
7 Sima na mwa tango, mayi ya lubwaku ekawukaki mpo ete mvula ezalaki lisusu konoka te na mokili.
And it came to pass after some time, that the brook was dried up, because there had been no rain upon the earth.
8 Yawe alobaki na Eliya:
And the word of the Lord came to Eliu, [saying],
9 « Kende na lombangu na Sarepita, kati na mokili ya Sidoni, mpe vanda kuna. Napesi mitindo kuna epai ya mwasi moko oyo akufisa mobali ete apesa yo bilei. »
Arise, and go to Sarepta of the Sidonian [land]: behold, I have there commanded a widow-woman to maintain you.
10 Eliya akendeki na Sarepita. Tango akomaki na ekuke ya engumba, mwasi moko oyo akufisa mobali azalaki wana; azalaki kolokota bakoni. Eliya abengaki ye mpe alobaki na ye: — Nabondeli yo, zwela ngai mwa mayi na mbeki mpo ete namela.
And he arose and went to Sarepta, and came to the gate of the city: and, behold, a widow-woman was there gathering sticks; and Eliu cried after her, and said to her, Fetch me, I pray you, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
11 Tango mwasi yango azalaki kokende kozwa mayi, Eliya ayebisaki ye lisusu: — Nabondeli yo, memela ngai mpe lipa.
And she went to fetch it; and Eliu cried after her, and said, Bring me, I pray you, a morsel of the bread that is in your hand.
12 Mwasi yango azongiselaki ye: — Na Kombo na Yawe, Nzambe na yo, nazali na lipa te; nazali kaka na mwa ndambo ya farine na sani mpe ndambo ya mafuta na mbeki. Nazali kolokota mwa koni oyo nakomema na ndako mpo na kolamba bilei ya suka mpo na ngai mpe mpo na mwana na ngai ya mobali. Tango tokosilisa yango, ekotikala na biso kaka kozela kufa.
And the woman said, [As] the Lord your God lives, I have not a cake, but only a handful of meal in the pitcher, and a little oil in a cruse, and, behold, I am going to gather two sticks, and I shall go in and dress it for myself and my children, and we shall eat it and die.
13 Eliya alobaki na ye: — Kobanga te, zonga na ndako mpe sala ndenge olobi. Kasi salela ngai nanu lipa na oyo ozali na yango mpe memela ngai yango; bongo na sima, okosala mpo na yo mpe mpo na mwana na yo ya mobali.
And Eliu said to her, Be of good courage, go in and do according to your word: but make me thereof a little cake, and you shall bring [it] out to me first, and you shall make [some] for yourself and your children last.
14 Pamba te, tala maloba oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya Isalaele, alobi: « Farine ekozanga te na sani, mpe mafuta ekosila te na mbeki. »
For thus says the Lord, The pitcher of meal shall not fail, and the cruse of oil shall not diminish, until the day that the Lord gives rain upon the earth.
15 Mwasi yango akendeki mpe asalaki ndenge kaka Eliya alobaki. Boye, na tango molayi, bilei ezangaki te mpo na Eliya, mpo na mwasi oyo akufisa mobali mpe mpo na ndako na ye.
And the woman went and did [so], and did eat, she, and he, and her children.
16 Farine etikalaki kosila te na sani, mpe mafuta etikalaki kokawuka te na mbeki, kolanda ndenge Yawe alobaki na nzela ya mosakoli Eliya.
And the pitcher of meal failed not, and the cruse of oil was not diminished, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by the hand of Eliu.
17 Sima na mwa tango, mwana mobali ya mwasi oyo akufisa mobali, nkolo ndako, abelaki; mpe pasi na ye ekomaki makasi penza kino akataki motema.
And it came to pass afterward, that the son of the woman the mistress of the house was sick; and his sickness was very severe, until there was no breath left in him.
18 Mwasi yango alobaki na Eliya: — Moto na Nzambe, nasali yo nini? Boni, oyaki na ndako na ngai mpo na kokundola lisumu na ngai mpe kobomisa mwana na ngai ya mobali?
And she said to Eliu, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come in to me to bring my sins to remembrance, and to kill my son?
19 Eliya azongisaki: — Pesa ngai mwana na yo ya mobali. Eliya azwaki mwana yango na maboko ya mwasi oyo akufisa mobali, amemaki ye na shambre ya likolo epai wapi azalaka kovanda mpe alalisaki ye na mbeto na ye;
And Eliu said to the woman, Give me your son. And he took him out of her bosom, and took him up to the chamber in which he himself lodged, and laid him on the bed.
20 abelelaki Yawe na maloba oyo: — Oh Yawe, Nzambe na ngai, mpo na nini koyeisa lisusu pasi na bomoi ya mwasi oyo akufisa mobali, na koboma mwana na ye ya mobali; nzokande ayambaki ngai epai na ye?
And Eliu cried aloud, and said, Alas, O Lord, the witness of the widow with whom I sojourn, you have wrought evil [for her] in slaying her son.
21 Sima, amitandaki mbala misato likolo ya mwana mobali mpe abelelaki Yawe na maloba oyo: — Oh Yawe, Nzambe na ngai, tika ete pema ya mwana mobali oyo ezonga kati na ye.
And he breathed on the child thrice, and called on the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, let, I pray you, the soul of this child return to him.
22 Yawe ayanolaki libondeli ya Eliya mpe azongisaki pema kati na mwana mobali, bongo mwana yango azongaki lisusu na bomoi.
And it was so, and the child cried out,
23 Eliya azwaki mwana mpe akitisaki ye wuta na shambre ya likolo kino kati na ndako. Apesaki mwana epai ya mama na ye mpe alobaki: — Tala mwana na yo ya mobali, azali na bomoi.
and he brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother; and Eliu said, See, your son lives.
24 Mwasi yango alobaki na Eliya: — Nasosoli sik’oyo ete ozali solo moto na Nzambe; mpe Liloba na Yawe, oyo ebimaka na monoko na yo ezali penza solo.
And the woman said to Eliu, Behold, I know that you [are] a man of God, and the word of the Lord in your mouth [is] true.
