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1 Sima na tango molayi, na mobu ya misato, Yawe alobaki na Eliya: « Kende komimonisa epai ya Akabi, mpe Ngai nakonokisa mvula na mokili oyo. »
And it came to pass [after] many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
2 Eliya akendeki komimonisa epai ya Akabi. Wana nzala ezalaki makasi na Samari,
And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And [there was] a grievous famine in Samaria.
3 Akabi abengisaki Abidiasi, mobateli bikolo ya ndako na ye. Nzokande Abidiasi azalaki kotosa Yawe mingi.
And Ahab called Obadiah who [was] the governor of [his] house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
4 Wana Jezabeli azalaki koboma basakoli ya Yawe, Abidiasi azwaki basakoli nkama moko mpe abombaki bango kati na madusu mibale ya mabanga: basakoli tuku mitano na lidusu moko na moko, mpe azalaki kopesa bango bilei mpe mayi.
For it was [so], when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
5 Akabi apesaki mitindo na Abidiasi: « Tambola kati na mokili mobimba, na bitima nyonso ya mayi mpe na miluka nyonso; tango mosusu tokoki kozwa matiti ya mobesu mpe tokobatela bomoi ya bampunda mpe ya bamile mpo ete toboma lisusu te ndambo ya bibwele na biso. »
And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go into the land, to all fountains of water, and to all brooks: it may be we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
6 Bakabolaki mokili mpo na kotambola kati na yango, Akabi akendeki ye moko na ngambo moko, Abidiasi mpe akendeki ye moko na ngambo mosusu.
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
7 Wana Abidiasi azalaki kokende, Eliya akutanaki na ye. Abidiasi asosolaki ete ezali ye, afukamaki elongi kino na se mpe alobaki: — Boni, ezali penza yo, Eliya, nkolo na ngai?
And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, [Art] thou that my lord Elijah?
8 Eliya azongisaki: — Iyo, ezali ngai. Kende koyebisa mokonzi na yo ete Eliya azali awa.
And he answered him, I [am]: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
9 Abidiasi atunaki: — Likambo nini ya mabe ngai nasali mpo ete okaba mosali na yo epai ya Akabi mpo ete baboma ngai?
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab to slay me?
10 Solo, na Kombo na Yawe, Nzambe na yo, ezali na ekolo moko te to mokili moko te epai wapi nkolo na ngai azangi kotinda bato koluka yo. Mpe soki ekolo moko to mokili elobi ete ozalaki kuna te, Akabi azalaki kolapisa bango ndayi ete bamoni yo te.
[As] the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation nor kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, [He is] not [there]; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
11 Kasi sik’oyo otindi ngai ete nakende epai ya mokonzi na ngai koyebisa ye ete Eliya azali awa.
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
12 Nayebi te esika nini Molimo na Yawe akoki komema yo tango nakotika yo. Soki namemi sango epai ya Akabi, kasi ye amoni yo te, akoboma ngai. Nzokande ngai, mosali na yo, natosaka Yawe wuta bolenge na ngai.
And it will come to pass, [as soon as] I have gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD will carry thee whither I know not; and [so] when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
13 Nkolo na ngai, oyokaki te makambo oyo nasalaki tango Jezabeli azalaki koboma basakoli ya Yawe? Nabombaki basakoli ya Yawe nkama moko kati na madusu mibale ya mabanga: tuku mitano na lidusu moko na moko mpe napesaki bango bilei mpe mayi ya komela.
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid a hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
14 Sik’oyo olobi na ngai ete nakende koyebisa mokonzi na ngai ete Eliya azali awa? Akoboma ngai!
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here]: and he will slay me.
15 Eliya alobaki: — Solo, na Kombo na Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Nzambe oyo ngai nazali kosalela, lelo nakomimonisa epai ya Akabi.
And Elijah said, [As] the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him to-day.
16 Boye Abidiasi akendeki kokutana na Akabi mpe apesaki ye sango; mpe Akabi akendeki kokutana na Eliya.
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17 Tango Akabi amonaki Eliya alobaki na ye: — Yo nde moto ozali kotia mobulu kati na Isalaele?
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, [Art] thou he that troubleth Israel?
18 Eliya azongisaki: — Natie mobulu te kati na Isalaele. Kasi ezali nde yo mpe libota ya tata na yo bato bozali kosala mobulu, pamba te botosaki te mibeko ya Yawe mpe bolandi banzambe Bala.
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
19 Sik’oyo bengisa bato ya Isalaele nyonso ete tokutana na ngomba Karimeli elongo na basakoli ya Bala nkama minei na tuku mitano mpe basakoli ya Ashera nkama minei oyo baliaka na mesa ya Jezabeli.
Now therefore send, [and] gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, who eat at Jezebel's table.
20 Boye Akabi atindaki sango epai ya bato nyonso ya Isalaele mpe asangisaki basakoli na ngomba Karimeli.
So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets to mount Carmel.
21 Eliya apusanaki pene na bato mpe alobaki: — Kino tango nini bokotambola lokolo moko na zamba mpe lokolo mosusu na nzela? Soki Yawe azali Nzambe, tika ete bolanda Ye! Kasi soki mpe Bala, bolanda ye. Bato bazongisaki ata eloko moko te.
And Elijah came to all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD [is] God, follow him: but if Baal, [then] follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
22 Boye Eliya alobaki na bango: — Natikali kaka ngai moko mosakoli kati na basakoli na Yawe. Kasi Bala azali na basakoli tuku minei na mitano.
Then said Elijah to the people, I [even] I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophet's [are] four hundred and fifty men.
23 Bobongisela biso bangombe mibale ya mibali. Tika ete basakoli ya Bala bapona bango moko ngombe moko, bakata-kata yango na biteni mpe batia yango likolo ya bakoni, kasi bapelisa moto te. Ngai mpe nakobongisa ngombe mosusu, nakotia yango likolo ya bakoni, kasi na kopelisa moto te.
Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay [it] on wood, and put no fire [under]: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay [it] on wood, and put no fire [under]:
24 Boye bokobelela kombo ya nzambe na bino, bongo ngai mpe nakobelela Kombo ya Yawe. Nzambe oyo akoyanola na nzela ya moto, Ye nde Nzambe ya solo. Boye bato nyonso bazongisaki: — Makambo oyo olobi ezali malamu.
And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
25 Eliya alobaki na basakoli ya Bala: — Bopona ngombe moko kati na bangombe ya mibali; bino bozala bato ya liboso ya kobongisa yango, pamba te bozali ebele. Bobelela kombo ya nzambe na bino, kasi bopelisa moto te.
And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress [it] first; for ye [are] many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire [under].
26 Boye, bazwaki ngombe ya mobali oyo bapesaki bango mpe babongisaki yango. Babelelaki kombo ya Bala kobanda na tongo kino na midi, bagangaki: « Bala, yanola biso! » Kasi eyano ezalaki te mpe nzambe moko te ayanolaki bango. Bakomaki kobina zingazinga ya etumbelo oyo batongaki.
And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed [it], and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But [there was] no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
27 Na midi, Eliya akomaki kotiola bango, alobaki: « Boganga lisusu makasi, pamba te azali nzambe; tango mosusu azali kokanisa makambo ebele to akangami na misala mosusu to azali na mobembo; to mpe azali kolala, boye esengeli bino kolamusa ye. »
And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he [is] a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, [or] perhaps he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
28 Boye bagangaki lisusu makasi mpe bamizokisaki na mipanga na makonga, ndenge ezalaki momesano na bango kino makila kotanga.
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
29 Wana ngonga ya midi elekaki, bakobaki kotuntuka kino na tango ya mbeka ya pokwa, kasi eyano ezalaki kaka te, nzambe moko te ayanolaki bango mpe ata elembo moko te ezalaki.
And it came to pass, when mid-day was past, and they prophesied until the [time] of the offering of the [evening] sacrifice, that [there was] neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
30 Eliya alobaki na bato nyonso: — Bopusana pene na ngai! Bato nyonso bapusanaki pene na ye mpe Eliya abongisaki etumbelo ya Yawe oyo ebukanaki.
And Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me. And all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD [that was] broken down.
31 Eliya akamataki mabanga zomi na mibale kolanda motango ya mabota ya bana mibali ya Jakobi oyo Yawe alobaki na ye: « Kombo na yo ekozala Isalaele. »
And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
32 Na mabanga yango, atongaki etumbelo mpo na Yawe; atimolaki libulu ya mayi oyo ekokaki kokota balitele pene tuku misato zingazinga ya etumbelo.
And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
33 Abongisaki bakoni, akataki ngombe na biteni mpe atiaki yango likolo ya bakoni.
And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid [him] on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour [it] on the burnt-sacrifice, and on the wood.
34 Alobaki na bango: — Botondisa mayi kati na bambeki minei ya minene mpe bosopa yango na likolo ya mbeka mpe na likolo ya bakoni. Basalaki bongo. Alobaki na bango lisusu: — Botondisa mayi kati na bambeki minei ya minene mpe bosopa yango na likolo ya mbeka mpe na likolo ya bakoni. Basalaki lisusu bongo. Apesaki bango mitindo: — Bosala bongo mpo na mbala ya misato! Basalaki bongo mpo na mbala ya misato.
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 Mayi esopanaki zingazinga ya etumbelo mpe etondisaki libulu.
And the water ran around the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
36 Na ngonga oyo batumbaka mbeka ya pokwa, mosakoli Eliya apusanaki mpe asambelaki: — Oh Yawe, Nzambe ya Abrayami, ya Izaki mpe ya Isalaele! Tika bato bayeba lelo ete Yo nde ozali Nzambe ya Isalaele, mpe ngai nazali mosali na Yo; mpe nasali makambo oyo nyonso na etinda na Yo.
And it came to pass at [the time of] the offering of the [evening] sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou [art] God in Israel, and [that] I [am] thy servant, and [that] I have done all these things at thy word.
37 Yanola ngai, oh Yawe, yanola ngai, mpo ete bato oyo bayeba solo ete Yo, Yawe, nde ozali Nzambe; na bongo okozongisa mitema ya bato oyo epai na Yo.
Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou [art] the LORD God, and [that] thou hast turned their heart back again.
38 Bongo moto ya Yawe ekweyaki, ezikisaki mbeka, bakoni, mabanga mpe ekawusaki mayi nyonso kati na libulu.
Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt-sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that [was] in the trench.
39 Tango bato nyonso bamonaki bongo, bakweyaki bilongi na se mpe bagangaki: — Solo, Yawe nde azali Nzambe; Yawe nde azali Nzambe!
And when all the people saw [it], they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he [is] the God; the LORD, he [is] the God.
40 Eliya apesaki bango mitindo: — Bokanga basakoli ya Bala, botika ata moto moko te kokima. Bakangaki bango, mpe Eliya amemaki bango na lubwaku ya Kishoni mpo na kokata bango bakingo kuna.
And Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
41 Eliya alobaki na Akabi: — Kende, lia mpe mela, pamba te nazali koyoka makelele ya mvula makasi.
And Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink; for [there is] a sound of abundance of rain.
42 Boye, Akabi akendeki kolia mpe komela. Kasi Eliya amataki kino na songe ya ngomba Karimeli, afukamaki elongi kino na se, na kati-kati ya mabolongo.
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
43 Alobaki na mosali na ye: — Kende kotala na nzela ya ebale monene. Mosali na ye akendeki kotala, alobaki: — Eloko moko te ezali kuna. Eliya atindaki ye mbala sambo na maloba oyo: « Kende kotala lisusu! »
And said to his servant, Go up now, look towards the sea. And he went up and looked, and said, [There is] nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
44 Na mbala ya sambo, mosali na ye alobaki: — Tala, lipata moko ya moke lokola loboko ya moto ezali kobima wuta na ebale monene. Boye Eliya alobaki: — Kende koyebisa Akabi: « Bongisa shar na yo noki mpe zonga na ndako na yo, noki te mvula ekokanga yo na nzela. »
And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Prepare [thy chariot], and go down, that the rain may not hinder thee.
45 Na tango wana kaka, likolo eyindaki makasi na mapata ya mvula, mopepe eyaki, mpe mvula makasi enokaki. Akabi amataki na shar na ye mpe akendeki na Jizireyeli.
And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
46 Lokola nguya na Yawe ezalaki likolo ya Eliya oyo alataki mokaba na loketo na ye, akimaki mbangu liboso ya Akabi kino na ekuke ya Jizireyeli.
And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
