1 Bakonzi 18
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. »
After many days, Yahweh’s word came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth.”
2 Eliya akendeki komimonisa epai ya Akabi. Wana nzala ezalaki makasi na Samari,
Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.
3 Akabi abengisaki Abidiasi, mobateli bikolo ya ndako na ye. Nzokande Abidiasi azalaki kotosa Yawe mingi.
Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh 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 when Jezebel cut off Yahweh’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them fifty to 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. »
Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.”
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?
As Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him. He recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
8 Eliya azongisaki: — Iyo, ezali ngai. Kende koyebisa mokonzi na yo ete Eliya azali awa.
He answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your 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?
He said, “How have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill 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 Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he took an oath of the kingdom and nation that they didn’t find you.
11 Kasi sik’oyo otindi ngai ete nakende epai ya mokonzi na ngai koyebisa ye ete Eliya azali awa.
Now you say, ‘Go, tell your 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.
It will happen, as soon as I leave you, that Yahweh’s Spirit will carry you I don’t know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can’t find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared Yahweh 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.
Wasn’t it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed Yahweh’s prophets, how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh’s prophets with fifty to 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!
Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”.’ He will kill me.”
15 Eliya alobaki: — Solo, na Kombo na Yawe, Mokonzi ya mampinga, Nzambe oyo ngai nazali kosalela, lelo nakomimonisa epai ya Akabi.
Elijah said, “As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”
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?
When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of 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.
He answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house, in that you have forsaken Yahweh’s commandments and you have followed the Baals.
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 four hundred fifty of the prophets of Baal, and four hundred of the prophets of the Asherah, 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 together 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.
Elijah came near to all the people, and said, “How long will you waver between the two sides? If Yahweh is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” The people didn’t say 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 Elijah said to the people, “I, even I only, am left as a prophet of Yahweh; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred 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 bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bull, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under it.
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.
You call on the name of your god, and I will call on Yahweh’s name. The God who answers by fire, let him be God.” All the people answered, “What you say is good.”
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.
Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one bull for yourselves, and dress it first, for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.”
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.
They took the bull which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, “Baal, hear us!” But there was no voice, and nobody answered. They leaped about 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. »
At noon, Elijah mocked them, and said, “Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is deep in thought, or he has gone somewhere, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he sleeps and must be awakened.”
28 Boye bagangaki lisusu makasi mpe bamizokisaki na mipanga na makonga, ndenge ezalaki momesano na bango kino makila kotanga.
They cried aloud, and cut themselves in their way with knives and lances until the blood gushed out on 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.
When midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the evening offering; but there was no voice, no answer, and nobody paid attention.
30 Eliya alobaki na bato nyonso: — Bopusana pene na ngai! Bato nyonso bapusanaki pene na ye mpe Eliya abongisaki etumbelo ya Yawe oyo ebukanaki.
Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me!”; and all the people came near to him. He repaired Yahweh’s altar that had been thrown 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. »
Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom Yahweh’s word came, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”
32 Na mabanga yango, atongaki etumbelo mpo na Yawe; atimolaki libulu ya mayi oyo ekokaki kokota balitele pene tuku misato zingazinga ya etumbelo.
With the stones he built an altar in Yahweh’s name. He made a trench around the altar large enough to contain two seahs of seed.
33 Abongisaki bakoni, akataki ngombe na biteni mpe atiaki yango likolo ya bakoni.
He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood. He said, “Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering 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.
He said, “Do it a second time;” and they did it the second time. He said, “Do it a third time;” and they did it the third time.
35 Mayi esopanaki zingazinga ya etumbelo mpe etondisaki libulu.
The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench 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.
At the time of the evening offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your 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, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again.”
38 Bongo moto ya Yawe ekweyaki, ezikisaki mbeka, bakoni, mabanga mpe ekawusaki mayi nyonso kati na libulu.
Then Yahweh’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust; and it 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!
When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is 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.
Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let one of them escape!” They seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
41 Eliya alobaki na Akabi: — Kende, lia mpe mela, pamba te nazali koyoka makelele ya mvula makasi.
Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the 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. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on 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! »
He said to his servant, “Go up now and look toward the sea.” He went up and looked, then said, “There is nothing.” 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. »
On the seventh time, he said, “Behold, a small cloud, like a man’s hand, is rising out of the sea.” He said, “Go up, tell Ahab, ‘Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn’t stop you.’”
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.
In a little while, the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. 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.
Yahweh’s hand was on Elijah; and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
