1 Bassekabaka 19
1 Awo Akabu n’abuulira Yezeberi byonna Eriya bye yakola, ne bwe yatta bannabbi bonna n’ekitala.
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and with how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
2 Yezeberi n’atumira Eriya omubaka okumugamba nti, “Bakatonda bankole bwe batyo n’okukirawo, bwe siifuule obulamu bwo okuba ng’obulamu bw’omu ku bo, essaawa nga zino enkya.”
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not your life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
3 Eriya n’atya nnyo, n’adduka okuwonya obulamu bwe. Bwe yatuuka e Beeruseba mu Yuda, n’aleka eyo omuweereza we.
And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
4 Naye ye n’atambula olugendo lwa lunaku lumu mu ddungu, n’atuuka awali omwoloola, n’atuula wansi waagwo, n’asaba afe. N’ayogera nti, “Kino kimala, Mukama, kaakano twala obulamu bwange, kubanga sisinga bajjajjange.”
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
5 N’agalamira wansi w’omwoloola ne yeebaka. Amangwago malayika n’amukomako, n’amugamba nti, “Golokoka olye.”
And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.
6 N’agolokoka, laba ng’emitwetwe we waliwo akasumbi k’amazzi n’omugaati omwokye. N’alya n’anywa, n’addamu n’agalamira.
And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baked on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
7 Malayika wa Mukama n’akomawo omulundi ogwokubiri n’amukomako n’amugamba nti, “Golokoka olye, kubanga olugendo lunene.”
And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for you.
8 Awo n’agolokoka n’alya, n’anywa, n’afuna amaanyi, era n’atambula olugendo lwa nnaku amakumi ana emisana n’ekiro, okutuuka e Kolebu, olusozi lwa Katonda.
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.
9 Bwe yatuuka eyo, n’ayingira mu mpuku, n’asula omwo. Awo ekigambo kya Mukama ne kimujjira nga kigamba nti, “Okola ki wano, Eriya?”
And he came thither to a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said to him, What do you here, Elijah?
10 N’addamu nti, “Nyiikidde nnyo okuweereza Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye ne nkwatibwa n’obuggya ku lulwe. Abayisirayiri balese endagaano yo, bamenye ebyoto byo, era ne batta ne bannabbi bo n’ekitala. Nze nsigaddewo nzekka, ne kaakano bannoonya okunzita.”
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
11 Mukama n’amugamba nti, “Ffuluma, oyimirire ku lusozi mu maaso ga Mukama, kubanga Mukama ali kumpi kuyitawo.” Kale laba, embuyaga nnyingi ey’amaanyi n’emenya ensozi n’eyasa n’enjazi mu maaso ga Eriya, naye Mukama nga taliimu. Oluvannyuma lw’embuyaga, musisi ow’amaanyi n’ayita naye era Mukama nga taliimu.
And he said, Go forth, and stand on the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
12 Oluvannyuma lwa musisi ne wajja omuliro, naye era Mukama teyaliimu mu muliro. Oluvannyuma lw’omuliro, ne wajja eddoboozi ttono nga lya ggonjebwa.
And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
13 Eriya bwe yaliwulira, n’abikka amaaso ge n’omunagiro gwe n’afuluma n’ayimirira ku mulyango gw’empuku. Awo Mukama n’amugamba nti, “Okola ki wano Eriya?”
And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice to him, and said, What do you here, Elijah?
14 N’addamu nti, “Nyiikidde nnyo okuweereza Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye, naye Abayisirayiri balese endagaano yo, bamenyeemenye ebyoto byo, era ne batta ne bannabbi bo n’ekitala. Nze nsigaddewo nzeka, ne kaakano bannoonya okunzita.”
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
15 Mukama n’amugamba nti, “Ddirayo mu kkubo lye wajjiddemu ogende mu ddungu lya Ddamasiko. Bw’onootuuka eyo ofuke amafuta ku Kazayeeri okuba kabaka w’e Busuuli,
And the LORD said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when you come, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:
16 ne ku Yeeku mutabani wa Nimusi okuba kabaka wa Isirayiri, ate era ofuke n’amafuta ku Erisa mutabani wa Safati ow’e Aberumekola okudda mu kifo kyo.
And Jehu the son of Nimshi shall you anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shall you anoint to be prophet in your room.
17 Era Yeeku anatta oyo yenna anadduka okuwona ekitala kya Kazayeeri, ate Erisa ye n’atta oyo yenna anadduka okuwona ekitala kya Yeeku.
And it shall come to pass, that him that escapes the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
18 Wabula nesigaliza akasanvu mu Isirayiri, abatavuunamiranga Baali wadde okumunywegera.”
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.
19 Awo Eriya n’ava eyo n’asisinkana Erisa mutabani wa Safati ng’alima n’emigogo gy’ente kkumi n’ebiri, ye ng’alimisa ogw’ekkumi n’ebiri. Eriya n’agenda gy’ali n’amusuulako omunagiro gwe.
So he departed there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle on him.
20 Erisa n’aleka ente ze, n’adduka ng’agoberera Eriya. N’amugamba nti, “Ka nsibule kitange ne mmange, ndyoke ŋŋende naawe.” Eriya n’amugamba nti, “Ddayo, nkukoze ki?”
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you. And he said to him, Go back again: for what have I done to you?
21 Awo Erisa n’amulekako akabanga, n’addayo, n’agenda n’asala omugogo gw’ente, ennyama n’agifumbisa ebiti by’enkumbi, n’agabira abantu ne balya. Awo n’agolokoka n’agoberera Eriya era n’amuweerezanga.
And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered to him.
