1 Mpanjaka 18
1 Ary nony afaka andro maro, dia tonga tamin’ i Elia ny tenin’ i Jehovah tamin’ ny taona fahatelo nanao hoe: Mandehana hiseho amin’ i Ahaba, fa handatsaka ranonorana amin’ ny tany Aho.
After many days, the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go and show yourself to Ahab, so that I may grant rain upon the face of the earth.”
2 Dia niainga Elia hiseho amin’ i Ahaba. Ary mafy ny mosary tany Samaria.
Therefore, Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. For there was a severe famine in Samaria.
3 Ary Ahaba niantso an’ i Obadia, izay lehiben’ ny tao an-dapany (Obadia dia natahotra an’ i Jehovah tokoa,
And Ahab called Obadiah, the manager of his household. Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly.
4 ka nony naringan’ i Jezebela ny mpaminanin’ i Jehovah, dia nalain’ i Obadia ny mpaminany zato ka nafeniny, dimam-polo avy no nataony tao an-johy iray, ary novelominy mofo sy rano ireo).
For when Jezebel was killing the prophets of the Lord, he took one hundred prophets, and concealed them, fifty and fifty, in caves. And he fed them with bread and water.
5 Ary hoy Ahaba tamin’ i Obadia: Andeha mitety ny tany, dia hatrany amin’ ny loharano rehetra sy hatrany amin’ ny lohasahan-driaka rehetra; fa angamba hahita ahitra hamelomana ny soavaly sy ny ampondra isika, mba tsy hisy hovonointsika ny biby fiompintsika.
Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go into the land, to all fountains of water, and to all the valleys, for perhaps we will be able to find plants, and save the horses and mules, so that the beasts of burden may not perish entirely.”
6 Dia nizara lalana izy, ka Ahaba nandeha tamin’ ny lalana iray, ary Obadia kosa nandeha tamin’ ny lalana iray.
And they divided the regions among themselves, so that they might travel through them. Ahab went one way alone, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
7 Ary raha tany an-dalana Obadia indro, Elia nifanena taminy; ary nahalala azy izy, dia niankohoka ka nanao hoe: Hay! ianao va ity, ry Elia tompoko?
And while Obadiah was on the way, Elijah met him. And when he had recognized him, he fell on his face, and he said, “Are you not my lord Elijah?”
8 Ary izy namaly azy hoe: Eny, izaho ity, andeha, lazao amin’ ny tomponao hoe: Injao, atsy Elia.
And he responded to him: “I am. Go and tell your lord that Elijah is here.”
9 Fa hoy Obadia: Inona no heloko, no anoloranao ny mpanomponao ho eo an-tànan’ i Ahaba hamonoany ahy?
And he said: “How have I sinned that you would deliver me, your servant, into the hand of Ahab, so that he would put me to death?
10 Raha velona koa Jehovah Andriamanitrao, dia tsy misy firenena na fanjakana izay tsy nanirahan’ ny tompoko hitady anao; ary raha hoy ny olona: Tsy ato izy, dia nampianianiny izany firenena sy fanjakana izany raha tsy nahita anao izy.
As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom to which my lord has not sent, seeking you. And when all responded, ‘He is not here,’ he swore each kingdom and nation to an oath, because you were not found at all.
11 Ary ankehitriny hoy ianao: Andeha, lazao amin’ ny tomponao hoe: Injao, atsy Elia.
And now, you say to me, ‘Go and tell your lord that Elijah is here.’
12 Nefa raha vao miala aminao aho, dia ho entin’ ny Fanahin’ i Jehovah any amin’ izay tsy fantatro ianao; koa raha tonga aho ka milaza amin’ i Ahaba, nefa tsy ho hitany ianao tsinona, dia hovonoiny aho; kanefa izaho mpanomponao matahotra an’ i Jehovah hatry ny fony mbola kely.
And when I will have departed from you, the Spirit of the Lord will transport you to a place that I do not know. And entering, I will report to Ahab. And he, not finding you, will put me to death. Yet your servant has feared the Lord from his infancy.
13 Moa tsy nolazaina taminao va, tompoko, izay nataoko tamin’ ilay namonoan’ i Jezebela ny mpaminanin’ i Jehovah, dia ny nanafenako ny mpaminanin’ i Jehovah zato lahy, ka dimam-polo avy no nataoko tao an-johy iray, ary novelomiko mofo sy rano ireo?
Has it not been revealed to you, my lord, what I did when Jezebel was killing the prophets of the Lord: how I hid one hundred men from the prophets of the Lord, fifty and fifty, in caves, and how I fed them with bread and water?
14 Nefa ankehitriny hoy ianao: Andeha, lazao amin’ ny tomponao hoe: Injao, atsy Elia; dia hamono ahy Ahaba.
And now you say: ‘Go and tell your lord that Elijah is here,’ so that he may kill me!”
15 Fa hoy Elia: Raha velona koa Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, Izay itsanganako eo anatrehany, dia hiseho aminy tokoa aho anio.
And Elijah said, “As the Lord of hosts lives, before whose face I stand, this day I will appear to him.”
16 Dia lasa Obadia nitsena an’ i Ahaba ka nilaza taminy; ary Ahaba nandeha hitsena an’ i Elia.
Therefore, Obadiah went away to meet Ahab, and he reported to him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17 Ary nony hitan’ i Ahaba Elia, dia hoy izy taminy: Hay! tonga etỳ ianao, ry ilay mampidi-doza amin’ ny Isiraely!
And when he had seen him, he said, “Are you the one who is disturbing Israel?”
18 Fa Elia namaly hoe: Tsy izaho no nampidi-doza tamin’ ny Isiraely, fa ianao sy ny mpianakavin’ ny rainao ihany tamin’ ny nandavanareo ny didin’ i Jehovah sy ny nanarahanao ireo Bala.
And he said: “I have not troubled Israel. But it is you, and the house of your father, who have abandoned the commandments of the Lord, and have followed the Baals.
19 Ary ankehitriny maniraha hamory ny Isiraely rehetra hihaona amiko any an-tendrombohitra Karmela, ary ny mpaminanin’ i Bala dimam-polo amby efa-jato sy ny mpaminanin’ ny Aseraha efa-jato, izay mihinana eo amin’ ny latabatr’ i Jezebela.
Yet truly now, send and gather to me all of Israel, on Mount Carmel, with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of the sacred groves, who eat from the table of Jezebel.”
20 Dia naniraka tany amin’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely rehetra Ahaba ka namory ny mpaminany ho any an-tendrombohitra Karmela.
Ahab sent to all the sons of Israel, and he gathered together the prophets on mount Carmel.
21 Ary dia nankeo amin’ ny olona rehetra Elia ka nanao hoe: Mandra-pahoviana no hiroa saina ianareo? Raha Jehovah no Andriamanitra, manaraha Azy; fa raha Bala kosa, dia manaraha azy. Fa ny olona tsy namaly azy akory.
Then Elijah, drawing near to all the people, said: “How long will you waver between two sides? If the Lord is God, follow him. But if Baal is, then follow him.” And the people did not respond a word to him.
22 Dia hoy Elia tamin’ ny olona: Izaho dia izaho irery ihany no sisa amin’ ny mpaminanin’ i Jehovah; fa ny mpaminanin’ i Bala kosa dia dimam-polo amby efa-jato lahy.
And Elijah said again to the people: “I alone remain as a prophet of the Lord. But the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men.
23 Koa aoka ireo no hanome vantotr’ ombilahy roa ho antsika; ary aoka izy no hifidy ny iray ho azy, dia handrasa azy ka hametraka azy eo ambonin’ ny kitay hazo, nefa tsy hasiana afo ao; ary izaho kosa hamboatra ny iray ka hametraka azy eo ambonin’ ny kitay hazo, nefa tsy hasiana afo koa ao.
Let two oxen be given to us. And let them choose one ox for themselves, and, cutting it into pieces, let them set it on the wood. But they may not place fire under it. And I will prepare the other ox, and set it on the wood. But I will not place fire under it.
24 Ary miantsoa ny anaran’ ny andriamanitrareo ianareo, ary izaho kosa hiantso ny anaran’ i Jehovah; koa Izay Andriamanitra mamaly amin’ ny afo, dia aoka Izy no ho Andriamanitra. Ary ny olona rehetra namaly hoe: Marina izany teny izany.
Call upon the names of your gods. And I will call on the name of my Lord. And the God who will have heeded with fire, let him be God.” And in response, all the people said, “Excellent proposition.”
25 Ary hoy Elia tamin’ ireo mpaminanin’ i Bala: Mifidiana vantotr’ ombilahy iray ho anareo, ka dia manamboara aloha ianareo, satria ianareo no maro; ary miantsoa ny anaran’ ny andriamanitrareo, nefa aza asiana afo ao.
Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal: “Choose for yourselves one ox, and prepare it first. For you are many. And call on the names of your gods, but do not place fire under it.”
26 Dia naka ny vantotr’ ombilahy izay nomeny azy ireo ka namboatra azy, dia niantso ny anaran’ i Bala hatramin’ ny maraina ka mandra-pitataovovonan’ ny andro izy nanao hoe: Ry Bala ô, henoy izahay! Kanjo tsy nisy nanoina na namaly akory. Ary nihinjakinjaka tamin’ ny alitara izay nataony izy.
And when they had taken an ox, which he had given to them, they prepared it. And they called on the name of Baal, from morning even until midday, saying, “O Baal, heed us.” And there was no voice, nor did anyone respond. And so they leaped upon the altar that they had made.
27 Ary nony nitataovovonana ny andro, dia nanesoeso azy Elia ka nanao hoe: Miantsoa mafy ihany, fa andriamanitra izy; angamba sondrian-dresaka izy, na miavela, na nisy nalehany, na matory angaha izy ka tsy maintsy hofohazina.
And when it was now midday, Elijah ridiculed them, saying: “Cry out with a louder voice. For he is a god, and perhaps he is talking, or at an inn, or on a journey, or certainly he may be asleep, and must be awakened.”
28 Dia niantso mafy indray ireo sady nitetika ny tenany araka ny fanaony amin’ ny sabatra sy ny lefona mandra-pahaloa-drà tamin’ ny tenany.
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and they cut themselves, in accord with their ritual, with knives and lancets, until they were entirely covered in blood.
29 Ary na dia efa nitsidika aza ny andro, dia mbola naminany ihany izy hatramin’ ny fotoan’ ny fanatitra hariva; nefa tsy nisy nanoina, na namaly, na nihaino azy akory.
Then, after midday had passed, and they were prophesying, the time had arrived when the sacrifice is usually offered. And there was no voice heard, neither did anyone heed or respond to the praying.
30 Ary hoy Elia tamin’ ny olona rehetra: Manatona ahy. Dia nanatona azy ny olona rehetra. Ary Elia namboatra ny alitaran’ i Jehovah izay efa rava
Elijah said to all the people, “Draw near to me.” And as the people were drawing near to him, he repaired the altar of the Lord, which had been torn down.
31 ka naka vato roa ambin’ ny folo, araka ny isan’ ny firenen’ ny zanak’ i Jakoba, izay nihavian’ ilay tenin’ i Jehovah hoe: Isiraely no ho anaranao;
And he took twelve stones, in accord with the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord came, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”
32 ary izany vato izany dia nataony alitara ho an’ ny anaran’ i Jehovah; ary nanao hady kely manodidina ny alitara koa izy, izay mifafy voan-javatra indroan’ ny famarana.
And he built from the stones an altar to the name of the Lord. And he made a trench for water, like two furrows of plowed land, all around the altar.
33 Ary nandahatra ny kitay hazo izy, dia nandrasa ny vantotr’ ombilahy ka nametraka azy teo ambonin’ ny kitay hazo,
And he arranged the wood, and he cut the ox into pieces, and he placed it on the wood.
34 dia nanao hoe: Fenoy rano ny siny efatra, ka aidino amin’ ny fanatitra dorana sy amin’ ny kitay hazo. Dia hoy koa izy: Ataovy indray izany. Dia nataony indray. Ary hoy koa izy: Ataovy indray koa izany. Ary dia nataony indray koa.
And he said, “Fill four containers with water, and pour it over the holocaust, and over the wood.” And again, he said, “Do this a second time.” And when they had done it a second time, he said, “Do it also a third time.” And they did so a third time.
35 Ary ny rano nikorotsaka nanodidina ny alitara; ka nofenoiny rano koa ny hady kely.
And the water was running down around the altar, and the pit of the trench was filled with water.
36 Ary nony tamin’ ny fotoan’ ny fanatitra hariva dia nanatona Elia mpaminany ka nanao hoe: Jehovah ô. Andriamanitr’ i Abrahama sy Isaka ary Isiraely, aoka ho fantatra anio fa Hianao no Andriamanitra amin’ ny Isiraely, ary izaho no mpanomponao, ary araka ny teninao no efa nanaovako izao zavatra izao.
And when it was now time for the holocaust to be offered, the prophet Elijah, drawing near, said: “O Lord, God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Israel, reveal this day that you are the God of Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have acted, in all these things, in accord with your precept.
37 Mihainoa ahy mihainoa ahy, Jehovah ô, mba hahafantaran’ ireto olona ireto fa Hianao Jehovah no Andriamanitra, ary Hianao no mampiverina ny fony indray.
Heed me, O Lord, heed me, so that this people may learn that you are the Lord God, and that you have converted their heart again.”
38 Dia latsaka ny afon’ i Jehovah ka nandevona ny fanatitra dorana sy ny kitay hazo sy ny vato ary ny vovoka sady nandritra ny rano tao amin’ ny hady kely.
Then the fire of the Lord fell down and devoured the holocaust, and the wood, and the stones, and even the dust, and it absorbed the water that was in the trench.
39 Ary raha nahita izany ny olona rehetra, dia niankohoka ka nanao hoe: Jehovah, Izy no Andriamanitra; Jehovah, Izy no Andriamanitra.
And when all the people had seen it, they fell upon their face, and they said: “The Lord himself is God! The Lord himself is God!”
40 Ary hoy Elia taminy: Sambory ny mpaminanin’ i Bala; aza avela hisy afa-mandositra izy na dia iray akory aza. Dia nosamborin’ ny olona izy; ary nentin’ i Elia ho eo amin’ ny ony Kisona, ka dia novonoiny teo.
And Elijah said to them, “Apprehend the prophets of Baal, and do not let even one of them escape.” And when they had apprehended them, Elijah led them down to the torrent Kishon, and he put them to death there.
41 Ary hoy Elia tamin’ i Ahaba: Miakara hihinana sy hisotro, fa misasasasa izato ny ranonorana be.
And Elijah said to Ahab “Ascend; eat and drink. For there is the sound of an abundance of rain.”
42 Dia niakatra hihinana sy hisotro Ahaba. Fa Elia kosa niakatra ho eo an-tampon’ i Karmela, dia niankohoka tamin’ ny tany, ary ny lohany nataony teo anelanelan’ ny lohaliny
Ahab ascended, so that he might eat and drink. But Elijah ascended to the top of Carmel, and bending down to the ground, he placed his face between his knees.
43 Ary hoy izy tamin’ ny zatovony: Miakara kely, ka tazano ny ranomasina. Dia niakatra izy ka nitazana, dia nanao hoe: Tsy misy na inona na inona. Ary hoy izy: Mandehana koa impito.
And he said to his servant, “Ascend, and gaze out toward the sea.” And when he had ascended, and had contemplated, he said, “There is nothing.” And again, he said to him, “Return seven times.”
44 Ary nony fanimpitony, dia hoy izy: Misy rahona kely hoatra ny tànan’ olona miakatra avy eny amin’ ny ranomasina. Dia hoy izy: Miakara, ka lazao amin’ i Ahaba hoe: Amboary ny kalesinao, ka midìna, fandrao voasakan’ ny ranonorana ianao.
And at the seventh time, behold, a little cloud ascended from the sea like the footstep of a man. And he said: “Ascend, and say to Ahab, ‘Yoke your chariot, and descend; otherwise, the rain may prevent you.’”
45 Ary vetivety dia maintin’ ny rahona sy ny rivotra ny lanitra, ka nisy ranonorana be. Ary Ahaba niakatra tamin’ ny kalesy ka nankany Jezirela.
And as he was turning himself this way and that, behold, the heavens were darkened, and there were clouds and wind, and a great rainstorm occurred. And so Ahab, going up, went away to Jezreel.
46 Ary ny tànan’ i Jehovah dia tao amin’ i Elia, dia nisikina izy ka nihazakazaka teo alohan i Ahaba mandra-pahatongany tany Jezirela.
And the hand of the Lord was upon Elijah. And cinching his waist, he ran before Ahab, until he arrived at Jezreel.
