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.
And the days are many, and the word of YHWH has been to Elijah in the third year, saying, “Go, appear to Ahab, and I give rain on the face of the ground”;
2 Dia niainga Elia hiseho amin’ i Ahaba. Ary mafy ny mosary tany Samaria.
and Elijah goes to appear to Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,
3 Ary Ahaba niantso an’ i Obadia, izay lehiben’ ny tao an-dapany (Obadia dia natahotra an’ i Jehovah tokoa,
and Ahab calls to Obadiah, who [is] over the house—and Obadiah has been fearing YHWH 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).
and it comes to pass, in Jezebel’s cutting off the prophets of YHWH, that Obadiah takes one hundred prophets, and hides them, fifty men in a cave, and has sustained 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.
and Ahab says to Obadiah, “Go through the land, to all fountains of waters, and to all the brooks, perhaps we find hay, and keep alive horse and mule, and do not cut off any of the livestock.”
6 Dia nizara lalana izy, ka Ahaba nandeha tamin’ ny lalana iray, ary Obadia kosa nandeha tamin’ ny lalana iray.
And they apportion the land to themselves, to pass over into it; Ahab has gone in one way by himself, and Obadiah has gone in 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 Obadiah [is] in the way, and behold, Elijah [is there] to meet him; and he discerns him, and falls on his face and says, “Are you he—my lord Elijah?”
8 Ary izy namaly azy hoe: Eny, izaho ity, andeha, lazao amin’ ny tomponao hoe: Injao, atsy Elia.
And he says to him, “I [am]; go, say to your lord, Behold, Elijah.”
9 Fa hoy Obadia: Inona no heloko, no anoloranao ny mpanomponao ho eo an-tànan’ i Ahaba hamonoany ahy?
And he says, “What have I sinned, that you are giving your servant into the hand of Ahab—to 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.
Your God YHWH lives, if there is a nation and kingdom to where my lord has not sent to seek [for] you; and they said, He is not, then he caused the kingdom and the nation to swear, that it does not find you;
11 Ary ankehitriny hoy ianao: Andeha, lazao amin’ ny tomponao hoe: Injao, atsy Elia.
and now, you are saying, Go, say to your lord, Behold, Elijah;
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 it has been, I go from you, and the Spirit of YHWH lifts you up to where I do not know, and I have come to declare to Ahab, and he does not find you, and he has slain me; and your servant is fearing YHWH from my youth.
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 declared to my lord that which I have done in Jezebel’s slaying the prophets of YHWH, that I hide one hundred men of the prophets of YHWH, fifty by fifty in a cave, and sustained 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 are saying, Go, say to my lord, Behold, Elijah—and he has slain me!”
15 Fa hoy Elia: Raha velona koa Jehovah, Tompon’ ny maro, Izay itsanganako eo anatrehany, dia hiseho aminy tokoa aho anio.
And Elijah says, “YHWH of Hosts lives, before whom I have stood, surely I appear to him today.”
16 Dia lasa Obadia nitsena an’ i Ahaba ka nilaza taminy; ary Ahaba nandeha hitsena an’ i Elia.
Obadiah goes to meet Ahab, and declares [it] to him, and Ahab goes 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 it] comes to pass at Ahab’s seeing Elijah that Ahab says to him, “Are you he—the troubler of 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 says, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and the house of your father, in your forsaking the commands of YHWH, and you go after the Ba‘alim;
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.
and now, send, gather all Israel to me, to the Mount of Carmel, and the four hundred and fifty prophets of Ba‘al, and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who are eating at the table of Jezebel.”
20 Dia naniraka tany amin’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely rehetra Ahaba ka namory ny mpaminany ho any an-tendrombohitra Karmela.
And Ahab sends among all the sons of Israel, and gathers the prophets to the Mount of 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.
and Elijah comes near to all the people and says, “Until when are you leaping on the two branches? If YHWH [is] God, go after Him; and if Ba‘al, go after him”; and the people have not answered him a word.
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 says to the people, “I have been left, by myself, a prophet of YHWH; and the prophets of Ba‘al [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.
and let them give two bullocks to us, and they choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and place [it] on the wood, and place no fire; and I prepare the other bullock, and have put [it] on the wood, and I do not place fire—
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.
and you have called in the name of your god, and I call in the Name of YHWH, and it has been, the god who answers by fire—He [is] the God.” And all the people answer and say, “The word [is] good.”
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.
And Elijah says to the prophets of Ba‘al, “Choose one bullock for yourselves, and prepare [it] first, for you [are] the multitude, and call in the name of your god, and place no fire.”
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 they take the bullock that [one] gave to them, and prepare [it], and call in the name of Ba‘al from the morning even until the noon, saying, “O Ba‘al, answer us!” And there is no voice, and there is none answering; and they leap on the altar that one 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 it comes to pass, at noon, that Elijah mocks at them and says, “Call with a loud voice, for he [is] a god, for he is meditating, or pursuing, or on a journey; it may be he is asleep, and awakes.”
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.
And they call with a loud voice, and cut themselves, according to their ordinance, with swords and with spears, until a flowing of blood [is] on them;
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.
and it comes to pass, at the passing by of the noon, that they feign themselves prophets until the going up of the present, and there is no voice, and there is none answering, and there is none attending.
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
And Elijah says to all the people, “Come near to me”; and all the people come near to him, and he repairs the altar of YHWH that is broken 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 Elijah takes twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of YHWH was, saying, “Israel is 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 builds an altar with the stones, in the Name of YHWH, and makes a trench, as about the space of two measures of seed, 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 arranges the wood, and cuts the bullock in pieces, and places [it] on the wood, and says, “Fill four pitchers of water, and pour [them] on the burnt-offering, and 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 says, “Do [it] a second time”; and they do [it] a second time; and he says, “Do [it] a third time”; and they do [it] a third time;
35 Ary ny rano nikorotsaka nanodidina ny alitara; ka nofenoiny rano koa ny hady kely.
and the water goes around the altar, and he has also filled the trench 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 it comes to pass, at the going up of the [evening] present, that Elijah the prophet comes near and says, “YHWH, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that You [are] God in Israel, and that I, Your servant, have done the whole of these things by Your word;
37 Mihainoa ahy mihainoa ahy, Jehovah ô, mba hahafantaran’ ireto olona ireto fa Hianao Jehovah no Andriamanitra, ary Hianao no mampiverina ny fony indray.
answer me, O YHWH, answer me, and this people [then] knows that You [are] YHWH God; and You have turned their heart backward.”
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.
And a fire falls [from] YHWH, and consumes the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and it has licked up the water that [is] 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 all the people see, and fall on their faces, and say, “YHWH, He [is] the God! YHWH, He [is] the 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 says to them, “Catch the prophets of Ba‘al; do not let a man escape from them”; and they catch them, and Elijah brings them down to the Brook of Kishon, and slaughters them there.
41 Ary hoy Elia tamin’ i Ahaba: Miakara hihinana sy hisotro, fa misasasasa izato ny ranonorana be.
And Elijah says to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.”
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
And Ahab goes up to eat, and to drink, and Elijah has gone up to the top of Carmel, and he stretches himself out on the earth, and he places 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 says to his young man, “Now go up, look attentively [toward] the way of the sea”; and he goes up and looks attentively, and says, “There is nothing”; and he says, “Turn back,” 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 it comes to pass, at the seventh, that he says, “Behold, a little thickness as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea.” And he says, “Go up, say to Ahab, Bind and go down, and the shower does not restrain 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 it comes to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black—thick clouds and wind—and the shower is great; and Ahab rides, and goes 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 YHWH has been on Elijah, and he girds up his loins, and runs before Ahab, until your entering Jezreel.
