1 Reis 17
1 Então Elias, o tesbita, dos moradores de Gilead, disse a Achab: Vive o Senhor, Deus de Israel, perante cuja face estou, que nestes anos nem orvalho nem chuva haverá, senão segundo a minha palavra.
And Elijah the Tishbite, from the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord lives, the God of Israel, in whose sight I stand, there shall not be dew or rain during these years, except by the words of my mouth.”
2 Depois veio a ele a palavra do Senhor, dizendo:
And the word of the Lord came to him, saying:
3 Vai-te daqui, e vira-te para o oriente, e esconde-te junto ao ribeiro de Carith, que está diante do Jordão.
“Withdraw from here, and go toward the east, and hide at the torrent Cherith, which is opposite the Jordan.
4 E há de ser que beberás do ribeiro: e eu tenho ordenado aos corvos que ali te sustentem.
And there you shall drink from the torrent. And I have instructed the ravens to feed you there.”
5 Foi pois, e fez conforme à palavra do Senhor: porque foi, e habitou junto ao ribeiro de Carith, que está diante do Jordão.
Therefore, he went and acted in accord with the word of the Lord. And going away, he settled by the torrent Cherith, which is opposite the Jordan.
6 E os corvos lhe traziam pão e carne pela manhã; como também pão e carne à noite: e bebia do ribeiro.
And the ravens carried bread and flesh to him in the morning, and likewise bread and flesh in the evening. And he drank from the torrent.
7 E sucedeu que, passados dias, o ribeiro se secou; porque não tinha havido chuva na terra.
But after some days, the torrent dried up. For it had not rained upon the earth.
8 Então veio a ele a palavra do Senhor, dizendo:
Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying:
9 Levanta-te, e vai-te a Sarepta, que é de Zidon, e habita ali: eis que eu ordenei ali a uma mulher viúva que te sustente.
“Rise up, and go to Zarephath of the Sidonians, and dwell there. For I have instructed a widowed woman there to feed you.”
10 Então ele se levantou, e se foi a Sarepta; e, chegando à porta da cidade, eis que estava ali uma mulher viúva apanhando lenha; e ele a chamou, e lhe disse: Traze-me, peço-te, num vaso um pouco d'água que beba,
He rose up and went away to Zarephath. And when he had arrived at the gate of the city, he saw the widowed woman collecting wood, and he called to her. And he said to her, “Give me a little water in a vessel, so that I may drink.”
11 E, indo ela a traze-la, ele a chamou e lhe disse: Traze-me agora também um bocado de pão na tua mão.
And as she was going to bring it, he called out after her, saying, “Bring me also, I beg you, a morsel of bread in your hand.”
12 Porém ela disse: Vive o Senhor teu Deus, que nem um bolo tenho, senão somente um punhado de farinha numa panela, e um pouco de azeite numa botija: e vês aqui apanhei dois cavacos, e vou prepara-lo para mim e para o meu filho, para que o comamos, e morramos.
And she responded: “As the Lord your God lives, I have no bread, except a handful of flour in a jar, and a little oil in a bottle. See, I am collecting a couple of sticks, so that I may go in and make it for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
13 E Elias lhe disse: Não temas; vai, faze conforme à tua palavra: porém faze dele primeiro para mim um bolo pequeno, e traze-mo para fora; depois farás para ti e para teu filho.
And Elijah said to her: “Do not be afraid. But go and do as you have said. Yet truly, first make for me, from the same flour, a little bread baked under ashes, and bring it to me. Then afterward, make some for yourself and for your son.
14 Porque assim diz o Senhor Deus de Israel: A farinha da panela não se acabará, e o azeite da botija não faltará, até ao dia em que o Senhor dê chuva sobre a terra
For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘The jar of flour will not fail, nor the bottle of oil be diminished, until the day when the Lord will grant rain upon the face of the earth.’”
15 E foi ela, e fez conforme à palavra de Elias: e assim comeu ela, e ele, e a sua casa muitos dias.
She went and acted in accord with the word of Elijah. And he ate, and she and her household ate. And from that day,
16 Da panela a farinha se não acabou, e da botija o azeite não faltou: conforme à palavra do Senhor, que falara pelo ministério de Elias.
the jar of flour did not fail, and the bottle of oil was not diminished, in accord with the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the hand of Elijah.
17 E depois destas coisas sucedeu que adoeceu o filho desta mulher, da dona da casa: e a sua doença se agravou muito, até que nele nenhum fôlego ficou.
Now it happened that, after these things, the son of the woman who was the mother of the family became ill. And the sickness was very powerful, so that no breath remained in him.
18 Então ela disse a Elias: Que tenho eu contigo, homem de Deus? vieste tu a mim cara trazeres à memória a minha iniquidade, e matares a meu filho?
Therefore, she said to Elijah: “What is there between you and me, O man of God? Have you entered to me, so that my iniquities would be remembered, and so that you would put to death my son?”
19 E ele lhe disse: Dá-me o teu filho. E ele o tomou do seu regaço, e o levou para cima, ao quarto, onde ele mesmo habitava, e o deitou em sua cama,
And Elijah said to her, “Give your son to me.” And he took him from her bosom, and he carried him to an upper room, where he himself was staying. And he placed him on his own bed.
20 E clamou ao Senhor, e disse: Ó Senhor meu Deus, também até a esta viúva, com quem eu moro, afligiste, matando-lhe seu filho?
And he cried out to the Lord, and he said, “O Lord, my God, have you even afflicted the widow by whom I am, in a sense, sustained, so that you would put to death her son?”
21 Então se mediu sobre o menino três vezes, e clamou ao Senhor, e disse: Ó Senhor meu Deus, rogo-te que torne a alma deste menino a entrar nele.
And he stretched himself out beside the boy three times. And he cried out to the Lord and said, “O Lord, my God, let the soul of this boy, I beg you, return to his body.”
22 E o Senhor ouviu a voz de Elias; e a alma do menino tornou a entrar nele, e reviveu.
And the Lord heeded the voice of Elijah. And the soul of the boy returned to him, and he revived.
23 E Elias tomou o menino, e o trouxe do quarto à casa, e o deu a sua mãe; e disse Elias: Vês ai teu filho vive.
And Elijah took the boy, and he brought him down from the upper room to the lower part of the house. And he gave him to his mother. And he said to her, “See, your son lives.”
24 Então a mulher disse a Elias: nisto conheço agora que tu és homem de Deus, e que a palavra do Senhor na tua boca é verdade.
And the woman said to Elijah: “By this, I now realize that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is true.”
