Третья книга Царств 18
1 И бысть по днех мнозех, и глагол Господень бысть ко Илии в лето третие глаголя: иди и явися Ахааву, и дам дождь на лице земли.
And it came to pass [after] many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
2 И иде Илиа ко Ахааву явитися, и бе глад крепок в Самарии.
And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And [there was] a sore famine in Samaria.
3 И призва Ахаав Авдиа строителя дому: и Авдий бе бояся Господа зело.
And Ahab called Obadiah, which [was] the governor of [his] house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
4 И бысть егда нача избивати Иезавель пророки Господни, и взя Авдий сто мужей пророки и скры я по пятидесяти во двоих вертепех и кормяше их хлебом и водою.
For it was [so], when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
5 И рече Ахаав ко Авдию: гряди, и прейдем на землю, и на источники водныя, и на вся потоки, да негли како обрящем былие и прекормим кони и мски, да не изгибнут от скот.
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
6 И разделиша себе путь ити по нему: Ахаав иде путем единым един, и Авдий иде путем другим един.
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 И бе Авдий един на пути: и прииде Илиа на сретение ему един. И Авдий потщася, и паде на лице свое и рече: ты ли еси сам, господи мой Илие?
And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, [Art] thou that my lord Elijah?
8 И рече Илиа ко Авдию: аз есмь: иди и повеждь господину твоему, глаголя: се, Илиа.
And he answered him, I [am: ] go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
9 И рече Авдий: что согреших аз, яко предаеши раба твоего в руце Ахаавли еже умертвити мя?
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
10 Жив Господь Бог твой, аще есть язык или царство, аможе не посла господин мой искати тебе: и реша, несть: и закля царство и страны его, яко не обрете тебе:
[As] the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, [He is] not [there; ] he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
11 и ныне ты глаголеши ми: иди, возвести господину твоему: се, Илиа:
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].
12 и будет егда аз отиду от тебе, и Дух Господень возмет тя в землю, еяже не вем, и вниду возвестити Ахааву, и не обрящет тебе, и убиет мя: раб же твой есть бояйся Господа от юности своея:
And it shall come to pass, [as soon as] I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and [so] when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
13 или не возвестися тебе господину моему, яже сотворих, егда убиваше Иезавель пророки Господни, и сокрых пророки Господни сто мужей, по пятидесяти в вертепе, и кормих их хлебом и водою?
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
14 И ныне ты глаголеши ми: иди, повеждь господину твоему: се, Илиа: и убиет мя.
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here: ] and he shall slay me.
15 И рече Илиа: жив Господь Сил, емуже предстою пред Ним, яко днесь покажуся ему.
And Elijah said, [As] the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
16 И иде Авдий во сретение Ахааву и возвести ему. И ускори Ахаав и иде во сретение Илии.
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17 И бысть егда узре Ахаав Илию, и рече Ахаав ко Илии: ты ли еси развращаяй Израиля?
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, [Art] thou he that troubleth Israel?
18 И рече Илиа: не развращаю аз Израиля, но разве ты и дом отца твоего, егда остависте вы Господа Бога вашего и идосте вслед Ваала:
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
19 и ныне посли и собери ко мне всего Израиля на гору Кармилскую, и пророки студныя Вааловы четыреста и пятьдесят, и пророков дубравных четыреста, ядущих трапезу Иезавелину.
Now therefore send, [and] gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.
20 И посла Ахаав во весь Израиль, и приведе вся пророки на гору Кармилскую.
So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
21 И приведе ко всем им Илию, и рече им Илиа: доколе вы храмлете на обе плесне вашы? Аще есть Господь Бог, идите вслед Его: аще же Ваал есть, то идите за ним. И не отвещаша людие словесе.
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD [be] God, follow him: but if Baal, [then] follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
22 И рече Илиа к людем: аз остах пророк Господень един: и пророцы Вааловы четыреста и пятьдесят мужей, и пророков дубравных четыреста.
Then said Elijah unto the people, I, [even] I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal’s prophets [are] four hundred and fifty men.
23 (И рече Илиа: ) да дадят нам два вола, и да изберут себе единаго, и да растешут и (на уды), и возложат на дрова, и да не возгнетят огня: и аз растешу вола другаго, и возложу на дрова, и огня не возгнещу:
Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay [it] on wood, and put no fire [under: ] and I will dress the other bullock, and lay [it] on wood, and put no fire [under: ]
24 и да призовете имена богов ваших, и аз призову имя Господа Бога моего: и будет Бог, Иже аще послушает огнем, Той есть Бог. И отвещаша вси людие и реша: добр глагол (Илиин), егоже глагола (да будет тако).
And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
25 И рече Илиа пророком студным: изберите себе юнца единаго, и сотворите вы прежде, яко вас есть множество: и призовите имена богов ваших, и огня не возгнещайте.
And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress [it] first; for ye [are] many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire [under].
26 И пояша юнца, и сотвориша (тако), и призываху имя Ваалово от утра до полудне, и реша: послушай нас, Ваале, послушай нас. И не бе гласа, ни послушания. И ристаху около жертвенника, егоже сотвориша.
And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed [it], and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But [there was] no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
27 И бысть в полудне, и поругася им Илиа Фесвитянин и рече: зовите гласом великим, яко бог есть, яко непраздность ему есть, и негли что ино строит, или спит сам, и востанет.
And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he [is] a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, [or] peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
28 И зовяху гласом великим, и крояхуся по обычаю своему ножами, и мнози бишася бичми, до пролития крове своея,
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
29 и прорицаху, дондеже прейде вечер: и бысть егда прииде время взыти жертве, и не бе гласа, ниже послушания. И рече Илиа Фесвитянин пророком студным, глаголя: отступите ныне, да и аз сотворю жертву мою. И отступиша тии, и умолкнуша.
And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the [time] of the offering of the [evening] sacrifice, that [there was] neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
30 И рече Илиа к людем: приступите ко мне. И приступиша вси людие к нему.
And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD [that was] broken down.
31 И взя Илиа дванадесять камений по числу колен Израилевых, якоже глагола к нему Господь, глаголя: Израиль будет имя твое.
And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
32 И созда камение во имя Господне, и изцели олтарь раскопанный, и сотвори море вмещающее две меры семене окрест олтаря.
And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
33 И воскладе дрова на олтарь, егоже сотвори, и растеса на уды всесожегаемая, и возложи на дрова, и воскладе на олтарь.
And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid [him] on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour [it] on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
34 И рече Илиа: принесите ми четыри водоносы воды, и возливайте на всесожжение и на полена. И сотвориша тако. И рече: удвойте. И удвоиша. И рече: утройте. И утроиша.
And he said, Do [it] the second time. And they did [it] the second time. And he said, Do [it] the third time. And they did [it] the third time.
35 И прохождаше вода окрест олтаря, и море исполнися воды.
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
36 И возопи Илиа на небо и рече: Господи Боже Авраамов и Исааков и Иаковль, послушай мене, Господи, послушай мене днесь огнем, и да уразумеют вси людие сии, яко Ты еси Господь един Израилев, и аз раб Твой, и Тебе ради сотворих дела сия:
And it came to pass at [the time of] the offering of the [evening] sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou [art] God in Israel, and [that] I [am] thy servant, and [that] I have done all these things at thy word.
37 послушай мене, Господи, послушай мене огнем, и да разумеют вси людие сии, яко Ты еси (един) Господь Бог, и Ты обратил еси сердца людий сих вслед Тебе.
Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou [art] the LORD God, and [that] thou hast turned their heart back again.
38 И спаде огнь от Господа с небесе, и пояде всесожегаемая, и дрова, и воду, яже в мори, и камение и персть полиза огнь.
Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that [was] in the trench.
39 И падоша вси людие на лице свое и реша: воистинну Господь Бог Той есть Бог.
And when all the people saw [it], they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he [is] the God; the LORD, he [is] the God.
40 И рече Илиа к людем: поимайте пророки Вааловы, да ни един скрыется от них. И яша их, и веде я Илиа на поток Киссов, и закла их тамо.
And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
41 И рече Илиа ко Ахааву: взыди, и яждь и пий, яко глас есть дождевнаго хождения.
And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for [there is] a sound of abundance of rain.
42 И взыде Ахаав ясти и пити. Илиа же взыде на Кармил, и преклонися на землю, и положи лице свое между коленома своима,
So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
43 и рече отрочищу своему: взыди и воззри на путь морский. И взыде, и воззре отрочищь, и рече: несть ничтоже. И рече Илиа: и ты обратися седмижды.
And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, [There is] nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
44 И обратися отрочищь седмижды: и бысть в седмое, и се, облак мал, аки след ноги мужеския, возносящь воду из моря. И рече: взыди и рцы Ахааву: впрязи колесницу твою и сниди, да не постигнет тебе дождь.
And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare [thy chariot], and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
45 И бысть до зде и до зде, и небо примрачися облаки и духом, и бысть дождь велий. И плакася, и иде Ахаав до Иезраеля.
And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
46 И рука Господня бысть на Илии, и стягне чресла своя, и тече пред Ахаавом во Иезраель.
And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
