1 Wafalme 17
1 Eliyas Mtishibi, kutoka Tishibi ya Gileadi, akamwambia Ahabu, “Kama BWANA, Mungu wa Israeli aishivyo, ambaye ninasimama, hakutakuwa na umande wala mvua isiipokuwa kwa neno langu.”
And Elijah the Tishbite [who was] of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, [As] the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
2 Kisha nenola BWANA, likammjia Eliya, likisema,
And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
3 “Ondoka hapa uende mashariki; ukajifiche karibu na kijito cha Kerithi, mashariki mwa Yorodani.
Depart hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that [is] before Jordan.
4 Nawe utakunywa maji ya kijito, na nimewaamuru kunguru kukulisha mahali hapo.”
And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
5 Kwa hiyo Eliya akaenda kama neno la BWANA lilivyomwamuru. Akaenda kuishi karibu na kijito cha Kerithi, mashariki mwa Yorodani.
So he went and did according to the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that [is] before Jordan.
6 Nao kunguru wakamletea mkate na nyama asubuhi, na mkate na nyama jioni, naye akanywa maji ya kijito kile.
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
7 Lakini baada ya muda kile kijito kikakauka kwa sababu hapakuwepo na mvua katika nchi.
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
8 Neno la BWANA likamjia, likisema,
And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
9 “Inuka, uende Sarepta, ambao ni mji wa Sidoni, na ukaishi huko. Tazama nimemmwamuru mjane kukulisha.”
Arise, go to Zarephath, which [belongeth] to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
10 Kwa hiyo akainuka na akaenda Sarepta, na alipofika kwenye lango la mji, kulikuwa na mjane akiokota kuni. Kwa hiyo akamwita na akamwambia, “Tafadhali niletee maji kidogo kwenye jagi ninywe.”
So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman [was] there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
11 Naye alipokuwa akienda kuleta maji alimwita, akamwambia, “tafadhali uniletee na kipande cha mkate mkononi.”
And as she was going to bring [it], he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.
12 Naye akamjibu, “Kama BWANA Mungu wako aishivyo, sina mkate wowote, bali konzi moja ya unga katika chombo na mafuta kidogo kwenye chupa. Tazama, ninaokota kuni mbili ili niende kupika kwa ajili yangu na mwanangu, ili tule, na tusubiri kufa.”
And she said, [As] the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and behold, I [am] gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
13 Eliya akamwambia, “Usiogope. Nenda ukafanye kama usemavyo. lakini nitengenezee kwanza mimi na uniletee. Ndipo baadaye ujitenegenezee wewe na mwanao.
And Elijah said to her, Fear not; go [and] do as thou hast said: but make me of it a little cake first, and bring [it] to me, and afterward make for thee and for thy son.
14 Kwa kuwa BWANA, Mungu wa Israeli anasema 'Lile pipa la unga halitaisha, wala ile chupa ya mafuta kukoma kutoa mafuta, mpaka siku ile BWANA atakapotuma mvua duniani.”
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day [that] the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
15 Kwa hiyo yule mjane akafanya kama Eliya alivyomwelekeza, yeye, na Eliya, na mwanae wakala kwa siku nyingi.
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat [many] days.
16 Lile pipa la Unga halikuisha, wala ile chupa ya mafuta haikukoma kutoa mafuta, kama vile neno la BWANA lilivyosema, kupitia kinywa cha Eliya.
[And] the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Elijah.
17 Baada ya hayo mambo, yule mwana wa yule mwanamke, yule mwanamke mwenye nyumba, aliugua. Ugonjwa wake ukazidi hata akaishiwa pumzi kabisa.
And it came to pass after these things [that] the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so severe, that there was no breath left in him.
18 Kwa hiyo mama yake akamwambia Eliya, “Je, una nini nami, ewe mtu wa Mungu? Je, umekuja kwangu ili kunikumbusha dhambi zangu na kumwua mwanangu?”
And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come to me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
19 Naye Eliya akamjibu, “Nipe hapa mwanao.” Akambeba mtoto mikononi mwake na akampeleka mpaka chumbani alimokuwa akikaa, akamlaza yule mtoto kitanadani pake mwenyewe.
And he said to her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
20 Akamlilia BWANA akisema, “BWANA Mungu wangu, kwa nini umeleta majanga kwa mjane ambaye mimi ninakaa, kwa kumwua mwanae?”
And he cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
21 Kisha Eliya akajinyosha mwenyewe juu ya mtoto mara tatu; akamlilia BWANA akisema, “BWANA Mungu wangu, Ninakuomba, tafadhali uhai wa mtoto huyu umrudie.”
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.
22 BWANA akaisikiliza sauti ya Eliya; uhai wa mtoto ukamrudia, na akawa hai.
And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
23 Eliya akamchukua mtoto na akamtoa toka chumbani kwake akamleta kwenye ile nyumba; akampatia mama yake yule mtoto na akasema, “Tazama, mwanao yuko hai.”
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down from the chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
24 Yule mwanamke akamwambia Eliya, “Sasa natambua kuwa wewe ni mtu wa Mungu, na kwamba neno la BWANA kinywani mwako ni la kweli.”
And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou [art] a man of God, [and] that the word of the LORD in thy mouth [is] truth.
