1 Wafalme 19
1 Ahabu akamwambia Yezebeli mambo yote ambayo Eliya amefanya na jinsi alivyowaua manabii wote kwa upanga.
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
2 Ndipo Yezebeli alipotuma mjumbe kwa Eliya, akisema, “miungu wanifanye hivyo na mimi, na zaidi yake, kama kesho muda kama huu sitayafanya maisha yako kuwa kama mmoja wa hao manabii waliokufa.”
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
3 Eliya aliposikia hayo, akaiinuka na akakimbia kwa ajili ya kuokoa maisha yake akaja mpaka Beerisheba, ambao ni mji wa Yuda, na akamwacha mtumishi wake huko.
And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
4 Lakini yeye mwenyewe akaenda mwendo wa siku moja huko jangwani, akaja akakaa chini ya mti wa mretemu. Akajiombea mwenyewe kufa, akasema, “Sasa yatosha, BWANA, ichukue roho yangu, kwa kuwa mimi si mzuri kuliko mababu zangu waliokufa.”
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
5 Kwa hiyo akalala chini ya mretemu. Ghafula malaika akamgusa na akamwambia, “Inuka ule.”
And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.
6 Eliya akatazama, karibu na kichwa chake kulikuwa na mkate uliokuwa umeokwa kwa mkaa na gudulia la maji. Kwa hiyo akala na kunywa na kulala tena.
And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baked on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he ate and drank, and laid himself down again.
7 Malaika wa BWANA akaja tena mara ya pili akamgusa na kumwambia, “Inuka ule, kwa sababu safari bado ndefu kwako.”
And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
8 Kwa hiyo akainuka na kula na kunywa, naye akasafiri kwa nguvu ya chakula hicho kwa siku arobaini mchana na usiku hata akafika Horebu, mlima wa Mungu.
And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.
9 Akaingia kwenye pango akakaa humo. Kisha neno la BWANA likamjia likimwambia, “Unafanya nini hapa, Eliya?”
And he came there to a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said to him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
10 Eliya akajibu, “Nimeona wivu mwingi kwa BWANA, Mungu wa majeshi, kwa kuwa watu wa Israeli wameliacha agano lako, wameziharibu madhabahu zako, na wamewaua manabii wako kwa upanga. Sasa ni mimi, pekee yangu, nimebaki na wanataka kuichukua roho yangu.
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
11 BWANA akamwambia, “Nenda nje ukasimame kwenye mlima mbele yangu.” Kisha BWANA akapita, na upepo mkali ukaupiga mlima ukavunja miamba katika vipande vipande mbele ya BWANA, lakini BWANA hakuwemo kwenye huo mlima. Kisha baada ya upepo, tetemeko lakaja, lakini BWANA hakuwemo kwenye hilo tetemeko.
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
12 Kisha baada ya tetemeko, moto ukaja, lakini BWANA hakuwemo kwenye moto. Ndipo baada ya moto, sauti ya upole ikaja.
And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
13 Naye Eliya alipoisikia sauti, akafunika uso wake kwa vazi lake, akatoka nje, akasimama kwenye lango la hilo pango. Na sauti ikaja kwake ikisema, “unafanya nini hapa?,
And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice to him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
14 Eliya akajibu, “nimeona wivu sana kwa ajili ya BWANA, Muungu wa majeshi, kwa kuwa watu wa Israeli wameliacha agano lako, wamezihariibu madhabahu zako, na wamewaua manabii kwa upanga. Sasa, ni mimi pekee yangu, nimebaki na wanajaribu kuichukua roho yangu.”
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thy altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
15 Kisha BWANA akamwambia, “Nenda, rudi kwa njia yako kwenye jangwa la Dameski, na utakapofika utamtia mafuta Hazaeli awe Mfalme wa Shamu,
And the LORD said to him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:
16 na utamtia mafuta Yehu mwana wa Nimshi kuwa mfalme wa Israeli, na utamtia mafuta Elisha mwana wa Shafeti wa Abeli Mehola kuwa nabii mahali pako.
And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy stead.
17 Itakuwa hivi Yehu atamwua kila mmoja atakayejaribu kutoroka upanga wa Hazaeli, na kwamba Elisha atamwua kila atakayejaribu kukwepa upanga wa Yehu.
And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
18 Lakini nitawaacha watu elfu saba katika Israeli kwa ajili yangu, ambao magoti yao hayajawahi kupigwa kwa Baali, na ambao midomo yao haijambusu.”
Yet I have left to me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
19 Kwa hiyo Eliya akaondoka mahali pale na akamkuta Elisha mwana wa Shafati, akilima na jozi za makisai kumi na mbili mbele yake, na yeye mwenyewe alikuwa akilima na ile jozi ya kumi na mbili. Eliya akaenda mpaka kwa Elisha akamtupia vazi lake juu yake.
So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
20 Elisha naye akawaacha wale makisai akamkimbilia Eliya; akamwambia, “Tafadhali naomba nikambusu baba yangu na mama yangu kisha nitakufuata.” Naye Eliya akamwambia, “Rudi, lakini fikiria juu ya kile nilichokufanyia.”
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said to him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
21 Kwa hiyo Elisha akarudi toka kwa Eliya na akachukua ile jozi ya makisai, akawaua wale wanyama, na akapika ile nyama kwa kuni za ile nira. Kisha akawapa watu wakala. Kisha akaamka, akamfuata Eliya akamtumikia.
And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered to him.
