1 Ahemfo 17
1 Afei, Elia a ɔfiri Tisbi a ɛwɔ Gilead no ka kyerɛɛ ɔhene Ahab sɛ, “Mmerɛ dodoɔ a Awurade, Onyankopɔn a mesɔre no som no, Israel Onyankopɔn te ase yi, ɛbɔ rensi, na osuo nso rentɔ mfeɛ kakra bi mu, gye sɛ ɛnam mʼasɛm so.”
And Eliiah the Tishbite one of the inhabitats of Gilead sayde vnto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liueth, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dewe nor rayne these yeeres, but according to my worde.
2 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Elia sɛ,
And the worde of the Lord came vnto him, saying,
3 “Kɔ asuo Kerit a ɛwɔ apueeɛ fam no a ɛbɔ Asubɔnten Yordan mu no, na kɔhinta hɔ.
Go hence, and turne thee Eastwarde, and hide thy selfe in the riuer Cherith, that is ouer against Iorden,
4 Nom asuo no mu nsuo, na di deɛ anene no de bɛbrɛ wo, ɛfiri sɛ, mahyɛ sɛ wɔmmrɛ wo aduane.”
And thou shalt drinke of the riuer: and I haue comanded the rauens to feede thee there.
5 Enti, Elia yɛɛ sɛdeɛ Awurade aka akyerɛ no no. Ɔbɔɔ atenaeɛ wɔ asuo Kerit ho.
So he went and did according vnto the word of the Lord: for he went, and remained by the riuer Cherith that is ouer against Iorden.
6 Anene no brɛɛ no burodo ne ɛnam anɔpa ne anwummerɛ biara, na ɔnom nsuo firii asuo no mu.
And the rauens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the euening, and he dranke of the riuer.
7 Na akyire yi, asuo no weeɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, na osuo ntɔ wɔ asase no so baabiara.
And after a while the riuer dryed vp, because there fell no rayne vpon the earth.
8 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Elia sɛ,
And the worde of the Lord came vnto him, saying,
9 “Kɔ na kɔtena akuraa Sarefat a ɛbɛn Sidon kuro no mu. Okunafoɔ bi wɔ hɔ a ɔbɛma wo aduane adi. Makyerɛ no deɛ ɔnyɛ.”
Vp, and get thee to Zarephath, which is in Zidon, and remaine there: beholde, I haue commanded a widow there to sustaine thee.
10 Na Elia kɔɔ Sarefat. Ɔduruu kuro no abɔntenpono no ano no, ɔhunuu okunafoɔ bi a ɔrehwehwɛ mmabaa. Ɔbisaa no sɛ, “Mesrɛ wo, wobɛtumi ama me nsuo kuruwama bi?”
So he arose, and went to Zarephath: and when he came to the gate of the citie, beholde, the widowe was there gathering stickes: and he called her, and sayde, Bring me, I pray thee, a litle water in a vessel, that I may drinke.
11 Ɔrekɔsa nsuo no aba no, ɔsrɛɛ no sɛ, “Ɛyɛ a fa burodo sini bi nso ka ho.”
And as she was going to fet it, he called to her, and sayde, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsell of bread in thine hand.
12 Okunafoɔ no kaa sɛ, “Meka Awurade, wo Onyankopɔn no ntam sɛ, menni burodo sini koraa wɔ fie. Na deɛ mewɔ wɔ efie yɛ asikyiresiam kakra ne ngo toa ase kakraa bi. Mekɔpɛɛ mmabaa kakra a mede bɛnoa aduane a ɛtwa toɔ, na me ne me babarima adi, na afei yɛawuwu.”
And shee sayde, As the Lord thy God liueth, I haue not a cake, but euen an handfull of meale in a barrel, and a litle oyle in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering a fewe stickes for to go in, and dresse it for me and my sonne, that we may eate it, and dye.
13 Nanso, Elia ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Nsuro! Kɔ na kɔnoa aduane a ɛtwa toɔ no. Nanso, ɛyɛ a, to burodo ketewa bi di ɛkan ma me ansa. Na ɛno akyi no, aduane bebree bɛka ama wo ne wo ba no.
And Eliiah said vnto her, Feare not, come, do as thou hast sayd, but make me thereof a litle cake first of all, and bring it vnto mee, and afterward make for thee, and thy sonne.
14 Na deɛ Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn ka ne sɛ, ‘Daa asikyiresiam ne ngo pii bɛka wɔ wo adekoradeɛ no mu kɔsi ɛberɛ a Awurade bɛma osuo atɔ, ama nnɔbaeɛ anyini bio.’”
For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The meale in the barrel shall not be wasted, neither shall the oyle in the cruse be diminished, vnto the time that the Lord send rayne vpon the earth.
15 Na ɔyɛɛ sɛdeɛ Elia kaeɛ no. Enti ɔno, Elia ne ne ba no kɔɔ so dii asikyiresiam ne ngo a na ɔwɔ no ara nna bebree.
So she went, and did as Eliiah sayd, and she did eate: so did he and her house for a certaine time.
16 Ɛberɛ biara na wɔwɔ asikyiresiam ne ngo a ɛbɛso wɔn di wɔ wɔn adekoradeɛ mu sɛdeɛ Awurade nam Elia so hyɛɛ ho bɔ no.
The barrell of the meale wasted not, nor the oyle was spent out of the cruse, according to the worde of the Lord, which he spake by the hand of Eliiah.
17 Akyire yi, ɔbaa no babarima no yareeɛ. Yadeɛ no kɔɔ so ara kɔsii sɛ abɔfra no wuiɛ.
And after these things, the sonne of the wife of the house fell sicke, and his sicknesse was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
18 Ɔbaa no bisaa Elia sɛ, “Ao, Onyankopɔn onipa, ɛdeɛn na woayɛ me yi? Wobaa ha sɛ worebɛtwe mʼaso wɔ me bɔne a mayɛ ho enti na woakum me ba yi?”
And she said vnto Eliiah, What haue I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come vnto me to call my sinne to remembrance, and to slay my sonne?
19 Nanso, Elia ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Fa wo ba no ma me.” Na ɔgyee abarimaa no firii ne nsam. Ɔde no kɔɔ ɛsoro dan bi a wɔsoɛɛ no mu no mu. Ɔde owufoɔ no too ne mpa so.
And he said vnto her, Giue me thy sonne. and he tooke him out of her bosome, and caryed him vp into a chamber, where he abode, and laid him vpon his owne bed.
20 Elia su guu Awurade so sɛ, “Ao, Awurade, adɛn enti na wode saa awerɛhoɔ yi abɛto okunafoɔ yi a ɔde ne fie asom me hɔhoɔ yi so, na wama ne ba awuo yi?”
Then he called vnto the Lord, and sayde, O Lord my God, hast thou punished also this widowe, with whome I soiourne, by killing her sonne?
21 Ɔbutuu abɔfra no so mprɛnsa, su guu Awurade so sɛ, “Ao Awurade, me Onyankopɔn, mesrɛ, ma abɔfra yi nnya nkwa bio.”
And he stretched himselfe vpon the childe three times, and called vnto the Lord, and saide, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this childes soule come into him againe.
22 Awurade tiee Elia mpaeɛbɔ, na abɔfra no nyaa nkwa bio.
Then the Lord heard the voyce of Eliiah, and the soule of the child came into him againe, and he reuiued.
23 Enti, Elia de no firi soro hɔ brɛɛ ne maame, ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Hwɛ, wo ba no anyane.”
And Eliiah tooke the childe, and brought him downe out of the chamber into the house, and deliuered him vnto his mother, and Eliiah sayd, Behold, thy sonne liueth.
24 Na ɔbaa no ka kyerɛɛ Elia sɛ, “Afei, mahunu pefee sɛ woyɛ Onyankopɔn onipa, na Awurade kasa fa wo so ampa.”
And the woman saide vnto Eliiah, Now I knowe that thou art a man of God, and that the worde of the Lord in thy mouth is true.
