< 1 Kings 17 >
1 Elijah ará Tiṣibi láti Tiṣbi ní Gileadi wí fún Ahabu pé, “Bí Olúwa Ọlọ́run Israẹli ti wà, ẹni tí èmi ń sìn, kì yóò sí ìrì tàbí òjò ní ọdún díẹ̀ tí ń bọ̀ bí kò ṣe nípa ọ̀rọ̀ mi.”
Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
2 Nígbà náà ni ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa tọ Elijah wá pé,
Then a revelation from the LORD came to Elijah:
3 “Kúrò níhìn-ín, kọjú sí ìhà ìlà-oòrùn, kí o sì fi ara rẹ pamọ́ níbi odò Keriti, tí ń bẹ níwájú Jordani.
“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
4 Ìwọ yóò mu nínú odò náà, mo sì ti pàṣẹ fún àwọn ẹyẹ ìwò láti máa bọ́ ọ níbẹ̀.”
And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
5 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ó sì ṣe gẹ́gẹ́ bí Olúwa ti sọ fún un. Ó sì lọ sí ẹ̀bá odò Keriti, tí ń bẹ níwájú Jordani, ó sì dúró síbẹ̀.
So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
6 Àwọn ẹyẹ ìwò sì mú àkàrà àti ẹran wá fún un ní òwúrọ̀, àti àkàrà àti ẹran ní alẹ́, ó sì ń mu nínú odò náà.
The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.
7 Ó sì ṣe lẹ́yìn ọjọ́ díẹ̀, odò náà sì gbẹ nítorí kò sí òjò ní ilẹ̀ náà.
Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
8 Ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa sì tọ̀ ọ́ wá wí pé,
Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah:
9 “Lọ nísinsin yìí sí Sarefati ti Sidoni, kí o sì dúró síbẹ̀. Èmi ti pàṣẹ fún obìnrin opó kan níbẹ̀ láti máa bọ́ ọ.”
“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
10 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ó sì lọ sí Sarefati. Nígbà tí ó sì dé ibodè ìlú náà, obìnrin opó kan ń ṣa igi jọ níbẹ̀. Ó sì ké sí i, ó sì béèrè pé, “Ǹjẹ́ o lè bu omi díẹ̀ fún mi wá nínú ohun èlò kí èmi kí ó lè mu?”
So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”
11 Bí ó sì ti ń lọ bù ú wá, ó ké sí i pé, “Jọ̀ ọ́, mú òkèlè oúnjẹ díẹ̀ fún mi wá lọ́wọ́ rẹ.”
And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”
12 Obìnrin opó náà sì dá a lóhùn wí pé, “Bí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ ti wà, èmi kò ní àkàrà, bí kò ṣe ìkúnwọ́ ìyẹ̀fun nínú ìkòkò àti òróró díẹ̀ nínú kólòbó. Èmi ń ṣa igi díẹ̀ jọ láti kó lọ ilé, kí èmi kí ó sì pèsè rẹ̀ fún mi àti fún ọmọ mi, kí àwa lè jẹ ẹ́: kí a sì kú.”
But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
13 Elijah sì wí fún un pé, “Má ṣe bẹ̀rù. Lọ, kí o sì ṣe gẹ́gẹ́ bí o ti wí. Ṣùgbọ́n kọ́kọ́ ṣe àkàrà kékeré kan fún mi nínú rẹ̀ ná, kí o sì mú fún mi wá, lẹ́yìn náà, kí o ṣe tìrẹ àti ti ọmọ rẹ.
“Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,
14 Nítorí báyìí ni Olúwa Ọlọ́run Israẹli wí: ‘Ìkòkò ìyẹ̀fun náà kì yóò ṣófo, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kólòbó òróró náà kì yóò gbẹ, títí di ọjọ́ tí Olúwa yóò rọ òjò sí orí ilẹ̀.’”
for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”
15 Ó sì lọ, ó sì ṣe gẹ́gẹ́ bí Elijah ti sọ fún un. Oúnjẹ sì wà fún Elijah àti obìnrin náà àti ilé rẹ̀ ní ojoojúmọ́.
So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household.
16 Nítorí ìkòkò ìyẹ̀fun náà kò ṣófo, kólòbó òróró náà kò gbẹ, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa tí ó ti ipa Elijah sọ.
The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Elijah.
17 Ó sì ṣe lẹ́yìn nǹkan wọ̀nyí, ọmọ obìnrin tí ó ni ilé náà ṣe àìsàn, àìsàn náà sì le tó bẹ́ẹ̀, tí ó fi kú.
Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.
18 Obìnrin náà sì wí fún Elijah pé, “Kí lo ní sí mi, ènìyàn Ọlọ́run? Ìwọ ha tọ̀ mí wá láti mú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi wá sí ìrántí, àti láti pa mí ní ọmọ?”
“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
19 Elijah sì wí fún un pé, “Gbé ọmọ rẹ fún mi.” Ó sì yọ ọ́ jáde ní àyà rẹ̀, ó sì gbé e lọ sí iyàrá òkè ilé níbi tí òun ń gbé, ó sì tẹ́ ẹ sí orí ibùsùn tirẹ̀.
But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.
20 Nígbà náà ni ó sì ké pe Olúwa wí pé, “Olúwa Ọlọ́run mi, ìwọ ha mú ibi wá bá opó náà pẹ̀lú lọ́dọ̀ ẹni tí èmi ń ṣe àtìpó, nípa pípa ọmọ rẹ̀?”
Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”
21 Nígbà náà ni ó sì na ara rẹ̀ lórí ọmọdé náà ní ẹ̀ẹ̀mẹta, ó sì ké pe Olúwa pé, “Olúwa Ọlọ́run mi, jẹ́ kí ẹ̀mí ọmọdé yìí kí ó tún padà tọ̀ ọ́ wá!”
Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”
22 Olúwa sì gbọ́ igbe Elijah, ẹ̀mí ọmọdé náà sì tún padà tọ̀ ọ́ wá, ó sì sọjí.
And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.
23 Elijah sì mú ọmọdé náà, ó sì gbé e sọ̀kalẹ̀ láti inú yàrá òkè náà wá sínú ilé. Ó sì fi lé ìyá rẹ̀ lọ́wọ́; Elijah sì wí pé, “Wò ó, ọmọ rẹ yè!”
Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.
24 Obìnrin náà sì wí fún Elijah pé, “Nísinsin yìí mo mọ̀ pé ènìyàn Ọlọ́run ni ìwọ ń ṣe, àti pé òtítọ́ ni ọ̀rọ̀ Olúwa ní ẹnu rẹ.”
Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is truth.”