1 Acabe fez saber a Jezabel tudo quanto Elias havia feito e como matara todos os profetas à espada. 2 Então, Jezabel mandou um mensageiro a Elias a dizer-lhe: Façam-me os deuses como lhes aprouver se amanhã a estas horas não fizer eu à tua vida como fizeste a cada um deles. 3 Temendo, pois, Elias, levantou-se, e, para salvar sua vida, se foi, e chegou a Berseba, que pertence a Judá; e ali deixou o seu moço.

4 Ele mesmo, porém, se foi ao deserto, caminho de um dia, e veio, e se assentou debaixo de um zimbro; e pediu para si a morte e disse: Basta; toma agora, ó Senhor, a minha alma, pois não sou melhor do que meus pais. 5 Deitou-se e dormiu debaixo do zimbro; eis que um anjo o tocou e lhe disse: Levanta-te e come. 6 Olhou ele e viu, junto à cabeceira, um pão cozido sobre pedras em brasa e uma botija de água. Comeu, bebeu e tornou a dormir. 7 Voltou segunda vez o anjo do Senhor, tocou-o e lhe disse: Levanta-te e come, porque o caminho te será sobremodo longo. 8 Levantou-se, pois, comeu e bebeu; e, com a força daquela comida, caminhou quarenta dias e quarenta noites até Horebe, o monte de Deus.

9 Ali, entrou numa caverna, onde passou a noite; e eis que lhe veio a palavra do Senhor e lhe disse: Que fazes aqui, Elias? 10 Ele respondeu: Tenho sido zeloso pelo Senhor, Deus dos Exércitos, porque os filhos de Israel deixaram a tua aliança, derribaram os teus altares e mataram os teus profetas à espada; e eu fiquei só, e procuram tirar-me a vida. 11 Disse-lhe Deus: Sai e põe-te neste monte perante o Senhor. Eis que passava o Senhor; e um grande e forte vento fendia os montes e despedaçava as penhas diante do Senhor, porém o Senhor não estava no vento; depois do vento, um terremoto, mas o Senhor não estava no terremoto; 12 depois do terremoto, um fogo, mas o Senhor não estava no fogo; e, depois do fogo, um cicio tranquilo e suave. 13 Ouvindo-o Elias, envolveu o rosto no seu manto e, saindo, pôs-se à entrada da caverna. Eis que lhe veio uma voz e lhe disse: Que fazes aqui, Elias? 14 Ele respondeu: Tenho sido em extremo zeloso pelo Senhor, Deus dos Exércitos, porque os filhos de Israel deixaram a tua aliança, derribaram os teus altares e mataram os teus profetas à espada; e eu fiquei só, e procuram tirar-me a vida. 15 Disse-lhe o Senhor: Vai, volta ao teu caminho para o deserto de Damasco e, em chegando lá, unge a Hazael rei sobre a Síria. 16 A Jeú, filho de Ninsi, ungirás rei sobre Israel e também Eliseu, filho de Safate, de Abel-Meolá, ungirás profeta em teu lugar. 17 Quem escapar à espada de Hazael, Jeú o matará; quem escapar à espada de Jeú, Eliseu o matará. 18 Também conservei em Israel sete mil, todos os joelhos que não se dobraram a Baal, e toda boca que o não beijou.

19 Partiu, pois, Elias dali e achou a Eliseu, filho de Safate, que andava lavrando com doze juntas de bois adiante dele; ele estava com a duodécima. Elias passou por ele e lançou o seu manto sobre ele. 20 Então, deixou este os bois, correu após Elias e disse: Deixa-me beijar a meu pai e a minha mãe e, então, te seguirei. Elias respondeu-lhe: Vai e volta; pois já sabes o que fiz contigo. 21 Voltou Eliseu de seguir a Elias, tomou a junta de bois, e os imolou, e, com os aparelhos dos bois, cozeu as carnes, e as deu ao povo, e comeram. Então, se dispôs, e seguiu a Elias, e o servia.

1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and with how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not your life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

4 But he himself went a day' 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 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.

6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baked on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

7 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 you.

8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

9 And he came thither to a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said to him, What do you here, Elijah?

10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

11 And he said, Go forth, and stand on 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 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice to him, and said, What do you here, Elijah?

14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

15 And the LORD said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when you come, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:

16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shall you anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shall you anoint to be prophet in your room.

17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapes the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.

19 So he departed 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 on him.

20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you. And he said to him, Go back again: for what have I done to you?

21 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 did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered to him.