41 Então, disse Elias a Acabe: Sobe, come e bebe, porque já se ouve ruído de abundante chuva. 42 Subiu Acabe a comer e a beber; Elias, porém, subiu ao cimo do Carmelo, e, encurvado para a terra, meteu o rosto entre os joelhos, 43 e disse ao seu moço: Sobe e olha para o lado do mar. Ele subiu, olhou e disse: Não há nada. Então, lhe disse Elias: Volta. E assim por sete vezes. 44 À sétima vez disse: Eis que se levanta do mar uma nuvem pequena como a palma da mão do homem. Então, disse ele: Sobe e dize a Acabe: Aparelha o teu carro e desce, para que a chuva não te detenha. 45 Dentro em pouco, os céus se enegreceram, com nuvens e vento, e caiu grande chuva. Acabe subiu ao carro e foi para Jezreel. 46 A mão do Senhor veio sobre Elias, o qual cingiu os lombos e correu adiante de Acabe, até à entrada de Jezreel.

41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain. 42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees. 43 And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. 44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Make ready thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. 45 And it came to pass in a little while, that the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel: 46 and the hand of Jehovah was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

41 And Elijah said to Ahab, "Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain."

42 So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.

43 "Go and look toward the sea," he told his servant. And he went up and looked. "There is nothing there," he said. Seven times Elijah said, "Go back."

44 The seventh time the servant reported, "A cloud as small as a man's hand is rising from the sea." So Elijah said, "Go and tell Ahab, 'Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.'"

45 Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain started falling and Ahab rode off to Jezreel.

46 The power of the LORD came on Elijah and, tucking his cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.