1 过了许久， 到第三年， 耶和华的话临到以利亚说： "你去在亚哈面前出现， 我要降雨在地面上。" 2 于是以利亚去了， 要在亚哈面前出现。那时撒玛利亚发生十分严重的饥荒。 3 亚哈把他的家宰俄巴底召了来。原来俄巴底是个非常敬畏耶和华的人。 4 耶洗别除灭耶和华众先知的时候， 俄巴底带走了一百个先知， 每五十个人一组， 分散藏在山洞里， 又用饼和水供养他们。 5 亚哈对俄巴底说： "你走遍这地， 到所有的水泉和溪水那里去看看， 也许我们可以找到青草， 使骡马能够生存， 免得牲畜灭绝。" 6 于是他们分地巡视。亚哈独自走一路， 俄巴底独自走另一路。 7 俄巴底在路上走的时候， 以利亚遇见了他。俄巴底认出他来， 就脸伏在地， 说： "你真是我主以利亚吗？" 8 以利亚对他说： "我是。你去告诉你主人， 说： ‘以利亚在这里。’" 9 俄巴底说： "我犯了什么罪， 你竟要把你仆人交在亚哈手里， 使他杀死我呢？ 10 我指着永活的耶和华你的 神起誓， 没有一邦一国我主人不派人去找你的， 人们若是说你不在那里， 他就要那国邦起誓说实在找不到你。 11 现在你说： ‘你去告诉你主人： 以利亚在这里。’ 12 我一离开你， 耶和华的灵就把你提到我不知道的地方去。这样， 如果我去告诉亚哈， 他找不到你， 必定杀我。你仆人却是自幼敬畏耶和华的。 13 难道没有人把我所作的事告诉我主吗？就是耶洗别杀害耶和华众先知的时候， 我把一百个先知， 五十人一组的分别藏在山洞里， 又用饼和水供养他们。 14 现在你说： ‘你去告诉你主人以利亚在这里！ ’他必定杀我。" 15 以利亚说： "我指着我所服事永活的万军之耶和华起誓， 今天我必在亚哈面前出现。" 16 于是俄巴底去见亚哈， 把这事告诉他。亚哈就去见以利亚。 17 亚哈看见了以利亚， 就问他： "给以色列惹麻烦的这个人就是你吗？" 18 以利亚说： "给以色列惹麻烦的， 不是我， 而是你和你父的家； 因为你们离弃了耶和华的诫命， 又去随从巴力。 19 现在你要派人去召集以色列众人和四百五十个巴力的先知， 以及耶洗别供养的四百个亚舍拉的先知， 都上迦密山来见我。" 20 于是亚哈派人召集众以色列人和众先知上迦密山去。 21 以利亚走近众人说： "你们三心两意， 要到几时呢？如果耶和华是 神， 你们就应当随从耶和华； 如果巴力是 神， 你们就应当随从巴力。"众人一句话也不回答。 22 以利亚对众人说： "耶和华的先知只剩下我一个， 巴力的先知却有四百五十个。 23 现在， 请给我们两头公牛。让巴力的先知自己挑选一头， 把它切成块子， 放在柴上， 但不要点火； 我也预备一头公牛， 摆在柴上， 也不点火。 24 你们呼求你们神的名， 我也呼求耶和华的名。那降火来显示回答的神就是 神了。"众人都回答： "这话说得很好！ " 25 以利亚对巴力的众先知说： "你们既然人多， 可以先为自己选一头公牛； 预备好了， 就呼求你们神的名， 但不要点火。" 26 他们把人给他们的公牛牵了来， 预备好了， 就从早晨直到中午， 呼求巴力的名， 说： "巴力啊， 应允我们吧！ "可是没有声音， 也没有回应。他们就在所筑的祭坛周围跳舞。 27 到了中午， 以利亚嘲笑他们， 说： "大声呼求吧， 因为他是神， 也许他正在默想， 或事务繁忙， 或正在旅行， 或正在睡觉， 你们要把他叫醒。" 28 他们就大声呼求， 按着他们的规矩， 用刀和枪刺自己， 直到身体流血。 29 中午过后， 他们继续狂呼乱叫， 直到献晚祭的时候； 可是仍没有声音， 没有回应， 也没有理睬他们的。 30 以利亚对众人说： "你们走近我这里来。"众人就都走近他面前。他重修已经毁坏了的耶和华的祭坛。 31 以利亚照着雅各子孙支派的数目， 拿了十二块石头。（耶和华的话曾临到雅各说： "你的名要叫以色列。"） 32 以利亚奉耶和华的名用这些石头筑了一座坛， 在坛的四周挖沟， 可容十四公升种籽， 33 然后把柴排好， 又把公牛切成块子， 放在柴上， 就说： "你们盛满四桶水， 倒在燔祭和柴上。" 34 又说： "倒第二次。"他们就倒第二次； 又说： "倒第三次。"他们就倒第三次。 35 水流到祭坛的四周， 甚至水沟里也满了水。 36 到了献晚祭的时候， 以利亚先知近前来， 说： "亚伯拉罕、以撒、以色列的 神耶和华， 求你今天使人知道你是在以色列中的 神， 我是你的仆人， 又是奉你的命令行这一切事。 37 耶和华啊， 求你应允我， 应允我！ 使这民知道你耶和华是 神， 又知道是你使这民的心再回转过来的。" 38 于是有耶和华的火降下来， 吞灭了燔祭、木柴、石头和尘土， 连沟里的水也烧干了。 39 众人看见了， 就面伏于地， 说： "耶和华是 神！ 耶和华是 神！ " 40 以利亚对他们说： "捉住巴力的先知， 一个也不要让他们逃脱。"于是众人捉住他们。以利亚带他们下到基顺河边， 在那里杀了他们。 41 以利亚对亚哈说： "你上去吃喝吧！ 因为已经有下大雨的响声了。" 42 亚哈就上去吃喝。以利亚上了迦密山顶， 屈身在地， 把脸放在两膝之间。 43 以利亚对自己的仆人说： "你上去向海那边观看。"他就上去观看， 说： "什么也没有。"以利亚说： "你再回去观看。"这样说了七次。 44 到第七次， 仆人说： "我看到一小片乌云， 好像人的手掌那么大， 正在从海里升上来。"以利亚说： "你上去告诉亚哈： ‘赶快套车下山， 免得被大雨所阻。’" 45 霎时之间， 天空因风云而变为黑暗， 随着降下大雨来。于是亚哈坐上了车， 往耶斯列去了。 46 耶和华的能力临到以利亚的身上， 以利亚就束上腰， 跑在亚哈的前头， 直跑到耶斯列的城门口。

1 And the days are many, and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Elijah in the third year, saying, `Go, appear unto Ahab, and I give rain on the face of the ground;`2 and Elijah goeth to appear unto Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,3 and Ahab calleth unto Obadiah, who [is] over the house -- and Obadiah hath been fearing Jehovah greatly,4 and it cometh to pass, in Jezebel`s cutting off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah taketh a hundred prophets, and hideth them, fifty men in a cave, and hath sustained them with bread and water --5 and Ahab saith unto Obadiah, `Go through the land, unto all fountains of waters, and unto all the brooks, if so be we find hay, and keep alive horse and mule, and do not cut off any of the cattle.`6 And they apportion to themselves the land, to pass over into it; Ahab hath gone in one way by himself, and Obadiah hath gone in another way by himself;7 and Obadiah [is] in the way, and lo, Elijah -- to meet him; and he discerneth him, and falleth on his face, and saith, `Art thou he -- my lord Elijah?`8 And he saith to him, `I [am]; go, say to thy lord, Lo, Elijah.`9 And he saith, `What have I sinned, that thou art giving thy servant into the hand of Ahab -- to put me to death?10 Jehovah thy God liveth, if there is a nation and kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee; and they said, He is not, then he caused the kingdom and the nation to swear, that it doth not find thee;11 and now, thou art saying, Go, say to thy lord, Lo, Elijah;12 and it hath been, I go from thee, and the Spirit of Jehovah doth lift thee up, whither I know not, and I have come to declare to Ahab, and he doth not find thee, and he hath slain me; and thy servant is fearing Jehovah from my youth.13 `Hath it not been declared to my lord that which I have done in Jezebel`s slaying the prophets of Jehovah, that I hide of the prophets of Jehovah a hundred men, fifty by fifty in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water?14 and now thou art saying, Go, say to my lord, Lo, Elijah -- and he hath slain me!`15 And Elijah saith, `Jehovah of Hosts liveth, before whom I have stood, surely to-day I appear unto him.`16 And Obadiah goeth to meet Ahab, and declareth [it] to him, and Ahab goeth to meet Elijah,17 and it cometh to pass at Ahab`s seeing Elijah, that Ahab saith unto him, `Art thou he -- the troubler of Israel?`18 And he saith, `I have not troubled Israel, but thou and the house of thy father, in your forsaking the commands of Jehovah, and thou goest after the Baalim;19 and now, send, gather unto me all Israel, unto the mount of Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the shrine, four hundred -- eating at the table of Jezebel.`20 And Ahab sendeth among all the sons of Israel, and gathereth the prophets unto the mount of Carmel;21 and Elijah cometh nigh unto all the people, and saith, `Till when are ye leaping on the two branches? -- if Jehovah [is] God, go after Him; and if Baal, go after him;` and the people have not answered him a word.22 And Elijah saith unto the people, `I -- I have been left a prophet of Jehovah -- by myself; and the prophets of Baal [are] four hundred and fifty men;23 and let them give to us two bullocks, and they choose for themselves the one bullock, and cut it in pieces, and place [it] on the wood, and place no fire; and I -- I prepare the other bullock, and have put [it] on the wood, and fire I do not place; --24 and ye have called in the name of your god, and I -- I call in the name of Jehovah, and it hath been, the god who answereth by fire -- He [is] the God.` And all the people answer and say, `Good [is] the word.`25 And Elijah saith to the prophets of Baal, `Choose for you the one bullock, and prepare first, for ye [are] the multitude, and call ye in the name of your god, and place no fire.`26 And they take the bullock that [one] gave to them, and prepare, and call in the name of Baal from the morning even till the noon, saying, `O Baal, answer us!` and there is no voice, and there is none answering; and they leap on the altar that one had made.27 And it cometh to pass, at noon, that Elijah playeth on them, and saith, `Call with a loud voice, for he [is] a god, for he is meditating, or pursuing, or on a journey; it may be he is asleep, an doth awake.`28 And they call with a loud voice, and cut themselves, according to their ordinance, with swords and with spears, till a flowing of blood [is] on them;29 and it cometh to pass, at the passing by of the noon, that they feign themselves prophets till the going up of the present, and there is no voice, and there is none answering, and there is none attending.30 And Elijah saith to all the people, `Come nigh unto me;` and all the people come nigh unto him, and he repaireth the altar of Jehovah that is broken down;31 and Elijah taketh twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah was, saying, `Israel is thy name;`32 and he buildeth with the stones an altar, in the name of Jehovah, and maketh a trench, as about the space of two measures of seed, round about the altar.33 And he arrangeth the wood, and cutteth in pieces the bullock, and placeth [it] on the wood, and saith, `Fill ye four pitchers of water, and pour on the burnt-offering, and on the wood;34 and he saith, `Do [it] a second time;` and they do [it] a second time; and he saith, `Do [it] a third time;` and they do [it] a third time;35 and the water goeth round about the altar, and also, the trench he hath filled with water.36 And it cometh to pass, at the going up of the [evening-]present, that Elijah the prophet cometh nigh and saith, `Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to-day let it be known that Thou [art] God in Israel, and I Thy servant, that by Thy word I have done the whole of these things;37 answer me, O Jehovah, answer me, and this people doth know that Thou [art] Jehovah God; and Thou hast turned their heart backward.`38 And there falleth a fire of Jehovah, and consumeth the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and the water that [is] in the trench it hath licked up.39 And all the people see, and fall on their faces, and say, `Jehovah, He [is] the God, Jehovah, He [is] the God.`40 And Elijah saith to them, `Catch ye the prophets of Baal; let not a man escape of them;` and they catch them, and Elijah bringeth them down unto the stream Kishon, and doth slaughter them there.41 And Elijah saith to Ahab, `Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.`42 And Ahab goeth up to eat, and to drink, and Elijah hath gone up unto the top of Carmel, and he stretcheth himself out on the earth, and he placeth his face between his knees,43 and saith unto his young man, `Go up, I pray thee, look attentively the way of the sea;` and he goeth up and looketh attentively, and saith, `There is nothing;` and he saith, `Turn back,` seven times.44 And it cometh to pass, at the seventh, that he saith, `Lo, a little thickness as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea.` And he saith, `Go up, say unto Ahab, `Bind -- and go down, and the shower doth not restrain thee.`45 And it cometh to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black -- thick clouds and wind -- and the shower is great; and Ahab rideth, and goeth to Jezreel,46 and the hand of Jehovah hath been on Elijah, and he girdeth up his loins, and runneth before Ahab, till thine entering Jezreel.