41 Poi Elia disse ad Achab: "Risali, mangia e bevi, poiché già sode rumor di gran pioggia".

42 Ed Achab risalì per mangiare e bere; ma Elia salì in vetta al Carmel; e, gettatosi a terra, si mise la faccia tra le ginocchia,

43 e disse al suo servo: "Or va su, e guarda dalla parte del mare!" Quegli andò su, guardò, e disse: "Non vè nulla". Elia gli disse: "Ritornaci sette volte!"

44 E la settima volta, il servo disse: "Ecco una nuvoletta grossa come la palma della mano, che sale dal mare". Ed Elia: "Sali e di ad Achab: Attacca i cavalli al carro e scendi, che la pioggia non ti fermi".

45 E in un momento il cielo soscurò di nubi, il vento si scatenò, e cadde una gran pioggia. Achab montò sul suo carro, e se nandò a Izreel.

41 Elijah said to Ahab, "Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain."

42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees. 43 He said to his servant, "Go up now and look toward the sea."

He went up and looked, then said, "There is nothing."

He said, "Go again" seven times.

44 On the seventh time, he said, "Behold, a small cloud, like a man’s hand, is rising out of the sea."

He said, "Go up, tell Ahab, ‘Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn’t stop you.’"

45 In a little while, the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.