1 Referiu Acabe a Jezabel tudo o que Elias havia feito, e como matara todos os profetas à espada.2 Jezabel enviou um mensageiro a Elias a dizer-lhe: Assim me façam os deuses e ainda mais, se eu amanhã a esta hora não fizer à tua vida o que fizeste à deles.3 O que vendo, levantou-se e, para conservar a vida, foi-se e chegou a Berseba, que pertence a Judá, e ali deixou o seu criado.4 Ele, porém, andou pelo deserto o caminho dum dia, e veio e se assentou debaixo dum junípero; pediu para si a morte, e disse: Basta; tira, Jeová, a minha vida, porque eu não sou melhor do que meus pais.5 Deitou-se e dormiu debaixo de um junípero; eis que um anjo o tocou, e lhe disse: Levanta-te e come.6 Olhou ele, e viu junto à cabeça um pão cozido sobre as brasas, e uma botija de água. Comeu e bebeu e tornou a deitar-se.7 Voltou segunda vez o anjo de Jeová, e tocou-o e disse-lhe: Levanta-te e come, porque a viagem é demasiado longa para ti.8 Levantou-se, comeu e bebeu, e com a força daquela comida caminhou quarenta dias e quarenta noites até Horebe, o monte de Deus.9 Entrou ali numa caverna, onde pousou. Eis que lhe veio a palavra de Jeová, e lhe disse: Que fazes aqui, Elias?10 Ele respondeu: Tenho sido zeloso por Jeová, Deus dos exércitos; porque os filhos de Israel deixaram a tua aliança, derrubaram os teus altares e mataram à espada os teus profetas; eu, somente eu, fiquei, e procuram tirar-me a vida.11 Foi-lhe dito: Sai para fora, e põe-te no monte diante de Jeová. Eis que passava Jeová, e um grande e forte vento fendia os montes e esmigalhava as penhas diante dele, porém, Jeová não estava no vento; depois do vento um terremoto, porém, Jeová não estava no terremoto;12 depois do terremoto um fogo, porém, Jeová não estava no fogo; e depois do fogo uma voz dum suave silêncio.13 Ouvindo-a Elias, envolveu o rosto na sua capa e saindo para fora, pôs-se à entrada da caverna. Eis que lhe veio uma voz e lhe disse: Que fazes aqui, Elias?14 Ele respondeu: Tenho sido zeloso por Jeová, Deus de Israel, porque os filhos de Israel deixaram a tua aliança, derrubaram os teus altares e mataram à espada os teus profetas; eu, somente eu, fiquei, e procuram tirar-me a vida.15 Disse-lhe Jeová: Vai, torna ao teu caminho pelo deserto de Damasco; quando lá chegares, ungirás a Hazael em rei sobre a Síria.16 A Jeú, filho de Ninsi, ungi-lo-ás rei sobre Israel; e a Eliseu, filho de Safate de Abel-Meolá, ungi-lo-ás para ser profeta em teu lugar.17 Quem escapar da espada de Hazael, Jeú o matará; e quem escapar da espada de Jeú, Eliseu o matará.18 Todavia hei de reservar para mim sete mil em Israel: todos os joelhos que se não dobraram a Baal, e toda a boca que o não beijou.19 Partiu dali Elias e achou Eliseu, filho de Safate, que andava lavrando com doze juntas de bois à sua frente, estando ele com a duodécima; chegando-se Elias a Eliseu, lançou a sua capa sobre ele.20 Deixando este os bois, correu após Elias e disse: Permite-me beijar a meu pai e a minha mãe, e então te seguirei. Elias respondeu-lhe: Torna a voltar, pois que te fiz eu?21 Voltou Eliseu de seguir a Elias, tomou a junta de bois, e matou-os, e com os aparelhos dos bois cozeu as carnes, e deu-as ao povo, e comeram. Então se levantou, seguiu a Elias e o servia.

1 And Achab told Jezabel all that Elias had done, and how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.2 And Jezabel sent a messenger to Elias, saying: Such and such things may the gods do to me, and add still more, if by this hour to morrow I make not thy life as the life of one of them.3 Then Elias was afraid, and rising up he went whithersoever he had a mind: and he came to Bersabee of Juda, and left his servant there,4 And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me, Lord, take away my soul: for I am no better than my fathers.5 And he cast himself down, end slept in the shadow of the juniper tree: and behold an angel of the Lord touched him, and said to him: Arise and eat.6 He looked, and behold there was at his head a hearth cake, and a vessel of water: and he ate and drank, and he fell asleep again.7 And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said to him: Arise, eat: for thou hast yet a great way to go.8 And he arose, and ate, and drank, and walked in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God, Horeb.9 And when he was come thither, he abode in a cave: and behold the word of the Lord came unto him, and he said to him: What dost thou here, Elias?10 And he answered: With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant: they have thrown down thy altars, they have slain thy prophets with the sword, and I alone am left, and they seek my life to take it away.11 And he said to him: Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord: and behold the Lord passeth, and a great and strong wind before the Lord over throwing the mountains, and breaking the rocks in pieces: the Lord is not in the wind, and after the wind an earthquake: the Lord is not in the earthquake.12 And after the earthquake a fire: the Lord is not in the fire, and after the fire a whistling of a gentle air.13 And when Elias heard it, he covered his face with his mantle, and coming forth stood in the entering in of the cave, and behold a voice unto him, saying: What dost thou here, Elias? And he answered:14 With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant: they have destroyed thy altars, they have slain thy prophets with the sword, and I alone am left, and they seek my life to take it away.15 And the Lord said to him: Go, and return on thy way through the desert to Damascus: and when thou art come thither, thou shalt anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.16 And thou shalt anoint Jehu the son of Namsi to be king over Israel: and Eliseus the son of Saphat, of Abelmeula, thou shalt anoint to be prophet in thy room.17 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall escape the sword of Hazael, shall be slain by Jehu: and whosoever shall escape the sword of Jehu, shall be slain by Eliseus.18 And I will leave me seven thousand men in Israel, whose knees have not been bowed before Baal, and every mouth that hath not worshipped him kissing the hands.19 And Elias departing from thence, found Eliseus the son of Saphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen: and he was one of them that were ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen: and when Elias came up to him, he cast his mantle upon him.20 And he forthwith left the oxen and ran after Elias, and said: Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said to him: Go, and return back: for that which was my part, I have done to thee.21 And returning back from him, he took a yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled the flesh with the plough of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate: and rising up he went away, and followed Elias, and ministered to him.