1 Reis 18

Fim da seca

41 Disse Elias a Acabe: Sobe, come e bebe, porque se ouve o ruído duma grande chuva. 42 Subiu Acabe a comer e a beber. Elias subiu ao cume do *1Rs 18.19-20Carmelo e, inclinado por terra, meteu o rosto entre os joelhos. 43 Disse ao seu criado: Sobe agora e olha para a banda do mar. Subiu, olhou e disse: Não há nada. Elias disse-lhe: Torna a ir sete vezes. 44 À sétima vez, disse: Eis *Lc 12.54que se levanta do mar uma nuvem, ao tamanho da mão dum homem. Disse-lhe Elias: Sobe e dize a Acabe: Manda aprontar o teu carro e desce, para que a chuva não te impeça de o fazer. 45 Em pouco tempo, o céu enegreceu de nuvens e de vento, e caiu uma grande chuva. Acabe subiu ao carro e foi para *Js 17.16;Jz 6.33Jezreel. 46 *2Rs 3.15;Is 8.11A mão de Jeová foi sobre Elias, que *2Rs 4.29;Jr 1.17;1Pe 1.13cingiu os lombos e correu adiante de Acabe até a entrada de Jezreel.

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. 46 Yahweh’s hand was on Elijah; and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.