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.

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。