1 Reis 18

1 After many days, Yahweh’s word came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth."

2 Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria. 3 Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Yahweh greatly; 4 for when Jezebel cut off Yahweh’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) 5 Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals."

6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. 7 As Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him. He recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, "Is it you, my lord Elijah?"

8 He answered him, "It is I. Go, tell your lord, ‘Behold, Elijah is here!’"

9 He said, "How have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me? 10 As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he took an oath of the kingdom and nation that they didn’t find you. 11 Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, "Behold, Elijah is here."’ 12 It will happen, as soon as I leave you, that Yahweh’s Spirit will carry you I don’t know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can’t find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared Yahweh from my youth. 13 Wasn’t it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed Yahweh’s prophets, how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh’s prophets with fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water? 14 Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, "Behold, Elijah is here".’ He will kill me."

15 Elijah said, "As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today." 16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

17 When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, "Is that you, you troubler of Israel?"

18 He answered, "I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house, in that you have forsaken Yahweh’s commandments and you have followed the Baals. 19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to Mount Carmel, and four hundred fifty of the prophets of Baal, and four hundred of the prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table."

20 So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel. 21 Elijah came near to all the people, and said, "How long will you waver between the two sides? If Yahweh is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him."

The people didn’t say a word.

22 Then Elijah said to the people, "I, even I only, am left as a prophet of Yahweh; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred fifty men. 23 Let them therefore give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bull, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under it. 24 You call on the name of your god, and I will call on Yahweh’s name. The God who answers by fire, let him be God."

All the people answered, "What you say is good."

25 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose one bull for yourselves, and dress it first, for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it."

26 They took the bull which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, "Baal, hear us!" But there was no voice, and nobody answered. They leaped about the altar which was made.

27 At noon, Elijah mocked them, and said, "Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is deep in thought, or he has gone somewhere, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he sleeps and must be awakened."

28 They cried aloud, and cut themselves in their way with knives and lances until the blood gushed out on them. 29 When midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the evening offering; but there was no voice, no answer, and nobody paid attention.

30 Elijah said to all the people, "Come near to me!"; and all the people came near to him. He repaired Yahweh’s altar that had been thrown down. 31 Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom Yahweh’s word came, saying, "Israel shall be your name." 32 With the stones he built an altar in Yahweh’s name. He made a trench around the altar large enough to contain two seahs*18:32 1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks of seed. 33 He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood. He said, "Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood." 34 He said, "Do it a second time;" and they did it the second time. He said, "Do it a third time;" and they did it the third time. 35 The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.

36 At the time of the evening offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, "Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word. 37 Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again."

38 Then Yahweh’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust; and it licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, "Yahweh, he is God! Yahweh, he is God!"

40 Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let one of them escape!"

They seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.

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.

Ko Irāia me ngā Poropiti o Paara

1 Ā, ka maha ngā rā, ka puta mai te kupu a Ihowā ki a Irāia i te toru o ngā tau; i mea ia, "Haere, whakakitea atu koe ki a Āhapa; ā, māku e hoatu he ua ki te whenua." 2 Nā, haere ana a Irāia ki te whakakite i a ia ki a Āhapa.

Nui atu hoki te matekai o Hamaria. 3 Nā, ka karanga a Āhapa ki a Opāria, kaitohutohu o tōna whare. (Nā, he nui te wehi o Opāria ki a Ihowā; 4 ā, i tā Ietēpere hautopenga atu i ngā poropiti a Ihowā, nā, ka mau a Opāria ki ngā poropiti kotahi rau, ā, hunā ana e ia, takirima tekau ngā tāngata ki te ana kotahi, ā, whāngainga ana rātou e ia ki te taro, ki te wai.)

5 Nā, ka mea a Āhapa ki a Opāria, "Haere puta noa i te whenua ki ngā puna wai katoa; ki ngā awa katoa; tērā pea ka kitea e tātou tētahi tarutaru e ora ai ngā hōiho me ngā muera; kei poto katoa ā tātou kararehe." 6 Heoi, ka wehea e rāua te whenua hei haerenga mō rāua; haere ana a Āhapa, tōna kotahi i tētahi ara, haere ana a Opāria, tōna kotahi i tētahi ara.

7 Ā, i a Opāria i te ara, nā, ko Irāia kua tūtaki ki a ia; ā, ka mōhio ia ki tērā, ka tāpapa, ka mea, "Ko koe rānei tēnā, e tōku Ariki, e Irāia?"

8 Anō rā ko ia ki a ia, "Ko ahau rā; haere, kōrero atu ki tōu ariki, ‘Ko Irāia tēnei.’ "

9 Nā, ka mea tērā, "He aha rā tōku hara i hoatu ai tāu pononga ki te ringa o Āhapa kia whakamatea? 10 E ora ana a Ihowā, tōu Atua, kāhore he iwi, he kīngitanga, i kore nei tōku ariki e tono tāngata ki reira ki te rapu i a koe; ā, i tā rātou meatanga mai, ‘Kāhore nei,’ whakaoatitia iho e ia taua kīngitanga, taua iwi rānei, me kāhore rātou i kite i a koe. 11 Nā, kua mea nā koe ināianei, ‘Haere, kōrero atu ki tōu ariki, Ko Irāia tēnei.’

12 "Nā, ākuanei, kei tōku mawehenga atu i a koe, ka kāhakina atu koe e te Wairua o Ihowā ki te wāhi e kore ai ahau e mōhio; ā, i tōku taenga atu ki te whakaatu ki a Āhapa, ā, ka kore ia e kite i a koe, kātahi ahau ka patua e ia; heoi e wehi ana tāu pononga i a Ihowā, nō tōku tamarikitanga ake. 13 Kāhore ianei i kōrerotia ki tōku ariki tāku i mea ai i tā Ietēpere patunga i ngā poropiti a Ihowā, tāku hunanga i ngā poropiti kotahi rau a Ihowā, takirima tekau ngā tāngata ki roto i te ana kotahi, ā, whāngainga ana e ahau ki te taro, ki te wai? 14 Ā, ka mea mai nā koe ināianei, ‘Haere, kōrero atu ki tōu ariki, "Ko Irāia tēnei." ’ Ka patua hoki ahau e ia."

15 Anō rā ko Irāia ki a ia, "E ora ana a Ihowā o ngā mano e tū nei ahau i tōna aroaro, ko ā tēnei rā pū ahau puta ai ki a ia."

16 Heoi, haere ana a Opāria ki te whakatau i a Āhapa, ā, kōrerotia ana ki a ia. Nā, haere ana a Āhapa ki te whakatau i a Irāia. 17 Ā, nō te kitenga o Āhapa i a Irāia, nā, ka mea a Āhapa ki a ia, "Ko koe tēnei, e te kaiwhakararuraru o Īharaira?"

18 Anō rā ko ia, "Kāhore i whakararurarutia e ahau a Īharaira; engari koe me te whare o tōu pāpā i tā koutou whakarerenga nei i ngā whakahau a Ihowā, i a koe ka whai nei i ngā Paara. 19 Nā, tīkina āianei, huihuia mai a Īharaira katoa ki ahau ki Maunga Karamere, me ngā poropiti e whā rau e rima tekau a Paara, me ngā poropiti e whā rau o te Āhera, e kai nā ki te tēpu a Ietēpere."

20 Heoi, tono tāngata ana a Āhapa puta noa i ngā tama katoa a Īharaira, ā, whakaminea ana aua poropiti ki Maunga Karamere. 21 Nā, ka whakatata a Irāia ki te iwi katoa, ka mea, "Kia pēhea te roa o tō koutou tāhurihuri ki ngā tikanga e rua? Ki te mea ko Ihowā te Atua, me whai ki a ia; ki te mea ia ko Paara, me whai ki a ia."

Nā, kāhore he kupu i whakahokia e te iwi ki a ia.

22 Kātahi ka mea a Irāia ki te iwi, "Ko ahau anake kua mahue nei o ngā poropiti a Ihowā; e whā rau ia e rima tekau tāngata ngā poropiti a Paara.

23 "Nā, me hōmai e rātou ētahi pūru mā mātou, kia rua, mā rātou e whiriwhiri tētahi pūru mā rātou, ka tapatapahi ai, ka whakaeke ai ki runga ki ngā wahie, kaua hoki he ahi e meatia atu. Māku hoki e taka tētahi pūru, e whakatakoto ki runga ki ngā wahie; e kore hoki e meatia atu he ahi. 24 Ā, mā koutou e karanga ki te ingoa o tō koutou atua; māku hoki e karanga ki te ingoa o Ihowā. Nā, ko te Atua e utua ai te karanga ki te ahi, ko ia hei Atua."

Nā, ka whakahoki te iwi katoa, ka mea, "Ka pai tēnā kupu."

25 Nā, ka mea a Irāia ki ngā poropiti a Paara, "Whiriwhiria tētahi pūru mā koutou, takā; ko tā koutou ki mua, he tokomaha hoki koutou; ka karanga ai ki te ingoa o tō koutou atua; kaua hoki he ahi e meatia atu."

26 Nā, ka tango rātou i te pūru i hoatu ki a rātou, ā, mahia ana e rātou. Nā, ka karanga ki te ingoa o Paara o te ata iho anō ā taea noatia te poutūmārōtanga; i mea ai, "E Paara utua mai tā mātou karanga." Otiia kāhore he kupu, kīhai hoki i utua e tētahi.

Ā, tūpekepeke ana rātou i te āta i hangā nei. 27 Ā, i te poutūmārōtanga, ka tāwai a Irāia ki a rātou, ka mea, "Karanga, kia nui te reo; he atua hoki ia; kei te pūrākau pea ia, kei tahaki rānei, kei te ara rānei, tēnā rānei kei te moe, ā, me whakaara."

28 Nā, nui atu tō rātou reo ki te karanga, ka haehae i a rātou ki te māripi, ki te oka, ko tā rātou tikanga hoki ia, ā, tārere noa ngā toto ki runga ki a rātou. 29 Heoi, kua tāwharara te rā, nā, ka poropiti rātou ā tae noa ki te whakaekenga o tō te ahiahi whakahere; otiia kāhore he reo, kīhai i utua te karanga, kāhore tētahi hei whakarongo.

30 Nā, ka mea a Irāia ki te iwi katoa, "Neke mai ki ahau." Nā, neke ana te iwi katoa ki a ia, Nā, ka whakatikaia e ia te āta a Ihowā i turakina. 31 I mau hoki a Irāia ki ngā kōhatu kotahi tekau mā rua; rite tonu te maha ki ngā iwi o ngā tama a Hākopa, ki a ia nei te kupu a Ihowā, i kī nei, "Ko Īharaira hei ingoa mōu." 32 Nā, hangā ana e ia aua kōhatu hei āta mō te ingoa o Ihowā; ā, keria ana he awa ki te taha o te āta ā taka noa, kia rua ngā mēhua purapura ka kī. 33 Nā, whakapaia ana e ia ngā wahie, ā, tapatapahia ana te pūru, whakatakotoria ana ki runga ki ngā wahie. Ā, ka mea ia, "Whakakīia ētahi oko, kia whā, ki te wai, ka riringi ki runga ki te tahunga tinana, ki ngā wahie."

34 I mea anō ia, "Tēnā anō." Nā, meatia anō e rātou.

I mea hoki ia, "Tuatorutia." Nā, ka tuatorutia e rātou. 35 Nā, ka rere te wai i ngā taha o te āta tawhio noa; whakakīia ana hoki e ia te waikeri ki te wai.

36 Nā, i te whakaekenga o tō te ahiahi whakahere, ka whakatata a Irāia poropiti, ā, ka mea: "E Ihowā, e te Atua o Āperahama, o Īhaka, o Īharaira, kia mōhiotia i tēnei rā ko koe te Atua i roto i a Īharaira, ko ahau tāu pononga, ā, nāu te kupu i mea ai ahau ēnei mea katoa. 37 Whakarongo mai ki ahau, e Ihowā, whakarongo mai ki ahau, kia mōhio ai tēnei iwi ko te Atua koe, e Ihowā, nāu anō i whakahoki ō rātou ngākau ki muri nei."

38 Nā, ko te tino takanga iho o te ahi a Ihowā, pau ake te tahunga tinana, me ngā wahie, me ngā kōhatu, me te puehu, mitikia ake ana anō hoki te wai i roto i te waikeri.

39 Ā, nō te kitenga o te iwi katoa, tāpapa ana, me te kī ake anō, "Ko Ihowā, ko ia te Atua; ko Ihowā, ko ia te Atua."

40 Kātahi ka mea a Irāia ki a rātou, "Hopukia ngā poropiti a Paara; kei mawhiti tētahi o rātou." Nā, hopukia ana e rātou, ā, kawea ana e Irāia ki raro, ki te awa, ki Kihona, patua iho ki reira.

Te Mutunga o te Taurakitanga

41 Nā, ka mea a Irāia ki a Āhapa, "Haere ki runga, ki te kai, ki te inu; he haruru ua hoki te rarā mai nei." 42 Heoi, haere ana a Āhapa ki te kai, ki te inu. Ko Irāia ia i piki ki te tihi o Karamere; ā, tāpapa ana ia ki te whenua, ko tōna mata i roto i ōna turi.

43 Nā, ka mea ia ki tāna tangata, "Tēnā, piki atu ināianei, tirohia te ritenga atu o te moana."

Nā, piki ana ia, titiro ana, ā, ka mea, "Kāhore kau he mea."

Nā, ka mea anō tērā, "Hoki atu anō, kia whitu ngā hokinga."

44 Ā, i te whitu ka mea ia, "Nanā, he kapua nohinohi tērā te haere ake rā i roto i te moana; kei te kapu o te ringa tangata te rite."

Nā, ka mea tērā, "Haere, mea atu ki a Āhapa, ‘Whakanohoia tōu hāriata, ka haere ki raro; kei āraia koe e te ua.’ "

45 Nā, mea rawa ake kua pōuri pū te rangi i te kapua, i te hau, nui atu hoki te ua. Nā, rere ana tērā a Āhapa i runga i te hāriata, ā, haere ana ki Ietereere. 46 Ā, i runga i a Irāia te ringa o Ihowā; nā, whītikiria ana e ia tōna hope, ā, rere ana i mua i a Āhapa ā tae noa ki Ietereere.