1 Kings 17

1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

1 基列的提斯比人以利亚对亚哈说：“我凭我事奉的以色列的上帝——永活的耶和华起誓：如果我不祷告，这几年必没有雨水和甘露。”

2 Then a revelation from the LORD came to Elijah:

2 耶和华对以利亚说：

3 “Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

3 “你离开这里，往东去，到约旦河以东的基立溪旁躲起来。

4 And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

4 你可以喝基立溪的水，我已吩咐乌鸦在那里供应你食物。”

5 So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

5 以利亚遵从耶和华的话，到约旦河东的基立溪旁住下来。

6 The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.

6 乌鸦每天早晚为他叼来饼和肉，他喝溪里的水。

7 Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

7 因为天旱无雨，过了些日子，溪水干了。

8 Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah:

8 耶和华对他说：

9 “Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

9 “你去西顿的撒勒法，住在那里。我已吩咐那里的一个寡妇供养你。”

10 So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”

10 于是，他起身去了撒勒法，他来到撒勒法的城门口，看见一个寡妇在捡柴，就对她说：“请给我一点水喝。”

11 And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”

11 那妇人去拿水的时候，以利亚又说：“请给我拿一点饼。”

12 But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”

12 她说：“我凭你的上帝——永活的耶和华起誓，我没有饼，我坛里只有一把面，瓶里只有一点油。我来捡柴就是要回去做饼，与儿子吃完后，等死。”

13 “Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,

13 以利亚说：“不要害怕，你可以照你所说的去做饼，只是你要先做一小块饼给我，然后再做给你和你儿子。

14 for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”

14 因为以色列的上帝耶和华说，‘在耶和华降雨之前，你坛里的面和瓶里的油必不会用完。’”

15 So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household.

15 那妇人就照以利亚的话做了。妇人一家和以利亚就这样吃了许多天，

16 The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Elijah.

16 坛里的面没有用完，瓶里的油也没有用光，应验了耶和华借以利亚说的话。

17 Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.

17 后来，妇人的儿子病了，病情越来越重，最后死了。

18 “O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”

18 妇人对以利亚说：“上帝的仆人啊，我跟你有什么关系？你到我这里来是要让上帝想起我的罪，取我儿子的性命吗？”

19 But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

19 以利亚对妇人说：“把你儿子交给我。”随后，他从妇人怀中接过孩子，抱到楼上自己的房间，放在床上。

20 Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”

20 他向耶和华呼求道：“我的上帝耶和华啊，我寄居在这寡妇家里，你为什么降祸给她，夺去她儿子的性命呢？”

21 Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”

21 他三次伏在孩子身上，求告耶和华说：“我的上帝耶和华啊，求你让这孩子活过来吧！”

22 And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.

22 耶和华听了以利亚的祈求，孩子就活过来了。

23 Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.

23 以利亚将孩子从楼上抱下来，进屋交给他母亲，说：“看，你儿子活过来了！”

24 Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is truth.”

24 妇人对以利亚说：“现在我知道你是上帝的仆人，耶和华借你口所说的都是真的。”