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 基列寄居的提斯比人以利亚对亚哈说：「我指着所事奉永生耶和华—以色列的 神起誓，这几年我若不祷告，必不降露，不下雨。」

2 Then a revelation from the LORD came to Elijah:

2 耶和华的话临到以利亚说：

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，藏在约旦河东边的基立溪旁。

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

4 你要喝那溪里的水，我已吩咐乌鸦在那里供养你。」

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 于是以利亚照着耶和华的话，去住在约旦河东的基立溪旁。

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

6 乌鸦早晚给他叼饼和肉来，他也喝那溪里的水。

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

7 过了些日子，溪水就干了，因为雨没有下在地上。

8 Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah:

8 耶和华的话临到他说：

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

9 「你起身往西顿的撒勒法 去，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 以利亚就起身往撒勒法去。到了城门，见有一个寡妇在那里捡柴，以利亚呼叫她说：「求你用器皿取点水来给我喝。」

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

11 她去取水的时候，以利亚又呼叫她说：「也求你拿点饼来给我！」

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：「我指着永生耶和华—你的 神起誓，我没有饼，坛内只有一把面，瓶里只有一点油；我现在找两根柴，回家要为我和我儿子做饼；我们吃了，死就死吧！」

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 以利亚对她说：「不要惧怕！可以照你所说的去做吧！只要先为我做一个小饼拿来给我，然后为你和你的儿子做饼。

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 因为耶和华—以色列的 神如此说：坛内的面必不减少，瓶里的油必不缺短，直到耶和华使雨降在地上的日子。」

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 妇人就照以利亚的话去行。她和她家中的人，并以利亚，吃了许多日子。

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 坛内的面果不减少，瓶里的油也不缺短，正如耶和华借以利亚所说的话。

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 这事以后，作那家主母的妇人，她儿子病了；病得甚重，以致身无气息。

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：「神人哪，我与你何干？你竟到我这里来，使 神想念我的罪，以致我的儿子死呢？」

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 以利亚对她说：「把你儿子交给我。」以利亚就从妇人怀中将孩子接过来，抱到他所住的楼中，放在自己的床上，

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 就求告耶和华说：「耶和华—我的 神啊，我寄居在这寡妇的家里，你就降祸与她，使她的儿子死了吗？」

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 以利亚三次伏在孩子的身上，求告耶和华说：「耶和华—我的 神啊，求你使这孩子的灵魂仍入他的身体！」

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

22 耶和华应允以利亚的话，孩子的灵魂仍入他的身体，他就活了。

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，进屋子交给他母亲，说：「看哪，你的儿子活了！」

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：「现在我知道你是神人，耶和华借你口所说的话是真的。」