1 Kings 18

1 After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”

1 وَبَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ كَانَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَى إِيلِيَّا فِي ٱلسَّنَةِ ٱلثَّالِثَةِ قَائِلًا: «ٱذْهَبْ وَتَرَاءَ لِأَخْآبَ فَأُعْطِيَ مَطَرًا عَلَى وَجْهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ».

2 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,

2 فَذَهَبَ إِيلِيَّا لِيَتَرَاءَى لِأَخْآبَ. وَكَانَ ٱلْجُوعُ شَدِيدًا فِي ٱلسَّامِرَةِ،

3 and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,

3 فَدَعَا أَخْآبُ عُوبَدْيَا ٱلَّذِي عَلَى ٱلْبَيْتِ، وَكَانَ عُوبَدْيَا يَخْشَى ٱلرَّبَّ جِدًّا.

4 for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

4 وَكَانَ حِينَمَا قَطَعَتْ إِيزَابَلُ أَنْبِيَاءَ ٱلرَّبِّ أَنَّ عُوبَدْيَا أَخَذَ مِئَةَ نَبِيٍّ وَخَبَّأَهُمْ خَمْسِينَ رَجُلًا فِي مُغَارَةٍ وَعَالَهُمْ بِخُبْزٍ وَمَاءٍ.

5 Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”

5 وَقَالَ أَخْآبُ لِعُوبَدْيَا: «ٱذْهَبْ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَى جَمِيعِ عُيُونِ ٱلْمَاءِ وَإِلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلْأَوْدِيَةِ، لَعَلَّنَا نَجِدُ عُشْبًا فَنُحْيِيَ ٱلْخَيْلَ وَٱلْبِغَالَ وَلَا نُعْدَمَ ٱلْبَهَائِمَ كُلَّهَا».

6 So they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.

6 فَقَسَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْأَرْضَ لِيَعْبُرَا بِهَا. فَذَهَبَ أَخْآبُ فِي طَرِيقٍ وَاحِدٍ وَحْدَهُ، وَذَهَبَ عُوبَدْيَا فِي طَرِيقٍ آخَرَ وَحْدَهُ.

7 Now as Obadiah went on his way, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”

7 وَفِيمَا كَانَ عُوبَدْيَا فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ، إِذَا بِإِيلِيَّا قَدْ لَقِيَهُ فَعَرَفَهُ، وَخَرَّ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ وَقَالَ: «أَأَنْتَ هُوَ سَيِّدِي إِيلِيَّا؟»

8 “It is I,” he answered. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here!’”

8 فَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَنَا هُوَ. ٱذْهَبْ وَقُلْ لِسَيِّدِكَ: هُوَذَا إِيلِيَّا».

9 But Obadiah replied, “How have I sinned, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death?

9 فَقَالَ: «مَا هِيَ خَطِيَّتِي حَتَّى إِنَّكَ تَدْفَعُ عَبْدَكَ لِيَدِ أَخْآبَ لِيُمِيتَنِي؟

10 As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.

10 حَيٌّ هُوَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ، إِنَّهُ لَا تُوجَدُ أُمَّةٌ وَلَا مَمْلَكَةٌ لَمْ يُرْسِلْ سَيِّدِي إِلَيْهَا لِيُفَتِّشَ عَلَيْكَ، وَكَانُوا يَقُولُونَ: إِنَّهُ لَا يُوجَدُ. وَكَانَ يَسْتَحْلِفُ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةَ وَٱلْأُمَّةَ أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَجِدُوكَ.

11 And now you say, ‘Go tell your master that Elijah is here!’

11 وَٱلْآنَ أَنْتَ تَقُولُ: ٱذْهَبْ قُلْ لِسَيِّدِكَ هُوَذَا إِيلِيَّا.

12 I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.

12 وَيَكُونُ إِذَا ٱنْطَلَقْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، أَنَّ رُوحَ ٱلرَّبِّ يَحْمِلُكَ إِلَى حَيْثُ لَا أَعْلَمُ. فَإِذَا أَتَيْتُ وَأَخْبَرْتُ أَخْآبَ وَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ فَإِنَّهُ يَقْتُلُنِي، وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ أَخْشَى ٱلرَّبَّ مُنْذُ صِبَايَ.

13 Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.

13 أَلَمْ يُخْبَرْ سَيِّدِي بِمَا فَعَلْتُ حِينَ قَتَلَتْ إِيزَابَلُ أَنْبِيَاءَ ٱلرَّبِّ، إِذْ خَبَّأْتُ مِنْ أَنْبِيَاءِ ٱلرَّبِّ مِئَةَ رَجُلٍ، خَمْسِينَ خَمْسِينَ رَجُلًا فِي مُغَارَةٍ وَعُلْتُهُمْ بِخُبْزٍ وَمَاءٍ؟

14 And now you say, ‘Go tell your lord that Elijah is here!’ He will kill me!”

14 وَأَنْتَ ٱلْآنَ تَقُولُ: ٱذْهَبْ قُلْ لِسَيِّدِكَ: هُوَذَا إِيلِيَّا، فَيَقْتُلُنِي».

15 Then Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”

15 فَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا: «حَيٌّ هُوَ رَبُّ ٱلْجُنُودِ ٱلَّذِي أَنَا وَاقِفٌ أَمَامَهُ، إِنِّي ٱلْيَوْمَ أَتَرَاءَى لَهُ».

16 So Obadiah went to inform Ahab, who went to meet Elijah.

16 فَذَهَبَ عُوبَدْيَا لِلِقَاءِ أَخْآبَ وَأَخْبَرَهُ، فَسَارَ أَخْآبُ لِلِقَاءِ إِيلِيَّا.

17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”

17 وَلَمَّا رَأَى أَخْآبُ إِيلِيَّا قَالَ لَهُ أَخْآبُ: «أَأَنْتَ هُوَ مُكَدِّرُ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟»

18 “I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.

18 فَقَالَ: «لَمْ أُكَدِّرْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، بَلْ أَنْتَ وَبَيْتُ أَبِيكَ بِتَرْكِكُمْ وَصَايَا ٱلرَّبِّ وَبِسَيْرِكَ وَرَاءَ ٱلْبَعْلِيمِ.

19 Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”

19 فَٱلْآنَ أَرْسِلْ وَٱجْمَعْ إِلَيَّ كُلَّ إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى جَبَلِ ٱلْكَرْمَلِ، وَأَنْبِيَاءَ ٱلْبَعْلِ أَرْبَعَ ٱلْمِئَةِ وَٱلْخَمْسِينَ، وَأَنْبِيَاءَ ٱلسَّوَارِي أَرْبَعَ ٱلْمِئَةِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ عَلَى مَائِدَةِ إِيزَابَلَ».

20 So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.

20 فَأَرْسَلَ أَخْآبُ إِلَى جَمِيعِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَجَمَعَ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءَ إِلَى جَبَلِ ٱلْكَرْمَلِ.

21 Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.

21 فَتَقَدَّمَ إِيلِيَّا إِلَى جَمِيعِ ٱلشَّعْبِ وَقَالَ: «حَتَّى مَتَى تَعْرُجُونَ بَيْنَ ٱلْفِرْقَتَيْنِ؟ إِنْ كَانَ ٱلرَّبُّ هُوَ ٱللهَ فَٱتَّبِعُوهُ، وَإِنْ كَانَ ٱلْبَعْلُ فَٱتَّبِعُوهُ». فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ ٱلشَّعْبُ بِكَلِمَةٍ.

22 Then Elijah said to the people, “I am the only remaining prophet of the LORD, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.

22 ثُمَّ قَالَ إِيلِيَّا لِلشَّعْبِ: «أَنَا بَقِيتُ نَبِيًّا لِلرَّبِّ وَحْدِي، وَأَنْبِيَاءُ ٱلْبَعْلِ أَرْبَعُ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسُونَ رَجُلًا.

23 Get two bulls for us. Let the prophets of Baal choose one bull for themselves, cut it into pieces, and place it on the wood but not light the fire. And I will prepare the other bull and place it on the wood but not light the fire.

23 فَلْيُعْطُونَا ثَوْرَيْنِ، فَيَخْتَارُوا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ ثَوْرًا وَاحِدًا وَيُقَطِّعُوهُ وَيَضَعُوهُ عَلَى ٱلْحَطَبِ، وَلَكِنْ لَا يَضَعُوا نَارًا. وَأَنَا أُقَرِّبُ ٱلثَّوْرَ ٱلْآخَرَ وَأَجْعَلُهُ عَلَى ٱلْحَطَبِ، وَلَكِنْ لَا أَضَعُ نَارًا.

24 Then you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people answered, “What you say is good.”

24 ثُمَّ تَدْعُونَ بِٱسْمِ آلِهَتِكُمْ وَأَنَا أَدْعُو بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ. وَٱلْإِلَهُ ٱلَّذِي يُجِيبُ بِنَارٍ فَهُوَ ٱللهُ». فَأَجَابَ جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ وَقَالُوا: «ٱلْكَلَامُ حَسَنٌ».

25 Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.”

25 فَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا لِأَنْبِيَاءِ ٱلْبَعْلِ: «ٱخْتَارُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ ثَوْرًا وَاحِدًا وَقَرِّبُوا أَوَّلًا، لِأَنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمُ ٱلْأَكْثَرُ، وَٱدْعُوا بِٱسْمِ آلِهَتِكُمْ، وَلَكِنْ لَا تَضَعُوا نَارًا».

26 And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.

26 فَأَخَذُوا ٱلثَّوْرَ ٱلَّذِي أُعْطِيَ لَهُمْ وَقَرَّبُوهُ، وَدَعَوْا بِٱسْمِ ٱلْبَعْلِ مِنَ ٱلصَّبَاحِ إِلَى ٱلظُّهْرِ قَائِلِينَ: «يَا بَعْلُ أَجِبْنَا». فَلَمْ يَكُنْ صَوْتٌ وَلَا مُجِيبٌ. وَكَانُوا يَرْقُصُونَ حَوْلَ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ ٱلَّذِي عُمِلَ.

27 At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”

27 وَعِنْدَ ٱلظُّهْرِ سَخِرَ بِهِمْ إِيلِيَّا وَقَالَ: «ٱدْعُوا بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ لِأَنَّهُ إِلَهٌ! لَعَلَّهُ مُسْتَغْرِقٌ أَوْ فِي خَلْوَةٍ أَوْ فِي سَفَرٍ! أَوْ لَعَلَّهُ نَائِمٌ فَيَتَنَبَّهَ!»

28 So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.

28 فَصَرَخُوا بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ، وَتَقَطَّعُوا حَسَبَ عَادَتِهِمْ بِٱلسُّيُوفِ وَٱلرِّمَاحِ حَتَّى سَالَ مِنْهُمُ ٱلدَّمُ.

29 Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.

29 وَلَمَّا جَازَ ٱلظُّهْرُ، وَتَنَبَّأُوا إِلَى حِينِ إِصْعَادِ ٱلتَّقْدِمَةِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ صَوْتٌ وَلَا مُجِيبٌ وَلَا مُصْغٍ،

30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.

30 قَالَ إِيلِيَّا لِجَمِيعِ ٱلشَّعْبِ: «تَقَدَّمُوا إِلَيَّ». فَتَقَدَّمَ جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ إِلَيْهِ. فَرَمَّمَ مَذْبَحَ ٱلرَّبِّ ٱلْمُنْهَدِمَ.

31 And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”

31 ثُمَّ أَخَذَ إِيلِيَّا ٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ حَجَرًا، بِعَدَدِ أَسْبَاطِ بَنِي يَعْقُوبَ، ٱلَّذِي كَانَ كَلَامُ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَيْهِ قَائِلًا: «إِسْرَائِيلَ يَكُونُ ٱسْمُكَ»

32 And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.

32 وَبَنَى ٱلْحِجَارَةَ مَذْبَحًا بِٱسْمِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَعَمِلَ قَنَاةً حَوْلَ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ تَسَعُ كَيْلَتَيْنِ مِنَ ٱلْبَزْرِ.

33 Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood,

33 ثُمَّ رَتَّبَ ٱلْحَطَبَ وَقَطَّعَ ٱلثَّوْرَ وَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى ٱلْحَطَبِ، وَقَالَ: «ٱمْلَأُوا أَرْبَعَ جَرَّاتٍ مَاءً وَصُبُّوا عَلَى ٱلْمُحْرَقَةِ وَعَلَى ٱلْحَطَبِ».

34 and said, “Fill four waterpots and pour the water on the offering and on the wood.” “Do it a second time,” he said, and they did it a second time. “Do it a third time,” he said, and they did it a third time.

34 ثُمَّ قَالَ: «ثَنُّوا» فَثَنَّوْا. وَقَالَ: «ثَلِّثُوا» فَثَلَّثُوا.

35 So the water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.

35 فَجَرَى ٱلْمَاءُ حَوْلَ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ وَٱمْتَلَأَتِ ٱلْقَنَاةُ أَيْضًا مَاءً.

36 At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.

36 وَكَانَ عِنْدَ إِصْعَادِ ٱلتَّقْدِمَةِ أَنَّ إِيلِيَّا ٱلنَّبِيَّ تَقَدَّمَ وَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ، لِيُعْلَمِ ٱلْيَوْمَ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ ٱللهُ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَنِّي أَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَبِأَمْرِكَ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ كُلَّ هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ.

37 Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.”

37 ٱسْتَجِبْنِي يَارَبُّ ٱسْتَجِبْنِي، لِيَعْلَمَ هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ ٱلرَّبُّ ٱلْإِلَهُ، وَأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ حَوَّلْتَ قُلُوبَهُمْ رُجُوعًا».

38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.

38 فَسَقَطَتْ نَارُ ٱلرَّبِّ وَأَكَلَتِ ٱلْمُحْرَقَةَ وَٱلْحَطَبَ وَٱلْحِجَارَةَ وَٱلتُّرَابَ، وَلَحَسَتِ ٱلْمِيَاهَ ٱلَّتِي فِي ٱلْقَنَاةِ.

39 When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”

39 فَلَمَّا رَأَى جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ذَلِكَ سَقَطُوا عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ وَقَالُوا: «ٱلرَّبُّ هُوَ ٱللهُ! ٱلرَّبُّ هُوَ ٱللهُ!».

40 Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.

40 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ إِيلِيَّا: «أَمْسِكُوا أَنْبِيَاءَ ٱلْبَعْلِ وَلَا يُفْلِتْ مِنْهُمْ رَجُلٌ». فَأَمْسَكُوهُمْ، فَنَزَلَ بِهِمْ إِيلِيَّا إِلَى نَهْرِ قِيشُونَ وَذَبَحَهُمْ هُنَاكَ.

41 And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”

41 وَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا لِأَخْآبَ: «ٱصْعَدْ كُلْ وَٱشْرَبْ، لِأَنَّهُ حِسُّ دَوِيِّ مَطَرٍ».

42 So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.

42 فَصَعِدَ أَخْآبُ لِيَأْكُلَ وَيَشْرَبَ، وَأَمَّا إِيلِيَّا فَصَعِدَ إِلَى رَأْسِ ٱلْكَرْمَلِ وَخَرَّ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَجَعَلَ وَجْهَهُ بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ.

43 “Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”

43 وَقَالَ لِغُلَامِهِ: «ٱصْعَدْ تَطَلَّعْ نَحْوَ ٱلْبَحْرِ». فَصَعِدَ وَتَطَلَّعَ وَقَالَ: «لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ». فَقَالَ: «ٱرْجِعْ» سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ.

44 On the seventh time the servant reported, “There is a cloud as small as a man’s hand rising from the sea.” And Elijah replied, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’”

44 وَفِي ٱلْمَرَّةِ ٱلسَّابِعَةِ قَالَ: «هُوَذَا غَيْمَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ قَدْرُ كَفِّ إِنْسَانٍ صَاعِدَةٌ مِنَ ٱلْبَحْرِ». فَقَالَ: «ٱصْعَدْ قُلْ لِأَخْآبَ: ٱشْدُدْ وَٱنْزِلْ لِئَلَّا يَمْنَعَكَ ٱلْمَطَرُ».

45 Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.

45 وَكَانَ مِنْ هُنَا إِلَى هُنَا أَنَّ ٱلسَّمَاءَ ٱسْوَدَّتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَيْمِ وَٱلرِّيحِ، وَكَانَ مَطَرٌ عَظِيمٌ. فَرَكِبَ أَخْآبُ وَمَضَى إِلَى يَزْرَعِيلَ.

46 And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.

46 وَكَانَتْ يَدُ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى إِيلِيَّا، فَشَدَّ حَقْوَيْهِ وَرَكَضَ أَمَامَ أَخْآبَ حَتَّى تَجِيءَ إِلَى يَزْرَعِيلَ.