以利亚和巴力的先知
过了许多日子，到了第三年，耶和华的话临到以利亚，说：“你去，让亚哈看见你，我要降雨在地面上。”
And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
2以利亚就去，要让亚哈见到他。那时，撒玛利亚的饥荒非常严重。And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
3亚哈召来他的管家俄巴底。俄巴底非常敬畏耶和华。And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
4耶洗别杀耶和华先知的时候，俄巴底把一百个先知藏了，每五十人藏在一个洞里，拿饼和水供养他们。For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
5亚哈对俄巴底说：“我们要走遍这地，到一切水泉旁和一切溪边，或者能找到青草，可以救活马和骡子，免得丧失一些牲畜。”And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
6于是二人分地巡查，亚哈独自走一路，俄巴底独自走另一路。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俄巴底在路上时，看哪，以利亚遇见他。俄巴底认出他来，就脸伏于地，说：“你是我主以利亚吗？”And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?
8以利亚对他说：“我是。你去，告诉你主人说：‘看哪，以利亚在这里。’”And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
9俄巴底说：“仆人犯了什么罪，你竟要把我交在亚哈手里，使他杀我呢？And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
10我指着永生的耶和华－你的神起誓，无论哪一邦哪一国，我主都派人去找你。若他们说：‘不在这里’，他就叫那邦那国的人起誓说，他们实在找不到你。As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
11现在你说：‘你去告诉你主人说，看哪，以利亚在这里’；And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
12恐怕我一离开你，耶和华的灵就把你提到我所不知道的地方去。这样，我去告诉亚哈，他若找不到你，就必杀我。仆人是自幼敬畏耶和华的。And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
13耶洗别杀耶和华先知的时候，我把耶和华的一百个先知藏了，每五十人藏在一个洞里，拿饼和水供养他们，难道没有人把我做的这事告诉我主吗？Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
14现在你说：‘你去告诉你主人说，看哪，以利亚在这里’，他一定会杀我。”And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
15以利亚说：“我指着所事奉永生的万军之耶和华起誓，我今日要让亚哈见到我。”And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
16于是俄巴底去迎见亚哈，告诉他这事。亚哈就去见以利亚。So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17亚哈见了以利亚，就说：“真的是你吗？你这使以色列遭殃的人！”And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
18以利亚说：“使以色列遭殃的不是我，而是你和你的父家，因为你们离弃耶和华的诫命☛“耶和华的诫命”：七十士译本是“你们的主神”。，去随从巴力。And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
19现在你要派人去召集以色列众人，以及耶洗别所供养的四百五十个巴力的先知和四百个亚舍拉的先知，叫他们都上迦密山到我这里来。”Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
20亚哈就派人到以色列众人那里，召集先知上迦密山。So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
21以利亚近前来对众百姓说：“你们心持二意要到几时呢？如果耶和华是神，就当顺从耶和华；如果是巴力，就当顺从巴力。”百姓一言不答。And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
22以利亚对百姓说：“作耶和华先知的只剩下我一个；巴力的先知却有四百五十人。Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
23请给我们两头牛犊，巴力的先知可以为自己挑选一头牛犊，切成小块，放在柴上，不要点火；我也预备一头牛犊放在柴上，也不点火。Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:
24你们求告你们神明的名，我也求告耶和华的名。那应允祷告降火的就是神。”众百姓回答说：“好主意。”And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
25以利亚对巴力的先知说：“因为你们人多，先挑选一头牛犊，预备好了，求告你们神明的名，却不要点火。”And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
26他们把所给他们的牛犊预备好了，从早晨到中午，求告巴力的名说：“巴力啊，求你应允我们！”却没有声音，也没有回应。他们就在所筑的坛四围蹦跳。And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
27到了正午，以利亚嘲笑他们，说：“大声求告吧！因为它是神明，它或许在默想，或许正忙着☛“正忙着”或译“在大解”。，或许在路上，或许在睡觉，它该醒过来了。”And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
28他们大声求告，按着他们的仪式，用刀枪刺割自己，直到浑身流血。And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
29中午过去了，他们狂呼乱叫，直到献晚祭的时候，却没有声音，没有回应的，也没有理睬的。And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
30以利亚对众百姓说：“你们到我这里来。”众百姓就到他那里，他把那已经毁坏了的耶和华的坛修好。And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.
31以利亚按照雅各子孙支派的数目，取了十二块石头；耶和华的话曾临到雅各，说：“你的名要叫以色列。”And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
32以利亚用这些石头为耶和华的名筑一座坛，在坛的四围挖沟，可容纳二细亚谷种。And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
33他又在坛上摆好了柴，把牛犊切成小块放在柴上，说：“你们用四个桶盛满水，倒在燔祭和柴上。”And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
34他又说：“倒第二次。”他们就倒第二次。他又说：“倒第三次。”他们就倒第三次。And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.
35水流到坛的四围，沟里也满了水。And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
36到了献晚祭的时候，先知以利亚近前来，说：“耶和华－亚伯拉罕、以撒、以色列的神啊，求你今日使人知道你是以色列的神，我是你的仆人，我遵照你的话做这一切事。And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
37求你应允我，耶和华啊，应允我，使这百姓知道你－耶和华是神，是你叫他们回心转意的。”Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
38于是，耶和华降下火来，烧尽燔祭、木柴、石头、尘土，又烧干了沟里的水。Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
39众百姓看见了，就脸伏于地，说：“耶和华是神！耶和华是神！”And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
40以利亚对他们说：“拿住巴力的先知，不让任何人逃走！”众人就拿住他们。以利亚带他们到基顺河边，在那里杀了他们。And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
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41以利亚对亚哈说：“你现在可以上去吃喝，因为有暴雨的响声了。”And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
42亚哈就上去吃喝。以利亚上了迦密山顶，屈身在地，把脸伏在两膝之中。So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
43他对仆人说：“你上去，向海观看。”仆人就上去观看，说：“没有什么。”以利亚说：“你再去。”如此七次。And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
44第七次，仆人说：“看哪，有一小片云从海里上来，好像人的手掌那么大。”以利亚说：“你上去告诉亚哈，当套车下去，免得被雨阻挡。”And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
45霎时间，天因风云黑暗，降下大雨。亚哈就坐上车，往耶斯列去了。And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
46耶和华的手按在以利亚身上，他就束上腰，奔在亚哈前头，一路到耶斯列。And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.