Третья книга Царств 18
1 И бысть по днех мнозех, и глагол Господень бысть ко Илии в лето третие глаголя: иди и явися Ахааву, и дам дождь на лице земли.
And it came to pass after many days, that the word of Jehovah came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself to Ahab; and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.
2 И иде Илиа ко Ахааву явитися, и бе глад крепок в Самарии.
And Elijah went to shew himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.
3 И призва Ахаав Авдиа строителя дому: и Авдий бе бояся Господа зело.
And Ahab called Obadiah, who was the steward of his house (now Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly;
4 И бысть егда нача избивати Иезавель пророки Господни, и взя Авдий сто мужей пророки и скры я по пятидесяти во двоих вертепех и кормяше их хлебом и водою.
and it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and maintained them with bread and water);
5 И рече Ахаав ко Авдию: гряди, и прейдем на землю, и на источники водныя, и на вся потоки, да негли како обрящем былие и прекормим кони и мски, да не изгибнут от скот.
and Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the fountains of water and to all the torrents, perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and the mules alive, so that we may not have to destroy some of [our] beasts.
6 И разделиша себе путь ити по нему: Ахаав иде путем единым един, и Авдий иде путем другим един.
And they divided the land between them to pass through it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
7 И бе Авдий един на пути: и прииде Илиа на сретение ему един. И Авдий потщася, и паде на лице свое и рече: ты ли еси сам, господи мой Илие?
And as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him; and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it indeed thou, my lord Elijah?
8 И рече Илиа ко Авдию: аз есмь: иди и повеждь господину твоему, глаголя: се, Илиа.
And he said to him, I [am he]: go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah!
9 И рече Авдий: что согреших аз, яко предаеши раба твоего в руце Ахаавли еже умертвити мя?
And he said, What have I sinned, that thou givest thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to put me to death?
10 Жив Господь Бог твой, аще есть язык или царство, аможе не посла господин мой искати тебе: и реша, несть: и закля царство и страны его, яко не обрете тебе:
As Jehovah thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom whither my lord has not sent to seek thee; and when they said, He is not [here], he took an oath of the kingdom or nation that they found thee not.
11 и ныне ты глаголеши ми: иди, возвести господину твоему: се, Илиа:
And now thou sayest, Go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah!
12 и будет егда аз отиду от тебе, и Дух Господень возмет тя в землю, еяже не вем, и вниду возвестити Ахааву, и не обрящет тебе, и убиет мя: раб же твой есть бояйся Господа от юности своея:
And it shall come to pass when I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of Jehovah shall carry thee whither I know not; and when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will kill me; and I thy servant fear Jehovah from my youth.
13 или не возвестися тебе господину моему, яже сотворих, егда убиваше Иезавель пророки Господни, и сокрых пророки Господни сто мужей, по пятидесяти в вертепе, и кормих их хлебом и водою?
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of Jehovah, how I hid a hundred men of Jehovah's prophets by fifty in a cave, and maintained them with bread and water?
14 И ныне ты глаголеши ми: иди, повеждь господину твоему: се, Илиа: и убиет мя.
And now thou sayest, Go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah! and he will kill me.
15 И рече Илиа: жив Господь Сил, емуже предстою пред Ним, яко днесь покажуся ему.
And Elijah said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will certainly shew myself to him to-day.
16 И иде Авдий во сретение Ахааву и возвести ему. И ускори Ахаав и иде во сретение Илии.
Then Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17 И бысть егда узре Ахаав Илию, и рече Ахаав ко Илии: ты ли еси развращаяй Израиля?
And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, the troubler of Israel?
18 И рече Илиа: не развращаю аз Израиля, но разве ты и дом отца твоего, егда остависте вы Господа Бога вашего и идосте вслед Ваала:
And he said, I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah, and thou hast followed the Baals.
19 и ныне посли и собери ко мне всего Израиля на гору Кармилскую, и пророки студныя Вааловы четыреста и пятьдесят, и пророков дубравных четыреста, ядущих трапезу Иезавелину.
And now send, gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the Asherah four hundred, who eat at Jezebel's table.
20 И посла Ахаав во весь Израиль, и приведе вся пророки на гору Кармилскую.
So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
21 И приведе ко всем им Илию, и рече им Илиа: доколе вы храмлете на обе плесне вашы? Аще есть Господь Бог, идите вслед Его: аще же Ваал есть, то идите за ним. И не отвещаша людие словесе.
Then Elijah drew near to all the people, and said, How long do ye halt between two opinions? if Jehovah be God, follow him; and if Baal, follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
22 И рече Илиа к людем: аз остах пророк Господень един: и пророцы Вааловы четыреста и пятьдесят мужей, и пророков дубравных четыреста.
And Elijah said to the people, I, only I, remain a prophet of Jehovah; and Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
23 (И рече Илиа: ) да дадят нам два вола, и да изберут себе единаго, и да растешут и (на уды), и возложат на дрова, и да не возгнетят огня: и аз растешу вола другаго, и возложу на дрова, и огня не возгнещу:
Let them therefore give us two bullocks: and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and put it on the wood, and put no fire; and I will sacrifice the other bullock, and put it on the wood, and put no fire.
24 и да призовете имена богов ваших, и аз призову имя Господа Бога моего: и будет Бог, Иже аще послушает огнем, Той есть Бог. И отвещаша вси людие и реша: добр глагол (Илиин), егоже глагола (да будет тако).
And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of Jehovah; and the god that answers by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, The word is good.
25 И рече Илиа пророком студным: изберите себе юнца единаго, и сотворите вы прежде, яко вас есть множество: и призовите имена богов ваших, и огня не возгнещайте.
And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose one bullock for yourselves, and sacrifice it first; for ye are the many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire.
26 И пояша юнца, и сотвориша (тако), и призываху имя Ваалово от утра до полудне, и реша: послушай нас, Ваале, послушай нас. И не бе гласа, ни послушания. И ристаху около жертвенника, егоже сотвориша.
And they took the bullock which had been given them, and sacrificed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, O Baal, answer us! But there was no voice, and none answered. And they leaped about the altar that had been made.
27 И бысть в полудне, и поругася им Илиа Фесвитянин и рече: зовите гласом великим, яко бог есть, яко непраздность ему есть, и негли что ино строит, или спит сам, и востанет.
And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god; for he is meditating, or gone aside, or he is on a journey; perhaps he sleeps, and will awake.
28 И зовяху гласом великим, и крояхуся по обычаю своему ножами, и мнози бишася бичми, до пролития крове своея,
And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with swords and spears, till the blood gushed out upon them.
29 и прорицаху, дондеже прейде вечер: и бысть егда прииде время взыти жертве, и не бе гласа, ниже послушания. И рече Илиа Фесвитянин пророком студным, глаголя: отступите ныне, да и аз сотворю жертву мою. И отступиша тии, и умолкнуша.
And it came to pass when midday was past, that they prophesied until the [time] of the offering up of the oblation; but there was neither voice, nor any that answered, nor any attention.
30 И рече Илиа к людем: приступите ко мне. И приступиша вси людие к нему.
Then Elijah said to all the people, Draw near to me. And all the people drew near to him. And he repaired the altar of Jehovah which was broken down.
31 И взя Илиа дванадесять камений по числу колен Израилевых, якоже глагола к нему Господь, глаголя: Израиль будет имя твое.
And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Jehovah came saying, Israel shall be thy name;
32 И созда камение во имя Господне, и изцели олтарь раскопанный, и сотвори море вмещающее две меры семене окрест олтаря.
and with the stones he built an altar in the name of Jehovah, and made a trench round about the altar, of the capacity of two measures of seed;
33 И воскладе дрова на олтарь, егоже сотвори, и растеса на уды всесожегаемая, и возложи на дрова, и воскладе на олтарь.
and he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood. And he said, Fill four pitchers with water, and pour it on the burnt-offering, and on the wood.
34 И рече Илиа: принесите ми четыри водоносы воды, и возливайте на всесожжение и на полена. И сотвориша тако. И рече: удвойте. И удвоиша. И рече: утройте. И утроиша.
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 И прохождаше вода окрест олтаря, и море исполнися воды.
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
36 И возопи Илиа на небо и рече: Господи Боже Авраамов и Исааков и Иаковль, послушай мене, Господи, послушай мене днесь огнем, и да уразумеют вси людие сии, яко Ты еси Господь един Израилев, и аз раб Твой, и Тебе ради сотворих дела сия:
And it came to pass at [the time of] the offering up of the oblation, that Elijah the prophet drew near, and said, Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac and 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 by thy word.
37 послушай мене, Господи, послушай мене огнем, и да разумеют вси людие сии, яко Ты еси (един) Господь Бог, и Ты обратил еси сердца людий сих вслед Тебе.
Answer me, Jehovah, answer me, that this people may know that thou Jehovah art God, and [that] thou hast turned their heart back again.
38 И спаде огнь от Господа с небесе, и пояде всесожегаемая, и дрова, и воду, яже в мори, и камение и персть полиза огнь.
And the fire of Jehovah fell, and consumed the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
39 И падоша вси людие на лице свое и реша: воистинну Господь Бог Той есть Бог.
And all the people saw [it], and they fell on their faces and said, Jehovah, he is God! Jehovah, he is God!
40 И рече Илиа к людем: поимайте пророки Вааловы, да ни един скрыется от них. И яша их, и веде я Илиа на поток Киссов, и закла их тамо.
And Elijah said to them, Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape! And they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the torrent of Kishon, and slaughtered them there.
41 И рече Илиа ко Ахааву: взыди, и яждь и пий, яко глас есть дождевнаго хождения.
And Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
42 И взыде Ахаав ясти и пити. Илиа же взыде на Кармил, и преклонися на землю, и положи лице свое между коленома своима,
And Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.
43 и рече отрочищу своему: взыди и воззри на путь морский. И взыде, и воззре отрочищь, и рече: несть ничтоже. И рече Илиа: и ты обратися седмижды.
And he 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 И обратися отрочищь седмижды: и бысть в седмое, и се, облак мал, аки след ноги мужеския, возносящь воду из моря. И рече: взыди и рцы Ахааву: впрязи колесницу твою и сниди, да не постигнет тебе дождь.
And it came to pass at the seventh time that he said, Behold there is a cloud, small as a man's hand, arising out of the sea. And he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Harness and go down, that the pour of rain stop thee not.
45 И бысть до зде и до зде, и небо примрачися облаки и духом, и бысть дождь велий. И плакася, и иде Ахаав до Иезраеля.
And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heavens became black [with] clouds and wind, and there was a great pour of rain. And Ahab got on the chariot, and went to Jizreel.
46 И рука Господня бысть на Илии, и стягне чресла своя, и тече пред Ахаавом во Иезраель.
And the hand of Jehovah was upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jizreel.
