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1 Aháb je Jezabeli povedal vse, kar je storil Elija in poleg tega, kako je z mečem umoril vse preroke.
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
2 Potem je Jezabela k Eliju poslala poslanca, rekoč: »Tako naj mi storijo bogovi in tudi več, če ne bom jutri okrog tega časa naredila tvojega življenja kakor življenja enega izmed teh.«
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don’t make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!”
3 Ko je to videl, je vstal in hodil za svoje življenje in prišel v Beeršébo, ki pripada Judu in tam pustil svojega služabnika.
When he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
4 Toda on sam je odšel pot enega dne v divjino in prišel ter se usedel pod brinovo drevo. In zase je zahteval, da bi lahko umrl in rekel: »Dovolj je. Sedaj, oh Gospod, vzemi moje življenje, kajti nisem boljši kakor moji očetje.«
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. Then he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough. Now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.”
5 Ko se je ulegel in pod brinovim drevesom zaspal, glej, takrat se ga je dotaknil angel in mu rekel: »Vstani in jej.«
He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat!”
6 Pogledal je in glej, tam je bil kolač, pečen na ogorkih in vrč vode pri njegovi glavi. Jedel je in pil ter ponovno legel.
He looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again.
7 Gospodov angel je ponovno prišel, drugič, se ga dotaknil in rekel: »Vstani in jej, kajti potovanje je preveliko zate.«
The LORD’s angel came again the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.”
8 Vstal je, jedel, pil in hodil v moči te hrane štirideset dni in štirideset noči do Božje gore Horeb.
He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, God’s Mountain.
9 In prišel tja v votlino ter tam prenočil. Glej, k njemu je prišla beseda od Gospoda in on mu je rekel: »Kaj delaš tukaj, Elija?«
He came to a cave there, and camped there; and behold, the LORD’s word came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
10 Rekel je: »Bil sem zelo goreč za Gospoda, Boga nad bojevniki, kajti Izraelovi otroci so zapustili tvojo zavezo, zrušili tvoje oltarje in z mečem pomorili tvoje preroke, in jaz, celó samo jaz sem ostal in strežejo mi po življenju, da bi mi ga vzeli.«
He said, “I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”
11 In on je rekel: »Pojdi naprej in stoj na gori pred Gospodom.« Glej, Gospod je šel mimo in velik, močan veter je trgal gore in skale drobil na koščke pred Gospodom, toda Gospoda ni bilo v vetru. In za vetrom potres, toda Gospoda ni bilo v potresu.
He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD.” Behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
12 In za potresom ogenj, toda Gospod ni bil v ognju. In za ognjem tih, majhen glas.
After the earthquake a fire passed; but the LORD was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a still small voice.
13 Bilo je tako, ko je Elija to slišal, da je svoj obraz zavil v svoje ogrinjalo in odšel ven in stal na vhodu votline. Glej, tam je prišel k njemu glas in rekel: »Kaj delaš tukaj, Elija?«
When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle, went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold, a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
14 Rekel je: »Bil sem zelo goreč za Gospoda, Boga nad bojevniki, ker so Izraelovi otroci zapustili tvojo zavezo, zrušili tvoje oltarje in z mečem pomorili tvoje preroke. Jaz, celó samo jaz sem ostal in strežejo mi po življenju, da bi mi ga vzeli.«
He said, “I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”
15 Gospod mu je rekel: »Pojdi, vrni se po svoji poti k divjini Damaska in ko prideš, mazili Hazaéla, da postane kralj nad Sirijo.
The LORD said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
16 Nimšíjevega sina Jehúja pa boš mazilil, da bo kralj nad Izraelom. Šafátovega sina Elizeja, iz Abél Mehóle, pa boš mazili, da bo prerok namesto tebe.
Anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel; and anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah to be prophet in your place.
17 Zgodilo se bo, da tisti, ki pobegne Hazaélovemu meču, ga bo ubil Jehú. Tistega, ki pobegne pred Jehújevim mečem, pa bo ubil Elizej.
He who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and he who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.
18 Vendar sem si jih pustil v Izraelu sedem tisoč, vsa kolena, ki se niso upognila Báalu in vsaka usta, ki ga niso poljubila.«
Yet I reserved seven thousand in Israel, all the knees of which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.”
19 Tako je odpotoval od tam in našel Šafátovega sina Elizeja, ki je oral z dvanajstimi volovskimi jarmi pred seboj in on je bil z dvanajstim. Elija je šel mimo njega in svoje ogrinjalo vrgel nanj.
So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. Elijah went over to him and put his mantle on him.
20 Ta je pustil vole in stekel za Elijem ter rekel: »Pusti me, prosim te, poljubiti svojega očeta in svojo mater in potem ti bom sledil.« Rekel mu je: »Pojdi ponovno nazaj, kajti kaj sem ti storil?«
Elisha left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” He said to him, “Go back again; for what have I done to you?”
21 Vrnil se je nazaj od njega, vzel volovski jarem, jih usmrtil in njihovo meso skuhal z volovskimi pripravami in dal ljudstvu in so jedli. Potem je vstal, odšel za Elijem in mu služil.
He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, killed them, and boiled their meat with the oxen’s equipment, and gave to the people; and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and served him.
