1 Kings 18
1 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.
[預告旱災結束]過了許多時日，到了第三年，有上主的話傳於厄里亞說：「你去見阿哈布，我要在這地上降雨。」
2 And Elijah went to shew himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.
厄里亞就去見阿哈布；那時，撒瑪黎雅正遭受嚴重的饑荒。
3 And Ahab called Obadiah, who was the steward of his house (now Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly;
阿哈布將自己的家宰敖巴狄雅召來，─敖巴狄雅原是一位很敬畏上主的人。
4 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);
當依則貝耳殺害上主的先知時，他曾收留一百個先知，每五十人分藏在一個洞裏，私下供給他們飲食。─
5 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.
阿哈布對敖巴狄雅說：「我們要走遍這地，到所有的水泉和小河那裏去，或許能找到一些青草，使騾馬生存，免得喪失許多牲畜。」
6 And they divided the land between them to pass through it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
他們於是分地巡行；阿哈布獨自走了一條路，敖巴狄雅也獨自走了另一條路。敖巴狄雅遇厄里亞
7 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?
敖巴狄雅走路時，厄里亞恰巧遇見了他；敖巴狄雅認得他，便俯伏在地說：「你不就是我主厄里亞嗎﹖」
8 And he said to him, I [am he]: go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah!
厄里亞回答說：「是，你去告訴你的主人說：厄里亞在這裏。」
9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou givest thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to put me to death?
敖巴狄雅說：「我犯了什麼罪﹖你竟要將你的僕人交於阿哈布手中，讓他殺死我﹖
10 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.
我指著永生的上主，你的天主起誓：沒有一個民族，沒有一個國家，我的主上不派人去尋找你的；如果人們說：厄里亞不在我們這裏；他一定要叫那個國家和那個民族起誓說：實在他們沒有找到你。
11 And now thou sayest, Go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah!
現在你說：你去告訴你的主人說：厄里亞在這裏。
12 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.
我一離開你，上主的神把你帶到我所不知道的地方去；我若去告訴阿哈布，而他找不到你，啟不要殺死我﹖你的僕人自幼也是個敬畏上主得人啊!
13 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?
難道我主沒有聽說過：當依則耳殘殺上主的先知時，我所作的事﹖我曾隱藏一百個上主的先知，每五十人分藏在一個洞裏，由我供給他們飲食。
14 And now thou sayest, Go, say to thy lord, Behold Elijah! and he will kill me.
現在你說：你去告訴你的主人，厄里亞在這裏，他一定要殺我! 」
15 And Elijah said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will certainly shew myself to him to-day.
厄里亞說：「我指著我所服侍的萬軍的永生上主起誓：今天我一定要叫阿哈布看見我。」阿哈布和厄里亞見面
16 Then Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.
敖巴狄雅於是前去會見阿哈布，告訴他這消息，阿哈布就去迎接厄里亞。
17 And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, the troubler of Israel?
阿哈布一見厄里亞，就對他說：「叫以色列遭難的人，不就是你嗎﹖」
18 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.
厄里亞答說：「不是我叫以色列遭難，而是你和你的父家，因為你們拋棄了上主的誡命，歸順了巴耳邪神。
19 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.
現在，你派人去召集全以色列人，同受依則貝耳供養的那四百五十個巴耳的先知，【及那四百個阿舍辣的先知，】上加爾默耳山，到我跟前來。」
20 So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
阿哈布便派人召集了所有的以色列子民，聚集了那些先知，一起到了加爾默耳山上。厄里亞與假先知比試
21 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.
厄里亞走向全體民眾面前說：「你們搖擺不定，模稜兩可，要到幾時呢﹖如果上主是天主，你們就應該隨從上主；如果巴耳是天主，就該隨從巴耳。」人民一句話也不回答。
22 And Elijah said to the people, I, only I, remain a prophet of Jehovah; and Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
厄里亞對人民說：「上主的先知指剩下我一個人了，巴耳的先知卻有四百五十人。
23 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.
請給我們牽兩隻公牛犢來；他們可任選一隻，剖分成塊，放在木柴上，不要點火；我也照樣預備另一隻，放在木柴上，也不點火。
24 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.
你們呼求你們神的名字，我也呼求上主的名字：那降火顯示應允的神，就是真神。」民眾回答說：「你這話說得很好! 」
25 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.
厄里亞對巴耳的先知們說：「因為你們人數眾多，你們應該先挑選一隻牛犢，準備好，然後呼求你們神的名字，只是不要點火。」
26 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.
他們即將人給他們的公牛犢牽來，預備好，從早晨直到中午呼求巴耳的名字說：「巴耳，應允我們罷! 」但是沒有聲音，也沒有答應的。他們就在自己所築的祭壇旁，跪下又起來，跳個不停。
27 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.
到了中午，厄里亞嘲弄他們說：「你們再高聲喊叫，因為他是神，或者他正在沉思冥想，或者它暫時隱退，或者正在外旅行，或者他正在睡覺，必須把他叫醒。」
28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with swords and spears, till the blood gushed out upon them.
他們遂更高聲喊叫，照他們的習慣，用刀用槍割傷自己，直到全身流出血來。
29 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.
過了中午，他們仍繼續狂喊亂叫，直到晚祭的時候，但仍然沒有聲音，也沒有答應的，也沒有理會。
30 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.
厄里亞對全你人民說：「你們到我這裏來。」全體人民便都到他那裏去；厄里亞立即重修了已經坍塌了的上主的祭壇；
31 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;
依照雅各伯子孫的支派數目，取了十二塊石頭，─這雅各伯就是上主曾對他說過：「你的名字要叫以色列。」─
32 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;
用這些石頭，為上主的名築成一座祭壇，在祭壇四周作了一個水溝，可容二「色阿」穀種。
33 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.
把木柴放好，將牛犢剖分成塊，放在木柴上，
34 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.
然後吩咐說：「盛滿四桶水，倒在全燔祭和木柴上! 」他們就這樣做了。他又吩咐說：「再倒一次! 」他們就再倒了一次；他再吩咐說：「倒第三次! 」他們就倒了第三次；
35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
水沿祭壇四周奔流，溝裏滿了水。
36 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.
到了要奉獻晚祭的時候，厄里亞先知走近前來說：「上主，亞巴郎、依撒格和以色列的天主，求你今天使人知道：你是以色列的天主，我是你的僕人，是奉你的命作這一切事。
37 Answer me, Jehovah, answer me, that this people may know that thou Jehovah art God, and [that] thou hast turned their heart back again.
上主，求你應允我，應允我! 使這人民知道你上主，是真天主，是你叫他們心回意轉。」
38 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.
於是上主的火降下，焚盡了全燔祭、柴木、石頭和塵土，也燒乾了溝中的水。
39 And all the people saw [it], and they fell on their faces and said, Jehovah, he is God! Jehovah, he is God!
全體人民見了，都俯伏在地說：「雅威是天主，雅威是天主!」
40 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.
厄里亞對民眾說：「你們捉住巴耳的先知，不要讓他們走脫一個! 」民眾立即捉住他們。厄里亞帶他們下到克雄小河旁，在那裏將他們全部殺掉。天降大雨
41 And Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
厄里亞對阿哈布說：「你上去吃喝罷! 因為已聽到大雨的怒號聲。」
42 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.
阿哈布就上去吃喝，厄里亞卻上了加爾默耳山頂，跪伏在地，將臉放在兩膝之間。
43 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.
以後，對自己的僕人說：「你上去，朝海那邊觀看! 」僕人就上去觀看，說：「什麼也沒有。」厄里亞說：「你來回觀看七次! 」他就去了七次。
44 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.
第七次僕人說：「看，有一片雲彩，小得像手掌那麼大，從海上升起來了。」厄里亞說：「你上去告訴阿哈布說：快套車下去，免得被雨阻止! 」
45 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.
轉瞬之間，天空因風雲變為昏黑，落下大雨；阿哈布上車去了依次勒耳。
46 And the hand of Jehovah was upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jizreel.
上主的手臨於厄里亞身上，他就束上腰，跑在阿哈布前頭，直到依次勒耳的城門口。
