1 Kings 18
1 And it happened after many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, "Go, present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the earth."
E succedeu que, depois de muitos dias, a palavra do Senhor veiu a Elias no terceiro anno, dizendo: Vae, mostra-te a Achab; porque darei chuva sobre a terra.
2 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.
E foi Elias mostrar-se a Achab: e a fome era extrema em Samaria.
3 And Ahab summoned Obadiah, the steward of the house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly.
E Achab chamou a Obadias, o mordomo: e Obadias temia muito ao Senhor,
4 And it came about, when Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them, fifty by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
Porque succedeu que, destruindo Jezabel os prophetas do Senhor, Obadias tomou cem prophetas, e de cincoenta em cincoenta os escondeu n'uma cova, e os sustentou com pão e agua.
5 And Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the wadis. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals."
E dissera Achab a Obadias: Vae pela terra a todas as fontes de agua, e a todos os rios: pode ser que achemos herva, para que em vida conservemos os cavallos e mulas, e não estejamos privados das bestas.
6 So they divided the land between them to explore it; Ahab went one way alone, and Obadiah went another way alone.
E repartiram entre si a terra, para passarem por ella: Achab foi á parte por um caminho, e Obadias tambem foi á parte por outro caminho.
7 And as Obadiah was on the way, look, Elijah met him; and he recognized him and fell on his face and said, "Is it you, my lord Elijah?"
Estando pois Obadias já em caminho, eis que Elias o encontrou; e, conhecendo-o elle, prostrou-se sobre o seu rosto, e disse: És tu o meu senhor Elias?
8 He answered him, "It is I. Go, tell your lord, 'Look, Elijah is here.'"
E disse-lhe elle: Eu sou: vae, e dize a teu senhor: Eis que aqui está Elias.
9 And he said, "How have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
Porém elle disse: Em que pequei, para que entregues a teu servo na mão e Achab, para que me mate?
10 As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom, where my lord has not sent to seek you. When they said, 'He is not here,' he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they did not find you.
Vive o Senhor teu Deus que não houve nação nem reino aonde o meu senhor não mandasse em busca de ti; e dizendo elles: Aqui não está, então ajuramentava os reinos e as nações, se elles te não tinham achado.
11 Now you say, 'Go, tell your lord, "Look, Elijah is here."'
E agora dizes tu: Vae, dize a teu senhor: Eis que aqui está Elias.
12 It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the LORD will carry you I do not know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can't find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.
E poderia ser que, apartando-me eu de ti, o Espirito do Senhor te tomasse, não sei para onde, e, vindo eu a dar as novas a Achab, e não te achando elle, me mataria: porém eu, teu servo, temo ao Senhor desde a minha mocidade.
13 Wasn't it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, how I hid one hundred men of the LORD's prophets, fifty by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
Porventura não disseram a meu senhor o que fiz, quando Jezabel matava os prophetas do Senhor? como escondi a cem homens dos prophetas do Senhor, de cincoenta em cincoenta, n'umas covas, e os sustentei com pão e agua?
14 Now you say, 'Go, tell your lord, "Look, Elijah is here";' and he will kill me."
E agora dizes tu: Vae, dize a teu senhor: Eis que aqui está Elias: e me mataria.
15 Elijah said, "As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely present myself to him today."
E disse Elias: Vive o Senhor dos Exercitos, perante cuja face estou, que devéras hoje me mostrarei a elle.
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
Então foi Obadias encontrar-se com Achab, e lh'o annunciou: e foi Achab encontrar-se com Elias.
17 It happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, "Is that you, you troubler of Israel?"
E succedeu que, vendo Achab a Elias, disse-lhe Achab: És tu o perturbador de Israel?
18 He answered, "I have not troubled Israel; but you, and your father's house, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and you have followed the Baals.
Então disse elle: Eu não tenho perturbado a Israel, mas tu e a casa de teu pae, porque deixastes os mandamentos do Senhor, e seguistes a Baalim.
19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to Mount Carmel, and four hundred fifty of the prophets of Baal, and four hundred of the prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table."
Agora pois envia, ajunta a mim todo o Israel no monte Carmelo: como tambem os quatrocentos e cincoenta prophetas de Baal, e os quatrocentos prophetas de Asera, que comem da mesa de Jezabel.
20 So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together at Mount Carmel.
Então enviou Achab a todos os filhos de Israel: e ajuntou os prophetas no monte Carmelo.
21 Elijah came near to all the people, and said, "How long will you keep limping between two positions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." But the people did not answer him a word.
Então Elias se chegou a todo o povo, e disse: Até quando coxeareis entre dois pensamentos? se o Senhor é Deus, segui-o; e se Baal, segui-o. Porém o povo lhe não respondeu nada
22 Then Elijah said to the people, "I, even I only, am left a prophet of the LORD; but the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men, and the prophets of Asherah four hundred.
Então disse Elias ao povo: Eu só fiquei por propheta do Senhor, e os prophetas de Baal são quatrocentos e cincoenta homens.
23 Let them therefore give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under. And I will prepare the other bull, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under it.
Dêem-se-nos pois dois bezerros, e elles escolham para si um dos bezerros, e o dividam em pedaços, e o ponham sobre a lenha, porém não lhe mettam fogo, e eu prepararei o outro bezerro, e o porei sobre a lenha, e não lhe metterei fogo
24 You call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD, and the god who answers by fire, he is God." All the people answered, "It is well said."
Então invocae o nome do vosso deus, e eu invocarei o nome do Senhor: e ha de ser que o deus que responder por fogo esse será Deus. E todo o povo respondeu, e disseram: É boa esta palavra.
25 Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose one bull for yourselves, and prepare it first, for you are the majority, and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it."
E disse Elias aos prophetas de Baal: Escolhei para vós um dos bezerros, e preparae-o primeiro, porque sois muitos, e invocae o nome do vosso deus, e não lhe mettaes fogo.
26 And they took the bull which was given them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, "Baal, answer us." But there was no voice, nor any who answered. And they limped about the altar they had made.
E tomaram o bezerro que lhes déra, e o prepararam; e invocaram o nome de Baal, desde a manhã até ao meio dia, dizendo: Ah Baal, responde-nos! Porém nem havia voz, nem quem respondesse: e saltavam sobre o altar que se tinha feito.
27 And it came about, at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, "Cry aloud, for he is a god. Maybe he is thinking about it, or he is busy, or he is on a trip, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened."
E succedeu que ao meio dia Elias zombava d'elles, e dizia: Clamae em altas vozes, porque elle é um deus; pode ser que esteja fallando, ou que tenha alguma coisa que fazer, ou que intente alguma viagem; porventura dorme, e despertará.
28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves, as was their custom, with swords and spears, until the blood gushed out on them.
E elles clamavam a grandes vozes, e se retalhavam com facas e com lancetas, conforme ao seu costume, até derramarem sangue sobre si.
29 And when midday was past, they prophesied until the offering up of the offering; but there was no voice, no answer, and no response.
E succedeu que, passado o meio dia, prophetizaram elles, até que a offerta de manjares se offerecesse: porém não houve voz, nem resposta, nem attenção alguma.
30 Elijah said to all the people, "Come near to me"; and all the people came near to him. He repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.
Então Elias disse a todo o povo: Chegae-vos a mim. E todo o povo se chegou a elle; e reparou o altar do Senhor, que estava quebrado.
31 Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD came, saying, "Israel shall be your name."
E Elias tomou doze pedras, conforme ao numero das tribus dos filhos de Jacob, ao qual veiu a palavra do Senhor, dizendo: Israel será o teu nome.
32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD. And he made a trench around the altar, large enough to contain two seahs of seed.
E com aquellas pedras edificou o altar em nome do Senhor: depois fez um rego em redor do altar, segundo a largura de duas medidas de semente.
33 And he arranged the wood, and cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood.
Então armou a lenha, e dividiu o bezerro em pedaços, e o poz sobre a lenha,
34 And he said, "Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering, and on the wood." And they did so. And he said, "Do it a second time"; and they did it the second time. And he said, "Do it a third time"; and they did it the third time.
E disse: Enchei de agua quatro cantaros, e derramae-a sobre o holocausto e sobre a lenha. E disse: Fazei-o segunda vez: e o fizeram segunda vez. Disse ainda: Fazei-o terceira vez: e o fizeram terceira vez;
35 And the water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.
De maneira que a agua corria ao redor do altar: e ainda até o rego encheu de agua.
36 It happened at the time of the offering up of the offering, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, "LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.
Succedeu pois que, offerecendo-se a offerta de manjares, o propheta Elias se chegou, e disse: Ó Senhor, Deus de Abrahão, de Isaac e de Israel, manifeste-se hoje que tu és Deus em Israel, e que eu sou teu servo, e que conforme á tua palavra fiz todas estas coisas.
37 Hear me, LORD, hear me, that this people may know that you, LORD, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again."
Responde-me, Senhor, responde-me, para que este povo conheça que tu, Senhor, és Deus, e que tu fizeste tornar o seu coração para traz.
38 Then the fire of the LORD 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.
Então caiu fogo do Senhor, e consumiu o holocausto, e a lenha, e as pedras, e o pó, e ainda lambeu a agua que estava no rego.
39 And when all the people saw it, they fell facedown and said, "The LORD, he is God. The LORD, he is God."
O que vendo todo o povo, cairam sobre os seus rostos, e disseram: Só o Senhor é Deus! Só o Senhor é Deus!
40 And Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal. Do not let one of them escape." And they seized them. And Elijah brought them down to the Wadi Kishon, and killed them there.
E Elias lhe disse: Lançae mão dos prophetas de Baal, que nenhum d'elles escape. E lançaram mão d'elles: e Elias os fez descer ao ribeiro de Kison, e ali os matou.
41 And Elijah said to Ahab, "Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of a heavy rain."
Então disse Elias a Achab: Sobe, come e bebe, porque ruido ha d'uma abundante chuva.
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down toward the ground, and put his face between his knees.
E Achab subiu a comer e a beber; mas Elias subiu ao cume do Carmelo, e se inclinou por terra, e metteu o seu rosto entre os seus joelhos.
43 And he said to his servant, "Go up now, look toward the sea." So he went up, and looked, and said, "There is nothing." Then he said, "Go again" seven times. And the servant went again seven times.
E disse ao seu moço: Sobe agora, e olha para a banda do mar. E subiu, e olhou, e disse: Não ha nada. Então disse elle: Torna sete vezes.
44 It happened at the seventh time, that he said, "Look, a small cloud, like a man's hand, is rising out of the sea." He said, "Go up, tell Ahab, 'Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn't stop you.'"
E succedeu que, á setima vez, disse: Eis aqui uma pequena nuvem, como a mão d'um homem, subindo do mar. Então disse elle: Sobe, e dize a Achab: Apparelha o teu carro, e desce, para que a chuva te não apanhe.
45 It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
E succedeu que, entretanto, os céus se ennegreceram com nuvens e vento, e veiu uma grande chuva: e Achab subiu ao carro, e foi para Jezreel.
46 The hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
E a mão do Senhor estava sobre Elias, o qual cingiu os lombos, e veiu correndo perante Achab, até á entrada de Jezreel.
