1 N ow Elijah the Tishbite, of the people who were staying in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord the God of Israel lives, before Whom I stand, for sure there will be no rain or water on the grass in the early morning these years, except by my word.”

كانَ إيلِيّا نَبِيّاً مِنْ بَلْدَةِ تِشْبِي فِي جِلْعادَ. فَذَهَبَ إيلِيّا إلَى أخآبَ وَقالَ لَهُ: «أُقْسِمُ بِاللهِ الحَيِّ، إلَهِ إسْرائِيلَ، الَّذِي أقِفُ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ، لَنْ يَنزِلَ مَطَرٌ وَلا نَدَىً فِي السَّنَواتِ القادِمَةِ، إلّا عِندَما آمُرُهُ بِالنُّزُولِ.»

2 A nd the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

وَكَلَّمَ اللهُ إيلِيّا وَقالَ لَهُ:

3 “ Leave here and turn east. Hide yourself by the river Cherith, east of the Jordan.

«اترُكْ هَذا المَكانَ وَاذْهَبْ شَرْقاً، وَاختَبِئْ قُرْبَ جَدْوَلِ كَرِيتَ شَرْقَ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ.

4 Y ou will drink from the river. And I have told the ravens to bring food to you there.”

اشرَبْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الجَدوَلِ، وَقَدْ أمَرتُ غِرْباناً بِأنْ تَجلِبَ لَكَ الطَّعامَ إلَى ذَلِكَ المَكانِ.»

5 S o he went and did what he was told by the word of the Lord. He went and lived by the river Cherith, east of the Jordan.

فانصَرَفَ إيلِيّا وَفَعَلَ كَما أمَرَهُ اللهُ. فَذَهَبَ لِيُقِيمَ قُرْبَ جَدوَلِ كَرِيتَ، شرقَ نَهرِ الأُردُنِّ.

6 T he ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening. And he drank from the river.

فَكانَتِ الغِرْبانُ تَجلِبُ لَهُ الطَّعامَ كُلَّ صَباحٍ وَكُلَّ مَساءٍ، وَكانَ يَشرَبُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الجَدوَلِ.

7 B ut after a while, the river dried up, because there was no rain in the land. The Woman Whose Husband Had Died

وَبَعدَ مُدَّةٍ مِنَ الزَّمَنِ جَفَّ النَّهْرُ، إذْ لَمْ يَنزِلْ أيُّ مَطَرٍ.

8 T hen the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

فَجاءَتْ كَلِمَةُ اللهِ إلَى إيلِيّا:

9 “ Get up and go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. I have told a woman there, whose husband has died, to feed you.”

«اذْهَبْ إلَى صِرْفَةِ صَيدُونَ، وَامكُثْ هُناكَ. فَقَدْ أمَرْتُ أرْمَلَةً هُناكَ أنْ تُطْعِمَكَ.»

10 S o Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he came to the city gate, he saw a woman there gathering sticks. He called to her and said, “I ask of you, get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink.”

فَذَهَبَ إيلِيّا إلَى صِرْفَةَ صَيدُونَ. وَعِندَما وَصَلَ إلَى بابِ المَدِينَةِ، رَأى الأرمَلَةَ تَجمَعُ عِيداناً لِلنّارِ. فَقالَ لَها إيلِيّا: «أحْضِرِي لِيَ مِنْ فَضلِكِ بَعْضَ الماءِ فِي كُوبٍ لِأشْرَبَ؟»

11 A s she was going to get it, he called to her, “I ask of you, bring me a piece of bread in your hand.”

وَبَينَما كانَتِ المَرأةُ ذاهِبَةً لِتُحضِرَ لَهُ ما طَلَبَهُ، قالَ لَها إيلِيّا: «أحضِرِي لِي مِنْ فَضلِكِ قِطعَةَ خُبزٍ أيضاً.»

12 B ut she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I have no bread. I only have enough flour in the jar to fill a hand, and a little oil in the jar. See, I am gathering a few sticks so I may go in and make it ready for me and my son. Then we will eat it and die.”

فَأجابَتِ المَرأةُ: «أُقْسِمُ بِإلَهِكَ الحَيِّ، لا خُبَزَ لَدَيَّ. لا أملِكُ إلّا قَلِيلاً مِنَ الطَّحِينِ فِي جَرَّةٍ، وَقَلِيلاً مِنْ زَيتِ الزَّيتُونِ فِي إبْرِيقٍ. وَقَدْ جِئتُ لِأجْمَعَ عُودَينِ أوْ ثَلاثَةً لِأُشْعِلَ ناراً وَاخْبِزَ لِي وَلابْنِي وَجبَتَنا الأخِيرَةَ. سَنَأْكُلُها ثُمَّ نَمُوتُ جُوعاً.»

13 E lijah said to her, “Have no fear. Go and do as you have said. But make me a little loaf of bread from it first, and bring it out to me. Then you may make one for yourself and for your son.

فَقالَ إيلِيّا لِلمَرأةِ: «لا تَقلَقِي! اذهَبِي إلَى بَيتِكِ وَاطبُخِي طَعامَكِ كَما كُنتِ تَنوِينَ. لَكِنْ اصنَعِي لِي أوَّلاً رَغِيفَ خُبْزٍ صَغِيراً مِنَ الطَّحِينِ الَّذِي عِندَكِ. وَأحضِرِي الرَّغِيفَ لِي، ثُمَّ اطبُخِي لَكِ وَلابْنِكِ.

14 F or the Lord God of Israel says, ‘The jar of flour will not be used up. And the jar of oil will not be empty, until the day the Lord sends rain upon the earth.’”

فَقَدْ قالَ اللهُ ، إلَهُ إسْرائِيلَ: ‹لَنْ تَفرَغَ جَرَّةُ الطَّحِينِ، ولن يَقِلَّ الزَّيتُ فِي الإبريقِ، إلَى أنْ يُرسِلَ اللهُ مَطَراً عَلَى الأرْضِ.›»

15 S o she went and did what Elijah said. And she and he and those of her house ate for many days.

فَذَهَبَتِ المَرأةُ إلَى بَيتِها. وَفَعَلَتْ كَما طَلَبَ إيلِيّا. فَأكَلَ إيلِيّا وَالمَرأةُ وَابْنُها كِفايَتَهُمْ لِأيّامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.

16 T he jar of flour was not used up, and the jar of oil did not become empty. It happened as was spoken by the word of the Lord through Elijah. Elijah and the Woman’s Son

وَلَمْ تَفرُغْ جَرَّةُ الطَّحِينِ وَلَمْ يَنقُصِ الزَّيتُ مِنَ الإبْرِيقِ. فَكانَ هَذا تَحقِيقاً لِما تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ اللهُ عَلَى لِسانِ إيلِيّا.

17 A fter this the son of the woman who owned the house became sick. His sickness was so bad that there was no breath left in him.

وَبَعدَ فَترَةٍ مَرِضَ ابْنُ الأرمَلَةِ. وَاشتَدَّ بِهِ المَرَضُ. وَأخِيراً، لَمْ يَعُدْ يَتَنَفَّسُ.

18 S o the woman said to Elijah, “What do I have to do with you, O man of God? You have come to me to have my sin be remembered, and to kill my son!”

فَقالَتِ الأرمَلَةُ لإيلِيّا: «مالِي وَلَكَ يا رَجُلَ اللهِ؟ أمْ إنَّكَ لَمْ تَجِئْ إلَى هُنا إلّا لِتَجعَلَنِي أتَذَكَّرُ خَطايايَ السّابِقَةَ، فأدْفَعُ ثَمَنَ تلكَ الخَطايا بِمَوتِ ابْنِي؟»

19 H e said to her, “Give me your son.” Then he took him from her arms and carried him up to the room on the second floor where he stayed. And he laid him on his own bed.

فَقالَ لَها إيلِيّا: «أحْضِرِي ابْنَكِ.» فَأخَذَ إيلِيّا الوَلَدَ مِنْها وَحَمَلَهُ إلَى الطّابِقِ العُلوِيِّ حَيثُ كانَ يُقِيمُ.

20 H e called to the Lord and said, “O Lord my God, have You brought trouble to the woman I am staying with, by making her son die?”

ثُمَّ صَرَخَ إلَى اللهِ وَقالَ: «يا إلَهِي ، هَلْ وَصَلَتِ المُصيبَةُ حَتَّى إلَى هَذِهِ الأرْمَلَةِ الَّتِي أُقيْمُ فِي بَيتِها، فَأمَتَّ ابْنَها؟»

21 T hen he lay upon the child three times and called to the Lord, saying, “O Lord my God, I pray to You. Let this child’s life return to him.”

ثُمَّ تَمَدَّدَ إيلِيّا فَوقَ الوَلَدِ ثَلاثَ مَرّاتٍ وَصَلَّى: «يا إلَهِي ، أعِدْ رُوحَ هَذا الوَلَدِ إلَى جَسَدِهِ لِيَحيا!»

22 T he Lord heard the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child returned to him and he became strong again.

فَاسْتَجابَ اللهُ صَلاةَ إيلِيّا. فَرَجِعَتْ رُوحُ الوَلَدِ إلَى جَسَدِهِ فَعاشَ!

23 E lijah took the child and brought him down from the second floor into the house and gave him to his mother. He said, “See, your son is alive.”

فَنَزَلَ إيلِيّا وَهَوَ يَحمِلُ الوَلَدَ إلَى الطّابِقِ السُّفلِيِّ. وَأعطَى الوَلَدَ لِأُمِّهِ وَقالَ: «ها إنَّ ابنَكِ حَيٌّ!»

24 T hen the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God. Now I know that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”

فَأجابَتِ المَرأةُ: «الآنَ تَأكَّدْتُ أنَّكَ رَجُلُ اللهِ. وَأنا مُتَيَقِّنَةٌ أنَّ ما يَقُولُهُ اللهُ عَلَى فَمِكَ لا بُدَّ أنْ يَتِمَّ!»