1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me , and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. 3 And when he saw that , he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
4 ¶ But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and 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 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. 6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. 7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee. 8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
9 ¶ And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? 10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: 12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. 13 And it was so , when Elijah heard it , that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? 14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria: 16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. 17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. 18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
19 ¶ So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. 20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? 21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.
Eliya borita ka taa Sinayi Konkoo to
1 Mansa Ahabu ye kuwo bee fo a la musoo Yesebeli ye Eliya ye mennu ke, aniŋ a ye jalaŋ annabiyomoolu bee faa hawusaroo* la ñaameŋ. 2 Bituŋ Yesebeli ye kiilaa kii Eliya kaŋ, aduŋ a ye i kali a ye ko, “Allamaa alloolu ye kuu jawu laa n kaŋ, niŋ a ye a tara saama ñiŋ ñoŋ tumoo nte fanaa maŋ a ke ite la ko, i ye a ke wo alloolu la annabiyomoolu la ñaameŋ.”
3 Eliya silata baake, aduŋ a borita ka a niyo tankandi. Bituŋ a naata futa saatewo doo to daameŋ to mu Beeriseba ti, Yahuuda bankoo kaŋ. Bituŋ a ye a la dookuulaa tu wo saatewo to. 4 Ate faŋo taamata keñewuloo* kono tiloo muumewo la. A naata futa yirindiŋo ma, a siita a koto, aduŋ a duwaata fo a si faa. A ko, “Yaawe*, ñiŋ kuwo koleyaata le. Nte niyo taa. Niŋ nte faata faŋ wo le fisiyaata.” 5 Bituŋ a ye i laa yirindiŋo koto, a siinoota. Wo loodulaa to malaayikoo naata a ye a maa, a ko a ye ko, “Wuli i ye domoroo ke.” 6 A wulita, a ye a ñaa muruŋ-muruŋ, a ye mbuuru kuŋo je meŋ janita niŋ dimbaa keñemboo la aniŋ jiibindaariŋo a kuŋo daala. A ye domoroo ke, a ye i miŋ, bituŋ a ye i laa kotenke.
7 Wo koolaa, Yaawe la malaayikoo naata a kaŋ kotenke siiñaa fulanjaŋo la, a ye a maa, a ko a ye ko, “Wuli i ye domoroo ke, kaatu taamoo ñiŋ be koleyaa la i ye baake le.” 8 Wo le to Eliya wulita, a ye domoroo ke, a ye i miŋ. Domoroo ñiŋ ne ye a bambandi a la taamasiloo kaŋ fo tili taŋ naani aniŋ suuto taŋ naani ka taa Sinayi, Alla la konkoo to. 9 Kabiriŋ a futata jee, a taata duŋ berehuwo kono ka suutoo laa jee.
Yaawe fintita Eliya kaŋ
Bituŋ Yaawe la kumoo naata a kaŋ ka a fo a ye ko, “Eliya, i ka muŋ ne ke jaŋ?”
10 Bituŋ Eliya ye a jaabi ko, “Yaawe Alihawaa Maariyo*, nte ka tu looriŋ ite dammaa le la kuwo la waati-wo-waati. Banisirayilankoolu ye ì koo dii i la kambeŋo la le, ì ye i la sadaabodulaalu* boyi, aniŋ ì ye i la annabiyomoolu faa hawusaroo la. Nte dammaa doroŋ ne tuta jee, aduŋ saayiŋ ì lafita le ka nte fanaa faa.”
11 Wo to le Yaawe ko a ye ko, “Taa i ye loo konkoo kaŋ n ñaatiliŋo la. Kaatu nte Yaawe ka naa tambi le.” Bituŋ foño baa wulita meŋ ye konkoo feteŋ ka a fara, aniŋ a ye beroolu teyi ka ì janjandi Yaawe ñaatiliŋo la. Bari Yaawe maŋ tara wo foño baa kono. Foño baa tambiriŋ koolaa, banku jarajaroo keta, bari Yaawe maŋ tara banku jarajaroo kono. 12 Wo koolaa, dimbaa fanaa naata tambi, bari Yaawe maŋ tara dimbaa kono. Bituŋ kabiriŋ dimbaa tambita, kumakaŋo naata komeŋ dumburoo.
13 Kabiriŋ Eliya ye a moyi, a ye a la dendika baa biti a ñaa kaŋ, aduŋ a fintita berehuwo kono ka taa loo a daa to. Kumakaŋo ñiŋ ko a ye ko, “Eliya, i ka muŋ ne ke jaŋ?”
14 Bituŋ Eliya ye a jaabi ko, “Yaawe Alihawaa Maariyo, nte ka tu looriŋ ite dammaa le la kuwo ye waati-wo-waati. Banisirayilankoolu ye ì koo dii i la kambeŋo la le, ì ye i la sadaabodulaalu boyi, aduŋ ì ye i la annabiyomoolu faa hawusaroo la. Nte dammaa doroŋ ne tuta jee, aduŋ saayiŋ ì lafita le ka nte fanaa faa.”
15 Wo to le Yaawe ko a ye ko, “Muru i noo kaŋ, i ye taa keñewuloo to daameŋ to be Damasiku saatewo daala. Niŋ i futata jee, i si Hasayeli tomboŋ ka tuloo boŋ a kuŋo kaŋ ka a ke mansa ti Aramu kunna. 16 I si Yehu fanaa tomboŋ Nimisi dinkewo, ka tuloo boŋ a kuŋo kaŋ ka a ke mansa ti Banisirayila kunna. Aduŋ i si Elisa fanaa tomboŋ, Safati dinkewo, meŋ bota Abeli-Mehola, ka tuloo boŋ a kuŋo kaŋ ka a ke i noo to annabiyomoo ti. 17 Niŋ moo-wo-moo kanata Hasayeli la faaroo ma, Yehu be wo maarii faa la le, aduŋ niŋ moo-wo-moo kanata Yehu la faaroo ma, Elisa be wo maarii faa la le. 18 Bari wo ñaa-wo-ñaa m be moo wuli woorowula tu la Banisirayila kono baluuriŋ ne, moolu mennu maŋ sujudi Baali* jalaŋo ye waraŋ ka a sumbu.”
Eliya ye Elisa tomboŋ
19 Bituŋ Eliya bota wo dulaa to, a taata a futata Elisa ma, Safati dinkewo. Elisa be senoo ke kaŋ nuŋ ninsi peeri taŋ niŋ fula le la, aduŋ a faŋo le be peeri taŋ niŋ fulanjaŋo bayi kaŋ. Eliya taata a kaŋ, aduŋ a tambitoo ye a la dendika baa fayi Elisa kaŋ. 20 Bituŋ Elisa ye a la seneninsoolu bula teŋ ne, a borita Eliya nooma a ko a ye ko, “Dukaree m batu ŋa muru ka taa m baamaa niŋ m faamaa sumbu ka sara ì la, n si naa bula i nooma.” Eliya ko a ye ko, “Muru i ye taa, nte maŋ balaŋ i ma.”
21 Bituŋ Elisa bota a nooma, a muruta. A ye a la seneninsoolu taa a ye ì faa, a ye ì la yooku* dokoolu taa ka suboo tabi ì la. Bituŋ a ye a dii moolu la, ì ye a domo. Wo le to a taata ka bula Eliya nooma. A tarata a fee ka a maakoyi.
