列王紀上 18
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
World English Bible
1過了許久，到第三年，耶和華的話臨到 以利亞 說：「你去，使 亞哈 得見你；我要降雨在地上。」
1After many days, the LORD’s word came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth.”
2以利亞 就去，要使 亞哈 得見他。那時， 撒馬利亞 有大饑荒；
2Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.
3亞哈 將他的家宰 俄巴底 召了來。（ 俄巴底 甚是敬畏耶和華，
3Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly;
4耶洗別 殺耶和華眾先知的時候， 俄巴底 將一百個先知藏了，每五十人藏在一個洞裏，拿餅和水供養他們。）
4for when Jezebel cut off the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
5亞哈 對 俄巴底 說：「我們走遍這地，到一切水泉旁和一切溪邊，或者找得着青草，可以救活騾馬，免得絕了牲畜。」
5Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.”
6於是二人分地遊行， 亞哈 獨走一路， 俄巴底 獨走一路。
6So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
7俄巴底 在路上恰與 以利亞 相遇， 俄巴底 認出他來，就俯伏在地，說：「你是我主 以利亞 不是？」
7As Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him. He recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
8回答說：「是。你去告訴你主人說， 以利亞 在這裏 。」
8He answered him, “It is I. Go, tell your lord, ‘Behold, Elijah is here!’”
9俄巴底 說：「僕人有甚麼罪，你竟要將我交在 亞哈 手裏，使他殺我呢？
9He said, “How have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?
10我指着永生耶和華－你的上帝起誓，無論哪一邦哪一國，我主都打發人去找你。若說你沒有在那裏，就必使那邦那國的人起誓說，實在是找不着你。
10As 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 didn’t find you.
11現在你說，要去告訴你主人說， 以利亞 在這裏 ；
11Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here.”’
12恐怕我一離開你，耶和華的靈就提你到我所不知道的地方去。這樣，我去告訴 亞哈 ，他若找不着你，就必殺我；僕人卻是自幼敬畏耶和華的。
12It will happen, as soon as I leave you, that the LORD’s Spirit will carry you I don’t 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.
13耶洗別 殺耶和華眾先知的時候，我將耶和華的一百個先知藏了，每五十人藏在一個洞裏，拿餅和水供養他們，豈沒有人將這事告訴我主嗎？
13Wasn’t it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the LORD’s prophets, how I hid one hundred men of the LORD’s prophets with fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
14現在你說，要去告訴你主人說， 以利亞 在這裏 ，他必殺我。」
14Now you say, ‘Go, tell your lord, “Behold, Elijah is here”.’ He will kill me.”
15以利亞 說：「我指着所事奉永生的萬軍之耶和華起誓，我今日必使 亞哈 得見我。」
15Elijah said, “As the LORD of Armies lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”
16於是 俄巴底 去迎着 亞哈 ，告訴他； 亞哈 就去迎着 以利亞 。
16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17亞哈 見了 以利亞 ，便說：「使 以色列 遭災的就是你嗎？」
17When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”
18以利亞 說：「使 以色列 遭災的不是我，乃是你和你父家；因為你們離棄耶和華的誡命，去隨從 巴力 。
18He answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house, in that you have forsaken the LORD’s commandments and you have followed the Baals.
19現在你當差遣人，招聚 以色列 眾人和事奉 巴力 的那四百五十個先知，並 耶洗別 所供養事奉 亞舍拉 的那四百個先知，使他們都上 迦密山 去見我。」
19Now 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.”
20亞哈 就差遣人招聚 以色列 眾人和先知都上 迦密山 。
20So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel.
21以利亞 前來對眾民說：「你們心持兩意要到幾時呢？若耶和華是上帝，就當順從耶和華；若 巴力 是上帝，就當順從 巴力 。」眾民一言不答。
21Elijah came near to all the people, and said, “How long will you waver between the two sides? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” The people didn’t say a word.
22以利亞 對眾民說：「作耶和華先知的只剩下我一個人； 巴力 的先知卻有四百五十個人。
22Then Elijah said to the people, “I, even I only, am left as a prophet of the LORD; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred fifty men.
23當給我們兩隻牛犢， 巴力 的先知可以挑選一隻，切成塊子，放在柴上，不要點火；我也預備一隻牛犢放在柴上，也不點火。
23Let 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 dress the other bull, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under it.
24你們求告你們神的名，我也求告耶和華的名。那降火顯應的神，就是上帝。」眾民回答說：「這話甚好。」
24You call on the name of your god, and I will call on the LORD’s name. The God who answers by fire, let him be God.” All the people answered, “What you say is good.”
25以利亞 對 巴力 的先知說：「你們既是人多，當先挑選一隻牛犢，預備好了，就求告你們神的名，卻不要點火。」
25Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one bull for yourselves, and dress it first, for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.”
26他們將所得的牛犢預備好了，從早晨到午間，求告 巴力 的名說：「 巴力 啊，求你應允我們！」卻沒有聲音，沒有應允的。他們在所築的壇四圍踊跳。
26They took the bull which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, “Baal, hear us!” But there was no voice, and nobody answered. They leaped about the altar which was made.
27到了正午， 以利亞 嬉笑他們，說：「大聲求告吧！因為他是神，他或默想，或走到一邊，或行路，或睡覺，你們當叫醒他。」
27At noon, Elijah mocked them, and said, “Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is deep in thought, or he has gone somewhere, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he sleeps and must be awakened.”
28他們大聲求告，按着他們的規矩，用刀槍自割、自刺，直到身體流血。
28They cried aloud, and cut themselves in their way with knives and lances until the blood gushed out on them.
29從午後直到獻晚祭的時候，他們狂呼亂叫，卻沒有聲音，沒有應允的，也沒有理會的。
29When midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the evening offering; but there was no voice, no answer, and nobody paid attention.
30以利亞 對眾民說：「你們到我這裏來。」眾民就到他那裏。他便重修已經毀壞耶和華的壇。
30Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me!”; and all the people came near to him. He repaired the LORD’s altar that had been thrown down.
31以利亞 照 雅各 子孫支派的數目，取了十二塊石頭（耶和華的話曾臨到 雅各 說：「你的名要叫 以色列 」），
31Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the LORD’s word came, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”
32用這些石頭為耶和華的名築一座壇，在壇的四圍挖溝，可容穀種二細亞，
32With the stones he built an altar in the LORD’s name. He made a trench around the altar large enough to contain two seahs of seed.
33又在壇上擺好了柴，把牛犢切成塊子放在柴上，對眾人說：「你們用四個桶盛滿水，倒在燔祭和柴上」；
33He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood. He said, “Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.”
34又說：「倒第二次。」他們就倒第二次；又說：「倒第三次。」他們就倒第三次。
34He said, “Do it a second time;” and they did it the second time. He said, “Do it a third time;” and they did it the third time.
35水流在壇的四圍，溝裏也滿了水。
35The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.
36到了獻 晚 祭的時候，先知 以利亞 近前來，說：「 亞伯拉罕 、 以撒 、 以色列 的上帝，耶和華啊，求你今日使人知道你是 以色列 的上帝，也知道我是你的僕人，又是奉你的命行這一切事。
36At the time of the evening offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.
37耶和華啊，求你應允我，應允我！使這民知道你－耶和華是上帝，又知道是你叫這民的心回轉。」
37Hear me, LORD, hear me, that this people may know that you, LORD, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again.”
38於是，耶和華降下火來，燒盡燔祭、木柴、石頭、塵土，又燒乾溝裏的水。
38Then the LORD’s fire fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust; and it licked up the water that was in the trench.
39眾民看見了，就俯伏在地，說：「耶和華是上帝！耶和華是上帝！」
39When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces. They said, “The LORD, he is God! The LORD, he is God!”
40以利亞 對他們說：「拿住 巴力 的先知，不容一人逃脫！」眾人就拿住他們。 以利亞 帶他們到 基順河 邊，在那裏殺了他們。
40Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let one of them escape!” They seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
41以利亞 對 亞哈 說：「你現在可以上去吃喝，因為有多雨的響聲了。」
41Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”
42亞哈 就上去吃喝。 以利亞 上了 迦密山 頂，屈身在地，將臉伏在兩膝之中；
42So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.
43對僕人說：「你上去，向海觀看。」僕人就上去觀看，說：「沒有甚麼。」他說：「你再去觀看。」如此七次。
43He said to his servant, “Go up now and look toward the sea.” He went up and looked, then said, “There is nothing.” He said, “Go again” seven times.
44第七次僕人說：「我看見有一小片雲從海裏上來，不過如人手那樣大。」 以利亞 說：「你上去告訴 亞哈 ，當套車下去，免得被雨阻擋。」
44On the seventh time, he said, “Behold, 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.’”
45霎時間，天因風雲黑暗，降下大雨。 亞哈 就坐車往 耶斯列 去了。
45In a little while, the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
46耶和華的靈降在 以利亞 身上，他就束上腰，奔在 亞哈 前頭，直到 耶斯列 的城門。
46The LORD’s hand was on Elijah; and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
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