1Vajntxwv Ahaj piav txhua yam uas Eliyas ua thiab zaj uas Eliyas tua cov xibhwb cev Npa-as lus ntawd rau Yexenpees uas yog niam vajntxwv mloog. 2Yexenpees txawm tso neeg mus hais rau Eliyas hais tias: “Tagkis thaum txog lub caij no yog kuv tsis tau ua rau koj ib yam li koj ua rau cov xibhwb cev Npa-as lus, thov tej vajtswv cia li muab kuv tua kom tuag.” 3Eliyas ntshai heev, nws thiaj nrhiav kev khiav nkaum; nws coj nws tus tubtxib mus rau nram lub nroog Npesenpas uas nyob hauv lub xeev Yudas. Eliyas muab nws tus tubtxib tso tseg rau nrad, 4Eliyas mus ib hnub ke rau tom roob mojsab qhua. Nws mus nkaum tshav rau hauv ib tsob qab ntoos thiab nws xav tuag lawm xwb. Nws thiaj thov Vajtswv hais tias, “Tus TSWV, txaus kuv lawm lauj. Cia li rho kuv txojsia mus; kuv tuag yuav zoo dua!” 5Nws txawm qhau cev hlo pw hauv qab ntoos thiab tsaug zog hlias lawm. Ces tamsim ntawd txawm muaj ib tug timtswv ceebtsheej los tuav nkaus nws thiab hais tias, “Eliyas, koj cia li sawv los noj mov.” 6Eliyas tsim dheev los xam ncig lees, nws pom ib lub ncuav thiab ib hub dej nyob ze ntawm nws taubhau. Nws txawm muab los noj thiab haus tas, nws rov qhau cev pw dua lawm thiab. 7Ces tus TSWV tus timtswv rov los tsa Eliyas dua zaum ob hais tias, “Eliyas, koj cia li sawv los thiab noj mov, nyob tsam koj tsis muaj zog taug kev.” 8Eliyas sawv los noj mov thiab haus dej, cov mov ntawd ua rau nws muaj zog taug kev tau plaub caug hnub mus txog rau tom Roob Xinais uas yog Vajtswv lub roob dawbhuv. 9Eliyas nkag mus pw ib hmos hauv qhovtsua. Ces tus TSWV txawm los hais rau Eliyas hais tias, “Eliyas, koj tuaj ua dabtsi ntawm no?” 10Eliyas teb hais tias, “Tus TSWV uas yog Vajtswv tus muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus, kuv ibtxwm ua koj tes haujlwm. Tiamsis cov Yixalayees tsis coj raws li tej lus uas lawv tau cog tseg rau koj, lawv muab koj tej thaj rhuav thiab muab koj cov cevlus tua povtseg tas lawm. Tsuas tshuav kuv tib leeg xwb los lawv tseem nrhiav kuv tua povtseg thiab!” 11Tus TSWV teb Eliyas hais tias, “Koj cia li tawm mus sawv saum ncov roob tabmeeg kuv.” Tus TSWV txawm hla los mus thiab ua cua daj cua dub ntsawj tej pov roob tawg pleb zom zaws thiab tej pobzeb tawg dawbvog, tiamsis tus TSWV tsis nyob hauv cov cua ntawd. Tom qab cua tu lawm, txawm muaj av qeeg, tiamsis tus TSWV tsis nyob hauv qhov av qeeg ntawd thiab. 12Tom qab av qeeg tas txawm muaj hluavtaws, tiamsis tus TSWV tsis nyob hauv cov hluavtaws ntawd li thiab. Ces thaum cov hluavtaws dhau lawm, txawm muaj ib lub suab hais yau yau tuaj. 13Thaum Eliyas hnov lub suab ntawd, nws txawm muab nws lub tsho los npog nws ntsejmuag thiab tawm mus sawv ntawm rooj tsuas. Muaj ib lub suab hais rau Eliyas hais tias, “Eliyas, koj tuaj ua dabtsi ntawm no?” 14Eliyas teb hais tias, “Tus TSWV uas yog Vajtswv tus muaj hwjchim loj kawg nkaus, kuv yeej ibtxwm ua koj tes haujlwm. Tiamsis cov Yixalayees tsis coj raws li tej lus uas lawv tau cog tseg rau koj, lawv muab koj tej thaj rhuav thiab muab koj cov cevlus tua povtseg tas lawm. Tsuas tshuav kuv tib leeg xwb los lawv tseem nrhiav kuv tua povtseg thiab!” 15Tus TSWV hais tias, “Koj cia li rov qab mus rau pem tebchaws mojsab qhua uas ze lub nroog Damaxes, mus rau hauv lub nroog thiab muab roj hliv rau Haxayees taubhau tsa nws ua cov Xilias tus vajntxwv; 16muab roj hliv rau saum Nimesis tus tub Yehus taubhau, tsa nws ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yixalayees, thiab muab roj hliv rau saum Safas uas yog neeg Anpees Mehaulas tus tub Elisas taubhau tsa nws ua tus cev kuv lus hloov koj chaw. 17Yog leejtwg khiav dim tsis raug Haxayees tua tuag, tus ntawd yuav raug Yehus tua tuag, thiab yog leejtwg khiav dim tsis raug Yehus tua tuag, tus ntawd yuav raug Elisas tua tuag. 18Tiamsis kuv tseem tseg xya txhiab leej nyob hauv lub tebchaws Yixalayees no. Lawv yog cov uas muaj lub siab npuab kuv, lawv tsis tau txhos caug pe Npa-as thiab nwj nws cov mlom li.”
Eliyas Hu Elisas Los ua Haujlwm
19Eliyas mus ntsib Elisas thaum nws tseem tabtom tsav khais laij teb; muaj kaum ib nkawm laij ua nws ntej, nws yog tus uas tsav khais rau nkawm heev nyuj kawg tom qab. Eliyas hle hlo nws lub tsho loj thiab muab rau Elisas hnav. 20Elisas txawm tso plhuav nws ob tug nyuj tseg, mus caum Eliyas qab thiab hais tias, “Thov cia kuv mus nwj kuv niam kuv txiv ncaim nkawd tso kuv mam li nrog koj mus.” Eliyas teb hais tias, “Tau los mas, koj cia li mus, kuv tsis txwv koj li!” 21Elisas txawm muab nws ob tug heev nyuj tua thiab muab tus quab los ua taws rauv hau cov nqaij. Elisas muab cov nqaij nyuj faib rau sawvdaws noj. Ces Elisas txawm nrog Eliyas mus thiab ua tus pab Eliyas lawm.
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Elijah Flees to Horeb
1Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.” 3Elijah was afraid⚓ and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, 4while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” 5Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep. All at once an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” 6He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again. 7The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.” 8So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. 9There he went into a cave and spent the night.
The Lord Appears to Elijah
And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 10He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.” 11The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 14He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.” 15The Lord said to him, “Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram. 16Also, anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet. 17Jehu will put to death any who escape the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death any who escape the sword of Jehu. 18Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”
The Call of Elisha
19So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him. 20Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. “Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,” he said, “and then I will come with you.” “Go back,” Elijah replied. “What have I done to you?” 21So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen and slaughtered them. He burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his servant.