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Eliya hab ntuj qhuav
1Eliya kws yog tuabneeg Thinpi nyob huv lub moos Thinpi huv Kile‑a tebchaws has rua Ahaj tas, “Muaj cov Yixayee tug Vaajtswv Yawmsaub kws kuv ua koom rua muaj txujsa nyob pum, ob peb xyoos tom ntej nuav yeej yuav tsw muaj lwg tsw muaj naag lug le tsuas yog kuv has kuas muaj tes txhad muaj xwb.”
2Tes Yawmsaub has lug tuaj rua Eliya tas,
3“Ca le tawm ntawm nuav moog rua saab nub tuaj, moog nraim cev rua ntawm ntug dej Kheli kws nyob ntawm tug dej Yalatee saab nub tuaj.
4Koj yuav haus tug dej hov hab kuv tub has kuas cov uab voj tuaj yug koj hov ntawd.”
5Tes Eliya txawm moog hab ua lawv le Yawmsaub has. Nwg moog nyob ntawm ntug dej Kheli kws nyob ntawm tug dej Yalatee saab nub tuaj.
6Tes thaus taagkig hab thaus tsaus ntuj uab voj txawm kwv ncuav hab nqaj tuaj rua nwg noj, hab nwg haus tug dej ntawd.
7Tes tsw ntev tug dej hov txawm qhuav vem yog naag tsw lug rua huv lub tebchaws le.
Eliya hab tug puj ntsuag huv Xalefa
8Mas Yawmsaub has lug tuaj rua Eliya tas,
9“Ca le sawv tseeg moog rua lub moos Xalefa kws zwm rua lub moos Xaintoo hab nyob hov ntawd. Kuv tub has kuas ib tug puj ntsuag kws nyob hov ntawd yug koj lawm.”
10Nwg txawm sawv tseeg moog rua lub moos Xalefa. Thaus nwg moog txug ntawm rooj loog na cav ib tug puj ntsuag saamswm khaws tawg. Nwg txawm has rua tug puj hov tas, “Thov koj nqaa ib taig dej tuaj rua kuv, kuv txhad le tau haus.”
11Thaus tug puj hov yuav moog nqaa dej tuaj, nwg txawm hu tug puj hov tas, “Thov coj ib qho ncuav huv txhais teg tuaj rua kuv hab.”
12Tug puj hov teb tas, “Muaj Yawmsaub kws yog koj tug Vaajtswv muaj txujsa nyob pum, kuv tsw muaj ib lub ncuav daabtsw kws cub lawm, tsuas muaj ib taus teg moov huv lub taig hab mivntswv roj huv lub laam fwj xwb. Nwgnuav kuv saamswm khaws mivntswv tawg nuav coj moog npaaj rua kuv hab kuv tug tub ib noj taag es yuav tuag.”
13Eliya txawm has rua nwg tas, “Koj tsw xob ntshai, ca le moog ua lawv le koj has. Tassws koj ca le ua ib lub nyuas ncuav miv miv coj tuaj rua kuv tsaiv, le maav ua rua koj hab koj tug tub.
14Tsua qhov Yawmsaub kws yog cov Yixayee tug Vaajtswv has le nuav tas, ‘Cov moov huv lub taig yuav tsw taag, cov roj huv lub laam fwj yuav tsw tu moog txug nub kws Yawmsaub tso naag lug rua huv lub tebchaws.’ ”
15Tug puj hov txawm moog ua lawv le Eliya has. Mas Eliya hab tug puj hov hab nwg tsev tuabneeg kuj noj tau ntau nub.
16Cov moov huv lub taig kuj tsw taag, cov roj huv lub laam fwj kuj tsw tu, lawv le Yawmsaub tej lug kws nwg has rua Eliya.
17Dhau ntawd lug tug puj kws yog tswv tsev hov tug tub txawm mob mas mob nyaav heev tsw muaj sa lawm.
18Nwg txawm has rua Eliya tas, “Au Vaajtswv tug tuabneeg, kuv thaab txug koj daabtsw? Koj tuaj rua ntawm kuv ua kuas ncu txug kuv tej kev txhum es ua rua kuv tug tub tuag.”
19Eliya has rua nwg tas, “Muab koj tug tub lug rua kuv.” Nwg txawm muab tug tub hov huv tug puj xubndag puag nkaus nce moog rua txheej tsev sau huv lub txaaj kws nwg nyob, hab muab tso pw rua sau nwg lub txaaj.
20Eliya thov hu Yawmsaub has tas, “Au Yawmsaub kws yog kuv tug Vaajtswv, koj coj tej xwm txheej phem lug raug tug puj ntsuag kws kuv nrug nwg nyob nuav es muab nwg tug tub tua pov tseg lov?”
21Tes nwg txawm pw tsuam tug mivnyuas hov peb zag, hab quaj thov Yawmsaub tas, “Au Yawmsaub kws yog kuv tug Vaajtswv, thov tug mivnyuas nuav tug ntsuj plig rov lug rua huv nwg.”
22Yawmsaub noog Eliya tej lug thov, mas tug mivnyuas tug ntsug plig txhad rov lug rua huv nwg, nwg txhad rov caj sa.
23Tes Eliya txawm puag tug mivnyuas nqeg txheej sau lug rua huv lub tsev hab muab tug mivnyuas rua leej nam. Eliya has tas, “Saib nawj, koj tug tub tseed muaj txujsa nyob.”
24Tug puj hov has rua Eliya tas, “Nwgnuav kuv paub tseeb tas koj yog Vaajtswv tug tuabneeg, hab Yawmsaub tej lug kws nyob huv koj lub qhov ncauj muaj tseeb.”
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Elijah Proclaims a Drought
1And Elijah the Tishbite, of the ⚓inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, ⚓“As the Lord God of Israel lives, ⚓before whom I stand, ⚓there shall not be dew nor rain ⚓these years, except at my word.”
2Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
3“Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan.
4And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ⚓ravens to feed you there.”
5So he went and did according to the word of the Lord, for he went and stayed by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan.
6The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.
7And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
Elijah and the Widow
8Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
9“Arise, go to ⚓Zarephath, which belongs to ⚓Sidon, and dwell there. See, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
10So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, indeed a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, that I may drink.”
11And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”
12So she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I do not have bread, only a handful of flour in a bin, and a little oil in a jar; and see, I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and ⚓die.”
13And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said, but make me a small cake from it first, and bring it to me; and afterward make some for yourself and your son.
14For thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the Lord sends rain on the earth.’ ”
15So she went away and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate for many days.
16The bin of flour was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run dry, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke by Elijah.
Elijah Revives the Widow’s Son
17Now it happened after these things that the son of the woman who owned the house became sick. And his sickness was so serious that there was no breath left in him.
18So she said to Elijah, ⚓“What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to kill my son?”
19And he said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him out of her arms and carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.
20Then he cried out to the Lord and said, “O Lord my God, have You also brought tragedy on the widow with whom I lodge, by killing her son?”
21⚓And he stretched himself out on the child three times, and cried out to the Lord and said, “O Lord my God, I pray, let this child’s soul come back to him.”
22Then the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back to him, and he ⚓revived.
23And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. And Elijah said, “See, your son lives!”
24Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now by this ⚓I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is the truth.”