Eriya Addukira e Kolebu
119:1 1Bk 18:40Awo Akabu n’abuulira Yezeberi byonna Eriya bye yakola, ne bwe yatta bannabbi bonna n’ekitala. 219:2 1Bk 20:10; 2Bk 6:31; Lus 1:17Yezeberi n’atumira Eriya omubaka okumugamba nti, “Bakatonda bankole bwe batyo n’okukirawo, bwe siifuule obulamu bwo okuba ng’obulamu bw’omu ku bo, essaawa nga zino enkya.”
319:3 Lub 31:21Eriya n’atya nnyo, n’adduka okuwonya obulamu bwe. Bwe yatuuka e Beeruseba mu Yuda, n’aleka eyo omuweereza we. 419:4 Kbl 11:15; Yer 20:18; Yon 4:8Naye ye n’atambula olugendo lwa lunaku lumu mu ddungu, n’atuuka awali omwoloola, n’atuula wansi waagwo, n’asaba afe. N’ayogera nti, “Kino kimala, Mukama, kaakano twala obulamu bwange, kubanga sisinga bajjajjange.” 519:5 Lub 28:11N’agalamira wansi w’omwoloola ne yeebaka.
Amangwago malayika n’amukomako, n’amugamba nti, “Golokoka olye.” 6N’agolokoka, laba ng’emitwetwe we waliwo akasumbi k’amazzi n’omugaati omwokye. N’alya n’anywa, n’addamu n’agalamira.
7Malayika wa Mukama n’akomawo omulundi ogwokubiri n’amukomako n’amugamba nti, “Golokoka olye, kubanga olugendo lunene.” 819:8 a Kuv 24:18; 34:28; Ma 9:9-11, 18; Mat 4:2 b Kuv 3:1Awo n’agolokoka n’alya, n’anywa, n’afuna amaanyi, era n’atambula olugendo lwa nnaku amakumi ana emisana n’ekiro, okutuuka e Kolebu, olusozi lwa Katonda.
Mukama Alabikira Eriya
919:9 Kuv 33:22Bwe yatuuka eyo, n’ayingira mu mpuku, n’asula omwo. Awo ekigambo kya Mukama ne kimujjira nga kigamba nti, “Okola ki wano, Eriya?” 1019:10 a Kbl 25:13 b 1Bk 18:4, 22; Bar 11:3*N’addamu nti, “Nyiikidde nnyo okuweereza Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye ne nkwatibwa n’obuggya ku lulwe. Abayisirayiri balese endagaano yo, bamenye ebyoto byo, era ne batta ne bannabbi bo n’ekitala. Nze nsigaddewo nzekka, ne kaakano bannoonya okunzita.”
1119:11 a Kuv 24:12 b Ez 1:4; 37:7Mukama n’amugamba nti, “Ffuluma, oyimirire ku lusozi mu maaso ga Mukama, kubanga Mukama ali kumpi kuyitawo.”
Kale laba, embuyaga nnyingi ey’amaanyi n’emenya ensozi n’eyasa n’enjazi mu maaso ga Eriya, naye Mukama nga taliimu. Oluvannyuma lw’embuyaga, musisi ow’amaanyi n’ayita naye era Mukama nga taliimu. 1219:12 Yob 4:16; Zek 4:6Oluvannyuma lwa musisi ne wajja omuliro, naye era Mukama teyaliimu mu muliro. Oluvannyuma lw’omuliro, ne wajja eddoboozi ttono nga lya ggonjebwa. 1319:13 nny 9; Kuv 3:6Eriya bwe yaliwulira, n’abikka19:13 Eriya yabikka amaaso ge kubanga tewaali muntu eyatunuuliranga Katonda n’aba mulamu. amaaso ge n’omunagiro gwe n’afuluma n’ayimirira ku mulyango gw’empuku.
Awo Mukama n’amugamba nti, “Okola ki wano Eriya?”
1419:14 nny 10N’addamu nti, “Nyiikidde nnyo okuweereza Mukama Katonda ow’Eggye, naye Abayisirayiri balese endagaano yo, bamenyeemenye ebyoto byo, era ne batta ne bannabbi bo n’ekitala. Nze nsigaddewo nzeka, ne kaakano bannoonya okunzita.”
1519:15 2Bk 8:7-15Mukama n’amugamba nti, “Ddirayo mu kkubo lye wajjiddemu ogende mu ddungu lya Ddamasiko. Bw’onootuuka eyo ofuke amafuta ku Kazayeeri okuba kabaka w’e Busuuli, 1619:16 a 2Bk 9:1-3, 6 b nny 21; 2Bk 2:9, 15ne ku Yeeku mutabani wa Nimusi okuba kabaka wa Isirayiri, ate era ofuke n’amafuta ku Erisa mutabani wa Safati ow’e Aberumekola okudda mu kifo kyo. 1719:17 2Bk 8:12, 29; 9:14; 13:3, 7, 22Era Yeeku anatta oyo yenna anadduka okuwona ekitala kya Kazayeeri, ate Erisa ye n’atta oyo yenna anadduka okuwona ekitala kya Yeeku. 1819:18 a Bar 11:4* b Kos 13:2Wabula nesigaliza akasanvu mu Isirayiri, abatavuunamiranga Baali wadde okumunywegera.”
Okuyitibwa kwa Erisa
1919:19 2Bk 2:8, 14Awo Eriya n’ava eyo n’asisinkana Erisa mutabani wa Safati ng’alima n’emigogo gy’ente kkumi n’ebiri, ye ng’alimisa ogw’ekkumi n’ebiri. Eriya n’agenda gy’ali n’amusuulako omunagiro gwe. 2019:20 Mat 8:21-22; Luk 9:61Erisa n’aleka ente ze, n’adduka ng’agoberera Eriya. N’amugamba nti, “Ka nsibule kitange ne mmange, ndyoke ŋŋende naawe.”
Eriya n’amugamba nti, “Ddayo, nkukoze ki?”
2119:21 a 2Sa 24:22 b nny 16Awo Erisa n’amulekako akabanga, n’addayo, n’agenda n’asala omugogo gw’ente, ennyama n’agifumbisa ebiti by’enkumbi, n’agabira abantu ne balya. Awo n’agolokoka n’agoberera Eriya era n’amuweerezanga.
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 afraid19:3 Or Elijah saw 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 travelled for 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 ploughing 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 ploughing 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.
