ኤልያስን ቍራዎች መገቡት
1በዚህ ጊዜ ከገለዓድ ነዋሪዎች አንዱ የሆነው ቴስብያዊው ኤልያስ አክዓብን፣ “የማመልከው ሕያው እግዚአብሔርን፣ በእኔ ቃል ካልሆነ በቀር፣ በሚቀጥሉት ዓመታት ዝናብ ወይም ጠል አይኖርም” አለው።
2ከዚያም እንዲህ የሚል የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ለኤልያስ መጣለት፤ 3“ከዚህ ተነሥተህ ወደ ምሥራቅ ሂድ፤ ከዮርዳኖስ በስተ ምሥራቅ ባለው በኮራት ወንዝ ተሸሸግ። 4ውሃ ከወንዙ ትጠጣለህ፤ ቍራዎችም እዚያው እንዲመግቡህ አዝዣለሁ።”
5ስለዚህ እግዚአብሔር ያዘዘውን ፈጸመ፤ ከዮርዳኖስ በስተ ምሥራቅ ወዳለው ወደ ኮራት ወንዝ ሄዶ በዚያ ተቀመጠ። 6ቍራዎችም ጧትና ማታ እንጀራና ሥጋ ያመጡለት ነበር፤ ውሃም ከወንዙ ይጠጣ ነበር።
የሰራፕታዪቱ መበለት
7በምድሪቱ ላይ ዝናብ ባለመጣሉ ከጥቂት ጊዜ በኋላ ወንዙ ደረቀ። 8ከዚያም እንዲህ የሚል የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ወደ ኤልያስ መጣ፤ 9“ተነሥና ሲዶና ውስጥ ወዳለችው ወደ ሰራፕታ ሄደህ ተቀመጥ፤ በዚያም አንዲት መበለት እንድትመግብህ አዝዣለሁ።” 10ስለዚህ ተነሥቶ ወደ ሰራፕታ ሄደ። ወደ ከተማዪቱ በር እንደ ደረሰም፣ አንዲት መበለት ጭራሮ ስትለቃቅም አገኛት፤ ጠርቶም፣ “የምጠጣው ውሃ በዕቃ ታመጪልኛለሽን?” ሲል ለመናት። 11ልታመጣለት ስትሄድ አሁንም ጠራትና፣ “እባክሽን፣ ቍራሽ እንጀራም ይዘሽልኝ ነይ” አላት።
12እርሷም መልሳ፣ “አምላክህን ሕያው እግዚአብሔርን! በማድጋ ካለው ዕፍኝ ዱቄትና በማሰሮ ካለው ጥቂት ዘይት በቀር ምንም የለኝም። እነሆ፤ ለራሴና ለልጄ ምግብ አዘጋጅቼ በልተን እንድንሞት ጭራሮ ለቃቅሜ ወደ ቤት ልወስድ ነው” አለችው።
13ኤልያስም መልሶ እንዲህ አላት፤ “አይዞሽ አትፍሪ፤ ወደ ቤት ገብተሽ እንዳልሽው አድርጊ፤ በመጀመሪያ ግን ከዚያችው ካለችሽ ትንሽ ዕንጐቻ ጋግረሽ አምጪልኝ፤ ከዚያም ለራስሽና ለልጅሽ ጋግሪ፤ 14የእስራኤል አምላክ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ ‘እግዚአብሔር ለምድሪቱ ዝናብ እስከሚሰጥበት ዕለት ድረስ፤ ከማድጋው ዱቄት አይጠፋም፤ ከማሰሮውም ዘይት አያልቅም።’ ”
15እርሷም ሄዳ ኤልያስ እንደ ነገራት አደረገች፤ በዚህ ሁኔታም ኤልያስ፣ መበለቲቱና ቤተ ሰቧ ብዙ ቀን ተመገቡ፤ 16በኤልያስ በተነገረው የእግዚአብሔር ቃል መሠረት ከማድጋው ዱቄት አልጠፋም፤ ከማሰሮውም ዘይት አላለቀም ነበርና።
17ከጥቂት ጊዜ በኋላም የባለቤቲቱ ልጅ ታመመ፤ ሕመሙ እየጠናበት ሄደ፣ በመጨረሻም ትንፋሹ ቀጥ አለ። 18እርሷም ኤልያስን፤ “የእግዚአብሔር ሰው ሆይ፤ እኔ ምን አደረግሁህ? እዚህ የመጣኸው ኀጢአቴን አስታውሰህ ልጄን ለመግደል ነውን?” አለችው።
19ኤልያስም መልሶ፣ “ልጅሽን ስጪኝ” አላት፤ ልጁንም ከዕቅፏ ወስዶ እርሱ ወደሚኖርበት ሰገነት በማውጣት በዐልጋው ላይ አስተኛው። 20ከዚያም፣ “አምላኬ እግዚአብሔር ሆይ፤ ልጇን እንዲሞት በማድረግ ተቀብላ በምታስተናግደኝ በዚህች መበለት ላይም መከራ ታመጣባታለህን?” ብሎ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ጮኸ። 21በልጁም ላይ ሦስት ጊዜ ተዘርግቶ፣ “አምላኬ እግዚአብሔር ሆይ፤ የዚህ ልጅ ነፍስ ትመለስለት” ብሎ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ጮኸ።
22እግዚአብሔርም የኤልያስን ጩኸት ሰማ፤ የልጁም ነፍስ ተመለሰችለት፤ እርሱም ዳነ። 23ከዚያም ኤልያስ ልጁን አስነሥቶ ከሰገነቱ ወደ ምድር ቤት አወረደው፤ ለእናቱም “ልጅሽ ይኸውልሽ፤ ድኖልሻል!” ብሎ ሰጣት።
24ከዚያም ሴቲቱ ኤልያስን፣ “አሁን የእግዚአብሔር ሰው መሆንህን፣ ከአንደበትህም የወጣው የእግዚአብሔር ቃል እውነት መሆኑን ዐወቅሁ” አለችው።
Elijah Announces No Dew or Rain
1Elijah was from Tishbe in the land of Gilead. He said to Ahab, “I serve the Lord. He is the God of Israel. You can be sure that he lives. And you can be just as sure that there won’t be any dew or rain on the whole land. There won’t be any during the next few years. It won’t come until I say so.”
Elijah Is Fed by Ravens
2Then a message came to Elijah from the Lord. He said, 3“Leave this place. Go east and hide in the Kerith Valley. It is east of the Jordan River. 4You will drink water from the brook. I have directed some ravens to supply you with food there.”
5So Elijah did what the Lord had told him to do. He went to the Kerith Valley. It was east of the Jordan River. He stayed there. 6The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning. They also brought him bread and meat in the evening. He drank water from the brook.
Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath
7Some time later the brook dried up. It hadn’t rained in the land for quite a while. 8A message came to Elijah from the Lord. He said, 9“Go right away to Zarephath in the region of Sidon. Stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” 10So Elijah went to Zarephath. He came to the town gate. A widow was there gathering sticks. He called out to her. He asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar? I need a drink.” 11She went to get the water. Then he called out to her, “Please bring me a piece of bread too.”
12“I don’t have any bread,” she replied. “And that’s just as sure as the Lord your God is alive. All I have is a small amount of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I’m gathering a few sticks to take home. I’ll make one last meal for myself and my son. We’ll eat it. After that, we’ll die.”
13Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home. Do what you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me. Make it out of what you have. Bring it to me. Then make some for yourself and your son. 14The Lord is the God of Israel. He says, ‘The jar of flour will not be used up. The jug will always have oil in it. You will have flour and oil until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’ ”
15She went away and did what Elijah had told her to do. So Elijah had food every day. There was also food for the woman and her family. 16The jar of flour wasn’t used up. The jug always had oil in it. That’s what the Lord had said would happen. He had spoken that message through Elijah.
17Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became sick. He got worse and worse. Finally he stopped breathing. 18The woman said to Elijah, “You are a man of God. What do you have against me? Did you come to bring my sin out into the open? Did you come to kill my son?”
19“Give me your son,” Elijah replied. He took him from her arms. He carried him to the upstairs room where he was staying. He put him down on his bed. 20Then Elijah cried out to the Lord. He said, “Lord my God, I’m staying with this widow. Have you brought pain and sorrow even to her? Have you caused her son to die?” 21Then he lay down on the boy three times. He cried out to the Lord. He said, “Lord my God, give this boy’s life back to him!”
22The Lord answered Elijah’s prayer. He gave the boy’s life back to him. So the boy lived. 23Elijah picked up the boy. He carried him down from the upstairs room into the house. He gave him to his mother. He said, “Look! Your son is alive!”
24Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God. I know that the message you have brought from the Lord is true.”
