1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. 2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. 5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. 7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
8 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. 11 And as she was going to fetch it , he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. 12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. 13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. 14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. 15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. 16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
17 ¶ And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son? 19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. 20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? 21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again. 22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. 23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
24 ¶ And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
1 et dixit Helias Thesbites de habitatoribus Galaad ad Ahab
vivit Dominus Deus Israhel in cuius conspectu sto
si erit annis his ros et pluvia nisi iuxta oris mei verba
2 et factum est verbum Domini ad eum dicens
3 recede hinc et vade contra orientem
et abscondere in torrente Charith qui est contra Iordanem
4 et ibi de torrente bibes corvisque praecepi ut pascant te ibi
5 abiit ergo et fecit iuxta verbum Domini
cumque abisset sedit in torrente Charith qui est contra
Iordanem
6 corvi quoque deferebant panem et carnes mane
similiter panem et carnes vesperi et bibebat de torrente
7 post dies autem siccatus est torrens non enim pluerat super terram
8 factus est igitur sermo Domini ad eum dicens
9 surge et vade in Sareptha Sidoniorum et manebis ibi
praecepi enim ibi mulieri viduae ut pascat te
10 surrexit et abiit Sareptham
cumque venisset ad portam civitatis
apparuit ei mulier vidua colligens ligna
et vocavit eam dixitque
da mihi paululum aquae in vase ut bibam
11 cumque illa pergeret ut adferret clamavit post tergum eius dicens
adfer mihi obsecro et buccellam panis in manu tua
12 quae respondit vivit Dominus Deus tuus quia non habeo panem
nisi quantum pugillus capere potest farinae in hydria
et paululum olei in lecytho
en colligo duo ligna
ut ingrediar et faciam illud mihi et filio meo
ut comedamus et moriamur
13 ad quam Helias ait noli timere sed vade et fac sicut dixisti
verumtamen mihi primum fac de ipsa farinula subcinericium panem parvulum
et adfer ad me
tibi autem et filio tuo facies postea
14 haec autem dicit Dominus Deus Israhel
hydria farinae non deficiet nec lecythus olei minuetur
usque ad diem in qua daturus est Dominus pluviam super
faciem terrae
15 quae abiit et fecit iuxta verbum Heliae
et comedit ipse et illa et domus eius
et ex illa die
16 hydria farinae non defecit
et lecythus olei non est inminutus
iuxta verbum Domini quod locutus fuerat in manu Heliae
17 factum est autem post verba haec
aegrotavit filius mulieris matris familiae
et erat languor fortis nimis
ita ut non remaneret in eo halitus
18 dixit ergo ad Heliam quid mihi et tibi vir Dei
ingressus es ad me ut rememorarentur iniquitates meae
et interficeres filium meum
19 et ait ad eam da mihi filium tuum
tulitque eum de sinu illius
et portavit in cenaculum ubi ipse manebat
et posuit super lectulum suum
20 et clamavit ad Dominum et dixit Domine Deus meus
etiamne viduam apud quam ego utcumque sustentor adflixisti
ut interficeres filium eius
21 et expandit se atque mensus est super puerum tribus vicibus
clamavitque ad Dominum et ait Domine Deus meus
revertatur oro anima pueri huius in viscera eius
22 exaudivit Dominus vocem Heliae
et reversa est anima pueri intra eum et revixit
23 tulitque Helias puerum
et deposuit eum de cenaculo in inferiorem domum
et tradidit matri suae et ait illi en vivit filius tuus
24 dixitque mulier ad Heliam
nunc in isto cognovi quoniam vir Dei es tu
et verbum Domini in ore tuo verum est