1 Kings, 17

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.

1. Now Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As Yahweh, the God of Israel whom I serve lives, neither dew shall drop nor rain fall except at my command."

2. And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

2. Then the word of Yahweh came to Elijah,

3. Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that [is] before Jordan.

3. "Leave this place and go eastward. Hide yourself by the brook Cherith, east of the Jordan.

4. And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

4. You shall drink from the brook and, for your food, I have commanded the ravens to feed you 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.

5. So Elijah obeyed the word of Yahweh and went to live by the brook Cherith, east of the 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.

6. There the ravens brought him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and he drank from 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.

7. After a while, the brook dried up because no rain had fallen in the land.

8. And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

8. Then Yahweh spoke to Elijah,

9. Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which [belongeth] to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

9. "Go to Zarephath of the Sidonites and stay there. I have given word to a widow there to give you food."

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.

10. So Elijah went to Zarephath. On reaching the gate of the town, he saw a widow gathering sticks. He called to her and said, "Bring me 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.

11. As she was going to bring it, he called after her and said, "Bring me also a piece of bread."

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.

12. But she answered, "As Yahweh your God lives, I have no bread left but only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. I am just now gathering some sticks so that I may go in and prepare something for myself and my son to eat - 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.

13. Elijah then said to her, "Do not be afraid. Go and do as you have said, but first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me; then make some for yourself and your 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.

14. For this is the word of Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'The jar of meal shall not be emptied nor shall the jug of oil fail, until the day when Yahweh sends rain to 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.

15. So she went and did as Elijah told her; and she had food for herself, Elijah and her son from that day on.

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.

16. The jar of flour was not emptied nor did the jug of oil fail, in accordance with what Yahweh had said through 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.

17. After this, the son of this housewife became ill. And such was his illness that he stopped breathing.

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?

18. She then said to Elijah, "What did you do, O man of God? Have you come to uncover past sins and cause my son's death?"

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.

19. He answered, "Give me your son." Taking him from her lap, he carried him up to the upper room where he was staying and laid him on 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?

20. Then he called on Yahweh, "O Yahweh, my God, will you afflict even the widow with whom I am residing by letting her son die?"

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.

21. Then he stretched himself on the child three times and called on Yahweh, "O Yahweh, my God, let this child's breath return to him."

22. And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

22. Yahweh listened to the pleading of Elijah and the child's breath returned to him, and he lived.

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.

23. Elijah then took the child and brought him down from the upper room. He gave him to his mother and said, "See, your son is alive."

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.

24. Then the woman said to Elijah, "Now I am certain that you are a man of God, and that your words really came from Yahweh."