I Kings 17

وَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا التِّشْبِيُّ مِنْ مُسْتَوْطِنِي جِلْعَادَ لأَخْآبَ: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ إِلهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّذِي وَقَفْتُ أَمَامَهُ، إِنَّهُ لاَ يَكُونُ طَلٌّ وَلاَ مَطَرٌ فِي هذِهِ السِّنِينَ إِلاَّ عِنْدَ قَوْلِي».

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.

وَكَانَ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ لَهُ قَائِلاً:

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

«انْطَلِقْ مِنْ هُنَا وَاتَّجِهْ نَحْوَ الْمَشْرِقِ، وَاخْتَبِئْ عِنْدَ نَهْرِ كَرِيثَ الَّذِي هُوَ مُقَابِلُ الأُرْدُنِّ،

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

فَتَشْرَبَ مِنَ النَّهْرِ. وَقَدْ أَمَرْتُ الْغِرْبَانَ أَنْ تَعُولَكَ هُنَاكَ».

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

فَانْطَلَقَ وَعَمِلَ حَسَبَ كَلاَمِ الرَّبِّ، وَذَهَبَ فَأَقَامَ عِنْدَ نَهْرِ كَرِيثَ الَّذِي هُوَ مُقَابِلُ الأُرْدُنِّ.

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.

وَكَانَتِ الْغِرْبَانُ تَأْتِي إِلَيْهِ بِخُبْزٍ وَلَحْمٍ صَبَاحًا، وَبِخُبْزٍ وَلَحْمٍ مَسَاءً، وَكَانَ يَشْرَبُ مِنَ النَّهْرِ.

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

وَكَانَ بَعْدَ مُدَّةٍ مِنَ الزَّمَانِ أَنَّ النَّهْرَ يَبِسَ، لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَطَرٌ فِي الأَرْضِ.

And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

وَكَانَ لَهُ كَلاَمُ الرَّبِّ قَائِلاً:

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

«قُمِ اذْهَبْ إِلَى صِرْفَةَ الَّتِي لِصِيدُونَ وَأَقِمْ هُنَاكَ. هُوَذَا قَدْ أَمَرْتُ هُنَاكَ أَرْمَلَةً أَنْ تَعُولَكَ».

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

فَقَامَ وَذَهَبَ إِلَى صِرْفَةَ. وَجَاءَ إِلَى بَابِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَإِذَا بِامْرَأَةٍ أَرْمَلَةٍ هُنَاكَ تَقُشُّ عِيدَانًا، فَنَادَاهَا وَقَالَ: «هَاتِي لِي قَلِيلَ مَاءٍ فِي إِنَاءٍ فَأَشْرَبَ».

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.

وَفِيمَا هِيَ ذَاهِبَةٌ لِتَأْتِيَ بِهِ، نَادَاهَا وَقَالَ: «هَاتِي لِي كِسْرَةَ خُبْزٍ فِي يَدِكِ».

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.

فَقَالَتْ: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكَ، إِنَّهُ لَيْسَتْ عِنْدِي كَعْكَةٌ، وَلكِنْ مِلْءُ كَفّ مِنَ الدَّقِيقِ فِي الْكُوَّارِ، وَقَلِيلٌ مِنَ الزَّيْتِ فِي الْكُوزِ، وَهأَنَذَا أَقُشُّ عُودَيْنِ لآتِيَ وَأَعْمَلَهُ لِي وَلابْنِي لِنَأْكُلَهُ ثُمَّ نَمُوتُ».

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.

فَقَالَ لَهَا إِيلِيَّا: «لاَ تَخَافِي. ادْخُلِي وَاعْمَلِي كَقَوْلِكِ، وَلكِنِ اعْمَلِي لِي مِنْهَا كَعْكَةً صَغِيرَةً أَوَّلاً وَاخْرُجِي بِهَا إِلَيَّ، ثُمَّ اعْمَلِي لَكِ وَلابْنِكِ أَخِيرًا.

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.

لأَنَّهُ هكَذَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ إِلهُ إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنَّ كُوَّارَ الدَّقِيقِ لاَ يَفْرُغُ، وَكُوزَ الزَّيْتِ لاَ يَنْقُصُ، إِلَى الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي فِيهِ يُعْطِي الرَّبُّ مَطَرًا عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ».

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.

فَذَهَبَتْ وَفَعَلَتْ حَسَبَ قَوْلِ إِيلِيَّا، وَأَكَلَتْ هِيَ وَهُوَ وَبَيْتُهَا أَيَّامًا.

And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

كُوَّارُ الدَّقِيقِ لَمْ يَفْرُغْ، وَكُوزُ الزَّيْتِ لَمْ يَنْقُصْ، حَسَبَ قَوْلِ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ عَنْ يَدِ إِيلِيَّا.

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.

وَبَعْدَ هذِهِ الأُمُورِ مَرِضَ ابْنُ الْمَرْأَةِ صَاحِبَةِ الْبَيْتِ وَاشْتَدَّ مَرَضُهُ جِدًّا حَتَّى لَمْ تَبْقَ فِيهِ نَسَمَةٌ.

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.

فَقَالَتْ لإِيلِيَّا: «مَا لِي وَلَكَ يَا رَجُلَ اللهِ! هَلْ جِئْتَ إِلَيَّ لِتَذْكِيرِ إِثْمِي وَإِمَاتَةِ ابْنِي؟».

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?

فَقَالَ لَهَا: «أَعْطِينِي ابْنَكِ». وَأَخَذَهُ مِنْ حِضْنِهَا وَصَعِدَ بِهِ إِلَى الْعُلِّيَّةِ الَّتِي كَانَ مُقِيمًا بِهَا، وَأَضْجَعَهُ عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ،

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.

وَصَرَخَ إِلَى الرَّبِّ وَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلهِي، أَأَيْضًا إِلَى الأَرْمَلَةِ الَّتِي أَنَا نَازِلٌ عِنْدَهَا قَدْ أَسَأْتَ بِإِمَاتَتِكَ ابْنَهَا؟»

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?

فَتَمَدَّدَ عَلَى الْوَلَدِ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ، وَصَرَخَ إِلَى الرَّبِّ وَقَالَ: «يَا رَبُّ إِلهِي، لِتَرْجعْ نَفْسُ هذَا الْوَلَدِ إِلَى جَوْفِهِ».

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.

فَسَمِعَ الرَّبُّ لِصَوْتِ إِيلِيَّا، فَرَجَعَتْ نَفْسُ الْوَلَدِ إِلَى جَوْفِهِ فَعَاشَ.

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

فَأَخَذَ إِيلِيَّا الْوَلَدَ وَنَزَلَ بِهِ مِنَ الْعُلِّيَّةِ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ وَدَفَعَهُ لأُمِّهِ، وَقَالَ إِيلِيَّا: «انْظُرِي، ابْنُكِ حَيٌّ»

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.

فَقَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ لإِيلِيَّا: «هذَا الْوَقْتَ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ رَجُلُ اللهِ، وَأَنَّ كَلاَمَ الرَّبِّ فِي فَمِكَ حَقٌّ».

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.