열왕기상 19

1아합이 엘리야의 무릇 행한 일과 그가 어떻게 모든 선지자를 칼로 죽인 것을 이세벨에게 고하니 2이세벨이 사자를 엘리야에게 보내어 이르되 내가 내일 이맘때에는 정녕 네 생명으로 저 사람들 중 한 사람의 생명 같게 하리라 아니하면 신들이 내게 벌 위에 벌을 내림이 마땅하니라 한지라 3저가 이 형편을 보고 일어나 그 생명을 위하여 도망하여 유다에 속한 브엘세바에 이르러 자기의 사환을 그곳에 머물게 하고 4스스로 광야로 들어가 하룻 길쯤 행하고 한 로뎀나무 아래 앉아서 죽기를 구하여 가로되 여호와여 넉넉하오니 지금 내 생명을 취하옵소서 나는 내 열조보다 낫지 못하니이다 하고 5로뎀나무 아래 누워 자더니 천사가 어루만지며 이르되 일어나서 먹으라 하는지라 6본즉 머리맡에 숯불에 구운 떡과 한 병 물이 있더라 이에 먹고 마시고 다시 누웠더니 7여호와의 사자가 또 다시 와서 어루만지며 이르되 일어나서 먹으라 네가 길을 이기지 못할까 하노라 하는지라 8이에 일어나 먹고 마시고 그 식물의 힘을 의지하여 사십 주 사십 야를 행하여 하나님의 산 호렙에 이르니라 9엘리야가 그곳 굴에 들어가 거기서 유하더니 여호와의 말씀이 저에게 임하여 이르시되 엘리야야 네가 어찌하여 여기 있느냐 10저가 대답하되 내가 만군의 하나님 여호와를 위하여 열심이 특심하오니 이는 이스라엘 자손이 주의 언약을 버리고 주의 단을 헐며 칼로 주의 선지자들을 죽였음이오며 오직 나만 남았거늘 저희가 내 생명을 찾아 취하려 하나이다 11여호와께서 가라사대 너는 나가서 여호와의 앞에서 산에 섰으라 하시더니 여호와께서 지나가시는데 여호와의 앞에 크고 강한 바람이 산을 가르고 바위를 부수나 바람 가운데 여호와께서 계시지 아니하며 바람 후에 지진이 있으나 지진 가운데도 여호와께서 계시지 아니하며 12또 지진 후에 불이 있으나 불 가운데도 여호와께서 계시지 아니하더니 불 후에 세미한 소리가 있는지라 13엘리야가 듣고 겉옷으로 얼굴을 가리우고 나가 굴 어귀에 서매 소리가 있어 저에게 임하여 가라사대 엘리야야 네가 어찌하여 여기 있느냐 14저가 대답하되 내가 만군의 하나님 여호와를 위하여 열심이 특심하오니 이는 이스라엘 자손이 주의 언약을 버리고 주의 단을 헐며 칼로 주의 선지자들을 죽였음이오며 오직 나만 남았거늘 저희가 내 생명을 찾아 취하려 하나이다 15여호와께서 저에게 이르시되 너는 네 길을 돌이켜 광야로 말미암아 다메섹에 가서 이르거든 하사엘에게 기름을 부어 아람 왕이 되게 하고 16너는 또 님시의 아들 예후에게 기름을 부어 이스라엘 왕이 되게 하고 또 아벨므홀라 사밧의 아들 엘리사에게 기름을 부어 너를 대신하여 선지자가 되게 하라 17하사엘의 칼을 피하는 자를 예후가 죽일 것이요 예후의 칼을 피하는 자를 엘리사가 죽이리라 18그러나 내가 이스라엘 가운데 칠천 인을 남기리니 다 무릎을 바알에게 꿇지 아니하고 다 그 입을 바알에게 맞추지 아니한 자니라 19엘리야가 거기서 떠나 사밧의 아들 엘리사를 만나니 저가 열두 겨리 소를 앞세우고 밭을 가는데 자기는 열둘째 겨리와 함께 있더라 엘리야가 그리로 건너가서 겉옷을 그의 위에 던졌더니 20저가 소를 버리고 엘리야에게로 달려가서 이르되 청컨대 나로 내 부모와 입맞추게 하소서 그리한 후에 내가 당신을 따르리이다 엘리야가 저에게 이르되 돌아가라 내가 네게 어떻게 행하였느냐 하니라 21엘리사가 저를 떠나 돌아가서 소 한 겨리를 취하여 잡고 소의 기구를 불살라 그 고기를 삶아 백성에게 주어 먹게 하고 일어나 가서 엘리야를 좇으며 수종들었더라

1Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don’t make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!” 3When he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. 4But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough. Now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.” 5He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat!” 6He looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again. 7Yahweh’s angel came again the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.” 8He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God. 9He came there to a cave, and lodged there; and behold, Yahweh’s word came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 10He said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.” 11He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before Yahweh.” Behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Yahweh; but Yahweh was not in the wind. After the wind an earthquake; but Yahweh was not in the earthquake. 12After the earthquake a fire passed; but Yahweh was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. 13It was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold, a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 14He said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.” 15Yahweh said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. 16You shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel; and you shall anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah to be prophet in your place. 17It shall happen, that he who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and he who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill. 18Yet will I leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.” 19So he departed there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed over to him, and cast his mantle on him. 20He left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” He said to him, “Go back again; for what have I done to you?” 21He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and served him.

1En Achab zeide Izebel aan al wat Elia gedaan had, en allen, die hij gedood had, te weten al de profeten, met het zwaard. 2Toen zond Izebel een bode tot Elia, om te zeggen: Zo doen mij de goden, en doen zo daartoe, voorzeker, ik zal morgen omtrent dezen tijd uw ziel stellen, als de ziel van een hunner. 3Toen hij dat zag, maakte hij zich op, en ging heen, om zijns levens wil, en kwam te Ber-seba, dat in Juda is, en liet zijn jongen aldaar. 4Maar hij zelf ging henen in de woestijn een dagreis, en kwam, en zat onder een jeneverboom; en bad, dat zijn ziel stierve, en zeide: Het is genoeg; neem nu, HEERE, mijn ziel, want ik ben niet beter dan mijn vaderen. 5En hij legde zich neder, en sliep onder een jeneverboom; en ziet, toen roerde hem een engel aan, en zeide tot hem: Sta op, eet; 6En hij zag om, en ziet, aan zijn hoofdeinde was een koek op de kolen gebakken, en een fles met water; alzo at hij, en dronk, en legde zich wederom neder. 7En de engel des HEEREN kwam ten anderen male weder, en roerde hem aan, en zeide: Sta op, eet, want de weg zou te veel voor u zijn. 8Zo stond hij op, en at, en dronk; en hij ging, door de kracht derzelver spijs, veertig dagen en veertig nachten, tot aan den berg Gods, Horeb. 9En hij kwam aldaar in een spelonk, en vernachtte aldaar; en ziet, het woord des HEEREN geschiedde tot hem, en zeide tot hem: Wat maakt gij hier, Elia? 10En hij zeide: Ik heb zeer geijverd voor den HEERE, den God der heirscharen; want de kinderen Israels hebben Uw verbond verlaten, Uw altaren afgebroken en Uw profeten met het zwaard gedood; en ik alleen ben overgebleven, en zij zoeken mijn ziel, om die weg te nemen. 11En Hij zeide: Ga uit, en sta op dezen berg, voor het aangezicht des HEEREN. En ziet, de HEERE ging voorbij, en een grote en sterke wind, scheurende de bergen, en brekende de steenrotsen, voor den HEERE henen; doch de HEERE was in den wind niet; en na dezen wind een aardbeving; de HEERE was ook in de aardbeving niet; 12En na de aardbeving een vuur; de HEERE was ook in het vuur niet; en na het vuur het suizen van een zachte stilte. 13En het geschiedde, als Elia dat hoorde, dat hij zijn aangezicht bewond met zijn mantel, en uitging, en stond in den ingang der spelonk. En ziet, een stem kwam tot hem, die zeide: Wat maakt gij hier, Elia? 14En hij zeide: Ik heb zeer geijverd voor den HEERE, den God der heirscharen; want de kinderen Israels hebben Uw verbond verlaten, Uw altaren afgebroken en Uw profeten met het zwaard gedood; en ik alleen ben overgebleven, en zij zoeken mijn ziel, om die weg te nemen. 15En de HEERE zeide tot hem: Ga, keer weder op uwen weg, naar de woestijn van Damaskus; en ga daar in, en zalf Hazael ten koning over Syrie. 16Daartoe zult gij Jehu, den zoon van Nimsi, zalven ten koning over Israel; en Elisa, den zoon van Safat, van Abel-mehola, zult gij tot profeet zalven in uw plaats. 17En het zal geschieden, dat Jehu hem, die van het zwaard van Hazael ontkomt, doden zal; en die van het zwaard van Jehu ontkomt, dien zal Elisa doden. 18Ook heb Ik in Israel doen overblijven zeven duizend, alle knieen, die zich niet gebogen hebben voor Baal, en allen mond, die hem niet gekust heeft. 19Zo ging hij van daar, en vond Elisa, den zoon van Safat; dezelve ploegde met twaalf juk runderen voor zich henen, en hij was bij het twaalfde; en Elia ging over tot hem, en wierp zijn mantel op hem. 20En hij verliet de runderen, en liep Elia na, en zeide: Dat ik toch mijn vader en mijn moeder kusse, daarna zal ik u navolgen. En hij zeide tot hem: Ga, keer weder; want wat heb ik u gedaan? 21Zo keerde hij weder van achter hem af, en nam een juk runderen, en slachtte het, en met het gereedschap der runderen zood hij hun vlees, hetwelk hij aan het volk gaf; en zij aten. Daarna stond hij op, en volgde Elia na, en diende hem.