Elijah
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.
Basi Eliya Mtishbi, wa wageni wa Gileadi, akamwambia Ahabu, Kama Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, aishivyo, ambaye ninasimama mbele zake, hakutakuwa na umande wala mvua miaka hii, ila kwa neno langu.
2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
Neno la Bwana likamjia, kusema,
3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
Ondoka hapa, geuka, uende upande wa mashariki, ujifiche karibu na kijito cha Kerithi kinachokabili Yordani.
4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
Itakuwa utakunywa maji ya kile kijito; nami nimewaamuru kunguru wakulishe huko.
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.
Basi akaenda akafanya kama alivyosema Bwana; kwa kuwa akaenda akakaa karibu na kijito cha Kerithi, kinachokabili Yordani.
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.
Kunguru wakamletea mkate na nyama asubuhi, na mkate na nyama jioni, akanywa maji ya kile kijito.
7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
Ikawa, baada ya siku kupita, kile kijito kikakatika, kwa sababu mvua haikunyesha katika nchi.
At Zarephath
8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
Neno la Bwana likamjia, kusema,
9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
Ondoka, uende Sarepta, ulio mji wa Sidoni, ukae huko. Tazama, nimemwagiza mwanamke mjane wa huko akulishe.
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.
Basi, akaondoka, akaenda Sarepta; hata alipofika langoni pa mji, kumbe! Mwanamke mjane alikuwako akiokota kuni; akamwita, akamwambia, Niletee, nakuomba, maji kidogo chomboni nipate kunywa.
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.
Alipokuwa akienda kuleta, akamwita akasema, Niletee, nakuomba, kipande cha mkate mkononi mwako.
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.
Naye akasema, Kama Bwana, Mungu wako, aishivyo, sina mkate, ila konzi ya unga katika pipa, na mafuta kidogo katika chupa; nami ninaokota kuni mbili ili niingie nijipikie nafsi yangu na mwanangu, tuule tukafe.
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.
Eliya akamwambia, Usiogope; enenda ukafanye kama ulivyosema; lakini unifanyie kwanza mkate mdogo ukaniletee; kisha ujifanyie nafsi yako na mwanao.
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.
Kwa kuwa Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, asema hivi, Lile pipa la unga halitapunguka, wala ile chupa ya mafuta haitaisha, hata siku ile Bwana atakapoleta mvua juu ya nchi.
15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
Basi akaenda, akafanya kama alivyosema Eliya; na yeye mwenyewe, na Eliya, na nyumba yake, wakala siku nyingi.
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.
Lile pipa la unga halikupunguka, wala ile chupa ya mafuta haikuisha, sawasawa na neno la Bwana alilolinena kwa kinywa cha Eliya.
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.
Ikawa, baada ya hayo, mwana wake yule mwanamke, bibi wa nyumba ile, akaugua; ugonjwa wake ukazidi hata akawa hana pumzi tena.
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?
Akamwambia Eliya, Nina nini nawe, Ee mtu wa Mungu? Je! Umenijia ili dhambi yangu ikumbukwe, ukamwue mwanangu?
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.
Akamwambia, Nipe mwanao. Akamtoa katika kifua chake, akamchukua juu chumbani mle alimokaa mwenyewe, akamlaza kitandani pake.
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?
Akamwomba Bwana, akanena, Ee Bwana, Mungu wangu, je! Umemtenda mabaya mjane huyu ninayekaa kwake hata kumfisha mwanawe.
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.
Akajinyosha juu ya mtoto mara tatu, akamwomba Bwana, akanena, Ee Bwana, Mungu wangu, nakusihi, roho ya mtoto huyu imrudie ndani yake tena.
22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
Bwana akaisikia sauti ya Eliya; na roho ya mtoto ikamrudia, akafufuka.
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.
Eliya akamtwaa mtoto, akamchukua toka orofani mpaka chini ya nyumba ile, akampa mama yake. Eliya akanena, Tazama, mwanao yu hai.
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.
Mwanamke akamwambia Eliya, Sasa najua ya kuwa wewe ndiwe mtu wa Mungu, na ya kuwa neno la Bwana kinywani mwako ni kweli.
