On Mount Horeb
1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
Basi, Ahabu akamwambia Yezebeli habari ya mambo yote aliyoyafanya Eliya, na jinsi alivyowaua manabii wote kwa upanga.
2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me , and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
Ndipo Yezebeli akampelekea Eliya mjumbe, kusema, Miungu wanifanyie hivyo na kuzidi, nisipokufanya roho yako kesho, panapo wakati huu, kama roho ya mmojawapo wa hao.
3 And when he saw that , he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
Naye alipoona hayo, aliondoka, akaenda aihifadhi roho yake, akafika Beer-sheba, mji wa Yuda, akamwacha mtumishi wake huko.
4 But 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 LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
Lakini yeye mwenyewe akaendelea katika jangwa mwendo wa siku moja, akaenda akaketi chini ya mretemu. Akajiombea roho yake afe, akasema, Yatosha; sasa, Ee Bwana, uiondoe roho yangu; kwa kuwa mimi si mwema kuliko baba zangu.
5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
Naye akajinyosha akalala chini ya mretemu; na tazama, malaika akamgusa, akamwambia, Inuka, ule.
6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
Akatazama, kumbe! Pana mkate umeokwa juu ya makaa, na gudulia la maji, kichwani pake. Akala, akanywa, akajinyosha tena.
7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
Malaika wa Bwana akamwendea mara ya pili, akamgusa, akasema, Inuka, ule; maana safari hii ni kubwa mno kwako.
8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
Akainuka, akala, akanywa, akaenda katika nguvu za chakula hicho siku arobaini mchana na usiku hata akafika Horebu, mlima wa Mungu.
9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
Akafika kunako pango, akalala ndani yake. Na tazama, neno la Bwana likamjia, naye akamwambia, Unafanya nini hapa, Eliya?
10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Akasema, Nimeona wivu mwingi kwa ajili ya Bwana Mungu wa majeshi; kwa kuwa wana wa Israeli wameyaacha maagano yako, na kuzivunja madhabahu zako, na kuwaua manabii wako kwa upanga; nami nimesalia, mimi peke yangu; nao wanitafuta roho yangu, waiondoe.
11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
Akasema, Toka, usimame mlimani mbele za Bwana. Na tazama, Bwana akapita; upepo mwingi wa nguvu ukaipasua milima, ukaivunja-vunja miamba mbele za Bwana; lakini Bwana hakuwamo katika upepo ule; na baada ya upepo, tetemeko la nchi; lakini Bwana hakuwamo katika lile tetemeko la nchi;
12 and after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
na baada ya tetemeko la nchi kukawa na moto; lakini Bwana hakuwamo katika moto ule; na baada ya moto sauti ndogo, ya utulivu.
13 And it was so , when Elijah heard it , that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
Ikawa, Eliya alipoisikia, alijifunika uso wake katika mavazi yake, akatoka, akasimama mlangoni mwa pango. Na tazama, sauti ikamjia, kusema, Unafanya nini hapa, Eliya?
14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Akasema, Nimeona wivu mwingi kwa ajili ya Bwana, Mungu wa majeshi; kwa kuwa wana wa Israeli wameyaacha maagano yako, na kuzivunja madhabahu zako, na kuwaua manabii wako kwa upanga; nami nimesalia, mimi peke yangu; nao wanitafuta roho yangu waiondoe.
15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:
Bwana akamwambia, Enenda, urudi njia ya jangwa la Dameski; ukifika, mtie mafuta Hazaeli awe mfalme wa Shamu.
16 and Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
Na Yehu mwana wa Nimshi mtie mafuta awe mfalme wa Israeli; na Elisha mwana wa Shafati wa Abel-Mehola mtie mafuta awe nabii mahali pako.
17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
Na itakuwa atakayeokoka na upanga wa Hazaeli, Yehu atamwua; na atakayeokoka na upanga wa Yehu, Elisha atamwua.
18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
Pamoja na hayo nitajisazia katika Israeli watu elfu saba, kila goti lisilomwinamia Baali, na kila kinywa kisichombusu.
The Call of Elisha
19 So he departed thence, 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 by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
Basi, akaondoka huko, akamkuta Elisha mwana wa Shafati, aliyekuwa akilima, mwenye jozi za ng'ombe kumi na mbili mbele yake, na yeye mwenyewe alikuwa pamoja na lile la kumi na mbili. Eliya akapita karibu naye, akatupa vazi lake juu yake.
20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
Naye akawaacha ng'ombe, akamfuata Eliya mbio, akasema, Nipe ruhusa, nakuomba, nimbusu baba yangu na mama yangu, kisha mimi nitakufuata. Akamwambia, Enenda, urudi; ni nini niliyokutendea?
21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.
Akarudi akiacha kumfuata, akatwaa lile jozi la ng'ombe, akawachinja, akatokosa nyama zao kwa ile miti ya ng'ombe, akawapa watu, wakala. Kisha akainuka, akamfuata Eliya, akamhudumia.
