1 Kings 17

1And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

1Now Elijah the Tishbite, from the settlers in Gilead, said to Ahab, 'As the LORD, the God of Israel lives, whom I serve, there will be no dew or rain during these next few years except by my word.'

2And the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying,

2Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah, saying:

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

3'Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Cherith Brook, which is east of the Jordan River.'

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

4'You will drink from the brook, and I have ordered the ravens to bring you food there.'

5So he went and did according unto the word of Jehovah; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

5So he did what the LORD told him; he went and lived by the Cherith Brook, east of the Jordan.

6And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

6The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.

7And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

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

8And the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying,

8Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying:

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

9'Get up and go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.'

10So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

10So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he reached the city gate, he saw a widow gathering sticks. He called to her and said, 'Please bring me a little water in a cup so I can drink.'

11And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.

11As she was going to get it, he called to her again and said, 'Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand, too.'

12And she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the 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.

12But she said, 'As the LORD your God lives, I don't have any bread. I only have a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. I am just gathering a few sticks so I can go in and cook it for myself and my son, so we can eat it and then die.'

13And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it forth unto me, and afterward make for thee and for thy son.

13Elijah said to her, 'Don't be afraid. Go and do what you said, but first make me a small loaf of bread from what you have and bring it to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son.'

14For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, The jar of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that Jehovah sendeth rain upon the earth.

14'For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: The jar of flour will not run out and the jug of oil will not go dry until the day the LORD sends rain on the land.'

15And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

15She went and did exactly what Elijah told her. So she, Elijah, and her household had food to eat for many days.

16The jar of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by Elijah.

16The jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, just as the LORD had promised through Elijah.

17And 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.

17Sometime later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. His sickness grew worse and worse until he finally stopped breathing.

18And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? thou art come unto me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son!

18She said to Elijah, 'What do you have against me, man of God? Have you come here to remind me of my sin and to kill my son?'

19And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the chamber, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

19'Give me your son,' Elijah replied. He took the boy from her arms, carried him up to the upstairs room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

20And he cried unto Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

20Then he cried out to the LORD, 'O LORD my God, have you brought tragedy even to this widow I am staying with by letting her son die?'

21And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again.

21He stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, 'O LORD my God, please let this child’s life return to him!'

22And Jehovah hearkened unto the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

22The LORD heard Elijah’s prayer, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.

23And 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.

23Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his mother and said, 'Look, your son is alive!'

24And the woman said to Elijah, Now I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of Jehovah in thy mouth is truth.

24Then the woman said to Elijah, 'Now I know for sure that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is the truth.'