7因為天旱無雨，過了些日子，溪水乾了。8耶和華對他說：9「你去西頓的撒勒法，我已吩咐那裡的一個寡婦供養你。」10他來到撒勒法的城門口，看見一個寡婦在撿柴，就對她說：「請給我一點水喝。」11那婦人去拿水的時候，以利亞又說：「請給我拿一點餅。」12她說：「我憑你的上帝——永活的耶和華起誓，我沒有餅，我罈裡只有一把麵，瓶裡只有一點油。我來撿柴就是要回去做餅，與兒子吃完後，就只能等死了。」13以利亞說：「不要害怕，你可以照你所說的去做餅，只是你要先做一小塊餅給我，然後再做給你和你兒子。14因為以色列的上帝耶和華說，『在耶和華降雨之前，你罈裡的麵和瓶裡的油必不會空。』」15那婦人就依照以利亞的話做了。婦人一家和以利亞就這樣吃了許多天，16罈裡的麵沒有用完，瓶裡的油也沒有用光，應驗了耶和華藉以利亞說的話。17後來，婦人的兒子病了，病情越來越重，最後死了。18婦人對以利亞說：「上帝的僕人啊，我跟你有什麼關係？你到我這裡來是要讓上帝想起我的罪，取我兒子的性命嗎？」19以利亞對婦人說：「把你兒子交給我。」隨後，他從婦人懷中接過孩子，抱到樓上自己的房間，放在床上。20他向耶和華呼求道：「我的上帝耶和華啊，我寄居在這寡婦家裡，你為什麼降禍給她，奪去她兒子的性命呢？」21他三次伏在孩子身上，求告耶和華說：「我的上帝耶和華啊，求你讓這孩子活過來吧。」22耶和華聽了以利亞的祈求，孩子就活過來了。23以利亞將孩子從樓上抱下來，交給他母親，說：「看，你兒子活過來了！」24婦人對以利亞說：「現在我知道你是上帝的僕人，耶和華藉你口所說的都是真的。」
English Standard Version
Elijah Predicts a Drought
1Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe* in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”2And the word of the Lord came to him:3“Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.4You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”5So he went and did according to the word of the Lord. He went and lived by the brook Cherith that is east of the Jordan.6And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.7And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
The Widow of Zarephath
8Then the word of the Lord came to him,9“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed 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, “Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.”11And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, “Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”12And she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.”13And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for yourself and your son.14For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the Lord sends rain upon the earth.’”15And she went and did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days.16The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah.
Elijah Raises the Widow’s Son
17After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill. And his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.18And she said to Elijah, “What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!”19And he said to her, “Give me your son.” And he took him from her arms and carried him up into the upper chamber where he lodged, and laid him on his own bed.20And he cried to the Lord, “O Lord my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?”21Then he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the Lord, “O Lord my God, let this child’s life* come into him again.”22And the Lord listened to the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child came into him again, and he revived.23And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house and delivered him to his mother. And Elijah said, “See, your son lives.”24And the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”
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