I Kings 17

vayyomer eliyyahu hattishbi mittoshave gilad el-akhav khay-Adonai elohe yisra'el asher amadti lefanayw im-yihyeh hashanim ha'elleh tal umatar ki im-lefi devari

Elijah the Tishbite, an inhabitant of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the ETERNAL lives, the God of Israel whom I serve, there will be no dew or rain except at my bidding.”

vayehi devar-Adonai elayw lemor

The word of GOD came to him:

lekh mizzeh ufanita lekha qedemah venistarta benakhal kerit asher al-pene hayyarden

“Leave this place; turn eastward and go into hiding by the Wadi Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.

vehayah mehannakhal tishteh ve'et-ha'orevim tsivviti lekhalkelkha sham

You will drink from the wadi, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

vayyelekh vayya'as kidvar Adonai vayyelekh vayyeshev benakhal kerit asher al-pene hayyarden

He proceeded to do as GOD had bidden: he went, and he stayed by the Wadi Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.

veha'orevim mevi'im lo lekhem uvasar babboqer velekhem uvasar ba'arev umin-hannakhal yishteh

The ravens brought him bread and meat every morning and every evening, and he drank from the wadi.

vayehi miqqets yamim vayyivash hannakhal ki lo-hayah geshem ba'arets

After some time the wadi dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

vayehi devar-Adonai elayw lemor

And the word of GOD came to him:

qum lekh tsarefatah asher letsidon veyashavta sham hinneh tsivviti sham isha almanah lekhalkelekha

“Go at once to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there; I have designated a widow there to feed you.”

vayyaqom vayyelekh tsarefatah vayyavo el-petakh ha'ir vehinneh-sham isha almanah meqosheshet etsim vayyiqra eleha vayyomar qekhi-na li me'at-mayim bakkeli ve'eshteh

So he went at once to Zarephath. When he came to the entrance of the town, a widow was there gathering wood. He called out to her, “Please bring me a little water in your pitcher, and let me drink.”

vattelekh laqakhat vayyiqra eleha vayyomar liqkhi-na li pat-lekhem beyadekh

As she went to fetch it, he called out to her, “Please bring along a piece of bread for me.”

vattomer khay-Adonai elohekha im-yesh-li ma'og ki im-melo khaf-qemakh bakkad ume'at-shemen batsappakhat vehinni meqosheshet shenayim etsim uvati va'asitihu li velivni va'akhalnuhu vamotnu

“As the ETERNAL your God lives,” she replied, “I have nothing baked, nothing but a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. I am just gathering a couple of sticks, so that I can go home and prepare it for me and my son; we shall eat it and then we shall die.”

vayyomer eleha eliyyahu al-tire'i bo'i asi khidvarekh akh asi-li-misham ugah qetannah varishonah vehotset li velakh velivnekh ta'asi ba'akharonah

“Don’t be afraid,” said Elijah to her. “Go and do as you have said; but first make me a small cake from what you have there, and bring it out to me; then make some for yourself and your son.

ki khoh amar Adonai elohe yisra'el kad haqqemakh lo tikhlah vetsappakhat hashemen lo tekhsar ad yom (ttn) [tet-]Adonai geshem al-pene ha'adamah

For thus said the ETERNAL, the God of Israel: The jar of flour shall not give out and the jug of oil shall not fail until the day that GOD sends rain upon the ground.”

vattelekh vatta'aseh kidvar eliyyahu vattokhal (hv vhy) [hi-vahu] uvetah yamim

She went and did as Elijah had spoken, and she and he and her household had food for a long time.

kad haqqemakh lo khalatah vetsappakhat hashemen lo khaser kidvar Adonai asher dibber beyad eliyyahu

The jar of flour did not give out, nor did the jug of oil fail, just as GOD had spoken through Elijah.

vayehi akhar haddevarim ha'elleh khalah ben-ha'isha ba'alat habbayit vayehi kholyo khazaq me'od ad asher lo-noterah-bbo neshamah

After a while, the son of that woman—the owner of the house—fell sick, and his illness grew worse, until he had no breath left in him.

vattomer el-eliyyahu mah-lli valakh ish ha'elohim bata elay lehazkir et-avoni ulehamit et-beni

She said to Elijah, “What harm have I done you, O agent of God, that you should come here to recall my sin and cause the death of my son?”

vayyomer eleha teni-li et-benekh vayyiqqakhehu mekheqah vayya'alehu el-ha'aliyyah asher-hu yoshev sham vayyashkivehu al-mittato

“Give me the boy,” he said to her; and taking him from her arms, he carried him to the upper chamber where he was staying, and laid him down on his own bed.

vayyiqra el-Adonai vayyomar Adonai elohay hagam al-ha'almanah asher-ani mitgorer immah hare'ota lehamit et-benah

He cried out to GOD and said, “My ETERNAL God, will You bring calamity upon this widow whose guest I am, and let her son die?”

vayyitmoded al-hayyeled shalosh pe'amim vayyiqra el-Adonai vayyomar Adonai elohay tashov na nefesh-hayyeled hazzeh al-qirbo

Then he stretched out over the child three times, and cried out to GOD, saying, “My ETERNAL God, let this child’s life return to his body!”

vayyishma Adonai beqol eliyyahu vattashov nefesh-hayyeled al-qirbo vayyekhi

GOD heard Elijah’s plea; the child’s life returned to his body, and he revived.

vayyiqqakh eliyyahu et-hayyeled vayyoridehu min-ha'aliyyah habbaytah vayyittenehu le'immo vayyomer eliyyahu re'i khay benekh

Elijah picked up the child and brought him down from the upper room into the main room, and gave him to his mother. “See,” said Elijah, “your son is alive.”

vattomer ha'isha el-eliyyahu attah zeh yadati ki ish elohim attah udevar-Adonai befikha emet

And the woman answered Elijah, “Now I know that you are an agent of God and that the word of GOD is truly in your mouth.”