I Kings 19

vayyagged akhav le'izevel et kol-asher asah eliyyahu ve'et kol-asher harag et-kol-hannevi'im bekharev

When Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done and how he had put all the prophets to the sword,

vattishlakh izevel malakh el-eliyyahu lemor koh-ya'asun elohim vekhoh yosifun ki-kha'et makhar asim et-nafshekha kenefesh akhad mehem

Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “Thus and more may the gods do if by this time tomorrow I have not made you like one of them.”

vayyar vayyaqom vayyelekh el-nafsho vayyavo be'er sheva asher lihudah vayyannakh et-na'aro sham

Frightened, he fled at once for his life. He came to Beer-sheba, which is in Judah, and left his servant there;

vehu-halakh bammidbar derekh yom vayyavo vayyeshev takhat rotem (kht) [ekhad] vayyishal et-nafsho lamut vayyomer rav attah Adonai qakh nafshi ki-lo-tov anokhi me'avotay

he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush and sat down under it, and prayed that he might die. “Enough!” he cried. “Now, O ETERNAL One, take my life, for I am no better than my predecessors.”

vayyishkav vayyishan takhat rotem ekhad vehinneh-zeh malakh nogea bo vayyomer lo qum ekhol

He lay down and fell asleep under a broom bush. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, “Arise and eat.”

vayyabbet vehinneh mera'ashotayw ugat retsafim vetsappakhat mayim vayyokhal vayyesht vayyashov vayyishkav

He looked about; and there, beside his head, was a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water! He ate and drank, and lay down again.

vayyashov malakh Adonai shenit vayyigga-bo vayyomer qum ekhol ki rav mimmekha haddarekh

The angel of GOD came a second time and touched him and said, “Arise and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.”

vayyaqom vayyokhal vayyishteh vayyelekh bekhoakh ha'akhilah hahi arba'im yom ve'arba'im laylah ad har ha'elohim khorev

He arose and ate and drank; and with the strength from that meal he walked forty days and forty nights as far as the mountain of God at Horeb.

vayyavo-sham el-hamme'arah vayyalen sham vehinneh devar-Adonai elayw vayyomer lo mah-llekha foh eliyyahu

There he went into a cave, and there he spent the night. Then the word of GOD came to him: “Why are you here, Elijah?”

vayyomer qanno qinneti la-Adonai elohe tseva'ot ki-azevu veritekha bene yisra'el et-mizbekhotekha harasu ve'et-nevi'ekha haregu vekharev va'ivvater ani levaddi vayevaqshu et-nafshi leqakhtah

He replied, “I am moved by zeal for the ETERNAL, the God of Hosts, for the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and put Your prophets to the sword. I alone am left, and they are out to take my life.”

vayyomer tse ve'amadta vahar lifne Adonai vehinneh Adonai over veruakh gedolah vekhazaq mefareq harim umeshabber sela'im lifne Adonai lo varuakh Adonai ve'akhar haruakh ra'ash lo vara'ash Adonai

“Come out,” He called, “and stand on the mountain before GOD.” And lo, GOD passed by. There was a great and mighty wind, splitting mountains and shattering rocks by GOD’s power; but GOD was not in the wind. After the wind—an earthquake; but GOD was not in the earthquake.

ve'akhar hara'ash esh lo va'esh Adonai ve'akhar ha'esh qol demamah daqqah

After the earthquake—fire; but GOD was not in the fire. And after the fire—a soft murmuring sound.

vayehi kishmoa eliyyahu vayyalet panayw be'addarto vayyetse vayya'amod petakh hamme'arah vehinneh elayw qol vayyomer mah-llekha foh eliyyahu

When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his mantle about his face and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then a voice addressed him: “Why are you here, Elijah?”

vayyomer qanno qinneti la-Adonai elohe tseva'ot ki-azevu veritekha bene yisra'el et-mizbekhotekha harasu ve'et-nevi'ekha haregu vekharev va'ivvater ani levaddi vayevaqshu et-nafshi leqakhtah

He answered, “I am moved by zeal for the ETERNAL, the God of Hosts; for the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and have put Your prophets to the sword. I alone am left, and they are out to take my life.”

vayyomer Adonai elayw lekh shuv ledarkekha midbarah dammaseq uvata umashakhta et-khaza'el lemelekh al-aram

GOD said to him, “Go back by the way you came, [and] on to the wilderness of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael as king of Aram.

ve'et yehu ven-nimshi timshakh lemelekh al-yisra'el ve'et-elisha ben-shafat me'avel mekholah timshakh lenavi takhtekha

Also anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king of Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.

vehayah hannimlat mekherev khaza'el yamit yehu vehannimlat mekherev yehu yamit elisha

Whoever escapes the sword of Hazael shall be slain by Jehu, and whoever escapes the sword of Jehu shall be slain by Elisha.

vehisharti veyisra'el shivat alafim kol-habbirkayim asher lo-khare'u labba'al vekhol-happeh asher lo-nashaq lo

I will leave in Israel only seven thousand—every knee that has not knelt to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him.”

vayyelekh misham vayyimtsa et-elisha ben-shafat vehu khoresh shenem-asar tsemadim lefanayw vehu bishnem he'asar vayya'avor eliyyahu elayw vayyashlekh addarto elayw

He set out from there and came upon Elisha son of Shaphat as he was plowing. There were twelve yoke of oxen ahead of him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah came over to him and threw his mantle over him.

vayya'azov et-habbaqar vayyarots akhare eliyyahu vayyomer esheqah-nna le'avi ule'immi ve'elekhah akharekha vayyomer lo lekh shuv ki meh-asiti lakh

He left the oxen and ran after Elijah, saying: “Let me kiss my father and mother good-by, and I will follow you.” And he answered him, “Go back. What have I done to you?”

vayyashov me'akharayw vayyiqqakh et-tsemed habbaqar vayyizbakhehu uvikhli habbaqar bishelam habbasar vayyitten la'am vayyokhelu vayyaqom vayyelekh akhare eliyyahu vayesharetehu

He turned back from him and took the yoke of oxen and slaughtered them; he boiled their meat with the gear of the oxen and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah and became his attendant.