41.以利亞對亞哈說:「你現在可以上去吃喝,因為有多雨的響聲了。」
And Elijah said to Ahab, 「Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.」
42.亞哈就上去吃喝。以利亞上了迦密山頂,屈身在地,將臉伏在兩膝之中;
So Ahab went off to eat and drink, but Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, bent down to the ground and put his face between his knees.
43.對僕人說:「你上去,向海觀看。」僕人就上去觀看,說:「沒有甚麼。」他說:「你再去觀看。」如此七次。
「Go and look toward the sea,」 he told his servant. And he went up and looked. 「There is nothing there,」 he said. Seven times Elijah said, 「Go back.」
44.第七次僕人說:「我看見有一小片雲從海裏上來,不過如人手那樣大。」以利亞說:「你上去告訴亞哈,當套車下去,免得被雨阻擋。」
The seventh time the servant reported, 「A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.」 So Elijah said, 「Go and tell Ahab, 『Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.』」
45.霎時間,天因風雲黑暗,降下大雨。亞哈就坐車往耶斯列去了。
Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain started falling and Ahab rode off to Jezreel.
46.耶和華的靈【原文作手】降在以利亞身上,他就束上腰,奔在亞哈前頭,直到耶斯列的城門。
The power of the LORD came on Elijah and, tucking his cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.