Translation, 1 Kings 19
And announced ?Achav to ?Iyzevel all which did ?Eliyyahu And all which he killed all the prophets by the sword. And send ?Iyzevel an angel to Eliyyahu saying, ?Thus may the Elohim do And thus may they add If according to the time tomorrow I set your soul according to the soul of one of them.?E And he saw, and he arose, and he went/walked to/for his soul And he entered Be?er Sheva?Ewhich [is] to Yehudah And he rested his lad there. Now he himself walked/sent in the wilderness way a day And he entered and he sat under one broom tree. And he asked his soul to die And he said, ?Enough, now, Yahweh. Take my soul. For not good I myself from my fathers.?E And he lay down and he slept under the one brook tree. Now see this! An angel touching on him And he said to him. ?Arise, eat.?E And he gazed and see! From his head a baked-thing of live coals And a small-jar of water. And he ate and he drank and he returned and he lay down. And returned the angel of Yahweh a second time And he touched on him And he said, ?Arise, eat. For enough/great from you [is] the way.?E And he arise and he ate and he drank and he went/walked In the strength of this eating forty days and forty evenings, Until he mount of the Elohim, Chorev. And he entered there to a cave. And he remained there Now see! Word of Yahweh to him, and he said to him, ?Why to you here, ?Eliyyahu? And he said, ?Jealous I am jealous to Yahweh, Elohim of Hosts For forsaken Your covenant have the sons of Yisrael Your altars they have torn And your prophets they have murdered with the sword. And I remain, I myself alone. And they seek my soul to take her.?E And he said, ?Go out and stand on the mountain before Yahweh.?E Now see! Yahweh passing through And Spirit-wind, great and strong Tearing away the mountains And breaking-in-pieces the rocks before the face of Yahweh. But not in the Spirit-wind [was] Yahweh. And after the Spirit-wind, quaking ?E Not in earthquake Yahweh. And after quaking, fire Not in fire Yahweh. And after the fire voice of silent cessation. And it was according to the hearing of ?Eliyyahu And he wrapped his face in his splendid-mantle And he went forth and he stood at the opening of the cave Now see! To him a voice, and he said, ?Why to you here, ?Eliyyahu??E And he said, ?Jealous I am jealous to Yahweh ?Elohim of hosts. Forsaken your covenant have the sons of Israel Your altars they have torn And your prophets they have murdered with the sword. And I remain, I myself alone. And they seek my soul to take her.?E And said Yahweh to him, ?Go, return to your way from the wilderness of Dammaseq And you enter and you anoint Chaza?el to king over ?Aram. And Yehu?Eson of Nimshiy you anoint to king over Yisrael. And ?Eliysha?Eson of Judgment from Rock of the Circle-Dance Anoint to prophet in your place. And it will be the one saved from the sword of Chaza?el Shall Yehu?Ecause-to-die. And the one saved from the sword of Yehu?E Shall ?Eliysha?Ecause-to-die. And I will cause-to-remain in Yisrael seven thousands All the knees which have not bent-the-knee to Ba?al And every mouth which has not kissed to him.?E And he went/walked from there And he found ?Eliysha?Eson of Judgment Now he was plowing twelve acres before him, Now he in the twelfth. And passed through ?Eliyyahu to him and threw his splendid-mantle to him. And he forsook the oxen and ran after ?Eliyyahu and he said, ?I will kiss, please, to my father and to my mother And I will walk after you.?E And he said to him, ?Go/walk. Return. For what did I do to you??E And he returned from after him And he took the pair of oxen and he slaughtered them And boiled their flesh with the implements of the oxen And he gave to the people and they ate. And he arose and walked after ?Eliyyahu. And he served him.
Peter Leithart
Peter J. Leithart is President of Theopolis Institute. He is the author of numerous books on theology, literature, and culture, including Theopolitan, Defending Constantine, and Baptized Body.
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