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Martedi, 14 maggio 2024 - San Mattia ( Letture di oggi)

I Livro dos Reis 19


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SAGRADA BIBLIAKING JAMES BIBLE
1 Quando Acab contou a Jezabel tudo o que fizera Elias, e como ele passara ao fio da espada todos os profetas de Baal,1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
2 a rainha mandou um mensageiro a Elias para dizer-lhe: Que os deuses me tratem com o último rigor, se amanhã, a esta mesma hora, eu não fizer de tua vida o que fizeste da deles.2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
3 Elias teve medo, e partiu para salvar a sua vida. Chegando a Bersabéia, em Judá, deixou ali o seu servo,3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
4 e andou pelo deserto um dia de caminho. Sentou-se debaixo de um junípero e desejou a morte: Basta, Senhor, disse ele; tirai-me a vida, porque não sou melhor do que meus pais.4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
5 Deitou-se por terra, e adormeceu debaixo do junípero. Mas eis que um anjo tocou-o, e disse: Levanta-te e come.5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
6 Elias olhou e viu junto à sua cabeça um pão cozido debaixo da cinza, e um vaso de água. Comeu, bebeu e tornou a dormir.6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
7 Veio o anjo do Senhor uma segunda. vez, tocou-o e disse: Levanta-te e come, porque tens um longo caminho a percorrer.7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
8 Elias levantou-se, comeu e bebeu e, com o vigor daquela comida, andou quarenta dias e quarenta noites, até Horeb, a montanha de Deus.8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
9 Chegando ali, passou a noite numa caverna. Então a palavra do Senhor foi-lhe dirigida: Que fazes aqui, Elias?9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
10 Ele respondeu: Estou devorado de zelo pelo Senhor, o Deus dos exércitos. Porque os israelitas abandonaram a vossa aliança, derrubaram os vossos altares e passaram os vossos profetas ao fio da espada. Só eu fiquei, e querem tirar-me a vida.10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
11 O Senhor desse-lhe: Sai e conserva-te em cima do monte na presença do Senhor: ele vai passar. Nesse momento passou diante do Senhor um vento impetuoso e violento, que fendia as montanhas e quebrava os rochedos; mas o Senhor não estava naquele vento. Depois do vento, a terra tremeu; mas o Senhor não estava no tremor de terra.11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
12 Passado o tremor de terra, acendeu-se um fogo; mas o Senhor não estava no fogo. Depois do fogo ouviu-se o murmúrio de uma brisa ligeira.12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
13 Tendo Elias ouvido isso, cobriu o rosto com o manto, saiu e pôs-se à entrada da caverna. Uma voz disse-lhe: Que fazes aqui, Elias?13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
14 Ele respondeu: Consumo-me de zelo pelo Senhor, Deus dos exércitos. Porque os israelitas abandonaram a vossa aliança, derrubaram os vossos altares e passaram os vossos profetas ao fio da espada. Só eu fiquei, e agora querem tirar-me a vida.14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
15 O Senhor disse-lhe: Retoma o caminho do deserto, na direção de Damasco. Ali chegando, ungirás Hazael como rei da Síria,15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:
16 Jeú, filho de Namsi, como rei de Israel, e Eliseu, filho de Safat, de Abel-Meula, como profeta em teu lugar.16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
17 Todo o que escapar à espada de Hazael, será morto por Jeú, e o que escapar à de Jeú, será morto por Eliseu.17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
18 Mas reservarei em Israel sete mil homens, que não dobraram os joelhos diante de Baal, e cujos lábios não o beijaram.18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
19 Elias, partindo dali, encontrou Eliseu, filho de Safat, lavrando com doze juntas de bois diante dele; ele mesmo conduzia a duodécima junta. Elias aproximou-se e jogou o seu manto sobre ele.19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
20 Eliseu, deixando imediatamente os seus bois, correu atrás de Elias, e disse: Deixa-me ir beijar meu pai e minha mãe, depois te seguirei. Vai, disse-lhe Elias, mas volta, porque sabes o que te fiz.20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
21 Eliseu, deixando Elias, tomou uma junta de bois e imolou-os. Com a lenha do arado cozeu as carnes e deu-as a comer à sua gente. Em seguida partiu e seguiu Elias, para servi-lo.21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.