Primo libro dei Re 19

BIBBIA MARTINI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Or Achab raccontò a Jezabele tutto quello, che Elia avea fatto, e come avea uccisi di spada tutti i profeti.	1 Then Ahab reported to Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
2 E Jezabele spedì un messo ad Elia, che gli dicesse: Gli dei facciano a me questo, e peggio, se domane a quest'ora io non farò a te, come è stato di ognun di quelli.	2 And so Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods to these things, and may they add these other things, if by this hour tomorrow I will not have made your life like the life of one of them.”
3 Elia pertanto ebbe paura, e si partì, e andava dove la fantasia il portava, e giunse a Bersabee di Giuda, e ivi licenziò il suo servo,	3 Therefore, Elijah was afraid. And rising up, he went away to wherever his will would carry him. And he arrived in Beersheba of Judah. And he dismissed his servant there.
4 E s'inoltrò nel deserto, una giornata di cammino. Ed essendo andato a sedere sotto un giunipero, si desiderava la morte, e disse: Basta, o Signore,prendi l'anima mia; perocché non son io qualche cosa di meglio, che i padri miei.	4 And he continued on, into the desert, for one day’s journey. And when he had arrived, and was sitting under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die. And he said: “It is enough for me, O Lord. Take my soul. For I am no better than my fathers.”
5 E si gettò per terra, e si addormentò all'ombra del giunipero: quand'ecco, che l'Angelo del Signore il toccò, e gli disse: Alzati, e mangia.	5 And he stretched himself out, and he slept deeply in the shadow of the juniper tree. And behold, an Angel of the Lord touched him, and said to him, “Rise up and eat.”
6 Si volge egli indietro, e vede presso al suo capo un pane cotto sotto la cenere, e un vaso d'acqua. Egli adunque mangiò, e bevve, e di nuovo si addormentò.	6 He looked, and behold, at his head was bread baked under ashes, and a container of water. Then he ate and drank, and again he slept deeply.
7 E l'Angelo del Signore tornò la seconda volta, e lo toccò, e gli disse: Alzati, e mangia; perocché lunga è la strada, che ti rimane.	7 And the Angel of the Lord returned a second time, and touched him, and said to him: “Rise up, eat. For a great journey again stands before you.”
8 Ed egli alzatosi mangiò, e bevve; e fortificato con quel cibo camminò quaranta dì, e quaranta notti, sino al monte di Dio Horeb.	8 And he when he had risen up, he ate and drank. And he walked by the strength of that food for forty days and forty nights, as far as the mountain of God, Horeb.
9 E giunto colà se ne stava in una spelonca, e tosto il Signore gli parlò, e gli disse: Che fai tu qui, o Elia?	9 And when he had arrived there, he stayed in a cave. And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
10 E quegli rispose: Io ardo di zelo pel Signore Dio degli eserciti, perchè i figliuoli d'Israele hanno abbandonato il tuo patto, han distrutti i tuoi altari, hanno uccisi di spada i tuoi profeti; son rimaso sol io, e mi cercano, per tormi la vita.	10 And he responded: “I have been very zealous on behalf of the Lord, the God of hosts. For the sons of Israel have forsaken your covenant. They have torn down your altars. They have killed your prophets with the sword. I alone remain. And they are seeking my life, so that they may take it away.”
11 E (il Signore) gli disse: Esci fuora, e sta sul monte dinanzi al Signore: ed ecco, che passa il Signore: ma innanzi al Signore un vento grande, e gagliardo da sciorre i monti, e spezzar le pietre; e non col vento il Signore: e dopo il vento un tremuoto; non col tremuoto il Signore:	11 And he said to him, “Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by. And there was a great and strong wind, tearing apart the mountains, and crushing the rocks before the Lord. But the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind, there was an earthquake. But the Lord was not in the earthquake.
12 E dopo il tremuoto un fuoco; non col fuoco il Signore: e dopo il fuoco, il fischio di un' aura leggera.	12 And after the earthquake, there was a fire. But the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire, there was the whisper of a gentle breeze.
13 Ciò avendo udito Elia, si coperse il volto col mantello, e uscito fuora si stava alla porta della spelonca, ed ecco una voce: che disse a lui: Che fai tu qui, o Elia? Ed ei rispose:	13 And when Elijah had heard it, he covered his face with his cloak, and going out, he stood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, there was a voice to him, saying: “What are you doing here, Elijah?” And he responded:
14 Io ardo di zelo pel Signore Dio degli eserciti, perchè i figliuoli d'Israele hanno abbandonato il tuo patto, distrutti i tuoi altari, hanno uccisi di spada i tuoi profeti, son rimaso sol io, e mi cercano, per tormi la vita.	14 “I have been very zealous on behalf of the Lord, the God of hosts. For the sons of Israel have forsaken your covenant. They have torn down your altars. They have killed your prophets with the sword. I alone remain. And they are seeking my life, so that they may take it away.”
15 E il Signore disse a lui: Va, e torna indietro per la tua strada stessa del deserto verso Damasco; e quando sarai giunto colà, ungerai Hazael in re della Siria,	15 And the Lord said to him: “Go, and return on your way, through the desert, to Damascus. And when you have arrived there, you shall anoint Hazael as king over Syria.
16 E Jehu figliuolo di Narrisi lo ungerai re d'Israele; e ungerai profeta in tua vece Eliseo figliuolo di Saphat, che è di Abelmeula.	16 And you shall anoint Jehu, the son of Nimshi, as king over Israel. But Elisha, the son of Shaphat, who is from Abelmeholah, you shall anoint to be a prophet in your place.
17 E avverrà, che chi avrà scansata la spada di Hazael, sarà ucciso da Jehu: e chi avrà scansata la spada di Jehu, sarà ucciso da Eliseo.	17 And this shall be: whoever will have escaped from the sword of Hazael, will be slain by Jehu. And whoever will have escaped from the sword of Jehu, will be put to death by Elisha.
18 E io serberommi in Israele sette mila uomini, i quali non han piegato il ginocchio dinanzi a Baal, e nissun de' quali ha accostata la mano alla sua bocca in adorandolo.	18 And I will leave for myself seven thousand men in Israel, whose knees have not been bent before Baal, and every mouth that has not adored him, kissing hands.”
19 Partitosi adunque di là Elia, trovò Eliseo figliuolo di Saphat, il quale arava la terra con dodici paia di buoi, ed egli era un di quei, che aravano colle dodici paia di bovi: e giunto a lui Elia, gettò sopra di lui il suo mantello.	19 Therefore, Elijah, setting out from there, found Elisha, the son of Shaphat, plowing with twelve yoke of oxen. And he himself was one of those who were plowing with the twelve yoke of oxen. And when Elijah had gone to him, he cast his mantle over him.
20 E quegli, lasciati subito i bovi, corse dietro ad Elia, e disse: Concedi, ch'io vada a dar un bacio a mio padre, e a mia madre, e poi ti seguirò. E quegli disse a lui: va, e torna: perocché quello, che toccava a me, io l'ho fatto.	20 And immediately, leaving behind the oxen, he ran after Elijah. And he said, “I beg you to let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him: “Go, and turn back. For what was mine to do, I have done concerning you.”
21 E partitosi da lui, prese un paio di bovi, e gli scannò, e colle legna dell'aratro cosse le carni, e la diede alla gente, perchè le mangiasse: e parti, e andò, e seguitò Elia, e lo serviva.	21 Then, turning back from him, he took a pair of oxen, and he slew them. And he cooked the flesh with the plow of the oxen. And he gave it to the people, and they ate. And rising up, he went and followed Elijah, and he ministered to him.