Primo libro dei Re 18

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Post dies multos factum est verbum Domini ad Eliam in anno tertio dicens: “ Vade et ostende te Achab, ut dem pluviam super faciem terrae ”.	1 Long afterward, in the third year, the LORD spoke to Elijah, "Go, present yourself to Ahab," he said, "that I may send rain upon the earth."
2 Ivit ergo Elias, ut ostenderet se Achab. Erat autem fames vehemens in Samaria.	2 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab.
3 Vocavitque Achab Abdiam dispensatorem domus suae. Abdias autem timebat Dominum valde;	3 Now the famine in Samaria was bitter,
4 nam, cum interficeret Iezabel prophetas Domini, tulit ille centum prophetas et abscondit eos quinquagenos et quinquagenos in speluncis et pavit eos pane et aqua.	4 and Ahab had summoned Obadiah, his vizier, who was a zealous follower of the LORD. When Jezebel was murdering the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took a hundred prophets, hid them away fifty each in two caves, and supplied them with food and drink.
5 Dixit ergo Achab ad Abdiam: “ Vade in terra ad universos fontes aquarum et in cunctas valles, si forte invenire possimus herbam, ut salvemus equos et mulos et nullum de iumentis interficere debeamus ”.	5 Ahab said to Obadiah, "Come, let us go through the land to all sources of water and to all the streams. We may find grass and save the horses and mules, so that we shall not have to slaughter any of the beasts."
6 Diviseruntque sibi regiones, ut circuirent eas: Achab ibat per viam unam, et Abdias per viam alteram seorsum.	6 Dividing the land to explore between them, Ahab went one way by himself, Obadiah another way by himself.
7 Cumque esset Abdias in via, Elias occurrit ei; qui cum cognovisset eum, cecidit super faciem suam et ait: “ Num tu es, domine mi, Elias? ”.	7 As Obadiah was on his way, Elijah met him. Recognizing him, Obadiah fell prostrate and asked, "Is it you, my lord Elijah?"
8 Cui ille respondit: “ Ego. Vade, dic domino tuo: “Adest Elias” ”.	8 "Yes," he answered. "Go tell your master, 'Elijah is here!'"
9 Et ille: “ Quid peccavi, inquit, quoniam trades me servum tuum in manu Achab, ut interficiat me?	9 But Obadiah said, "What sin have I committed, that you are handing me over to Ahab to have me killed?
10 Vivit Dominus Deus tuus, non est gens aut regnum, quo non miserit dominus meus te requirens et, respondentibus cunctis: “Non est hic”, adiuravit regna singula et gentes, eo quod minime reperireris.	10 As the LORD, your God, lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent in search of you. When they replied, 'He is not here,' he made each kingdom and nation swear they could not find you.
11 Et nunc dicis mihi: “Vade et dic domino tuo: Adest Elias”.	11 And now you say, 'Go tell your master: Elijah is here!'
12 Cumque recessero a te, spiritus Domini asportabit te in locum, quem ego ignoro; et ingressus nuntiabo Achab, et non inveniet te et interficiet me. Servus autem tuus timet Dominum ab infantia sua.	12 After I leave you, the spirit of the LORD will carry you to some place I do not know, and when I go to inform Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. Your servant has revered the LORD from his youth.
13 Numquid non indicatum est domino meo quid fecerim, cum interficeret Iezabel prophetas Domini: quod absconderim de prophetis Domini centum viros, quinquagenos et quinquagenos in speluncis et paverim eos pane et aqua?	13 Have you not been told, my lord, what I did when Jezebel was murdering the prophets of the LORD--that I hid a hundred of the prophets of the LORD, fifty each in two caves, and supplied them with food and drink?
14 Et nunc tu dicis: “Vade et dic domino tuo: Adest Elias”, ut interficiat me ”.	14 And now you say, 'Go tell your master: Elijah is here!' He will kill me!"
15 Dixit Elias: “ Vivit Dominus exercituum ante cuius vultum sto: hodie apparebo ei ”.	15 Elijah answered, "As the LORD of hosts lives, whom I serve, I will present myself to him today."
16 Abiit ergo Abdias in occursum Achab et indicavit ei. Venitque Achab in occursum Eliae	16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and informed him. Ahab came to meet Elijah,
17 et, cum vidisset eum, ait: “ Tune es, qui conturbas Israel? ”.	17 and when he saw Elijah, said to him, "Is it you, you disturber of Israel?"
18 Et ille ait: “ Non turbavi Israel, sed tu et domus patris tui, qui dereliquistis mandata Domini, et secutus es Baalim.	18 "It is not I who disturb Israel," he answered, "but you and your family, by forsaking the commands of the LORD and following the Baals.
19 Verumtamen nunc mitte et congrega ad me universum Israel in monte Carmeli et prophetas Baal quadringentos quinquaginta prophetasque Aserae quadringentos, qui comedunt de mensa Iezabel ”.	19 Now summon all Israel to me on Mount Carmel, as well as the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel's table."
20 Misit Achab ad omnes filios Israel et congregavit prophetas in monte Carmeli.	20 So Ahab sent to all the Israelites and had the prophets assemble on Mount Carmel.
21 Accedens autem Elias ad omnem populum ait: “ Usquequo claudicatis in duas partes? Si Dominus est Deus, sequimini eum; si autem Baal, sequimini illum ”. Et non respondit ei populus verbum.	21 Elijah appealed to all the people and said, "How long will you straddle the issue? If the LORD is God, follow him; if Baal, follow him." The people, however, did not answer him.
22 Et ait rursus Elias ad populum: “ Ego remansi propheta Domini solus; prophetae autem Baal quadringenti et quinquaginta viri sunt.	22 So Elijah said to the people, "I am the only surviving prophet of the LORD, and there are four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal.
23 Dentur nobis duo boves, et illi eligant sibi bovem unum et in frusta caedentes ponant super ligna; ignem autem non supponant. Et ego faciam bovem alterum et imponam super ligna; ignemque non supponam.	23 Give us two young bulls. Let them choose one, cut it into pieces, and place it on the wood, but start no fire. I shall prepare the other and place it on the wood, but shall start no fire.
24 Invocate nomen dei vestri, et ego invocabo nomen Domini; et Deus, qui exaudierit per ignem, ipse est Deus! ”. Respondens omnis populus ait: “ Optima propositio ”.	24 You shall call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers with fire is God." All the people answered, "Agreed!"
25 Dixit ergo Elias prophetis Baal: “ Eligite vobis bovem unum et facite primi, quia vos plures estis; et invocate nomen dei vestri ignemque non supponatis ”.	25 Elijah then said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose one young bull and prepare it first, for there are more of you. Call upon your gods, but do not start the fire."
26 Qui cum tulissent bovem, quem dederat eis, fecerunt et invocabant nomen Baal de mane usque ad meridiem dicentes: “ Baal, exaudi nos! ”. Et non erat vox, nec qui responderet. Saliebantque in circuitu altaris, quod fecerant.	26 Taking the young bull that was turned over to them, they prepared it and called on Baal from morning to noon, saying, "Answer us, Baal!" But there was no sound, and no one answering. And they hopped around the altar they had prepared.
27 Cumque esset iam meridies, illudebat eis Elias dicens: “ Clamate voce maiore; deus enim est et forsitan occupatus est aut secessit aut in itinere aut certe dormit, ut excitetur ”.	27 When it was noon, Elijah taunted them: "Call louder, for he is a god and may be meditating, or may have retired, or may be on a journey. Perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened."
28 Clamabant ergo voce magna et incidebant se iuxta ritum suum cultris et lanceolis, donec perfunderentur sanguine.	28 They called out louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until blood gushed over them.
29 Postquam autem transiit meridies, et, illis prophetantibus, venerat tempus, quo sacrificium offerri solet, nec audiebatur vox, neque aliquis respondebat nec attendebat orantes,	29 Noon passed and they remained in a prophetic state until the time for offering sacrifice. But there was not a sound; no one answered, and no one was listening.
30 dixit Elias omni populo: “ Venite ad me ”. Et, accedente ad se populo, curavit altare Domini, quod destructum fuerat;	30 Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come here to me." When they had done so, he repaired the altar of the LORD which had been destroyed.
31 et tulit duodecim lapides iuxta numerum tribuum filiorum Iacob, ad quem factus est sermo Domini dicens: “ Israel erit nomen tuum ”.	31 He took twelve stones, for the number of tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the LORD had said, "Your name shall be Israel."
32 Et aedificavit lapidibus altare in nomine Domini fecitque aquaeductum quasi pro duobus satis in circuitu altaris	32 He built an altar in honor of the LORD with the stones, and made a trench around the altar large enough for two seahs of grain.
33 et composuit ligna divisitque per membra bovem et posuit super ligna	33 When he had arranged the wood, he cut up the young bull and laid it on the wood.
34 et ait: “ Implete quattuor hydrias aqua et fundite super holocaustum et super ligna ”. Rursumque dixit: “ Etiam secundo hoc facite ”. Qui cum fecissent et secundo, ait: “ Etiam tertio idipsum facite ”. Feceruntque et tertio,	34 "Fill four jars with water," he said, "and pour it over the holocaust and over the wood." "Do it again," he said, and they did it again. "Do it a third time," he said, and they did it a third time.
35 et currebant aquae circum altare, et fossa aquaeductus repleta est.	35 The water flowed around the altar, and the trench was filled with the water.
36 Cumque iam tempus esset, ut offerretur sacrificium, accedens Elias propheta ait: “ Domine, Deus Abraham, Isaac et Israel, hodie ostende quia tu es Deus in Israel, et ego servus tuus et iuxta praeceptum tuum feci omnia haec.	36 At the time for offering sacrifice, the prophet Elijah came forward and said, "LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things by your command.
37 Exaudi me, Domine, exaudi me, ut discat populus iste quia tu, Domine, es Deus et tu convertisti cor eorum iterum! ”.	37 Answer me, LORD! Answer me, that this people may know that you, LORD, are God and that you have brought them back to their senses."
38 Cecidit autem ignis Domini et voravit holocaustum et ligna et lapides, pulverem quoque et aquam, quae erat in aquaeductu lambens.	38 The LORD'S fire came down and consumed the holocaust, wood, stones, and dust, and it lapped up the water in the trench.
39 Quod cum vidisset omnis populus, cecidit in faciem suam et ait: “ Dominus ipse est Deus, Dominus ipse est Deus! ”.	39 Seeing this, all the people fell prostrate and said, "The LORD is God! The LORD is God!"
40 Dixitque Elias ad eos: “ Apprehendite prophetas Baal, et ne unus quidem effugiat ex eis! ”. Quos cum comprehendissent, duxit eos Elias ad torrentem Cison et interfecit eos ibi.	40 Then Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal. Let none of them escape!" They were seized, and Elijah had them brought down to the brook Kishon and there he slit their throats.
41 Et ait Elias ad Achab: “ Ascende, comede et bibe, quia sonus multae pluviae est ”.	41 Elijah then said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain."
42 Ascendit Achab, ut comederet et biberet. Elias autem ascendit in verticem Carmeli et pronus in terram posuit faciem inter genua sua	42 So Ahab went up to eat and drink, while Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, crouched down to the earth, and put his head between his knees.
43 et dixit ad puerum suum: “ Ascende et prospice contra mare ”. Qui, cum ascen disset et contemplatus esset, ait: “ Non est quidquam ”. Et rursum ait illi: “ Revertere septem vicibus ”.	43 "Climb up and look out to sea," he directed his servant, who went up and looked, but reported, "There is nothing." Seven times he said, "Go look again!"
44 In septima autem vice dixit: “ Ecce nubecula parva quasi manus hominis ascendit de mari ”. Et ait: “ Ascende et dic Achab: Iunge et descende, ne occupet te pluvia! ”.	44 And the seventh time the youth reported, "There is a cloud as small as a man's hand rising from the sea." Elijah said, "Go and say to Ahab, 'Harness up and leave the mountain before the rain stops you.'"
45 Et factum est interea: ecce caeli contenebrati sunt, et nubes et ventus, et facta est pluvia grandis. Ascendens itaque Achab abiit in Iezrahel.	45 In a trice, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain fell. Ahab mounted his chariot and made for Jezreel.
46 Et manus Domini facta est super Eliam; accinctisque lumbis, currebat ante Achab, donec veniret in Iezrahel.	46 But the hand of the LORD was on Elijah, who girded up his clothing and ran before Ahab as far as the approaches to Jezreel.