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1 Reyes 17
Dios Habla Hoy
1 Reyes 17
Dios Habla Hoy
Elías anuncia la sequía
17 El profeta Elías, que era de Tisbé, de la región de Galaad, dijo a Ahab: «¡Juro por el Señor, Dios de Israel, a quien sirvo, que en estos años no lloverá, ni caerá rocío hasta que yo lo diga!»
2 Por eso el Señor le dijo a Elías: 3 «Vete de aquí, hacia el oriente, y escóndete en el arroyo Querit, que está al oriente del Jordán. 4 Allí podrás beber agua del arroyo, y he ordenado a los cuervos que te lleven comida.»
5 Elías hizo lo que el Señor le ordenó, y fue y se quedó a vivir junto al arroyo Querit, al oriente del río Jordán. 6 Y los cuervos le llevaban pan y carne por la mañana y por la tarde. El agua la bebía del arroyo. 7 Pero al cabo de unos días el arroyo se secó, porque no llovía en el país.
Elías y la viuda de Sarepta
8 Entonces el Señor le dijo a Elías: 9 «Levántate y vete a la ciudad de Sarepta, en Sidón, y quédate a vivir allá. Ya le he ordenado a una viuda que allí vive, que te dé de comer.»
10 Elías se levantó y se fue a Sarepta. Al llegar a la entrada de la ciudad, vio a una viuda que estaba recogiendo leña. La llamó y le dijo:
—Por favor, tráeme en un vaso un poco de agua para beber.
11 Ya iba ella a traérselo, cuando Elías la volvió a llamar y le dijo:
—Por favor, tráeme también un pedazo de pan.
12 Ella le contestó:
—Te juro por el Señor tu Dios que no tengo nada de pan cocido. No tengo más que un puñado de harina en una tinaja y un poco de aceite en una jarra, y ahora estaba recogiendo un poco de leña para ir a cocinarlo para mi hijo y para mí. Comeremos, y después nos moriremos de hambre.
13 Elías le respondió:
—No tengas miedo. Ve a preparar lo que has dicho. Pero primero, con la harina que tienes, hazme una torta pequeña y tráemela, y haz después otras para ti y para tu hijo. 14 Porque el Señor, Dios de Israel, ha dicho que no se acabará la harina de la tinaja ni el aceite de la jarra hasta el día en que el Señor haga llover sobre la tierra.
15 La viuda fue e hizo lo que Elías le había ordenado. Y ella y su hijo y Elías tuvieron comida para muchos días. 16 No se acabó la harina de la tinaja ni el aceite de la jarra, tal como el Señor lo había dicho por medio de Elías.
17 Algún tiempo después cayó enfermo el hijo de la viuda, y su enfermedad fue gravísima, tanto que hasta dejó de respirar. 18 Entonces la viuda le dijo a Elías:
—¿Qué tengo yo que ver contigo, hombre de Dios? ¿Has venido a recordarme mis pecados y a hacer que mi hijo se muera?
19 —Dame acá tu hijo —le respondió él.
Y tomándolo del regazo de la viuda, lo subió al cuarto donde él estaba alojado y lo acostó sobre su cama. 20 Luego clamó al Señor en voz alta: «Señor y Dios mío, ¿también has de causar dolor a esta viuda, en cuya casa estoy alojado, haciendo morir a su hijo?»
21 Y en seguida se tendió tres veces sobre el niño, y clamó al Señor en voz alta: «Señor y Dios mío, ¡te ruego que devuelvas la vida a este niño!»
22 El Señor atendió a los ruegos de Elías, e hizo que el niño reviviera. 23 Inmediatamente Elías tomó al niño, lo bajó de su cuarto a la planta baja de la casa y lo entregó a su madre, diciéndole:
—¡Mira, tu hijo está vivo!
24 Y la mujer le respondió:
—Ahora sé que realmente eres un hombre de Dios, y que lo que dices es la verdad del Señor.
1 Kings 17
New International Version
1 Kings 17
New International Version
Elijah Announces a Great Drought
17 Now Elijah(A) the Tishbite, from Tishbe[a] in Gilead,(B) said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain(C) in the next few years except at my word.”
Elijah Fed by Ravens
2 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: 3 “Leave here, turn eastward and hide(D) in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. 4 You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens(E) to supply you with food there.”
5 So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning(F) and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath
7 Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. 8 Then the word of the Lord came to him: 9 “Go at once to Zarephath(G) in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow(H) there to supply you with food.” 10 So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?”(I) 11 As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.”
12 “As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil(J) in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.”
13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. 14 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain(K) on the land.’”
15 She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. 16 For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah.
17 Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing. 18 She said to Elijah, “What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin(L) and kill my son?”
19 “Give me your son,” Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed. 20 Then he cried(M) out to the Lord, “Lord my God, have you brought tragedy even on this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?” 21 Then he stretched(N) himself out on the boy three times and cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, let this boy’s life return to him!”
22 The Lord heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived. 23 Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his mother(O) and said, “Look, your son is alive!”
24 Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know(P) that you are a man of God(Q) and that the word of the Lord from your mouth is the truth.”(R)
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 17:1 Or Tishbite, of the settlers
1 Kings 17
King James Version
1 Kings 17
King James Version
17 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
2 And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,
3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
5 So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
8 And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,
9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
12 And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
14 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.
15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah.
17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
20 And he cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.
22 And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth.
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