1 Kings 17
Contemporary English Version
Elijah Stops the Rain
17 (A) Elijah was a prophet from Tishbe in Gilead.[a] One day he went to King Ahab and said, “I'm a servant of the living Lord, the God of Israel. And I swear in his name that it won't rain until I say so. There won't even be any dew on the ground.”
2 Later, the Lord said to Elijah, 3 “Leave and go across the Jordan River so you can hide near Cherith Creek. 4 You can drink water from the creek, and eat the food I've told the ravens to bring you.”
5 Elijah obeyed the Lord and went to live near Cherith Creek. 6 Ravens brought him bread and meat twice a day, and he drank water from the creek. 7 But after a while, it dried up because there was no rain.
Elijah Helps a Widow in Zarephath
8 The Lord told Elijah, 9 (B) “Go to the town of Zarephath in Sidon and live there. I've told a widow in that town to give you food.”
10 When Elijah came near the town gate of Zarephath, he saw a widow gathering sticks for a fire. “Would you please bring me a cup of water?” he asked. 11 As she left to get it, he asked, “Would you also please bring me a piece of bread?”
12 The widow answered, “In the name of the living Lord your God, I swear that I don't have any bread. All I have is a handful of flour and a little olive oil. I'm on my way home now with these few sticks to cook what I have for my son and me. After that, we will starve to death.”
13 Elijah said, “Everything will be fine. Do what you said. Go home and fix something for you and your son. But first, please make a small piece of bread and bring it to me. 14 The Lord God of Israel has promised that your jar of flour won't run out and your bottle of oil won't dry up before he sends rain for the crops.”
15 The widow went home and did exactly what Elijah had told her. She and Elijah and her family had enough food for a long time. 16 The Lord kept the promise that his prophet Elijah had made, and she did not run out of flour or oil.
Elijah Brings a Boy Back to Life
17 Several days later, the son of the woman who owned the house[b] got sick, and he kept getting worse, until finally he died.
18 The woman shouted at Elijah, “What have I done to you? I thought you were God's prophet. Did you come here to cause the death of my son as a reminder that I've sinned against God?”[c]
19 “Bring me your son,” Elijah said. Then he took the boy from her arms and carried him upstairs to the room where he was staying. Elijah laid the boy on his bed 20 and prayed, “Lord God, why did you do such a terrible thing to this woman? She's letting me stay here, and now you've let her son die.” 21 (C) Elijah stretched himself out over the boy three times, while praying, “Lord God, bring this boy back to life!”
22 The Lord answered Elijah's prayer, and the boy started breathing again. 23 Elijah picked him up and carried him downstairs. He gave the boy to his mother and said, “Look, your son is alive.”
24 “You are God's prophet!” the woman replied. “Now I know that you really do speak for the Lord.”
1 Rois 17
Segond 21
Famine annoncée par Elie
17 Elie le Thishbite, l'un des habitants de Galaad, dit à Achab: «L'Eternel, le Dieu d'Israël, dont je suis le serviteur est vivant! Il n'y aura ces années-ci pas de rosée ni de pluie, sauf sur ma parole.»
2 Puis la parole de l'Eternel fut adressée à Elie: 3 «Pars d'ici en direction de l'est et cache-toi près du torrent de Kerith, qui se trouve en face du Jourdain. 4 Tu boiras de l'eau du torrent et c’est aux corbeaux que j'ai ordonné de te nourrir là.» 5 Elie partit et se conforma à la parole de l'Eternel: il alla s’installer près du torrent de Kerith, qui se trouve en face du Jourdain. 6 Les corbeaux lui apportaient du pain et de la viande matin et soir, et il buvait de l'eau du torrent. 7 Mais au bout d'un certain temps, le torrent fut à sec, car il n'était pas tombé de pluie dans le pays.
8 Alors la parole de l'Eternel lui fut adressée: 9 «Lève-toi, va à Sarepta, qui appartient au territoire de Sidon, et installe-toi là. J'y ai ordonné à une femme veuve de te nourrir.» 10 Il se leva et partit à Sarepta. En arrivant à l'entrée de la ville, il y vit une femme veuve en train de ramasser du bois. Il l'appela et dit: «Je t’en prie, va me chercher un peu d'eau dans une cruche, afin que je boive.» 11 Et elle alla en chercher. Il l'appela de nouveau et dit: «Je t’en prie, apporte-moi un morceau de pain dans ta main.» 12 Et elle répondit: «L'Eternel, ton Dieu, est vivant! Je n'ai rien de cuit, je n'ai qu'une poignée de farine dans un pot et un peu d'huile dans une cruche. Je suis en train de ramasser deux morceaux de bois, puis je rentrerai et je préparerai cela pour mon fils et pour moi. Nous le mangerons, après quoi nous mourrons.» 13 Elie lui dit: «N’aie pas peur, rentre et fais comme tu l’as dit. Seulement, prépare-moi d'abord avec cela un petit gâteau et apporte-le-moi. Ensuite, tu en feras pour ton fils et pour toi. 14 En effet, voici ce que dit l'Eternel, le Dieu d'Israël: ‘La farine qui est dans le pot ne manquera pas et l'huile qui est dans la cruche ne diminuera pas, jusqu'au jour où l'Eternel fera tomber de la pluie sur le pays.’» 15 Elle partit et se conforma à la parole d'Elie. Et pendant longtemps elle eut de quoi manger, ainsi que sa famille et Elie. 16 La farine qui était dans le pot ne manqua pas et l'huile qui était dans la cruche ne diminua pas, conformément à la parole que l'Eternel avait prononcée par l’intermédiaire d’Elie.
17 Après ces événements, le fils de cette maîtresse de maison tomba malade. Sa maladie fut si violente qu'il cessa de respirer. 18 La femme dit alors à Elie: «Que me veux-tu, homme de Dieu? Es-tu venu chez moi pour rappeler le souvenir de ma faute et pour faire mourir mon fils?» 19 Il lui répondit: «Donne-moi ton fils.» Et il le prit des bras de la femme, le monta dans la chambre à l'étage où il logeait et le coucha sur son lit. 20 Puis il fit appel à l'Eternel et dit: «Eternel, mon Dieu, est-ce que tu vas faire du mal, au point de faire mourir son fils, même à cette veuve qui m’a accueilli chez elle?» 21 Puis il s'étendit trois fois sur l'enfant, fit appel à l'Eternel et dit: «Eternel, mon Dieu, je t'en prie, que l'âme de cet enfant revienne en lui!» 22 L'Eternel écouta Elie: l'âme de l'enfant revint en lui et il retrouva la vie. 23 Elie prit l'enfant, le descendit de la chambre jusque dans la maison et le donna à sa mère en lui disant: «Vois, ton fils est vivant.» 24 La femme dit alors à Elie: «Je reconnais maintenant que tu es un homme de Dieu et que la parole de l'Eternel dans ta bouche est vraie.»
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.
Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society For more information about CEV, visit www.bibles.com and www.cev.bible.
Version Segond 21 Copyright © 2007 Société Biblique de Genève by Société Biblique de Genève
