1 Kings 17
1 और तिशबी एलिय्याह जो गिलाद के परदेसियों में से था उसने अहाब से कहा, इस्राएल का परमेश्वर यहोवा जिसके सम्मुख मैं उपस्थित रहता हूँ, उसके जीवन की शपथ इन वर्षों में मेरे बिना कहे, न तो मेंह बरसेगा, और न ओस पड़ेगी।
2 तब यहोवा का यह वचन उसके पास पहुंचा,
3 कि यहां से चलकर पूरब ओर मुख करके करीत नाम नाले में जो यरदन के साम्हने है छिप जा।
4 उसी नाले का पानी तू पिया कर, और मैं ने कौवों को आज्ञा दी है कि वे तूझे वहां खिलाएं।
5 यहोवा का यह वचन मान कर वह यरदन के साम्हने के करीत नाम नाले में जा कर छिपा रहा।
6 और सवेरे और सांझ को कौवे उसके पास रोटी और मांस लाया करते थे और वह नाले का पानी पिया करता था।
7 कुछ दिनों के बाद उस देश में वर्षा न होने के कारण नाला सूख गया।
8 तब यहोवा का यह वचन उसके पास पहुंचा,
9 कि चलकर सीदोन के सारपत नगर में जा कर वहीं रह: सुन, मैं ने वहां की एक विधवा को तेरे खिलाने की आज्ञा दी है।
10 सो वह वहां से चल दिया, और सारपत को गया; नगर के फाटक के पास पहुंच कर उसने क्या देखा कि, एक विधवा लकड़ी बीन रही है, उसको बुलाकर उसने कहा, किसी पात्र में मेरे पीने को थोड़ा पानी ले आ।
11 जब वह लेने जा रही थी, तो उसने उसे पुकार के कहा अपने हाथ में एक टुकड़ा रोटी भी मेरे पास लेती आ।
12 उसने कहा, तेरे परमेश्वर यहोवा के जीवन की शपथ मेरे पास एक भी रोटी नहीं है केवल घड़े में मुट्ठी भर मैदा और कुप्पी में थोड़ा सा तेल है, और मैं दो एक लकड़ी बीनकर लिए जाती हूँ कि अपने और अपने बेटे के लिये उसे पकाऊं, और हम उसे खाएं, फिर मर जाएं।
13 एलिय्याह ने उस से कहा, मत डर; जा कर अपनी बात के अनुसार कर, परन्तु पहिले मेरे लिये एक छोटी सी रोटी बना कर मेरे पास ले आ, फिर इसके बाद अपने और अपने बेटे के लिये बनाना।
14 क्योंकि इस्राएल का परमेश्वर यहोवा यों कहता है, कि जब तक यहोवा भूमि पर मेंह न बरसाएगा तब तक न तो उस घड़े का मैदा चुकेगा, और न उस कुप्पी का तेल घटेगा।
15 तब वह चली गई, और एलिय्याह के वचन के अनुसार किया, तब से वह और स्त्री और उसका घराना बहुत दिन तक खाते रहे।
16 यहोवा के उस वचन के अनुसार जो उसने एलिय्याह के द्वारा कहा था, न तो उस घड़े का मैदा चुका, और न उस कुप्पी का तेल घट गया।
17 इन बातों के बाद उस स्त्री का बेटा जो घर की स्वामिनी थी, रोगी हुआ, और उसका रोग यहां तक बढ़ा कि उसका सांस लेना बन्द हो गया।
18 तब वह एलिय्याह से कहने लगी, हे परमेश्वर के जन! मेरा तुझ से क्या काम? क्या तू इसलिये मेरे यहां आया है कि मेरे बेटे की मृत्यु का कारण हो और मेरे पाप का स्मरण दिलाए?
19 उसने उस से कहा अपना बेटा मुझे दे; तब वह उसे उसकी गोद से ले कर उस अटारी पर ले गया जहां वह स्वयं रहता था, और अपनी खाट पर लिटा दिया।
20 तब उसने यहोवा को पुकार कर कहा, हे मेरे परमेश्वर यहोवा! क्या तू इस विधवा का बेटा मार डाल कर जिसके यहां मैं टिका हूं, इस पर भी विपत्ति ले आया है?
21 तब वह बालक पर तीन बार पसर गया और यहोवा को पुकार कर कहा, हे मेरे परमेश्वर यहोवा! इस बालक का प्राण इस में फिर डाल दे।
22 एलिय्याह की यह बात यहोवा ने सुन ली, और बालक का प्राण उस में फिर आ गया और वह जी उठा।
23 तब एलिय्याह बालक को अटारी पर से नीचे घर में ले गया, और एलिय्याह ने यह कहकर उसकी माता के हाथ में सौंप दिया, कि देख तेरा बेटा जीवित है।
24 स्त्री ने एलिय्याह से कहा, अब मुझे निश्चय हो गया है कि तू परमेश्वर का जन है, और यहोवा का जो वचन तेरे मुंह से निकलता है, वह सच होता है।
1 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.
1 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus’ band.
2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
3 And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.
4 And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
5 And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.
7 And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;
8 And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.
9 Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,
10 And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.
11 Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.
12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
14 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.
15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.
16 And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
19 And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.
23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;
28 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
33 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
34 Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.
35 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.
36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
42 And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
44 And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.