1 Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word."

2 Then Yahweh’s word came to him, saying, 3 "Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. 4 You shall drink from the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there." 5 So he went and did according to Yahweh’s word, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook. 7 After a while, the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

8 Yahweh’s word came to him, saying, 9 "Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you."

10 So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and said, "Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink."

11 As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, "Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand."

12 She said, "As Yahweh your God lives, I don’t have anything baked, but only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jar. Behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die."

13 Elijah said to her, "Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you have said; but make me a little cake from it first, and bring it out to me, and afterward make some for you and for your son. 14 For Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘The jar of meal will not run out, and the jar of oil will not fail, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the earth.’"

15 She went and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she, he, and her household ate many days. 16 The jar of meal didn’t run out and the jar of oil didn’t fail, according to Yahweh’s word, which he spoke by Elijah.

17 After these things, the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. 18 She said to Elijah, "What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!"

19 He said to her, "Give me your son." He took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the room where he stayed, and laid him on his own bed. 20 He cried to Yahweh and said, "Yahweh my God, have you also brought evil on the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?"

21 He stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to Yahweh and said, "Yahweh my God, please let this child’s soul come into him again."

22 Yahweh listened to the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. 23 Elijah took the child and brought him down out of the room into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, "Behold, your son lives."

24 The woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God, and that Yahweh’s word in your mouth is truth."

1 提斯比人以利亚， 就是从基列的提斯比来的先知， 对亚哈说： "我指着我所事奉永活的耶和华以色列的 神起誓， 这几年若是没有我的命令， 天必不降露， 也不下雨。"

2 耶和华的话临到以利亚说：

3 "你离开这里， 向东方去， 躲藏在约旦河东面的基立溪旁。

4 你要喝那溪里的水， 我已经吩咐乌鸦在那里供养你。"

5 于是以利亚去了， 照着耶和华的话行了； 他去住在约旦河东面的基立溪旁。

6 乌鸦早晨给他送饼和肉来， 晚上也送饼和肉来， 他也喝那溪里的水。

7 过了一些日子， 那溪就干了， 因为没有雨下在地上。

8 耶和华的话又临到以利亚说：

9 "你起来， 往西顿的撒勒法去， 住在那里； 我已经吩咐那里的一个寡妇供养你。"

10 于是以利亚起来， 往撒勒法去了； 他来到城门口的时候， 就看见一个寡妇在那里捡柴； 以利亚呼叫她， 说： "请你用器皿取点水来给我！ "

11 她去取水的时候， 以利亚又叫她， 说： "请你也给我拿点饼来！ "

12 她说： "我指着永活的耶和华你的 神起誓， 我没有饼， 缸里只有一把面粉， 瓶里只有一点油。你看我正在捡两根柴， 然后回去， 为自己和儿子做饼， 我们吃完了， 就等死。"

13 以利亚对她说： "不要惧怕， 照着你所说的去作吧， 不过要先为我做一个小饼， 拿出来给我， 然后才为你自己和儿子做饼。

14 因为耶和华以色列的 神这样说： ‘缸里的面粉必不会用完， 瓶里的油决不会短缺， 直等到耶和华降雨在地面上的日子。’"

15 她就去照着以利亚所说的作了。她和以利亚， 以及她的家人， 吃了许多日子。

16 缸里的面粉果然没有用完， 瓶里的油也没有短缺， 正像耶和华借着以利亚所说的话一样。

17 这些事以后， 那妇人， 就是那个家庭的主人的儿子病了。他的病情十分严重， 以致呼吸都停止了。

18 于是妇人对以利亚说： "神人哪， 我跟你有什么关系呢？你竟到我这里来， 使耶和华想起我的罪孽， 杀死我的儿子。"

19 以利亚对她说： "把你的儿子交给我吧！ "以利亚就从她的怀中把孩子接过来， 抱他上到自己所住的楼上去， 放在自己的床上。

20 以利亚呼求耶和华说： "耶和华我的 神啊， 我寄居在这寡妇的家里， 你也降祸与她， 使她的儿子死去吗？"

21 然后， 以利亚三次伏在孩子的身上， 向耶和华呼求说： "耶和华我的 神， 求你恢复这孩子的生命吧。"

22 耶和华垂听了以利亚的话， 孩子的生命果然恢复， 活过来了。

23 以利亚把孩子抱起来， 从楼上下到屋子里去， 把孩子交给他的母亲； 以利亚说： "看， 你的儿子活了！ "

24 妇人对以利亚说： "现在我知道你是神人， 耶和华借着你的口所说的话是真实的。"