3 Kingdoms 17

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

3 Kingdoms 17

1And Eliu the prophet, the Thesbite of Thesbae of Galaad, said to Achaab, As the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, * there shall not be these years dew nor rain, except by the † word of my mouth.Καὶ εἶπεν Ἠλιοὺ ὁ προφήτης Θεσβίτης ὁ ἐκ Θεσβῶν τῆς Γαλαὰδ πρὸς Ἀχαὰβ, ζῇ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῶν δυνάμεων ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραὴλ, ᾧ παρέστην ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, εἰ ἔσται τὰ ἔτη ταῦτα δρόσος καὶ ὑετὸς, ὅτι εἰ μὴ διὰ στόματος λόγου μου.

2And the word of the Lord came to Eliu, saying,Καὶ ἐγένετο ῥῆμα Κυρίου πρὸς Ἠλιοὺ,

3Depart hence eastward, and hide you ‡ by the brook of Chorrath, that is before Jordan.πορεύου ἐντεῦθεν κατὰ ἀνατολὰς, καὶ κρύβηθι ἐν τῷ χειμάῤῥῳ Χοῤῥαθ τοῦ ἐπὶ προσώπου τοῦ Ἰορδάνου.

4And it shall be that you shall drink water of the brook, and I will charge the ravens to feed you there.Καὶ ἔσται ἐκ τοῦ χειμάῤῥου πίεσαι ὕδωρ, καὶ τοῖς κόραξιν ἐντελοῦμαι διατρέφειν σε ἐκεῖ.

5And Eliu did according to the word of the Lord, and he sat by the brook of Chorrath before Jordan.Καὶ ἐποίησεν Ἠλιοὺ κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα Κυρίου, καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐν τῷ χειμάῤῥῳ Χοῤῥὰθ ἐπὶ προσώπου τοῦ Ἰορδάνου.

6And the ravens brought him loaves in the morning, and flesh in the evening and he drank water of the brook.Καὶ οἱ κόρακες ἔφερον αὐτῷ ἄρτους τοπρωῒ, καὶ κρέα τοδείλης, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ χειμάῤῥου ἔπινεν ὕδωρ.

7And it came to pass after § some time, that the brook was dried up, because there had been no rain upon the earth.Καὶ ἐγένετο μεθʼ ἡμέρας, καὶ ἐξηράνθη ὁ χειμάῤῥους, ὅτι οὐκ ἐγένετο ὑετὸς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

8And the word of the Lord came to Eliu, saying,Καὶ ἐγένετο ῥῆμα Κυρίου πρὸς Ἠλιοὺ,

9Arise, and go to Sarepta of the Sidonian land: behold, I have there commanded a widow-woman to maintain you.ἀνάστηθι, καὶ πορεύου εἰς Σαρεπτὰ τῆς Σιδωνίας· ἰδοὺ ἐντέταλμαι ἐκεῖ γυναικὶ χήρᾳ τοῦ διατρέφειν σε.

10And he arose and went to Sarepta, and came to the gate of the city: and, behold, a widow-woman was there gathering sticks; and Eliu cried after her, and said to her, ** Fetch me, I pray you, a little water in a vessel, †† that I may drink.Καὶ ἀνέστη καὶ ἐπορεύθη εἰς Σαρεπτὰ, καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς τὸν πυλῶνα τῆς πόλεως· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐκεῖ γυνὴ χήρα συνέλεγε ξύλα· καὶ ἐβόησεν ὀπίσω αὐτῆς Ἠλιοὺ, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ, λάβε δή μοι ὀλίγον ὕδωρ εἰς ἄγγος, καὶ πίομαι.

11And she went to fetch it; and Eliu cried after her, and said, Bring me, I pray you, a morsel of the bread that is in your hand.Καὶ ἐπορεύθη λαβεῖν, καὶ ἐβόησεν ὀπίσω αὐτῆς Ἠλιοὺ, καὶ εἶπε, λήψῃ δή μοι ψωμὸν ἄρτου τοῦ ἐν τῇ χειρί σου.

12And the woman said, As the Lord your God lives, I have not a cake, but only a handful of meal in the pitcher, and a little oil in a cruse, and, behold, I am going to gather two sticks, and I shall go in and dress it for myself and my children, and we shall eat it and die.Καὶ εἶπεν ἡ γυνὴ, ζῇ Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου, εἰ ἔστι μοι ἐγκρυφίας, ἀλλʼ ἢ ὅσον δρὰξ ἀλεύρου ἐν τῇ ὑδρίᾳ, καὶ ὀλίγον ἔλαιον ἐν τῷ καψάκῃ· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ συλλέξω δύο ξυλάρια, καὶ εἰσελεύσομαι καὶ ποιήσω αὐτὸ ἐμαυτῇ καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις μου, καὶ φαγόμεθα, καὶ ἀποθανούμεθα.

13And Eliu said to her, Be of good courage, go in and do according to your word: but make me thereof a little cake, and you shall bring it out to me first, and you shall make some for yourself and your children last.Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὴν Ἠλιοὺ, θάρσει, εἴσελθε καὶ ποίησον κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμά σου· ἀλλὰ ποίησόν μοι ἐκεῖθεν ἐγκρυφίαν μικρὸν, καὶ ἐξοίσεις μοι ἐν πρώτοις, σαυτῇ δὲ καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις σου ποιήσεις ἐπʼ ἐσχάτῳ·

14For thus says the Lord, The pitcher of meal shall not fail, and the cruse of oil shall not ‡‡ diminish, until the day that the Lord gives rain upon the earth.Ὅτι τάδε λέγει Κύριος, ἡ ὑδρία τοῦ ἀλεύρου οὐκ ἐκλείψει, καὶ ὁ καψάκης τοῦ ἐλαίου οὐκ ἐλαττονήσει, ἕως ἡμέρας τοῦ δοῦναι Κύριον τὸν ὑετὸν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

15And the woman went and did so, and did eat, she, and he, and her children.Καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἡ γυνὴ, καὶ ἐποίησε, καὶ ἤσθιεν αὐτὴ καὶ αὐτὸς καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς.

16And the pitcher of meal failed not, and the cruse of oil was not diminished, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by the hand of Eliu.Καὶ ἡ ὑδρία τοῦ ἀλεύρου οὐκ ἐξέλιπε, καὶ ὁ καψάκης τοῦ ἐλαίου οὐκ ἠλαττονήθη, κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα Κυρίου ὃ ἐλάλησεν ἐν χειρὶ Ἠλιού.

17And it came to pass afterward, that the son of the woman the mistress of the house was sick; and his sickness was very severe, until there was no breath left in him.Καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ ταῦτα, καὶ ἠῤῥώστησεν ὁ υἱὸς τῆς γυναικὸς τῆς κυρίας τοῦ οἴκου· καὶ ἦν ἡ ἀῤῥωστία αὐτοῦ κραταιὰ σφόδρα ἕως οὐχ ὑπελείφθη ἐν αὐτῷ πνεῦμα.

18And she said to Eliu, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come in to me to bring my sins to remembrance, and to kill my son?Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς Ἠλιοὺ, τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοὶ ἄνθρωπε τοῦ Θεοῦ; εἰσῆλθες πρὸς μὲ τοῦ ἀναμνῆσαι ἀδικίας μου, καὶ θανατῶσαι τὸν υἱόν μου;

19And Eliu said to the woman, Give me your son. And he took him out of her bosom, and took him up to the chamber in which he himself lodged, and §§ laid him on the bed.Καὶ εἶπεν Ἠλιοὺ πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα, δός μοι τὸν υἱόν σου· καὶ ἔλαβεν αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ κόλπου αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ ὑπερῷον ἐν ᾧ αὐτὸς ἐκάθητο ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἐκοίμισεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆς κλίνης.

20And Eliu cried aloud, and said, Alas, O Lord, the witness of the widow with whom I sojourn, you have wrought evil for her in slaying her son.Καὶ ἀνεβόησεν Ἠλιοὺ, καὶ εἶπεν, οἵ μοι Κύριε, ὁ μάρτυς τῆς χήρας μεθʼ ἧς ἐγὼ κατοικῶ μετʼ αὐτῆς, σὺ κεκάκωκας τοῦ θανατῶσαι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς.

21And he breathed on the child thrice, and called on the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, let, I pray you, the soul of this child return to him.Καὶ ἐνεφύσησε τῷ παιδαρίῳ τρὶς, καὶ ἐπεκαλέσατο τὸν Κύριον, καὶ εἶπε, Κύριε ὁ Θεός μου, ἐπιστραφήτω δὴ ἡ ψυχὴ τοῦ παιδαρίου τούτου εἰς αὐτόν.

22And it was so, and the child cried out,Καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως· καὶ ἀνεβόησε τὸ παιδάριον.

23and he brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother; and Eliu said, See, your son lives.Καὶ κατήγαγεν αυτὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὑπερῴου εἰς τὸν οἶκον, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὸ τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ· καὶ εἶπεν Ἠλιοὺ, βλέπε, ζῇ ὁ υἱός σου.

24And the woman said to Eliu, Behold, I know that you are a man of God, and the word of the Lord in your mouth is true.Καὶ εἶπεν ἡ γυνὴ πρὸς Ἠλιοὺ, ἰδοὺ ἔγνωκα ὅτι σὺ ἄνθρωπος Θεοῦ, καὶ ῥῆμα Κυρίου ἐν τῷ στόματί σου ἀληθινόν.

Translator's Notes

These notes come from the printed edition of Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX), and record where the Greek differs from the English rendering or admits more than one reading.

• v. 1*Gr. if there shall be, etc.
• v. 1†Gr. mouth of my word.
• v. 3‡Gr. in.
• v. 7§Gr. days.
• v. 10**Gr. take etc. into.
• v. 10††Gr. and I will etc.
• v. 14‡‡Or, be diminished, or fail of, etc.
• v. 19§§Gr. caused him to sleep.