The third year of famine, Elias meeting the chief governor of Achab's house, hardly persuadeth him to tell Achab, that he is present. 17. Achab blameth Elias; but Elias freely avoucheth that not he, but Achab troubleth Israel. 19. By a miracle four hundred and fifty false prophets are convinced, 40. and are slain. 41. Elias prayeth and it raineth.The third yeare of famine, Elias meeting the chief gouernour of Achabs house, hardly perswadeth him to tel Achab, that he is present. 17. Achab blameth Elias; but Elias freely auoucheth that not he, but Achab trubleth Israel. 19. By a miracle foure hundred and fiftie falsprophetes are conuinced, 40. and are slaine. 41. Elias prayeth and it rayneth.✦
After many days the word of our Lord came to Elias, the third year, saying: Go, and show thyself to Achab, that I may give rain upon the face of the earth.AFTER manie daies the word of our Lord came to Elias, the third yeare, saying: Goe, and shew thy self to Achab, that I may geue rayne vpon the face of the earth.✦Post dies multos factum est verbum Domini ad Eliam, in anno tertio, dicens : Vade, et ostende te Achab, ut dem pluviam super faciem terræ.
2Elias therefore went to show himself to Achab: and there was sore famine in Samaria.Elias therfore went to shew himself to Achab: and there was sore famine in Samaria.Ivit ergo Elias, ut ostenderet se Achab : erat autem fames vehemens in Samaria.
3And Achab called Abdias the governor of his house: and Abdias did fear our Lord very much.And Achab called Abdias the gouernour of his house: and Abdias did feare our Lord very much.✦Vocavitque Achab Abdiam dispensatorem domus suæ : Abdias autem timebat Dominum valde.
4For when Jezabel killed the prophets of our Lord, he took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty and fifty in caves, and fed them with bread and water.For when Iezabel killed the prophetes of our Lord, he tooke an hundred prophetes, and hid them by fiftie and fiftie in caues, and fed them with bread and water.✦Nam cum interficeret Jezabel prophetas Domini, tulit ille centum prophetas, et abscondit eos quinquagenos et quinquagenos in speluncis, et pavit eos pane et aqua.
5Achab therefore said to Abdias: Go into the land to all the fountains of waters, and into all valleys, if perhaps we may find grass, and save the horses and mules, and the beasts may not utterly perish.Achab therfore sayd to Abdias: Goe into the land to al the fountaynes of waters, and into al valleys, if perhaps we may finde grasse, and saue the horses and mules, and the beastes may not vtterly perish.Dixit ergo Achab ad Abdiam : Vade in terram ad universos fontes aquarum, et in cunctas valles, si forte possimus invenire herbam, et salvare equos et mulos, et non penitus jumenta intereant.
6And they divided the countries between them, that they might go circuit about them: Achab went one way, and Abdias another way severally.And they diuided the countries betwen them, that they might goe circuite about them: Achab went one way, and Abdias an other way seuerally.Diviseruntque sibi regiones ut circuirent eas : Achab ibat per viam unam, et Abdias per viam alteram seorsum.
7And when Abdias was in the way, Elias met him: who when he knew him, fell on his face, and said: My lord, art not thou Elias?And when Abdias was in the way, Elias mette him: who when he knew him, fel on his face, and sayd: My lord, art not thou Elias?Cumque esset Abdias in via, Elias occurrit ei : qui cum cognovisset eum, cecidit super faciem suam, et ait : Num tu es, domine mi, Elias ?
8To whom he answered: I am. Go, and tell thy lord: Elias is here.To whom he answered: I am. Goe, and tel thy lord: Elias is here.Cui ille respondit : Ego. Vade, et dic domino tuo : Adest Elias.
9And he said: What have I sinned, that thou deliverest me thy servant into the hand of Achab, that he may kill me?And he sayd: What haue I sinned, that thou deliuerest me thy seruant into the hand of Achab, that he may kil me?Et ille : Quid peccavi, inquit, quoniam tradis me servum tuum in manu Achab, ut interficiat me ?
10Our Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and all answering: He is not here: he adjured all kingdoms and nations, for that thou wast not found.Our Lord thy God liueth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seeke thee: and al answering: He is not here: he adiured al kingdomes and nations, for that thou wast not found.Vivit Dominus Deus tuus, quia non est gens aut regnum quo non miserit dominus meus te requirens : et respondentibus cunctis : Non est hic : adjuravit regna singula et gentes, eo quod minime reperireris.
11And now thou sayest to me: Go, and tell thy lord: Elias is here.And now thou sayest to me: Goe, and tel thy lord: Elias is here.Et nunc tu dicis mihi : Vade, et dic domino tuo : Adest Elias.
12And when I am departed from thee, the Spirit of our Lord will carry thee into a place, that I know not: and I entering in shall tell Achab, and not finding thee, he will kill me: and thy servant feareth our Lord from his infancy.And when I am departed from thee, the Spirit of our Lord wil carie thee into a place, that I know not: and I entering in shal tel Achab, and not finding thee, he wil kil me: and thy seruant feareth our Lord from his infancie.Cumque recessero a te, spiritus Domini asportabit te in locum quem ego ignoro : et ingressus nuntiabo Achab, et non inveniens te, interficiet me : servus autem tuus timet Dominum ab infantia sua.
13Hath it not been told thee my lord, what I did when Jezabel killed the prophets of our Lord, that I hid of the prophets of our Lord an hundred men, by fifty and fifty in caves, and fed them with bread and water?Hath it not beene told thee my lord, what I did when Iezabel killed the prophetes of our Lord, that I hid of the prophetes of our Lord an hundred men, by fiftie and fiftie in caues, and fed them with bread and water?Numquid non indicatum est tibi domino meo quid fecerim cum interficeret Jezabel prophetas Domini, quod absconderim de prophetis Domini centum viros, quinquagenos et quinquagenos, in speluncis, et paverim eos pane et aqua ?
14And now thou sayest: Go, and tell thy lord: Elias is here: that he may kill me?And now thou sayst: Goe, and tel thy lord: Elias is here: that he may kil me?et nunc tu dicis : Vade, et dic domino tuo : Adest Elias : ut interficiat me ?
15And Elias said: The Lord of hosts liveth, before whose face I stand, this day will I appear to him.And Elias sayd: The Lord of hostes liueth, before whose face I stand, this day wil I appeare to him.Et dixit Elias : Vivit Dominus exercituum, ante cujus vultum sto, quia hodie apparebo ei.
16Abdias therefore went to meet Achab, and told him: and Achab came to meet Elias.Abdias therfore went to meete Achab, and told him: and Achab came to meete Elias.Abiit ergo Abdias in occursum Achab, et indicavit ei : venitque Achab in occursum Eliæ.
17And when he had seen him, he said: Art thou he that doest trouble Israel?And when he had seene him, he sayd: Art thou he that doest truble Israel?Et cum vidisset eum, ait : Tune es ille, qui conturbas Israël ?
18And he said: not I have troubled Israel, but thou, and the house of thy father, who have forsaken the commandments of our Lord, and have followed Baalim.And he sayd: not I haue trubled Israel, but thou, and the house of thy father, who haue forsaken the commandmentes of our Lord, and haue folowed Baalim.✦Et ille ait : Non ego turbavi Israël, sed tu, et domus patris tui, qui dereliquistis mandata Domini, et secuti estis Baalim.
19Nevertheless send now, and gather unto me all Israel in the mount of Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat of Jezabel's table.Neuerthelesse send now, and gather vnto me al Israel in the mount of Carmel, and the prophetes of Baal foure hundred fiftie, and the prophetes of the groues foure hundred, which eate of Iezabels table.✦Verumtamen nunc mitte, et congrega ad me universum Israël in monte Carmeli, et prophetas Baal quadringentos quinquaginta, prophetasque lucorum quadringentos, qui comedunt de mensa Jezabel.
20Achab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered together the prophets in the mount of Carmel.Achab sent to al the children of Israel, and gathered together the prophetes in the mount of Carmel.Misit Achab ad omnes filios Israël, et congregavit prophetas in monte Carmeli.
21And Elias coming to all the people, said: How long claudicatis: limp, waver you on two sides? If our Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.And Elias coming to al the people, sayd: How long halt you on two sides? If our Lord be God, folow him: but if Baal, folow him. And the people did not answer him a word.Accedens autem Elias ad omnem populum, ait : Usquequo claudicatis in duas partes ? si Dominus est Deus, sequimini eum : si autem Baal, sequimini illum. Et non respondit ei populus verbum.
22And Elias said again to the people: I only remain a prophet of our Lord: and the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men.And Elias sayd agayne to the people: I onlie remayne a prophete of our Lord: and the prophetes of Baal are foure hundred and fiftie men.Et ait rursus Elias ad populum : Ego remansi propheta Domini solus : prophetæ autem Baal quadringenti et quinquaginta viri sunt.
23Let two oxen be given us, and let them choose to themselves one ox, and cutting it into pieces let them lay it upon wood, but put no fire under: and I will dress the other ox, and will lay it upon wood, and put no fire under.Let two oxen be geuen vs, and let them choose to them selues one oxe, and cutting it into peeces let them lay it vpon wood, but put no fyre vnder: and I wil dresse the other oxe, and wil lay it vpon wood, and put no fire vnder.✦Dentur nobis duo boves, et illi eligant sibi bovem unum, et in frusta cædentes ponant super ligna, ignem autem non supponant : et ego faciam bovem alterum, et imponam super ligna, ignem autem non supponam.
24Invocate ye the names of your gods, and I will invocate the name of my Lord: and the God that shall hear by fire, let the same be God. And all the people answering said: A very good proposition.Inuocate ye the names of your goddes, & I wil inuocate the name of my Lord: and the God that shal heare by fyre, let the same be God. And al the people answering sayd: A very good proposition.✦Invocate nomina deorum vestrorum, et ego invocabo nomen Domini mei : et Deus qui exaudierit per ignem, ipse sit Deus. Respondens omnis populus ait : Optima propositio.
25Elias therefore said to the prophets of Baal: Choose you one ox, and make it first, because you are many: and invocate the names of your gods, and put no fire under.Elias therfore sayd to the prophetes of Baal: Choose you one oxe, and make it first, because you are manie: & inuocate the names of your goddes, and put no fire vnder.Dixit ergo Elias prophetis Baal : Eligite vobis bovem unum, et facite primi, quia vos plures estis : et invocate nomina deorum vestrorum, ignemque non supponatis.
26Who when they had taken the ox, which he gave them, they dressed it: and they invocated the name of Baal from morning until midday, saying: Baal hear us. And there was no voice, nor any that answered: and they leaped over the altar, that they had made.Who when they had taken the oxe, which he gaue them, they dressed it: and they inuocated the name of Baal from morning vntil midday, saying: Baal heare vs. And there was no voice, nor any that answered: and they leaped ouer the altar, that they had made.✦Qui cum tulissent bovem quem dederat eis, fecerunt : et invocabant nomen Baal de mane usque ad meridiem, dicentes : Baal, exaudi nos. Et non erat vox, nec qui responderet : transiliebantque altare quod fecerant.
27And when it was now midday, Elias jested at them, saying: Cry with a louder voice: for he is God, and perhaps he speaketh, or is in his inn, or in the way or at the least he sleepeth, that he must be waked.And when it was now midday, Elias iested at them, saying: Crie with a lowder voice: for he is God, and perhaps he speaketh, or is in his inne, or in the way or it the least he slepeth, that he must be waked.✦Cumque esset jam meridies, illudebat illis Elias, dicens : Clamate voce majore : deus enim est, et forsitan loquitur, aut in diversorio est, aut in itinere, aut certe dormit, ut excitetur.
28They cried therefore with a loud voice, and cut themselves after their rite with knives and lanceolis: lancets, small lances, till they were all perfunderentur: drenched, steeped with bloodThey cried therfore with a lowd voice, and cut them selues after their rite with kniues and lancers, til they were al embrewed with bloud✦Clamabant ergo voce magna, et incidebant se juxta ritum suum cultris et lanceolis, donec perfunderentur sanguine.
29And after the midday was past, and whiles they prophesied, the time was come, when they used to offer sacrifice, neither voice was heard, nor any did answer, nor attend them praying:And after the midday was past, and whiles they prophecied, the time was come, when they vsed to offer sacrifice, neither voice was heard, nor any did answer, nor attend them praying:✦Postquam autem transiit meridies, et illis prophetantibus venerat tempus quo sacrificium offerri solet, nec audiebatur vox, nec aliquis respondebat, nec attendebat orantes,
30Elias said to all the people: Come unto me. And the people coming to him, he repaired the altar of our Lord, that was destroyed.Elias sayd to al the people: Come vnto me. And the people coming to him, he repayred the altar of our Lord, that was destroyed.✦dixit Elias omni populo : Venite ad me. Et accedente ad se populo, curavit altare Domini quod destructum fuerat.
31And he took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the children of Jacob, to whom the word of our Lord came, saying: Israel shall be thy name.And he tooke twelue stones according to the number of the tribes of the children of Iacob, to whom the word of our Lord came, saying: Israel shal be thy name.✦Et tulit duodecim lapides juxta numerum tribuum filiorum Jacob, ad quem factus est sermo Domini, dicens : Israël erit nomen tuum.
32And he built of the stones an altar in the name of our Lord: and he made a water gutter, as it were by two furrows round about the altar,And he built of the stones an altar in the name of our Lord: and he made a water gutter, as it were by two furrowes round about the altar,✦Et ædificavit de lapidibus altare in nomine Domini : fecitque aquæductum, quasi per duas aratiunculas in circuitu altaris,
33and he laid the wood in order, and divided the ox in joints, and laid it upon the wood,and he layed the wood in order, and diuided the oxe in iointes, and layd it vpon the wood,et composuit ligna : divisitque per membra bovem, et posuit super ligna,
34and said: Fill four buckets with water, and pour upon the holocaustum: whole burnt sacrifice, and upon the wood. And again he said: Do it also the second time. Who having done it the second time, he said: The third time also do the same. And they did so the third time,and said: Fil foure buckettes with water, and powre vpon the holocauste, and vpon the wood. And againe he sayd: Doe it also the second time. Who hauing donne it the second time, he said: The third time also doe the same. And they did so the third time,et ait : Implete quatuor hydrias aqua, et fundite super holocaustum et super ligna. Rursumque dixit : Etiam secundo hoc facite. Qui cum fecissent secundo, ait : Etiam tertio idipsum facite. Feceruntque tertio,
35and the waters ran about the altar, and the trough of the conduit was filled.and the waters ranne about the altar, and the trough of the conduite was filled.et currebant aquæ circum altare, et fossa aquæductus repleta est.
36And when it was now time that the holocaust should be offered, Elias the prophet coming said: Lord God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Israel, show this day that thou art the God of Israel, and I thy servant, and that according to thy commandment I have done all these things.And when it was now time that the holocauste should be offered, Elias the prophete coming said: Lord God of Abraham, and Isaac, & Israel, shew this day that thou art the God of Israel, and I thy seruant, & that according to thy commandment I haue done al these thinges.Cumque jam tempus esset ut offerretur holocaustum, accedens Elias propheta ait : Domine Deus Abraham, et Isaac, et Israël, ostende hodie quia tu es Deus Israël, et ego servus tuus, et juxta præceptum tuum feci omnia verba hæc.
37Hear me Lord, hear me that this people may learn, that thou art our Lord God, and thou hast converted their heart again.Heare me Lord, heare me that this people may learne, that thou art our Lord God, & thou hast conuerted their hart againe.Exaudi me, Domine, exaudi me : ut discat populus iste quia tu es Dominus Deus, et tu convertisti cor eorum iterum.
38And the fire of our Lord fell, and devoured the holocaust, and the wood, and the stones, licking also the dust, and the water, that was in the water gutter.And the fire of our Lord fel, & deuoured the holocauste, & the wood, and the stones, licking also the dust, and the water, that was in the water gutter.✦Cecidit autem ignis Domini, et voravit holocaustum, et ligna, et lapides, pulverem quoque, et aquam quæ erat in aquæductu lambens.
39Which when all the people had seen, they fell on their face, and said: Our Lord he is God, our Lord he is God.Which when al the people had seene, they fel on their face, and said: Our Lord he is God, our Lord he is God.✦Quod cum vidisset omnis populus, cecidit in faciem suam, et ait : Dominus ipse est Deus, Dominus ipse est Deus.
40And Elias said to them: Apprehend the prophets of Baal, and let not one escape of them. Whom when they had taken, Elias brought them to the Torrent Cison, and killed them there.And Elias said to them: Apprehend the prophetes of Baal, and let not one escape of them. Whom when they had taken, Elias brought them to the Torrent cison, and killed them there.✦Dixitque Elias ad eos : Apprehendite prophetas Baal, et ne unus quidem effugiat ex eis. Quos cum apprehendissent, duxit eos Elias ad torrentem Cison, et interfecit eos ibi.
41And Elias said to Achab: Go up, eat, and drink: because there is sound of much rain.And Elias sayd to Achab: Goe vp, eate, and drinke: because there is sound of much raine.✦Et ait Elias ad Achab : Ascende, comede, et bibe, quia sonus multæ pluviæ est.
42Achab went up to eat and drink: and Elias went up into the top of Carmel, and pronus: prostrate, bowed face-down on the earth put his face between his knees,Achab went vp to eate and drinke: and Elias went vp into the toppe of Carmel, and flatte on the earth put his face betwen his knees,✦Ascendit Achab ut comederet et biberet : Elias autem ascendit in verticem Carmeli, et pronus in terram posuit faciem suam inter genua sua,
43and he said to his servant: Go up, and look toward the sea. Who when he was gone up, and had looked, he said: There is nothing. And again he said to him: Return seven times.and he said to his seruant: Goe vp, and looke toward the sea. Who when he was gone vp, and had looked, he said: There is nothing. And againe he said to him: Returne seuen tymes.✦et dixit ad puerum suum : Ascende, et prospice contra mare. Qui cum ascendisset, et contemplatus esset, ait : Non est quidquam. Et rursum ait illi : Revertere septem vicibus.
44And in the seventh time: Behold a little cloud as it were a man's foot, came up from the sea. Who said: Go up and say to Achab: Yoke thy chariot and go down, lest the rain occupet: hinder; overtake, come upon first thee.And in the seuenth time: Behold a litle cloud as it were a mans foote, came vp from the sea. Who said: Goe vp and say to Achab: Yoke thy chariote and goe downe, lest the raine preuent thee.✦In septima autem vice, ecce nubecula parva quasi vestigium hominis ascendebat de mari. Qui ait : Ascende, et dic Achab : Junge currum tuum et descende, ne occupet te pluvia.
45And when he turned himself hither and thither, behold the heavens were darkened, and clouds, and wind, and there fell great rain. Achab therefore going up went into Jezrahel:And when he turned him selfe hither and thither, behold the heauens were darkened, and cloudes, and winde, and there fel great raine. Achab therfore going vp went into Iezrahel:Cumque se verteret huc atque illuc, ecce cæli contenebrati sunt, et nubes, et ventus, et facta est pluvia grandis. Ascendens itaque Achab, abiit in Jezrahel :
46and the hand of our Lord was made upon Elias, and his loins girded he ran before Achab, until he came into Jezrahel.and the hand of our Lord was made vpon Elias, and his loynes girded he ranne before Achab, vntil he came into Iezrahel.✦et manus Domini facta est super Eliam, accinctisque lumbis currebat ante Achab, donec veniret in Jezrahel.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.