1 And it happened after many days the Word of YAHUVEH came to Elijah in the
third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will give rain on the face
of the ground.
2 And Elijah went to appear to Ahab. And the famine in Samaria was severe.
3 And Ahab called to Obadiah, who was over the house (and Obadiah greatly feared
YAHUVEH;
4 and it happened, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of YAHUVEH, that Obadiah
had taken a hundred prophets and had hidden them, fifty men in a cave, and had
fed them with bread and water)
5 and Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land to all the fountains of water,
and to all the torrents; perhaps we may find grass and keep alive horse and
mule, and will not cut off any of the livestock.
6 And they divided the land to themselves, to pass over into it; Ahab went in
one way by himself, and Obadiah went in another way by himself.
7 And Obadiah was in the highway; and behold, Elijah came to meet him. And he
recognized him, and he fell on his face, and said, Are you this one, my master
Elijah?
8 And he said to him, I am; Go, say to your master, Behold, Elijah!
9 And he said, What have I sinned, that you are giving your servant into the
hand of Ahab to kill me?
10 As YAHUVEH your Elohim lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master
has not sent to seek you; and when they said, He is not here, then he caused the
kingdom and the nation to swear that it did not find you.
11 And now, you are saying, Go, say to your master, Behold, Elijah.
12 And it shall be, I will go away from you, and the Spirit of YAHUVEH will lift
you up, where I do not know, and I will come to tell Ahab, and he will not find
you, and he will kill me. And your servant has feared YAHUVEH from my youth.
13 Was it not told to my master that which I did when Jezebel killed the
prophets of YAHUVEH, that I hid a hundred men of the prophets, fifty by fifty in
a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
14 And now you are saying, Go, say to your master, Behold, Elijah, and he will
kill me!
15 And Elijah said, As YAHUVEH of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely today
I will be seen by him.
16 And Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him: And Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17 And it happened when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Are you this
one, the disturber of Israel?
18 And he answered, I have not disturbed Israel, but you and the house of your
father, in that you have forsaken the commandments of YAHUVEH, and you have gone
after the Baals.
19 And now send, gather all Israel to me, to Mount Carmel and four hundred and
fifty of the prophets of Baal, and four hundred of the prophets of the Asherah,
who eat at the table of Jezebel.
20 And Ahab sent among all the sons of Israel and gathered the prophets to Mount
Carmel.
21 And Elijah came near all the people and said, Until when are you limping over
two opinions? If YAHUVEH is Elohim, follow Him; and if Baal, follow him. But the
people did not answer him a word.
22 Then Elijah said to the people, I, I am the only one of who remains a prophet
of YAHUVEH; but the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men.
23 Then let them give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves,
and cut it in pieces, and place it on the wood, and place no fire. And I, I will
prepare the other bull and will put it on the wood, and I will not place fire.
24 And you shall call on the name of your Elohim; and I, I will call on the name
of YAHUVEH; and it shall be, the Elohim who answers by fire, he is the Elohim.
And all the people answered and said, The word is good.
25 And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose the one bull for yourself,
and prepare first, for you are many; and you call on the name of your Elohim,
but place no fire.
26 And they took the bull that was given to them, and prepared, and called on
the name of Baal from the morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, answer us!
And there was no sound, and no one was answering; and they hopped about the
altar that had been made.
27 And it happened at noon, that Elijah taunted them and said, Call with a loud
voice, for he is a Elohim; for he is meditating, or he is relieving himself, or
on a journey; it may be he is asleep and must be awakened.
28 And they called with a loud voice, and cut themselves, according to their
custom, with swords and with spears until blood gushed out on them.
29 And it happened as noon passed by, that they prophesied madly until the
offering up of the offering; and no sound came, and no one was answering, and no
one was paying attention.
30 And Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me. And all the people came
near to him; and he healed the altar of YAHUVEH that had been broken down.
31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the
sons of Jacob, to whom the Word of YAHUVEH came, saying, Israel shall be your
name.
32 And he built an altar with the stones in the name of YAHUVEH1, and made a
trench as large as two seahs of seed 2in space around the altar.
33 And he arranged the wood, and cut the bull in pieces, and placed it on the
wood, and said, Fill four water jars of water and pour it on the burnt offering
and on the wood.
34 And he said, Do it twice; and they did it twice; and he said, Do it a third
time; and they did it a third time.
35 And the water went around the altar, and also he filled the trench with
water.
36 And it happened at the offering of the sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet
came near and said, O YAHUVEH, the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it
be known today that You are Elohim in Israel, and I am Your servant, that by
Your Word I have done all these things.
37 Answer me, O YAHUVEH, answer me; and this people shall know that You are
YAHUVEH Elohim; and You shall turn their hearts back again.
38 And fire fell from YAHUVEH and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood, and
the stones, and the dust, and the water that was in the trench it was licked up.
39 And all the people saw, and fell on their faces, and said, YAHUVEH, He is the
Elohim; YAHUVEH, He is the Elohim!
Mark 9:1-10
1 And He said to them, Truly I say to you, There are some of those standing here
who in no way shall taste of death until they see the kingdom of YAHUVEH coming
in power.
2 And after six days YAHUSHUA takes along Peter and Jacob and John, and leads
them into a high mount apart, alone. And He was transfigured before their eyes.
3 And His clothes became shining, very white like snow, so much that the sons of
men are not able to make this white.
4 And Elijah with Moses was seen by them, and they were speaking with YAHUSHUA.
5 And answering, Peter said to YAHUSHUA, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here;
and, Let us make three booths, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for
Elijah.
6 For he did not know what he was saying, for they were in fear.
7 And a cloud was overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, saying,
This is My Son, the Beloved; hear Him.
8 And suddenly, having looked around, they saw no one any longer, but YAHUSHUA
alone with themselves.
9 And as they were coming down from the mount, He commanded them that they
should tell no one what they saw, except when the Son of Man should rise from
the dead.
10 And they held the saying in themselves, and were inquiring what this saying
is “when He is raised from the dead.”