Watheti wa Mintinu
17 Elia musi Tisbi divula didi ku Ngiliadi wukamba mambu amama kuidi Acabi: “Yinleva phesi mu dizina di Yave, Nzambi yi Isaeli no yimbuongiminanga ti, kualasa noka ko minlola* ne zimvula nate minu yala vana nsua.”
2 Yave wukamba mambu amama kuidi Elia: 3 “Botuka ku kibuangu akiokio yenda ku khonzo leste ayi suama ku ḿbuinga wu Kerite widi ku khonzo leste yi muila wu Yolidani. 4 Nuanga nlangu widi mu mua muila ayi minu yala fila zingongongo muingi ba kutuadilanga bidia.” 5 Mu thinu Elia wuvangila mambu dedi bo Yave kankambila. Nandi wuyenda ayi wukala ku ḿbuinga wu Kerite widi ku khonzo leste yi muila wu Yolidani. 6 Zingongongo baba kunnatinanga dipha ayi mbizi kadika meni ayi kadika masika ayi waba nuanga nlangu wuba mu mua muila beni. 7 Vayi bo vavioka mua bilumbu, mua muila beni wuyuma kibila zimvula ziabasa nokanga ko ku tsi beni.
8 Bosi Yave wukamba mambu amama kuidi Elia: 9 “Yenda mu thinu ku Sarefa kizunga kidi ku Sidom ayi kala kuna. Minu yala fila mfuizi widi kuna muingi ka kuvananga bidia.” 10 Mu phila ayoyo, ḿbikudi Elia wuyenda ku Sarefa. Bo kavitila va muelu wu divula, nandi wumona mfuizi wumueka waba nonga bisuadi. Elia wuntumisa ayi wunkamba: “Lemvuka, phana mua nlangu muingi yinua.” 11 Bo mfuizi beni kabe kuenda kue landa nlangu, Elia wubue ntela ayi wunkamba: “Lemvuka, thuadila mvandi mua kibuku ki dipha.” 12 Mfuizi beni wutuba: “Yave Nzambiꞌaku widi mbangi ti yisi ko dipha. Mua kadu falinya yidi yama mu kibasa kinneni ayi mua nzeta yidi mu kibasa kiluelu. Yidi mu kunonga bisuadi ayi yenkuenda ku nzo muingi kukubika kioso kiuma kio minu ayi muanꞌami tunkuiza dia. Vayi yizebi ti bo binkuiza mana, tunkuiza fua.”
13 Bosi Elia wutuba: “Bika kumona boma, yenda ku nzo ayi vanga mambu matuba. Vayi theti phangila mua dipha ayi tuala diawu. Bosi wulenda vanga kioso kiuma muingi ngie ayi muanꞌaku ludia. 14 Kibila buakabu butubidi Yave, Nzambi yi Isaeli: ‘Mua falinya yidi mu kibasa kinneni ayi mua nzeta yidi mu kibasa kiluelu, bialasa mana ko nate kilumbu Yave kala nokisa mvula ku ntoto awuwu.” 15 Mfuizi beni, wuvanga mambu Elia kankamba. Ḿbikudi Elia, mfuizi ayi basi dikanda diandi babaka bi kudia mu bilumbu biwombo. 16 Mua falinya yiba mu kibasa kinneni ayi mua nzeta yiba mu kibasa kiluelu, bisa mana ko, dedi bo Yave kabikudila mu nzila ḿbikudi Elia.
17 Bo vavioka mua thangu, muana wu mfuizi beni wuyiza bakana kubela ayi kimbevu beni kinnata nate ku lufua. 18 Bosi mfuizi beni wukamba Elia: “A kisadi ki Nzambi yi kiedika kibila mbi ma phangila mambu amama? Ngie wuyizidi ku nzoꞌama muingi kuthebula monyo masumu mami ayi kuvonda muanꞌama?” 19 Vayi ḿbikudi Elia wukamba mfuizi beni: “Tuala muanꞌaku.” Bosi Elia wubonga muana beni ayi wunnata ku kivinga kiba ku kibanga kio Elia kaba lalanga, ayi wulekisa muana beni va kika. 20 Bosi Elia wusambila kuidi Yave mu mbembu yinangama mu kutuba: “A Yave Nzambiꞌama, kibila mbi widi mu kutuadisila ziphasi kuidi mfuizi awuwu no wuthambula ku nzoꞌandi ayi kibila mbi be bikila muanꞌandi kafua?” 21 Bosi Elia wutetama muana beni khumbu tatu ayi wusambila kuidi Yave mu kutuba: “A Yave Nzambiꞌama lemvuka, vanga muingi muana awuwu kabue zinga.” 22 Yave wuyuwa nsambu wu Elia ayi wuvulubusa muana beni. 23 Elia wubonga muana beni, wukuluka ku kibanga kaba ayi wunnata kuidi mamꞌandi. Ḿbikudi Elia wutuba: “Bonga muanꞌaku, nandi mavulubuka.” 24 Bosi mfuizi beni wukamba ḿbikudi Elia: “Bubu yeka lufiatu ti ngiewu widi kisadi ki Nzambi ayi mambu moso wunkolukanga matedi Yave madi makiedika.”