¹ The word of the Lord came to the Prophet Elias and he said to Achab, ‘As the Lord the God of powers lives, the God of Israel, before whom I stand today, there shall be neither dew nor rain during these years, except by my mouth.’ The word of the Lord came to Elias, saying, ‘Go from here and towards the east, and hide yourself in the brook Chorrath, which is opposite the Jordan. You shall drink from the brook, and I am commanding the ravens to feed you there.’ So he went and settled by the brook Chorrath, which is opposite the Jordan. The ravens brought him bread in the morning, and meat in the evening; and he drank water from the brook. And it cane to pass after some days that the brook dried up, because there was no rain on the land. Then the word of the Lord came to Elias, saying, ‘Arise and go to Sarepta, which belongs to Sidon, and settle there; for see, I am commanding a widow there to feed you.’ And he arose and went to Sarepta, to the gate of the city. And a widow was there gathering sticks. And Elias he called after her and said, ‘Bring me a little water in a vessel, so that I may drink.’ As she was going to bring it, he called after her and said, ‘Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.’ But the woman said, ‘As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in the jar, and a little oil in the jug; I am now gathering a couple of sticks, so that I may go home and prepare it for myself and my children, that we may eat it, and die.’ Elias said to her, ‘Take courage. Go and do as you have said; but first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterwards make something for yourself and your children. For thus says the Lord the God of Israel: The jar of flour will not fail and the jug of oil will not grow less until the day that the Lord sends rain on the whole land.’ The woman went and did as Elias said, and he and she and her children ate. And from that day the jar of flour did not fail, neither did the jug of oil grow less, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elias. After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill; his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. She then said to Elias, ‘Why do you trouble me, man of God? Have you come to me to bring my sins to remembrance, and to cause the death of my son?’ But he said to her, ‘Give me your son.’ He took him from her bosom, carried him up into the upper chamber where he was lodging, and laid him on his own bed. He cried out to the Lord, ‘Alas, Lord my God, you have brought calamity upon the widow with whom I am staying, whose witness you are, by killing her son.’ Then he breathed upon the child three times, and called on the Lord and said, ‘Lord my God, let this child’s life come into him again.’ And so it happened and he cried out. And the Lord listened to the voice of Elias; the child’s soul came into him again, and he lived. Elias took the child, brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother. Then Elias said, ‘See, your son is alive.’ So the woman said to Elias, ‘Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is true.’

¹ The word of the Lord came to Elias the Thesbite in the third year, saying, ‘Go, and appear before Achab, and I will give rain on the face of the land. And it came to pass that when Achab saw Elias, he said to him, ‘Is it you, the one who is troubling Israel?’ He answered, ‘I am not troubling Israel; but you are, and your father’s house, by forsaking the Lord our God and following Baal. Now therefore have all Israel assemble to me at Mount Carmel, with the four hundred fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of the scared groves, who eat at Jezebel’s table.’ So Achab sent to all Israel, and assembled the prophets at Mount Carmel. Elias said to them, ‘How long will you go limping with two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.’ Then Elias said to the people, ‘I, even I only, am left a prophet of the Lord; but the prophets of the sacred grove are very many. Let two bulls be given to us; let them choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire to it; I will prepare the other bull, but put no fire to it. Then you call on the name of your god and I will call on the name of the Lord my God. And the god who answers by fire shall be God.’ All the people answered, ‘The word you have spoken today is good.’ Then Elias said to the prophets of shame, ‘Choose for yourselves one calf and prepare it first; then call on the name of your god, but put no fire to it.’ So they took the calf, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, crying, ‘O Baal, hear us!’ But there was no voice, and no answer. They ran upon the altar that they had made. At noon Elias the Thesbite mocked them, saying, ‘Cry aloud! For your god likes garrulousness.’ And when the time of the offering of the oblation came, there was nothing. Then Elias the Thesbite said to the prophets of abominations, ‘Stand aside now, and I will offer my holocaust’. And Elias said to the people, ‘Come close’. And all the people came closer to him. Elias took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of Israel, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, ‘Israel shall be your name’. With the stones he built and repaired the altar of the Lord that had been cast down. Then he made a trench around the altar, large enough to contain two measures of seed. Next he put the pieces of wood on the altar he had made, cut the holocaust in pieces, and laid them on the pieces of wood and piled them on the altar. He said, ‘Bring me two jars of water and pour it on the holocaust and on the pieces of wood.’ Then he said, ‘Do it a second time’; and they did it a second time. Again he said, ‘Do it a third time’; and they did it a third time, so that the water ran all around the altar, and filled the trench also with water. And the prophet Elias cried aloud to heaven and said, ‘Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, hear me today by fire. And let this people known that you alone the Lord. the God of Israel, that I am your servant, and that through you I have done all these things, and that you have turned back the heart of this people to you.’ Then fire from the Lord fell from heaven and consumed the holocaust and the pieces of wood; and the fire licked up the water that was in the trench, the stones, and the dust. And the people fell on their faces and said, ‘The Lord indeed is God; he is God.’ Elias said to them, ‘Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape.’ Then they seized them; and Elias brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there. And after this Elias said to Achab, ‘There is a sound of rushing rain. Harness your chariot and go down, lest the rain catch you.’ Then Elias went up to the top of Carmel; there he bowed himself down upon the earth and put his face between his knees and prayed to the Lord. And the heavens grew black with clouds and wind; there was a heavy rain. Achab went to Jezreel. Achab told Jezebel his wife all that Elias had done. Then Jezebel sent to Elias, saying, ‘Tomorrow I will sacrifice your life like one of them.’ And Elias heard and was afraid; he arose and fled for his life, and came to Beersheba, in the land of Juda; he left his servant there. But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly someone touched him and said to him, ‘Arise and eat and drink, for you have a long journey.’ Elias looked, and there at his head was a cake of flour and a jar of water. He arose, ate and drank, and slept again. The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him, and said, ‘Arise and eat and drink, for you have a long journey.’ He arose, and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to mount Horeb. There he entered a cave, and spent the night there. Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, ‘What are you doing here, Elias?’ Elias answered, ‘I have been very zealous for the Lord, the Almighty; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away.’ Then the Lord said to him, ‘Go, return to your way and you will come to the desert way of Damascus; and you shall anoint Elissaios son of Shaphat as prophet in your place.

¹ A day came and Elias found Elissaios son of Saphat, who was ploughing. Elias passed by him and threw his mantle over him. Elissaios left the oxen, ran after Elias, and ministered to him. And it came to pass, when the Lord took Elias in a whirlwind as though up to heaven, that Elias went with Elissaios to Galgala. Then Elias said to Elissaios, ‘Stay here; for the Lord has sent me as far as the Jordan.’ But he said, ‘As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.’ So the two of them went on. Fifty men of the sons of the prophets came, and stood at some distance from them, as they both were standing by the Jordan. Then Elias took his mantle and rolled it up, and struck the water with it; the water was parted to the one side and to the other, and the two of them crossed on dry ground. When they had crossed, Elias said to Elissaios, ‘Ask me what I may do for you, before I am taken up from you.’ Elissaios said, ‘Please let me inherit a double share of your spirit.’ He responded, ‘You have asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken up from you, it will be granted you; if not, it will not.’ It came to pass that as they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them, and Elias was taken up in a whirlwind as if into heaven. Elissaios kept watching and crying out, ‘Father, father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!’ But when he could no longer see him, Elissaios grasped his own clothes and tore them in two pieces. He picked up the mantle of Elias that had fallen from him, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. Elissaios took the mantle of Elias that had fallen from him, and struck the water, saying, ‘Where then is the God of Elias, Appho?’ And so he struck the water, and the water was parted to the one side and to the other, and Elissaios went over on dry ground.

²² Και παντες εμαρτυρουν εις αυτον και εθαυμαζον δια τους λογους της χαριτος τους εξερχομενους εκ του στοματος αυτου και ελεγον· Δεν ειναι ουτος ο υιος του Ιωσηφ;

²³ Και ειπε προς αυτους· Βεβαιως θελετε με ειπει την παραβολην ταυτην· Ιατρε, θεραπευσον σεαυτον· οσα ηκουσαμεν οτι εγειναν εν τη Καπερναουμ, καμε και εδω εν τη πατριδι σου.

²⁴ Ειπε δε· Αληθως σας λεγω οτι ουδεις προφητης ειναι δεκτος εν τη πατριδι αυτου.

²⁵ Και επ' αληθειας σας λεγω, Πολλαι χηραι ησαν εν τω Ισραηλ επι των ημερων Ηλιου, οτε εκλεισθη ο ουρανος επι ετη τρια και μηνας εξ, καθ' ον καιρον εγεινε πεινα μεγαλη εφ' ολην την γην,

²⁶ και προς ουδεμιαν αυτων επεμφθη ο Ηλιας, ειμη εις Σαρεπτα της Σιδωνος προς γυναικα χηραν.

²⁷ Και πολλοι λεπροι ησαν επι Ελισαιου του προφητου εν τω Ισραηλ, και ουδεις αυτων εκαθαρισθη, ειμη Νεεμαν ο Συρος.

²⁸ Και επλησθησαν παντες θυμου εν τη συναγωγη, ακουοντες ταυτα,

²⁹ και σηκωθεντες εξεβαλον αυτον εξω της πολεως και εφεραν αυτον εως της οφρυος του ορους, επι του οποιου η πολις αυτων ητο ωκοδομημενη, δια να κατακρημνισωσιν αυτον·

³⁰ αυτος ομως περασας δια μεσου αυτων επορευετο.

¹³ Δεν εξευρετε οτι οι εργαζομενοι τα ιερα εκ του ιερου τρωγουσιν, οι ενασχολουμενοι εις το θυσιαστηριον μετα του θυσιαστηριου λαμβανουσι μεριδιον;

¹⁴ Ουτω και ο Κυριος διεταξεν, οι κηρυττοντες το ευαγγελιον να ζωσιν εκ του ευαγγελιου.

¹⁵ Πλην εγω ουδεν τουτων μετεχειρισθην. Ουδε εγραψα ταυτα δια να γεινη ουτως εις εμε· διοτι καλον ειναι εις εμε να αποθανω μαλλον παρα να ματαιωση τις το καυχημα μου.

¹⁶ Διοτι εαν κηρυττω το ευαγγελιον, δεν ειναι εις εμε καυχημα· επειδη αναγκη επικειται εις εμε· ουαι δε ειναι εις εμε εαν δεν κηρυττω·

¹⁷ επειδη εαν καμνω τουτο εκουσιως, εχω μισθον· εαν δε ακουσιως, ειμαι εμπεπιστευμενος οικονομιαν.

¹⁸ Τις λοιπον ειναι ο μισθος μου; το να καμω αδαπανον το ευαγγελιον του Χριστου δια της κηρυξεως μου, ωστε να μη καμνω καταχρησιν της εξουσιας μου εν τω ευαγγελιω.

¹⁰ Λαβετε, αδελφοι μου, παραδειγμα της κακοπαθειας και της μακροθυμιας τους προφητας, οιτινες ελαλησαν εν τω ονοματι του Κυριου.

¹¹ Ιδου, μακαριζομεν τους υπομενοντας· ηκουσατε την υπομονην του Ιωβ και ειδετε το τελος του Κυριου, οτι ειναι πολυευσπλαγχνος ο Κυριος και οικτιρμων.

¹² Προ παντων δε, αδελφοι μου, μη ομνυετε μητε τον ουρανον μητε την γην μητε αλλον τινα ορκον· αλλ' εστω υμων το ναι ναι, και το ου, δια να μη πεσητε υπο κρισιν.

¹³ Κακοπαθει τις μεταξυ σας; ας προσευχηται· ευθυμει τις; ας ψαλλη.

¹⁴ Ασθενει τις μεταξυ σας; ας προσκαλεση τους πρεσβυτερους της εκκλησιας, και ας προσευχηθωσιν επ' αυτον, αλειψαντες αυτον με ελαιον εν τω ονοματι του Κυριου.

¹⁵ Και η μετα πιστεως ευχη θελει σωσει τον πασχοντα, και ο Κυριος θελει εγειρει αυτον· και αμαρτιας αν επραξε, θελουσι συγχωρηθη εις αυτον.

¹⁶ Εξομολογεισθε εις αλληλους τα πταισματα σας και ευχεσθε υπερ αλληλων, δια να ιατρευθητε· πολυ ισχυει η δεησις του δικαιου ενθερμως γενομενη.

¹⁷ Ο Ηλιας ητο ανθρωπος ομοιοπαθης με ημας και προσηυχηθη ενθερμως να μη βρεξη, και δεν εβρεξεν επι της γης ετη τρια και μηνας εξ·

¹⁸ και παλιν προσηυχηθη, και ο ουρανος εδωκε βροχην και η γη εβλαστησε τον καρπον αυτης.

¹⁹ Αδελφοι, εαν τις μεταξυ σας αποπλανηθη απο της αληθειας, και επιστρεψη τις αυτον,

²⁰ ας εξευρη οτι ο επιστρεψας αμαρτωλον απο της πλανης της οδου αυτου θελει σωσει ψυχην εκ θανατου και θελει καλυψει και πληθος αμαρτιων.

¹ Και προσελθοντες οι Φαρισαιοι και οι Σαδδουκαιοι, πειραζοντες αυτον εζητησαν να δειξη εις αυτους σημειον εκ του ουρανου.

² Ο δε αποκριθεις ειπε προς αυτους· Οταν γεινη εσπερα, λεγετε· Καλωσυνη· διοτι κοκκινιζει ο ουρανος·

³ και το πρωι· Σημερον χειμων· διοτι κοκκινιζει σκυθρωπαζων ο ουρανος. Υποκριται, το μεν προσωπον του ουρανου εξευρετε να διακρινητε, τα δε σημεια των καιρων δεν δυνασθε;

⁴ Γενεα πονηρα και μοιχαλις σημειον ζητει, και σημειον δεν θελει δοθη εις αυτην ειμη το σημειον Ιωνα του προφητου. Και αφησας αυτους ανεχωρησε.

⁵ Και ελθοντες οι μαθηται αυτου εις το περαν, ελησμονησαν να λαβωσιν αρτους.

⁶ Ο δε Ιησους ειπε προς αυτους· Βλεπετε και προσεχετε απο της ζυμης των Φαρισαιων και Σαδδουκαιων.

²² Και παντες εμαρτυρουν εις αυτον και εθαυμαζον δια τους λογους της χαριτος τους εξερχομενους εκ του στοματος αυτου και ελεγον· Δεν ειναι ουτος ο υιος του Ιωσηφ;

²³ Και ειπε προς αυτους· Βεβαιως θελετε με ειπει την παραβολην ταυτην· Ιατρε, θεραπευσον σεαυτον· οσα ηκουσαμεν οτι εγειναν εν τη Καπερναουμ, καμε και εδω εν τη πατριδι σου.

²⁴ Ειπε δε· Αληθως σας λεγω οτι ουδεις προφητης ειναι δεκτος εν τη πατριδι αυτου.

²⁵ Και επ' αληθειας σας λεγω, Πολλαι χηραι ησαν εν τω Ισραηλ επι των ημερων Ηλιου, οτε εκλεισθη ο ουρανος επι ετη τρια και μηνας εξ, καθ' ον καιρον εγεινε πεινα μεγαλη εφ' ολην την γην,

²⁶ και προς ουδεμιαν αυτων επεμφθη ο Ηλιας, ειμη εις Σαρεπτα της Σιδωνος προς γυναικα χηραν.

²⁷ Και πολλοι λεπροι ησαν επι Ελισαιου του προφητου εν τω Ισραηλ, και ουδεις αυτων εκαθαρισθη, ειμη Νεεμαν ο Συρος.

²⁸ Και επλησθησαν παντες θυμου εν τη συναγωγη, ακουοντες ταυτα,

²⁹ και σηκωθεντες εξεβαλον αυτον εξω της πολεως και εφεραν αυτον εως της οφρυος του ορους, επι του οποιου η πολις αυτων ητο ωκοδομημενη, δια να κατακρημνισωσιν αυτον·

³⁰ αυτος ομως περασας δια μεσου αυτων επορευετο.

¹ Τοτε ο Ιησους ελαλησε προς τους οχλους και προς τους μαθητας αυτου,

² λεγων· Επι της καθεδρας του Μωυσεως εκαθησαν οι γραμματεις και οι Φαρισαιοι.

³ Παντα λοιπον οσα αν ειπωσι προς εσας να φυλαττητε, φυλαττετε και πραττετε, κατα δε τα εργα αυτων μη πραττετε· επειδη λεγουσι και δεν πραττουσι.

⁴ Διοτι δενουσι φορτια βαρεα και δυσβαστακτα και επιθετουσιν επι τους ωμους των ανθρωπων, δεν θελουσιν ομως ουδε δια του δακτυλου αυτων να κινησωσιν αυτα.

⁵ Πραττουσι δε παντα τα εργα αυτων δια να βλεπωνται υπο των ανθρωπων. Και πλατυνουσι τα φυλακτηρια αυτων και μεγαλυνουσι τα κρασπεδα των ιματιων αυτων,

⁶ και αγαπωσι τον πρωτον τοπον εν τοις δειπνοις και τας πρωτοκαθεδριας εν ταις συναγωγαις

⁷ και τους ασπασμους εν ταις αγοραις και να ονομαζωνται υπο των ανθρωπων Ραββι, Ραββι·

⁸ σεις ομως μη ονομασθητε Ραββι· διοτι εις ειναι ο καθηγητης σας, ο Χριστος· παντες δε σεις αδελφοι εισθε.

⁹ Και πατερα σας μη ονομασητε επι της γης· διοτι εις ειναι ο Πατηρ σας, ο εν τοις ουρανοις.

¹⁰ Μηδε ονομασθητε καθηγηται· διοτι εις ειναι ο καθηγητης σας, ο Χριστος.

¹¹ Ο δε μεγαλητερος απο σας θελει εισθαι υπηρετης σας.

¹² Οστις δε υψωση εαυτον θελει ταπεινωθη, και οστις ταπεινωση εαυτον θελει υψωθη.

¹³ Αλλ' ουαι εις εσας, γραμματεις και Φαρισαιοι, υποκριται, διοτι κατατρωγετε τας οικιας των χηρων και τουτο επι προφασει οτι καμνετε μακρας προσευχας· δια τουτο θελετε λαβει μεγαλητεραν καταδικην.

¹⁴ Ουαι εις εσας, γραμματεις και Φαρισαιοι, υποκριται, διοτι κλειετε την βασιλειαν των ουρανων εμπροσθεν των ανθρωπων· επειδη σεις δεν εισερχεσθε ουδε τους εισερχομενους αφινετε να εισελθωσιν.

¹⁵ Ουαι εις εσας, γραμματεις και Φαρισαιοι, υποκριται, διοτι περιερχεσθε την θαλασσαν και την ξηραν δια να καμητε ενα προσηλυτον, και οταν γεινη, καμνετε αυτον υιον της γεεννης διπλοτερον υμων.

¹⁶ Ουαι εις εσας, οδηγοι τυφλοι, οι λεγοντες· Οστις ομοση εν τω ναω ειναι ουδεν, οστις ομως ομοση εν τω χρυσω του ναου, υποχρεουται.

¹⁷ Μωροι και τυφλοι· διοτι τις ειναι μεγαλητερος, ο χρυσος η ο ναος ο αγιαζων τον χρυσον;

¹⁸ Και· Οστις ομοση εν τω θυσιαστηριω, ειναι ουδεν, οστις ομως ομοση εν τω δωρω τω επανω αυτου, υποχρεουται.

¹⁹ Μωροι και τυφλοι· διοτι τι ειναι μεγαλητερον, το δωρον η το θυσιαστηριον το αγιαζον το δωρον;

²⁰ Ο ομοσας λοιπον εν τω θυσιαστηριω ομνυει εν αυτω και εν πασι τοις επανω αυτου·

²¹ και ο ομοσας εν τω ναω ομνυει εν αυτω και εν τω κατοικουντι αυτον.

²² Και ο ομοσας εν τω ουρανω, ομνυει εν τω θρονω του Θεου και εν τω καθημενω επανω αυτου.

²³ Ουαι εις εσας, γραμματεις και Φαρισαιοι, υποκριται, διοτι αποδεκατιζετε το ηδυοσμον και το ανηθον και το κυμινον, και αφηκατε τα βαρυτερα του νομου, την κρισιν και τον ελεον και την πιστιν· ταυτα επρεπε να πραττητε και εκεινα να μη αφινητε.

²⁴ Οδηγοι τυφλοι, οιτινες διυλιζετε τον κωνωπα, την δε καμηλον καταπινετε.

²⁵ Ουαι εις εσας, γραμματεις και Φαρισαιοι, υποκριται, διοτι καθαριζετε το εξωθεν του ποτηριου και του πινακιου, εσωθεν ομως γεμουσιν εξ αρπαγης και ακρασιας.

²⁶ Φαρισαιε τυφλε, καθαρισον πρωτον το εντος του ποτηριου και του πινακιου, δια να γεινη και το εκτος αυτων καθαρον.

²⁷ Ουαι εις εσας, γραμματεις και Φαρισαιοι υποκριται, διοτι ομοιαζετε με ταφους ασβεστωμενους, οιτινες εξωθεν μεν φαινονται ωραιοι, εσωθεν ομως γεμουσιν οστεων νεκρων και πασης ακαθαρσιας.

²⁸ Ουτω και σεις εξωθεν μεν φαινεσθε εις τους ανθρωπους δικαιοι, εσωθεν ομως εισθε πληρεις υποκρισεως και ανομιας.

²⁹ Ουαι εις εσας, γραμματεις και Φαρισαιοι υποκριται· διοτι οικοδομειτε τους ταφους των προφητων και στολιζετε τα μνημεια των δικαιων,

³⁰ και λεγετε· Εαν ημεθα εν ταις ημεραις των πατερων ημων, δεν ηθελομεν εισθαι συγκοινωνοι αυτων εν τω αιματι των προφητων.

³¹ Ωστε μαρτυρειτε εις εαυτους οτι εισθε υιοι των φονευσαντων τους προφητας.

³² Αναπληρωσατε και σεις το μετρον των πατερων σας.

³³ Οφεις, γεννηματα εχιδνων· πως θελετε φυγει απο της καταδικης της γεεννης;

³⁴ Δια τουτο ιδου, εγω αποστελλω προς εσας προφητας και σοφους και γραμματεις, και εξ αυτων θελετε θανατωσει και σταυρωσει, και εξ αυτων θελετε μαστιγωσει εν ταις συναγωγαις σας και διωξει απο πολεως εις πολιν,

³⁵ δια να ελθη εφ' υμας παν αιμα δικαιον εκχυνομενον επι της γης απο του αιματος Αβελ του δικαιου εως του αιματος Ζαχαριου υιου Βαραχιου, τον οποιον εφονευσατε μεταξυ του ναου και του θυσιαστηριου.

³⁶ Αληθως σας λεγω, Παντα ταυτα θελουσιν ελθει επι την γενεαν ταυτην.

³⁷ Ιερουσαλημ, Ιερουσαλημ, η φονευουσα τους προφητας και λιθοβολουσα τους απεσταλμενους προς σε· ποσακις ηθελησα να συναξω τα τεκνα σου καθ' ον τροπον συναγει η ορνις τα ορνιθια εαυτης υπο τας πτερυγας, και δεν ηθελησατε.

³⁸ Ιδου, αφινεται εις εσας ο οικος σας ερημος.

³⁹ Διοτι σας λεγω, δεν θελετε με ιδει εις το εξης, εωσου ειπητε, Ευλογημενος ο ερχομενος εν ονοματι Κυριου.