Léctio libri primi Regum (19,16b.19-21)
In diébus ilis: Dixit Dóminum ad Elíam : "Eliséum fílium Saphat, qui est de Abelméhula, unges prophétam pro te." Proféctus ergo inde répperit Eliséum fílium Saphat arántem duódecim íugis boum; et ipse cum duodécimo erat. Cumque venísset Elías ad eum, misit pállium suum super illum, qui statim, relíctis bobus, cucúrrit post Elíam et ait: " Ósculer, oro, patrem meum et matrem meam, et sic sequar te ". Dixítque ei: " Vade et revertére; quid enim feci tibi? ". Revérsus autem ab eo tulit par boum et mactávit illud et in íugo boum coxit carnes et dedit pópulo, et comedérunt. Consurgénsque ábiit et secútus est Elíam et ministrábat ei.
In those days, the Lord said to Elijah, “Thou shall anoint Elisha, the son of Shaphat of Abel-Mehula, to be a prophet in thy place.” So Elijah set out from there and found Elisha, the son of Shaphat, plowing with twelve pairs of oxen and driving one of the plows himself. Elijah approached Elisha and threw his cloak over him. Straightway Elisha left his oxen, ran after Elijah, and said unto him, “Please let me go and kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow thou.” Elijah replied, “Go, and come back; for I have done for thee what was in my power to do.” After Elisha had left Elijah, he took a pair of oxen, slaughtered them, and he cooked their meat over the wood from the plow and gave it unto the people, who ate it; then he got up, went on his way, and followed Elijah, serving him.
