Jehovah had used a three-and-a-half-year drought to expose the powerlessness of Baal, who was worshipped as a bringer of rain and fertility to the land.
3 Yehova o ḓisa gomelelo ḽe ḽa fhedza miṅwaha miraru na hafu u itela u sumbedza Baali uri ha na maanḓa, ngauri vhathu vho vha vha tshi mu gwadamela sa ane a nisa mvula na u bveledza zwiliṅwa.