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¹Lea'nın Yakup'a doğurduğu kızı Dina, o yörenin kızlarını gözlemleyip tanımak amacıyla dışarı çıktı.

²O toprakların önderi olan Hivli Emmor'un oğlu Şekem onu gördü; onu zorla alıp onunla yattı ve onun onurunu kırarak onu aşağıladı.

³Yakup'un kızı Dina'nın canına gönülden bağlandı, genç kızı sevdi ve onun aklına hitap eden, onu ikna edecek sözler söyledi.

⁴Şekem babası Emmor'a, "Bu genç kızı bana eş olarak al" dedi.

⁵Yakup, Emmor'un oğlunun, kızı Dina'yı kirlettiğini duydu; oğulları ise kırda hayvanlarının yanındaydı. Yakup onlar dönene kadar sessizliğini korudu.

⁶Şekem'in babası Emmor, Yakup'la konuşmak üzere onun yanına çıktı.

⁷Yakup'un oğulları durumu duyunca kırdan döndüler. Adamlar derinden sarsıldılar ve bu onlara son derece acı geldi; çünkü Şekem, Yakup'un kızıyla yatarak İsrail'de utanç verici bir şey yapmıştı ve böyle bir şeye asla izin verilemezdi.

⁸Emmor onlarla konuşarak şöyle dedi: "Oğlum Şekem'in ruhu kızınızı seçti; lütfen onu ona eş olarak verin.

⁹Bizimle akrabalık kurun; kızlarınızı bize verin, kızlarımızı da oğullarınıza alın.

¹⁰Bizimle birlikte yaşayın; işte, ülke önünüzde geniştir. Burada yerleşin, ticaret yapın ve mülk edinin."

¹¹Şekem de kızın babasına ve kardeşlerine şöyle dedi: "Gözünüzde lütuf bulayım, benden ne isterseniz vereceğiz.

¹²İstediğiniz çeyizi ve hediyeleri ne kadar arttırırsanız arttırın, bana ne derseniz vereceğim; yeter ki bu genç kızı bana eş olarak verin."

¹³Yakup'un oğulları, kız kardeşleri Dina'yı kirlettikleri için Şekem ile babası Emmor'a hileyle yanıt verip konuştular.

¹⁴Dina'nın kardeşleri Şimon ve Levi onlara, "Kız kardeşimizi sünnetsiz bir adama vererek bu işi gerçekleştiremeyiz; çünkü bu bizim için büyük bir utanç kaynağıdır" dediler,

¹⁵"Ancak şu koşulla sizinle uzlaşır ve aranızda yaşarız: Eğer siz de bizim gibi olursanız ve aranızdaki her erkek sünnet edilirse.

¹⁶O zaman kızlarımızı size veririz, sizin kızlarınızı kendimize eş olarak alırız, sizinle birlikte yaşarız ve tek bir soy oluruz.

¹⁷Ama sünnet olmak için bizi dinlemezseniz, kızımızı alır gideriz."

¹⁸Bu sözler Emmor'un ve Emmor'un oğlu Şekem'in hoşuna gitti.

¹⁹Genç adam bu işi yapmakta gecikmedi; çünkü Yakup'un kızına çok bağlanmıştı. Kendisi de babasının evindeki herkesten daha saygındı.

²⁰Emmor ile oğlu Şekem kentlerinin kapısına gelip kentlerinin adamlarıyla konuşarak şöyle dediler:

²¹"Bu adamlar barışseverdir; ülkemizde yaşasınlar ve burada ticaret yapsınlar. İşte, ülke onlar için yeterince geniştir. Onların kızlarını kendimize eş olarak alalım, kendi kızlarımızı da onlara verelim.

²²Ancak şu koşulla bu adamlar bizimle yaşamayı ve tek bir halk olmayı kabul ederler: Kendileri sünnetli olduğu gibi, bizim aramızdaki her erkek de sünnet edilirse.

²³Onların sürüleri, hayvanları ve bütün malları bizim olmaz mı? Yeter ki bu konuda onlarla uzlaşalım, böylece bizimle birlikte yaşarlar."

²⁴Kent kapısından geçenlerin hepsi Emmor'u ve oğlu Şekem'i dinledi; her erkek sünnet derisinin etini kestirerek sünnet oldu.

²⁵Üçüncü gün, onlar henüz acı içindeyken, Yakup'un iki oğlu, Dina'nın kardeşleri Şimon ve Levi, kılıçlarını kuşanıp kente güvenli bir şekilde ansızın girdiler ve bütün erkekleri öldürdüler.

²⁶Emmor'u ve oğlu Şekem'i de kılıçtan geçirdiler; Dina'yı Şekem'in evinden alıp çıktılar.

²⁷Yakup'un oğulları can çekişen yaralıların üzerine yürüyüp kız kardeşleri Dina'nın kirletildiği kenti yağmaladılar.

²⁸Onların davarlarını, sığırlarını, eşeklerini, kentte ve kırda ne varsa hepsini aldılar.

²⁹Bütün insan bedenlerini, bütün eşyalarını ve kadınlarını tutsak ettiler; kentte ve evlerde bulunan her şeyi yağmaladılar.

³⁰Yakup, Şimon ve Levi'ye, "Bu ülkenin sakinleri olan Kenanlılar ve Perizliler arasında beni iğrenç ve kötü göstererek başımı belaya soktunuz" dedi, "Ben sayıca azım; bana karşı birleşip beni vuracaklar, ben de ev halkımla birlikte yeryüzünden tamamen kazınacağım."

³¹Onlar ise, "Kız kardeşimize bir fahişe gibi mi davranmalıydılar?" dediler.

¹ΕΞΗΛΘΕ δὲ Δείνα ἡ θυγάτηρ Λείας, ἣν ἔτεκε τῷ ᾿Ιακώβ, καταμαθεῖν τὰς θυγατέρας τῶν ἐγχωρίων.

²καὶ εἶδεν αὐτὴν Συχὲμ ὁ υἱὸς ᾿Εμμὼρ ὁ Εὐαῖος, ὁ ἄρχων τῆς γῆς καὶ λαβὼν αὐτήν, ἐκοιμήθη μετ᾿ αὐτῆς καὶ ἐταπείνωσεν αὐτήν.

³καὶ προσέσχε τῇ ψυχῇ Δείνας τῆς θυγατρὸς ᾿Ιακὼβ καὶ ἠγάπησε τὴν παρθένον καὶ ἐλάλησε κατὰ τὴν διάνοιαν τῆς παρθένου αὐτῇ.

⁴εἶπε Συχὲμ πρὸς ᾿Εμμὼρ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ λέγων· λαβέ μοι τὴν παῖδα ταύτην εἰς γυναῖκα.

⁵᾿Ιακὼβ δὲ ἤκουσεν, ὅτι ἐμίανεν ὁ υἱὸς ᾿Εμμὼρ Δείναν τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ· οἱ δὲ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ ἦσαν μετὰ τῶν κτηνῶν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ. παρεσιώπησε δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ ἕως τοῦ ἐλθεῖν αὐτούς.

⁶ἐξῆλθε δὲ ᾿Εμμὼρ ὁ πατὴρ Συχὲμ πρὸς ᾿Ιακὼβ λαλῆσαι αὐτῷ.

⁷οἱ δὲ υἱοὶ ᾿Ιακὼβ ἦλθον ἐκ τοῦ πεδίου· ὡς δὲ ἤκουσαν, κατενύγησαν οἱ ἄνδρες, καὶ λυπηρὸν ἦν αὐτοῖς σφόδρα, ὅτι ἄσχημον ἐποίησεν ἐν ᾿Ισραὴλ κοιμηθεὶς μετὰ τῆς θυγατρός ᾿Ιακώβ, καὶ οὐχ οὕτως ἔσται.

⁸καὶ ἐλάλησεν ᾿Εμμὼρ αὐτοῖς λέγων· Συχὲμ ὁ υἱός μου προείλετο τῇ ψυχῇ τὴν θυγατέρα ὑμῶν· δότε οὖν αὐτὴν αὐτῷ γυναῖκα

⁹καὶ ἐπιγαμβρεύσασθε ἡμῖν· τὰς θυγατέρας ὑμῶν δότε ἡμῖν καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας ἡμῶν λάβετε τοῖς υἱοῖς ὑμῶν.

¹⁰καὶ ἐν ἡμῖν κατοικεῖτε, καὶ ἡ γῆ ἰδοὺ πλατεῖα ἐναντίον ὑμῶν· κατοικεῖτε καὶ ἐμπορεύεσθε ἐπ᾿ αὐτῆς καὶ ἐγκτᾶσθε ἐν αὐτῇ.

¹¹εἶπε δὲ Συχὲμ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα αὐτῆς καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτῆς· εὕροιμι χάριν ἐναντίον ὑμῶν, καὶ ὃ ἐὰν εἴπητε, δώσομεν.

¹²πληθύνατε τὴν φερνὴν σφόδρα, καὶ δώσω καθότι ἂν εἴπητέ μοι, καὶ δώσατέ μοι τὴν παῖδα ταύτην εἰς γυναῖκα.

¹³ἀπεκρίθησαν δὲ οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ιακὼβ τῷ Συχὲμ καὶ ᾿Εμμὼρ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ μετὰ δόλου καὶ ἐλάλησαν αὐτοῖς, ὅτι ἐμίαναν Δείνα τὴν ἀδελφὴν αὐτῶν,

¹⁴καὶ εἶπαν αὐτοῖς Συμεὼν καὶ Λευὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ Δείνας· οὐ δυνησόμεθα ποιῆσαι τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο, δοῦναι τὴν ἀδελφὴν ἡμῶν ἀνθρώπῳ, ὃς ἔχει ἀκροβυστίαν· ἔστι γὰρ ὄνειδος ἡμῖν.

¹⁵μόνον ἐν τούτῳ ὁμοιωθησόμεθα ὑμῖν καὶ κατοικήσομεν ἐν ὑμῖν, ἐὰν γένησθε ὡς ἡμεῖς καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐν τῷ περιτμηθῆναι ὑμῶν πᾶν ἀρσενικόν.

¹⁶καὶ δώσομεν τὰς θυγατέρας ἡμῶν ὑμῖν καὶ ἀπό τῶν θυγατέρων ὑμῶν ληψόμεθα ἡμῖν γυναῖκας καὶ οἰκήσομεν παρ᾿ ὑμῖν καὶ ἐσόμεθα ὡς γένος ἕν.

¹⁷ἐὰν δὲ μὴ εἰσακούσητε ἡμῶν τοῦ περιτεμέσθαι, λαβόντες τὴν θυγατέρα ἡμῶν ἀπελευσόμεθα.

¹⁸καὶ ἤρεσαν οἱ λόγοι ἐναντίον ᾿Εμμὼρ καὶ ἐναντίον Συχὲμ τοῦ υἱοῦ ᾿Εμμώρ.

¹⁹καὶ οὐκ ἐχρόνισεν ὁ νεανίσκος τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο· ἐνέκειτο γὰρ τῇ θυγατρὶ ᾿Ιακώβ· αὐτὸς δὲ ἦν ἐνδοξότατος πάντων τῶν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ.

²⁰ἦλθε δὲ ᾿Εμμὼρ καὶ Συχὲμ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὴν πύλην τῆς πόλεως αὐτῶν καὶ ἐλάλησαν πρὸς τοὺς ἄνδρας τῆς πόλεως αὐτῶν λέγοντες·

²¹οἱ ἄνθρωποι οὗτοι εἰρηνικοί εἰσι, μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν οἰκείτωσαν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐμπορευέσθωσαν αὐτήν, ἡ δὲ γῆ ἰδοὺ πλατεῖα ἐναντίον αὐτῶν. τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτῶν ληψόμεθα ἡμῖν γυναῖκας καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας ἡμῶν δώσομεν αὐτοῖς.

²²ἐν τούτῳ μόνον ὁμοιωθήσονται ἡμῖν οἱ ἄνθρωποι τοῦ κατοικεῖν μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν, ὥστε εἶναι λαὸν ἕνα, ἐν τῷ περιτεμέσθαι ἡμῶν πᾶν ἀρσενικόν, καθὰ καὶ αὐτοὶ περιτέτμηνται.

²³καὶ τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ τετράποδα καὶ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτῶν οὐχ ἡμῶν ἔσται· μόνον ἐν τούτῳ ὁμοιωθῶμεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ οἰκήσουσι μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν.

²⁴καὶ εἰσήκουσαν ᾿Εμμὼρ καὶ Συχὲμ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ πάντες οἱ ἐμπορευόμενοι τὴν πύλην τῆς πόλεως αὐτῶν καὶ περιετέμοντο τὴν σάρκα τῆς ἀκροβυστίας αὐτῶν πᾶς ἄρσην.

²⁵ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ, ὅτε ἦσαν ἐν τῷ πόνῳ, ἔλαβον οἱ δύο υἱοὶ ᾿Ιακὼβ Συμεὼν καὶ Λευὶ ἀδελφοὶ Δείνας ἕκαστος τὴν μάχαιραν αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἀσφαλῶς καὶ ἀπέκτειναν πᾶν ἀρσενικόν·

²⁶τόν τε ᾿Εμμὼρ καὶ Συχὲμ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἀπέκτειναν ἐν στόματι μαχαίρας. καὶ ἔλαβον τὴν Δείναν ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ Συχὲμ καὶ ἐξῆλθον.

²⁷οἱ δὲ υἱοὶ ᾿Ιακὼβ εἰσῆλθον ἐπὶ τοὺς τραυματίας καὶ διήρπασαν τὴν πόλιν, ἐν ᾗ ἐμίαναν Δείναν τὴν ἀδελφὴν αὐτῶν,

²⁸καὶ τὰ πρόβατα αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺς βόας αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺς ὄνους αὐτῶν, ὅσα τε ἦν ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ ὅσα ἦν ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ, ἔλαβον.

²⁹καὶ πάντα τὰ σώματα αὐτῶν καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ἀποσκευὴν αὐτῶν καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας αὐτῶν ᾐχμαλώτευσαν, καὶ διήρπασαν ὅσα τε ἦν ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ ὅσα ἦν ἐν ταῖς οἰκίαις.

³⁰εἶπε δὲ ᾿Ιακὼβ πρὸς Συμεὼν καὶ Λευί· μισητόν με πεποιήκατε, ὥστε πονηρόν με εἶναι πᾶσι τοῖς κατοικοῦσι τὴν γῆν, ἔν τε τοῖς Χαναναίοις καὶ ἐν τοῖς Φερεζαίοις· ἐγὼ δὲ ὀλιγοστός εἰμι ἐν ἀριθμῷ, καὶ συναχθέντες ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ συγκόψουσί με, καὶ ἐκτριβήσομαι ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ οἶκός μου.

³¹οἱ δὲ εἶπαν· ἀλλ᾿ ὡσεὶ πόρνῃ χρήσονται τῇ ἀδελφῇ ἡμῶν;

¹AND Dina, the daughter of Lea, whom she bore to Jacob, went forth to observe the daughters of the inhabitants.

²And Sychem the son of Emmor the Evite, the ruler of the land, saw her, and took her and lay with her, and humbled her.

³And he was attached to the soul of Dina the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and he spoke kindly to the damsel.

⁴Sychem spoke to Emmor his father, saying, Take for me this damsel to wife.

⁵And Jacob heard that the son of Emmor had defiled Dina his daughter (now his sons were with his cattle in the plain). And Jacob was silent until they came.

⁶And Emmor the father of Sychem went forth to Jacob, to speak to him.

⁷And the sons of Jacob came from the plain; and when they heard, the men were deeply pained, and it was very grievous to them, because [the man] wrought folly in Israel, having lain with the daughter of Jacob, and so it must not be.

⁸And Emmor spoke to them, saying, Sychem my son has chosen in his heart your daughter; give her therefore to him for a wife,

⁹and intermarry with us. Give us your daughters, and take our daughters for your sons.

¹⁰And dwell in the midst of us; and, behold, the land is spacious before you, dwell in it, and trade, and get possessions in it.

¹¹And Sychem said to her father and to her brothers, I would find grace before you, and we will give whatever ye shall name.

¹²Multiply [your demand of] dowry very much, and I will give accordingly as ye shall say to me, only ye shall give me this damsel for a wife.

¹³And the sons of Jacob answered to Sychem and Emmor his father craftily, and spoke to them, because they had defiled Dina their sister.

¹⁴And Symeon and Levi, the brothers of Dina, said to them, We shall not be able to do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for it is a reproach to us.

¹⁵Only on these terms will we conform to you, and dwell among you, if ye also will be as we are, in that every male of you be circumcised.

¹⁶And we will give our daughters to you, and we will take of your daughters for wives to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will be as one race.

¹⁷But if ye will not hearken to us to be circumcised, we will take our daughter and depart.

¹⁸And the words pleased Emmor, and Sychem the son of Emmor.

¹⁹And the young man delayed not to do this thing, for he was much attached to Jacob's daughter, and he was the most honourable of all in his father's house.

²⁰And Emmor and Sychem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

²¹These men are peaceable, let them dwell with us upon the land, and let them trade in it, and behold the land is extensive before them; we will take their daughters to us for wives, and we will give them our daughters.

²²Only on these terms will the men conform to us to dwell with us so as to be one people, if every male of us be circumcised, as they also are circumcised.

²³And shall not their cattle and their herds, and their possessions, be ours? only in this let us conform to them, and they will dwell with us.

²⁴And all that went in at the gate of their city hearkened to Emmor and Sychem his son, and they were circumcised in the flesh of their foreskin every male.

²⁵And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, the two sons of Jacob, Symeon and Levi, Dina's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city securely, and slew every male.

²⁶And they slew Emmor and Sychem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dina out of the house of Sychem, and went forth.

²⁷But the sons of Jacob came upon the wounded, and ravaged the city wherein they had defiled Dina their sister.

²⁸And their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses they took, and all things whatsoever were in the city, and whatsoever were in the plain.

²⁹And they took captive all the persons of them, and all their store, and their wives, and plundered both whatever things there were in the city, and whatever things there were in the houses.

³⁰And Jacob said to Symeon and Levi, Ye have made me hateful so that I should be evil to all the inhabitants of the land, both among the Chananites and the Pherezites, and I am few in number; they will gather themselves against me and cut me in pieces, and I shall be utterly destroyed, and my house.

³¹And they said, Nay, but shall they treat our sister as an harlot?