Yeşu 8

¹Ve Rab Yeşu'ya şöyle dedi: "Korkma ve yılma; bütün savaşçı adamları yanına al, kalk ve Gai'ye çık. İşte, Gai kralını ve onun topraklarını senin eline teslim ettim.

²Ve Eriha'ya ve onun kralına ne yaptıysan, Gai'ye ve onun kralına da aynısını yapacaksın; ancak hayvanların ganimetini kendiniz için yağmalayabilirsiniz. Şehrin arkasında kendin için bir pusu kur."

³Böylece Yeşu ve bütün savaşçı halk Gai'ye çıkmak üzere kalktılar. Yeşu yiğit ve güçlü adamlardan otuz bin kişi seçip onları geceleyin yola çıkardı.

⁴Onlara şöyle buyurdu: "Bakın, şehrin arkasında pusu kuracaksınız. Şehirden çok uzaklaşmayın ve hepiniz hazır olun.

⁵Ben ve yanımdaki bütün halk şehre yaklaşacağız. Gai'de oturanlar daha önce olduğu gibi bizi karşılamaya çıktığında, onların önünden kaçacağız.

⁶Onlar arkamızdan çıktıklarında, onları şehirden uzaklaştıracağız; çünkü, 'Daha önce olduğu gibi önümüzden kaçıyorlar' diyecekler.

⁷O zaman siz de pusudan kalkıp şehre doğru ilerleyeceksiniz.

⁸Bu söze göre hareket edeceksiniz; işte, size buyurdum."

⁹Yeşu onları gönderdi; onlar da pusu kuracakları yere gidip Beytel ile Gai arasında, Gai'nin batı tarafında pusuya yattılar.

¹⁰Yeşu sabah erkenden kalkıp halkı denetledi; sonra kendisi ve halkın ileri gelenleri, halkın önünde Gai'ye doğru çıktılar.

¹¹Yanındaki bütün savaşçı halk da yukarı çıkıp ilerlediler ve şehrin doğu tarafında karşı karşıya geldiler.

¹²Şehrin pususu ise batı tarafındaydı.

¹⁴Gai Kralı bunu görünce acele etti; kendisi ve yanındaki bütün halkla birlikte savaşmak üzere hemen doğrudan onların karşısına çıktı. Ancak şehrin arkasında kendisine karşı bir pusu kurulduğunu bilmiyordu.

¹⁵Yeşu ve İsrail bunu görünce onların önünden geri çekildiler.

¹⁶Onlar da İsrailoğulları'nın peşine düştüler ve böylece şehirden uzaklaştılar.

¹⁷Gai'de İsrail'in peşine düşmeyen tek bir kişi bile geride kalmadı; şehri açık bırakıp İsrail'in peşine düştüler.

¹⁸RAB Yeşu'ya, "Elindeki mızrağı şehre doğru uzat, çünkü orayı senin eline teslim ettim; pusudakiler de hemen yerlerinden kalkacaktır" dedi. Böylece Yeşu elindeki mızrağı şehre doğru uzattı.

¹⁹O elini uzatır uzatmaz, pusudakiler hemen yerlerinden kalkıp fırladılar; şehre girip orayı ele geçirdiler ve aceleyle şehri ateşe verdiler.

²⁰Gai halkı arkalarına dönüp bakınca, şehirden göğe yükselen dumanı gördüler. Artık ne oraya ne buraya kaçacak yerleri kalmıştı.

²¹Yeşu ve bütün İsrail, pusudakilerin şehri ele geçirdiğini ve şehirden dumanların yükseldiğini görünce geri dönüp Gai halkını vurdular.

²²Diğerleri de onları karşılamak için şehri terk ettiler; böylece ordugahın ortasında kaldılar, bir kısmı bu tarafta, bir kısmı o taraftaydı. İsrailliler, arkalarında kurtulan ya da kaçabilen tek bir kişi bile bırakmayana dek onları vurdular.

²³Gai Kralı'nı ise sağ olarak yakalayıp Yeşu'nun huzuruna getirdiler.

²⁴İsrailoğulları kendilerini kovalayan bütün Gai halkını kırlarda ve dağ yamacındaki inişte tamamen kılıçtan geçirmeyi bitirince, Yeşu Gai'ye geri döndü ve orayı kılıçtan geçirdi.

²⁵O gün ölenlerin sayısı, kadın erkek olmak üzere, bütün Gai halkından on iki bin kişiydi.

²⁷Ancak İsrailoğulları, RAB'bin Yeşu'ya verdiği buyruk uyarınca, şehirdeki hayvanları ve yağmalanan malları kendilerine ganimet olarak aldılar.

²⁸Yeşu Gai'yi ateşe verdi ve bugüne dek kalacak şekilde orayı sonsuza dek ıssız bir yıkıntı yığını haline getirdi.

²⁹Gai Kralı'nı ise ikiz bir ağaca astı ve o akşama dek ağaçta kaldı. Güneş batarken Yeşu buyruk verdi; cesedini ağaçtan indirip bir çukura attılar ve üzerine bugüne dek kalan büyük bir taş yığını yığdılar.

¹ΚΑΙ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς ᾿Ιησοῦν· μὴ φοβηθῇς μηδὲ δειλιάσῃς, λάβε μετὰ σοῦ πάντας τοὺς ἄνδρας τοὺς πολεμιστὰς καὶ ἀναστὰς ἀνάβηθι εἰς Γαί· ἰδοὺ δέδωκα εἰς τὰς χεῖράς σου τὸν βασιλέα Γαὶ καὶ τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ.

²καὶ ποιήσεις τὴν Γαὶ ὃν τρόπον ἐποίησας τὴν ῾Ιεριχὼ καὶ τὸν βασιλέα αὐτῆς, καὶ τὴν προνομὴν τῶν κτηνῶν προνομεύσεις σεαυτῷ. κατάστησον δὲ σεαυτῷ ἔνεδρα τῇ πόλει εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω.

³καὶ ἀνέστη ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὁ πολεμιστὴς ὥστε ἀναβῆναι εἰς Γαί. ἐπέλεξε δὲ ᾿Ιησοῦς τριάκοντα χιλιάδας ἀνδρῶν δυνατοὺς ἐν ἰσχύϊ καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς νυκτός.

⁴καὶ ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς λέγων· ὑμεῖς ἐνεδρεύσατε ὀπίσω τῆς πόλεως· μὴ μακρὰν γίνεσθε ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως καὶ ἔσεσθε πάντες ἕτοιμοι.

⁵καὶ ἐγὼ καὶ πάντες οἱ μετ’ ἐμοῦ προσάξομεν πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ἔσται ὡς ἂν ἐξέλθωσιν οἱ κατοικοῦντες Γαὶ εἰς συνάντησιν ἡμῖν, καθάπερ καὶ πρῴην, καὶ φευξόμεθα ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν.

⁶καὶ ὡς ἂν ἐξέλθωσιν ὀπίσω ἡμῶν, ἀποσπάσομεν αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως, καὶ ἐροῦσι· φεύγουσιν οὗτοι ἀπὸ προσώπου ἡμῶν, ὃν τρόπον καὶ ἔμπροσθεν.

⁷ὑμεῖς δὲ ἐξαναστήσεσθε ἐκ τῆς ἐνέδρας καὶ πορεύσεσθε εἰς τὴν πόλιν.

⁸κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο ποιήσετε· ἰδοὺ ἐντέταλμαι ὑμῖν.

⁹καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς ᾿Ιησοῦς, καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν εἰς τὴν ἐνέδραν καὶ ἐνεκάθισαν ἀνὰ μέσον Βαιθὴλ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον Γαί, ἀπὸ θαλάσσης τῆς Γαί.

¹⁰καὶ ὀρθρίσας ᾿Ιησοῦς τὸ πρωΐ ἐπεσκέψατο τὸν λαόν· καὶ ἀνέβησαν αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ λαοῦ ἐπὶ Γαί.

¹¹καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὁ πολεμιστὴς μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἀνέβησαν καὶ πορευόμενοι ἦλθον ἐξεναντίας τῆς πόλεως ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν,

¹²καὶ τὰ ἔνεδρα τῆς πόλεως ἀπὸ θαλάσσης.

¹⁴καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς εἶδε βασιλεὺς Γαί, ἔσπευσε καὶ ἐξῆλθεν εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτοῖς ἐπ’ εὐθείας εἰς τὸν πόλεμον, αὐτὸς καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὁ μετ’ αὐτοῦ. καὶ αὐτὸς οὐκ ᾔδει ὅτι ἔνεδρα αὐτῷ ἐστιν ὀπίσω τῆς πόλεως.

¹⁵καὶ εἶδε καὶ ἀνεχώρησεν ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν.

¹⁶καὶ κατεδίωξαν ὀπίσω τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ αὐτοὶ ἀπέστησαν ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως·

¹⁷οὐ κατελείφθη οὐδεὶς ἐν τῇ Γαί, ὃς οὐ κατεδίωξεν ὀπίσω ᾿Ισραήλ· καὶ κατέλιπον τὴν πόλιν ἠνεῳγμένην καὶ κατεδίωξαν ὀπίσω ᾿Ισραήλ.

¹⁸καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς ᾿Ιησοῦν· ἔκτεινον τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐν τῷ γαισῷ τῷ ἐν τῇ χειρί σου ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν, εἰς γὰρ τὰς χεῖράς σου παραδέδωκα αὐτήν, καὶ τὰ ἔνεδρα ἐξαναστήσονται ἐν τάχει ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῶν. καὶ ἐξέτεινεν ᾿Ιησοῦς τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, τὸν γαισόν, ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν,

¹⁹καὶ τὰ ἔνεδρα ἐξανέστησαν ἐν τάχει ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῶν καὶ ἐξήλθοσαν, ὅτε ἐξέτεινε τὴν χεῖρα, καὶ εἰσήλθοσαν ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν καὶ κατελάβοντο αὐτὴν καὶ σπεύσαντες ἐνέπρησαν τὴν πόλιν ἐν πυρί.

²⁰καὶ περιβλέψαντες οἱ κάτοικοι Γαὶ εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω αὐτῶν καὶ ἐθεώρουν καπνὸν ἀναβαίνοντα ἐκ τῆς πόλεως εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν· καὶ οὐκ ἔτι εἶχον ποῦ φύγωσιν ὧδε ἢ ὧδε.

²¹καὶ ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ εἶδον ὅτι ἔλαβον τὰ ἔνεδρα τὴν πόλιν καὶ ὅτι ἀνέβη ὁ καπνὸς τῆς πόλεως εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, καὶ μεταβαλόμενοι ἐπάταξαν τοὺς ἄνδρας τῆς Γαί.

²²καὶ οὗτοι ἐξήλθοσαν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως εἰς συνάντησιν καὶ ἐγενήθησαν ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς παρεμβολῆς, οὗτοι ἐντεῦθεν καὶ οὗτοι ἐντεῦθεν· καὶ ἐπάταξαν αὐτοὺς ἕως τοῦ μὴ καταλειφθῆναι αὐτῶν σεσωσμένον καὶ διαπεφευγότα.

²³καὶ τὸν βασιλέα τῆς Γαὶ συνέλαβον ζῶντα καὶ προσήγαγον αὐτὸν πρὸς ᾿Ιησοῦν.

²⁴καὶ ὡς ἐπαύσαντο οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἀποκτείνοντες πάντας τοὺς ἐν τῇ Γαί, τοὺς ἐν τοῖς πεδίοις καὶ ἐν τῷ ὄρει ἐπὶ τῆς καταβάσεως, οὗ κατεδίωξαν αὐτοὺς ἀπ’ αὐτῆς εἰς τέλος, καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν ᾿Ιησοῦς εἰς Γαὶ καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὴν ἐν στόματι ρομφαίας.

²⁵καὶ ἐγενήθησαν οἱ πεσόντες ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς καὶ ἕως γυναικὸς δώδεκα χιλιάδες, πάντας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Γαί,

²⁷πλὴν τῶν κτηνῶν καὶ τῶν σκύλων τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει, πάντα ἃ ἐπρονόμευσαν ἑαυτοῖς οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ κατὰ πρόσταγμα Κυρίου, ὃν τρόπον συνέταξε Κύριος τῷ ᾿Ιησοῖ.

²⁸καὶ ἐνεπύρισεν ᾿Ιησοῦς τὴν πόλιν ἐν πυρί· χῶμα ἀοίκητον εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἔθηκεν αὐτὴν ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.

²⁹καὶ τὸν βασιλέα τῆς Γαὶ ἐκρέμασεν ἐπὶ ξύλου διδύμου, καὶ ἦν ἐπὶ τοῦ ξύλου ἕως ἑσπέρας· καὶ ἐπιδύνοντος τοῦ ἡλίου συνέταξεν ᾿Ιησοῦς καὶ καθείλοσαν τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου καὶ ἔρριψαν αὐτὸ εἰς τὸν βόθρον καὶ ἐπέστησαν αὐτῷ σωρὸν λίθων, ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.

¹And the Lord said to Joshua, Fear not, nor be timorous: take with thee all the men of war, and arise, go up to Gai; behold, I have given into thy hands the king of Gai, and his land.

²And thou shalt do to Gai, as thou didst to Jericho and its king; and thou shalt take to thyself the spoil of its cattle; set now for thyself an ambush for the city behind.

³And Joshua and all the men of war rose to go up to Gai; and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men, and he sent them away by night.

⁴And he charged them, saying, Do ye lie in ambush behind the city: do not go far from the city, and ye shall all be ready.

⁵And I and all with me will draw near to the city: and it shall come to pass when the inhabitants of Gai shall come forth to meet us, as before, that we will flee from before them.

⁶And when they shall come out after us, we will draw them away from the city; and they will say, These men flee from before us, as also before.

⁷And ye shall rise up out of the ambuscade, and go into the city.

⁸Ye shall do according to this word, lo! I have commanded you.

⁹And Joshua sent them, and they went to lie in ambush; and they lay between Baethel and Gai, westward of Gai.

¹⁰And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people; and he went up, he and the elders before the people to Gai.

¹¹And all the men of war went up with him, and they went forward and came over against the city eastward.

¹²And the ambuscade [was] on the west side of the city.

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¹⁴And it came to pass when the king of Gai saw [it], he hasted and went out to meet them direct to the battle, he and all the people [that were] with him: and he knew not that there was an ambuscade [formed] against him behind the city.

¹⁵And Joshua and Israel saw, and retreated from before them.

¹⁶And they pursued after the children of Israel, and they themselves went to a distance from the city.

¹⁷There was no one left in Gai who did not pursue after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

¹⁸And the Lord said to Joshua, Stretch forth thy hand with the spear that is in thy hand toward the city, for I have delivered it into thy hands; and the liers in wait shall rise up quickly out of their place.

¹⁹And Joshua stretched out his hand [and] his spear toward the city, and the ambuscade rose up quickly out of their place; and they came forth when he stretched out his hand; and they entered into the city, and took it; and they hasted and burnt the city with fire.

²⁰And when the inhabitants of Gai looked round behind them, then they saw the smoke going up out of the city to heaven, and they were no longer able to flee this way or that way.

²¹And Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambuscade had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city went up to heaven; and they turned and smote the men of Gai.

²²And these came forth out of the city to meet them; and they were in the midst of the army, some [being] on this side, and some on that; and they smote them until there was not left of them one who survived and escaped.

²³And they took the king of Gai alive, and brought him to Joshua.

²⁴And when the children of Israel had ceased slaying all that were in Gai, and in the fields, and in the mountain on the descent, from whence they pursued them [even] to the end, then Joshua returned to Gai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

²⁵And they that fell in that day, men and women, were twelve thousand: [they slew] all the inhabitants of Gai.

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²⁷Beside the spoils that were in the city, all things which the children of Israel took as spoil for themselves according to the command of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Joshua.

²⁸And Joshua burnt the city with fire: he made it an uninhabited heap for ever, [even] to this day.

²⁹And he hanged the king of Gai on a gallows; and he remained on the tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave charge, and they took down his body from the tree, and cast it into a pit, and they set over him a heap of stones until this day.