1. Krallar (1. Samuel) 10

¹Samuel o zaman yağ şişesini alıp Şaul'un başına döktü, onu öptü ve şöyle dedi: "RAB seni Kendi halkı İsrail üzerine önder olarak meshetmedi mi? Sen RAB'bin halkı üzerinde egemenlik süreceksin ve onları çevrelerindeki düşmanlarının elinden kurtaracaksın."

²"RAB'bin Kendi mirası üzerine seni önder olarak meshettiğinin işareti şu olacak: Bugün yanımdan ayrıldığında, Benyamin sınırındaki Rahel'in mezarının yanında, coşkuyla koşan iki adam bulacaksın. Onlar sana, 'Aramaya gittiğiniz dişi eşekler bulundu; bak, baban eşeklerin tasasını silkeleyip attı da sizin için kaygılanarak: Oğlum için ne yapayım? diyor' diyecekler."

³"Oradan yoluna devam edip daha öteye, Tabor meşesine vardığında, orada Beytel'e, Tanrı'ya tapınmaya giden üç adamla karşılaşacaksın. Biri üç oğlak, biri üç sepet ekmek, diğeri de bir tulum şarap taşıyor olacak."

⁴"Sana esenlik dileyip selam verecekler ve sana iki ekmek sunusu verecekler; sen de bunları onların elinden alacaksın."

⁵"Bundan sonra Tanrı'nın tepesine gideceksin; orada yabancıların garnizonu vardır, orada yabancı Nasib bulunur. Oraya, kente girdiğinizde, Bama'dan inen bir peygamber grubuyla karşılaşacaksın; önlerinde lir, tef, kaval ve lir olacak, kendileri de peygamberlik ediyor olacaklar."

⁶"RAB'bin Ruhu senin üzerine güçlü bir şekilde sıçrayacak, onlarla birlikte peygamberlik edeceksin ve başka bir adama dönüştürüleceksin."

⁷"Bu işaretler gerçekleştiğinde, elin neyi bulursa onu yap; çünkü Tanrı seninledir."

⁸"Benim önümden Gilgal'a in; yakmalık sunular sunmak ve esenlik kurbanları kesmek için ben de senin yanına ineceğim. Yanına gelip ne yapacağını sana bildirene dek yedi gün bekleyeceksin."

⁹Şaul gitmek üzere Samuel'e arkasını dönüp omzunu çevirdiği anda, Tanrı ona başka bir yürek verdi; ve bütün bu işaretler o gün gerçekleşti.

¹⁰Oradan tepeye geldiklerinde, işte, karşılarına bir peygamber grubu çıktı; Tanrı'nın Ruhu güçlü bir şekilde onun üzerine sıçradı ve onların arasında peygamberlik etmeye başladı.

¹¹Onu dünden ve önceki günden beri tanıyanların hepsi, onun peygamberlerle birlikte peygamberlik ettiğini görünce birbirlerine, "Kiş'in oğluna ne oldu? Şaul da mı peygamberlerin arasında?" dediler.

¹²Oradakilerden biri, "Peki, onların babası kim?" diye karşılık verdi. "Şaul da mı peygamberlerin arasında?" sözü bundan ötürü bir mesel oldu.

¹³Şaul peygamberlik etmeyi bitirince tepeye çıktı.

¹⁴Şaul'un yakını ona ve uşağına, "Nereye gittiniz?" diye sordu. Onlar da, "Dişi eşekleri aramaya; ama hiçbir yerde bulamadığımızı görünce Samuel'e gittik" dediler.

¹⁵Yakını, "Lütfen bana söyle, Samuel size ne dedi?" dedi.

¹⁶Şaul yakınına, "Eşeklerin bulunduğunu bize açıkça bildirdi" dedi. Ama krallık meselesi hakkında Samuel'in kendisine söylediklerini ona bildirmedi.

¹⁷Samuel bütün halkı Masfata'da, RAB'bin huzuruna çağırdı.

¹⁸İsrailoğulları'na şöyle dedi: "İsrail'in Tanrısı RAB şöyle diyor: 'İsrail'i Mısır'dan ben çıkardım; sizi Mısır Kralı Firavun'un elinden ve size baskı yapan bütün krallıklardan ben kurtardım.'"

¹⁹"Ama siz bugün, sizi her türlü kötülükten ve sıkıntıdan kurtaran Tanrınızı hiçe saydınız ve O'na, 'Hayır, üzerimize bir kral ata' dediniz. Şimdi RAB'bin önünde oymaklarınıza ve boylarınıza göre sıraya geçin."

²⁰Samuel İsrail'in bütün oymaklarını yaklaştırdı ve kura Benyamin oymağına çıktı.

²¹Benyamin oymağını boylarına göre yaklaştırdı ve kura Mattari boyuna çıktı; Mattari boyunu erkeklerine göre yaklaştırdılar ve kura Kiş oğlu Şaul'a çıktı. Onu aradılar ama bulamadılar.

²²Samuel bir kez daha RAB'be danıştı: "O adam buraya geldi mi?" RAB, "İşte, o eşyaların arasında gizleniyor" dedi.

²³Koşup onu oradan getirdiler ve halkın ortasına çıkardılar; boyu omuzlarından yukarısıyla herkesten uzundu.

²⁴Samuel bütün halka, "RAB'bin Kendisi için seçtiği adamı gördünüz mü? Bütün halkın arasında onun gibisi yoktur" dedi. Bütün halk bağırarak, "Kral yaşasın!" dedi.

²⁵Samuel krallığın yasasını halka anlattı, bunu bir kitaba yazıp RAB'bin huzuruna koydu. Sonra Samuel bütün halkı evlerine gönderdi.

²⁶Şaul da Gabaa'daki evine gitti; Tanrı'nın yüreklerine dokunduğu yiğitler de onunla birlikte gitti.

²⁷Ama bazı haylaz adamlar, "Bu adam mı bizi kurtaracak?" diyerek onu hor gördüler ve ona armağan getirmediler.

¹ΚΑΙ ἔλαβε Σαμουὴλ τὸν φακὸν τοῦ ἐλαίου καὶ ἐπέχεεν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐφίλησεν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· οὐχὶ κέκχρικέ σε Κύριος εἰς ἄρχοντα ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ, ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραήλ; καὶ σὺ ἄρξεις ἐν λαῷ Κυρίου, καὶ σὺ σώσεις αὐτὸν ἐκ χειρὸς ἐχθρῶν αὐτοῦ κυκλόθεν.

²καὶ τοῦτό σοι τὸ σημεῖον ὅτι ἔχρισέ σε Κύριος ἐπὶ κληρονομίαν αὐτοῦ εἰς ἄρχοντα· ὡς ἂν ἀπέλθῃς σήμερον ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ, καὶ εὑρήσεις δύο ἄνδρας πρὸς τοῖς τάφοις Ῥαχὴλ ἐν τῷ ὄρει Βενιαμὶν ἁλλομένους μεγάλα, καὶ ἐροῦσί σοι· εὕρηνται αἱ ὄνοι, ἃς ἐπορεύθητε ζητεῖν, καὶ ἰδοὺ ὁ πατήρ σου ἀποτετίνακται τὸ ῥῆμα τῶν ὄνων καὶ ἐδαψιλεύσατο δι᾿ ὑμᾶς λέγων· τί ποιήσω ὑπὲρ τοῦ υἱοῦ μου;

³καὶ ἀπελεύσῃ ἐκεῖθεν καὶ ἐπέκεινα ἥξεις ἕως τῆς δρυὸς Θαβὼρ καὶ εὑρήσεις ἐκεῖ τρεῖς ἄνδρας ἀναβαίνοντας πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν εἰς Βαιθήλ, ἕνα αἴροντα τρία αἰγίδια καὶ ἕνα αἴροντα τρία ἀγγεῖα ἄρτων καὶ ἕνα αἴροντα ἀσκὸν οἴνου.

⁴καὶ ἐρωτήσουσί σε τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην καὶ δώσουσί σοι δύο ἀπαρχὰς ἄρτων, καὶ λήψῃ ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῶν.

⁵καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα εἰσελεύσῃ εἰς τὸν βουνὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ, οὗ ἐστιν ἐκεῖ τὸ ἀνάστημα τῶν ἀλλοφύλων, ἐκεῖ Νασὶβ ὁ ἀλλόφυλος. καὶ ἔσται ὡς ἂν εἰσέλθητε ἐκεῖ εἰς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ἀπαντήσεις χορῷ προφητῶν καταβαινόντων ἐκ τῆς Βαμᾶ, καὶ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν νάβλα καὶ τύμπανον καὶ αὐλὸς καὶ κινύρα, καὶ αὐτοὶ προφητεύοντες·

⁶καὶ ἐφαλεῖται ἐπὶ σὲ πνεῦμα Κυρίου, καὶ προφητεύσεις μετ᾿ αὐτῶν καὶ στραφήσῃ εἰς ἄνδρα ἄλλον.

⁷καὶ ἔσται ὅταν ἥξει τὰ σημεῖα ταῦτα ἐπὶ σέ, ποίει πάντα, ὅσα ἐὰν εὕρῃ ἡ χείρ σου, ὅτι Θεὸς μετὰ σοῦ.

⁸καὶ καταβήσῃ ἔμπροσθεν τῆς Γαλγάλ, καὶ ἰδοὺ καταβαίνω πρός σε ἀνενεγκεῖν ὁλοκαύτωσιν καὶ θυσίας εἰρηνικάς· ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας διαλείψεις ἕως τοῦ ἐλθεῖν με πρός σε, καὶ γνωρίσω σοι ἃ ποιήσεις.

⁹καὶ ἐγενήθη ὥστε ἐπιστραφῆναι τῷ ὤμῳ αὐτοῦ ἀπελθεῖν ἀπὸ Σαμουήλ, μετέστρεψεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸς καρδίαν ἄλλην· καὶ ἦλθε πάντα τὰ σημεῖα ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ.

¹⁰καὶ ἔρχεται ἐκεῖθεν εἰς τὸν βουνόν, καὶ ἰδοὺ χορὸς προφητῶν ἐξεναντίας αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἥλατο ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν πνεῦμα Θεοῦ, καὶ προεφήτευσεν ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν.

¹¹καὶ ἐγενήθησαν πάντες οἱ εἰδότες αὐτὸν ἐχθὲς καὶ τρίτης καὶ εἶδον καὶ ἰδοὺ αὐτὸς ἐν μέσῳ τῶν προφητῶν. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ λαὸς ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ· τί τοῦτο τὸ γεγονὸς τῷ υἱῷ Κίς; ἦ καὶ Σαοὺλ ἐν προφήταις;

¹²καὶ ἀπεκρίθη τις αὐτῶν καὶ εἶπε· καὶ τίς πατὴρ αὐτοῦ; καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐγενήθη εἰς παραβολήν, ἦ καὶ Σαοὺλ ἐν προφήταις;

¹³καὶ συνετέλεσε προφητεύων καὶ ἔρχεται εἰς τὸν βουνόν.

¹⁴καὶ εἶπεν ὁ οἰκεῖος αὐτοῦ πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ πρὸς τὸ παιδάριον αὐτοῦ· ποῦ ἐπορεύθητε; καὶ εἶπαν· ζητεῖν τὰς ὄνους· καὶ εἴδαμεν ὅτι οὐκ εἰσί, καὶ εἰσήλθομεν πρὸς Σαμουήλ.

¹⁵καὶ εἶπεν ὁ οἰκεῖος πρὸς Σαούλ· ἀπάγγειλον δή μοι, τί εἶπέ σοι Σαμουήλ;

¹⁶καὶ εἶπε Σαοὺλ πρὸς τὸν οἰκεῖον αὐτοῦ· ἀπήγγειλεν ἀπαγγέλλων μοι ὅτι εὕρηνται αἱ ὄνοι. τὸ δὲ ρῆμα τῆς βασιλείας οὐκ ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτῷ.

¹⁷Καὶ παρήγγειλε Σαμουὴλ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ πρὸς Κύριον εἰς Μασσηφὰθ

¹⁸καὶ εἶπε πρὸς υἱοὺς ᾿Ισραήλ· τάδε εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ᾿Ισραὴλ λέγων· ἐγὼ ἀνήγαγον τοὺς υἱοὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἐξειλάμην ὑμᾶς ἐκ χειρὸς Φαραὼ βασιλέως Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἐκ πασῶν τῶν βασιλειῶν τῶν θλιβουσῶν ὑμᾶς·

¹⁹καὶ ὑμεῖς σήμερον ἐξουδενήκατε τὸν Θεόν, ὃς αὐτός ἐστιν ὑμῶν σωτὴρ ἐκ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ὑμῶν καὶ θλίψεων ὑμῶν, καὶ εἴπατε· οὐχί, ἀλλ᾿ ἢ ὅτι βασιλέα καταστήσεις ἐφ᾿ ἡμῶν· καὶ νῦν κατάστητε ἐνώπιον Κυρίου κατὰ τὰ σκῆπτρα ὑμῶν καὶ κατὰ τὰς φυλὰς ὑμῶν.

²⁰καὶ προσήγαγε Σαμουὴλ πάντα τὰ σκῆπτρα ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ κατακληροῦται σκῆπτρον Βενιαμίν·

²¹καὶ προσάγει σκῆπτρον Βενιαμὶν εἰς φυλάς, καὶ κατακληροῦται φυλὴ Ματταρί· καὶ προσάγουσι τὴν φυλὴν Ματταρὶ εἰς ἄνδρας, καὶ κατακληροῦται Σαοὺλ υἱὸς Κίς. καὶ ἐζήτει αὐτόν, καὶ οὐχ εὑρίσκετο.

²²καὶ ἐπηρώτησε Σαμουὴλ ἔτι ἐν Κυρίῳ· εἰ ἔρχεται ὁ ἀνὴρ ἐνταῦθα; καὶ εἶπε Κύριος· ἰδοὺ αὐτὸς κέκρυπται ἐν τοῖς σκεύεσι.

²³καὶ ἔδραμε καὶ λαμβάνει αὐτὸν ἐκεῖθεν καὶ κατέστησεν ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ ὑψώθη ὑπὲρ πάντα τὸν λαὸν ὑπερωμίαν καὶ ἐπάνω.

²⁴καὶ εἶπε Σαμουὴλ πρὸς πάντα τὸν λαόν· εἰ ἑωράκατε ὃν ἐκλέλεκται ἑαυτῷ Κύριος, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ὅμοιος αὐτῷ ἐν πᾶσιν ὑμῖν; καὶ ἔγνωσαν πᾶς ὁ λαὸς καὶ εἶπαν· ζήτω ὁ βασιλεύς.

²⁵καὶ εἶπε Σαμουὴλ πρὸς τὸν λαὸν τὸ δικαίωμα τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἔγραψεν ἐν βιβλίῳ καὶ ἔθηκεν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου. καὶ ἐξαπέστειλε Σαμουὴλ πάντα τὸν λαόν, καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ἕκαστος εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ.

²⁶καὶ Σαοὺλ ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ εἰς Γαβαά· καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν υἱοὶ δυνάμεων, ὧν ἥψατο Κύριος καρδίας αὐτῶν μετὰ Σαούλ.

²⁷καὶ υἱοὶ λοιμοὶ εἶπαν· τίς σώσει ὑμᾶς οὗτος; καὶ ἠτίμασαν αὐτὸν καὶ οὐκ ἤνεγκαν αὐτῷ δῶρα.

¹And Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured [it] on his head, and kissed him, and said to him, Has not the Lord anointed thee for a ruler over his people, over Israel? and thou shalt rule among the people of the Lord, and thou shalt save them out of the hand of their enemies; and this [shall be] the sign to thee that the Lord has anointed thee for a ruler over his inheritance.

²[As soon] as thou shalt have departed this day from me, thou shalt find two men by the burial-place of Rachel on the mount of Benjamin, exulting greatly; and they shall say to thee, The asses are found which ye went to seek; and, behold, thy father has given up the matter of the asses, and he is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

³And thou shalt depart thence, and shalt go beyond that as far as the oak of Thabor, and thou shalt find there three men going up to God to Baethel, one bearing three kids, and another bearing three vessels of bread, and another bearing a bottle of wine.

⁴And they shall ask thee how thou doest, and shall give thee two presents of bread, and thou shall receive them of their hand.

⁵And afterward thou shalt go to the hill of God, where is the encampment of the Philistines; there [is] Nasib the Philistine: and it shall come to pass when ye shall have entered into the city, that thou shalt meet a band of prophets coming down from the Bama; and before them will be lutes, and a drum, and a pipe, and a harp, and they shall prophesy.

⁶And the Spirit of the Lord shall come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

⁷And it shall come to pass when these signs shall come upon thee,-- [then] do thou whatsoever thy hand shall find, because God [is] with thee.

⁸And thou shalt go down in front of Galgal, and behold, I come down to thee to offer a whole-burnt-offering and peace-offerings: seven days shalt thou wait until I shall come to thee, and I will make known to thee what thou shalt do.

⁹And it came to pass when he turned his back to depart from Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all these signs came to pass in that day.

¹⁰And he comes thence to the hill, and behold a band of prophets opposite to him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied in the midst of them.

¹¹And all that had known him before came, and saw, and behold, he [was] in the midst of the prophets: and the people said every one to his neighbour, What [is] this that has happened to the son of Kis? [is] Saul also among the prophets?

¹²And one of them answered and said, And who [is] his father? and therefore it became a proverb, [Is] Saul also among the prophets?

¹³And he ceased prophesying, and comes to the hill.

¹⁴And his kinsman said to him and to his servant, Whither went ye? and they said, To seek the asses; and we saw that they were lost, and we went in to Samuel.

¹⁵And his kinsman said to Saul, Tell me, I pray thee, What did Samuel say to thee?

¹⁶And Saul said to his kinsman, he verily told me that the asses were found. But the matter of the kingdom he told him not.

¹⁷And Samuel summoned all the people before the Lord to Massephath.

¹⁸And he said to the children of Israel, Thus has the Lord God of Israel spoken, saying, I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, and I rescued you out of the hand of Pharao king of Egypt, and out of all the kingdoms that afflicted you.

¹⁹And ye have this day rejected God, who is himself your Deliverer out of all your evils and afflictions; and ye said, Nay, but thou shalt set a king over us: and now stand before the Lord according to your tribes, and according to your families.

²⁰And Samuel brought nigh all the tribes of Israel, and the tribe of Benjamin is taken by lot.

²¹And he brings near the tribe of Benjamin by families, and the family of Mattari is taken by lot: and they bring near the family of Mattari, man by man, and Saul the son of Kis is taken; and he sought him, but he was not found.

²²And Samuel asked yet again of the Lord, Will the man come hither? and the Lord said, Behold, he is hid among the stuff.

²³And he ran and took him thence, and he set him in the midst of the people; and he was higher than all the people by his shoulders and upwards.

²⁴And Samuel said to all the people, Have ye seen whom the Lord has chosen to himself, that there is none like to him among you all? And all the people took notice, and said, Let the king live!

²⁵And Samuel told the people the manner of the king, and wrote it in a book, and set it before the Lord: and Samuel sent away all the people, and each went to his place.

²⁶And Saul departed to his house to Gabaa; and there went with Saul mighty men whose hearts God had touched.

²⁷But evil men said, Who [is] this man [that] shall save us? and they despised him, and brought him no gifts.