1. Krallar (1. Samuel) 11

¹Yaklaşık bir ay sonra Ammonlu Naas yukarı çıkıp Yabis Galaad'ı kuşattı. Bunun üzerine Yabis'in bütün adamları Ammonlu Naas'a, "Bizimle bir antlaşma yap, sana kulluk edelim" dediler.

²Ammonlu Naas onlara, "Sizinle ancak şu şartla antlaşma yaparım: Her birinizin sağ gözünü oyarak bütün İsrail'e bir utanç yükleyeceğim" dedi.

³Yabis'in adamları ona, "Bize yedi gün mühlet ver, İsrail'in bütün sınırlarına ulaklar gönderelim; eğer bizi kurtaracak kimse çıkmazsa, size teslim oluruz" dediler.

⁴Ulaklar Saul'un yanına, Gabaa'ya gelip bu sözleri halkın işiteceği şekilde söylediler; bunun üzerine bütün halk sesini yükselterek ağladı.

⁵Ve işte Saul, sabah vaktinin ardından tarladan geliyordu. Saul, "Halkı ağlatan nedir?" diye sordu. Ona Yabis adamlarının sözlerini aktardılar.

⁶Saul bu sözleri işitince, Rab'bin Ruhu ani bir güçle üzerine hücum etti ve onlara karşı öfkesi son derece şiddetlendi.

⁷İki öküz alıp onları parçalara ayırdı ve ulaklar aracılığıyla İsrail'in bütün sınırlarına göndererek şöyle dedi: "Kim Saul'un ve Samuel'in arkasından savaşa çıkmazsa, onun öküzlerine de aynısı yapılacaktır." Bunun üzerine halkın üzerine Rab'bin dehşeti çöktü ve tek bir adam gibi hep birlikte haykırdılar.

⁸Saul onları Bama'da, Abiezek aracılığıyla saydı; İsrail adamlarından altı yüz bin kişi, Yahuda adamlarından ise yetmiş bin kişi vardı.

⁹Gelen ulaklara şöyle dedi: "Yabis adamlarına deyin ki: 'Yarın güneş ortalığı iyice ısıttığında kurtuluşa ereceksiniz.'" Ulaklar kente gelip Yabis adamlarına bunu bildirdiler ve onlar da büyük sevinç duydular.

¹⁰Bunun üzerine Yabis'in adamları Ammonlu Naas'a, "Yarın size teslim olacağız; gözünüzde ne iyi görünüyorsa bize onu yapın" dediler.

¹¹Ertesi gün Saul halkı üç bölüğe ayırdı; sabah nöbeti esnasında ordugahın ortasına daldılar ve gün kızışana dek Ammon oğullarını bozguna uğrattılar. Sağ kalanlar öyle darmadağın oldu ki, onlardan iki kişi bile aynı yerde bir arada kalmadı.

¹²Halk Samuel'e, "Saul üzerimize kral olmasın diyen kimdi? O adamları bize teslim edin, onları öldürelim" dedi.

¹³Ama Saul, "Bugün kimse öldürülmeyecek; çünkü bugün Rab İsrail'de bir kurtuluş gerçekleştirdi" dedi.

¹⁴Samuel halka, "Gelin Galgala'ya gidelim ve orada krallığı törenle yenileyelim" dedi.

¹⁵Bütün halk Galgala'ya gitti ve Samuel orada, Galgala'da Rab'bin önünde Saul'u kral olarak meshetti. Orada Rab'bin önünde kurbanlar ve esenlik kurbanları sundular; Samuel ve bütün İsrail halkı orada son derece büyük bir sevinç yaşadılar.

¹ΚΑΙ ἐγενήθη ὡς μετὰ μῆνα καὶ ἀνέβη Νάας ὁ Ἀμμανίτης καὶ παρεμβάλλει ἐπὶ Ἰαβὶς Γαλαάδ. καὶ εἶπαν πάντες οἱ ἄνδρες Ἰαβὶς πρὸς Νάας τὸν Ἀμμανίτην· διάθου ἡμῖν διαθήκην, καὶ δουλεύσομέν σοι.

²καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτοὺς Νάας ὁ Ἀμμανίτης· ἐν ταύτῃ διαθήσομαι διαθήκην ὑμῖν, ἐν τῷ ἐξορύξαι ὑμῶν πάντα ὀφθαλμὸν δεξιόν, καὶ θήσομαι ὄνειδος ἐπὶ Ἰσραήλ.

³καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ ἄνδρες Ἰαβίς· ἄνες ἡμῖν ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας, καὶ ἀποστελοῦμεν ἀγγέλους εἰς πᾶν ὅριον Ἰσραήλ· ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ ὁ σώζων ἡμᾶς, ἐξελευσόμεθα πρὸς ὑμᾶς.

⁴καὶ ἔρχονται οἱ ἄγγελοι εἰς Γαβαὰ πρὸς Σαοὺλ καὶ λαλοῦσι τοὺς λόγους εἰς τὰ ὦτα τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ ᾖραν πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τὴν φωνὴν αὐτῶν καὶ ἔκλαυσαν.

⁵καὶ ἰδοὺ Σαοὺλ ἤρχετο μετὰ τὸ πρωΐ ἐξ ἀγροῦ, καὶ εἶπε Σαούλ· τί ὅτι κλαίει ὁ λαός; καὶ διηγοῦνται αὐτῷ τὰ ῥήματα τῶν ἀνδρῶν Ἰαβίς.

⁶καὶ ἐφήλατο πνεῦμα Κυρίου ἐπὶ Σαοὺλ ὡς ἤκουσε τὰ ρήματα ταῦτα, καὶ ἐθυμώθη ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς ὀργῇ αὐτοῦ σφόδρα.

⁷καὶ ἔλαβε δύο βόας καὶ ἐμέλισεν αὐτὰς καὶ ἀπέστειλεν εἰς πᾶν ὅριον Ἰσραὴλ ἐν χειρὶ ἀγγέλων λέγων· ὃς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκπορευόμενος ὀπίσω Σαοὺλ καὶ ὀπίσω Σαμουήλ, κατὰ τάδε ποιήσουσι τοῖς βουσὶν αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐπῆλθεν ἔκστασις Κυρίου ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἐβόησαν ὡς ἀνὴρ εἷς.

⁸καὶ ἐπισκέπτεται αὐτοὺς Ἀβιεζὲκ ἐν Βαμᾷ, πάντα ἄνδρα Ἰσραὴλ ἑξακοσίας χιλιάδας καὶ ἄνδρας Ἰούδα ἑβδομήκοντα χιλιάδας.

⁹καὶ εἶπε τοῖς ἀγγέλοις τοῖς ἐρχομένοις· τάδε ἐρεῖτε τοῖς ἀνδράσιν Ἰαβίς· αὔριον ὑμῖν ἡ σωτηρία διαθερμάναντος τοῦ ἡλίου. καὶ ἦλθον οἱ ἄγγελοι εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ ἀπαγγέλλουσι τοῖς ἀνδράσιν Ἰαβίς, καὶ εὐφράνθησαν.

¹⁰καὶ εἶπον οἱ ἄνδρες Ἰαβὶς πρὸς Νάας τὸν Ἀμμανίτην· αὔριον ἐξελευσόμεθα πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ ποιήσετε ἡμῖν τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν.

¹¹καὶ ἐγενήθη μετὰ τὴν αὔριον καὶ ἔθετο Σαοὺλ τὸν λαὸν εἰς τρεῖς ἀρχάς, καὶ εἰσπορεύονται μέσον τῆς παρεμβολῆς ἐν φυλακῇ τῇ ἑωθινῇ καὶ ἔτυπτον τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἀμμὼν ἕως διεθερμάνθη ἡ ἡμέρα, καὶ ἐγενήθη καὶ ὑπολελειμμένοι διεσπάρησαν, καὶ οὐχ ὑπελείφθησαν ἐν αὐτοῖς δύο κατὰ τὸ αὐτό.

¹²καὶ εἶπεν ὁ λαὸς πρὸς Σαμουήλ· τίς ὁ εἴπας ὅτι Σαοὺλ οὐ βασιλεύσει ἡμῶν; παράδος τοὺς ἄνδρας, καὶ θανατώσομεν αὐτούς.

¹³καὶ εἶπε Σαούλ· οὐκ ἀποθανεῖται οὐδεὶς ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ, ὅτι σήμερον ἐποίησε Κύριος σωτηρίαν ἐν Ἰσραήλ.

¹⁴καὶ εἶπε Σαμουὴλ πρὸς τὸν λαὸν λέγων· πορευθῶμεν εἰς Γάλγαλα, καὶ ἐγκαινίσωμεν ἐκεῖ τὴν βασιλείαν.

¹⁵καὶ ἐπορεύθη πᾶς ὁ λαὸς εἰς Γάλγαλα, καὶ ἔχρισε Σαμουὴλ ἐκεῖ τὸν Σαοὺλ εἰς βασιλέα ἐνώπιον Κυρίου ἐν Γαλγάλοις καὶ ἔθυσεν ἐκεῖ θυσίας καὶ εἰρηνικὰς ἐνώπιον Κυρίου· καὶ εὐφράνθη Σαμουὴλ καὶ πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ ὥστε λίαν.

¹And it came to pass about a month after this, that Naas the Ammanie went up, and encamped against Jabis Galaad: and all the men of Jabis said to Naas the Ammanite, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

²Naas the Ammanite said to them, On these terms will I make a covenant with you, that I should put out all your right eyes, and I will lay a reproach upon Israel.

³And the men of Jabis say to him, Allow us seven days, and we will send messengers into all the coasts of Israel: if there should be no one to deliver us, we will come out to you.

⁴And the messengers came to Gabaa to Saul, and they speak the words into the ears of the people; and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

⁵And, behold, Saul came after the early morning out of the field: and Saul said, Why does the people weep? and they tell him the words of the men of Jabis.

⁶And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Saul when he heard these words, and his anger was greatly kindled against them.

⁷And he took two cows, and cut them in pieces, and sent them into all the coasts of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoso comes not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall they do to his oxen: and a transport from the Lord came upon the people of Israel, and they came out to battle as one man.

⁸And he reviews them at Abiezec in Bama, every man of Israel six hundred thousand, and the men of Juda seventy thousand.

⁹And he said to the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say to the men of Jabis, To-morrow ye shall have deliverance when the sun is hot; and the messengers came to the city, and told the men of Jabis, and they rejoiced.

¹⁰And the men of Jabis said to Naas the Ammanite, To-morrow we will come forth to you, and ye shall do to us what seems good in your sight.

¹¹And it came to pass on the morrow, that Saul divided the people into three companies, and they go into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and they smote the children of Ammon until the day was hot; at it came to pass that those who were left were scattered, and there were not left among them two together.

¹²And the people said to Samuel, Who has said that Saul shall not reign over us? Give up the men, and we will put them to death.

¹³And Saul said, No man shall die this day, for to-day the Lord has wrought deliverance in Israel.

¹⁴And Samuel spoke to the people, saying, Let us go to Galgala, and there renew the kingdom.

¹⁵And all the people went to Galgala, and Samuel anointed Saul there to be king before the Lord in Galgala, and there he offered meat-offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord: and Samuel and all Israel rejoiced exceedingly.