1. Krallar (1. Samuel) 13

¹Saul, İsrail adamları arasından kendisi için üç bin kişi seçti; bunlardan iki bini Saul ile birlikte Mikmas'ta ve Beytel dağındaydı, bin kişi ise Yonatan ile birlikte Benyamin'in Gabaa kentindeydi. Halkın geri kalanını ise her birini kendi çadırına gönderdi.

³Yonatan, tepede bulunan yabancı Nasib'i vurdu ve yabancılar bunu duydular. Saul, "Hizmetkarlar antlaşmayı bozdu!" diyerek bütün ülkede boru çaldırdı.

⁴Bütün İsrail, "Saul yabancı Nasib'i vurdu ve İsrail yabancıların arasında rezil oldu" dendiğini duydu. Ve İsrail oğulları Gilgal'da Saul'un arkasından yukarı çıktılar.

⁵Yabancılar da İsrail ile savaşmak üzere toplandılar; İsrail'e karşı otuz bin savaş arabası, altı bin atlı ve kıyıdaki kum taneleri kadar çok halkla çıktılar. Yukarı çıkıp Beythoron'un karşısında, güneye doğru Mikmas'ta ordugah kurdular.

⁶İsrail adamı durumun kendisi için daraldığını ve yaklaşamadığını görünce; halk mağaralarda, ağıllarda, kayalıklarda, dehlizlerde ve çukurlarda gizlendi.

⁷Karşıya geçenler ise Şeria Irmağı'nı aşarak Gad ve Gilat topraklarına geçtiler. Saul ise hâlâ Gilgal'daydı ve bütün halk dehşet içinde onun ardınca gidiyordu.

⁸Samuel'in söylediği gibi belirlenen tanıklık süresince yedi gün bekledi, fakat Samuel Gilgal'a gelmedi ve halk Saul'un yanından dağılmaya başladı.

⁹Bunun üzerine Saul, "Yakmalık sunuyu ve barış sunularını bana getirin" dedi ve yakmalık sunuyu sundu.

¹⁰Kendisi yakmalık sunuyu sunmayı bitirir bitirmez Samuel geldi; Saul onu karşılamak ve kutsamak için dışarı çıktı.

¹¹Samuel, "Ne yaptın?" dedi. Saul şöyle yanıtladı: "Halkın yanımdan dağıldığını, senin belirlenen günlerin tanıklığında emrettiğin gibi gelmediğini ve yabancıların Mikmas'ta toplandığını gördüm.

¹²Kendi kendime, 'Şimdi yabancılar Gilgal'da üzerime inecekler, bense henüz Rab'bin huzuruna yalvarmadım' dedim. Böylece kendimi zorlayarak yakmalık sunuyu sundum."

¹³Samuel Saul'a, "Ahmakça davrandın" dedi, "Rab'bin sana emrettiği, benim buyruğumu tutmadın. Eğer tutsaydın, Rab senin krallığını İsrail üzerinde sonsuza dek pekiştirecekti.

¹⁴Ama şimdi krallığın senin için kalıcı olmayacak. Rab kendisi için kendi yüreğine uygun bir adam arayacak ve Rab onu kendi halkına önder olarak atayacak; çünkü sen Rab'bin sana buyurduğu şeyleri tutmadın."

¹⁵Samuel kalkıp Gilgal'dan kendi yoluna gitti. Halkın geri kalanı ise savaşçı halkın ardından Saul ile birlikte yukarı gitti. Gilgal'dan Benyamin'in Gabaa kentine vardıklarında, Saul yanında bulunan halkı saydı; yaklaşık altı yüz kişiydiler.

¹⁶Saul, oğlu Yonatan ve yanlarında bulunan halk Benyamin'in Gabaa kentinde kaldılar ve ağladılar; yabancılar ise Mikmas'ta ordugah kurmuşlardı.

¹⁷Yabancıların ordugahından yıkıcılar üç kol halinde çıktılar; kollardan biri Sogal toprağına doğru Gofera yoluna yöneldi.

¹⁸Diğer kol Beythoron yoluna yöneldi, üçüncü kol ise Sabim vadisine bakan Gabae yoluna yöneldi.

¹⁹O günlerde bütün İsrail ülkesinde tek bir demirci bile bulunmuyordu; çünkü yabancılar, "İbraniler kendilerine kılıç ya da mızrak yapmasınlar" demişlerdi.

²⁰Bu yüzden bütün İsrailliler saban demirlerini, araçlarını, baltalarını ve tırpanlarını biletmek için yabancıların toprağına inmek zorundaydı.

²¹Hasat zamanı biçmek için yakındı; aletleri biletmenin bedeli diş başına üç şikeldi, baltalar ve tırpanlar için de aynı tarife geçerliydi.

²²Bu yüzden Mikmas savaşı günlerinde, Saul ve Yonatan'ın yanındaki halkın hiçbirinin elinde ne bir kılıç ne de bir mızrak vardı; bunlar yalnızca Saul ile oğlu Yonatan'da bulunuyordu.

²³Yabancıların garnizonu ise Mikmas'ın ötesindeki geçide doğru çıktı.

¹ΚΑΙ ἐκλέγεται ἑαυτῷ Σαοὺλ τρεῖς χιλιάδας ἀνδρῶν ἐκ τῶν ἀνδρῶν ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ ἦσαν μετὰ Σαοὺλ δισχίλιοι οἱ ἐν Μαχμάς, καὶ ἐν τῷ ὄρει Βαιθήλ, καὶ χίλιοι ἦσαν μετὰ ᾿Ιωνάθαν ἐν Γαβαὰ τοῦ Βενιαμίν, καὶ τὸ κατάλοιπον τοῦ λαοῦ ἐξαπέστειλεν ἕκαστον εἰς τὸ σκήνωμα αὐτοῦ.

³καὶ ἐπάταξεν ᾿Ιωνάθαν τὸν Νασὶβ τὸν ἀλλόφυλον τὸν ἐν τῷ βουνῷ· καὶ ἀκούουσιν οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι. καὶ Σαοὺλ σάλπιγγι σαλπίζει εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν λέγων· ἠθετήκασιν οἱ δοῦλοι.

⁴καὶ πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ ἤκουσε λεγόντων· πέπαικε Σαοὺλ τὸν Νασὶβ τὸν ἀλλόφυλον, καὶ ᾐσχύνθησαν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις. καὶ ἀνέβησαν οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ὀπίσω Σαοὺλ ἐν Γαλγάλοις.

⁵καὶ οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι συνάγονται εἰς πόλεμον ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ ἀναβαίνουσιν ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ τριάκοντα χιλιάδες ἁρμάτων καὶ ἓξ χιλιάδες ἱππέων καὶ λαὸς ὡς ἡ ἄμμος ἡ παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῷ πλήθει· καὶ ἀναβαίνουσι καὶ παρεμβάλλουσιν ἐν Μαχμὰς ἐξ ἐναντίας Βαιθωρὼν κατὰ νότου.

⁶καὶ ἀνὴρ ᾿Ισραὴλ εἶδεν ὅτι στενῶς αὐτῷ μὴ προσάγειν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐκρύβη ὁ λαὸς ἐν τοῖς σπηλαίοις καὶ ἐν ταῖς μάνδραις καὶ ἐν ταῖς πέτραις καὶ ἐν τοῖς βόθροις καὶ ἐν τοῖς λάκκοις,

⁷καὶ οἱ διαβαίνοντες διέβησαν τὸν ᾿Ιορδάνην εἰς γῆν Γὰδ καὶ Γαλαάδ. καὶ Σαοὺλ ἔτι ἦν ἐν Γαλγάλοις, καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἐξέστη ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ.

⁸καὶ διέλιπεν ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας τῷ μαρτυρίῳ, ὡς εἶπε Σαμουὴλ, καὶ οὐ παρεγένετο Σαμουὴλ εἰς Γάλγαλα, καὶ διεσπάρη ὁ λαὸς αὐτοῦ ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

⁹καὶ εἶπε Σαούλ· προσαγάγετε, ὅπως ποιήσω ὁλοκαύτωσιν καὶ εἰρηνικάς· καὶ ἀνήνεγκε τὴν ὁλοκαύτωσιν.

¹⁰καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς συνετέλεσεν ἀναφέρων τὴν ὁλοκαύτωσιν, καὶ Σαμουὴλ παραγίνεται· καὶ ἐξῆλθε Σαοὺλ εἰς ἀπάντησιν αὐτοῦ εὐλογῆσαι αὐτόν.

¹¹καὶ εἶπε Σαμουήλ· τί πεποίηκας; καὶ εἶπε Σαούλ· ὅτι εἶδον ὡς διεσπάρη ὁ λαὸς ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ καὶ σὺ οὐ παρεγένου ὡς διετάξω ἐν τῷ μαρτυρίῳ τῶν ἡμερῶν, καὶ οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι συνήχθησαν εἰς Μαχμάς,

¹²καὶ εἶπα· νῦν καταβήσονται οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι πρός με εἰς Γάλγαλα καὶ τοῦ προσώπου τοῦ Κυρίου οὐκ ἐδεήθην· καὶ ἐνεκρατευσάμην καὶ ἀνήνεγκα τὴν ὁλοκαύτωσιν.

¹³καὶ εἶπε Σαμουὴλ πρὸς Σαούλ· μεματαίωταί σοι, ὅτι οὐκ ἐφύλαξας τὴν ἐντολήν μου, ἣν ἐνετείλατό σοι Κύριος, ὡς νῦν ἡτοίμασε Κύριος τὴν βασιλείαν σου ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἕως αἰῶνος·

¹⁴καὶ νῦν ἡ βασιλεία σου οὐ στήσεταί σοι, καὶ ζητήσει Κύριος ἑαυτῷ ἄνθρωπον κατὰ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐντελεῖται Κύριος αὐτῷ εἰς ἄρχοντα ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ, ὅτι οὐκ ἐφύλαξας ὅσα ἐνετείλατό σοι Κύριος.

¹⁵καὶ ἀνέστη Σαμουὴλ καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ἐκ Γαλγάλων εἰς ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ κατάλειμμα τοῦ λαοῦ ἀνέβη ὀπίσω Σαοὺλ εἰς ἀπάντησιν ὀπίσω τοῦ λαοῦ τοῦ πολεμιστοῦ. αὐτῶν παραγενομένων ἐκ Γαλγάλων εἰς Γαβαὰ Βενιαμὶν καὶ ἐπεσκέψατο Σαοὺλ τὸν λαὸν τὸν εὑρεθέντα μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ὡς ἑξακοσίους ἄνδρας.

¹⁶καὶ Σαοὺλ καὶ ᾿Ιωνάθαν υἱὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁ λαὸς οἱ εὑρεθέντες μετ᾿ αὐτῶν ἐκάθισαν ἐν Γαβαὰ Βενιαμὶν καὶ ἔκλαιον, καὶ οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι παρεμβεβλήκεισαν ἐν Μαχμάς.

¹⁷καὶ ἐξῆλθε διαφθείρων ἐξ ἀγροῦ ἀλλοφύλων τρισὶν ἀρχαῖς· ἡ ἀρχὴ ἡ μία ἐπιβλέπουσα ὁδὸν Γοφερὰ ἐπὶ γῆν Σωγάλ,

¹⁸καὶ ἡ ἀρχὴ ἡ μία ἐπιβλέπουσα ὁδὸν Βαιθωρών, καὶ ἡ ἀρχὴ ἡ μία ἐπιβλέπουσα ὁδὸν Γαβαὲ τὴν εἰσκύπτουσαν ἐπὶ Γαὶ τὴν Σαβίμ.

¹⁹καὶ τέκτων σιδήρου οὐχ εὑρίσκετο ἐν πάσῃ γῇ ᾿Ισραήλ, ὅτι εἶπον οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι· μὴ ποιήσωσιν οἱ ῾Εβραῖοι ῥομφαίαν καὶ δόρυ.

²⁰καὶ κατέβαινον πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ εἰς γῆν ἀλλοφύλων χαλκεύειν ἕκαστος τὸ θέριστρον αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ σκεῦος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἕκαστος τὴν ἀξίνην αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ δρέπανον αὐτοῦ.

²¹καὶ ἦν ὁ τρυγητὸς ἕτοιμος τοῦ θερίζειν· τὰ δὲ σκεύη ἦν τρεῖς σίκλοι εἰς τὸν ὀδόντα, καὶ τῇ ἀξίνῃ καὶ τῷ δρεπάνῳ ὑπόστασις ἦν ἡ αὐτή.

²²καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τοῦ πολέμου Μαχμὰς καὶ οὐχ εὑρέθη ρομφαία καὶ δόρυ ἐν χειρὶ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ τοῦ μετὰ Σαοὺλ καὶ μετὰ ᾿Ιωνάθαν, καὶ εὑρέθη τῷ Σαοὺλ καὶ τῷ ᾿Ιωνάθαν υἱῷ αὐτοῦ.

²³καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐξ ὑποστάσεως τῶν ἀλλοφύλων τὴν ἐν τῷ πέραν Μαχμάς.

¹And Saul chooses for himself three thousand men of the men of Israel:

²and there were with Saul two thousand who were in Machmas, and in mount Baethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gabaa of Benjamin: and he sent the rest of the people every man to his tent.

³And Jonathan smote Nasib the Philistine that dwelt in the hill; and the Philistines hear of it, and Saul sounds the trumpet through all the land, saying, The servants have despised [us].

⁴And all Israel heard say, Saul has smitten Nasib the Philistine; now Israel had been put to shame before the Philistines; and the children of Israel went up after Saul in Galgala.

⁵And the Philistines gather together to war with Israel; and then come up against Israel thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand by the seashore for multitude: and they come up, and encamp in Machmas, opposite Baethoron southward.

⁶And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait so that they could not draw nigh, and the people hid themselves in caves, and sheepfolds, and rocks, and ditches, and pits.

⁷And they that went over went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Galaad: and Saul was yet in Galgala, and all the people followed after him in amazement.

⁸And he continued seven days for the appointed testimony, as Samuel told him, and Samuel came not to Galgala, and his people were dispersed from him.

⁹And Saul said, Bring hither [victims], that I may offer whole-burnt-offerings and peace-offerings: and he offered the whole-burnt-offering.

¹⁰And it came to pass when he had finished offering the whole-burnt-offering, that Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to meet him, [and] to bless him.

¹¹And Samuel said, What hast thou done? and Saul said, Because I saw how the people were scattered from me, and thou was not present as thou purposedst according to the set time of the days, and the Philistines were gathered to Machmas.

¹²Then I said, Now will the Philistines come down to me to Galgala, and I have not sought the face of the Lord: so I forced myself and offered the whole-burnt-offering.

¹³And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly; for thou hast not kept my command, which the Lord commanded thee, as now the Lord would have confirmed thy kingdom over Israel for ever.

¹⁴But now thy kingdom shall not stand to thee, and the Lord shall seek for himself a man after his own heart; and the Lord shall appoint him to be a ruler over his people, because thou hast not kept all that the Lord commanded thee.

¹⁵And Samuel arose, and departed from Galgala, and the remnant of the people went after Saul to meet [him] after the men of war, when they had come out of Galgala to Gabaa of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were found with him, about six hundred men.

¹⁶And Saul and Jonathan his son, and the people that were found with them, halted in Gabaa, of Benjamin; and they wept: and the Philistines had encamped in Machmas.

¹⁷And men came forth to destroy out of the land of the Philistines in three companies; one company turning by the way of Gophera toward the land of Sogal,

¹⁸and another company turning the way of Baethoron, and another company turning by the way of Gabae that turns aside to Gai of Sabim.

¹⁹And there was not found a smith in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make themselves sword or spear.

²⁰And all Israel went down to the land of the Philistines to forge every one his reaping-hook and his tool, and every one his axe and his sickle.

²¹And it was near the time of vintage: and their tools were [valued at] three shekels for a plough-share, and there was the same rate for the axe and the sickle.

²²And it came to pass in the days of the war of Machmas, that there was not a sword or spear found in the hand of all the people, that were with Saul and Jonathan; but with Saul and Jonathan his son was there found.

²³And there went out some from the camp of the Philistines to the place beyond Machmas.