1. Krallar (1. Samuel) 16

¹Ve RAB Samuel'e şöyle dedi: "Ben Saul'u İsrail üzerinde krallık etmemesi için reddetmişken, sen daha ne kadar onun için yas tutacaksın? Boynuzunu yağla doldur ve yola çık; seni Beytlehem'e, Yesse'ye gönderiyorum. Çünkü onun oğulları arasından kendim için bir kral seçip gördüm."

²Samuel, "Nasıl gidebilirim?" dedi, "Saul bunu duyarsa beni öldürür." RAB şöyle yanıtladı: "Yanına sığırlardan bir düve al ve 'RAB'be kurban sunmaya geldim' de."

³"Yesse'yi kurbana davet et; ne yapacağını sana bildireceğim. Sana söyleyeceğim kişiyi benim için meshedeceksin."

⁴Samuel RAB'bin kendisine söylediği her şeyi yaptı ve Beytlehem'e geldi. Kentin ileri gelenleri onu karşıladıklarında dehşete düştüler ve "Gelişin barış mıdır, ey gören?" dediler.

⁵Samuel, "Barıştır" dedi, "RAB'be kurban sunmaya geldim. Kendinizi kutsayıp arındırın ve bugün benimle birlikte neşelenin." Yesse ile oğullarını kutsadı ve onları kurbana davet etti.

⁶İçeri girdiklerinde Samuel, Eliab'ı gördü ve "Şüphesiz RAB'bin meshettiği kişi O'nun huzurundadır" diye düşündü.

⁷Ama RAB Samuel'e şöyle dedi: "Onun görünüşüne ve boyunun posunun görkemine bakma, çünkü ben onu reddettim. Çünkü Tanrı insanın bakacağı gibi bakmaz; insan dış görünüşe bakar, Tanrı ise yüreğe bakar."

⁸Sonra Yesse, Aminadab'ı çağırıp Samuel'in önünden geçirdi. Samuel, "Tanrı bunu da seçmedi" dedi.

⁹Yesse, Şama'yı da geçirdi. Samuel, "RAB bunu da seçmedi" dedi.

¹⁰Yesse yedi oğlunu da Samuel'in önünden geçirdi. Ama Samuel Yesse'ye, "RAB bunlardan hiçbirini seçmedi" dedi.

¹¹Samuel Yesse'ye, "Çocukların hepsi bitti mi?" diye sordu. Yesse, "En küçüğü kaldı, o da sürü gütmektedir" dedi. Samuel, "Haber gönderip onu getirt" dedi, "Çünkü o gelene dek sofraya oturmayacağız."

¹²Yesse haber gönderip onu getirtti. Çocuk kızıl saçlı, gözleri güzel ve RAB'bin gözünde bakışı hoş biriydi. RAB, "Kalk, onu meshet, çünkü iyi olan budur" dedi.

¹³Samuel yağ boynuzunu aldı ve kardeşlerinin önünde onu meshetti. O günden itibaren RAB'bin Ruhu güçlü bir biçimde Davut'un üzerine indi. Sonra Samuel kalkıp Armathaim'e döndü.

¹⁴RAB'bin Ruhu Saul'dan uzaklaştı ve RAB'den gelen kötü bir ruh onu boğup sıkıştırmaya başladı.

¹⁵Saul'un hizmetkarları ona, "Bak, RAB'den gelen kötü bir ruh seni boğuyor" dediler.

¹⁶"Efendimiz buyursun, önünde duran hizmetkarların lir çalmakta usta birini arasınlar. Kötü ruh üzerine geldiğinde, o eliyle lir çalar, sen de rahatlar ve iyi olursun."

¹⁷Saul hizmetkarlarına, "Bana iyi lir çalan birini bulun ve yanıma getirin" dedi.

¹⁸Hizmetkarlardan biri, "Ben Beytlehemli Yesse'nin bir oğlunu gördüm" dedi, "Lir çalmasını biliyor; cesur bir savaşçı, sözünde bilge, görünüşü güzel bir adam ve RAB onunla birliktedir."

¹⁹Bunun üzerine Saul Yesse'ye ulaklar gönderip, "Sürünün yanında olan oğlun Davut'u bana gönder" dedi.

²⁰Yesse bir gomer ekmek, bir tulum şarap ve bir keçi oğlağı alıp oğlu Davut'un eliyle Saul'a gönderdi.

²¹Davut Saul'un yanına gelip onun huzuruna çıktı. Saul onu çok sevdi ve Davut onun silah taşıyıcısı oldu.

²²Saul Yesse'ye haber gönderip, "Müsaade et, Davut huzurumda kalsın, çünkü ondan çok hoşnut kaldım" dedi.

²³Kötü ruh Saul'un üzerine her geldiğinde, Davut liri alıp eliyle çalardı. Saul rahatlar, ferahlardı ve kötü ruh ondan uzaklaşırdı.

¹ΚΑΙ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Σαμουήλ· ἕως πότε σὺ πενθεῖς ἐπὶ Σαούλ, κἀγὼ ἐξουδένωκα αὐτὸν μὴ βασιλεύειν ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραήλ; πλῆσον τὸ κέρας σου ἐλαίου, καὶ δεῦρο ἀποστείλω σε πρὸς ᾿Ιεσσαὶ ἕως Βηθλεέμ, ὅτι ἑώρακα ἐν τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ ἐμοὶ βασιλέα.

²καὶ εἶπε Σαμουήλ· πῶς πορευθῶ; καὶ ἀκούσεται Σαοὺλ καὶ ἀποκτενεῖ με. καὶ εἶπε Κύριος· δάμαλιν βοῶν λαβὲ ἐν τῇ χειρί σου καὶ ἐρεῖς· θῦσαι τῷ Κυρίῳ ἥκω·

³καὶ καλέσεις τὸν ᾿Ιεσσαὶ εἰς τὴν θυσίαν, καὶ γνωριῶ σοι ἃ ποιήσεις, καὶ χρίσεις ὃν ἂν εἴπω πρός σε.

⁴καὶ ἐποίησε Σαμουὴλ πάντα, ἃ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ Κύριος, καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς Βηθλεέμ. καὶ ἐξέστησαν οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τῆς πόλεως τῇ ἀπαντήσει αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπαν· εἰρήνη ἡ εἴσοδός σου, ὁ βλέπων;

⁵καὶ εἶπεν· εἰρήνη· θῦσαι τῷ Κυρίῳ ἥκω, ἁγιάσθητε καὶ εὐφράνθητε μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ σήμερον, καὶ ἡγίασε τὸν ᾿Ιεσσαὶ καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν θυσίαν.

⁶καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῷ εἰσιέναι αὐτοὺς καὶ εἶδε τὸν ᾿Ελιὰβ καὶ εἶπεν· ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐνώπιον Κυρίου χριστὸς αὐτοῦ.

⁷καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Σαμουήλ· μὴ ἐπιβλέψῃς ἐπὶ τὴν ὄψιν αὐτοῦ μηδὲ εἰς τὴν ἕξιν μεγέθους αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἐξουδένωκα αὐτόν· ὅτι οὐχ ὡς ἐμβλέψεται ἄνθρωπος, ὄψεται ὁ Θεός, ὅτι ἄνθρωπος ὄψεται εἰς πρόσωπον, ὁ δὲ Θεὸς ὄψεται εἰς καρδίαν.

⁸καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ᾿Ιεσσαὶ τὸν ᾿Αμιναδάβ, καὶ παρῆλθε κατὰ πρόσωπον Σαμουήλ, καὶ εἶπεν· οὐδὲ τοῦτον ἐξελέξατο ὁ Θεός.

⁹καὶ παρήγαγεν ᾿Ιεσσαὶ τὸν Σαμά· καὶ εἶπε· καὶ ἐν τούτῳ οὐκ ἐξελέξατο Κύριος.

¹⁰καὶ παρήγαγεν ᾿Ιεσσαὶ τοὺς ἑπτὰ υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐνώπιον Σαμουήλ· καὶ εἶπε Σαμουήλ· οὐκ ἐξελέξατο Κύριος ἐν τούτοις.

¹¹καὶ εἶπε Σαμουὴλ πρὸς ᾿Ιεσσαί· ἐκλελοίπασι τὰ παιδάρια; καὶ εἶπεν· ἔτι ὁ μικρὸς ἰδοὺ ποιμαίνει ἐν τῷ ποιμνίῳ. καὶ εἶπε Σαμουὴλ πρὸς ᾿Ιεσσαί· ἀπόστειλον καὶ λαβὲ αὐτόν, ὅτι οὐ μὴ κατακλιθῶμεν ἕως τοῦ ἐλθεῖν αὐτόν.

¹²καὶ ἀπέστειλε καὶ εἰσήγαγεν αὐτόν· καὶ αὐτὸς πυρράκης μετὰ κάλλους ὀφθαλμῶν καὶ ἀγαθὸς ὁράσει Κυρίῳ. καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Σαμουήλ· ἀνάστα καὶ χρῖσον τὸν Δαυίδ, ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ἀγαθός.

¹³καὶ ἔλαβε Σαμουὴλ τὸ κέρας τοῦ ἐλαίου καὶ ἔχρισεν αὐτὸ ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐφήλατο πνεῦμα Κυρίου ἐπὶ Δαυὶδ ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης καὶ ἐπάνω. καὶ ἀνέστη Σαμουὴλ καὶ ἀπῆλθεν εἰς ᾿Αρμαθαίμ.

¹⁴Καὶ πνεῦμα Κυρίου ἀπέστη ἀπὸ Σαούλ, καὶ ἔπνιγεν αὐτὸν πνεῦμα πονηρὸν παρὰ Κυρίου.

¹⁵καὶ εἶπαν οἱ παῖδες Σαοὺλ πρὸς αὐτόν· ἰδοὺ δὴ πνεῦμα Κυρίου πονηρὸν πνίγει σε·

¹⁶εἰπάτωσαν δὴ οἱ δοῦλοί σου ἐνώπιόν σου, καὶ ζητησάτωσαν τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν ἄνδρα εἰδότα ψάλλειν ἐν κινύρᾳ, καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῷ εἶναι πνεῦμα πονηρὸν ἐπί σοι καὶ ψαλῇ ἐν τῇ κινύρᾳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀγαθόν σοι ἔσται καὶ ἀναπαύσει σε.

¹⁷καὶ εἶπε Σαοὺλ πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ· ἴδετε δή μοι ἄνδρα ὀρθῶς ψάλλοντα καὶ εἰσαγάγετε αὐτὸν πρός με.

¹⁸καὶ ἀπεκρίθη εἷς τῶν παιδαρίων αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν· ἰδοὺ ἑώρακα υἱὸν τῷ ᾿Ιεσσαὶ Βηθλεεμίτην καὶ αὐτὸν εἰδότα ψαλμόν, καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ συνετὸς καὶ πολεμιστὴς καὶ σοφὸς λόγῳ, καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς τῷ εἴδει, καὶ Κύριος μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

¹⁹καὶ ἀπέστειλε Σαοὺλ ἀγγέλους πρὸς ᾿Ιεσσαὶ λέγων· ἀπόστειλον πρός με τὸν υἱόν σου Δαυὶδ τὸν ἐν τῷ ποιμνίῳ σου.

²⁰καὶ ἔλαβεν ᾿Ιεσσαὶ γομὸρ ἄρτων καὶ ἀσκὸν οἶνου καὶ ἔριφον αἰγῶν ἕνα καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν ἐν χειρὶ Δαυὶδ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Σαούλ.

²¹καὶ εἰσῆλθε Δαυὶδ πρὸς Σαοὺλ καὶ παρειστήκει ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἠγάπησεν αὐτὸν σφόδρα, καὶ ἐγενήθη αὐτῷ αἴρων τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ.

²²καὶ ἀπέστειλε Σαοὺλ πρὸς ᾿Ιεσσαὶ λέγων· παριστάσθω δὴ Δαυὶδ ἐνώπιον ἐμοῦ, ὅτι εὗρε χάριν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς μου.

²³καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῷ εἶναι πνεῦμα πονηρὸν ἐπὶ Σαοὺλ καὶ ἐλάμβανε Δαυὶδ τὴν κινύραν καὶ ἔψαλλεν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἀνέψυχε Σαούλ, καὶ ἀγαθὸν αὐτῷ. καὶ ἀφίστατο ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ πονηρόν.

¹And the Lord said to Samuel, How long dost thou mourn for Saul, whereas I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and come, I will send thee to Jessae, to Bethleem; for I have seen among his sons a king for me.

²And Samuel said, How can I go? whereas Saul will hear of it, and slay me: and the Lord said, Take a heifer in thine hand and thou shall say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.

³And thou shalt call Jessae to the sacrifice, and I will make known to thee what thou shalt do; and thou shalt anoint him whom I shall mention to thee.

⁴And Samuel did all that the Lord told him; and he came to Bethleem: and the elders of the city were amazed at meeting him, and said, Dost thou come peaceably, thou Seer?

⁵And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice to the Lord. Sanctify yourselves, and rejoice with me this day: and he sanctified Jessae and his sons, and he called them to the sacrifice.

⁶And it came to pass when they came in, that he saw Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord’s anointed [is] before him.

⁷But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his appearance, nor on his stature, for I have rejected him; for God sees not as man looks; for man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart.

⁸And Jessae called Aminadab, and he passed before Samuel: and he said, Neither has God chosen this one.

⁹And Jessae caused Sama to pass by: and he said, Neither has God chosen this one.

¹⁰And Jessae caused his seven sons to pass before Samuel: and Samuel said, the Lord has not chosen these.

¹¹And Samuel said to Jessae, Hast thou no more sons? And Jessae said, [There is] yet a little one; behold, he tends the flock. And Samuel said to Jessae, Send and fetch him for we may not sit down till he comes.

¹²And he sent and fetched him: and he was ruddy, with beauty of eyes, and very goodly to behold. And the Lord said to Samuel, Arise, and anoint David, for he is good.

¹³And Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward: and Samuel arose, and departed to Armathaim.

¹⁴And the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.

¹⁵And Saul’s servants said to him, Behold now, an evil spirit from the Lord torments thee.

¹⁶Let now thy servants speak before thee, and let them seek for our lord a man skilled to play on the harp; and it shall come to pass when an evil spirit comes upon thee and he shall play on his harp, that thou shalt be well, and he shall refresh thee.

¹⁷And Saul said to his servants, Look now out for me a skillful player, and bring him to me.

¹⁸And one of his servants answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jessae the Bethleemite, and he understands playing [on the harp], and the man [is] prudent, and a warrior, and wise in speech, and the man [is] handsome, and the Lord [is] with him.

¹⁹And Saul sent messengers to Jessae, saying, Send to me thy son David who is with thy flock.

²⁰And Jessae took a homer of bread, and a bottle of wine, and one kid of the goats, and sent them by the hand of his son David to Saul.

²¹And David went in to Saul, and stood before him; and he loved him greatly; and he became his armour-bearer.

²²And Saul sent to Jessae, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me, for he has found grace in my eyes.

²³And it came to pass when the evil spirit was upon Saul, that David took his harp, and played with his hand: and Saul was refreshed, and [it was] well with him, and the evil spirit departed from him.