1. Krallar (1. Samuel) 18

¹Dans eden kadınlar teflerle, sevinçle ve zillerle İsrail'in bütün kentlerinden Davut'u karşılamak üzere çıktılar.

⁷Kadınlar şarkıya liderlik ederek şöyle diyorlardı: «Saul vurdu kendi binlercesini, Davut ise kendi on binlercesini.»

⁸Bu söz Saul'un gözünde kötü göründü ve şöyle dedi: «Davut'a on binleri verdiler, bana ise binleri verdiler.»

¹²Saul, Davut'un huzurundan korktu.

¹³Bu yüzden onu yanından uzaklaştırıp kendisi için binbaşı yaptı; böylece Davut halkın önünde çıkıp girmeye başladı.

¹⁴Davut bütün yollarında başarılıydı ve Rab onunla birlikteydi.

¹⁵Saul onun çok başarılı olduğunu görünce onun huzurundan korktu.

¹⁶Ama bütün İsrail ve Yahuda Davut'u seviyordu; çünkü halkın önünde girip çıkan oydu.

²⁰Saul'un kızı Mihal Davut'u sevdi. Bu durum Saul'a bildirilince onun gözünde doğru göründü.

²¹Saul, «Onu ona vereyim de kendisi için bir tuzak olsun» dedi; ve yabancıların eli Saul'un üzerindeydi.

²²Saul kullarına şöyle buyurdu: «Davut'la gizlice konuşup deyin ki: <Bak, kral senden hoşnut ve bütün kulları seni seviyor; şimdi krala damat ol.›»

²³Saul'un kulları bu sözleri Davut'un kulaklarına fısıldadılar. Ama Davut, «Kralın damadı olmak sizin gözünüzde hafif bir şey mi? Ben ise yoksul ve onursuz biriyim» dedi.

²⁴Kullar Davut'un konuştuğu bu sözleri Saul'a ilettiler.

²⁵Saul şöyle dedi: «Davut'a deyin ki: <Kral çeyiz istemiyor; sadece kralın düşmanlarından öç almak için yabancılardan yüz sünnet derisi istiyor.›» Oysa Saul, onu yabancıların ellerine düşürmeyi hesaplıyordu.

²⁶Kullar bu sözleri Davut'a bildirince, krala damat olmak sözü Davut'un gözünde doğru göründü.

²⁷Davut kalkıp adamlarıyla birlikte gitti, yabancılardan yüz adam öldürdü ve onların sünnet derilerini getirdi; böylece krala damat oldu ve Saul, kızı Mihal'i ona karı olarak verdi.

²⁸Saul, Rab'bin Davut'la birlikte olduğunu ve bütün İsrail'in onu sevdiğini gördü.

²⁹Bu yüzden Saul, Davut'tan daha da fazla korkmaya devam etti.

¹Saul'la konuşmasını bitirdiğinde öyle oldu ki, Yonatan'ın canı Davut'un canına bağlandı ve Yonatan onu kendi canı gibi sevdi.

²Saul o gün onu yanına aldı ve babasının evine geri dönmesine izin vermedi.

³Yonatan, Davut'u kendi canı gibi sevdiği için onunla bir antlaşma yaptı.

⁴Yonatan üzerindeki üst giysiyi çıkarıp Davut'a verdi; ayrıca pelerinini, kılıcını, yayını ve kuşağını da ona verdi.

⁵Davut, Saul'un kendisini gönderdiği her yerde başarılı oluyordu; Saul onu savaş adamlarının başına getirdi. Bu durum hem bütün halkın hem de Saul'un kullarının gözünde hoş karşılandı.

⁹O günden sonra Saul, Davut'u hep şüpheyle süzüyordu.

¹⁰Ertesi gün Tanrı'dan gelen kötü bir ruh Saul'un üzerine düştü ve o, evinin ortasında vecd halinde söylenmeye başladı; Davut ise her günkü gibi eliyle lir çalıyordu ve mızrak Saul'un elindeydi.

¹¹Saul mızrağı kaldırdı ve «Davut'u duvara çivileyeceğim» dedi; ama Davut onun huzurundan iki kez kaçındı.

¹⁷Saul Davut'a, «İşte büyük kızım Merav, onu sana karı olarak vereceğim» dedi, «Yeter ki benim için gücün oğlu ol ve Rab'bin savaşlarını savaş.» Çünkü Saul, «Benim elim onun üzerinde olmasın, yabancıların eli onun üzerinde olsun» diyordu.

¹⁸Davut Saul'a, «Ben kimim ve babamın akrabalarının İsrail'deki hayatı nedir ki kralın damadı olacağım?» dedi.

¹⁹Ancak Saul'un kızı Merav'ın Davut'a verileceği zaman gelince, kız Mothulathlı İsrail'e karı olarak verildi.

³⁰Yabancıların önderleri savaşa çıktılar ve onların seferleri başladığından beri Davut, Saul'un bütün kullarından daha başarılı oldu ve onun adı çok onurlandırıldı.

¹* ΚΑΙ ἐξῆλθον αἱ χορεύουσαι εἰς συνάντησιν Δαυὶδ ἐκ πασῶν πόλεων ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν τυμπάνοις καὶ ἐν χαρμοσύνῃ καὶ ἐν κυμβάλοις.

⁷καὶ ἐξῆρχον αἱ γυναῖκες καὶ ἔλεγον· ἐπάταξε Σαοὺλ ἐν χιλιάσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ Δαυὶδ ἐν μυριάσιν αὐτοῦ.

⁸καὶ πονηρὸν ἐφάνη τὸ ῥῆμα ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Σαοὺλ περὶ τοῦ λόγου τούτου, καὶ εἶπε· τῷ Δαυὶδ ἔδωκαν τὰς μυριάδας καὶ ἐμοὶ ἔδωκαν τὰς χιλιάδας.**

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¹²καὶ ἐφοβήθη Σαοὺλ ἀπὸ προσώπου Δαυίδ,

¹³καὶ ἀπέστησεν αὐτὸν ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ καὶ κατέστησεν αὐτὸν ἑαυτῷ χιλίαρχον, καὶ ἐξεπορεύετο καὶ εἰσεπορεύετο ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ λαοῦ.

¹⁴καὶ ἦν Δαυὶδ ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ συνιῶν, καὶ Κύριος ἦν μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

¹⁵καὶ εἶδε Σαοὺλ ὡς αὐτὸς συνιεῖ σφόδρα, καὶ εὐλαβεῖτο ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ.

¹⁶καὶ πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ᾿Ιούδας ἠγάπα τὸν Δαυίδ, ὅτι αὐτὸς εἰσεπορεύετο καὶ ἐξεπορεύετο πρὸ προσώπου τοῦ λαοῦ.***

²⁰Καὶ ἠγάπησε Μελχὸλ ἡ θυγάτηρ Σαοὺλ τὸν Δαυίδ, καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ Σαούλ, καὶ ηὐθύνθη ἐν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ.

²¹καὶ εἶπε Σαούλ· δώσω αὐτὴν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἔσται αὐτῷ εἰς σκάνδαλον. καὶ ἦν ἐπὶ Σαοὺλ χεὶρ ἀλλοφύλων.

²²καὶ ἐνετείλατο Σαοὺλ τοῖς παισὶν αὐτοῦ λέγων· λαλήσετε ὑμεῖς λάθρᾳ τῷ Δαυὶδ λέγοντες· ἰδοὺ θέλει ἐν σοὶ ὁ βασιλεύς, καὶ πάντες οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ ἀγαπῶσί σε, καὶ σὺ ἐπιγάμβρευσον τῷ βασιλεῖ.

²³καὶ ἐλάλησαν οἱ παῖδες Σαοὺλ εἰς τὰ ὦτα Δαυὶδ τὰ ρήματα ταῦτα, καὶ εἶπε Δαυίδ· εἰ κοῦφον ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ὑμῶν ἐπιγαμβρεῦσαι βασιλεῖ; κἀγὼ ἀνὴρ ταπεινὸς καὶ οὐχὶ ἔνδοξος.

²⁴καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν οἱ παῖδες Σαοὺλ αὐτῷ κατὰ τὰ ρήματα ταῦτα, ἃ ἐλάλησε Δαυίδ.

²⁵καὶ εἶπε Σαούλ· τάδε ἐρεῖτε τῷ Δαυίδ· οὐ βούλεται ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐν δόματι, ἀλλ᾿ ἢ ἐν ἑκατὸν ἀκροβυστίαις ἀλλοφύλων ἐκδικῆσαι ἐχθροὺς τοῦ βασιλέως· καὶ Σαοὺλ ἐλογίσατο ἐμβαλεῖν αὐτὸν εἰς χεῖρας τῶν ἀλλοφύλων.

²⁶καὶ ἀπαγγέλλουσιν οἱ παῖδες Σαοὺλ τῷ Δαυὶδ τὰ ρήματα ταῦτα, καὶ ηὐθύνθη ὁ λόγος ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Δαυὶδ ἐπιγαμβρεῦσαι τῷ βασιλεῖ.

²⁷καὶ ἀνέστη Δαυὶδ καὶ ἐπορεύθη αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις ἑκατὸν ἄνδρας καὶ ἀνήνεγκε τὰς ἀκροβυστίας αὐτῶν. καὶ ἐπιγαμβρεύεται τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ δίδωσιν αὐτῷ τὴν Μελχὸλ θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ αὐτῷ εἰς γυναῖκα.

²⁸καὶ εἶδε Σαοὺλ ὅτι Κύριος μετὰ Δαυὶδ καὶ πᾶς ᾿Ισραήλ ἠγάπα αὐτόν,

²⁹καὶ προσέθετο εὐλαβεῖσθαι ἀπὸ Δαυὶδ ἔτι. ****

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¹Καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς συνετέλεσε λαλῶν πρὸς Σαούλ, καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ ᾿Ιωνάθαν συνεδέθη τῇ ψυχῇ Δαυὶδ καὶ ἠγάπησεν αὐτὸν ᾿Ιωνάθαν κατὰ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ.

²καὶ ἔλαβεν αὐτὸν Σαοὺλ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκεν αὐτὸν ἐπιστρέψαι ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ.

³καὶ διέθετο ᾿Ιωνάθαν καὶ Δαυὶδ ἐν τῷ ἀγαπᾶν αὐτὸν κατὰ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ.

⁴καὶ ἐξεδύσατο ᾿Ιωνάθαν τὸν ἐπενδύτην τὸν ἐπάνω καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὸν τῷ Δαυὶδ καὶ τὸν μανδύαν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἕως τῆς ρομφαίας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἕως τοῦ τόξου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἕως τῆς ζώνης αὐτοῦ.

⁵καὶ ἐξεπορεύετο Δαυίδ, ἐν πᾶσιν, οἷς ἀπέστειλεν αὐτὸν Σαούλ, συνῆκε· καὶ κατέστησεν αὐτὸν Σαοὺλ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἄνδρας τοῦ πολέμου, καὶ ἤρεσεν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ καί γε ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς δούλων Σαούλ. **

⁹Καὶ ἦν Σαοὺλ ὑποβλεπόμενος τὸν Δαυὶδ ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης καὶ ἐπέκεινα.

¹⁰καὶ ἐγενήθη ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπαύριον καὶ ἔπεσε πνεῦμα Θεοῦ πονηρὸν ἐπὶ Σαοὺλ καὶ προεφήτευσεν ἐν μέσῳ οἴκου αὐτοῦ. Καὶ Δαυὶδ ἔψαλλεν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ὡς καθ᾿ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν, καὶ τὸ δόρυ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ Σαούλ.

¹¹καὶ ἦρε Σαοὺλ τὸ δόρυ καὶ εἶπε· πατάξω ἐν Δαυὶδ καὶ ἐν τῷ τοίχῳ· καὶ ἐξέκλινε Δαυὶδ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ δίς. ***

¹⁷Καὶ εἶπε Σαοὺλ πρὸς Δαυίδ· ἰδοὺ ἡ θυγάτηρ μου ἡ μείζων Μερόβ, αὐτὴν δώσω σοι εἰς γυναῖκα, καὶ πλὴν γίνου μοι εἰς υἱὸν δυνάμεως καὶ πολέμει τοὺς πολέμους Κυρίου. καὶ Σαοὺλ εἶπε· μὴ ἔστω χείρ μου ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ, καὶ ἔσται ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν χεὶρ ἀλλοφύλων.

¹⁸καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς Σαούλ· τίς ἐγώ εἰμι καὶ τίς ἡ ζωὴ τῆς συγγενείας τοῦ πατρός μου ἐν ᾿Ισραήλ, ὅτι ἔσομαι γαμβρὸς τοῦ βασιλέως;

¹⁹καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τοῦ δοθῆναι τὴν Μερὸβ θυγατέρα Σαοὺλ τῷ Δαυίδ, καὶ αὕτη ἐδόθη τῷ ᾿Ισραὴλ τῷ Μοθυλαθείτῃ εἰς γυναῖκα. ****

³⁰καὶ ἐξήθηον οἱ ἄρχοντες τῶν ἀλλοφύλων καὶ ἐγένετο ἀφ ἱκανοῦ ἐξοδίας αὐτῶν συνῆκεν Δαυὶδ παρὰ πάντας τοὺς δοὺλους Σαοὺλ καὶ ἐτιμήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ σφόδρα.

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⁶And there came out women in dances to meet David out of all the cities of Israel, with timbrels, and with rejoicing, and with cymbals.

⁷And the women began [the strain], and said, Saul has smitten his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

⁸And it seemed evil in the eyes of Saul concerning this matter, and he said, To David they have given ten thousands, and to me they have given thousands. **

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¹²And Saul was alarmed on account of David.

¹³And he removed him from him, and made him a captain of a thousand for himself; and he went out and came in before the people.

¹⁴And David was prudent in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.

¹⁵And Saul saw that he was very wise, and he was afraid of him.

¹⁶And all Israel and Juda loved David, because he came in and went out before the people. ***17

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²⁰And Melchol the daughter of Saul loved David; and it was told Saul, and the thing was pleasing in his eyes.

²¹And Saul said, I will give her to him, and she shall be a stumbling-block to him. Now the hand of the Philistines was against Saul.

²²And Saul charged his servants, saying, Speak ye privately to David, saying, Behold, the king delights in thee, and all his servants love thee, and do thou become the king’s son-in-law.

²³And the servants of Saul spoke these words in the ears of David; and David said, [Is it] a light thing in your eyes to become son-in-law to the king? Whereas I [am] an humble man, and not honourable?

²⁴And the servants of Saul reported to him according to these words, which David spoke.

²⁵And Saul said, Thus shall ye speak to David, The king wants no gift but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to avenge himself on the kings enemies. Now Saul thought to cast him into the hands of the Philistines.

²⁶And the servants of Saul report these words to David, and David was well pleased to become the son-in-law to the king.

²⁷And David arose, and went, he and his men, and smote among the Philistines a hundred men: and he brought their foreskins, and he becomes the king’s son-in-law, and [Saul] gives him Melchol his daughter to wife.

²⁸And Saul saw that the Lord [was] with David, and [that] all Israel loved him.

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¹And it came to pass when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him

²as his own soul.

³And Saul took him in that day, and did not suffer him to return to his father’s house.

⁴And Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved him as his own soul. And Jonathan stripped himself of his upper garment, and gave it to David, and his mantle and all he had upon him, even to his sword and to his bow, and to his girdle.

⁵And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and acted wisely, and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was pleasing in the eyes of all the people, and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul. **

⁸(last part.) And what more can he have but the kingdom? 9. And Saul eyed David from that day and onward.

¹⁰And it came to pass, on the morrow that an evil spirit from God fell upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of his house. And David was playing on the harp with his hand, according to his daily custom. And Saul’s spear was in his hand.

¹¹And Saul took his spear and said, I will smite David even to the wall. But David escaped twice from his presence. ***

¹⁷And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merob, I will give her to thee to wife, only be thou to me a mighty man and fight the wars of the Lord. And Saul said. Let not my hand be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines shall be upon him.

¹⁸And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is the life of my father’s family in Israel, that I should be the king’s son-in-law?

¹⁹But it came to pass at the time when Merob Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given to Israel the Mothulathite to wife. **** 30And the chief of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass that from θ the sufficiency of their expedition David acted wisely above all the servants of Saul; and his name was honoured exceedingly.