1. Krallar (1. Samuel) 19

¹Ve Saul, oğlu Yonatan'a ve tüm hizmetkarlarına Davut'u öldürmeleri yönünde konuştu.

²Saul'un oğlu Yonatan ise Davut'u canı gibi severdi; bu yüzden Yonatan Davut'a şöyle haber verdi: "Babam Saul seni öldürmek istiyor; şimdi yarın sabah kendini koru, gizli bir yerde kal ve saklan."

³"Ben de çıkıp senin bulunacağın tarlada babamın hemen yanında duracağım, senin hakkında babamla konuşacağım, durumu öğrenip sana bildireceğim."

⁴Yonatan babası Saul'a Davut'tan övgüyle söz etti ve ona, "Kral, kulu Davut'a karşı günah işlemesin; çünkü o sana karşı hiçbir suç işlemedi ve onun yaptıkları senin için son derece yararlı oldu" dedi.

⁵"O, canını hiçe sayarak o yabancıyı öldürdü ve Rab tüm İsrail için büyük bir kurtuluş gerçekleştirdi; sen de bunu gördün ve sevindin. Öyleyse neden suçsuz bir kanı döküp Davut'u boş yere öldürerek günah işleyesin?"

⁶Saul Yonatan'ın sözünü dinledi ve, "Yaşayan Rab'bin adıyla ant içerim ki, o öldürülmeyecektir" diye yemin etti.

⁷Bunun üzerine Yonatan Davut'u çağırdı ve tüm bu konuşulanları ona anlattı; sonra Yonatan Davut'u Saul'un huzuruna çıkardı ve Davut eskisi gibi onun hizmetinde kaldı.

⁸Yeniden savaş çıkınca Davut gidip yabancılarla savaştı ve onlara çok büyük bir darbe indirerek bozguna uğrattı; onlar da onun önünden kaçtılar.

⁹Saul evinde uzanmışken, elinde mızrağıyla Tanrı'dan gelen kötü bir ruh üzerine çöktü; Davut ise elleriyle lir çalıyordu.

¹⁰Saul mızrağıyla Davut'u duvara saplamak istedi, fakat Davut Saul'un önünden çekildi ve mızrak duvara saplandı; Davut ise o gece kaçıp kurtuldu.

¹¹O gece Saul, sabahleyin öldürmek üzere Davut'u gözlesinler diye onun evine haberciler gönderdi; Davut'un karısı Melhol ona, "Eğer bu gece canını kurtarmazsan, yarın kesinlikle öldürüleceksin" dedi.

¹²Melhol Davut'u pencereden aşağı indirdi; Davut da oradan uzaklaşıp kaçtı ve kurtuldu.

¹³Melhol cansız büstleri alıp yatağa koydu, başucuna keçilerin karaciğerini yerleştirdi ve üzerini bir giysiyle örttü.

¹⁴Saul Davut'u yakalamak için haberciler gönderdiğinde Melhol, "O hasta" dedi.

¹⁵Bunun üzerine Saul, Davut'u görmek için habercileri tekrar gönderip, "Onu yatağıyla birlikte bana getirin ki öldüreyim" dedi.

¹⁶Haberciler içeri girince, yatakta cansız büstleri ve başucunda keçilerin karaciğerini buldular.

¹⁷Saul Melhol'e, "Beni neden böyle aldattın ve düşmanımı salıverdin de kaçıp kurtuldu?" dedi. Melhol, "Bana, 'Bırak gideyim, yoksa seni öldürürüm' dedi" diye yanıtladı.

¹⁸Davut kaçıp kurtulduktan sonra Armathaim'e, Samuel'in yanına gitti ve Saul'un kendisine yaptığı her şeyi ona anlattı; sonra kendisi ve Samuel gidip Rama'daki Navat'ta kaldılar.

¹⁹Saul'a, "İşte Davut Rama'daki Navat'tadır" diye haber verildi.

²⁰Bunun üzerine Saul Davut'u yakalamak için haberciler gönderdi; haberciler peygamberler topluluğunu peygamberlik ederken ve Samuel'i de onların başında dururken gördüler. O anda Saul'un habercilerinin üzerine Tanrı'nın Ruhu indi ve onlar da peygamberlik etmeye başladılar.

²¹Durum Saul'a bildirilince başka haberciler gönderdi, onlar da peygamberlik etmeye başladılar; Saul üçüncü kez haberciler gönderdi, onlar da peygamberlik ettiler.

²²Bunun üzerine Saul çok öfkelendi ve kendisi de Armathaim'e gitti; Sefi'deki harman yerinin büyük kuyusuna varınca, "Samuel ile Davut nerede?" diye sordu. Ona, "İşte, Rama'daki Navat'talar" dediler.

²³Saul oradan Rama'daki Navat'a doğru yola çıktı; Tanrı'nın Ruhu onun da üzerine indi ve Rama'daki Navat'a varıncaya dek yol boyunca peygamberlik ederek yürüdü.

²⁴Giysilerini çıkarıp o da Samuel'in önünde peygamberlik etti ve bütün o gün ve gece boyunca çıplak olarak yere serildi. Bu yüzden, "Saul da mı peygamberler arasında?" derler.

¹ΚΑΙ ἐλάλησε Σαοὺλ πρὸς ᾿Ιωνάθαν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ πρὸς πάντας τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ θανατῶσαι τὸν Δαυίδ.

²καὶ ᾿Ιωνάθαν ὁ υἱὸς Σαοὺλ ᾑρεῖτο τὸν Δαυὶδ σφόδρα, καὶ ἀπήγγειλεν ᾿Ιωνάθαν τῷ Δαυὶδ λέγων· Σαοὺλ ζητεῖ θανατῶσαί σε· φύλαξαι οὖν αὔριον πρωΐ καὶ κρύβηθι καὶ κάθισον κρυφῇ,

³καὶ ἐγὼ ἐξελεύσομαι καὶ στήσομαι ἐχόμενος τοῦ πατρός μου ἐν ἀγρῷ, οὗ ἐὰν ᾖς ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἐγὼ λαλήσω περὶ σοῦ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου καὶ ὄψομαι ὅ,τι ἐὰν ᾖ, καὶ ἀπαγγελῶ σοι.

⁴καὶ ἐλάλησεν ᾿Ιωνάθαν περὶ Δαυὶδ ἀγαθὰ πρὸς Σαοὺλ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτόν· μὴ ἁμαρτησάτω ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰς τὸν δοῦλόν σου Δαυίδ, ὅτι οὐχ ἡμάρτηκεν εἰς σέ, καὶ τὰ ποιήματα αὐτοῦ ἀγαθὰ σφόδρα,

⁵καὶ ἔθετο τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπάταξε τὸν ἀλλόφυλον, καὶ ἐποίησε Κύριος σωτηρίαν μεγάλην, καὶ πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ εἶδον καὶ ἐχάρησαν· καὶ ἱνατί ἁμαρτάνεις εἰς αἷμα ἀθῷον θανατῶσαι τὸν Δαυὶδ δωρεάν;

⁶καὶ ἤκουσε Σαοὺλ τῆς φωνῆς ᾿Ιωνάθαν, καὶ ὤμοσε Σαοὺλ λέγων· ζῇ Κύριος, εἰ ἀποθανεῖται.

⁷καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ᾿Ιωνάθαν τὸν Δαυίδ, καὶ ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτῷ πάντα τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα, καὶ εἰσήγαγεν ᾿Ιωνάθαν τὸν Δαυὶδ πρὸς Σαούλ, καὶ ἦν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ὡς ἐχθὲς καὶ τρίτην ἡμέραν.

⁸καὶ προσέθετο ὁ πόλεμος γενέσθαι πρὸς Σαούλ, καὶ κατίσχυσε Δαυὶδ καὶ ἐπολέμησε τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν αὐτοῖς πληγὴν μεγάλην σφόδρα, καὶ ἔφυγον ἐκ προσώπου αὐτοῦ.

⁹Καὶ ἐγένετο πνεῦμα Θεοῦ πονηρὸν ἐπὶ Σαούλ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν οἴκῳ καθεύδων, καὶ δόρυ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ Δαυὶδ ἔψαλλε ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ·

¹⁰καὶ ἐζήτει Σαοὺλ πατάξαι τὸ δόρυ εἰς Δαυίδ, καὶ ἀπέστη Δαυὶδ ἐκ προσώπου Σαοὺλ καὶ ἐπάταξε τὸ δόρυ εἰς τόν τοῖχον, καὶ Δαυὶδ ἀνεχώρησε καὶ διεσώθη.

¹¹καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ καὶ ἀπέστειλε Σαοὺλ ἀγγέλους εἰς οἶκον Δαυὶδ φυλάξαι αὐτὸν τοῦ θανατῶσαι αὐτὸν πρωΐ· καὶ ἀπήγγειλε τῷ Δαυὶδ Μελχὸλ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ λέγουσα· ἐὰν μὴ σὺ σώσῃς τὴν ψυχὴν σαυτοῦ τὴν νύκτα ταύτην, αὔριον θανατωθήσῃ.

¹²καὶ κατάγει ἡ Μελχὸλ τὸν Δαυὶδ διὰ τῆς θυρίδος, καὶ ἀπῆλθε καὶ ἔφυγε καὶ σώζεται.

¹³καὶ ἔλαβεν ἡ Μελχὸλ τὰ κενοτάφια καὶ ἔθετο ἐπὶ τὴν κλίνην καὶ ἧπαρ τῶν αἰγῶν ἔθετο πρὸς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκάλυψεν αὐτὰ ἱματίῳ.

¹⁴καὶ ἀπέστειλε Σαοὺλ ἀγγέλους λαβεῖν τὸν Δαυίδ, καὶ λέγουσιν ἐνοχλεῖσθαι αὐτόν·

¹⁵καὶ ἀποστέλλει ἐπὶ τὸν Δαυὶδ λέγων· ἀγάγετε αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆς κλίνης πρός με τοῦ θανατῶσαι αὐτόν.

¹⁶καὶ ἔρχονται οἱ ἄγγελοι, καὶ ἰδοὺ τὰ κενοτάφια ἐπὶ τῆς κλίνης, καὶ ἧπαρ τῶν αἰγῶν πρὸς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ.

¹⁷καὶ εἶπε Σαοὺλ τῇ Μελχόλ· ἱνατί οὕτως παρελογίσω με καὶ ἐξαπέστειλας τὸν ἐχθρόν μου καὶ διεσώθη; καὶ εἶπε Μελχὸλ τῷ Σαούλ· αὐτὸς εἶπεν· ἐξαπόστειλόν με, εἰ δὲ μή, θανατώσω σε.

¹⁸Καὶ Δαυὶδ ἔφυγε καὶ διεσώθη καὶ παραγίνεται πρὸς Σαμουὴλ εἰς ᾿Αρμαθαὶμ καὶ ἀπαγγέλλει αὐτῷ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ Σαούλ, καὶ ἐπορεύθη Σαμουὴλ καὶ Δαυὶδ καὶ ἐκάθισαν ἐν Ναυὰθ ἐν Ῥαμά.

¹⁹καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ Σαοὺλ λέγοντες· ἰδοὺ Δαυὶδ ἐν Ναυὰθ ἐν Ῥαμά.

²⁰καὶ ἀπέστειλε Σαοὺλ ἀγγέλους λαβεῖν τὸν Δαυίδ, καὶ εἶδαν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τῶν προφητῶν, καὶ Σαμουὴλ εἱστήκει καθεστηκὼς ἐπ᾿ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀγγέλους τοῦ Σαοὺλ πνεῦμα Θεοῦ, καὶ προφητεύουσι.

²¹καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ Σαούλ, καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἀγγέλους ἑτέρους, καὶ ἐπροφήτευσαν καὶ αὐτοί. καὶ προσέθετο Σαοὺλ ἀποστεῖλαι ἀγγέλους τρίτους, καί ἐπροφήτευσαν καὶ αὐτοί.

²²καὶ ἐθυμώθη ὀργῇ Σαοὺλ καὶ ἐπορεύθη καὶ αὐτὸς εἰς ᾿Αρμαθαὶμ καὶ ἔρχεται ἕως τοῦ φρέατος τοῦ ἅλω τοῦ ἐν τῷ Σεφὶ καὶ ἠρώτησε καὶ εἶπε· ποῦ Σαμουὴλ καὶ Δαυίδ; καὶ εἶπαν· ἰδοὺ ἐν Ναυὰθ ἐν Ῥαμά.

²³καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐκεῖθεν εἰς Ναυὰθ ἐν Ῥαμά, καὶ ἐγενήθη καὶ ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ πνεῦμα Θεοῦ, καὶ ἐπορεύετο προφητεύων ἕως τοῦ ἐλθεῖν αὐτὸν εἰς Ναυὰθ ἐν Ῥαμά.

²⁴καὶ ἐξεδύσατο τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπροφήτευσεν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν καὶ ἔπεσε γυμνὸς ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην καὶ ὅλην τὴν νύκτα· διὰ τοῦτο ἔλεγον· εἰ καὶ Σαοὺλ ἐν προφήταις;

¹And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, to slay David.

²And Jonathan, Saul’s son, loved David much: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul seeks to kill thee: take heed to thyself therefore to-morrow morning, and hide thyself, and dwell in secret.

³And I will go forth, and stand near my father in the field where thou shalt be, and I will speak concerning thee to my father; and I will see what his answer may be, and I will tell thee.

⁴And Jonathan spoke favorably concerning David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against thy servant David, for he has not sinned against thee, and his deeds [are] very good.

⁵And he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great deliverance; and all Israel saw, and rejoiced: why then dost thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

⁶And Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, saying, [As] the Lord lives, he shall not die.

⁷And Jonathan called David, and told him all these words; and Jonathan brought David in to Saul, and he was before him as in former times.

⁸And there was again war against Saul; and David did valiantly, and fought against the Philistines, and smote them with a very great slaughter, and they fled from before him.

⁹And an evil spirit from God was upon Saul, and he was resting in his house, and a spear [was] in his hand, and David was playing on the harp with his hands.

¹⁰And Saul sought to smite David with the spear; and David withdrew [suddenly] from the presence of Saul; and he drove the spear into the wall; and David retreated and escaped.

¹¹And it came to pass in that night, that Saul sent messengers to the house of David to watch him, in order to slay him in the morning; and Melchol David’s wife told him, saying, Unless thou save thy life this night, to-morrow thou shalt be slain.

¹²So Melchol lets David down by the window, and he departed, and fled, and escaped.

¹³And Melchol took images, and laid them on the bed, and she put the liver of a goat by his head, and covered them with clothes.

¹⁴And Saul sent messengers to take David; and they say that he is sick.

¹⁵And he sends to David, saying, Bring him to me on the bed, that I may slay him.

¹⁶And the messengers come, and, behold, the images [were] on the bed, and the goat’s liver at his head.

¹⁷And Saul said to Melchol, Why hast thou thus deceived me, and suffered my enemy to depart, and he has escaped? and Melchol said to Saul, He said, let me go, and if not, I will slay thee.

¹⁸So David fled, and escaped, and comes to Samuel to Armathaim, and tells him all that Saul had done to him: and Samuel and David went, and dwelt in Navath in Rama.

¹⁹And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David [is] in Navath in Rama.

²⁰And Saul sent messengers to take David, and they saw the assembly of the prophets, and Samuel stood [as] appointed over them; and the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they prophesy.

²¹And it was told Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied: and Saul sent again a third set of messengers, and they also prophesied.

²²And Saul was very angry, and went himself also to Armathaim, and he comes as far as the well of the threshing floor that is in Sephi; and he asked and said, Where [are] Samuel and David? And they said, Behold, in Navath in Rama.

²³And he went thence to Navath in Rama: and there came the Spirit of God upon him also, and he went on prophesying till he came to Navath in Rama.

²⁴And he took off his clothes, and prophesied before them; and lay down naked all that day and all that night: therefore they said, [Is] Saul also among the prophets?