1. Krallar (1. Samuel) 23

¹Davut’a, "İşte, yabancılar Keila’da savaşıyorlar, harman yerlerini yağmalayıp çiğniyorlar" diye bildirildi.

²Davut, Rab aracılığıyla danışıp, "Gidip bu yabancıları vurayım mı?" diye sordu. Rab Davut’a, "Git, bu yabancıları vuracaksın ve Keila’yı kurtaracaksın" dedi.

³Davut’un adamları ise ona, "Bak, biz burada, Yahuda’da korkuyoruz; Keila’ya gidersek nasıl olacak? Yabancıların ganimetlerine doğru mu sızacağız?" dediler.

⁴Davut bir kez daha Rab aracılığıyla danıştı. Rab ona cevap verip, "Kalk, Keila’ya in; çünkü ben yabancıları senin eline teslim ediyorum" dedi.

⁵Böylece Davut ile yanındaki adamlar Keila’ya gittiler, yabancılarla savaştılar; onlar Davut’un önünden kaçtılar. Davut onların hayvanlarını sürüp götürdü, onlara büyük bir darbe indirdi ve Keila’da oturanları kurtardı.

⁶Ahimelek oğlu Aviyatar Davut’un yanına kaçtığı sırada, elinde bir efod tutarak Davut’la birlikte Keila’ya inmişti.

⁷Davut’un Keila’ya vardığı Saul’a bildirildi. Saul, "Tanrı onu benim ellerime sattı; çünkü kapıları ve sürgüleri olan bir kente girerek kendini kapattı" dedi.

⁸Saul, Davut’u ve adamlarını kuşatmak üzere Keila’ya savaşa inmek için bütün halka buyruk verdi.

⁹Davut, Saul’un kendisine karşı kötülük tasarlamaktan geri durmadığını anladı ve kâhin Aviyatar’a, "Rab’bin efodunu buraya getir" dedi.

¹⁰Davut şöyle dedi: "Ey İsrail’in Tanrısı Rab, kulun kesin olarak duydu ki, Saul benim yüzümden kenti yok etmek için Keila’ya gelmek istiyor.

¹¹Kent halkı beni teslim edecek mi? Kulunun duyduğu gibi Saul buraya inecek mi? Ey İsrail’in Tanrısı Rab, lütfen kuluna bildir!" Rab, "Kuşatılacak" dedi.

¹³Bunun üzerine Davut ile yanındaki yaklaşık dört yüz kadar adam kalkıp Keila’dan çıktılar ve gidebilecekleri her yere gittiler. Davut’un Keila’dan kaçıp kurtulduğu Saul’a bildirilince, Saul oraya gitmekten vazgeçti.

¹⁴Davut çölde, Maserem’deki dar geçitlerde kaldı; Zif Çölü’ndeki dağlık bölgede, kurak topraklarda yaşadı. Saul her gün onu arıyordu, ama Rab onu Saul'un ellerine teslim etmedi.

¹⁵Davut, Saul’un kendisini aramak için yola çıktığını gördü. Davut, Yeni Zif’teki kurak dağda bulunuyordu.

¹⁶Saul’un oğlu Yonatan kalkıp Yeni Zif’e, Davut’un yanına gitti ve onun Rab’deki ellerini güçlendirdi.

¹⁷Ona, "Korkma" dedi, "çünkü babam Saul’un eli seni bulamayacak. Sen İsrail’e kral olacaksın, ben de senin ardından ikinci sırada olacağım. Babam Saul da bunu böylece biliyor."

¹⁸İkisi Rab’bin önünde bir antlaşma yaptılar. Davut Yeni Zif’te kaldı, Yonatan ise evine döndü.

¹⁹Zifliler kurak topraklardan tepedeki Saul’un yanına gidip şöyle dediler: "Davut bizim yanımızda, Messara’daki dar geçitlerde, Iessaimoun’un sağındaki Ekhela Tepesi’ndeki Yeni Zif’te gizlenmiyor mu?

²⁰Şimdi, ey kral, canının istediği her an aşağı in; onu kralın ellerine teslim etmek bize düşer."

²¹Saul, "Rab sizi kutsasın, çünkü benim için emek verdiniz" dedi.

²²"Gidin, daha iyi hazırlık yapın; onun ayak basacağı yeri ve onu orada çabucak gören olup olmadığını iyice öğrenin. Çünkü bana onun çok kurnazca davranabileceğini söylediler.

²³İyice araştırıp her gizlendiği yeri öğrenin, sonra yanıma dönün; ben de sizinle geleceğim. Eğer o topraklardaysa, onu bütün Yahuda boyları arasında arayıp bulacağım."

²⁴Böylece kalkıp Saul’dan önce Zif’e gittiler. Davut’la adamları ise Maon Çölü’nde, batı tarafında, Iessaimoun’un sağındaydılar.

²⁵Saul ile adamları onu aramaya çıkınca durum Davut’a bildirildi. Davut da Maon Çölü’ndeki kayalığa indi. Saul bunu duyunca, Maon Çölü’nde Davut’un peşine düştü.

²⁶Saul ve adamları dağın bir yamacından, Davut ve adamları ise dağın öbür yamacından ilerliyordu. Davut, Saul’un önünden gizlenerek kaçmaya çalışıyordu; Saul ile adamları ise Davut’la adamlarını yakalamak için onları kuşatıyorlardı.

²⁷O sırada Saul’a bir haberci gelip, "Acele et ve gel! Çünkü yabancılar ülkeye saldırdı" dedi.

²⁸Bunun üzerine Saul Davut’un peşini bırakıp döndü ve yabancıları karşılamaya gitti. Bu yüzden o yere "Bölünmüş Kaya" adı verildi.

¹²Davut yine sordu: "Keila halkı beni ve adamlarımı Saul’un eline teslim edecek mi?" Rab, "Teslim edecekler" dedi.

¹ΚΑΙ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ Δαυὶδ λέγοντες· ἰδοὺ οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι πολεμοῦσιν ἐν τῇ Κεϊλά, καὶ αὐτοὶ διαρπάζουσι, καταπατοῦσι τοὺς ἅλω.

²καὶ ἐπηρώτησε Δαυὶδ διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου λέγων· εἰ πορευθῶ καὶ πατάξω τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους τούτους; καὶ εἶπε Κύριος· πορεύου καὶ πατάξεις ἐν τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις τούτοις καὶ σώσεις τὴν Κεϊλά.

³καὶ εἶπαν οἱ ἄνδρες τοῦ Δαυὶδ πρὸς αὐτόν· ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς ἐνταῦθα ἐν τῇ ᾿Ιουδαίᾳ φοβούμεθα, καὶ πῶς ἔσται ἐὰν πορευθῶμεν εἰς Κεϊλά; εἰς τὰ σκῦλα τῶν ἀλλοφύλων εἰσπορευσόμεθα;

⁴καὶ προσέθετο Δαυὶδ ἔτι ἐπερωτῆσαι διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ Κύριος καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἀνάστηθι καὶ κατάβηθι εἰς Κεϊλά, ὅτι ἐγὼ παραδίδωμι τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους εἰς χεῖράς σου.

⁵καὶ ἐπορεύθη Δαυὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ εἰς Κεϊλὰ καὶ ἐπολέμησε τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις, καὶ ἔφυγον ἐκ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπήγαγε τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν αὐτοῖς πληγὴν μεγάλην, καὶ ἔσωσε Δαυὶδ τούς κατοικοῦντας Κεϊλά.

⁶Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ φεύγειν ᾿Αβιάθαρ υἱὸν ᾿Αβιμέλεχ πρὸς Δαυὶδ καὶ αὐτὸς μετὰ Δαυὶδ εἰς Κεϊλὰ κατέβη ἔχων ἐφοὺδ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ.

⁷καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ Σαοὺλ ὅτι ἥκει ὁ Δαυὶδ εἰς Κεϊλά, καὶ εἶπε Σαούλ· πέπρακεν αὐτὸν ὁ Θεὸς εἰς τὰς χεῖράς μου, ὅτι ἀποκέκλεισται εἰσελθὼν εἰς πόλιν θυρῶν καὶ μοχλῶν.

⁸καὶ παρήγγειλε Σαοὺλ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ καταβαίνειν εἰς πόλεμον εἰς Κεϊλὰ συνέχειν τὸν Δαυὶδ καὶ τοὺς ἄνδρας αὐτοῦ.

⁹καὶ ἔγνω Δαυὶδ ὅτι οὐ παρασιωπᾷ Σαοὺλ περὶ αὐτοῦ τὴν κακίαν, καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς ᾿Αβιάθαρ τὸν ἱερέα· προσάγαγε τὸ ἐφοὺδ Κυρίου.

¹⁰καὶ εἶπε Δαυίδ· Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς ᾿Ισραήλ, ἀκούων ἀκήκοεν ὁ δοῦλός σου ὅτι ζητεῖ Σαοὺλ ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ Κεϊλὰ διαφθεῖραι τὴν πόλιν δι᾿ ἐμέ.

¹¹εἰ ἀποκλεισθήσεται; καὶ νῦν εἰ καταβήσεται Σαούλ, καθὼς ἤκουσεν ὁ δοῦλός σου; Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς ᾿Ισραήλ, ἀπάγγειλον τῷ δούλῳ σου. καὶ εἶπε Κύριος· ἀποκλεισθήσεται.*

¹³καὶ ἀνέστη Δαυὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ ὡς τετρακόσιοι καὶ ἐξῆλθον ἐκ Κεϊλὰ καὶ ἐπορεύοντο οὗ ἐὰν ἐπορεύοντο· καὶ τῷ Σαοὺλ ἀπηγγέλη ὅτι, διασέσωσται Δαυὶδ ἐκ Κεϊλά, καὶ ἀνῆκε τοῦ ἐλθεῖν.

¹⁴Καὶ ἐκάθισε Δαυὶδ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἐν Μασερὲμ ἐν τοῖς στενοῖς, καὶ ἐκάθητο ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἐν τῷ ὄρει Ζίφ, ἐν τῇ γῇ τῇ αὐχμώδει· καὶ ἐζήτει αὐτὸν Σαοὺλ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας, καὶ οὐ παρέδωκεν αὐτὸν Κύριος εἰς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ.

¹⁵καὶ εἶδε Δαυὶδ ὅτι ἐξέρχεται Σαοὺλ τοῦ ζητεῖν τὸν Δαυίδ· καὶ Δαυὶδ ἦν ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ αὐχμώδει ἐν τῇ Καινῇ Ζίφ.

¹⁶καὶ ἀνέστη ᾿Ιωνάθαν υἱὸς Σαοὺλ καὶ ἐπορεύθη πρὸς Δαυὶδ εἰς Καινὴν καὶ ἐκραταίωσε τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ ἐν Κυρίῳ.

¹⁷καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτόν· μὴ φοβοῦ, ὅτι οὐ μὴ εὕρῃ σε ἡ χεὶρ Σαοὺλ τοῦ πατρός μου, καὶ σὺ βασιλεύσεις ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ ἐγὼ ἔσομαί σοι εἰς δεύτερον· καὶ Σαοὺλ ὁ πατήρ μου οἶδεν οὕτως.

¹⁸καὶ διέθεντο ἀμφότεροι διαθήκην ἐνώπιον Κυρίου. καὶ ἀκάθητο Δαυὶδ ἐν Καινῇ, καὶ ᾿Ιωνάθαν ἀπῆλθεν εἰς οἶκον αὐτοῦ.

¹⁹Καὶ ἀνέβησαν οἱ Ζιφαῖοι ἐκ τῆς αὐχμώδους πρὸς Σαοὺλ ἐπὶ τὸν βουνὸν λέγοντες· οὐκ ἰδοὺ Δαυὶδ κέκρυπται παρ᾿ ἡμῖν ἐν Μεσσαρά, ἐν τοῖς στενοῖς, ἐν τῇ Καινῇ ἐν τῷ βουνῷ τοῦ ᾿Εχελὰ τοῦ ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ ᾿Ιεσσαιμοῦν;

²⁰καὶ νῦν πᾶν τὸ πρὸς ψυχὴν τοῦ βασιλέως εἰς κατάβασιν καταβαινέτω πρὸς ἡμᾶς· κεκλείκασιν αὐτὸν εἰς χεῖρας τοῦ βασιλέως.

²¹καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Σαούλ· εὐλογημένοι ὑμεῖς τῷ Κυρίῳ, ὅτι ἐπονέσατε περὶ ἐμοῦ·

²²πορεύθητε δὴ καὶ ἑτοιμάσατε ἔτι καὶ γνῶτε τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ, οὗ ἔσται ὁ ποὺς αὐτοῦ ἐν τάχει ἐκεῖ, οὗ εἴπατε, μή ποτε πανουργεύσηται·

²³καὶ ἴδετε καὶ γνῶτε, καὶ πορεύσομαι μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν, καὶ ἔσται εἰ ἔστιν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐξερευνήσω αὐτὸν ἐν πάσαις χιλιάσιν ᾿Ιούδα.

²⁴καὶ ἀνέστησαν οἱ Ζιφαῖοι καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἔμπροσθεν Σαούλ· καὶ Δαυὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τῇ Μαὰν καθ᾿ ἑσπέραν ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ ᾿Ιεσσαιμοῦν.

²⁵καὶ ἐπορεύθη Σαοὺλ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ ζητεῖν αὐτόν· καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν τῷ Δαυίδ, καὶ κατέβη εἰς τὴν πέτραν τὴν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ Μαάν. καὶ ἤκουσε Σαοὺλ καὶ κατεδίωξεν ὀπίσω Δαυὶδ εἰς τὴν ἔρημον Μαάν.

²⁶καὶ πορεύονται Σαοὺλ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ ἐκ μέρους τοῦ ὄρους τούτου, καὶ ἦν Δαυὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ ἐκ μέρους τοῦ ὄρους τούτου· καὶ ἦν Δαυὶδ σκεπαζόμενος πορεύεσθαι ἀπὸ προσώπου Σαούλ, καὶ Σαοὺλ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ παρενέβαλον ἐπὶ Δαυὶδ καὶ τοὺς ἄνδρας αὐτοῦ συλλαβεῖν αὐτούς.

²⁷καὶ πρὸς Σαοὺλ ἦλθεν ἄγγελος λέγων· σπεῦδε καὶ δεῦρο, ὅτι ἀλλόφυλοι ἐπέθεντο ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.

²⁸καὶ ἀνέστρεψε Σαοὺλ μὴ καταδιώκειν ὀπίσω Δαυὶδ καὶ ἐπορεύθη εἰς συνάντησιν τῶν ἀλλοφύλων· διὰ τοῦτο ἐπεκλήθη ὁ τόπος ἐκεῖνος Πέτρα ἡ μερισθεῖσα. ____ *

¹²Καὶ εἶπεν Δαυίδ· εἰ παραδώσουσιν οἱ παρὰ τῆς Κεϊλὰ ἐμὲ καὶ τοὺς ἄνδρας μου εἰς χεῖρας Σαούλ; καὶ εἶπε Κύριος· παραδώσουσιν.

¹And it was told David, saying, behold, the Philistines war in Keila, and they rob, they trample on the threshing-floors.

²And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord said, Go, and thou shalt smite these Philistines, and shalt save Keila.

³And the men of David said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judea; and how shall it be if we go to Keila? Shall we go after the spoils of the Philistines?

⁴And David enquired yet again of the Lord; and the Lord answered him, and said to him, Arise and go down to Keila, for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hands.

⁵So David and his men with him went to Keila, and fought with the Philistines; and they fled from before him, and he carried off their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter, and David rescued the inhabitants of Keila.

⁶And it came to pass when Abiathar the son of Achimelech fled to David, that he went down with David to Keila, having an ephod in his hand.

⁷And it was told Saul that David was come to Keila: and Saul said, God has sold him into my hands, for he is shut up, having entered into a city that has gates and bars.

⁸And Saul charged all the people to go down to war to Keila, to besiege David and his men.

⁹And David knew that Saul spoke openly of mischief against him: and David said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod of the Lord.

¹⁰And David said, Lord God of Israel, thy servant has indeed heard, that Saul seeks to come against Keila to destroy the city on my account.

¹¹Will [the place] be shut up? And now will Saul come down, as thy servant has heard? Lord God of Israel, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, It will be shut up.

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¹³And David arose, and the men with him, in number about four hundred, and they went forth from Keila, and went whithersoever they could go: and it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keila, and he forbore to come.

¹⁴And he dwelt in Maserem in the wilderness, in the narrow [passes]; and dwelt in the wilderness in mount Ziph, in the dry country. And Saul sought him continually, but the Lord delivered him not into his hands.

¹⁵And David perceived that Saul went forth to seek David; and David was in the dry mountain in the New Ziph.

¹⁶And Jonathan son of Saul rose, and went to David to Caene, and strengthened his hands in the Lord.

¹⁷And he said to him, Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be second to thee; and Saul my father knows it.

¹⁸So they both made a covenant before the Lord; and David dwelt in Caene, and Jonathan went to his home.

¹⁹And the Ziphites came up out of the dry country to Saul to the hill, saying, Behold, is not David hidden with us in Messara, in the narrows in Caene in the hill of Echela, which is on the right of Jessaemon?

²⁰And now [according to] all the king’s desire to come down, let him come down to us; they have shut him up into the hands of the king.

²¹And Saul said to them, Blessed [be] ye of the Lord, for ye have been grieved on my account.

²²Go, I pray you, and make preparations yet, and notice his place where his foot shall be, quickly, in that place which ye spoke of, lest by any means he should deal craftily.

²³Take notice, then, and learn, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass that if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Juda.

²⁴And the Ziphites arose, and went before Saul: and David and his men [were] in the wilderness of Maon, westward, to the right of Jessaemon.

²⁵And Saul and his men went to seek him: and they brought word to David, and he went down to the rock that was in the wilderness of Maon: and Saul heard, and followed after David to the wilderness of Maon.

²⁶And Saul and his men go on one side of the mountain, and David and his men are on the other side of the mountain: and David was hiding himself to escape from Saul: and Saul and his men encamped against David and his men, in order to take them.

²⁷And there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come hither, for the Philistines have invaded the land.

²⁸So Saul returned from following after David, and went to meet the Philistines: therefore that place was called The divided Rock. __ *

¹²Again David asked, Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men to Saul? And the Lord said, They will.