1. Krallar (1. Samuel) 27

¹Davut kendi yüreğinden şöyle dedi: "Şimdi günün birinde Saul'un ellerine teslim edileceğim; yabancıların ülkesine kaçıp kurtulmaktan başka benim için iyi bir şey yoktur. Böylece Saul bütün İsrail sınırlarında beni aramaktan vazgeçecek ve ben de onun elinden kurtulacağım."

²Bunun üzerine Davut ve yanındaki altı yüz adam kalkıp Gat Kralı Ammak oğlu Ankuş'un yanına gittiler.

³Davut ve adamları, her biri kendi ev halkıyla birlikte Ankuş'un yanında kaldılar; Davut'un iki karısı, Yizreelli Ahinoam ile Karmelli Nabal'ın karısı Abigail de yanındaydı.

⁴Davut'un Gat'a kaçtığı Saul'a bildirilince, Saul artık onu aramaya devam etmedi.

⁵Davut Ankuş'a, "Şayet kulun senin gözünde lütuf bulduysa," dedi, "taşradaki kentlerden birinde bana bir yer verilsin de orada yaşayayım; kulun neden seninle birlikte kraliyet kentinde otursun?"

⁶Ankuş o gün ona Siklag'ı verdi; bu yüzden Siklag bugüne dek Yahuda kralına ait kaldı.

⁷Davut'un yabancıların topraklarında yaşadığı günlerin süresi dört aydı.

⁸Davut'la adamları çıkıp Geşurlulara ve Amaleklilere saldırdılar; çünkü Gelampsur'un surlarla çevrili sınırlarından Mısır ülkesine kadar uzanan bu topraklarda eskiden beri insanlar yaşardı.

⁹Davut saldırdığı topraklarda ne bir erkek ne de bir kadını sağ bırakırdı; davarları, sığırları, eşekleri, develeri ve giysileri yağmalayıp geri döner ve Ankuş'un yanına gelirlerdi.

¹⁰Ankuş, "Bugün kime saldırdınız?" diye sorduğunda, Davut, "Yahuda'nın güneyine, Yesmega'nın güneyine ve Kenizlilerin güneyine" derdi.

¹¹Davut, "Bizim aleyhimize Gat'a haber ulaştırıp, 'Davut böyle yapıyor' demesinler" diyerek Gat'a götürmek için ne bir erkek ne de bir kadını sağ bırakırdı; yabancıların topraklarında yaşadığı sürece onun töresi buydu.

¹²Ankuş Davut'a tamamen güvendi ve içinden şöyle dedi: "Kendi halkı İsrail arasında kendini tamamen rezil etti; bu yüzden sonsuza dek benim kölem olacak."

¹ΚΑΙ εἶπε Δαυὶδ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ λέγων· νῦν προστεθήσομαι ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ εἰς χεῖρας Σαούλ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι μοι ἀγαθόν, ἐὰν μὴ σωθῶ εἰς γῆν ἀλλοφύλων καὶ ἀνῇ Σαοὺλ τοῦ ζητεῖν με εἰς πᾶν ὅριον ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ σωθήσομαι ἐκ χειρὸς αὐτοῦ.

²καὶ ἀνέστη Δαυὶδ καὶ οἱ ἑξακόσιοι ἄνδρες οἱ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπορεύθη πρὸς ᾿Αγχοῦς υἱὸν ᾿Αμμὰχ βασιλέα Γέθ.

³καὶ ἐκάθισε Δαυὶδ μετὰ ᾿Αγχοῦς, αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ, ἕκαστος καὶ ὁ οἶκος αὐτοῦ, καὶ Δαυὶδ καὶ ἀμφότεραι αἱ γυναῖκες αὐτοῦ, ᾿Αχινὰαχ ᾿Ιεζραηλῖτις καὶ ᾿Αβιγαία ἡ γυνὴ Νάβαλ τοῦ Καρμηλίου.

⁴καὶ ἀνηγγέλη τῷ Σαοὺλ ὅτι πέφευγε Δαυὶδ εἰς Γέθ, καὶ οὐ προσέθετο ἔτι ζητεῖν αὐτόν.

⁵καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς ᾿Αγχοῦς· εἰ δή εὕρηκεν ὁ δοῦλός σου χάριν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου, δότωσαν δή μοι τόπον ἐν μιᾷ τῶν πόλεων τῶν κατ᾿ ἀγρὸν καὶ καθήσομαι ἐκεῖ· καὶ ἱνατί κάθηται ὁ δοῦλός σου ἐν πόλει βασιλευομένη μετὰ σοῦ;

⁶καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ τὴν Σεκελάκ· διὰ τοῦτο ἐγενήθη Σεκελὰκ τῷ βασιλεῖ τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.

⁷καὶ ἐγενήθη ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν ἡμερῶν, ὧν ἐκάθισε Δαυὶδ ἐν ἀγρῷ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων τέσσαρας μῆνας.

⁸καὶἀνέβαινε Δαυὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπετίθεντο ἐπὶ πάντα τὸν Γεσιρὶ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν ᾿Αμαληκίτην· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡ γῆ κατῳκεῖτο ἀπὸ ἀνηκόντων ἡ ἀπὸ Γελαμψοὺρ τετειχισμένων καὶ ἕως γῆς Αἰγύπτου.

⁹καὶ ἔτυπτε τὴν γῆν καὶ οὐκ ἐζωογόνει ἄνδρα ἢ γυναῖκα καὶ ἐλάμβανον ποίμνια καὶ βουκόλια καὶ ὄνους καὶ καμήλους καὶ ἱματισμόν, καὶ ἀνέστρεψαν καὶ ἤρχοντο πρὸς ᾿Αγχοῦς.

¹⁰καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Αγχοῦς πρὸς Δαυίδ· ἐπὶ τίνα ἐπέθεσθε σήμερον; καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς ᾿Αγχοῦς· κατὰ νότον τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας καὶ κατὰ νότον ᾿Ιεσμεγὰ καὶ κατὰ νότον τοῦ Κενεζί.

¹¹καὶ ἄνδρα καὶ γυναῖκα οὐκ ἐζωογόνησα τοῦ εἰσαγαγεῖν εἰς Γὲθ λέγων· μὴ ἀναγγείλωσιν εἰς Γὲθ καθ᾿ ἡμῶν λέγοντες· τάδε Δαυὶδ ποιεῖ, καὶ τόδε τὸ δικαίωμα αὐτοῦ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας, ἃς ἐκάθητο Δαυὶδ ἐν ἀγρῷ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων.

¹²καὶ ἐπιστεύθη Δαυὶδ ἐν τῷ ᾿Αγχοῦς σφόδρα λέγων· ᾔσχυνται αἰσχυνόμενος ἐν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ ἐν ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ἔσται μοι δοῦλος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

¹And David said in his heart, Now shall I be one day delivered [for death] into the hands of Saul; and there is no good thing for me unless I should escape into the land of the Philistines, and Saul should cease from seeking me through every coast of Israel: so I shall escape out of his hand.

²So David arose, and the six hundred men that were with him, and he went to Anchus, son of Ammach, king of Geth.

³And David dwelt with Anchus, he and his men, each with his family; and David and both his wives, Achinaam, the Jezraelitess, and Abigaia the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

⁴And it was told Saul that David had fled to Geth; and he no longer sought after him

⁵And David said to Anchus, If now thy servant has found grace in thine eyes, let them give me, I pray thee, a place in one of the cities in the country, and I will dwell there: for why does thy servant dwell with thee in a royal city?

⁶And he gave him Sekelac in that day: therefore Sekelac came into possession of the king of Judea to this day.

⁷And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was four months.

⁸And David and his men went up, and made an attack on all the Gesirites and on the Amalekites: and behold, the land was inhabited, (even the land from Gelampsur) by those who come from the fortified [cities] even to the land of Egypt.

⁹And he smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive; and they took flocks, and herds, and asses, and camels, and raiment; and they returned and came to Anchus.

¹⁰And Anchus said to David, On whom have ye made an attack to-day? And David said to Anchus, On the south of Judea, and on the south of Jesmega, and on the south of the Kenezite.

¹¹And I have not saved man or woman alive to bring them to Geth, saying, Lest they carry a report to Geth against us, saying, These things David does. And this was his manner all the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines.

¹²So David had the full confidence of Anchus, who said, He is thoroughly disgraced among his people in Israel and he shall be my servant for ever.