1. Krallar (1. Samuel) 28

¹O günlerde yabancılar, İsrail ile savaşmak üzere çıkmak için ordularını bir araya topladılar. Akus Davut'a, "Kesinlikle bilmelisin ki, sen ve adamların benimle birlikte savaşa çıkacaksınız" dedi.

²Davut Akus'a, "Öyleyse kulunun neler yapacağını şimdi göreceksin" dedi. Akus da Davut'a, "O halde seni ömür boyu muhafız birliğimin komutanı yapacağım" dedi.

³Samuel ölmüştü; bütün İsrail onun için yas tutmuş ve onu kendi kenti olan Armathaim'de gömmüştü. Saul ise ülkeden ruh çağıranları ve falcıları uzaklaştırmıştı.

⁴Yabancılar toplanıp geldiler ve Sonam'da ordugah kurdular. Saul da bütün İsrail adamlarını topladı ve Gelboue'de ordugah kurdular.

⁵Saul yabancıların ordugahını görünce korktu ve yüreği dehşetle sarsıldı.

⁶Saul Rab'be danıştı, ama Rab ona ne rüyalarla, ne Urim aracılığıyla, ne de peygamberler vasıtasıyla yanıt verdi.

⁷Bunun üzerine Saul hizmetkarlarına, "Bana ruh çağıran bir kadın bulun da ona gidip onun aracılığıyla danışayım" dedi. Hizmetkarları da ona, "İşte, Aendor'da ruh çağıran bir kadın var" dediler.

⁸Saul kendini gizlemek için başka giysiler kuşandı; yanına iki adam alarak geceleyin kadının yanına gitti ve ona, "Lütfen benim için ruh aracılığıyla kehanette bulun ve sana söyleyeceğim kişiyi bana yukarı çıkar" dedi.

⁹Kadın ona, "Bak, Saul'un ne yaptığını, ruh çağıranları ve falcıları ülkeden nasıl tamamen yok ettiğini biliyorsun" dedi, "Öyleyse neden beni öldürtmek için canımı kapana kıstırıyorsun?"

¹⁰Saul ona Rab'bin adıyla ant içerek, "Rab'bin hayatı hakkı için, bu işten dolayı sana hiçbir ceza isabet etmeyecek" dedi.

¹¹Kadın, "Sana kimi yukarı çıkarayım?" diye sordu. Saul, "Bana Samuel'i yukarı çıkar" dedi.

¹²Kadın Samuel'i görünce yüksek sesle çığlık attı ve Saul'a, "Beni neden aldattın? Sen Saul'sun!" dedi.

¹³Kral ona, "Korkma" dedi, "Ne görüyorsun?" Kadın Saul'a, "Yerden yukarı çıkan ilahi varlıklar görüyorum" dedi.

¹⁴Saul ona, "Nasıl bir görünüşü var?" diye sordu. Kadın, "Yerden yukarı çıkan, dik duran bir adam; üzerine iki katlı bir pelerin örtünmüş" dedi. Saul onun Samuel olduğunu anladı ve yüzüstü yere kapanarak önünde eğildi.

¹⁵Samuel Saul'a, "Yukarı çıkmam için beni neden rahatsız ettin?" dedi. Saul, "Çok büyük sıkıntıdayım" diye yanıtladı, "Yabancılar bana karşı savaşıyor, Tanrı da benden uzaklaştı. Artık bana ne peygamberlerin eliyle ne de rüyalarla yanıt veriyor. Bu yüzden ne yapmam gerektiğini bana bildiresin diye seni çağırdım."

¹⁶Samuel şöyle dedi: "Rab senden uzaklaşıp komşunun yanında yer almışken, neden bana soruyorsun?

¹⁷Rab, benim aracılığımla söylediğini sana yaptı; Rab krallığı senin elinden yırtıp alacak ve onu komşun Davut'a verecek.

¹⁸Çünkü Rab'bin sesini dinlemedin ve O'nun Amalek'e karşı duyduğu gazap öfkesini yerine getirmedin; bu yüzden Rab bugün bu olayı senin başına getirdi.

¹⁹Üstelik Rab, İsrail'i de seninle birlikte yabancıların eline teslim edecek. Yarın sen ve oğulların benimle birlikte düşeceksiniz; Rab İsrail ordugahını da yabancıların eline verecek."

²⁰Saul hemen ayakta durduğu boyuyla yere serildi; Samuel'in sözlerinden ötürü çok korkmuştu. Kendisinde hiç derman kalmamıştı, çünkü bütün gün ve bütün gece hiçbir şey yememişti.

²¹Kadın Saul'un yanına gelip onun büyük bir sarsıntı içinde olduğunu görünce ona şöyle dedi: "Bak, hizmetçin senin sözünü dinledi; canımı dişime takarak bana söylediğin sözleri yerine getirdim.

²²Şimdi sen de lütfen hizmetçinin sözünü dinle; önüne bir lokma ekmek koyayım da ye. Böylece yoluna devam edecek gücü bulursun."

²³Ama o yemek istemedi ve reddetti. Ancak hizmetkarlarıyla kadın ona ısrar edince onların sözünü dinledi; yerden kalkıp sedire oturdu.

²⁴Kadının evinde besili bir düvesi vardı; hemen onu kesti. Un alıp yoğurdu ve mayasız ekmek pişirdi.

²⁵Bunları Saul'un ve hizmetkarlarının önüne koydu, onlar da yediler. Sonra kalkıp o gece oradan ayrıldılar.

¹ΚΑΙ ἐγενήθη ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις καὶ συναθροίζονται ἀλλόφυλοι ἐν ταῖς παρεμβολαῖς αὐτῶν ἐξελθεῖν πολεμεῖν μετὰ ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Αγχοῦς πρὸς Δαυίδ· γινώσκων γνώσῃ ὅτι μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ ἐξελεύσῃ εἰς πόλεμον σὺ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες σου.

²καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς ᾿Αγχοῦς· οὕτω νῦν γνώσῃ ἃ ποιήσει ὁ δοῦλός σου· καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Αγχοῦς πρὸς Δαυίδ· οὕτως ἀρχισωματοφύλακα θήσομαί σε πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας.

³Καὶ Σαμουὴλ ἀπέθανε, καὶ ἐκόψαντο αὐτὸν πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ θάπτουσιν αὐτὸν ἐν ᾿Αρμαθαὶμ ἐν πόλει αὐτοῦ. καὶ Σαοὺλ περιεῖλε τοὺς ἐγγαστριμύθους καὶ τοὺς γνώστας ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς.

⁴καὶ συναθροίζονται οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι καὶ ἔρχονται καὶ παρεμβάλλουσιν εἰς Σωνάμ, καὶ συναθροίζει Σαοὺλ πάντα ἄνδρα ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ παρεμβάλλουσιν εἰς Γελβουέ.

⁵καὶ εἶδε Σαοὺλ τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν ἀλλοφύλων καὶ ἐφοβήθη, καὶ ἐξέστη ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ σφόδρα.

⁶καὶ ἐπηρώτησε Σαοὺλ διὰ Κυρίου, καὶ οὐκ ἀπεκρίθη αὐτῷ Κύριος ἐν τοῖς ἐνυπνίοις καὶ ἐν τοῖς δήλοις καὶ ἐν τοῖς προφήταις.

⁷καὶ εἶπε Σαοὺλ τοῖς παισὶν αὐτοῦ· ζητήσατέ μοι γυναῖκα ἐγγαστρίμυθον, καὶ πορεύσομαι πρὸς αὐτὴν καὶ ζητήσω ἐν αὐτῇ· καὶ εἶπαν οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ πρὸς αὐτόν· ἰδοὺ γυνὴ ἐγγαστρίμυθος ἐν ᾿Αενδώρ.

⁸καὶ συνεκαλύψατο Σαοὺλ καὶ περιεβάλετο ἱμάτια ἕτερα καὶ πορεύεται αὐτὸς καὶ δύο ἄνδρες μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔρχονται πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα νυκτὸς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· μάντευσαι δή μοι ἐν τῷ ἐγγαστριμύθῳ καὶ ἀνάγαγέ μοι ὃν ἐὰν εἴπω σοι.

⁹καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἡ γυνή· ἰδοὺ δὴ σὺ οἶδας ὅσα ἐποίησε Σαούλ, ὡς ἐξωλόθρευσε τοὺς ἐγγαστριμύθους καὶ τοὺς γνώστας ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς· καὶ ἱνατί σὺ παγιδεύεις τὴν ψυχήν μου θανατῶσαι αὐτήν;

¹⁰καὶ ὤμοσεν αὐτῇ Σαοὺλ λέγων· ζῇ Κύριος, εἰ ἀπαντήσεταί σοι ἀδικία ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τούτῳ.

¹¹καὶ εἶπεν ἡ γυνή· τίνα ἀναγάγω σοι; καὶ εἶπε· τὸν Σαμουὴλ ἀνάγαγέ μοι.

¹²καὶ εἶδεν ἡ γυνὴ τὸν Σαμουὴλ καὶ ἀνεβόησε φωνῇ μεγάλῃ· καὶ εἶπεν ἡ γυνὴ πρὸς Σαούλ· ἱνατί παρελογίσω με; καὶ σὺ εἶ Σαούλ.

¹³καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ βασιλεύς· μὴ φοβοῦ, εἰπὸν τίνα ἑώρακας. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἡ γυνή· θεοὺς ἑώρακα ἀναβαίνοντας ἐκ τῆς γῆς.

¹⁴καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· τί ἔγνως; καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἄνδρα ὄρθιον ἀναβαίνοντα ἐκ τῆς γῆς, καὶ οὗτος διπλοΐδα ἀναβεβλημένος. καὶ ἔγνω Σαούλ, ὅτι οὗτος Σαμουήλ, καὶ ἔκυψεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ.

¹⁵καὶ εἶπε Σαμουήλ· ἱνατί παρηνώχλησάς μοι ἀναβῆναί με; καὶ εἶπε Σαούλ· θλίβομαι σφόδρα, καὶ οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι πολεμοῦσιν ἐν ἐμοί, καὶ ὁ Θεὸς ἀφέστηκεν ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐπακήκοέ μοι ἔτι καὶ ἐν χειρὶ τῶν προφητῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἐνυπνίοις· καὶ νῦν κέκληκά σε γνωρίσαι μοι τί ποιήσω.

¹⁶καὶ εἶπε Σαμουήλ· ἱνατί ἐπερωτᾷς με; καὶ Κύριος ἀφέστηκεν ἀπὸ σοῦ καὶ γέγονε μετὰ τοῦ πλησίον σου·

¹⁷καὶ πεποίηκε Κύριός σοι καθὼς ἐλάλησε Κύριος ἐν χειρί μου, καὶ διαρρήξει Κύριος τὴν βασιλείαν σου ἐκ χειρός σου καὶ δώσει αὐτὴν τῷ πλησίον σου τῷ Δαυίδ.

¹⁸διότι οὐκ ἤκουσας φωνῆς Κυρίου καὶ οὐκ ἐποίησας θυμὸν ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ ἐν ᾿Αμαλήκ, διὰ τοῦτο τὸ ῥῆμα ἐποίησε Κύριός σοι ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ.

¹⁹καὶ παραδώσει Κύριος τὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ μετὰ σοῦ εἰς χεῖρας ἀλλοφύλων, καὶ αὔριον σὺ καὶ οἱ υἱοί σου μετὰ σοῦ πεσοῦνται, καὶ τὴν παρεμβολὴν ᾿Ισραὴλ δώσει Κύριος εἰς χεῖρας ἀλλοφύλων.

²⁰καὶ ἔσπευσε Σαοὺλ καὶ ἔπεσεν ἑστηκὼς ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ ἐφοβήθη σφόδρα ἀπὸ τῶν λόγων Σαμουήλ· καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἦν ἰσχὺς ἔτι, οὐ γὰρ ἔφαγεν ἄρτον ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν καὶ ὅλην τὴν νύκτα ἐκείνην.

²¹καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ἡ γυνὴ πρὸς Σαοὺλ καὶ εἶδεν ὅτι ἔσπευσε σφόδρα, καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτόν· ἰδοὺ δὴ ἤκουσεν ἡ δούλη σου τῆς φωνῆς σου καὶ ἐθέμην τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐν τῇ χειρί μου καὶ ἤκουσα τοὺς λόγους, οὓς ἐλάλησάς μοι·

²²καὶ νῦν ἄκουσον δὴ φωνῆς τῆς δούλης σου, καὶ παραθήσω ἐνώπιόν σου ψωμὸν ἄρτου, καὶ φάγε, καὶ ἔσται σοι ἰσχύς, ὅτι πορεύῃ ἐν ὁδῷ.

²³καὶ οὐκ ἐβουλήθη φαγεῖν· καὶ παρεβιάζοντο αὐτὸν οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ γυνή, καὶ ἤκουσε τῆς φωνῆς αὐτῶν καὶ ἀνέστη ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς καί ἐκάθισεν ἐπὶ τὸν δίφρον.

²⁴καὶ τῇ γυναικὶ ἦν δάμαλις νομὰς ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ, καὶ ἔσπευσε καὶ ἔθυσεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἔλαβεν ἄλευρα καὶ ἐφύρασε καὶ ἔπεψεν ἄζυμα

²⁵καὶ προσήγαγεν ἐνώπιον Σαοὺλ καὶ ἐνώπιον τῶν παιδῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔφαγον. καὶ ἀνέστησαν καὶ ἀπῆλθον τὴν νύκτα ἐκείνην.

¹And it came to pass in those days that the Philistines gathered themselves together with their armies to go out to fight with Israel; and Anchus said to David, Know surely, that thou shalt go forth to battle with me, [thou], and thy men.

²And David said to Anchus, Thus now thou shalt know what thy servant will do. And Anchus said to David, So will I make thee captain of my body-guard continually.

³And Samuel died, and all Israel lamented for him, and they bury him in his city, in Armathaim. And Saul had removed those who had in them divining spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

⁴And the Philistines assemble themselves, and come and encamp in Sonam: and Saul gathers all the men of Israel, and they encamp in Gelbue.

⁵And Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, and he was alarmed, and his heart was greatly dismayed.

⁶And Saul enquired of the Lord; and the Lord answered him not by dreams, nor by manifestations, nor by prophets.

⁷Then Saul said to his servants, Seek for me a woman who has in her a divining spirit, and I will go to her, and enquire of her: and his servants said to him, Behold, [there is] a woman who has in her a divining spirit at Aendor.

⁸And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he goes, and two men with him, and they come to the woman by night; and he said to her, Divine to me, I pray thee, by the divining spirit within thee, and bring up to me him whom I shall name to thee.

⁹And the woman said to him, Behold now, thou knowest what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who had in them divining spirits, and the wizards from the land, and why dost thou spread a snare for my life to destroy it?

¹⁰And Saul swore to her, and said, [As] the Lord lives, no injury shall come upon thee on this account.

¹¹And the woman said, Whom shall I bring up to thee? and he said, Bring up to me Samuel.

¹²And the woman saw Samuel, and cried out with a loud voice: and the woman said to Saul, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.

¹³And the king said to her, Fear not; tell me whom thou hast seen. And the woman said to him, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.

¹⁴And he said to her, What didst thou perceive? and she said to him, An upright man ascending out of the earth, and he [was] clothed with a mantle. And Saul knew that this was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the earth, and did obeisance to him.

¹⁵And Samuel said, Why hast thou troubled me, that I should come up? And Saul said, I am greatly distressed, and the Philistines war against me, and God has departed from me, and no longer hearkens to me either by the hand of the prophets or by dreams: and now I have called thee to tell me what I shall do.

¹⁶And Samuel said, Why askest thou me, whereas the Lord has departed from thee, and taken part with thy neighbour?

¹⁷And the Lord has done to thee, as the Lord spoke by me; and the Lord will rend thy kingdom out of thy hand, and will give it to thy neighbour David.

¹⁸because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the Lord, and didst not execute his fierce anger upon Amalec, therefore the Lord has done this thing to thee this day.

¹⁹And the Lord shall deliver Israel with thee into the hands of the Philistines, and to-morrow thou and thy sons with thee shall fall, and the Lord shall deliver the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.

²⁰And Saul instantly fell at his full length upon the earth, and was greatly afraid because of the words of Samuel; and there was no longer any strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all that day, and all that night.

²¹And the woman went in to Saul, and saw that he was greatly disquieted, and said to him, Behold now, thine handmaid has hearkened to thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have heard the words which thou has spoken to me.

²²And now hearken, I pray thee, to the voice of thine handmaid, and I will set before thee a morsel of bread, and eat, and thou shalt be strengthened, for thou wilt be going on thy way.

²³But he would not eat; so his servants and the woman constrained him, and he hearkened to their voice, and rose up from the earth, and sat upon a bench.

²⁴And the woman had a fat heifer in the house; and she hasted and slew it; and she took meal and kneaded it, and baked unleavened cakes.

²⁵And she brought [the meat] before Saul, and before his servants; and they ate, and rose up, and departed that night.