1. Krallar (1. Samuel) 30

¹Davut ve adamlarının üçüncü günde Sekelak'a vardığı sırada, Amalekliler güney bölgesine ve Sekelak'a saldırmış, Sekelak'ı bozguna uğratıp ateşe vermişlerdi.

²Oradaki kadınları ve içindeki her şeyi, küçükten büyüğe kadar hiç kimseyi öldürmeden esir almışlar ve kendi yollarına gitmişlerdi.

³Davut ve adamları kente geldiklerinde, kentin tamamen yakılıp kül edildiğini, kadınlarının, oğullarının ve kızlarının ise esir alınıp götürüldüğünü gördüler.

⁴Bunun üzerine Davut ve yanındaki adamlar hıçkıra hıçkıra, artık ağlayacak güçleri kalmayana dek feryat edip ağladılar.

⁵Davut'un her iki karısı da esir düşmüştü: Yizreelli Ahinoam ve Karmelli Nabal'ın eski karısı Abigail.

⁶Davut büyük bir çaresizlik içindeydi; çünkü herkes kendi oğulları ve kızları için derin bir acı duyduğundan, halk onu taşlamaktan bahsediyordu. Ancak Davut, Tanrısı Rab'de güç bulup teselli oldu.

⁷Davut, Ahimelek oğlu Kâhin Aviyatar'a, "Lütfen efodu bana yaklaştır" dedi. Aviyatar da efodu Davut'a getirdi.

⁸Davut Rab'be danışarak, "Bu akıncı grubunun peşinden gideyim mi? Onlara yetişebilecek miyim?" diye sordu. Rab ona, "Peşlerinden git; çünkü kesinlikle onlara yetişecek ve her şeyi kesinlikle kurtaracaksın" dedi.

⁹Böylece Davut ve yanındaki altı yüz adam yola çıktılar ve Besor Deresi'ne vardılar; geride kalması gerekenler orada durdu.

¹⁰Davut dört yüz adamla takibi sürdürdü; ancak Besor Deresi'nin öbür yakasında kalıp orada bekleyen iki yüz adam geride kaldı.

¹¹Kırda Mısırlı bir adam bulup onu Davut'un huzuruna getirdiler.

¹²Ona ekmek verdiler, yedi; su verdiler, içti. Ayrıca ona bir parça incir pestili ikram ettiler; yiyince ruhu bedenine geri döndü, çünkü üç gün üç gece boyunca ne bir lokma ekmek yemiş ne de bir damla su içmişti.

¹³Davut ona, "Sen kimin kölesisin ve nerelisin?" diye sordu. Mısırlı genç, "Ben Amalekli bir adamın kölesiyim; üç gün önce hastalandığım için efendim beni buralarda terk etti" diye yanıt verdi.

¹⁴"Biz Kolti'nin güneyine, Yahudiye sınırlarına, Kelub'un güneyine saldırdık ve Sekelak'ı ateşe verdik."

¹⁵Davut ona, "Beni bu akıncı grubunun olduğu yere götürür müsün?" dedi. Genç adam, "Beni öldürmeyeceğine ve efendimin eline teslim etmeyeceğine dair Tanrı adına yemin et, ben de seni o akıncı grubuna götüreyim" dedi.

¹⁶Onu oraya götürdüğünde, işte, Amaleklilerin yabancı topraklardan ve Yahuda topraklarından yağmaladıkları o devasa ganimetler yüzünden her tarafa saçılmış, yiyip içerek şenlik yaptıklarını gördüler.

¹⁷Davut şafak vaktinden ertesi günün akşamına kadar onlara saldırıp onları bozguna uğrattı; develere binip kaçan dört yüz genç adam dışında onlardan tek bir kişi bile kurtulamadı.

¹⁸Davut, Amaleklilerin yağmaladığı her şeyi geri aldı ve iki karısını da kurtardı.

¹⁹Küçük büyük hiçbir şey eksik değildi; ne ganimetlerden, ne oğullardan ne kızlardan, ne de onlardan aldıkları başka bir şeyden; Davut her şeyi eksiksiz geri getirdi.

²⁰Davut bütün davarları ve sığırları da ele geçirdi; bunları diğer ganimetlerin önünden sürdüler ve o ganimetler için, "İşte bunlar Davut'un ganimetidir!" dediler.

²¹Davut, kendisini takip edemeyecek kadar bitkin düştükleri için Besor Deresi'nde bıraktığı iki yüz adamın yanına geldi; onlar da Davut'u ve yanındaki halkı karşılamaya çıktılar. Davut adamlara yaklaşınca onları esenlikle selamladı.

²²Ancak Davut'la birlikte savaşa gidenlerin arasındaki bazı kötü ve fesat adamlar, "Bizimle birlikte takibe katılmadıkları için, kurtardığımız ganimetten onlara hiçbir pay vermeyeceğiz; sadece her biri karısını ve çocuklarını alıp gitsin" dediler.

²³Davut ise, "Kardeşlerim, Rab'bin bizi korumasından ve üzerimize saldıran bu akıncı grubunu elimize teslim etmesinden sonra böyle yapmamalısınız" dedi.

²⁴"Bu sözünüzü kim kabul eder? Savaşa gidenin payı neyse, eşyaların yanında bekleyenin payı da o olacaktır; ganimeti eşit olarak paylaşacaklar."

²⁵O günden itibaren bu kural, bugüne dek İsrail'de bir buyruk ve bir yasa hükmü haline geldi.

²⁶Davut Sekelak'a varınca, ganimetten Yahuda'nın ileri gelenlerine ve dostlarına göndererek, "İşte Rab'bin düşmanlarından alınan ganimetten size bir pay" dedi.

²⁷Beytsur'dakilere, Güney Rama'dakilere, Yettir'dekilere,

²⁸Aroer'dekilere, Ammadi'dekilere, Safi'dekilere, Estie'dekilere,

²⁹Get'tekilere, Kinan'dakilere, Safek'tekilere, Timat'takilere, Karmel'dekilere, Yerahmeellilerin kentlerindekilere, Kenizlilerin kentlerindekilere,

³⁰Yerimut'takilere, Beerşeba'dakilere, Nombe'dekilere,

³¹Hebron'dakilere ve Davut ile adamlarının dolaştığı diğer bütün yerlerdeki dostlarına gönderdi.

¹ΚΑΙ ἐγενήθη εἰσελθόντος Δαυὶδ καὶ τῶν ἄνδρῶν αὐτοῦ τὴν Σεκελὰκ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ, καὶ ᾿Αμαλὴκ ἐπέθετο ἐπὶ τὸν νότον καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν Σεκελὰκ καὶ ἐπάταξε τὴν Σεκελὰκ καὶ ἐνεπύρισαν αὐτὴν ἐν πυρί·

²καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου οὐκ ἐθανάτωσαν ἄνδρα καὶ γυναῖκα, ἀλλ᾿ ᾐχμαλώτευσαν καὶ ἀπῆλθον εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτῶν.

³καὶ ἦλθε Δαυὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐμπεπύρισται ἐν πυρί, αἱ δὲ γυναῖκες αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες αὐτῶν ᾐχμαλωτευμένοι.

⁴καὶ ᾖρε Δαυὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ τὴν φωνὴν αὐτῶν καί ἔκλαυσαν, ἕως ὅτου οὐκ ἦν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἰσχὺς ἔτι τοῦ κλαίειν.

⁵καὶ ἀμφότεραι αἱ γυναῖκες Δαυὶδ ᾐχμαλωτεύθησαν, ᾿Αχινόομ ἡ ᾿Ιεζραηλῖτις καὶ ᾿Αβιγαία ἡ γυνὴ Νάβαλ τοῦ Καρμηλίου.

⁶καὶ ἐθλίβη Δαυὶδ σφόδρα, ὅτι εἶπεν ὁ λαὸς λιθοβολῆσαι αὐτόν, ὅτι κατώδυνος ψυχὴ παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ, ἑκάστου ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐκραταιώθη Δαυὶδ ἐν Κυρίῳ Θεῷ αὐτοῦ.

⁷καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς ᾿Αβιάθαρ τὸν ἱερέα υἱὸν ᾿Αβιμέλεχ· προσάγαγε τὸ ἐφούδ.

⁸καὶ ἐπηρώτησε Δαυὶδ διά τοῦ Κυρίου λέγων· εἰ καταδιώξω ὀπίσω τοῦ γεδδοὺρ τούτου, εἰ καταλήψομαι αὐτούς; καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· καταδίωκε, ὅτι καταλαμβάνων καταλήψῃ αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐξαιρούμενος ἐξελῇ.

⁹καὶ ἐπορεύθη Δαυίδ, αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ ἑξακόσιοι ἄνδρες μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔρχονται ἕως τοῦ χειμάρρου Βοσόρ, καὶ οἱ περισσοὶ ἔστησαν.

¹⁰καὶ κατεδίωξεν ἐν τετρακοσίοις ἀνδράσιν, ὑπέστησαν δὲ διακόσιοι ἄνδρες, οἵτινες ἐκάθισαν πέραν τοῦ χειμάρρου τοῦ Βοσόρ.

¹¹καὶ εὑρίσκουσιν ἄνδρα Αἰγύπτιον ἐν ἀγρῷ καὶ λαμβάνουσιν αὐτὸν καὶ ἄγουσιν αὐτὸν πρὸς Δαυίδ·

¹²καὶ διδόασιν αὐτῷ ἄρτον, καὶ ἔφαγε, καὶ ἐπότισαν αὐτὸν ὕδωρ· καὶ διδόασιν αὐτῷ κλάσμα παλάθης, καὶ ἔφαγε, καὶ κατέστη τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ, ὅτι οὐ βεβρώκει ἄρτον καὶ οὐ πεπώκει ὕδωρ τρεῖς ἡμέρας καὶ τρεῖς νύκτας.

¹³καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Δαυίδ· τίνος σὺ εἶ καὶ πόθεν εἶ; καὶ εἶπε τὸ παιδάριον τὸ Αἰγύπτιον· ἐγώ εἰμι δοῦλος ἀνδρὸς ᾿Αμαληκίτου, καὶ κατέλιπέ με ὁ Κύριός μου, ὅτι ἠνωχλήθην ἐγὼ σήμερον τριταῖος.

¹⁴καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐπεθέμεθα ἐπὶ τὸν νότον τοῦ Χολθὶ καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας μέρη καὶ ἐπὶ νότον Χελοὺβ καὶ τὴν Σεκελὰκ ἐνεπυρίσαμεν ἐν πυρί.

¹⁵καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Δαυίδ· εἰ κατάξεις με ἐπὶ τὸ γεδδοὺρ τοῦτο; καὶ εἶπεν· ὄμοσον δή μοι κατὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ μὴ θανατώσειν με καὶ μὴ παραδοῦναί με εἰς χεῖρας τοῦ κυρίου μου, καὶ κατάξω σε ἐπὶ τὸ γεδδοὺρ τοῦτο.

¹⁶καὶ κατήγαγεν αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὗτοι διακεχυμένοι ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πάσης τῆς γῆς ἐσθίοντες καὶ πίνοντες καὶ ἑορτάζοντες ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς σκύλοις τοῖς μεγάλοις, οἷς ἔλαβον ἐκ γῆς ἀλλοφύλων καὶ ἐκ γῆς ᾿Ιούδα.

¹⁷καὶ ἦλθεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς Δαυὶδ καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ ἑωσφόρου ἕως δείλης καὶ τῇ ἐπαύριον, καὶ οὐκ ἐσώθη ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀνὴρ ὅτι ἀλλ᾿ ἢ τετρακόσια παιδάρια, ἃ ἦν ἐπιβεβηκότα ἐπὶ τὰς καμήλους καὶ ἔφυγον.

¹⁸καὶ ἀφείλατο Δαυὶδ πάντα, ἃ ἔλαβον οἱ ᾿Αμαληκῖται, καὶ ἀμφοτέρας τὰς γυναῖκας αὐτοῦ ἐξείλατο.

¹⁹καὶ οὐ διεφώνησεν αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν σκύλων καὶ ἕως υἱῶν καὶ θυγατέρων καὶ ἕως πάντων, ὧν ἔλαβον αὐτῶν· τὰ πάντα ἐπέστρεψε Δαυίδ.

²⁰καὶ ἔλαβε πάντα τὰ ποίμνια καὶ τὰ βουκόλια καὶ ἀπήγαγεν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν σκύλων, καὶ τοῖς σκύλοις ἐκείνοις ἐλέγετο· ταῦτα τὰ σκῦλα Δαυίδ.

²¹καὶ παραγίνεται Δαυὶδ πρὸς τοὺς διακοσίους ἄνδρας τοὺς ὑπολειφθέντας τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ὀπίσω Δαυὶδ καί ἐκάθισεν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ χειμάρρῳ τοῦ Βοσόρ, καὶ ἐξῆλθον εἰς ἀπάντησιν Δαυὶδ καὶ εἰς ἀπάντησιν τοῦ λαοῦ τοῦ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ, καὶ προσήγαγε Δαυὶδ ἕως τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτὸν τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην.

²²καὶ ἀπεκρίθη πᾶς ἀνὴρ λοιμὸς καὶ πονηρὸς τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν πολεμιστῶν τῶν πορευθέντων μετὰ Δαυὶδ καὶ εἶπον, ὅτι οὐ κατεδίωξαν μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν, οὐ δώσομεν αὐτοῖς ἐκ τῶν σκύλων, ὧν ἐξειλόμεθα, ὅτι ἀλλ᾿ ἢ ἕκαστος τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ ἀπαγέσθωσαν καὶ ἀποστρεφέτωσαν.

²³καὶ εἶπε Δαυίδ· οὐ ποιήσετε οὕτως μετὰ τὸ παραδοῦναι τὸν Κύριον ἡμῖν καὶ φυλάξαι ἡμᾶς καὶ παρέδωκε Κύριος τὸν γεδδοὺρ τὸν ἐπερχόμενον ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς εἰς χεῖρας ἡμῶν.

²⁴καὶ τίς ἐπακούσεται ὑμῶν τῶν λόγων τούτων; ὅτι οὐχ ἧττον ἡμῶν εἰσι· διότι κατὰ τὴν μερίδα τοῦ καταβαίνοντος εἰς τὸν πόλεμον, οὕτως ἔσται ἡ μερὶς τοῦ καθημένου ἐπὶ τὰ σκεύη· κατὰ τὸ αὐτὸ μεριοῦνται.

²⁵καὶ ἐγενήθη ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης καὶ ἐπάνω, καὶ ἐγένετο εἰς πρόσταγμα καὶ εἰς δικαίωμα τῷ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἕως τῆς σήμερον.

²⁶Καὶ ἦλθε Δαυὶδ εἰς Σεκελὰκ καὶ ἀπέστειλε τοῖς πρεσβυτέροις τῶν σκύλων ᾿Ιούδα καὶ τοῖς πλησίον αὐτοῦ λέγων· ἰδοὺ ἀπὸ τῶν σκύλων τῶν ἐχθρῶν Κυρίου·

²⁷τοῖς ἐν Βαιθσοὺρ καὶ τοῖς ἐν Ῥαμὰ νότου καὶ τοῖς ἐν ᾿Ιεθθὸρ

²⁸καὶ τοῖς ἐν ᾿Αροὴρ καὶ τοῖς ἐν ᾿Αμμαδὶ καὶ τοῖς ἐν Σαφὶ καὶ τοῖς ἐν ᾿Εσθιὲ

²⁹καὶ τοῖς ἐν Γὲθ καὶ τοῖς ἐν Κινὰν καὶ τοῖς ἐν Σαφὲκ καὶ τοῖς ἐν Θιμὰθ καὶ τοῖς ἐν Καρμήλῳ καὶ τοῖς ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι τοῦ ῾Ιεραμηλὶ καὶ τοῖς ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι τοῦ Κενεζὶ

³⁰καὶ τοῖς ἐν ῾Ιεριμοὺθ καὶ τοῖς ἐν Βηρσαβεὲ καὶ τοῖς ἐν Νομβὲ

³¹καὶ τοῖς ἐν Χεβρὼν καὶ εἰς πάντας τοὺς τόπους, οὓς διῆλθε Δαυὶδ ἐκεῖ, αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες αὐτοῦ.

¹And it came to pass when David and his men had entered Sekelac on the third day, that Amalec had made an incursion upon the south, and upon Sekelac, and smitten Sekelac, and burnt it with fire.

²And as to the women and all things that were in it, great and small, they slew neither man nor woman, but carried them captives, and went on their way.

³And David and his men came into the city, and, behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters were carried captive.

⁴And David and his men lifted up their voice, and wept till there was no longer any power within them to weep.

⁵And both the wives of David were carried captive, Achinaam, the Jezraelitess, and Abigaia the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

⁶And David was greatly distressed, because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, each for his sons and his daughters: but David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

⁷And David said to Abiathar the priest the son of Achimelech, Bring near the ephod.

⁸And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? and he said to him, Pursue, for thou shalt surely overtake them, and thou shalt surely rescue [the captives].

⁹So David went, he and the six hundred men with him, and they come as far as the brook Bosor, and the superfluous ones stopped.

¹⁰And he pursued them with four hundred men; and there remained behind two hundred men, who tarried on the other side of the brook Bosor.

¹¹And they find an Egyptian in the field, and they take him, and bring him to David; and they gave him bread and he ate, and they caused him to drink water.

¹²And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and he ate, and his spirit was restored in him; for he had not eaten bread, and had not drunk water three days and three nights.

¹³And David said to him, Whose art thou? and whence art thou? and the young man the Egyptian said, I am the servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me, because I was taken ill three days ago.

¹⁴And we made an incursion on the south of the Cholthi, and on the parts of Judea, and on the south of Chelub, and we burnt Sekelac with fire.

¹⁵And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear now to me by God, that thou wilt not kill me, and that thou wilt not deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down upon this troop.

¹⁶So be brought him down thither, and behold, they [were] scattered abroad upon the surface of the whole land, eating and drinking, and feasting by [reason of] all the great spoils which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Juda.

¹⁷And David came upon them, and smote them from the morning till the evening, and on the next day; and not one of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who were mounted on camels, and fled.

¹⁸And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued both his wives.

¹⁹And nothing was wanting to them of great or small, either of the spoils, or the sons and daughters, or anything that they had taken of theirs; and David recovered all.

²⁰And he took all the flocks, and the herds, and led them away before the spoils: and it was said of these spoils, These [are] the spoils of David.

²¹And David comes to the two hundred men who were left behind that they should not follow after David, and he had caused them to remain by the brook of Bosor; and they came forth to meet David, and to meet his people with him: and David drew near to the people, and they asked him how he did.

²²Then every ill-disposed and bad man of the soldiers who had gone with David, answered and said, Because they did not pursue together with us, we will not give them of the spoils which we have recovered, only let each one lead away with him his wife and his children, and let them return.

²³And David said, Ye shall not do so, after the Lord has delivered [the enemy] to us, and guarded us, and the Lord has delivered into our hands the troop that came against us.

²⁴And who will hearken to these your words? for they are not inferior to us; for according to the portion of him that went down to the battle, so shall be the portion of him that abides with the baggage; they shall share alike.

²⁵And it came to pass from that day forward, that it became an ordinance and a custom in Israel until this day.

²⁶And David came to Sekelac, and sent of the spoils to the elders of Juda, and to his friends, saying, Behold [some] of the spoils of the enemies of the Lord;

²⁷to those in Baethsur, and to those in Rama of the south, and to those in Iethor.

²⁸And to those in Aroer, and to those in Ammadi, and to those in Saphi, and to those in Esthie,

²⁹and to those in Geth, and to those in Cinan, and to those in Saphec, and to those in Thimath, and to those in Carmel, and to those in the cities of Jerameli, and to those in the cities of the Kenezite;

³⁰and to those in Jerimuth, and to those in Bersabee, and to those in Nombe,

³¹and to those in Chebron, and to all the places which David and his men had passed through.