2. Krallar (2. Samuel) 1

¹Saul'un ölümünden sonra şöyle oldu: Davut Amaleklileri bozguna uğratıp döndü ve Sekelak'ta iki gün kaldı.

²Üçüncü gün şöyle oldu: İşte, Saul'un ordugahından giysileri yırtılmış ve başı toprak içinde bir adam geldi; Davut'un yanına varınca yere kapandı ve ona secde etti.

³Davut ona, "Nereden geliyorsun?" diye sordu; adam ona, "İsrail ordugahından sağ kurtuldum" dedi.

⁴Davut ona, "Bu durum nedir? Bana anlat" dedi; adam, "Halk savaştan kaçtı, halktan pek çok kişi düştü ve öldü; Saul ile oğlu Yonatan da öldüler" diye yanıtladı.

⁵Davut, kendisine haberi getiren gence, "Saul ile oğlu Yonatan'ın öldüğünü nereden biliyorsun?" diye sordu.

⁶Haberi getiren genç şöyle dedi: "Tesadüf eseri Gelbue Dağı'ndaydım; bir de baktım Saul mızrağına dayanmıştı, savaş arabalarıyla atlıların komutanları da ona yetişmişti.

⁷Arkasına dönüp beni görünce seslendi; ben de, 'İşte buradayım' dedim.

⁸Bana, 'Kimsin?' diye sordu; ben de, 'Bir Amalekliyim' dedim.

⁹Bunun üzerine bana, 'Üzerime gel ve beni öldür; çünkü üzerime korkunç bir karanlık çöktü, oysa canım hâlâ bütünüyle bendedir' dedi.

¹⁰Ben de üzerine varıp onu öldürdüm; çünkü düştükten sonra yaşayamayacağını biliyordum; başındaki krallık tacını ve kolundaki bileziği alıp buraya, efendime getirdim."

¹¹Bunun üzerine Davut giysilerini tutup yırttı; yanındaki bütün adamlar da kendi giysilerini yırttılar.

¹²Saul, oğlu Yonatan, Yahuda halkı ve İsrail soyu için dövünüp ağladılar; akşama dek oruç tuttular, çünkü onlar kılıçla vurulup düşmüşlerdi.

¹³Davut haberi getiren gence, "Neredensin?" diye sordu; genç, "Amalekli bir yabancı mukimin oğluyum" dedi.

¹⁴Davut ona, "RAB'bin meshettiği kişiyi yok etmek için elini kaldırmaktan nasıl korkmadın?" dedi.

¹⁵Sonra Davut gençlerinden birini çağırıp, "Yaklaş ve ona müdahale et!" dedi; genç ona vurdu ve adam öldü.

¹⁶Davut ona, "Kanın kendi başına olsun" dedi, "Çünkü kendi ağzın, 'RAB'bin meshettiği kişiyi ben öldürdüm' diyerek sana karşı tanıklık etti."

¹⁷Davut, Saul ve oğlu Yonatan için şu ağıtı yaktı:

¹⁸Ve bunun Yahuda oğullarına öğretilmesini buyurdu; işte bu, Doğru Olanın Kitabı'nda yazılıdır:

¹⁹"Ey İsrail, yüksek yerlerinde ölen yaralıların uğruna bir anıt dik! Güçlüler nasıl da düştü!

²⁰Bunu Gat'ta duyurmayın, Aşkelon sokaklarında müjdelemeyin; öyle ki yabancıların kızları sevinmesin, sünnetsizlerin kızları coşmasın.

²¹Ey Gelbue dağları, üzerinize ne çiy ne de yağmur düşsün, ne de ilk ürünlerin sunulduğu tarlalar olsun! Çünkü orada güçlülerin kalkanı kirletildi; Saul'un kalkanı yağla meshedilmedi.

²²Yaralıların kanından, güçlülerin yağından Yonatan'ın yayı boş dönmedi, Saul'un kılıcı boş geri çekilmedi.

²³Saul ve Yonatan, sevilen ve güzel olanlar, yaşamlarında da ayrılmadılar, ölümlerinde de ayrılmadılar; kartallardan hızlı, aslanlardan güçlüydüler.

²⁴Ey İsrail kızları, Saul için ağlayın; o ki sizi süslerle birlikte al kırmızılara giydirdi, giysilerinizin üzerine altın süsler ekledi.

²⁵Güçlüler savaşın ortasında nasıl da düştü! Yonatan senin yüksek yerlerinde yaralı olarak yatıyor!

²⁶Senin için acı çekiyorum, kardeşim Yonatan; benim için çok güzeldin, bana olan sevgin kadınların sevgisinden daha mucizeviydi.

²⁷Güçlüler nasıl da düştü, savaş silahları yok oldu!"

¹ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν Σαοὺλ καὶ Δαυὶδ ἀνέστρεψε τύπτων τὸν ᾿Αμαλήκ, καὶ ἐκάθισε Δαυὶδ ἐν Σεκελὰκ ἡμέρας δύο.

²καὶ ἐγενήθη τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνὴρ ἦλθεν ἐκ τῆς παρεμβολῆς ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ Σαούλ, καὶ τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ διερρωγότα, καὶ γῆ ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἰσελθεῖν αὐτὸν πρὸς Δαυὶδ καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ.

³καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Δαυίδ· πόθεν σὺ παραγίνῃ; καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτόν· ἐκ τῆς παρεμβολῆς ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐγὼ διασέσωσμαι.

⁴καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Δαυίδ· τίς ὁ λόγος οὗτος; ἀπάγγειλόν μοι. καὶ εἶπεν ὅτι ἔφυγεν ὁ λαὸς ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου καὶ πεπτώκασι πολλοὶ ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ ἀπέθανον· καὶ Σαοὺλ καὶ ᾿Ιωνάθαν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀπέθανε.

⁵καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ τῷ παιδαρίῳ τῷ ἀπαγγέλλοντι αὐτῷ· πῶς οἶδας ὅτι τέθνηκε Σαοὺλ καὶ ᾿Ιωνάθαν ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ;

⁶καὶ εἶπε τὸ παιδάριον τὸ ἀπαγγέλλον αὐτῷ· περιπτώματι περιέπεσον ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ Γελβουέ, καὶ ἰδοὺ Σαοὺλ ἐπεστήρικτο ἐπὶ τὸ δόρυ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἰδοὺ τὰ ἅρματα καὶ οἱ ἱππάρχαι συνῆψαν αὐτῷ.

⁷καὶ ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ τὰ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶδέ με καὶ ἐκάλεσέ με, καὶ εἶπα· ἰδοὺ ἐγώ.

⁸καὶ εἶπέ μοι· τίς εἶ σύ; καὶ εἶπα· ᾿Αμαληκίτης ἐγώ εἰμι.

⁹καὶ εἶπε πρός με· στῆθι δὴ ἐπάνω μου καὶ θανάτωσόν με, ὅτι κατέσχε με σκότος δεινόν, ὅτι πᾶσα ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν ἐμοί.

¹⁰καὶ ἐπέστην ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν καὶ ἐθανάτωσα αὐτόν, ὅτι ᾔδειν ὅτι οὐ ζήσεται μετὰ τὸ πεσεῖν αὐτόν· καὶ ἔλαβον τὸ βασίλειον τὸ ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν χλιδῶνα τὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ βραχίονος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐνήνοχα αὐτὰ τῷ κυρίῳ μου ὧδε.

¹¹καὶ ἐκράτησε Δαυὶδ τῶν ἱματίων αὐτοῦ καὶ διέρρηξεν αὐτά, καὶ πάντες οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ διέρρηξαν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν.

¹²καὶ ἐκόψαντο καὶ ἔκλαυσαν καὶ ἐνήστευσαν ἕως δείλης ἐπὶ Σαοὺλ καὶ ἐπὶ ᾿Ιωνάθαν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον ᾿Ισραήλ, ὅτι ἐπλήγησαν ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ.

¹³καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ τῷ παιδαρίῳ τῷ ἀπαγγέλλοντι αὐτῷ· πόθεν εἶ σύ; καὶ εἶπεν· υἱὸς ἀνδρὸς παροίκου ᾿Αμαληκίτου ἐγώ εἰμι.

¹⁴καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Δαυίδ· πῶς οὐκ ἐφοβήθης ἐπενεγκεῖν χεῖρά σου διαφθεῖραι τὸν χριστὸν Κυρίου;

¹⁵καὶ ἐκάλεσε Δαυὶδ ἓν τῶν παιδαρίων αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπε· προσελθὼν ἀπάντησον αὐτῷ· καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτόν, καὶ ἀπέθανε.

¹⁶καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν Δαυίδ· τὸ αἷμά σου ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν σου, ὅτι στὸ στόμα σου ἀπεκρίθη κατὰ σοῦ λέγων ὅτι, ἐγὼ ἐθανάτωσα τὸν χριστὸν Κυρίου.

¹⁷Καὶ ἐθρήνησε Δαυὶδ τὸν θρῆνον τοῦτον ἐπὶ Σαοὺλ καὶ ἐπὶ ᾿Ιωνάθαν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ.

¹⁸καὶ εἶπε τοῦ διδάξαι τοὺς υἱοὺς ᾿Ιούδα· ἰδοὺ γέγραπται ἐπὶ βιβλίου τοῦ εὐθοῦς.

¹⁹Στήλωσον, ᾿Ισραήλ, ὑπὲρ τῶν τεθνηκότων ἐπὶ τὰ ὕψη σου τραυματιῶν· πῶς ἔπεσαν δυνατοί;

²⁰μὴ ἀναγγείλητε ἐν Γὲθ καὶ μὴ εὐαγγελίσησθε ἐν ταῖς ἐξόδοις ᾿Ασκάλωνος, μή ποτε εὐφρανθῶσι θυγατέρες ἀλλοφύλων, μή ποτε ἀγαλλιάσωνται θυγατέρες τῶν ἀπεριτμήτων.

²¹ὄρη τὰ ἐν Γελβουὲ μὴ καταβάτω δρόσος καὶ μὴ ὑετὸς ἐφ᾿ ὑμᾶς καὶ ἀγροὶ ἀπαρχῶν, ὅτι ἐκεῖ προσωχθίσθη θυρεὸς δυνατῶν, θυρεὸς Σαοὺλ οὐκ ἐχρίσθη ἐν ἐλαίῳ.

²²ἀφ᾿ αἵματος τραυματιῶν καὶ ἀπὸ στέατος δυνατῶν τόξον ᾿Ιωνάθαν οὐκ ἀπεστράφη κενὸν εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, καὶ ρομφαία Σαοὺλ οὐκ ἀνέκαμψε κενή.

²³Σαοὺλ καὶ ᾿Ιωνάθαν, οἱ ἠγαπημένοι καὶ ὡραῖοι, οὐ διακεχωρισμένοι, εὐπρεπεῖς ἐν τῇ ζωῇ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ αὐτῶν οὐ διεχωρίσθησαν· ὑπὲρ ἀετοὺς κοῦφοι καὶ ὑπὲρ λέοντας ἐκραταιώθησαν.

²⁴θυγατέρες ᾿Ισραήλ, ἐπὶ Σαοὺλ κλαύσατε, τὸν ἐνδιδύσκοντα ὑμᾶς κόκκινα μετὰ κόσμου ὑμῶν, τὸν ἀναφέροντα κόσμον χρυσοῦν ἐπὶ τὰ ἐνδύματα ὑμῶν.

²⁵πῶς ἔπεσαν δυνατοὶ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ πολέμου· ᾿Ιωνάθαν ἐπὶ τὰ ὕψη σου τραυματίας.

²⁶ἀλγῶ ἐπὶ σοί, ἀδελφέ μου ᾿Ιωνάθαν· ὡραιώθης μοι σφόδρα, ἐθαυμαστώθη ἡ ἀγάπησίς σου ἐμοὶ ὑπὲρ ἀγάπησιν γυναικῶν.

²⁷πῶς ἔπεσαν δυνατοὶ καὶ ἀπώλοντο σκεύη πολεμικά;

¹And it came to pass after Saul was dead, that David returned from smiting Amalec, and David abode two days in Sekelac.

²And it came to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came from the camp, from the people of Saul, and his garments were rent, and earth [was] upon his head: and it came to pass when he went in to David, that he fell upon the earth, and did obeisance to him.

³And David said to him, Whence comest thou? and he said to him, I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.

⁴And David said to him, What [is] the matter? tell me. And he said, The people fled out of the battle, and many of the people have fallen and are dead, and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead.

⁵And David said to the young man who brought him the tidings, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?

⁶And the young man that brought the tidings, said to him, I happened accidentally to be upon mount Gelbue; and, behold, Saul was leaning upon his spear, and, behold, the chariots and captains of horse pressed hard upon him.

⁷And he looked behind him, and saw me, and called me; and I said, Behold, [here am] I.

⁸And he said to me, Who art thou? and I said, I am an Amalekite.

⁹And he said to me, Stand, I pray thee, over me, and slay me, for a dreadful darkness has come upon me, for all my life [is] in me.

¹⁰So I stood over him and slew him, because I knew he would not live after he was fallen; and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was upon his arm, and I have brought them hither to my lord.

¹¹And David laid hold of his garments, and rent them; and all the men who were with him rent their garments.

¹²And they lamented, and wept, and fasted till evening, for Saul and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Juda, and for the house of Israel, because they were smitten with the sword.

¹³And David said to the young man who brought the tidings to him, Whence art thou? and he said, I am the son of an Amalekite sojourner.

¹⁴And David said to him, How was it thou wast not afraid to lift thy hand to destroy the anointed of the Lord?

¹⁵And David called one of his young men, and said, Go and fall upon him: and he smote him, and he died.

¹⁶And David said to him, Thy blood [be] upon thine own head; for thy mouth has testified against thee, saying, I have slain the anointed of the Lord.

¹⁷And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son.

¹⁸And he gave orders to teach it the sons of Juda: behold, it is written in the book of Right.

¹⁹Set up a pillar, O Israel, for the slain that died upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!

²⁰Tell it not in Geth, and tell it not as glad tidings in the streets of Ascalon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

²¹Ye mountains of Gelbue, let not dew no rain descend upon you, nor fields of first-fruits [be upon you], for there the shield of the mighty ones has been grievously assailed; the shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.

²²From the blood of the slain, and from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan returned not empty; and the sword of Saul turned not back empty.

²³Saul and Jonathan, the beloved and the beautiful, were not divided: comely [were they] in their life, and in their death they were not divided: [they were] swifter than eagles, and they were stronger than lions.

²⁴Daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you with scarlet together with your adorning, who added golden ornaments to your apparel.

²⁵How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, even the slain ones upon thy high places!

²⁶I am grieved for thee, my brother Jonathan; thou wast very lovely to me; thy love to me was wonderful beyond the love of women.

²⁷How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!