2. Krallar (2. Samuel) 10

¹Bundan sonra Amon oğullarının kralı öldü ve onun yerine oğlu Annon krallık yapmaya başladı.

²Davut, “Babası kendisine nasıl merhamet gösterdiyse, ben de Naas oğlu Annon’a öyle merhamet göstereceğim” dedi ve babasının vefatı üzerine onu teselli etmek için kullarını gönderdi; böylece Davut’un kulları Amon oğullarının topraklarına ulaştılar.

³Ancak Amon oğullarının önderleri efendileri Annon’a şöyle dediler: “Davut’un sana teselli ediciler göndermekle senin önünde babanı onurlandırmak istediğini mi sanıyorsun? Aksine Davut, şehri araştırmak, gözetlemek ve onu tamamen incelemek için kullarını sana göndermedi mi?”

⁴Bunun üzerine Annon, Davut’un kullarını yakalayıp sakallarını kazıdı, pelerinlerini de yarısından kalçalarına kadar keserek onları geri gönderdi.

⁵Bu durum Davut’a bildirilince, adamlar çok büyük bir aşağılanmaya maruz kaldıkları için onları karşılamak üzere haberciler gönderdi; kral onlara, “Sakallarınız yeniden çıkana kadar Eriha’da kalın, sonra dönersiniz” dedi.

⁶Amon oğulları, Davut’un halkının rezil edildiğini görünce, adam gönderip Beytraam Suriyesi ile Suba Suriyesi’nden yirmi bin yaya asker, Maaha kralından bin adam ve İstob’dan on iki bin adam kiraladılar.

⁷Davut bunu haber alınca, Yoav’ı ve seçkin savaşçılardan oluşan bütün askeri gücünü cepheye gönderdi.

⁸Amon oğulları da çıkıp kapının girişinde savaş düzeni aldılar; Suba, Roob, İstob ve Maaha Suriyelileri ise kırda tek başlarına konuşlanmışlardı.

⁹Yoav, savaş cephesinin hem önünde hem de arkasında kendisine karşı kurulduğunu görünce, İsrail’in bütün gençleri arasından en seçkin olanları belirleyip onları Suriyelilerin karşısına dizdi.

¹⁰Ordunun geri kalanını ise kardeşi Abessa’nın komutasına verdi ve onlar da Amon oğullarının karşısında savaş düzeni aldılar.

¹¹Yoav şöyle dedi: “Eğer Suriyeliler bana üstün gelirse siz benim için bir kurtuluş olacaksınız; eğer Amon oğulları sana üstün gelirse biz seni kurtarmak için harekete geçeceğiz.”

¹²Cesur ol ve halkımız ile Tanrımız’ın kentleri uğruna güçlenelim; Rab de kendi gözünde iyi olanı yapacaktır.

¹³Yoav ve yanındaki halk Suriyelilerle savaşmak üzere ilerledi; Suriyeliler onun önünden kaçtılar.

¹⁴Amon oğulları Suriyelilerin kaçtığını görünce, kendileri de Abessa’nın önünden kaçıp kente sığındılar; Yoav ise Amon oğullarının peşini bırakıp Yeruşalim’e döndü.

¹⁵Suriyeliler, İsrail’in önünde tökezleyip yenildiklerini görünce bir araya toplandılar.

¹⁶Adraazar adam gönderip Chalamak Irmağı’nın ötesindeki Suriyelileri toplattı; bunlar Helam’a geldiler, başlarında Adraazar’ın ordu komutanı Sobak vardı.

¹⁷Bu durum Davut’a bildirilince, bütün İsrail’i topladı, Şeria Irmağı’nı geçip Helam’a geldi; Suriyeliler Davut’un karşısında savaş düzeni alıp onunla savaştılar.

¹⁸Suriyeliler İsrail’in önünden kaçtılar; Davut onlardan yedi yüz savaş arabası ve kırk bin süvari öldürdü, ordu komutanı Sobak’ı da vurup orada ölümüne yol açtı.

¹⁹Adraazar’ın tebaası olan bütün krallar İsrail’in önünde tökezlediklerini görünce, İsrail tarafına iltica edip onlara tabi oldular; Suriyeliler de bir daha Amon oğullarını kurtarmaya cesaret edemediler.

¹ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ ἀπέθανε βασιλεὺς υἱῶν ᾿Αμμών, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Αννὼν υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ’ αὐτοῦ.

²καὶ εἶπε Δαυίδ· ποιήσω ἔλεος μετὰ ᾿Αννὼν υἱοῦ Ναάς, ὃν τρόπον ἐποίησεν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἔλεος· καὶ ἀπέστειλε Δαυὶδ παρακαλέσαι αὐτὸν ἐν χειρὶ τῶν δούλων αὐτοῦ περὶ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ. καὶ παρεγένοντο οἱ παῖδες Δαυὶδ εἰς τὴν γῆν υἱῶν ᾿Αμμών.

³καὶ εἶπον οἱ ἄρχοντες υἱῶν ᾿Αμμὼν πρὸς ᾿Αννὼν τὸν κύριον αὐτῶν· μὴ παρὰ τὸ δοξάζειν Δαυὶδ τὸν πατέρα σου ἐνώπιόν σου, ὅτι ἀπέστειλέ σοι παρακαλοῦντας; ἀλλ’ οὐχὶ ὅπως ἐρευνήσωσι τὴν πόλιν καὶ κατασκοπήσωσιν αὐτὴν καὶ τοῦ κατασκέψασθαι αὐτὴν ἀπέστειλε Δαυὶδ τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ πρός σε;

⁴καὶ ἔλαβεν ᾿Αννὼν τοὺς παῖδας Δαυὶδ καὶ ἐξύρησε τοὺς πώγωνας αὐτῶν καὶ ἀπέκοψε τοὺς μανδύας αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ ἡμίσει ἕως τῶν ἰσχίων αὐτῶν καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν αὐτούς.

⁵καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν τῷ Δαυὶδ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀνδρῶν, καὶ ἀπέστειλεν εἰς ἀπαντὴν αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἦσαν οἱ ἄνδρες ἠτιμασμένοι σφόδρα· καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς· καθίσατε ἐν ῾Ιεριχὼ ἕως τοῦ ἀνατεῖλαι τοὺς πώγωνας ὑμῶν, καὶ ἐπιστραφήσεσθε.

⁶καὶ εἶδον οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Αμμών, ὅτι κατῃσχύνθησαν ὁ λαὸς Δαυίδ, καὶ ἀπέστειλαν οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Αμμὼν καὶ ἐμισθώσαντο τὴν Συρίαν Βαιθραὰμ καὶ τὴν Συρίαν Σουβά, εἴκοσι χιλιάδας πεζῶν, καὶ τὸν βασιλέα Μααχά, χιλίους ἄνδρας, καὶ ᾿Ιστώβ, δώδεκα χιλιάδας ἀνδρῶν.

⁷καὶ ἤκουσε Δαυίδ, καὶ ἀπέστειλε τὸν ᾿Ιωὰβ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν, τοὺς δυνατούς.

⁸καὶ ἐξῆλθον οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Αμμὼν καὶ παρετάξαντο πόλεμον παρὰ τῇ θύρᾳ τῆς πύλης Συρίας Σουβὰ καὶ Ῥοὼβ καὶ ᾿Ιστὼβ καὶ Μααχὰ μόνοι ἐν ἀγρῷ.

⁹καὶ εἶδεν ᾿Ιωὰβ ὅτι ἐγενήθη πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀντιπρόσωπον τοῦ πολέμου, ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ πρόσωπον ἐξεναντίας καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ὄπισθεν, καὶ ἐπελέξατο ἐκ πάντων τῶν νεανιῶν ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ παρετάξαντο ἐξεναντίας Συρίας.

¹⁰καὶ τὸ κατάλοιπον τοῦ λαοῦ ἔδωκεν ἐν χειρὶ ᾿Αβεσσὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ παρετάξαντο ἐξεναντίας υἱῶν ᾿Αμμών.

¹¹καὶ εἶπεν· ἐὰν κραταιωθῇ Συρία ὑπὲρ ἐμέ, καὶ ἔσεσθέ μοι εἰς σωτηρίαν, καὶ ἐὰν κραταιωθῶσιν υἱοὶ ᾿Αμμὼν ὑπὲρ σέ, καὶ ἐσόμεθα τοῦ σῶσαί σε·

¹²ἀνδρίζου καὶ κραταιωθῶμεν ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ ἡμῶν καὶ περὶ τῶν πόλεων τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, καὶ Κύριος ποιήσει τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ.

¹³καὶ προσῆλθεν ᾿Ιωὰβ καὶ ὁ λαὸς αὐτοῦ μετ’ αὐτοῦ εἰς πόλεμον πρὸς Συρίαν, καὶ ἔφυγαν ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ.

¹⁴καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ ᾿Αμμὼν εἶδαν ὅτι ἔφυγε Συρία, καὶ ἔφυγαν ἀπὸ προσώπου ᾿Αβεσσὰ καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὴν πόλιν. καὶ ἀνέστρεψεν ᾿Ιωὰβ ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Αμμὼν καὶ παρεγένετο εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλήμ.

¹⁵καὶ εἶδε Συρία ὅτι ἔπταισεν ἔμπροσθεν ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ συνήχθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό.

¹⁶καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ᾿Αδρααζὰρ καὶ συνήγαγε τὴν Συρίαν τὴν ἐκ τοῦ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ Χαλαμάκ, καὶ παρεγένοντο εἰς Αἰλάμ, καὶ Σωβὰκ ἄρχων τῆς δυνάμεως ᾿Αδρααζὰρ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν.

¹⁷καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ Δαυίδ, καὶ συνήγαγε τὸν πάντα ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ διέβη τὸν ᾿Ιορδάνην καὶ παρεγένετο εἰς Αἰλάμ· καὶ παρετάξατο Συρία ἀπέναντι Δαυίδ, καὶ ἐπολέμησαν μετ’ αὐτοῦ.

¹⁸καὶ ἔφυγε Συρία ἀπὸ προσώπου ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ ἀνεῖλε Δαυὶδ ἐκ τῆς Συρίας ἑπτακόσια ἅρματα καὶ τεσσαράκοντα χιλιάδας ἱππέων· καὶ τὸν Σωβὰκ τὸν ἄρχοντα τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ ἐπάταξε, καὶ ἀπέθανεν ἐκεῖ.

¹⁹καὶ εἶδαν πάντες οἱ βασιλεῖς οἱ δοῦλοι ᾿Αδρααζὰρ ὅτι ἔπταισαν ἔμπροσθεν ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ ηὐτομόλησαν μετὰ ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ἐδούλευσαν αὐτοῖς. καὶ ἐφοβήθη Συρία τοῦ σῶσαι ἔτι τοὺς υἱοὺς ᾿Αμμών.

¹And it came to pass after this that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Annon his son reigned in his stead.

²And David said, I will shew mercy to Annon the son of Naas, as his father dealt mercifully with me. And David sent to comfort him concerning his father by the hand of his servants; and the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon.

³And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Annon their lord, [Is it] to honour thy father before thee that David has sent comforters to thee? Has not David rather sent his servants to thee that they should search the city, and spy it out and examine it?

⁴And Annon took the servants of David, and shaved their beards, and cut off their garments in the midst as far as their haunches, and sent them away.

⁵And they brought David word concerning the men; and he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly dishonoured: and the king said, Remain in Jericho till your beards have grown, and [then] ye shall return.

⁶And the children of Ammon saw that the people of David were ashamed; and the children of Ammon sent, and hired the Syrians of Baethraam, and the Syrians of Suba, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacha with a thousand men, and Istob with twelve thousand men.

⁷And David heard, and sent Joab and all his host, [even] the mighty men.

⁸And the children of Ammon went forth, and set the battle in array by the door of the gate: [those] of Syria, Suba, and Roob, and Istob, and Maacha, being by themselves in the field.

⁹And Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him from that which was opposed in front and from behind, and he chose out [some] of all the young men of Israel, and they set themselves in array against Syria.

¹⁰And the rest of the people he gave into the hand of Abessa his brother, and they set the battle in array opposite to the children of Ammon.

¹¹And he said, If Syria be too strong for me, then shall ye help me: and if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then will we be ready to help thee.

¹²Be thou courageous, and let us be strong for our people, and for the sake of the cities of our God, and the Lord shall do that which is good in his eyes.

¹³And Joab and his people with him advanced to battle against Syria, and they fled from before him.

¹⁴And the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, and they fled from before Abessa, and entered into the city: and Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

¹⁵And the Syrians saw that they were worsted before Israel, and they gathered themselves together.

¹⁶And Adraazar sent and gathered the Syrians from the other side of the river Chalamak, and they came to Aelam; and Sobac the captain of the host of Adraazar [was] at their head.

¹⁷And it was reported to David, and he gathered all Israel, and went over Jordan, and came to Aelam: and the Syrians set the battle in array against David, and fought with him.

¹⁸And Syria fled from before Israel, and David destroyed of Syria seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and he smote Sobac the captain of his host, and he died there.

¹⁹And all the kings the servants of Adraazar saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, and they went over to Israel, and served them: and Syria was afraid to help the children of Ammon any more.