2. Krallar (2. Samuel) 20

¹Orada yasa dışı diye adlandırılan, Yeminli soyundan Bohori oğlu Sabee adında bir adam vardı; boynuz borusunu çalarak şöyle dedi: "Davut'ta hiçbir payımız yoktur, Yesse'nin oğlunda da hiçbir mirasımız yoktur! Ey İsrail, her adam kendi çadırına dönsün!"

²Bunun üzerine bütün İsrail halkı Davut'un arkasından ayrılıp Bohori oğlu Sabee'nin peşine gitti. Ancak Yahuda halkı, Şeria Irmağı'ndan Yeruşalim'e kadar krallarına sıkıca kenetlenip bağlı kaldı.

³Davut Yeruşalim'deki sarayına döndü. Kral, sarayı korumaları için geride bıraktığı on cariyesini alıp muhafaza altında tutuldukları bir eve yerleştirdi. Onların geçimini sağladı ama bir daha yanlarına girmedi. Ölecekleri güne kadar orada kapalı kalarak yaşayan dullar gibi kaldılar.

⁴Kral Amessai'ye, "Yahuda halkını üç gün içinde bana yüksek sesle çağır, sen de burada hazır bulunup dikil" dedi.

⁵Böylece Amessai Yahuda halkını çağırmaya gitti, fakat Davut'un kendisine belirlediği süreyi aşarak gecikti.

⁶Davut Amessai'ye şöyle dedi: "Şimdi Bohori oğlu Sabee bize Abessalom'dan daha çok zarar verecek. Efendinin adamlarını yanına al ve onun peşine düş; yoksa kendine surlu kentler bulup gözlerimizi gölgeler."

⁷Böylece Joab'ın adamları, Keretliler, Peletliler ve bütün yiğitler onun peşinden gittiler. Bohori oğlu Sabee'yi kovalamak için Yeruşalim'den çıktılar.

⁸Gabaon'daki büyük kayanın yanına vardıklarında, Amessai onlardan önce oraya gelmişti. Joab'ın üzerinde kendi elbisesi olan savaş giysisi vardı, belinde de kınına sokulmuş kuşanmış bir kılıç bulunuyordu. Joab ilerlerken kılıç dışarı fırlayıp düştü.

⁹Joab Amessai'ye, "İyi misin, kardeşim?" dedi ve onu öpmek için sağ eliyle Amessai'nin sakalından tuttu.

¹⁰Amessai, Joab'ın elindeki kılıca dikkat etmemişti. Joab kılıcı onun böğrüne sapladı; iç organları toprağa döküldü. İkinci kez vurmasına gerek kalmadan Amessai öldü. Sonra Joab ile kardeşi Abessai, Bohori oğlu Sabee'nin peşine düştüler.

¹¹Joab'ın adamlarından biri cesedin başında durup şöyle dedi: "Kim Joab'ı arzuluyorsa ve kim Davut'tan yanaysa, Joab'ın arkasından gitsin!"

¹²Amessai yolun ortasında kanlar içinde yatıyordu. Bir adam, oradan geçen herkesin durduğunu görünce, Amessai'yi yoldan tarlaya taşıdı ve üzerine bir örtü örttü; çünkü yanına gelen herkesin durduğunu görmüştü.

¹³Ceset yoldan kaldırılınca, bütün İsrail halkı Bohori oğlu Sabee'yi kovalamak için Joab'ın peşinden gitti.

¹⁴Sabee, İsrail'in bütün oymaklarından geçerek Abel'e ve Beyt-Maaka'ya ulaştı. Bütün Harrililer de toplanıp onun peşinden gittiler.

¹⁵Joab'ın adamları gelip Abel Beyt-Maaka'da onu kuşattılar. Kente karşı bir toprak yığınak yaptılar ve bu yığınak dış surun hizasında durdu. Joab'ın yanındaki bütün halk suru yıkmayı tasarlıyordu.

¹⁶O sırada bilge bir kadın surdan bağırdı: "Dinleyin, dinleyin! Joab'a söyleyin, buraya yaklaşsın da onunla konuşayım!"

¹⁷Joab kadına yaklaşınca kadın, "Joab sen misin?" diye sordu. Joab, "Benim" dedi. Kadın, "Hizmetçinin sözlerine kulak ver" dedi. Joab da, "Dinliyorum, benim" diye yanıtladı.

¹⁸Kadın konuşmasına şöyle devam etti: "Eskiden, 'Mutlaka Abel'de ve Dan'da danışılmalı' derlerdi; İsrail'in sadık olanlarının kararlaştırdığı antlaşmaların son bulup bulmadığını sormak için mutlaka Abel'de danışırlardı ve iş böylece çözülürdü."

¹⁹Ben İsrail'in sarsılmaz temellerinin barışçıl olanlarından biriyim. Sen ise İsrail'de bir kenti, bir ana kenti yok etmeye çalışıyorsun. Neden RAB'bin mirasını yutmak istiyorsun?"

²⁰Joab, "Bana merhamet edilsin, benden uzak olsun!" diye yanıtladı, "Yutmak ya da yok etmek benden uzak olsun!

²¹İş öyle değil. Efrayim dağlık bölgesinden Bohori oğlu Sabee adında bir adam, Kral Davut'a karşı el kaldırdı. Sadece onu bana teslim edin, ben de kentten çekileyim." Kadın Joab'a, "İşte, onun başı surdan sana atılacak" dedi.

²²Kadın bilgeliğiyle bütün halka gitti. Onlar da Bohori oğlu Sabee'nin başını kesip Joab'a attılar. Bunun üzerine Joab borusunu çaldı; herkes kentten ayrılıp kendi çadırına dağıldı. Joab da Yeruşalim'e, kralın yanına döndü.

²³Joab bütün İsrail ordusunun başındaydı. Yodaye oğlu Banaias ise Keretliler ile Peletlilerin komutanıydı.

²⁴Adoniram angaryayla yükümlü olanların başındaydı. Ahilut oğlu Josafat ise devlet tarihçisiydi.

²⁵Susa yazıcıydı; Sadok ile Aviyatar ise rahiptiler.

²⁶Yarin soyundan Iras da Davut'un rahibiydi.

¹ΚΑΙ ἐκεῖ ἐπικαλούμενος υἱὸς παράνομος, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῷ Σαβεέ, υἱὸς Βοχορὶ ἀνὴρ ὁ ᾿Ιεμινί, καὶ ἐσάλπισε τῇ κερατίνῃ καὶ εἶπεν· οὐκ ἔστιν ἡμῖν μερὶς ἐν Δαυὶδ οὐδὲ κληρονομία ἡμῖν ἐν τῷ υἱῷ ᾿Ιεσσαί· ἀνὴρ εἰς τὰ σκηνώματά σου, ᾿Ισραήλ.

²καὶ ἀνέβη πᾶς ἀνὴρ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἀπὸ ὄπισθεν Δαυὶδ ὀπίσω Σαβεὲ υἱοῦ Βοχορί. καὶ ἀνὴρ ᾿Ιούδα ἐκολλήθη τῷ βασιλεῖ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ ᾿Ιορδάνου καὶ ἕως ῾Ιερουσαλήμ.

³καὶεἰσῆλθε Δαυὶδ εἰς οἶκον αὐτοῦ εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ ἔλαβεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τὰς δέκα γυναῖκας τὰς παλλακὰς αὐτοῦ, ἃς ἀφῆκε φυλάσσειν τὸν οἶκον, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὰς ἐν οἴκῳ φυλακῆς καὶ διέθρεψεν αὐτὰς καὶ πρὸς αὐτὰς οὐκ εἰσῆλθε, καὶ ἦσαν συνεχόμεναι ἕως θανάτου αὐτῶν, χῆραι ζῶσαι.

⁴καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς πρὸς ᾿Αμεσσαΐ· βόησόν μοι τὸν ἄνδρα ᾿Ιούδα τρεῖς ἡμέρας, σὺ δὲ αὐτοῦ στῆθι.

⁵καὶ ἐπορεύθη ᾿Αμεσσαΐ τοῦ βοῆσαι τὸν ᾿Ιούδαν καὶ ἐχρόνισεν ἀπὸ τοῦ καιροῦ, οὗ ἐτάξατο αὐτῷ Δαυίδ.

⁶καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸς ᾿Αμεσσαΐ· νῦν κακοποιήσει ἡμᾶς Σαβεὲ υἱὸς Βοχορὶ ὑπὲρ ᾿Αβεσσαλώμ, καὶ νῦν σὺ λάβε μετὰ σεαυτοῦ τοὺς παῖδας τοῦ κυρίου σου καὶ καταδίωξον ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ, μήποτε ἑαυτῷ εὕρῃ πόλεις ὀχυρὰς καὶ σκιάσει τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἡμῶν.

⁷καὶ ἐξῆλθον ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ οἱ ἄνδρες ᾿Ιωὰβ καὶ ὁ Χερεθὶ καὶ ὁ Φελεθὶ καὶ πάντες οἱ δυνατοὶ καὶ ἐξῆλθον ἐξ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ διῶξαι ὀπίσω Σαβεὲ υἱοῦ Βοχορί.

⁸καὶ αὐτοὶ παρὰ τῷ λίθῳ τῷ μεγάλῳ τῷ ἐν Γαβαών, καὶ ᾿Αμεσσαΐ εἰσῆλθεν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν. καὶ ᾿Ιωὰβ περιεζωσμένος μανδύαν τὸ ἔνδυμα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἐζωσμένος μάχαιραν ἐζευγμένην ἐπὶ τῆς ὀσφύος αὐτοῦ ἐν κολεῷ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἡ μάχαιρα ἐξῆλθε καὶ ἔπεσε.

⁹καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιωὰβ τῷ ᾿Αμεσσαΐ· εἰ ὑγιαίνεις σὺ ἀδελφέ; καὶ ἐκράτησεν ἡ χεὶρ ἡ δεξιὰ ᾿Ιωὰβ τοῦ πώγωνος ᾿Αμεσσαΐ τοῦ καταφιλῆσαι αὐτόν.

¹⁰καὶ ᾿Αμεσσαΐ οὐκ ἐφυλάξατο τὴν μάχαιραν τὴν ἐν τῇ χειρὶ ᾿Ιωάβ, καὶ ἔπαισεν αὐτὸν ἐν αὐτῇ ᾿Ιωὰβ εἰς τὴν ψόαν, καὶ ἐξεχύθη ἡ κοιλία αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν γῆν, καὶ οὐκ ἐδευτέρωσεν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἀπέθανε. καὶ ᾿Ιωὰβ καὶ ᾿Αβεσσαΐ ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ἐδίωξεν ὀπίσω Σαβεὲ υἱοῦ Βοχορί·

¹¹καὶ ἀνὴρ ἔστη ἐπ’ αὐτὸν τῶν παιδαρίων ᾿Ιωὰβ καὶ εἶπε· τίς ὁ βουλόμενος ᾿Ιωὰβ καὶ τίς τοῦ Δαυίδ, ὀπίσω ᾿Ιωάβ;

¹²καὶ ᾿Αμεσσαΐ πεφυρμένος ἐν τῷ αἵματι ἐν μέσῳ τῆς τρίβου, καὶ εἶδεν ἀνήρ, ὅτι εἱστήκει πᾶς ὁ λαός, καὶ ἀπέστρεψε τὸν ᾿Αμεσσαΐ ἐκ τῆς τρίβου εἰς ἀγρὸν καὶ ἐπέρριψεν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἱμάτιον, καθότι εἶδε πάντα τὸν ἐρχόμενον ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἑστηκότα·

¹³ἡνίκα δὲ ἔφθασεν ἐκ τῆς τρίβου, παρῆλθε πᾶς ἀνὴρ ᾿Ισραὴλ ὀπίσω ᾿Ιωάβ τοῦ διῶξαι ὀπίσω Σαβεὲ υἱοῦ Βοχορί.

¹⁴καὶ διῆλθεν ἐν πάσαις φυλαῖς ᾿Ισραὴλ εἰς ᾿Αβὲλ καὶ εἰς Βαιθμαχὰ καὶ πάντες ἐν Χαρρί, καὶ ἐξεκκλησιάσθησαν, καὶ ἦλθον κατόπισθεν αὐτοῦ.

¹⁵καὶ παρεγενήθησαν καὶ ἐπολιόρκουν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν τὴν ᾿Αβὲλ καὶ Βαιθμαχὰ καὶ ἐξέχεαν πρόσχωμα πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ἔστη ἐν τῷ προτειχίσματι, καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς μετά ᾿Ιωὰβ ἐνοοῦσαν καταβαλεῖν τὸ τεῖχος.

¹⁶καὶ ἐβόησε γυνὴ σοφὴ ἐκ τοῦ τείχους καὶ εἶπεν· ἀκούσατε ἀκούσατε, εἴπατε δὴ πρὸς ᾿Ιωάβ· ἔγγισον ἕως ὧδε, καὶ λαλήσω πρὸς αὐτόν.

¹⁷καὶ προσήγγισε πρὸς αὐτήν, καὶ εἶπεν ἡ γυνή· εἰ σὺ εἶ ᾿Ιωάβ; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· ἐγώ. εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ· ἄκουσον τοὺς λόγους τῆς δούλης σου. καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιωάβ· ἀκούω ἐγώ εἰμι.

¹⁸καὶ εἶπε λέγουσα· λόγον ἐλάλησαν ἐν πρώτοις λέγοντες· ἠρωτημένος ἠρωτήθη ἐν τῇ ᾿Αβὲλ καὶ ἐν Δὰν εἰ ἐξέλιπον ἃ ἔθεντο οἱ πιστοὶ τοῦ ᾿Ισραήλ, ἐρωτῶντες ἐπερωτήσουσιν ἐν ᾿Αβέλ, καὶ οὕτως εἰ ἐξέλιπον.

¹⁹ἐγώ εἰμι εἰρηνικὰ τῶν στηριγμάτων ᾿Ισραήλ, σὺ δὲ ζητεῖς θανατῶσαι πόλιν καὶ μητρόπολιν ἐν ᾿Ισραήλ· ἱνατί καταποντίζεις κληρονομίαν Κυρίου;

²⁰καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ᾿Ιωάβ, καὶ εἶπεν· ἵλεώς μοι ἵλεώς μοι, εἰ καταποντιῶ καὶ εἰ διαφθερῶ·

²¹οὐχ οὕτως ὁ λόγος, ὅτι ἀνὴρ ἐξ ὄρους ᾿Εφραίμ, Σαβεὲ υἱὸς Βοχορὶ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπῇρε τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα Δαυίδ· δότε αὐτόν μοι μόνον, καὶ ἀπελεύσομαι ἀπάνωθεν τῆς πόλεως. καὶ εἶπεν ἡ γυνὴ πρὸς ᾿Ιωάβ· ἰδοὺ ἡ κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ ῥιφήσεται πρὸς σὲ διὰ τοῦ τείχους.

²²καὶ εἰσῆλθεν ἡ γυνὴ πρὸς πάντα τὸν λαὸν καὶ ἐλάλησε πρὸς πᾶσαν τὴν πόλιν ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ αὐτῆς· καὶ ἀφεῖλε τὴν κεφαλὴν Σαβεὲ υἱοῦ Βοχορί. καὶ ἀφεῖλε καὶ ἔβαλε πρὸς ᾿Ιωάβ. καὶ ἐσάλπισεν ἐν κερατίνῃ, καὶ διεσπάρησαν ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ ἀνὴρ εἰς τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτοῦ· καὶ ᾿Ιωὰβ ἀπέστρεψεν εἰς ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα.

²³Καὶ ὁ ᾿Ιωὰβ πρὸς πάσῃ τῇ δυνάμει ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ Βαναίας υἱὸς ᾿Ιωδαὲ ἐπὶ τοῦ Χερεθὶ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ Φελεθί,

²⁴καὶ ᾿Αδωνιρὰμ ἐπὶ τοῦ φόρου, καὶ ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ υἱὸς ᾿Αχιλοὺθ ἀναμιμνήσκων,

²⁵καὶ Σουσὰ γραμματεύς, καὶ Σαδὼκ καὶ ᾿Αβιάθαρ ἱερεῖς,

²⁶καί γε ᾿Ιρὰς ὁ ᾿Ιαρὶν ἦν ἱερεὺς τοῦ Δαυίδ.

¹And there was a transgressor [so] called there, and his name was Sabee, a Benjamite, the son of Bochori: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we [any] inheritance in the son of Jessae: to thy tents, O Israel, every one.

²And all the men of Israel went up from following David after Sabee the son of Bochori: but the men of Juda adhered to their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

³And David went into his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and he put them in a place of custody, and maintained them, and went not in to them; and they were kept living as widows, till the day of their death.

⁴And the king said to Amessai, Call to me the men of Juda for three days, and do thou be present here.

⁵And Amessai went to call Juda, and delayed beyond the time which David appointed him.

⁶And David said to Amessai, Now shall Sabee the son of Bochori do us more harm than Abessalom: now then take thou with thee the servants of thy lord, and follow after him, lest he find for himself strong cities, so will he blind our eyes.

⁷And there went out after him Amessai and the men of Joab, and the Cherethites, and the Phelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sabee the son of Bochori.

⁸And they [were] by the great stone that is in Gabaon: and Amessai went in before them: and Joab had upon him a military cloak over his apparel, and over it he was girded with a dagger fastened upon his loins in its scabbard: and the dagger came out, it even came out and fell.

⁹And Joab said to Amessai, Art thou in health, [my] brother? and the right hand of Joab took hold of the beard of Amessai to kiss him.

¹⁰And Amessai observed not the dagger that was in the hand of Joab: and Joab smote him with it on the loins, and his bowels were shed out upon the ground, and he did not repeat the blow, and he died: and Joab and Abessai his brother pursued after Sabee the son of Bochori.

¹¹And there stood over him one of the servants of Joab, and said, Who [is] he that is for Joab, and who [is] on the side of David following Joab?

¹²And Amessai [was] weltering in blood in the midst of the way. And a man saw that all the people stood still; and he removed Amessai out of the path into a field, and he cast a garment upon him, because he saw every one that came to him standing still.

¹³And when he was quickly removed from the road, every man of Israel passed after Joab to pursue after Sabee the son of Bochori.

¹⁴And he went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Bethmacha; and all in Charri too were assembled, and followed after him.

¹⁵And they came and besieged him in Abel and Bethmacha: and they raised a mound against the city and it stood close to the wall; and all the people with Joab proposed to throw down the wall.

¹⁶And a wise woman cried from the wall, and said, Hear, hear; say, I pray ye, to Joab, Draw near hither, and I will speak to him.

¹⁷And he drew nigh to her, and the woman said to him, Art thou Joab? and he said, I [am]. And she said to him, Hear the words of thy handmaid; and Joab said, I do hear.

¹⁸And she spoke, saying, Of old time they said thus, Surely one was asked in Abel, and Dan, whether the faithful in Israel failed in what they purposed; they will surely ask in Abel, even in like manner, whether they have failed.

¹⁹I am a peaceable one of the strong ones in Israel; but thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother city in Israel: why dost thou seek to ruin the inheritance of the Lord?

²⁰And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should ruin or destroy.

²¹Is not the case thus, that a man of mount Ephraim, Sabee, son of Bochori by name, has even lifted up his hand against king David? Give him only to me, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

²²And the woman went in to all the people, and she spoke to all the city in her wisdom; and they took off the head of Sabee the son of Bochori; and took it away and threw it to Joab: and he blew the trumpet, and the people separated from the city away from him, every man to his tent: and Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

²³And Joab [was] over all he forces of Israel: and Banaias the son of Jodae [was] over the Cherethites and over the Phelethites.

²⁴And Adoniram [was] over the tribute: and Josaphath the son of Achiluth [was] recorder.

²⁵And Susa [was] scribe: and Sadoc and Abiathar [were] priests.

²⁶Moreover Iras the [son of] Iarin was priest to David.