2. Krallar (2. Samuel) 23

¹Ve Davut'un son sözleri şunlardır: Yesse oğlu Davut sadıktır; Yakup'un Tanrısı'nın meshedilmişi üzerine Rab'bin yükselttiği ve İsrail'in güzel mezmurlarını söyleyen o adam sadıktır.

²Rab'bin Ruhu benim aracılığımla konuştu ve O'nun sözü dilimin üzerindeydi.

³İsrail'in Tanrısı söyler, İsrail'in koruyucusu bana konuştu: "İnsanda bir benzetme söyle: Tanrı korkusunu nasıl güçlendireceksiniz?"

⁴Ve Tanrı'nın ışığında, sabahleyin güneşin doğuşu gibi, o sabah ki parıltıdan ve sanki yağmurdan sonra topraktan fışkıran taze otlar gibi geçip gitti.

⁵Çünkü benim evim Güçlü Olan'ın katında böyle değil mi? O benimle her zaman hazır ve korunmuş, sonsuz bir antlaşma yaptı. Çünkü bütün kurtuluşum ve her dileğim budur; yasa tanımaz adamı ise kesinlikle yeşertmeyecektir.

⁶Ama bunların hepsi bir kenara atılmış dikenler gibidir, çünkü elle tutulamazlar.

⁷Onlara dokunacak adamın elinde demir bir alet ve mızrak sapı olmalı; utançları içinde ateşe verilip tamamen yakılacaklar.

⁸Davut'un yiğitlerinin adları şunlardır: Üçlerin lideri Kenanlı Yebosthe'dir; o Asonlu Adinon'dur, bir kerede sekiz yüz askere karşı kılıcını çekti.

⁹Ondan sonra, Davut'la birlikte Serran'da bulunan üç yiğitten biri olan, amcasının oğlu Dudi oğlu Eleanan vardı. Filistliler savaş için orada toplandıklarında onlara meydan okudu ve İsrail adamları geri çekildi.

¹⁰Ama o ayağa kalktı ve eli yorulup kılıcına yapışana kadar Filistlileri vurdu. Rab o gün büyük bir kurtuluş sağladı; halk ise sadece yağmalamak için onun arkasından döndü.

¹¹Ondan sonra Haruhi Asa oğlu Samaya vardı. Filistliler Theria'da toplanmışlardı; orada mercimek dolu bir tarla vardı ve halk Filistlilerin önünden kaçtı.

¹²Ama o tarlanın ortasında durup orayı savundu ve Filistlileri vurdu; böylece Rab büyük bir kurtuluş sağladı.

¹³Otuzlardan üçü aşağı inip Kason'a, Odollam mağarasına, Davut'un yanına geldiler; Filistlilerin bir birliği ise Refaim vadisinde ordugah kurmuştu.

¹⁴Davut o sırada hisardaydı ve Filistlilerin karakolu o sırada Beytlehem'deydi.

¹⁵Davut özlemle, "Keşke biri bana Beytlehem'de, kapının yanındaki kuyudan içmem için su getirse!" dedi. Filistlilerin birliği ise o sırada Beytlehem'deydi.

¹⁶Bunun üzerine o üç yiğit Filistlilerin ordugahını yarıp geçtiler, Beytlehem'de kapının yanındaki kuyudan su çekip aldılar ve Davut'a getirdiler. Ancak Davut onu içmek istemedi ve Rab'be sunu olarak yere döktü.

¹⁷"Ya Rab, bunu yapmak benden uzak olsun!" dedi, "Canlarını tehlikeye atarak giden bu adamların kanını mı içeyim?" Ve onu içmek istemedi. İşte o üç yiğidin yaptıkları bunlardı.

¹⁸Seruya oğlu Yoav'ın kardeşi Abessa bu üçlerin lideriydi. Mızrağını üç yüz yaralıya karşı kaldırdı ve üçler arasında ad kazandı.

¹⁹O üç kişi arasında en saygın olanıydı ve onların önderi oldu, ama ilk üçlerin derecesine erişemedi.

²⁰Kabeseel'den, yiğitlikleriyle tanınan çok işler yapmış bir adam olan Yehoyada oğlu Benayas da vardı. Moablı Ariel'in iki oğlunu vurdu; ayrıca karlı bir günde bir çukurun içine inip bir aslan öldürdü.

²¹Heybetli bir Mısırlıyı da öldürdü; Mısırlının elinde merdiven direği gibi bir mızrak vardı, ama Benayas onun üzerine bir değnekle gitti, mızrağı Mısırlının elinden kapıp onu kendi mızrağıyla öldürdü.

²²Yehoyada oğlu Benayas bunları yaptı ve üç yiğit arasında ad kazandı.

²³O otuzlar arasında saygındı, ama ilk üçlerin derecesine erişemedi. Davut onu kendi muhafız birliğinin başına getirdi. Kral Davut'un yiğitlerinin adları şunlardır:

²⁴Yoav'ın kardeşi Asahel (bu otuzlar arasındaydı), Beytlehem'den amcası Dudi oğlu Eleanan,

²⁵Arudlu Samai, Arudlu Elika,

²⁶Kelotlu Selles, Tekoalı Iska oğlu Iras,

²⁷Anotlu Abiezer, Anotluların oğullarından,

²⁸Aotlu Ellon, Netofalı Moore,

²⁹Gabaet'ten, Benyamin oğullarından Riba oğlu Etti,

³⁰Faratonlu Benayas, Nahaligaya'dan Uri,

³¹Arabotlu Abiel, Barsamlı Azmot,

³²Salabonlu Eliasu, Yaban'ın oğulları, Yonatan,

³³Arodlu Samnan, Saraurlu Ara oğlu Ahian,

³⁴Asbit oğlu, Maakatlı oğlu Alifaleth, Gelonlu Ahitofel oğlu Eliab,

³⁵Karmelli Asray, Erhili Faray,

³⁶Ordudan Natan oğlu Gaal, Galaatlı oğlu,

³⁷Ammonlu Elie, Seruya oğlu Yoav'ın silah taşıyıcısı Beerotlu Geloray,

³⁸Yetirli Iras, Ettenli Gareb,

³⁹Hititli Uriya; hepsi otuz yedi kişiydi.

¹ΚΑΙ οὗτοι οἱ λόγοι Δαυὶδ οἱ ἔσχατοι· Πιστὸς Δαυὶδ υἱὸς ᾿Ιεσσαί, καὶ πιστὸς ἀνήρ, ὃν ἀνέστησε Κύριος ἐπὶ χριστὸν Θεοῦ ᾿Ιακώβ, καὶ εὐπρεπεῖς ψαλμοὶ ᾿Ισραήλ.

²πνεῦμα Κυρίου ἐλάλησεν ἐν ἐμοί, καὶ ὁ λόγος αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ γλώσσης μου.

³λέγει ὁ Θεὸς ᾿Ισραήλ, ἐμοὶ ἐλάλησε φύλαξ ᾿Ισραήλ· παραβολὴν εἰπὸν ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ· πῶς κραταιώσητε φόβον Θεοῦ;

⁴καὶ ἐν Θεῷ φωτὶ πρωΐας ἀνατείλαι ἥλιος, τὸ πρωΐ παρῆλθεν ἐκ φέγγους καὶ ὡς ἐξ ὑετοῦ χλόης ἀπὸ γῆς.

⁵οὐ γὰρ οὕτως ὁ οἶκός μου μετὰ ἰσχυροῦ; διαθήκην γὰρ αἰώνιον ἔθετό μοι, ἑτοίμην ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ πεφυλαγμένην, ὅτι πᾶσα σωτηρία μου καὶ πᾶν θέλημα, ὅτι οὐ μὴ βλαστήσῃ ὁ παράνομος.

⁶ὥσπερ ἄκανθα ἐξωσμένη πάντες οὗτοι, ὅτι οὐ χειρὶ ληφθήσονται,

⁷καὶ ἀνὴρ οὐ κοπιάσει ἐν αὐτοῖς, καὶ πλῆρες σιδήρου καὶ ξύλον δόρατος, καὶ ἐν πυρὶ καύσει καυθήσονται αἰσχύνην αὐτῶν.

⁸Ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν δυνατῶν Δαυίδ· ᾿Ιεβοσθὲ ὁ Χαναναῖος, ἄρχων τοῦ τρίτου ἐστίν, ᾿Αδινὼν ὁ ᾿Ασωναῖος· οὗτος ἐσπάσατο τὴν ῥομφαίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ ὀκτακοσίους στρατιώτας εἰσάπαξ.

⁹καὶ μετ’ αὐτὸν ᾿Ελεανὰν υἱὸς πατραδέλφου αὐτοῦ υἱὸς Δουδὶ ἐν τοῖς τρισὶ δυνατοῖς. οὗτος μετὰ Δαυὶδ ἦν ἐν Σερράν, καὶ ἐν τῷ ὀνειδίσαι αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις συνήχθησαν ἐκεῖ εἰς πόλεμον, καὶ ἀνέβησαν ἀνὴρ ᾿Ισραήλ·

¹⁰αὐτὸς ἀνέστη καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις, ἕως οὗ ἐκοπίασεν ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ καὶ προσεκολλήθη ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὴν μάχαιραν, καὶ ἐποίησε Κύριος σωτηρίαν μεγάλην ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ· καὶ ὁ λαὸς ἐκάθητο ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ πλὴν ἐκδιδύσκειν.

¹¹καὶ μετ’ αὐτὸν Σαμαΐα υἱὸς ᾿Ασὰ ὁ ᾿Αρουχαῖος. καὶ συνήχθησαν οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι εἰς Θηρία, καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ μερὶς τοῦ ἀγροῦ πλήρης φακοῦ, καὶ ὁ λαὸς ἔφυγεν ἐκ προσώπου ἀλλοφύλων·

¹²καὶ ἐστηλώθη ἐν μέσῳ τῆς μερίδος καὶ ἐξείλατο αὐτὴν καὶ ἐπάταξε τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους, καὶ ἐποίησε Κύριος σωτηρίαν μεγάλην.

¹³καὶ κατέβησαν τρεῖς ἀπὸ τῶν τριάκοντα καὶ ἦλθαν εἰς Κασὼν πρὸς Δαυὶδ εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον ᾿Οδολλάμ, καὶ τάγμα τῶν ἀλλοφύλων παρενέβαλον ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι Ῥαφαΐμ·

¹⁴καὶ Δαυὶδ τότε ἐν τῇ περιοχῇ, καὶ τὸ ὑπόστημα τῶν ἀλλοφύλων τότε ἐν Βηθλεέμ.

¹⁵καὶ ἐπεθύμησε Δαυὶδ καὶ εἶπε· τίς ποτιεῖ με ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου τοῦ ἐν Βηθλεὲμ τοῦ ἐν τῇ πύλῃ; τὸ δὲ σύστημα τῶν ἀλλοφύλων τότε ἐν Βηθλεέμ.

¹⁶καὶ διέρρηξαν οἱ τρεῖς δυνατοὶ ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων καὶ ὑδρεύσαντο ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ λάκκου τοῦ ἐν Βηθλεὲμ τοῦ ἐν τῇ πύλῃ καὶ ἔλαβαν καὶ παρεγένοντο πρὸς Δαυίδ, καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησε πιεῖν αὐτὸ καὶ ἔσπεισεν αὐτὸ τῷ Κυρίῳ

¹⁷καὶ εἶπεν· ἵλεώς μοι, Κύριε, τοῦ ποιῆσαι τοῦτο, εἰ αἷμα τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν πορευθέντων ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς αὐτῶν πίομαι· καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησε πιεῖν αὐτό. ταῦτα ἐποίησαν οἱ τρεῖς δυνατοί.

¹⁸καὶ ᾿Αβεσσὰ ὁ ἀδελφὸς ᾿Ιωὰβ υἱὸς Σαρουΐας αὐτὸς ἄρχων ἐν τοῖς τρισί. καὶ αὐτὸς ἐξήγειρε τὸ δόρυ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τριακοσίους τραυματίας, καὶ αὐτῷ ὄνομα ἐν τοῖς τρισίν·

¹⁹ἐκ τῶν τριῶν ἐκείνων ἔνδοξος, καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῖς εἰς ἄρχοντα, καὶ ἕως τῶν τριῶν οὐκ ἦλθε.

²⁰καὶ Βαναίας υἱὸς ᾿Ιωδαὲ ἀνὴρ αὐτὸς πολλοστὸς ἔργοις ἀπὸ Καβεσεήλ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπάταξε τοὺς δύο υἱοὺς ᾿Αριὴλ τοῦ Μωάβ· καὶ αὐτὸς κατέβη καὶ ἐπάταξε τὸν λέοντα ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ λάκκου ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς χιόνος·

²¹αὐτὸς ἐπάταξε τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν Αἰγύπτιον, ἄνδρα ὁρατόν, ἐν δὲ τῇ χειρὶ τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου δόρυ ὡς ξύλον διαβάθρας, καὶ κατέβη πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐν ράβδῳ καὶ ἥρπασε τὸ δόρυ ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ δόρατι αὐτοῦ.

²²ταῦτα ἐποίησε Βαναίας υἱὸς ᾿Ιωδαέ, καὶ αὐτῷ ὄνομα ἐν τοῖς τρισὶ τοῖς δυνατοῖς·

²³ἐκ τῶν τριῶν ἔνδοξος, καὶ πρὸς τοὺς τρεῖς οὐκ ἦλθε· καὶ ἔταξεν αὐτὸν Δαυὶδ πρὸς τὰς ἀκοὰς αὐτοῦ. καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν δυνατῶν Δαυὶδ τοῦ βασιλέως·

²⁴᾿Ασαὴλ ἀδελφὸς ᾿Ιωὰβ (οὗτος ἐν τοῖς τριάκοντα), ᾿Ελεανὰν υἱὸς Δουδὶ πατραδέλφου αὐτοῦ ἐν Βηθλεέμ.

²⁵Σαμαῒ ὁ ᾿Αρουδαῖος, ᾿Ελικὰ ὁ ᾿Αρωδαῖος,

²⁶Σελλὴς ὁ Κελωθί, ῎Ιρας υἱὸς Ἰσκὰ ὁ Θεκωΐτης,

²⁷᾿Αβιέζερ ὁ ᾿Ανωθίτης ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν τοῦ ᾿Ανωθίτου,

²⁸᾿Ελλὼν ὁ ᾿Αωΐτης, Μοορὲ ὁ Νετωφαθίτης,

²⁹᾿Εθθὶ υἱὸς Ῥιβὰ ἐκ Γαβαὲθ υἱὸς Βενιαμίν,

³⁰Βαναίας ὁ Φαραθενίτης, Οὐρὶ ἐκ Ναχαλιγαίας,

³¹᾿Αβιὴλ υἱὸς τοῦ ᾿Αραβωθίτου, ᾿Αζμὼθ ὁ Βαρσαμίτης,

³²᾿Ελιασοὺ ὁ Σαλαβωνίτης, υἱοὶ ᾿Ιαβάν, ᾿Ιωνάθαν,

³³Σαμνὰν ὁ ᾿Αρωδίτης, ᾿Αχιὰν υἱὸς ᾿Αραΐ Σαραουρίτης,

³⁴᾿Αλιφαλὲθ υἱὸς τοῦ ᾿Ασβίτου, υἱὸς τοῦ Μααχαθί, ᾿Ελιὰβ υἱὸς ᾿Αχιτόφελ τοῦ Γελωνίτου,

³⁵᾿Ασραΐ ὁ Καρμήλιος, Φαραΐ ὁ ᾿Ερχί,

³⁶Γάαλ υἱὸς Νάθαν ἀπὸ δυνάμεως, υἱὸς Γαλααδεί,

³⁷᾿Ελιὲ ὁ ᾿Αμμανίτης, Γελωραΐ ὁ Βηρωθαῖος αἴρων τὰ σκεύη ᾿Ιωὰβ υἱοῦ Σαρουΐας,

³⁸᾿Ιρὰς ὁ ᾿Ιεθιραῖος, Γαρὴβ ὁ ᾿Εθθεναῖος,

³⁹Οὐρίας ὁ Χετταῖος· οἱ πάντες τριάκοντα καὶ ἑπτά.

¹And these [are] the last words of David. Faithful [is] David the son of Jessae, and faithful the man whom the Lord raised up to be the anointed of the God of Jacob, and beautiful [are] the psalms of Israel.

²The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and his word [was] upon my tongue.

³The God of Israel says, A watchman out of Israel spoke to me a parable: I said among men, How will ye strengthen the fear of the anointed?

⁴And in the morning light of God, let the sun arise in the morning, from the light of which the Lord passed on, and as it were from the rain of the tender grass upon the earth.

⁵For my house [is] not so with the Mighty One: for he has made an everlasting covenant with me, ready, guarded at every time; for all my salvation and all my desire [is], that the wicked should not flourish.

⁶All these [are] as a thorn thrust forth, for they shall not be taken with the hand,

⁷and a man shall not labour among them; and [one shall have] that which is fully armed with iron, and the staff of a spear, and he shall burn them with fire, and they shall be burnt in their shame.

⁸These [are] the names of the mighty men of David: Jebosthe the Chananite is a captain of the third [part]: Adinon the Asonite, he drew his sword against eight hundred soldiers at once.

⁹And after him Eleanan the son of his uncle, son of Dudi who was among the three mighty men with David; and when he defied the Philistines they were gathered there to war, and the men of Israel went up.

¹⁰He arose and smote the Philistines, until his hand was weary, and his hand clave to the sword: and the Lord wrought a great salvation in that day, and the people rested behind him only to strip [the slain].

¹¹And after him Samaia the son of Asa the Arachite: and the Philistines were gathered to Theria; and there was there a portion of ground full of lentils; and the people fled before the Philistines.

¹²And he stood firm in the midst of the portion, and rescued it, and smote the Philistines; and the Lord wrought a great deliverance.

¹³And three out of the thirty went down, and came to Cason to David, to the cave of Odollam; and [there was] an army of the Philistines, and they encamped in the valley of Raphain.

¹⁴And David [was] then in the strong hold, and the garrison of the Philistines [was] then in Bethleem.

¹⁵And David longed, and said, Who will give me water to drink out of the well that is in Bethleem by the gate? now the band of the Philistines [was] then in Bethleem.

¹⁶And the three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well that was in Bethleem in the gate: and they took it, and brought it to David, and he would not drink it, but poured it out before the Lord.

¹⁷And he said, O Lord, forbid that I should do this, that I should drink of the blood of the men who went at [the risk of] their lives: and he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.

¹⁸And Abessa the brother of Joab the son of Saruia, he [was] chief among the three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he slew; and he had a name among three.

¹⁹Of those three [he was] most honourable, and he became a chief over them, but he reached not to the [first] three.

²⁰And Banaeas the son of Jodae, he was abundant in [mighty] deeds, from Cabeseel, and he smote the two sons of Ariel of Moab: and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

²¹He smote an Egyptian, a wonderful man, and in the hand of the Egyptian [was] a spear as the side of a ladder; and he went down to him with a staff, and snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.

²²These things did Banaeas the son of Jodae, and he had a name among the three mighty men.

²³He was honourable among the [second] three, but he reached not to the [first] three: and David made him his reporter. And these [are] the names of King David’s mighty men.

²⁴Asael Joab’s brother; he [was] among the thirty. Eleanan son of Dudi his uncle in Bethleem.

²⁵Saema the Arudaean.

²⁶Selles the Kelothite: Iras the son of Isca the Thecoite.

²⁷Abiezer the Anothite, of the sons of the Anothite.

²⁸Ellon the Aoite; Moore the Netophathite.

²⁹Esthai the son of Riba of Gabaeth, son of Benjamin the Ephrathite;

³⁰Adroi of the brooks.

³¹Abiel son of the Arabothite; Asmoth the Barsamite.

³²Eliasu the Salabonite, the sons of Iaban, Jonathan;

³³Samnan the Arodite; Amnan the son of Arai the Saraurite.

³⁴Aliphaleth the son of Asbites, the son of the Machachachite; Eliab the son of Achitophel the Gelonite.

³⁵Asarai the Carmelite the son of Uraeoerchi.

³⁶Gaal the son of Nathan. The son of much valour, [the son] of Galaaddi.

³⁷Elie the Ammanite. Gelore the Bethorite, armour-bearer to Joab, son of Saruia.

³⁸Iras the Ethirite. Gerab the Ethenite.

³⁹Urias the Chettite: thirty-seven in all.