4. Krallar 1

¹Ve Ahav'ın ölümünden sonra Moav, İsrail'e karşı antlaşmayı bozarak sadakatsizlik etti.

²Ahazya, Samiriye'deki sarayının üst odasındaki kafesli pencereden düşüp yaralandı. Ulaklar gönderip onlara şöyle dedi: "Gidin, Ekron'un sinek tanrısı Baal'a danışın; bu hastalığımdan kurtulup yaşayacak mıyım?" Ve onun aracılığıyla danışmak üzere gittiler.

³Ancak Rab'bin meleği Tişbili İlyas'a seslenip şöyle dedi: "Kalk, Samiriye Kralı Ahazya'nın ulaklarını karşılamaya git ve onlara de ki: 'İsrail'de bir Tanrı olmadığından mı Ekron'un sinek tanrısı Baal'a danışmaya gidiyorsunuz? Bu böyle kalmayacak!'

⁴Bu yüzden Rab şöyle diyor: 'Çıktığın o yataktan aşağı inmeyeceksin, kesinlikle ölümle öleceksin.'" Ve İlyas gidip bunu onlara söyledi.

⁵Ulaklar kralın yanına döndüklerinde, kral onlara, "Nasıl oldu da döndünüz?" diye sordu.

⁶Ona şöyle dediler: "Karşımıza bir adam çıktı ve bize, 'Sizi gönderen kralın yanına dönün ve ona de ki: Rab şöyle diyor: İsrail'de bir Tanrı olmadığından mı Ekron'un sinek tanrısı Baal'a danışmaya gönderiyorsun? Bu böyle kalmayacak! Çıktığın o yataktan aşağı inmeyeceksin, kesinlikle ölümle öleceksin' dedi."

⁷Kral onlara, "Sizi karşılamaya çıkan ve size bu sözleri söyleyen adamın görünüşü ve tarzı nasıldı?" diye sordu.

⁸Ona, "Kaba post giymiş, beline deri kuşak kuşanmış bir adamdı" dediler. Kral, "Bu Tişbili İlyas'tır" dedi.

⁹Bunun üzerine kral, bir ellibaşıyla elli askerini İlyas'a gönderdi. Ellibaşı yukarı çıktı; ve işte İlyas dağın tepesinde oturuyordu. Ellibaşı ona, "Ey Tanrı adamı, kralın buyruğu var, aşağı in!" dedi.

¹⁰İlyas ellibaşına şöyle yanıt verdi: "Eğer ben bir Tanrı adamıysam, gökten ateş inecek, seni ve elli askerini yiyip bitirecektir!" Gökten inen ateş ellibaşıyla elli askerini yiyip bitirdi.

¹¹Kral yine başka bir ellibaşıyla elli askerini gönderdi. Ellibaşı yukarı çıkıp ona, "Ey Tanrı adamı, kral şöyle diyor: Çabuk aşağı in!" dedi.

¹²İlyas ona şöyle yanıt verdi: "Eğer ben bir Tanrı adamıysam, gökten ateş inecek, seni ve elli askerini yiyip bitirecektir!" Gökten inen ateş onu ve elli askerini yiyip bitirdi.

¹³Kral üçüncü kez bir önderi ve elli askerini göndermeyi yineledi. Üçüncü ellibaşı yukarı çıkınca İlyas'ın önünde diz çöktü, ona yalvararak şöyle dedi: "Ey Tanrı adamı, lütfen benim canım ve senin kulun olan bu elli kişinin canı senin gözünde değerli sayılsın.

¹⁴İşte gökten ateş indi, önceki iki ellibaşıyla ellişer askerini yiyip bitirdi. Ama şimdi benim canım senin gözünde değerli sayılsın."

¹⁵Rab'bin meleği İlyas'a, "Onunla birlikte aşağı in, onların huzurundan korkma" dedi. Böylece İlyas kalktı ve onunla birlikte kralın yanına indi.

¹⁶İlyas krala şöyle dedi: "Rab şöyle diyor: 'Ekron'un sinek tanrısı Baal'a danışmak için neden ulaklar gönderdin? İsrail'de danışılacak bir Tanrı yok mu sanıyorsun? Bu böyle kalmayacak! Çıktığın o yataktan aşağı inmeyeceksin, kesinlikle ölümle öleceksin.'"

¹⁷Böylece kral, Rab'bin İlyas aracılığıyla bildirdiği söz uyarınca öldü.

¹⁸Ahazya'nın yaptığı diğer işler İsrail krallarının günlük tarihlerinde yazılı değil midir?

⁰18α Ve Ahav oğlu Yoram, Yahuda Kralı Yehoşafat'ın on sekizinci yılında Samiriye'de İsrail üzerinde on iki yıl krallık yaptı.

⁰18β Rab'bin gözünde kötü olanı yaptı, ancak ne kardeşleri gibi ne de annesi gibiydi.

⁰18γ Babasının yaptırdığı Baal dikili taşlarını kaldırıp parçaladı.

⁰18δ Yine de İsrail'i günaha sürükleyen Yarovam'ın ailesinin günahlarına kenetlendi ve onlardan ayrılmadı. Ve Rab'bin öfkesi Ahav ailesine karşı alevlendi.

¹ΚΑΙ ἠθέτησε Μωὰβ ἐν ᾿Ισραὴλ μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν ᾿Αχαάβ.

²καὶ ἔπεσεν ᾿Οχοζίας διὰ τοῦ δικτυωτοῦ τοῦ ἐν τῷ ὑπερῴῳ αὐτοῦ τῷ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ καὶ ἠρρώστησε. καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἀγγέλους καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς· δεῦτε καὶ ἐπιζητήσατε ἐν τῷ Βάαλ μυῖαν θεὸν ᾿Ακκαρών, εἰ ζήσομαι ἐκ τῆς ἀρρωστίας μου ταύτης· καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἐπερωτῆσαι δι᾿ αὐτοῦ.

³καὶ ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἐκάλεσεν ᾿Ηλιοὺ τὸν Θεσβίτην λέγων· ἀναστὰς δεῦρο εἰς συνάντησιν τῶν ἀγγέλων ᾿Οχοζίου βασιλέως Σαμαρείας καὶ λαλήσεις πρὸς αὐτούς· εἰ παρὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι Θεὸν ἐν ᾿Ισραὴλ ὑμεῖς πορεύεσθε ἐπιζητῆσαι ἐν τῷ Βάαλ μυῖαν θεὸν ᾿Ακκαρών; καὶ οὐχ οὕτως·

⁴ὅτι τάδε λέγει Κύριος· ἡ κλίνη, ἐφ᾿ ἧς ἀνέβης ἐκεῖ, οὐ καταβήσῃ ἀπ᾿ αὐτῆς, ὅτι θανάτῳ ἀποθανῇ. καὶ ἐπορεύθη ᾿Ηλιοὺ καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς.

⁵καὶ ἐπεστράφησαν οἱ ἄγγελοι πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς· τί ὅτι ἐπεστρέψατε;

⁶καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτόν· ἀνὴρ ἀνέβη εἰς συνάντησιν ἡμῶν καὶ εἶπε πρὸς ἡμᾶς· δεῦτε ἐπιστράφητε πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα τὸν ἀποστείλαντα ὑμᾶς καὶ λαλήσατε πρὸς αὐτόν· τάδε λέγει Κύριος· εἰ παρὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι Θεὸν ἐν ᾿Ισραὴλ σὺ πορεύῃ ἐπιζητῆσαι ἐν τῷ Βάαλ μυῖαν θεὸν ᾿Ακκαρών; οὐχ οὕτως· ἡ κλίνη, ἐφ᾿ ἧς ἀνέβης ἐκεῖ, οὐ καταβήσῃ ἀπ᾿ αὐτῆς, ὅτι θανάτῳ ἀποθανῇ.

⁷καὶ ἐλάλησε πρὸς αὐτοὺς λέγων· τίς ἡ κρίσις τοῦ ἀνδρὸς τοῦ ἀναβάντος εἰς συνάντησιν ὑμῖν καὶ λαλήσαντος πρὸς ὑμᾶς τοὺς λόγους τούτους;

⁸καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτόν· ἀνὴρ δασὺς καὶ ζώνην δερματίνην περιεζωσμένος τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ. καὶ εἶπεν· ᾿Ηλιοὺ ὁ Θεσβίτης οὗτός ἐστι.

⁹καὶ ἀπέστειλε πρὸς αὐτὸν πεντηκόνταρχον καὶ τοὺς πεντήκοντα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀνέβη πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ ἰδοὺ ᾿Ηλιοὺ ἐκάθητο ἐπὶ τῆς κορυφῆς τοῦ ὄρους. καὶ ἐλάλησεν ὁ πεντηκόνταρχος πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν· ἄνθρωπε τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐκάλεσέ σε, κατάβηθι.

¹⁰καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ᾿Ηλιού, καὶ εἶπε πρὸς τὸν πεντηκόνταρχον· καὶ εἰ ἄνθρωπος Θεοῦ ἐγώ, καταβήσεται πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ καταφάγεταί σε καὶ τοὺς πεντήκοντά σου· καὶ κατέβη πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτὸν καὶ τοὺς πεντήκοντα αὐτοῦ.

¹¹καὶ προσέθετο ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ἀπέστειλε πρὸς αὐτὸν ἄλλον πεντηκόνταρχον καὶ τοὺς πεντήκοντα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀνέβη καὶ ἐλάλησεν ὁ πεντηκόνταρχος πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν· ἄνθρωπε τοῦ Θεοῦ, τάδε λέγει ὁ βασιλεύς· ταχέως κατάβηθι.

¹²καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ᾿Ηλιοὺ καὶ ἐλάλησε πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν· εἰ ἄνθρωπος Θεοῦ ἐγώ, καταβήσεται πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ καταφάγεταί σε καὶ τοὺς πεντήκοντά σου· καὶ κατέβη πῦρ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ καὶ κατέφαγε αὐτὸν καὶ τοὺς πεντήκοντα αὐτοῦ.

¹³καὶ προσέθετο ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔτι ἀποστεῖλαι ἡγούμενον καὶ τοὺς πεντήκοντα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἦλθεν ὁ πεντηκόνταρχος ὁ τρίτος καὶ ἔκαμψεν ἐπὶ τὰ γόνατα αὐτοῦ κατέναντι ᾿Ηλιοὺ καὶ ἐδεήθη αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐλάλησε πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν· ἄνθρωπε τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐντιμωθήτω δὴ ἡ ψυχή μου καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ τῶν δούλων σου τούτων τῶν πεντήκοντα ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου·

¹⁴ἰδοὺ κατέβη πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ κατέφαγε τοὺς δύο πεντηκοντάρχους τοὺς πρώτους καὶ τοὺς πεντήκοντα αὐτῶν, καὶ νῦν ἐντιμωθήτω δὴ ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου.

¹⁵καὶ ἐλάλησεν ἄγγελος Κυρίου πρὸς ᾿Ηλιοὺ καὶ εἶπε· κατάβηθι μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ, μὴ φοβηθῇς ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν· καὶ ἀνέστη ᾿Ηλιοὺ καὶ κατέβη μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα.

¹⁶καὶ ἐλάλησε πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ηλιού· τάδε λέγει Κύριος· τί ὅτι ἀπέστειλας ἀγγέλους ἐκζητῆσαι ἐν τῷ Βάαλ μυῖαν θεὸν ᾿Ακκαρών; οὐχ οὕτως· ἡ κλίνη, ἐφ᾿ ἧς ἀνέβης ἐκεῖ, οὐ καταβήσῃ ἀπ᾿ αὐτῆς, ὅτι θανάτῳ ἀποθανῇ.

¹⁷καὶ ἀπέθανε κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα Κυρίου, ὃ ἐλάλησεν ᾿Ηλιού.

¹⁸καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων ᾿Οχοζίου, ἃ ἐποίησεν, οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐν βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ισραήλ; 18α Καὶ ᾿Ιωρὰμ υἱὸς ᾿Αχαὰβ βασιλεύει ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ ἔτη δεκαδύο, ἐν ἔτει ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῳ ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα. 18β καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, πλὴν οὐχ ὡς οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ, οὐδὲ ὡς ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ. 18γ καὶ ἀπέστησε τὰς στήλας τοῦ Βάαλ, ἃς ἐποίησεν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ, καὶ συνέτριψεν αὐτάς· πλὴν ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις οἴκου ῾Ιεροβοάμ, ὃς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ, ἐκολλήθη, οὐκ ἀπέστη ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν. 18δ καὶ ἐθυμώθη ὀργῇ Κύριος εἰς τὸν οἶκον ᾿Αχαάβ.

¹And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Achaab.

²Ochozias fell through the lattice that was in his upper chamber in Samaria and was sick; and he sent messengers, and said to them, Go and enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron, whether I shall recover of this my sickness. And they went to enquire of him.

³And an angel of the Lord called Eliu the Thesbite, saying, Arise, and go to meet the messengers of Ochozias king of Samaria, and thou shalt say to them, [Is it] because there is no God in Israel, [that] ye go to enquire of Baal fly, the God of Accaron? but [it shall] not [be] so.

⁴For thus saith the Lord, The bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die. And Eliu went, and said [so] to them.

⁵And the messenger returned to him, and he said to them, Why have ye returned?

⁶And they said to him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king that sent you, and say to him, Thus saith the Lord, [Is it] because there is no God in Israel, [that] thou goest to enquire of Baal fly, the God of Accaron? [it shall] not [be] so: the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die.

⁷So they returned and reported to the king as Eliu said: and he said to them, What [was] the manner of the man who went up to meet you, and spoke to you these words?

⁸And they said to him, [He was] a hairy man, and girt with a leathern girdle about his loins. And he said, This is Eliu the Thesbite.

⁹And he sent to him a captain of fifty and his fifty; and he went up to him: and, behold, Eliu sat on the top of a mountain. And the captain of fifty spoke to him, and said, O man of God, the king has called thee, come down.

¹⁰And Eliu answered and said to the captain of fifty, And if I [am] a man of God, fire shall come down out of heaven, and devour thee and thy fifty. And fire came down out of heaven, and devoured him and his fifty.

¹¹And the king sent a second time to him another captain of fifty, and his fifty. And the captain of fifty spoke to him, and said, O man of God, thus says the king, Come down quickly.

¹²And Eliu answered and spoke to him, and said, If I [am] a man of God, fire shall come down out of heaven, and devour thee and thy fifty. And fire came down out of heaven, and devoured him and his fifty.

¹³And the king sent yet again a captain and his fifty. And the third captain of fifty came, and knelt on his knees before Eliu, and entreated him, and spoke to him and said, O man of God, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thine eyes.

¹⁴Behold, fire came down from heaven, and devoured the two first captains of fifty: and now, I pray, let my life be precious in thine eyes.

¹⁵And the angel of the Lord spoke to Eliu, and said Go down with him, be not afraid of them. And Eliu rose up, and went down with him to the king.

¹⁶And Eliu spoke to him, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Why hast thou sent messengers to enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron? [it shall] not [be] so: the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die.

¹⁷So he died according to the word of the Lord which Eliu has spoken.

¹⁸And the rest of the acts of Ochozias which he did, behold, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 18α and Joram son of Achaab reigns over Israel in Samaria twelve years [beginning] in the eighteenth year of Josaphat king of Juda: 18β and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, only not as his brethren, nor as his mother: 18γ and he removed the pillars of Baal which his father made, and broke them in pieces: only he was joined to the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who led Israel to sin; he departed not from them. 18δ And the Lord was very angry with the house of Achaab.