4. Krallar 3

¹Ve Ahab'ın oğlu Yoram, Yahuda Kralı Yehoşafat'ın on sekizinci yılında İsrail üzerinde krallık yapmaya başladı ve on iki yıl krallık yaptı.

²Rab'bin gözünde kötü olanı yaptı, ancak babası ve annesi gibi değil; çünkü babasının yapmış olduğu Baal dikili taşlarını kaldırdı.

³Ancak İsrail'i günaha sürükleyen Nebat oğlu Yeroboam'ın günahına sıkıca bağlandı ve ondan uzaklaşmadı.

⁴Moav Kralı Meşa bir sürü sahibiydi ve İsrail kralına haraç olarak yüz bin kuzu ile yünleriyle birlikte yüz bin koç öderdi.

⁵Fakat Ahab öldükten sonra, Moav kralı İsrail kralına karşı olan antlaşmayı bozdu.

⁶Kral Yoram o gün Samiriye'den çıktı ve bütün İsrail ordusunu denetleyip sayımını yaptı.

⁷Gidip Yahuda Kralı Yehoşafat'a şu haberi gönderdi: "Moav kralı bana karşı olan antlaşmayı bozdu; benimle birlikte Moav'a karşı savaşa gelir misin?" Yehoşafat, "Yukarı çıkacağım," dedi, "Benimki seninkiyle birdir, halkım senin halkın, atlarım senin atlarındır."

⁸Ve sordu: "Hangi yoldan yukarı çıkalım?" Yoram, "Edom çölü yolundan," diye yanıtladı.

⁹Böylece İsrail kralı, Yahuda kralı ve Edom kralı yola çıktılar; yedi gün boyunca dolambaçlı yollardan yürüdükten sonra, ordugaha ve peşlerindeki hayvanlara su kalmadı.

¹⁰İsrail kralı, "Eyvah! Rab bu üç kralı Moav'ın eline teslim etmek için mi buraya çağırdı?" dedi.

¹¹Ama Yehoşafat, "Rab'be danışmamız için burada Rab'bin bir peygamberi yok mu?" diye sordu. İsrail kralının hizmetkarlarından biri, "İlyas'ın ellerine su döken Şafat oğlu Elişa buradadır," diye yanıt verdi.

¹²Yehoşafat, "Rab'bin sözü ondadır," dedi. Böylece İsrail kralı, Yehoşafat ve Edom kralı Elişa'nın yanına aşağı indiler.

¹³Elişa İsrail kralına, "Benim seninle ne ortaklığım var?" dedi, "Git babanın peygamberlerine ve annenin peygamberlerine!" Ama İsrail kralı ona, "Hayır, çünkü Rab bu üç kralı Moav'ın eline teslim etmek için çağırdı," dedi.

¹⁴Elişa, "Huzurunda durduğum orduların Rabbi hakkı için derim ki, eğer Yahuda Kralı Yehoşafat'ın hatırı olmasaydı, sana ne bakardım ne de seni görürdüm," dedi.

¹⁵"Şimdi bana telli çalgı çalan birini getirin." Çalgıcı çalmaya başlayınca, Rab'bin gücü Elişa'nın üzerine geldi.

¹⁶Elişa şöyle dedi: "Rab şöyle buyuruyor: 'Bu vadiyi baştan başa çukurlarla doldurun.'

¹⁷Çünkü Rab şöyle buyuruyor: 'Ne rüzgar göreceksiniz ne de yağmur, ama bu vadi suyla dolacak; siz, sürüleriniz ve yük hayvanlarınız içeceksiniz.'

¹⁸Bu Rab'bin gözünde kolay bir şeydir; O, Moav'ı da elinize teslim edecektir.

¹⁹Her surlu kenti vuracaksınız, her iyi ağacı devireceksiniz, bütün su kaynaklarını kurutacaksınız ve her verimli tarlayı taşlarla harap edeceksiniz."

²⁰Sabahleyin, sunu sunulma vaktinde, Edom yolundan suların geldiği görüldü ve toprak suyla doldu.

²¹Bütün Moavlılar, üç kralın kendileriyle savaşmak için geldiğini duyunca, silah kuşanabilecek yaştaki herkes feryat ederek toplandı ve sınırda durdular.

²²Sabah erkenden kalktıklarında, güneş suların üzerine doğmuştu; Moavlılar karşıdaki suları kan gibi kıpkırmızı gördüler.

²³"Bu kılıç kanıdır!" dediler, "Krallar kesinlikle birbirleriyle savaşıp birbirlerini kılıçtan geçirmiş olmalılar. Haydi Moavlılar, yağmaya!"

²⁴Ancak İsrail ordugahına vardıklarında, İsrailliler kalkıp Moavlılara saldırdılar ve onları kaçırdılar; Moav topraklarına girip onları vurmaya devam ettiler.

²⁵Kentleri yerle bir ettiler; her adam her verimli tarlaya birer taş atarak tarlaları taşla doldurdu, bütün su kaynaklarını kuruttular ve bütün iyi ağaçları kestiler; öyle ki geriye sadece surların yıkılmış taşları kaldı; sapanla taş atanlar da kenti kuşatıp vurdular.

²⁶Moav Kralı savaşı kaybettiğini görünce, Edom kralının hattını yarmak için yanına kılıç kuşanmış yedi yüz adam aldı, ama başaramadılar.

²⁷Bunun üzerine, yerine kral olacak ilk doğan oğlunu alıp surların üzerinde yakmalık sunu olarak sundu; bu durum İsrail üzerinde büyük bir pişmanlık ve keder yarattı; bunun üzerine İsrailliler oradan ayrılıp kendi ülkelerine döndüler.

¹ΚΑΙ ᾿Ιωρὰμ υἱὸς ᾿Αχαὰβ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν ἔτει ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῳ ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ἐβασίλευσε δώδεκα ἔτη.

²καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου, πλὴν οὐχ ὡς ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐχ ὡς ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ. καὶ μετέστησε τὰς στήλας τοῦ Βάαλ, ἃς ἐποίησεν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ·

³πλὴν ἐν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ ῾Ιεροβοὰμ υἱοῦ Ναβάτ, ὃς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ, ἐκολλήθη, οὐκ ἀπέστη ἀπ᾿ αὐτῆς.

⁴καὶ Μωσὰ βασιλεὺς Μωὰβ ἦν νωκήδ, καὶ ἐπέστρεφε τῷ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐν τῇ ἐπαναστάσει ἑκατὸν χιλιάδας ἀρνῶν καὶ ἑκατὸν χιλιάδας κριῶν ἐπὶ πόκων.

⁵καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν ᾿Αχαὰβ καὶ ἠθέτησε βασιλεὺς Μωὰβ ἐν βασιλεῖ ᾿Ισραήλ.

⁶καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιωρὰμ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἐκ Σαμαρείας καὶ ἐπεσκέψατο τὸν ᾿Ισραήλ·

⁷καὶ ἐπορεύθη καὶ ἐξαπέστειλε πρὸς ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ βασιλέα ᾿Ιούδα λέγων· βασιλεὺς Μωὰβ ἠθέτησεν ἐν ἐμοί· εἰ πορεύσῃ μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ εἰς Μωὰβ εἰς πόλεμον; καὶ εἶπεν· ἀναβήσομαι· ὅμοιός μοι ὅμοιός σοι, ὡς ὁ λαός μου ὁ λαός σου, ὡς οἱ ἵπποι μου οἱ ἵπποι σου.

⁸καὶ εἶπε· ποία ὁδῷ ἀναβῶ; καὶ εἶπεν· ὁδὸν ἔρημον ᾿Εδώμ.

⁹καὶ ἐπορεύθη ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Εδὼμ καὶ ἐκύκλωσαν ὁδὸν ἑπτὰ ἡμερῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὕδωρ τῇ παρεμβολῇ καὶ τοῖς κτήνεσι τοῖς ἐν τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτῶν.

¹⁰καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραήλ· ὦ, ὅτι κέκληκε Κύριος τοὺς τρεῖς βασιλεῖς παρερχομένους δοῦναι αὐτοὺς ἐν χειρὶ Μωὰβ

¹¹καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιωσαφάτ· οὐκ ἔστιν ὧδε προφήτης τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ ἐπιζητήσωμεν τὸν Κύριον παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ; καὶ ἀπεκρίθη εἷς τῶν παίδων τοῦ βασιλέως ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ εἶπεν· ὧδε ῾Ελισαιὲ υἱὸς Σαφάτ, ὃς ἐπέχεεν ὕδωρ ἐπὶ χεῖρας ᾿Ηλιού.

¹²καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Ιωσαφάτ· ἔστιν αὐτῷ ῥῆμα Κυρίου. καὶ κατέβη πρὸς αὐτὸν βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιούδα καὶ βασιλεὺς ᾿Εδώμ.

¹³καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ελισαιὲ πρὸς βασιλέα ᾿Ισραήλ· τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί; δεῦρο πρὸς τοὺς προφήτας τοῦ πατρός σου καὶ τοὺς προφήτας τῆς μητρός σου. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραήλ· μὴ ὅτι κέκληκε Κύριος τοὺς τρεῖς βασιλεῖς τοῦ παραδοῦναι αὐτοὺς εἰς χεῖρας Μωάβ;

¹⁴καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ελισαιέ· ζῇ Κύριος τῶν δυνάμεων, ᾧ παρέστην ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, ὅτι εἰ μὴ πρόσωπον ᾿Ιωασαφὰτ βασιλέως ᾿Ιούδα ἐγὼ λαμβάνω, εἰ ἐπέβλεψα πρός σε καὶ εἶδόν σε·

¹⁵καὶ νῦν λαβέ μοι ψάλλοντα. καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἔψαλλεν ὁ ψάλλων, καὶ ἐγένετο ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν χεὶρ Κυρίου,

¹⁶καὶ εἶπε· τάδε λέγει Κύριος· ποιήσατε τὸν χειμάρρουν τοῦτον βοθύνους βοθύνους·

¹⁷ὅτι τάδε λέγει Κύριος· οὐκ ὄψεσθε πνεῦμα καὶ οὐκ ὄψεσθε ὑετόν, καὶ ὁ χειμάρρους οὗτος πλησθήσεται ὕδατος, καὶ πίεσθε ὑμεῖς καὶ αἱ κτήσεις ὑμῶν καὶ τὰ κτήνη ὑμῶν·

¹⁸καὶ κούφη αὐτὴ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου, καὶ παραδώσω τὴν Μωὰβ ἐν χειρὶ ὑμῶν,

¹⁹καὶ πατάξετε πᾶσαν πόλιν ὀχυρὰν καὶ πᾶν ξύλον ἀγαθὸν καταβαλεῖτε καὶ πάσας πηγὰς ὕδατος ἐμφράξεσθε καὶ πᾶσαν μερίδα ἀγαθὴν ἀχρειώσετε ἐν λίθοις.

²⁰καὶ ἐγένετο πρωΐ ἀναβαινούσης τῆς θυσίας καὶ ἰδοὺ ὕδατα ἤρχοντο ἐξ ὁδοῦ ᾿Εδώμ, καὶ ἐπλήσθη ἡ γῆ ὕδατος.

²¹καὶ πᾶσα Μωὰβ ἤκουσαν ὅτι ἀνέβησαν οἱ τρεῖς βασιλεῖς πολεμεῖν αὐτούς, καὶ ἀνεβόησαν ἐκ παντὸς περιεζωσμένοι ζώνην καὶ εἶπαν· ὢ καὶ ἔστησαν ἐπὶ τοῦ ὁρίου.

²²καὶ ὤρθρισαν τὸ πρωΐ, καὶ ὁ ἥλιος ἀνέτειλεν ἐπὶ τὰ ὕδατα· καὶ εἶδε Μωὰβ ἐξεναντίας τὰ ὕδατα πυρὰ ὡσεὶ αἷμα

²³καὶ εἶπαν· αἷμα τοῦτο τῆς ρομφαίας, καὶ ἐμαχέσαντο οἱ βασιλεῖς καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἀνὴρ τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ νῦν ἐπὶ τὰ σκῦλα Μωάβ.

²⁴καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἀνέστησαν καὶ ἐπάταξαν τὴν Μωάβ, καὶ ἔφυγον ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν. καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰσπορευόμενοι καί τύπτοντες τὴν Μωὰβ

²⁵καὶ τὰς πόλεις καθεῖλον καὶ πᾶσαν μερίδα ἀγαθὴν ἔρριψαν ἀνὴρ τὸν λίθον καὶ ἐνέπλησαν αὐτὴν καὶ πᾶσαν πηγὴν ἐνέφραξαν καὶ πᾶν ξύλον ἀγαθὸν κατέβαλον ἕως τοῦ καταλιπεῖν τοὺς λίθους τοῦ τοίχου καθῃρημένους, καὶ ἐκύκλωσαν οἱ σφενδονῆται καὶ ἐπάταξαν αὐτήν.

²⁶καὶ εἶδεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Μωὰβ ὅτι ἐκραταίωσεν ὑπὲρ αὐτὸν ὁ πόλεμος. καὶ ἔλαβε μεθ᾿ ἑαυτοῦ ἑπτακοσίους ἄνδρας ἐσπασμένους ρομφαίαν διακόψαι πρὸς βασιλέα ᾿Εδώμ, καὶ οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν.

²⁷καὶ ἔλαβε τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν πρωτότοκον, ὃν ἐβασίλευσεν ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν αὐτὸν ὁλοκαύτωμα ἐπὶ τοῦ τείχους· καὶ ἐγένετο μετάμελος μέγας ἐπὶ ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ ἀπῇραν ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν εἰς τὴν γῆν.

¹And Joram the son of Achaab began to reign in Israel in the eighteenth year of Josaphat king of Juda, and he reigned twelve years.

²And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, only not as his father, nor as his mother: and he removed the pillars of Baal which his father had made.

³Only he adhered to the sin of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin; he departed not from it.

⁴And Mosa king of Moab was a sheep-master, and he rendered to the king of Israel in the beginning [of the year], a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool.

⁵And it came to pass, after the death of Achaab, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

⁶And king Joram went forth in that day out of Samaria, and numbered Israel.

⁷And he went and sent to Josaphat king of Juda, saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to war? And he said, I will go up: thou art as I, I am as thou; as my people, so [is] thy people, as my horses, so [are] thy horses.

⁸And he said, What way shall I go up? and he said, The way of the wilderness of Edom.

⁹And the king of Israel went, and the king of Juda, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey; and there was no water for the army, and for the cattle that went with them.

¹⁰And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the Lord should have called the three kings on their way, to give them into the hand of Moab.

¹¹And Josaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may enquire of the Lord by him? And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered and said, [There is] here Elisaie son of Saphat, who poured water on the hands of Eliu.

¹²And Josaphat said, He has the word of the Lord. And the king of Israel, and Josaphat king of Juda, and the king of Edom, went down to him.

¹³And Elisaie said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? go to the prophets of thy father, and the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said to him, Has the Lord called the three kings to deliver them into the hands of Moab?

¹⁴And Elisaie said, [As] the Lord of hosts before whom I stand lives, unless I regarded the presence of Josaphat the king of Juda, I would not have looked on thee, nor seen thee.

¹⁵And now fetch me a harper. And it came to pass, as the harper harped, that the hand of the Lord came upon him.

¹⁶And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of trenches.

¹⁷For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain, yet this valley shall be filled with water, and ye, and your flocks, and your cattle shall drink.

¹⁸And this [is] a light [thing] in the eyes of the Lord: I will also deliver Moab into your hand.

¹⁹And ye shall smite every strong city, and ye shall cut down every good tree, and ye shall stop all wells of water, and spoil every good piece [of land] with stones.

²⁰And it came to pass in the morning, when the sacrifice was offered, that, behold! waters came from the way of Edom, and the land was filled with water.

²¹And all Moab heard that the three kings were come up to fight against them; and they cried out on every [side, even] all that were girt with a girdle, and they said, Ho! and stood upon the border.

²²And they rose early in the morning, and the sun rose upon the waters, and Moab saw the waters on the opposite side red as blood.

²³And they said, This [is] the blood of the sword; and the kings have fought, and each man has smitten his neighbour; now then to the spoils, Moab.

²⁴And they entered into the camp of Israel; and Israel arose and smote Moab, and they fled from before them; and they went on and smote Moab as they went.

²⁵And they razed the cities, and cast every man his stone on every good piece [of land] and filled it; and they stopped every well, and cut down every good tree, until they left [only] the stones of the wall cast down; and the slingers compassed [the land], and smote it.

²⁶And the king of Moab saw that the battle prevailed against him; and he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to cut through to the king of Edom: and they could not.

²⁷And he took his eldest son whom he had designed to reign in his stead, and offered him up for a whole-burnt-offering on the walls. And there was a great indignation against Israel; and they departed from him, and returned to their land.