4. Krallar 7

¹Elisa şöyle dedi: "Rabbin sözünü dinleyin! Rab şöyle diyor: 'Yarın tam bu saatte, Samiriye kapılarında bir ölçek ince un bir şekele, iki ölçek arpa da bir şekele değerinde olacak.'"

²Kralın eline yaslandığı yaver Elisa'ya şöyle yanıt verdi: "Bak, Rab gökte bentler açsa bile bu söz gerçekleşebilir mi?" Elisa, "İşte, bunu kendi gözlerinle göreceksin ama ondan yiyemeyeceksin" dedi.

³Kent kapısının girişinde cüzamlı dört adam vardı. Birbirlerine, "Ölene kadar neden burada oturup bekliyoruz?" dediler.

⁴"Kente girelim desek, kentte kıtlık var ve orada öleceğiz; burada kalsak, yine öleceğiz. Gelin şimdi Suriye ordugahına sığınalım. Bizi yaşatırlarsa yaşarız, bizi öldürürlerse de sadece ölmüş oluruz."

⁵Böylece Suriye ordugahına girmek üzere karanlıkta kalktılar. Ordugahın sınırına vardıklarında, orada hiç kimsenin olmadığını gördüler.

⁶Çünkü Rab, Suriye ordugahına savaş arabalarının, atların ve büyük bir ordunun sesini işittirmişti. Suriyeliler birbirlerine, "İşte, İsrail kralı üzerimize saldırtmak için Hitit krallarıyla Mısır krallarını bize karşı ücretle tuttu" demişlerdi.

⁷Bu yüzden karanlıkta kalkıp kaçmışlar; çadırlarını, atlarını, eşeklerini ve ordugahı olduğu gibi bırakıp canlarını kurtarmak için kaçıp gitmişlerdi.

⁸Bu cüzamlılar ordugahın sınırına varınca çadırlardan birine girip yediler, içtiler; oradan gümüş, altın ve giysiler alıp götürüp gizlediler. Sonra geri dönüp başka bir çadıra girdiler, oradan da ganimet alıp götürüp gizlediler.

⁹Sonra birbirlerine, "Yaptığımız doğru değil" dediler, "Bugün müjdeli bir gün ama biz susuyoruz. Sabahın ilk ışığına kadar beklersek suçlu sayılırız. Gelin şimdi gidip kralın sarayına haber verelim."

¹⁰Gidip kent kapısına seslendiler ve onlara şöyle haber verdiler: "Suriye ordugahına girdik; orada ne bir insan vardı ne de bir insan sesi. Sadece bağlı atlar, eşekler ve olduğu gibi bırakılmış çadırlar duruyordu."

¹¹Kapı bekçileri seslenerek durumu içerideki kral sarayına bildirdiler.

¹²Kral geceleyin kalkıp hizmetkarlarına şöyle dedi: "Suriyelilerin bize ne yaptığını size söyleyeyim. Bizim aç olduğumuzu biliyorlar; bu yüzden, 'Kentten çıkacaklar, biz de onları sağ yakalayıp kente gireriz' diyerek ordugahtan çıkıp kırlarda gizlendiler."

¹³Hizmetkarlarından biri şöyle karşılık verdi: "Burada geriye kalan atlardan beşini alsınlar; bak, onlar da yok olmakta olan tüm İsrail halkının durumundadır. Onları gönderip ne olduğunu görelim."

¹⁴Böylece iki atlı binici aldılar. Kral, "Gidin, bakın" diyerek onları Suriye kralının ardınca gönderdi.

¹⁵Onları Şeria Irmağı'na kadar izlediler. Yol, Suriyelilerin panik içinde kaçarken fırlatıp attıkları giysilerle ve eşyalarla doluydu. Haberciler geri dönüp durumu krala bildirdiler.

¹⁶Bunun üzerine halk dışarı çıkıp Suriye ordugahını yağmaladı. Böylece Rabbin sözü uyarınca, bir ölçek ince un bir şekele, iki ölçek arpa da bir şekele satıldı.

¹⁷Kral, kapının denetimini eline yaslandığı yavere vermişti. Ancak habercinin kendisine indiği sırada Tanrı adamının söylemiş olduğu gibi, halk kapıda onu çiğnedi ve adam öldü.

¹⁸Elisa'nın krala, "Yarın bu vakitlerde Samiriye kapısında iki ölçek arpa bir şekele, bir ölçek ince un da bir şekele satılacak" dediği gibi oldu.

¹⁹Yaver Elisa'ya, "Bak, Rab gökte bentler açsa bile böyle bir şey olabilir mi?" diye karşılık vermiş, Elisa de, "İşte, bunu gözlerinle göreceksin ama ondan asla yiyemeyeceksin" demişti.

²⁰Ve böylece oldu; halk onu kapıda çiğnedi ve adam öldü.

¹ΚΑΙ εἶπεν ῾Ελισαιέ· ἄκουσον λόγον Κυρίου· τάδε λέγει Κύριος· ὡς ἡ ὥρα αὕτη αὔριον μέτρον σεμιδάλεως σίκλου καὶ δίμετρον κριθῶν σίκλου ἐν ταῖς πύλαις Σαμαρείας.

²καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ τριστάτης, ἐφ᾿ ὃν ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐπανεπαύετο ἐπὶ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, τῷ ῾Ελισαιὲ καὶ εἶπεν· ἰδοὺ ποιήσει Κύριος καταράκτας ἐν οὐρανῷ, μὴ ἔσται τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο; καὶ ῾Ελισαιὲ εἶπεν· ἰδοὺ σὺ ὄψει τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς σου καὶ ἐκεῖθεν οὐ φάγῃ.

³καὶ τέσσαρες ἄνδρες ἦσαν λεπροὶ παρὰ τὴν θύραν τῆς πόλεως, καὶ εἶπεν ἀνὴρ πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ· τί ἡμεῖς καθήμεθα ὧδε, ἕως ἀποθάνωμεν;

⁴ἐὰν εἴπωμεν, εἰσέλθωμεν εἰς τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ὁ λιμὸς ἐν τῇ πόλει καὶ ἀποθανούμεθα ἐκεῖ· καὶ ἐὰν καθίσωμεν ὧδε, καὶ ἀποθανούμεθα. καὶ νῦν δεῦτε καὶ ἐμπέσωμεν εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν Συρίας· ἐὰν ζωογονήσωσιν ἡμᾶς, καὶ ζησόμεθα· καὶ ἐὰν θανατώσωσιν ἡμᾶς, καὶ ἀποθανούμεθα.

⁵καὶ ἀνέστησαν ἐν τῷ σκότει εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν Συρίας καὶ ἦλθον εἰς μέρος παρεμβολῆς Συρίας, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀνὴρ ἐκεῖ.

⁶καὶ κύριος ἀκουστὴν ἐποίησε παρεμβολὴν τὴν Συρίας φωνὴν ἅρματος καὶ φωνὴν ἵππου, φωνὴν δυνάμεως μεγάλης, καὶ εἶπεν ἀνὴρ πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ· νῦν ἐμισθώσατο ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ τοὺς βασιλέας τῶν Χετταίων καὶ τοὺς βασιλέας Αἰγύπτου τοῦ ἐλθεῖν ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς.

⁷καὶ ἀνέστησαν καὶ ἀπέδρασαν ἐν τῷ σκότει καὶ ἐγκατέλιπαν τὰς σκηνὰς αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺς ἵππους αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺς ὄνους αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ ὥς ἐστι καὶ ἔφυγον πρὸς τὴν ψυχὴν ἑαυτῶν.

⁸καὶ εἰσῆλθον οἱ λεπροὶ οὗτοι ἕως μέρους τῆς παρεμβολῆς καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰς σκηνὴν μίαν καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον καὶ ᾖραν ἐκεῖθεν ἀργύριον καὶ χρυσίον καὶ ἱματισμὸν καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν· καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν ἐκεῖθεν καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰς σκηνὴν ἄλλην καὶ ἔλαβον ἐκεῖθεν καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν καὶ κατέκρυψαν.

⁹καὶ εἶπεν ἀνὴρ πρὸς τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ· οὐχ οὕτως ἡμεῖς ποιοῦμεν· ἡ ἡμέρα αὕτη ἡμέρα εὐαγγελίας ἐστί, καὶ ἡμεῖς σιωπῶμεν καὶ μένομεν ἕως φωτὸς τοῦ πρωΐ καὶ εὑρήσομεν ἀνομίαν· καὶ νῦν δεῦρο καὶ εἰσέλθωμεν καὶ ἀναγγείλωμεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ βασιλέως.

¹⁰καὶ εἰσῆλθον καὶ ἐβόησαν πρὸς τὴν πύλην τῆς πόλεως καὶ ἀνήγγειλαν αὐτοῖς, λέγοντες· εἰσήλθομεν εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν Συρίας, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκεῖ ἀνὴρ καὶ φωνὴ ἀνθρώπου, ὅτι εἰ μὴ ἵππος δεδεμένος καὶ ὄνος καὶ αἱ σκηναὶ αὐτῶν ὡς εἰσί.

¹¹καὶ ἐβόησαν οἱ θυρωροὶ καὶ ἀνήγγειλαν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ βασιλέως ἔσω.

¹²καὶ ἀνέστη ὁ βασιλεὺς νυκτὸς καὶ εἶπε πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ· ἀναγγελῶ δὴ ὑμῖν ἃ ἐποίησεν ὑμῖν Συρία· ἔγνωσαν ὅτι πεινῶμεν ἡμεῖς, καὶ ἐξῆλθαν ἐκ τῆς παρεμβολῆς καὶ ἐκρύβησαν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ λέγοντες· ὅτι ἐξελεύσονται ἐκ τῆς πόλεως, καὶ συλληψόμεθα αὐτοὺς ζῶντας καὶ εἰς τὴν πόλιν εἰσελευσόμεθα.

¹³καὶ ἀπεκρίθη εἷς τῶν παίδων αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπε· λαβέτωσαν δὴ πέντε τῶν ἵππων τῶν ὑπολελειμμένων, οἳ κατελείφθησαν ὧδε, ἰδού εἰσι πρὸς πᾶν τὸ πλῆθος ᾿Ισραὴλ τὸ ἐκλεῖπον· καὶ ἀποστελοῦμεν ἐκεῖ καὶ ὀψόμεθα.

¹⁴καὶ ἔλαβον δύο ἐπιβάτας ἵππων, καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ισραὴλ ὀπίσω τοῦ βασιλέως Συρίας λέγων· δεῦτε καὶ ἴδετε.

¹⁵καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ὀπίσω αὐτῶν ἕως τοῦ ᾿Ιορδάνου, καὶ ἰδοὺ πᾶσα ἡ ὁδὸς πλήρης ἱματίων καὶ σκευῶν, ὧν ἔρριψε Συρία ἐν τῷ θαμβεῖσθαι αὐτούς· καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν οἱ ἄγγελοι καὶ ἀνήγγειλαν τῷ βασιλεῖ.

¹⁶καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ λαὸς καὶ διήρπασαν τὴν παρεμβολὴν Συρίας, καὶ ἐγένετο μέτρον σεμιδάλεως σίκλου, κατὰ τὸ ρῆμα Κυρίου, καὶ δίμετρον κριθῶν σίκλου.

¹⁷καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς κατέστησε τὸν τριστάτην, ἐφ᾿ ὃν ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐπανεπαύσατο τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, ἐπὶ τῆς πύλης. καὶ συνεπάτησεν αὐτὸν ὁ λαὸς ἐν τῇ πύλῃ, καὶ ἀπέθανε, καθὰ ἐλάλησεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὃς ἐλάλησεν ἐν τῷ καταβῆναι τὸν ἄγγελον πρὸς αὐτόν.

¹⁸καὶ ἐγένετο καθὰ ἐλάλησεν ῾Ελισαιὲ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα λέγων· δίμετρον κριθῆς σίκλου καὶ μέτρον σεμιδάλεως σίκλου καὶ ἔσται ὡς ἡ ὥρα αὔριον ἐν τῇ πύλῃ Σαμαρείας·

¹⁹καὶ ἀπεκρίθη ὁ τριστάτης τῷ ῾Ελισαιὲ καὶ εἶπεν· ἰδοὺ Κύριος ποιεῖ καταράκτας ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, μὴ ἔσται τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο; καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ελισαιέ· ἰδοὺ ὄψῃ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς σου καὶ ἐκεῖθεν οὐ μὴ φάγῃ.

²⁰καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως, καὶ συνεπάτησεν αὐτὸν ὁ λαὸς ἐν τῇ πύλῃ καὶ ἀπέθανε.

¹And Elisaie said, Hear thou the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, As at this time, to-morrow a measure of fine flour [shall be sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gates of Samaria.

²And the officer on whose hand the king rested, answered Elisaie, and said, Behold, [if] the Lord shall make flood-gates in heaven, might this thing be? and Elisaie said, Behold, thou shalt see with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

³And there were four leprous men by the gate of the city: and one said to his neighbour, Why sit we here until we die?

⁴If we should say, Let us go into the city, then [there is] famine in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit here, then we shall die. Now then come, and let us fall upon the camp of the Syrians: if they should take us alive, then we shall live; and if they should put us to death, then we shall [only] die.

⁵And they rose up while it was yet night, to go into the camp of Syria; and they came into a part of the camp of Syria, and behold, there [was] no man there.

⁶For the Lord had made the army of Syria to hear a sound of chariots, and a sound of horses, [even] the sound of a great host: and [each] man said to his fellow, Now has the king of Israel hired against us the kings of the Chettites, and the kings of Egypt, to come against us.

⁷And they arose and fled while it was yet dark, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses in the camp, as they were, and fled for their lives.

⁸And these lepers entered a little way into the camp, and went into one tent, and ate and drank, and took thence silver, and gold, and raiment; and they went and returned thence, and entered into another tent, and took thence, and went and hid [the spoil].

⁹And [one] man said to his neighbour, We are not doing [well] thus: this day is a day of glad tidings, and we hold our peace, and are waiting till the morning light, and shall find mischief: now them come, and let us go into [the city], and report to the house of the king.

¹⁰So they went and cried toward the gate of the city, and reported to them, saying, We went into the camp of Syria, and, behold, there is not there a man, nor voice of man, only horses tied and asses, and their tents as they were.

¹¹And the porters cried aloud, and reported to the house of the king within.

¹²And the king rose up by night, and said to his servants, I will now tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They knew that we are hungry; and they have gone forth from the camp and hidden themselves in the field, saying, They will come out of the city, and we shall catch them alive, and go into the city.

¹³And one of his servants answered and said, Let them now take five of the horses that were left, which were left here; behold, they are the number left to all the multitude of Israel; and we will send thither and see.

¹⁴So they took two horsemen; and the king of Israel sent after the king of Syria, saying, Go, and see.

¹⁵And they went after them even to Jordan: and, behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their panic. And the messengers returned, and brought word to the king.

¹⁶And the people went out, and plundered the camp of Syria: and a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord, and two measures of barley for a shekel.

¹⁷And the king appointed the officer on whose hand the king leaned [to have charge] over the gate: and the people trampled on him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God [had] said, who spoke when the messenger came down to him.

¹⁸So it came to pass as Elisaie had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley [shall be sold] for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel; and it shall be as at this time to-morrow in the gate of Samaria.

¹⁹And the officer answered Elisaie, and said, Behold, [if] the Lord makes flood-gates in heaven, shall this thing be? and Elisaie said, Behold, thou shalt see [it] with thine eyes, but thou shalt not eat thereof.

²⁰And it was so: for the people trampled on him in the gate, and he died.