4. Krallar 8

¹Elişa, oğlunu yaşam kıvılcımıyla canlandırdığı kadına konuşup şöyle dedi: "Kalk, sen ve ev halkın gidin ve nerede geçici olarak yerleşebilecekseniz orada ikamet edin; çünkü Rab ülkeye bir kıtlık çağırdı ve bu kıtlık yedi yıl boyunca ülkenin üzerine gelecek."

²Kadın da kalktı ve Tanrı adamı Elişa'nın sözüne göre yaptı; hem kendisi hem de ev halkı gidip yedi yıl boyunca yabancıların ülkesinde geçici olarak ikamet ettiler.

³Yedi yılın sonunda kadın yabancıların ülkesinden döndü ve evini ve tarlalarını geri istemek üzere krala feryat etmeye gitti.

⁴O sırada kral, Tanrı adamı Elişa'nın genç hizmetkarı Gehazi ile konuşuyor ve, "Lütfen Elişa'nın yaptığı bütün o büyük işleri bana anlat" diyordu.

⁵Gehazi krala, Elişa'nın ölmüş bir oğlu nasıl canlandırdığını anlatırken, işte tam o sırada Elişa'nın oğlunu canlandırdığı kadın evi ve tarlaları için krala feryat ederek geldi. Gehazi, "Efendim kral, kadın budur, Elişa'nın canlandırdığı oğlu da budur!" dedi.

⁶Kral kadına sordu, kadın da ona her şeyi anlattı. Bunun üzerine kral ona bir saray görevlisi tayin edip, "Kendisine ait olan her şeyi ve ülkeyi terk ettiği günden bugüne dek tarlanın bütün ürünlerini ona geri ver" dedi.

⁷Elişa Şam'a geldi. Suriye Kralı Ader oğlu hastaydı. Kendisine, "Tanrı adamı buraya kadar geldi" diye haber verildi.

⁸Kral Hazael'e, "Eline bir hediye al ve Tanrı adamını karşılamaya git; onun aracılığıyla Rab'be danışıp, 'Bu hastalığımdan kurtulup yaşayacak mıyım?' diye sor" dedi.

⁹Hazael onu karşılamaya gitti; yanına hediye olarak Şam'ın her türlü iyi malından kırk devenin taşıyabileceği kadar yük aldı. Gidip onun önünde durdu ve, "Oğlun, Suriye Kralı Ader oğlu beni sana gönderdi; 'Bu hastalığımdan kurtulup yaşayacak mıyım?' diye soruyor" dedi.

¹⁰Elişa ona, "Git, ona, 'Yaşamla yaşayacaksın' de; fakat Rab bana onun ölümle öleceğini gösterdi" dedi.

¹¹Bakışlarını o utanana dek onun yüzüne dikip bekletti; sonra Tanrı adamı ağlamaya başladı.

¹²Hazael, "Efendim niçin ağlıyor?" diye sordu. O da, "Çünkü İsrail oğullarına yapacağın kötülükleri biliyorum" dedi, "Onların kalelerini ateşe vereceksin, seçkin gençlerini kılıçla öldüreceksin, bebeklerini yere vurup parçalayacaksın ve gebe kadınlarının karınlarını yaracaksın."

¹³Hazael, "Kulun kim ki, bu ölmüş köpek kim ki böyle büyük bir işi yapabilsin?" dedi. Elişa, "Rab bana senin Suriye üzerinde krallık yapacağını gösterdi" diye yanıtladı.

¹⁴Hazael Elişa'nın yanından ayrılıp efendisinin yanına döndü. Efendisi ona, "Elişa sana ne dedi?" diye sordu. O da, "Bana, 'Yaşamla yaşayacaksın' dedi" diye yanıtladı.

¹⁵Ertesi gün Hazael kalın örtüyü alıp suya batırdı ve kralın yüzüne örttü; kral öldü. Hazael onun yerine kral oldu.

¹⁶Ahab oğlu İsrail Kralı Yoram'ın beşinci yılında ve Yehoşafat Yahuda kralıyken, Yehoşafat oğlu Yoram Yahuda kralı olarak tahta çıktı.

¹⁷Kral olduğunda otuz iki yaşındaydı ve Yeruşalim'de sekiz yıl krallık yaptı.

¹⁸Ahab hanedanının yaptığı gibi, İsrail krallarının yolunda yürüdü; çünkü Ahab'ın kızı onun karısıydı. Böylece Rab'bin gözünde kötü olanı yaptı.

¹⁹Buna rağmen Rab, kulu Davut'un hatırı için Yahuda'yı yok etmek istemedi; çünkü ona ve oğullarına her zaman bir kandil vereceğini söylemişti.

²⁰Onun günlerinde Edom, Yahuda'nın egemenliğine başkaldırıp elinin altından çıktı ve kendilerine bir kral atadılar.

²¹Bunun üzerine Yoram bütün savaş arabalarıyla birlikte Sior'a gitti. Geceleyin kalkıp kendisini ve savaş arabalarının komutanlarını kuşatan Edomluları bozguna uğrattı; halk ise çadırlarına kaçtı.

²²Edom bugün de Yahuda'nın egemenliğine karşı başkaldırı içindedir. O dönemde Libna da başkaldırdı.

²³Yoram'ın diğer işleri ve bütün yaptıkları Yahuda Krallarının Tarih Kitabı'nda yazılı değil midir?

²⁴Yoram ölüp atalarıyla uyudu ve babası Davut'un kentinde atalarının yanına gömüldü. Yerine oğlu Ahazya kral oldu.

²⁵Ahab oğlu İsrail Kralı Yoram'ın on ikinci yılında, Yoram oğlu Ahazya Yahuda kralı olarak tahta çıktı.

²⁶Ahazya kral olduğunda yirmi iki yaşındaydı ve Yeruşalim'de bir yıl krallık yaptı. Annesinin adı, İsrail Kralı Omri'nin kızı Atalya idi.

²⁷Ahab hanedanının yolunda yürüdü ve Ahab hanedanı gibi Rab'bin gözünde kötü olanı yaptı.

²⁸Ahab oğlu Yoram ile birlikte, Ramot-Gilead'da yabancıların kralı Hazael'e karşı savaşmaya gitti; Suriyeliler Yoram'ı yaraladılar.

²⁹Kral Yoram, Suriye Kralı Hazael ile savaşırken Ramot'ta aldığı yaraların iyileşmesi için Yizreel'e döndü. Yoram oğlu Ahazya da, hasta olan Ahab oğlu Yoram'ı görmek için Yizreel'e gitti.

¹ΚΑΙ ῾Ελισαιὲ ἐλάλησε πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα, ἧς ἐζωπύρησε τὸν υἱόν, λέγων· ἀνάστηθι καὶ δεῦρο σὺ καὶ ὁ οἶκός σου καὶ παροίκει, οὗ ἐὰν παροικήσῃς, ὅτι κέκληκε Κύριος λιμὸν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καί γε ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἑπτὰ ἔτη.

²καὶ ἀνέστη ἡ γυνὴ καὶ ἐποίησε κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα ῾Ελισαιὲ καὶ αὐτὴ καὶ ὁ οἶκος αὐτῆς καὶ παρῴκει ἐν γῇ ἀλλοφύλων ἑπτὰ ἔτη.

³καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὸ τέλος τῶν ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν ἡ γυνὴ ἐκ γῆς ἀλλοφύλων εἰς τὴν πόλιν καὶ ἦλθε βοῆσαι πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα περὶ τοῦ οἴκου ἑαυτῆς καὶ περὶ τῶν ἀγρῶν αὐτῆς.

⁴καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐλάλει πρὸς Γιεζὶ τὸ παιδάριον ῾Ελισαιὲ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ Θοεῦ λέγων· διήγησαι δὴ ἐμοὶ πάντα τὰ μεγάλα, ἃ ἐποίησεν ῾Ελισαιέ.

⁵καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῦ ἐξηγουμένου τῷ βασιλεῖ, ὡς ἐζωπύρησεν υἱὸν τεθνηκότα, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡ γυνή, ἧς ἐζωπύρησε τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς ῾Ελισαιέ, βοῶσα πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα περὶ τοῦ οἴκου ἑαυτῆς καὶ περὶ τῶν ἀγρῶν ἑαυτῆς· καὶ εἶπε Γιεζί· κύριε βασιλεῦ, αὕτη ἡ γυνὴ καὶ οὖτος ὁ υἱὸς αὐτῆς, ὃν ἐζωπύρησεν ῾Ελισαιέ.

⁶καὶ ἐπηρώτησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ διηγήσατο αὐτῷ· καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῇ ὁ βασιλεὺς εὐνοῦχον ἕνα λέγων· ἐπίστρεψον πάντα τὰ αὐτῆς καὶ πάντα τὰ γενήματα τοῦ ἀγροῦ ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρας, ἧς κατέλιπε τὴν γῆν ἕως τοῦ νῦν.

⁷Καὶ ἦλθεν ῾Ελισαιὲ εἰς Δαμασκόν, καὶ υἱὸς ῎Αδερ βασιλεὺς Συρίας ἠρρώστει, καὶ ἀνήγγειλαν αὐτῷ λέγοντες· ἥκει ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἕως ὧδε.

⁸καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς πρὸς ᾿Αζαήλ· λάβε ἐν τῇ χειρί σου μαναὰ καὶ δεῦρο εἰς ἀπαντὴν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ ἐπιζήτησον τὸν Κύριον παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ λέγων· εἰ ζήσομαι ἐκ τῆς ἀρρωστίας μου ταύτης;

⁹καὶ ἐπορεύθη ᾿Αζαὴλ εἰς ἀπαντὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔλαβε μαναὰ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντα τὰ ἀγαθὰ Δαμασκοῦ, ἄρσιν τεσσαράκοντα καμήλων, καὶ ἦλθε καὶ ἔστη ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπε πρὸς ῾Ελισαιέ· υἱός σου υἱὸς ῎Αδερ βασιλεὺς Συρίας ἀπέστειλέ με πρός σε ἐπερωτῆσαι λέγων· εἰ ζήσομαι ἐκ τῆς ἀρρωστίας μου ταύτης;

¹⁰καὶ καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ελισαιέ· δεῦρο εἰπὸν αὐτῷ· ζωῇ ζήσῃ· καὶ ἔδειξέ μοι Κύριος ὅτι θανάτῳ ἀποθανῇ·

¹¹καὶ παρέστη τῷ προσώπῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔθηκεν ἕως αἰσχύνης, καὶ ἔκλαυσεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ.

¹²καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Αζαήλ· τί ὅτι ὁ κύριός μου κλαίει; καὶ εἶπεν· ὅτι οἶδα ὅσα ποιήσεις τοῖς υἱοῖς ᾿Ισραὴλ κακά· τὰ ὀχυρώματα αὐτῶν ἐξαποστελεῖς ἐν πυρὶ καὶ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς αὐτῶν ἐν ρομφαίᾳ ἀποκτενεῖς καὶ τὰ νήπια αὐτῶν ἐνσείσεις καὶ τὰς ἐν γαστρὶ ἐχούσας αὐτῶν ἀναρρήξεις.

¹³καὶ εἶπεν ᾿Αζαήλ· τίς ἐστιν ὁ δοῦλός σου ὁ κύων ὁ τεθνηκώς, ὅτι ποιήσει τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο; καὶ εἶπεν ῾Ελισαιέ· ἔδειξέ μοι Κύριός σε βασιλεύοντα ἐπὶ Συρίαν.

¹⁴καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ἀπὸ ῾Ελισαιὲ καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς τὸν κύριον αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· τί εἶπέ σοι ῾Ελισαιέ; καὶ εἶπεν· εἶπέ μοι, ζωῇ ζήσῃ.

¹⁵καὶ ἐγένετο τῇ ἐπαύριον, καὶ ἔλαβε τὸ μαχμὰ καὶ ἔβαψεν ἐν τῷ ὕδατι καὶ περιέβαλεν ἐπὶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπέθανε, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Αζαὴλ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

¹⁶᾿Εν ἔτει πέμπτῳ τῷ ᾿Ιωρὰμ υἱῷ ᾿Αχαὰβ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ιούδα ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Ιωρὰμ υἱὸς ᾿Ιωσαφὰτ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιούδα.

¹⁷υἱὸς τριάκοντα καὶ δύο ἐτῶν ἦν ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν καὶ ὀκτὼ ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ.

¹⁸καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐν ὁδῷ βασιλέων ᾿Ισραήλ, καθὼς ἐποίησεν οἶκος ᾿Αχαάβ, ὅτι θυγάτηρ ᾿Αχαὰβ ἦν αὐτῷ εἰς γυναῖκα· καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου.

¹⁹καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησε Κύριος διαφθεῖραι τὸν ᾿Ιούδαν διὰ Δαυὶδ τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ, καθὼς εἶπε δοῦναι αὐτῷ λύχνον καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας.

²⁰ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ ἠθέτησεν ᾿Εδὼμ ὑποκάτωθεν χειρὸς ᾿Ιούδα καὶ ἐβασίλευσαν ἐφ᾿ ἑαυτοὺς βασιλέα.

²¹καὶ ἀνέβη ᾿Ιωρὰμ εἰς Σιὼρ καὶ πάντα τὰ ἅρματα τὰ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῦ ἀναστάντος καὶ ἐπάταξε τὸν ᾿Εδὼμ τὸν κυκλώσαντα ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν καὶ τοὺς ἄρχοντας τῶν ἁρμάτων, καὶ ἔφυγεν ὁ λαὸς εἰς τὰ σκηνώματα αὐτῶν.

²²καὶ ἠθέτησεν ᾿Εδὼμ ὑποκάτω τῆς χειρὸς ᾿Ιούδα ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης. τότε ἠθέτησε Λοβενὰ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ.

²³καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων ᾿Ιωρὰμ καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησεν, οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γέγραπται ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν ᾿Ιούδα;

²⁴καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ᾿Ιωρὰμ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐτάφη μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ ἐν πόλει Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Οχοζίας υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.

²⁵᾿Εν ἔτει δωδεκάτῳ τῷ ᾿Ιωρὰμ υἱῷ ᾿Αχαὰβ βασιλεῖ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐβασίλευσεν ᾿Οχοζίας υἱὸς ᾿Ιωράμ.

²⁶υἱὸς εἴκοσι καὶ δύο ἐτῶν ᾿Οχοζίας ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐνιαυτὸν ἕνα ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ῾Ιερουσαλήμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ Γοθολία θυγάτηρ ᾿Αμβρὶ βασιλέως ᾿Ισραήλ.

²⁷καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐν ὁδῷ οἴκου ᾿Αχαὰβ καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου καθὼς ὁ οἶκος ᾿Αχαάβ.

²⁸καὶ ἐπορεύθη μετὰ ᾿Ιωρὰμ υἱοῦ ᾿Αχαὰβ εἰς πόλεμον μετὰ ᾿Αζαὴλ βασιλέως ἀλλοφύλων ἐν Ῥεμμὼθ Γαλαάδ, καὶ ἐπάταξαν οἱ Σύροι τὸν ᾿Ιωράμ.

²⁹καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾿Ιωρὰμ τοῦ ἰατρευθῆναι ἐν ᾿Ιεζράελ ἀπὸ τῶν πληγῶν, ὧν ἐπάταξαν αὐτὸν ἐν Ῥεμμὼθ ἐν τῷ πολεμεῖν αὐτὸν μετὰ ᾿Αζαὴλ βασιλέως Συρίας· καὶ ᾿Οχοζίας υἱὸς ᾿Ιωρὰμ κατέβη τοῦ ἰδεῖν τὸν ᾿Ιωρὰμ υἱὸν ᾿Αχαὰβ ἐν ᾿Ιεζράελ, ὅτι ἠρρώστει αὐτός.

¹And Elisaie spoke to the woman, whose son he [had] restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy house, and sojourn wherever thou mayest sojourn: for the Lord has called for a famine upon the land; indeed it is come upon the land [for] seven years.

²And the woman arose, and did according to the word of Elisaie, both she and her house; and they sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

³And it came to pass after the expiration of the seven years, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines to the city; and came to cry to the king for her house and for her lands.

⁴And the king spoke to Giezi the servant of Elisaie the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things which Elisaie has done.

⁵And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life the dead son, behold, the woman whose son Elisaie restored to life [came] crying to the king for her house and for her lands. And Giezi said, My lord, O king, this [is] the woman, and this [is] her son, whom Elisaie restored to life.

⁶And the king asked the woman, and she told him: and the king appointed her a eunuch, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field from the day that she left the land until now.

⁷And Elisaie came to Damascus; and the king of Syria the son of Ader was ill, and they brought him word, saying, The man of God is come hither.

⁸And the king said to Azael, Take in thine hand a present, and go to meet the man of God, and enquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover of this my disease?

⁹And Azael went to meet him, and he took a present in his hand, and all the good things of Damascus, forty camels’ load, and came and stood before him, and said to Elisaie, Thy son the son of Ader, the king of Syria, has sent me to thee to enquire, saying, Shall I recover of this my disease?

¹⁰And Elisaie said, Go, say, Thou shalt certainly live; yet the Lord has shewed me that thou shalt surely die.

¹¹And he stood before him, and fixed [his countenance] till he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

¹²And Azael said, Why does my lord weep? And he said, Because I know all the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel: thou wilt utterly destroy their strong holds with fire, and thou wilt slay their choice men with the sword, and thou wilt dash their infants [against the ground], and their women with child thou wilt rip up.

¹³And Azael said, Who is thy servant? a dead dog, that he should do this thing? And Elisaie said, The Lord has shewn me thee ruling over Syria.

¹⁴And he departed from Elisaie, and went in to his lord; and he said to him, What said Elisaie to thee? and he said, He said to me, Thou shalt surely live.

¹⁵And it came to pass on the next day that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and put it on his face, and he died: and Azael reigned in his stead.

¹⁶In the fifth year of Joram son of Achaab king of Israel, and while Josaphat was king of Juda, Joram the son of Josaphat king of Juda began to reign.

¹⁷Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

¹⁸And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Achaab; for the daughter of Achaab was his wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.

¹⁹But the Lord would not destroy Juda for David his servant’s sake, as he said he would give a light to him and to his sons continually.

²⁰In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Juda, and they made a king over themselves.

²¹And Joram went up to Sior, and all the chariots that were with him: and it came to pass after he had arisen, that he smote Edom who compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.

²²Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Juda till this day. Then Lobna revolted at that time.

²³And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?

²⁴So Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David: and Ochozias his son reigned in his stead.

²⁵In the twelfth year of Joram son of Achaab king of Israel, Ochozias son of Joram began to reign.

²⁶Twenty and two years old [was] Ochozias when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and the name of his mother [was] Gotholia, daughter of Ambri king of Israel.

²⁷And he walked in the way of the house of Achaab, and did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Achaab.

²⁸And he went with Joram the son of Achaab to war against Azael king of the Syrians in Remmoth Galaad; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

²⁹And king Joram returned to be healed in Jezrael of the wounds with which they wounded him in Remmoth, when he fought with Azael king of Syria. And Ochozias son of Joram went down to see Joram the son of Achaab in Jezrael, because he was sick.