የገባዖናውያን ብቀላ
1በዳዊት ዘመነ መንግሥት፣ በተከታታይ ለሦስት ዓመት ራብ ሆነ፤ ስለዚህ ዳዊት እግዚአብሔርን ጠየቀ፤ እግዚአብሔርም፣ “ሳኦል ገባዖናውያንን ስለ ገደለ፣ እርሱና ቤቱ የደም ዕዳ አለባቸው” አለ።
2ንጉሡ ገባዖናውያንን ጠርቶ አነጋገራቸው። ገባዖናውያን ከአሞራውያን የተረፉ እንጂ ከእስራኤል ወገን አልነበሩም፤ እስራኤላውያን ሊጠብቋቸው ቢምሉላቸውም፣ ሳኦል ግን ለእስራኤልና ለይሁዳ ካለው ቅናት የተነሣ ሙሉ በሙሉ ሊያጠፋቸው ፈልጎ ነበር፤ 3ዳዊትም ገባዖናውያንን፣ “ምን ላድርግላችሁ? የእግዚአብሔርን ርስት ትባርኩ ዘንድ ማስተስረያውን ምን ማድረግ አለብኝ?” ሲል ጠየቃቸው።
4ገባዖናውያንም፣ “ከሳኦልም ሆነ ከቤተ ሰቡ ብር ወይም ወርቅ የመጠየቅ መብት የለንም፤ እንዲሁም ከእስራኤል ማንንም ለመግደል መብት የለንም” ብለው መለሱለት።
ዳዊትም፣ “ታዲያ ምን ላድርግላችሁ?” ሲል ጠየቃቸው።
5እነርሱም፣ “እንድንፈራርስና በእስራኤልም ውስጥ በየትኛውም ስፍራ እንዳንኖር ካጠፋንና ደባ ከፈጸመብን ሰው 6ከእርሱ ዘሮች ሰባት ወንዶች ልጆች ይሰጠን፤ እኛም ከእግዚአብሔር በተመረጠው በሳኦል አገር በጊብዓ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት እንስቀላቸው” ብለው መለሱለት።
ስለዚህ ንጉሡ፣ “እሺ እሰጣችኋለሁ” አለ።
7ንጉሥ ዳዊት በራሱና በሳኦል ልጅ በዮናታን መካከል በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ስላደረጉት መሐላ ሲል የሳኦልን ልጅ፣ የዮናታንን ልጅ ሜምፊቦስቴን ከሞት አተረፈ። 8ነገር ግን ንጉሡ፣ የኢዮሄል ልጅ ሪጽፋ ለሳኦል የወለደቻቸውን ሁለቱን ወንዶች ልጆች ሄርሞንንና ሜምፊቦስቴን፤ የሳኦል ልጅ ሜሮብ21፥8 ሁለት የዕብራይስጥ ቅጆች፤ አንዳንድ የሰብዓ ሊቃናትና የሱርስት ትርጕሞች ከዚህ ጋር ይስማማሉ (እንዲሁም 1ሳሙ 18፥19 ይመ)፤ አብዛኞቹ የዕብራይስጥና የሰብዓ ሊቃናት ቅጆች ግን፣ ሜልኮል ይላሉ። ለመሓላታዊው ለቤርዜሊ ልጅ ለኤስድሪኤል የወለደችለትን አምስት ወንዶች ልጆች ጭምር ወሰደ፤ 9ለገባዖናውያን አሳልፎ ሰጣቸው፤ እነርሱም ገድለው በኰረብታው ላይ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ሰቀሏቸው። ሰባቱም በአንድነት ወደቁ፤ የተገደሉትም በመከሩ ወራት የመጀመሪያ ቀኖች፣ የገብስ ዐጨዳ በተጀመረበት ዕለት ነበር።
10የኢዮሄል ልጅ ሪጽፋ ማቅ ወስዳ፣ በቋጥኝ ላይ ለራሷ አነጠፈች፤ ከመከር ወቅት መጀመሪያ አንሥቶ ዝናብ ከሰማይ በሬሳዎቹ ላይ እስከ ወረደ ጊዜ ድረስ፣ ቀን የሰማይ ወፎች ሌሊት የዱር አራዊት እንዲነኳቸው አልፈቀደችም፤ 11የሳኦል ቁባት የኢዮሄል ልጅ ሪጽፋ ያደረገችውን ዳዊት በሰማ ጊዜ፣ 12ሄዶ የሳኦልንና የልጁን የዮናታንን ዐፅም ከኢያቢስ ገለዓድ ሰዎች ወሰደ፤ የኢያቢስ ሰዎች፣ ፍልስጥኤማውያን ሳኦልን በጊልቦዓ ከገደሉ በኋላ እነርሱን ከሰቀሉት ከቤትሳን አደባባይ በድብቅ ወስደዋቸው ነበር። 13ዳዊትም የሳኦልንና የልጁን የዮናታንን ዐፅም ከዚያ አመጣ፤ እንዲሁም የእነዚያን የተገደሉትን ሰዎች ዐፅም ሰበሰቡ።
14የሳኦልንና የልጁን የዮናታንን ዐፅም በብንያም አገር ጼላ በተባለ ስፍራ በሳኦል አባት በቂስ መቃብር ቀበሩት፤ ንጉሡ ያዘዘውንም ሁሉ አደረጉ። ከዚያ በኋላም ስለ ምድሪቱ የቀረበውን ጸሎት እግዚአብሔር ሰማ።
በፍልስጥኤማውያን ላይ የተደረገ ጦርነት
21፥15-22 ተጓ ምብ – 1ዜና 20፥4-8
15እንደ ገና በፍልስጥኤማውያንና በእስራኤል መካከል ጦርነት ተደረገ። ዳዊትም ከሰዎቹ ጋር ሆኖ ፍልስጥኤማውያንን ለመውጋት ወረደ፤ በዚያም ደከመው። 16ከራፋይም ዘሮች አንዱ የሆነ ይሽቢብኖብ የተባለ፣ የናስ ጦሩ ሦስት መቶ ሰቅል21፥16 3.5 ኪሎ ግራም ያህል ነው። የሚመዝንና አዲስ ሰይፍ የታጠቀ ሰው ነበረ፤ እርሱም ዳዊትን ለመግደል ዐሰበ። 17የጽሩያ ልጅ አቢሳ ግን ዳዊትን ለመታደግ መጣ፤ ፍልስጥኤማዊውንም ወግቶ ገደለው። ከዚያም የዳዊት ሰዎች፣ “የእስራኤል መብራት እንዳይጠፋ ከእንግዲህ አንተ ከእኛ ጋር ወደ ጦርነት መውጣት የለብህም” ብለው ማሉለት።
18ከዚህ በኋላ ጎብ በተባለ ስፍራ ከፍልስጥኤማውያን ጋር ሌላ ጦርነት ተደረገ። በዚያን ጊዜም ኩሳታዊው ሴቦካይ፣ ከራፋይም ዘሮች አንዱ የሆነውን፣ ሳፍን ገደለው።
19ጎብ ላይ ከፍልስጥኤማውያን ጋር በተደረገ ሌላ ጦርነትም፣ የቤተ ልሔሙ የየዓሬዓርጊም ልጅ ኤልያናን21፥19 1ዜና 20፥5 ይመ፤ ዕብራይስጡ ያዔር ኦረጊም ይለዋል።፣ የጦሩ ዘንግ እንደ ሸማኔ መጠቅለያ የሆነውን የጌት ሰው ጎልያድን21፥19 1ዜና 20፥5 ይመ፤ ገደለው።
20እንደ ገና ጌት ላይ በተደረገው ጦርነት በእያንዳንዱ እጁና በእያንዳንዱ እግሩ ስድስት ስድስት ጣቶች በአጠቃላይ ሃያ አራት ጣቶች የነበሩት አንድ ግዙፍ ሰው ነበረ፤ እርሱም ደግሞ ከራፋይም ዘር ነበረ። 21ይህም ሰው እስራኤልን በተገዳደረ ጊዜ፣ የዳዊት ወንድም የሣማ ልጅ ዮናታን ገደለው።
22እነዚህ አራቱ በጌት የራፋይም ዘሮች የነበሩ ናቸው፤ እነርሱም በዳዊትና በሰዎቹ እጅ ወደቁ።
1Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.21.1 enquired…: Heb. sought the face, etc 2And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.) 3Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD? 4And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.21.4 We will…: or, It is not silver nor gold that we have to do with Saul or his house, neither pertains it to us to kill, etc 5And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,21.5 devised…: or, cut us off 6Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.21.6 whom…: or, chosen of the LORD 7But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. 8But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:21.8 Michal: or, Michal’s sister21.8 brought…: Heb. bear to Adriel 9And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
10¶ And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. 11And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
12¶ And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: 13And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. 14And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
15¶ Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint. 16And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.21.16 the giant: or, Rapha21.16 spear: Heb. the staff, or, the head 17But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.21.17 light: Heb. candle, or, lamp 18And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.21.18 the giant: or, Rapha21.18 Saph: or, Sippai 19And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.21.19 Jaare-oregim: or, Jair 20And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.21.20 the giant: or, Rapha 21And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.21.21 defied: or, reproached21.21 Shimea: also called, Shammah 22These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
