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Довуд Омолек халқини мағлуб қилади
1 Довуд одамлари билан йўл юриб, учинчи куни ўз шаҳри Зихлахга етиб келди. Бу орада Омолек халқи Нагав чўлига , хусусан, Зихлах шаҳрига ҳам бостириб кирган, Зихлахга ўт қўйиб, шаҳарни талон–тарож қилган экан. 2 Улар бирор кимсани ўлдирмай, у ердаги аёллару ёш–қарини асир олишиб, олдиларига солиб ҳайдаганча, йўлларига қайтиб кетишган эди.
3 Довуд одамлари билан у ерга етиб боргач, шаҳарнинг аланга ичида қолганини, хотинлари, ўғил–қизларини асир олиб кетишганини билди. 4 Улар ҳолдан тойгунча дод–вой солиб йиғлашди. 5 Довуднинг иккала хотини — Йизриллик Охинавам ва Кармиллик Наволнинг беваси Обигайл ҳам асир олинган эди. 6 Довуд ёмон аҳволда қолди, чунки ҳар бир одам ўғиллари, қизлари учун қайғурар, “Довудни тошбўрон қиламиз”, дейишарди. Лекин Довуд ўз Эгаси Худодан мадад олди. 7 У Охималекнинг ўғли руҳоний Абуатарга :
— Менга эфодни келтир, Эгамизнинг хоҳиш–иродасини билайлик, — деди. Абуатар эфодни олиб келди. 8 Довуд Эгамиздан:
— Бу қароқчиларнинг орқасидан қувиб борайми? Қувсам, етиб оламанми? — деб сўради .
— Орқаларидан қув, уларга албатта етиб олиб, асирларни озод қиласан, — деди Эгамиз.
9 Шундай қилиб, Довуд ёнидаги олти юзта одами билан йўлга чиқиб, Басор сойлигига юриш қилди. 10 Улар сойликдан ҳали ўтиб бўлмаган эдики, икки юз киши толиқиб йиқилиб, ўша ерда қолди. Довуд қолган тўрт юз кишиси билан қароқчиларни қувлаб кетди.
11 Чўлда бир Мисрликни топиб, Довуднинг олдига келтиришди. “Еб, ичиб ол”, деб унга нон–пон беришди. 12 Бир ҳовуч анжир қоқи билан икки ҳовуч майиз ҳам беришди. Ҳалиги одам тамадди қилиб олгач, бир оз жонланди. У уч кечаю уч кундуз на туз тотган, на сув ичган эди.
13 Довуд ундан:
— Сен кимнинг одамисан? Қаердан келяпсан? — деб сўради.
— Мисрликман, Омолек уруғидан бўлган бир одамнинг қулиман, — деди йигит. — Уч кун олдин касал бўлиб қолган эдим, хўжайиним мени чўлда қолдириб кетди. 14 Нагав чўлидаги Харет халқи ҳудудига, Яҳудо ҳудудига, Нагав чўлидаги Холиб уруғи ерларига бостириб бориб, Зихлах шаҳрига ўт қўйдик.
15 — Мени ўша босқинчиларнинг ёнига олиб бора оласанми? — деб сўради Довуд.
— Сени ўлдирмайман, хўжайинингнинг қўлига топширмайман, деб Худо номи билан онт ичсангиз, сизни ўша босқинчилар олдига олиб бораман, — деди йигит.
16 Шундай қилиб, Мисрлик одам Довудга йўл кўрсатиб кетди. Босқинчилар дала бўйлаб тарқалиб, Филист ва Яҳудо ерларидан талон–тарож қилиб келган мўл–кўл ўлжаларини еб–ичиб, хурсандчилик қилишаётган эди. 17 Довуд эртаси куни кечқурунгача уларни қирди. Туяларга миниб қочган тўрт юз йигитдан ташқари, улардан бирортаси ҳам қутулиб кета олмади.
18 Шундай қилиб, Довуд Омолек халқи тортиб олган ҳамма нарсаларини, жумладан, иккала хотинини ҳам қайтариб олди. 19 Катта–кичикдан, ўғил–қизлардан, ўлжа олинган моллардан, хуллас, Омолек халқи олиб кетган нарсалардан бирортаси қолиб кетмади. Довуд ҳаммасини қайтариб олди. 20 Довуд Омолек халқининг ҳамма мол–қўйларини ўлжа қилиб олди. Довуднинг одамлари ўлжа олинган мол–қўйларни ўзларининг моллари олдидан ҳайдаб кетар экан: “Булар — Довуднинг ўлжалари”, дейишарди.
21 Шундан кейин Довуд Басор сойлигида толиқиб орқада қолиб кетган икки юз киши олдига қайтди. Улар ҳам Довуд билан унинг одамларини кутиб олгани чиқишди. Довуд уларга яқин келгач, омонлик тилади. 22 Лекин Довуд билан борган баъзи ёмон, ярамас одамлар:
— Булар биз билан бирга бормадилар, энди уларга ўлжа олинган нарсалардан ҳеч қандай улуш бермаймиз, ҳар қайсиси фақат хотини билан болаларини олиб кетсин, — дейишди.
23 — Йўқ, биродарларим, — деди Довуд, — бу нарсаларни бизга Эгамиз берди, энди ундай қилманглар. Эгамизнинг Ўзи бизни сақлади, устимизга бостириб келган босқинчиларни қўлимизга берди. 24 Сизларнинг бу гапингизга ким рози бўлади? Урушга борганлар билан анжомлар ёнида қолганларнинг улуши бирдир, ҳар бир нарса тенг бўлинади.
25 Ўша кундан бошлаб Довуд бу усулни Исроилда қонун–қоида ҳолига келтирди, ушбу қонун бугунгача давом этиб келяпти.
26 Ниҳоят, Довуд Зихлахга қайтди. У ўзининг ўртоқлари — Яҳудо оқсоқолларига тортиб олинган ўлжалардан жўнатиб: “Мана Эгамизнинг ғанимларидан тортиб олинган ўлжалардан сизларга инъомлар”, деб айтиб юборди. 27 Инъомлар қуйидаги шаҳарларнинг оқсоқолларига жўнатилди: Байтил, Нагав чўлидаги Рамўт шаҳри, Ятир, 28 Арор, Сифмўт, Эштамўва, 29 Рахол, Ярахмал уруғи ва Хайин халқининг шаҳарлари, 30 шунингдек, Хўрмах, Бўр–Ошон, Отах 31 ва Хеврон шаҳарлари. Довуд одамлари билан кезган ерларнинг ҳаммасига ўлжалардан жўнатди.
1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; 2 And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
3 ¶ So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. 4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 5 And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. 8 And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them , and without fail recover all . 9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. 10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
11 ¶ And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water; 12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights. 13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick. 14 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. 15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
16 ¶ And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. 17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. 18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. 19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all. 20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.
21 ¶ And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them. 22 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart. 23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand. 24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. 25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
26 ¶ And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; 27 To them which were in Beth-el, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir, 28 And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, 29 And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites, 30 And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chor-ashan, and to them which were in Athach, 31 And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.
