Flood
I am embarrassed, “Gilgames, this is a great secret. But since you came here with such troubles , I will explain that secret to you, listen to me carefully!” On this promise, Gilgames had great hope that I would learn this secret and attain immortality . Utanapistim, who began to say, “You know the city of Suruppak on the edge of the pharaoh, of course,” continued his explanation : “This city was a very, very old city. Once upon a time the gods were gathered in it. One day , the god of the gods, Anu, the father of the gods, Enlil, their advisor to the war, and their advisors, Ninurta, Ea, the God of Wisdom, was also sitting in a corner . These four say, ‘Let’s see, let’s make a Deluge and what we have created, especially They said, ‘Let’s destroy people’ and they decided to do so. This did not please the God of Wisdom standing in the corner . But, as the majority was with others, he could not speak out. At that time I was sitting in my hut praying to our Gods. I suddenly seemed to hear a noise.
I listened, whispering, ” Talk to hut, talk hut, wall to wall, listen to me, son of Suruppak’s man Ubartutu, do you hear me?” he was saying. I immediately burned into the wall . I replied with great excitement, ‘Yes I can. He was willing to keep his word . He said, ‘I am Ea your God of Wisdom, I will give you a message. What an honor this was to me . Lord God Ea was talking to me. It was not what would happen, but it did. I immediately said, ‘I’m listening to you, my good God. ‘At the meeting of the gods, for some reason the friends tried to destroy all our creations. I wanted to prevent it, I couldn’t. Upon that when I see you praying, I will notify you of this and at least one of my existence I wanted him to be saved. Now listen carefully to what I have to say and keep it in mind! Collect, sell your property right now and build a ship with it. He said, ‘ Let the ship’s width be equal, cover it so that no water can enter it’. I was very afraid, ‘Your dear sir, our great God. I understood what you said, your orders. I am very honored by this. I will try to fulfill it immediately. But now I have a concern. What will I say to our elders, to the people of our city, while we are building the ship ? He said to them, ‘Our gods will make a strange. I said ‘I am doing this to save my life from him , they will surely kill me’. Our God Ea also learned that our God Enlil was angry at me, hated me. So far from this city, great ‘I will go to Apsu where our God lives,’ he said. I was very surprised at that. He was offering to lie to me. But what should I do, God’s command. I guess he knows something too! ‘ I said, and the next morning, as soon as the day began, I gathered many people around me. I conveyed God’s word to them. I started immediately. First I made the plan of the ship. It was going to be six times. “Gilgames:” It must not have been easy to build such a ship . How long did you get it done? “I am embarrassed:” In a short time than you can imagine. There were so many helpers around me. When I was at work, you should have seen how tidy people like ants they work! On the one hand, the necessary materials for the ship were stacked, on the other hand, the wood was cut and sawed, and the prepared timber was brought together. There were even children among the employees . Indeed, against their work, I thought that they would all die by the Flood, I was sorry, and I was angry with both myself and the Gods. What was their purpose in destroying their creations . Every day I had my employees slaughter bulls and sheep. I made the poor people drink plenty of red wine, beer like river water. Things were done with celebrations similar to the New Year festival. Everyone was working with great effort and pleasure, not knowing what was going to happen to them. The keel of the ship was finished in five days. “Gilgames:” How quickly. I guess the ship was small. ” I am embarrassed: “What are you talking about! It was exactly two of the width inside.” Gilgames said: “The pattern is the size of a field . The height of the edges is 20 canes? (1ık of: 3 600 square meters. 2- A reed: up to three meters.) Kept the promise I Utanapis: “The upper and lower decks were equal in size. All the seven- I kept a compartment. Warehouse part was also nine compartment. You go water the ship’s outer part she did Grease, I pitch geese field plenty of pitch I filled in. I yigdirt to one side now to Smurfs instead of a shovel. the ship is ready to be lowered into the water when, in honor of spirits were drunk, instruments were working, we were told, songs, dances were held, a big festivity had. The masters were looking at the ship proudly, laughing with delight that we had created such a work . The poor people were in a great feast , not knowing what was going to happen to them . As I saw this state of them, I was pervasive, and I was telling me that I would try to save my life and be with them . But this sublime was commanded our Eau God, how could I return! ” Gilgamesh:” I wonder, this big ship was lowered into the water over and how many days. ” I Utanapis:” Do you believe, exactly seven days! ” Gilgamesh heard this a big surprise at the How this great ship had been built in a short time. “Indeed ship was not easy at all to download the water. Fortunately on her side yatmis Smurfs have done this. It was my help of them. Row koydugu our Smurfs to shift from upset r they all work those ships front and behind it. Two-thirds of the ship to have entered the water passing by, gold, silver, the kirlar’s I put some of his animals, the artists. All of my feelings filled my relatives. Our Sun God Samas told me ‘enter the ship when the wind and rain started, close the door’. As he said, the weather suddenly changed at night. It started to rain with the storm. So far, Gilgames has listened to Utanapistim with great care. Your word here at once. “Who will lead the ship, will you run it?” He asked. “No,” said I Utanapis and continued saying: “This is the Knower, had also includes Puzuramiirr a complete sailor. He’s now the ship was now at the helm. Now that everyone’s responsibility was in his hands. Morning to this passes the agar when the environment starts, pitch-black horizon clouds rising, fast-us correct sounded. Remote in light of the common simsek suddenly direct vicinity of our overt, brought many voices that illuminate like daytime, ears and watching them thunder will burst. Firtina God of Adad, god of war were trying to show Ninurta all their forces. “Yeralti judge of God Anunnaki were burning down their constantly torch. All Gods they seemed to take revenge on their creations. Between this doomsday, it was too dark for the eyes to see . Nobody could see anyone, and the screams echoed. People were like they were at war. The country crumbled like a bowl. ”
My embarrassment stopped at this point. He closed his eyes. The expression on his face seemed to be reliving the fear of those days . Seeing thin tears pouring from his eyes, Gilgames waited in silence for him to speak. He himself was so moved by these narratives that he even forgot that he wanted immortality. “The earth was so dark that the Gods could not see it either,” my Utanapist spoke again . “Even the gods were afraid of this deluge they had made. They twisted like dogs from pain, and then fled into the sky to Anu, the God of Heaven. You should have seen Istar the Goddess! Like women in birth pains groaned, men and ancient ages suddenly turned to mud. Goddess Istar, the beautiful voice of the gods, said with great regret, ‘How I let this bad deed happen. How did I settle for my people to disappear. How did my poor people fill the water like fish eggs! ‘ she was crying. The Anunnaki were crying with him too. The tongues of the gods seemed stuck and locked. “Six days and seven nights the storm thundered, the rain gushed from the glass. The flood covered the whole country . On the seventh day, the deluge that attacked like a mad army slowed down; the sea calmed down, the storm faded, the calm stopped. ” I opened the ship’s window. Light came to my face. I looked at the sea, it was still. All the people and animals were muddy.
“I collapsed, I started to cry. Tears were flowing from my eyes like a flood. We were saved, but was not it a pity to other people? The cities they had built by all their work and hardship had been destroyed. How they destroyed all this Gods, I did not mind.” Gilgames also agreed with him. He did not realize that the gods were so cruel. My Utanapist continued, “Can I find a piece of land in every direction of the sea?” Something was invisible. Maybe I would fly a pigeon to find the land. But he came back because he couldn’t find a place to be put.
The crow I sent for the third time did not come back because it found a place to be and food. Just then , a piece of land rising from the sea in the distance caught my eye. I told the sailor to drive the ship there . After a while, the ship ran aground. Nizir Dagi is his name. I went ashore . I made drinking victims to the four winds on the mountain top. I lit incense in various fragrances in the Yediser pot . When the gods heard these fragrant scents, they rushed on the victims like flies, you believe. ” Gilgames did not know whether to laugh or cry at these words. I am embarrassed,” Goddess Istar was with them, and she said that I will never forget this day, the day when the gods mocked the victims . But Enlil alone did not come among them, ”he said. “Why didn’t he come?” Gilgames impatiently said. he interrupted. I was embarrassed, “Because he was the one who brought forth the Flood and made it happen,” he continued: “God Istar is the reason why he did not come, because he is ashamed that he did!” he was interpreting. Suddenly God Enlil middle of peep. s amazing seeing the ship and the ship’s exit those were girls. ‘who established them in, who gave the news, all mortals flood none was going to be, “he there waiting for answers from within. Oglu war god Ninurta, turning to his father,’ Who will be, Who can do such a job but God Ea! ‘ At that moment the God Ea came forward with great feeling , ‘O gun-wielding Enlil! How could you make such a deluge without your heart’s pity! Let the sinner suffer his sin. The rebels should be punished. Instead of making such a deluge and destroying everything , if you had put a wolf among the people and reduced them! If instead of making a flood , there was a crowd and the country was not devastated! It would have been better if you had removed the Plague Disease God Inra and killed people instead of the Flood . Moreover, I did not tell the secrets of the Gods directly . I just made my wise Utanapist have a dream. Now go talk to my Utanapist . ‘ Enlil then came to the ship. He took my wife’s and mine’s hand. He took us both out. He entered between us and put his hand on our foreheads and blessed us: ‘My utanapist was a human being until now. But now he and his wife will be like Gods and live among us. Very They will sit far away at the mouth of the river, ‘he said. So they brought me and my wife and placed them at the mouth of this river . ”
Gilgames had listened to the whole story, and could not make a comment in his direction. My Utanapist, who looked at his thoughtful state, said, “That’s how it happened, Gilgames, I do not win immortality. But will the Gods gather for you again? Why should they gather ?! They gave me this life to cover up their crimes. What are they going to give you immortality? You understand that this cannot happen, too ? ! Come now, let’s give you an exam. During the flood, we were sleepless for six days and seven nights. Let’s see if you can stay. said. Gilgames was so tired that as soon as he heard the word “sleep”, before he could finish his word “I am Utanapist”, he began to sleep on the series. I was embarrassed to his wife, “Let’s try to wake him up, will he wake up If he wakes up He goes through the doors and returns to his place. ”No matter how long the woman tried to wake him up, Gilgames slept like a dead person. So cook a piece of bread every day and put it with you. So we can prove to him how many days he slept . ”The woman was cooking a piece of bread every day and putting it with him. The bread put on each day was losing its freshness variously according to time. On the seventh day, she put the bread that she had just taken out of the oven next to Gilgames and touched her with her hand. He suddenly jumped up and asked, “I haven’t slept, right?” he asked, looking around surprised . I am embarrassed and his wife was watching him laughing. We put fresh bread with him. Look at the breads, some of them dried out, some got moldy. Put your hand on the last breadwinner. Today it has not even cooled down. You slept for six days and seven nights. You lost the exam . ”
Gilgames sadly looked upon a piece of bread and one of them, “What am I going to do now. Bombos am I going back? What will I say to my people? Will all my heroism fall into the water? I will not escape death. He will always be walking around me. Will I live in fear of death at every moment ?” said. My embarrassed gilgames said, “You are not alone in the world! Everyone is doomed to death like you. Do you fear him and spend your days in sorrow?” said.
Tears flowed from Gilgames’ eyes as he listened to this. Continuing with the promise I Utanapis, “all fear here, at the sadness! Look to spend Uruk to gidinc to the days of arbitrarily by! Halkida to useful work to do job. Every useful to Yaptigim work will make you happy. Hatirla! Canavari, sky suffocate the people’s joy in you killed she’d already how happy you ” said. Those days suddenly came before Gilgames’ eyes. What a joy, what a joy it was! He remembered those who embraced them, who took them to the skies with songs and poems. He forgot death for a moment. He was so immersed in the exuberance of those days that my Utanapist came to his senses with the words of my Utanapist, “Now get yourself. Go, wash! Clean your hair and beard . Put on new clothes.” He kept saying: He said, “Let Ursanabi show you the place to be washed, give you your clothes. Let him take you to his place as a clean, pure king ” and gave orders to Ursanabi for them. Ursanabi took her to the washing place. The abundant water brought him a little more. He did not want to get out of the water and was constantly trying to get used to this situation and not to think about death . When she got out of the water, her hair was shining from cleaning. He threw his torn clothes on the roads and threw them into the sea. As they were swept away by the waves, the hope of immortality disappeared with them . He wore the new clothes given by Ursanabi. He tied a tie around his forehead, tying his hair back . He had just gotten his old hand. Suddenly low his shoulders straightened. A great liveliness came over him. My Utanapist, who saw this state of his, said, “You are now like the king. You can easily return to Uruk. Let Ursanabi take you by shortcuts . ” Ursanabi got on the boat, waiting for him. My shame, his wife and Gilgames came to the beach. As Gilgames got on the boat, he remembered again that his hands turned bouncy on this road, which he came with such great fatigue and fear . He was deeply saddened. This sadness hit his face too , and his eyes were dull. It felt like he wasn’t himself. Seeing this state of her, Utana’s wife, Muni, was suddenly upset and said to her husband , “Look at Gilgames’s. He supposedly seemed to come to his senses and was delighted. He’s back to his old self again. I am not willing to let him go with his disappointment. Tell him the water youth weed and maybe it will be a little consolation by finding it. ”
At that time, the boat had moved a little further from the shore. I am embarrassed, he signaled them to approach the beach . Suddenly, Gilgames said, “Will he show another way not to die?” he had a great hope. They immediately came ashore. Gilgames jumped off the boat and found himself next to Utanapistim in a few steps. When my embarrassedist told Gilgames, who was looking at his face with great curiosity , “Gilgames, you are very tired, you are very sad, you are very disappointed, my heart is not willing to send you with empty hands. I will explain to you another secret of the Gods “, Gilgames’ heart started to beat with all the speed. . “Now he will reveal the mystery of immortality!” he had a great hope. I am ashamed of your promise He continued, “There was a thorny weed. It sank into the hands as it plucked like a rose’s thorn, it bleeds in blood . Only the one who eats this plant is rejuvenated, regaining its former strength. But, this thorn is at the bottom of a deep water on your way. If you can remove it , you will rejuvenate again. ” said. Gilgames was delighted again, although he was a little upset when he heard youth rather than immortality. He would be young again, at least his life would be prolonged. This was also very good. To find him, he immediately jumped on the boat and said to Ursanabi, “Let’s go without delay.” After a very long journey, they came to where the thorn was. Gilgames tied a stone to his feet and s dived into compliance. He found the place of the thorn. Plucking the thorn was not easy. The thorns were pricking his hands everywhere. Although his villain was extremely pitiful, he ripped the thorn off the root and took the stone from his foot and surfaced. He seemed to be flying with joy when he came to the water’s edge. He would regain youth, find his old strength, and no longer die quickly. But suddenly the joy in his face faded. “Yes,” he said to himself, “I will be younger, but what happens around me, my friends will remain old. Then, if I get young, what does it matter! If I share this herb with those with me, they will become younger with me. So we live together ” she wrapped the grass and took it under her seat. After a while gone, the weather It was very hot. Gilgames wanted to cool off. He left the thorn bulge in his hand ashore. He threw himself into the cold and clear water. How well it had done with going into the water. It was a great pleasure, it was cool.
As it happened, suddenly a snake came gliding from the edge of the water, and when it came, it was one to take the grass in his mouth . Gilgames was surprised at what he would do when he saw this. He was yelling, crying and screaming . But what happened was that he ate snake grass, changing his shell, and he became a brilliant young snake. For this, he had suffered so much, the roads had walked, and he gave life or death struggles. Wasn’t it a pity for him? Sit down on the shore, crying on the one hand, and spoken on the other. “Tell me, Ursanabi,” she said, as her eyes were tearing like a flood, “Have I put up with the boredom for the snake to rejuvenate? Is my hands bloody from thorns for her? You see, what have I been able to gain from so much trouble? Nese, is n’t it just sadness and tears instead of joy ? But I was able to learn this: The rules of the gods did not change. Why did they make such rules, and I don’t mind him either. “Gilgames didn’t think, he was said, he was crying.
Ursanabi said, “Gilgames doesn’t get anything by crying, whining, saying. So come and take you to Uruk. From now on, try to enjoy the days of life you have. ” They are on the road again. After a fairly long journey, Gilgames got off the boat. As he descended he said to Ursanabi, “If you come down the road and come to Uruk, get up on the city wall I made and look at it! The wall is made of baked brick. See it! Do not think that the seven sages laid the foundation of the calm wall . I had it built, I!” He said, “Visit Uruk and see. Enter your temples . Go to your Ziggurat! Look how beautiful it is, my city is Uruk.” As they said these, they all passed before their eyes. Suddenly dropped shoulders straightened, a self-confidence and vitality has come. He made his steps tight. He wanted to meet his beloved city of Uruk as soon as possible .
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