1 Samuel 13

1 Saul var. . Aar, da han blev Konge, og han regerede paa andet Aar over Israel.

Saul was — years old when he began to reign; and two years he reigned over Israel.

2 Da udvalgte Saul sig tre Tusinde af Israel, og to Tusinde vare med Saul i Mikmas og paa Bethels Bjerg, og tusinde vare med Jonathan i Benjamins Gibea; men de øvrige Folk lod han fare, hver til sine Telte.

And Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmas and in the mount of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeath-benjamin; and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

3 Og Jonathan slog Filisternes Besætning, som var paa Højen, og Filisterne hørte det; derfor lod Saul blæse i Trompeten i hele Landet og sige: Lad Hebræerne høre det!

And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the horn throughout all the land, saying: 'Let the Hebrews hear.'

4 Og al Israel hørte, at der sagdes: Saul har slaget Filisternes Besætning, og Israel har gjort sig forhadt hos Filisterne; da blev Folket sammenkaldt efter Saul til Gilgal.

And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also had made himself odious with the Philistines. And the people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.

5 Og Filisterne samledes til at stride med Israel, tredive Tusinde Vogne og seks Tusinde Ryttere og Folk som Sand, der er ved Havbredden i Mangfoldighed; og de droge op og lejrede sig i Mikmas, Østen for Beth-Aven.

And the Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude; and they came up, and pitched in Michmas, eastward of Beth-aven.

6 Der Israels Mænd saa sig i Nød (thi Folket blev trængt), da skjulte Folket sig i Hulerne og i Tornebuskene og i Klipperne og i de faste Taarne og i Grøfterne.

When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait — for the people were distressed — then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in holds, and in pits.

7 Og Hebræere gik over Jordanen til Gads Land og til Gilead; og Saul var endnu i Gilgal, og alt Folket var forskrækket og fulgte efter ham.

Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

8 Og han tøvede i syv Dage til den Tid, som var bestemt af Samuel, men Samuel kom ikke til Gilgal; da adspredtes Folket fra ham.

And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed; but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

9 Da sagde Saul: Fører hid til mig Brændofret og Takofrene; og han ofrede Brændofret.

And Saul said: 'Bring hither to me the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings.' And he offered the burnt-offering.

10 Og det skete, der han var færdig med at ofre Brændofret, se, da kom Samuel! og Saul gik ud imod ham at hilse paa ham.

And it came to pass that, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.

11 Da sagde Samuel: Hvad har du gjort? og Saul sagde: Da jeg saa, at Folket adspredtes fra mig, og du kom ikke til den bestemte Tid, og Filisterne vare samlede udi Mikmas,

And Samuel said: 'What hast thou done?' And Saul said: 'Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together against Michmas;

12 da sagde jeg: Nu komme Filisterne ned mod mig i Gilgal, og jeg har ikke bedet for Herrens Ansigt; da tog jeg Mod til mig og ofrede Brændofret.

therefore said I: Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Gilgal, and I have not entreated the favour of the LORD; I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt-offering.'

13 Da sagde Samuel til Saul: Du har handlet daarligen; du har ikke holdt Herren din Guds Bud, som han bød dig; saa havde Herren nu stadfæstet dit Kongedømme over Israel evindelig.

And Samuel said to Saul: 'Thou hast done foolishly; thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which He commanded thee; for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.

14 Men nu skal dit Kongedømme ikke bestaa; Herren har opsøgt sig en Mand efter sit Hjerte, og ham har Herren budet at være en Fyrste over sit Folk, fordi du ikke har holdt det, som Herren har befalet dig.

But now thy kingdom shall not continue; the LORD hath sought him a man after His own heart, and the LORD hath appointed him to be prince over His people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.'

15 Og Samuel gjorde sig rede og gik op fra Gilgal til Gibea i Benjamin; og Saul talte det Folk, som fandtes hos ham, ved seks Hundrede Mand.

And Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal unto Gibeath-benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.

16 Og Saul og Jonathan, hans Søn, og det Folk, som fandtes hos dem, bleve i Gibea i Benjamin; men Filisterne havde lejret sig i Mikmas.

And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeath-benjamin; but the Philistines encamped in Michmas.

17 Og der uddrog en ødelæggende Skare af Filisternes Lejr i tre Hobe; den ene Hob vendte sig ad Vejen imod Ofra, til Landet Sual;

And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual;

18 og den anden Hob vendte sig ad Vejen til Beth-Horon; og den tredje Hob vendte sig mod Vejen ved Skellet, der rager frem over Zeboims Dal, ad Ørken til.

and another company turned the way to Beth-horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looketh down upon the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

19 Og der blev ingen Smed funden i al Israels Land; thi Filisterne sagde: At Hebræerne ikke skulde gøre Sværd eller Spyd.

Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said: 'Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears';

20 Derfor maatte al Israel fare ned til Filisterne, at hver kunde faa sit Plovjern og sin Hakke og sin Økse og sin Spade skærpet;

but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

21 og de havde skarpe File til Spader og Hakker og Treforke og Økser, og saa ofte Æggen var sløvet paa Spader, og naar de skulde have en Braad sat ind.

And the price of the filing was a pim for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks with three teeth, and for the axes; and to set the goads.

22 Og det skete paa Stridens Dag, at der ikke blev funden Sværd eller Spyd i nogen af Folkets Haand, som var med Saul og med Jonathan; dog fandtes der hos Saul og hos Jonathan, hans Søn.

So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan; but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

23 Og Filisternes Besætning drog ud til Kløftvejen ved Mikmas.

And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmas.