1 Samuel 20
1 Da flyede David fra Najoth i Rama og kom og sagde for Jonathans Ansigt: Hvad har jeg gjort? hvad er min Misgerning, og hvad er min Synd for din Faders Ansigt, at han søger efter mit Liv?
And David flees from Naioth in Ramah, and comes, and says before Jonathan, “What have I done? What [is] my iniquity? And what [is] my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life?”
2 Og han sagde til ham: Det være langt fra, du skal ikke dø, se, min Fader gør ikke nogen Gerning, stor eller liden, at han jo aabenbarer den for mine Øren; og hvorfor skulde min Fader skjule denne Gerning for mig? det er ikke saa.
And he says to him, “Far be it! You do not die; behold, my father does not do anything great or small and does not uncover my ear; and why does my father hide this thing from me? This [thing] is not.”
3 Da svor David fremdeles og sagde: Din Fader ved vist, at jeg har fundet Naade for dine Øjne, derfor siger han: Jonathan skal ikke vide dette, det maatte bedrøve ham; og sandelig, saa vist som Herren lever, og saa vist som din Sjæl lever, der er ikkun et Trin imellem mig og imellem Døden.
And David swears again and says, “Your father has certainly known that I have found grace in your eyes, and he says, Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he is grieved; and yet, YHWH lives, and your soul lives, but—as a step between me and death.”
4 Og Jonathan sagde til David: Hvad dit Hjerte siger, vil jeg og gøre dig.
And Jonathan says to David, “What does your soul [desire]? Command and I do it for you.”
5 Og David sagde til Jonathan: Se, det er i Morgen Nymaane, og jeg skulde jo sidde hos Kongen at æde; saa lad mig fare, at jeg kan skjule mig paa Marken indtil den tredje Dag ad Aften.
And David says to Jonathan, “Behold, the new moon [is] tomorrow; and I certainly sit with the king to eat; and you have sent me away, and I have been hidden in a field until the third evening;
6 Dersom da din Fader savner mig, saa sig: David begærede meget af mig, at han maatte løbe til Bethlehem til sin Stad, thi den ganske Slægt har der et aarligt Slagtoffer.
if your father looks after me at all, then you have said, David earnestly asked of me to run to his city of Beth-Lehem, for there [is] a sacrifice of the days for all the family.
7 Dersom han siger saaledes: Det er godt, saa staar det vel med din Tjener; men dersom hans Vrede optændes, da vid, at det onde er fast besluttet hos ham.
If thus he says: Good; [there is] peace for your servant; and if it is very displeasing to him—know that the evil has been determined by him;
8 Saa gør Miskundhed mod din Tjener, thi du har ladet din Tjener indgaa en Pagt med dig for Herren; men dersom der er nogen Misgerning hos dig, saa slaa du mig ihjel, og hvorfor vilde du føre mig hen til din Fader.
and you have done kindness to your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of YHWH with you—and if there is iniquity in me, put me to death yourself; for why [is] this [that] you bring me to your father?”
9 Da sagde Jonathan: Det være langt fra dig; men dersom jeg kan fornemme, at det onde er fast besluttet hos min Fader, saa at det vil komme over dig, skulde jeg da ikke give dig det til Kende?
And Jonathan says, “Far be it from you! For I certainly do not know that the evil has been determined by my father to come on you, and I do not declare it to you.”
10 Og David sagde til Jonathan: Hvo skal give mig det til Kende? eller: Hvad haardt din Fader svarer dig?
And David says to Jonathan, “Who declares [it] to me? Or what [if] your father answers you sharply?”
11 Da sagde Jonathan til David: Kom, saa ville vi gaa ud paa Marken; og de gik begge ud paa Marken.
And Jonathan says to David, “Come, and we go out into the field”; and both of them go out into the field.
12 Og Jonathan sagde til David: Herre, Israels Gud! naar jeg udforsker min Fader ved den Tid i Morgen eller den tredje Dag, og se, det staar vel for David, og jeg da ikke sender til dig og aabenbarer det for dine Øren:
And Jonathan says to David, “YHWH, God of Israel, [is my witness]—when I search out my father about [this] time tomorrow [or] the third [day], and behold, [there is] good toward David, and I do not then send to you, and have uncovered your ear—
13 Da gøre Herren Jonathan nu og fremdeles saa og saa; men finder min Fader for godt at gøre dig ondt, vil jeg og aabenbare det for dine Øren og lade dig fare, at du skal gaa med Fred; og Herren være med dig; ligesom han har været med min Fader.
thus YHWH does to Jonathan, and thus He adds; when the evil concerning you is good to my father, then I have uncovered your ear, and sent you away, and you have gone in peace, and YHWH is with you, as he was with my father;
14 Skulde du ikke, dersom jeg da lever, ja, skulde du da ikke gøre Herrens Miskundhed imod mig, saa at jeg ikke skal dø?
and not only while I am alive do you do the kindness of YHWH with me, and I do not die,
15 Ja, du vil ikke borttage din Miskundhed fra mit Hus evindeligen, selv ej, naar Herren faar udryddet Davids Fjender hver især af Jordens Kreds.
but you do not cut off your kindness from my house for all time, nor in YHWH’s cutting off the enemies of David, each one from off the face of the ground.”
16 Saa gjorde Jonathan en Pagt med Davids Hus: „Og Herren skal kræve det af Davids Fjenders Haand‟.
So Jonathan cuts [a covenant] with the house of David, and YHWH has sought [it] from the hand of the enemies of David;
17 Og Jonathan blev ved at besværge David, fordi han elskede ham; thi han elskede ham, som han elskede sin egen Sjæl.
and Jonathan adds to cause David to swear, because he loves him, for he has loved him [as] the love [for] his own soul.
18 Og Jonathan sagde til ham: Det er i Morgen Nymaane, saa savnes du; thi man skal savne dig paa din Plads.
And Jonathan says to him, “Tomorrow [is] the new moon, and you have been looked after, for your seat is looked after;
19 Og naar du har været borte i tre Dage, skal du drage ned i Hast og komme til Stedet, hvor du skjulte dig paa hin Gernings Dag; og du skal blive ved den Sten Asel.
and on the third day you certainly come down, and have come to the place where you were hidden in the day of the work, and have remained near the stone of Ezel.
20 Saa vil jeg skyde tre Pile ud til Siden, ligesom jeg vilde udskyde dem for mig efter et Maal.
And I shoot three of the arrows at the side, sending out at a mark for myself;
21 Og se, jeg vil sende Drengen og sige: Gak, led Pilene op; siger jeg til Drengen: Se, Pilene ligge paa denne Side af dig, tag dem: Kom da! thi der er Fred for dig, og der er ingen Ting at frygte for, saa vist som Herren lever.
and behold, I send the youth, [saying], Go, find the arrows. If I say to the youth at all, Behold, the arrows [are] on this side of you—take them and come, for [there is] peace for you, and there is no [adverse] word—[as] YHWH lives.
22 Men siger jeg saaledes til den unge Dreng: Se, Pilene ligge foran dig, bedre frem: Da gak! thi Herren har ladet dig fare.
And if thus I say to the young man, Behold, the arrows [are] beyond you—go, for YHWH has sent you away;
23 Og hvad det Ord angaar, som vi have talet, du og jeg, se, Herren er imellem mig og imellem dig evindeligen.
as for the thing which you and I have spoken, behold, YHWH [is] between me and you for all time.”
24 Og David skjulte sig paa Marken; og det blev Nymaane, og Kongen satte sig til Bords at æde.
And David is hidden in the field, and it is the new moon, and the king sits down by the food to eat,
25 Og Kongen satte sig paa sin Plads, som ellers, paa Pladsen ved Væggen, og Jonathan stod op, men Abner satte sig ved Sauls Side; og Davids Plads var tom.
and the king sits on his seat, as time by time, on a seat by the wall, and Jonathan rises, and Abner sits at the side of Saul, and David’s place is looked after.
26 Og Saul talede ikke noget den Dag; thi han tænkte: Ham er noget vederfaret, han er ikke ren, sandelig, han er ikke ren.
And Saul has not spoken anything on that day, for he said, “It [is] an accident; he is not clean—surely not clean.”
27 Og det skete Dagen efter Nymaane, den anden Dag i Maaneden, der Davids Plads var tom, da sagde Saul til Jonathan, sin Søn: Hvorfor kom Isais Søn ikke til Maaltid hverken i Gaar eller i Dag?
And it comes to pass on the second day of the new moon, that David’s place is looked after, and Saul says to his son Jonathan, “Why has the son of Jesse not come in, either yesterday or today, to the food?”
28 Og Jonathan svarede Saul: David begærede meget af mig, at han maatte gaa til Bethlehem.
And Jonathan answers Saul, “David has earnestly asked [permission] from me [to go] to Beth-Lehem,
29 Og han sagde: Kære, lad mig fare, thi vor Slægt har et Slagtoffer i Staden, og min Broder har selv paalagt mig det, og nu, dersom jeg har fundet Naade for dine Øjne, kære, da tillad mig, at jeg maa se mine Brødre; derfor er han ikke kommen til Kongens Bord.
and he says, Please send me away, for we have a family sacrifice in the city, and my brother has given command to me himself, and now, if I have found grace in your eyes, please let me go away and see my brothers; therefore he has not come to the table of the king.”
30 Da blev Sauls Vrede optændt imod Jonathan, og han sagde til ham: Du forvendte og genstridige Kvindes Søn! ved jeg ikke, at du har udvalgt Isais Søn til din Skam og til din Moders Skændsel?
And the anger of Saul burns against Jonathan, and he says to him, “Son of a perverse [woman] of rebellion! Have I not known that you are fixing on the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of the nakedness of your mother?
31 Thi alle de Dage, som Isais Søn lever paa Jorden, bliver hverken du stadfæstet eller dit Rige; derfor send nu og lad hente ham til mig, thi han er et Dødens Barn.
For all the days that the son of Jesse lives on the ground you are not established, you and your kingdom; and now, send and bring him to me, for he [is] a son of death.”
32 Da svarede Jonathan Saul, sin Fader, og han sagde til ham: Hvorfor skal han dødes? hvad har han gjort?
And Jonathan answers his father Saul and says to him, “Why is he put to death? What has he done?”
33 Da kastede Saul Spydet efter ham, for at stikke ham; da fornam Jonathan, at det var fast besluttet hos hans Fader at slaa David ihjel.
And Saul casts the javelin at him to strike him, and Jonathan knows that it has been determined by his father to put David to death.
34 Saa stod Jonathan op fra Bordet med fnysende Vrede, og han aad ikke Brød paa denne anden Dag i Nymaanen; thi han var bedrøvet for David, fordi hans Fader havde haanet ham.
And Jonathan rises from the table in the heat of anger, and has not eaten food on the second day of the new moon, for he has been grieved for David, for his father put him to shame.
35 Og det skete om Morgenen, at Jonathan gik ud paa Marken ved den Tid, han havde bestemt David, og en liden Dreng med ham.
And it comes to pass in the morning, that Jonathan goes out into the field for the appointment with David, and a little youth [is] with him.
36 Og han sagde til sin Dreng: Løb, led nu, kære, de Pile op, som jeg skyder ud; Drengen løb, og han skød en Pil, den lod han fare hen over ham.
And he says to his youth, “Now run, find the arrows which I am shooting”; the youth is running, and he has shot the arrow, causing [it] to pass over him.
37 Og der Drengen kom til det Sted, hvor Pilen laa, som Jonathan skød ud, da raabte Jonathan efter Drengen og sagde: Er ikke Pilen foran dig, bedre frem?
And the youth comes to the place of the arrow which Jonathan has shot, and Jonathan calls after the youth, and says, “Is the arrow not beyond you?”
38 Og Jonathan raabte efter Drengen: Vær snar, skynd dig, staa ikke stille; da samlede Jonathans Dreng Pilene og kom til sin Herre.
And Jonathan calls after the youth, “Speed, hurry, do not stand”; and Jonathan’s youth gathers the arrows, and comes to his lord.
39 Og Drengen vidste ikke noget; ikkun Jonathan og David vidste Sagen.
And the youth has not known anything, only Jonathan and David knew the word.
40 Da gav Jonathan Drengen, som han havde, sine Vaaben, og sagde til ham: Gak hen, bær dem ind i Staden!
And Jonathan gives his weapons to the youth whom he has and says to him, “Go, carry into the city.”
41 Da Drengen gik ind, saa stod David op Sønder fra og faldt paa sit Ansigt til Jorden og bøjede sig ned tre Gange, og de kyssede den ene den anden og græd den ene med den anden; men David græd mest.
The youth has gone, and David has risen from Ezel, at the south, and falls on his face to the earth, and bows himself three times, and they kiss one another, and they weep with one another, until David exerted himself;
42 Da sagde Jonathan til David: Gak i Fred! hvad vi begge have svoret i Herrens Navn og sagt: Herren være Vidne imellem mig og imellem dig, og imellem min Sæd og imellem din Sæd evindeligen. . . Og han stod op og gik bort; men Jonathan kom til Staden.
and Jonathan says to David, “Go in peace, in that we have sworn—the two of us—in the Name of YHWH, saying, YHWH is between me and you, and between my seed and your seed—for all time”; and he rises and goes; and Jonathan has gone into the city.
