1 Samuel 21
1 Og David kom til Nobe, til Akimelek, Præsten, og Akimelek blev forfærdet, da han mødte David, og sagde til ham: Hvorfor er du alene og ikke en Mand med dig?
Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no man with you?”
2 Og David sagde til Akimelek, Præsten: Kongen befalede mig en Sag og sagde til mig: Lad ingen Mand vide noget om den Sag, som jeg har sendt dig ud for, og som jeg befalede dig; og de unge Karle har jeg tilsagt til det og det Sted.
David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commanded me to do something, and has said to me, ‘Let no one know anything about the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you. I have sent the young men to a certain place.’
3 Og nu, hvad har du ved Haanden? giv fem Brød i min Haand, eller hvad der findes.
Now therefore what is under your hand? Please give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever is available.”
4 Og Præsten svarede David og sagde: Jeg har intet almindeligt Brød ved Haanden; men der er helligt Brød; dersom ikkun de unge Mænd havde holdt sig fra Kvinder.
The priest answered David, and said, “I have no common bread, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.”
5 Og David svarede Præsten og sagde til ham: Ja visselig, Kvinderne have været os forholdte i Gaar og i Forgaars; der jeg gik ud, vare de unge Mænds Kar hellige; tilmed er dette Brød paa Vej til at blive almindeligt, da desforuden andet i Dag skal helliges i Karrene.
David answered the priest, and said to him, “Truly, women have been kept from us as usual these three days. When I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was only a common journey. How much more then today shall their vessels be holy?”
6 Da gav Præsten ham det hellige; thi der var intet Brød uden Skuebrød, som toges bort fra Herrens Ansigt for at lægge varmt Brød i Stedet paa den Dag, man tog det bort.
So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the show bread that was taken from before the LORD, to be replaced with hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
7 Men der var en Mand af Sauls Tjenere paa den samme Dag, som opholdt sig for Herrens Ansigt, og hans Navn var Edomiteren Doeg, den mægtigste af Sauls Hyrder.
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the best of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul.
8 Og David sagde til Akimelek: Har du ikke her ved Haanden et Spyd eller et Sværd? thi jeg tog end ikke mit Sværd og mine Vaaben med mig, eftersom Kongens Ærinde havde Hast.
David said to Ahimelech, “Isn’t there here under your hand spear or sword? For I haven’t brought my sword or my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.”
9 Da sagde Præsten: Filisteren Goliaths Sværd, som du slog i Egens Dal, se, det er svøbt i et Klæde, bag Livkjortlen; dersom du vil tage dig det, saa tag det, thi her er intet andet uden det; og David sagde: Der er ikke noget som det, giv mig det!
The priest said, “Behold, the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you would like to take that, take it, for there is no other except that here.” David said, “There is none like that. Give it to me.”
10 Og David gjorde sig rede og flyede samme Dag fra Sauls Ansigt, og kom til Akis, Kongen i Gath.
David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
11 Og Akis Tjenere sagde til ham: Er dette ikke David, Landets Konge? sang de ikke om denne mod hverandre i Dansen, og sagde: Saul har slaget sine tusinde, og David sine ti Tusinde?
The servants of Achish said to him, “Isn’t this David the king of the land? Didn’t they sing to one another about him in dances, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?”
12 Og David lagde disse Ord paa sit Hjerte og frygtede saare for Akis, Kongen af Gath.
David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
13 Derfor anstillede han sig afsindig for deres Øjne og rasede mellem deres Hænder og tegnede paa Portens Døre og lod Fraaden flyde ned paa sit Skæg.
He changed his behaviour before them and pretended to be insane in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.
14 Da sagde Akis til sine Tjenere: Se, I se, at Manden er gal, hvi førte I ham til mig?
Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is insane. Why then have you brought him to me?
15 Mon jeg fattes galne, at I førte denne hid at rase for mig? skulde denne komme i mit Hus?
Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Should this fellow come into my house?”
