1 Samuel 27
1 Og David sagde i sit Hjerte: Jeg omkommer nu en Dag ved Sauls Haand; intet er mig bedre, end at jeg flyr til Filisternes Land, at Saul kan opgive at søge efter mig ydermere i alt Israels Landemærke, og at jeg kan undgaa hans Haand.
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me to seek me any more within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.
2 Da gjorde David sig rede og gik over, han og seks Hundrede Mand, som vare med ham, til Akis, Maoks Søn, Kongen i Gath.
And David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
3 Og David boede hos Akis i Gath, han og hans Mænd, hver med sit Hus; David og hans to Hustruer: Ahinoam, den Jisreelitiske, og Abigail, Nabals Hustru, den Karmelitiske.
And David abode with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household; David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jizreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
4 Og det blev Saul tilkendegivet, at David var flyet til Gath; da blev han ikke ydermere ved at søge efter ham.
And it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath; and he sought no more for him.
5 Og David sagde til Akis: Kære, dersom jeg har fundet Naade for dine Øjne, saa lad dem give mig et Sted i een af Byerne i Landet, at jeg maa blive der; thi hvorfor skal din Tjener bo i den kongelige Stad hos dig?
And David said to Achish, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some country-town, that I may abide there; for why should thy servant abide in the royal city with thee?
6 Da gav Akis ham Ziklag samme Dag; derfor er Ziklag Judas Kongers indtil denne Dag.
And Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.
7 Og Tallet paa de Dage, i hvilke David boede i Filisternes Land, var eet Aar og fire Maaneder.
And the time that David abode in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.
8 Saa drog David og hans Mænd op, og de overfaldt Gesuriterne og Girsiterne og Amalekiterne; thi disse boede i Landet, som hørte dem til fra gammel Tid, i Retningen af Schur og indtil Ægyptens Land.
And David and his men went up and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Gerzites, and the Amalekites: for those were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, and as far as the land of Egypt.
9 Og David slog Landet og lod hverken Mand eller Kvinde leve og tog smaat Kvæg og stort Kvæg og Asener og Kameler og Klæder og vendte tilbage til Akis.
And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
10 Naar Akis sagde: Hvor faldt I ind i Dag? da sagde David: Imod Sønden i Juda og imod Sønden mod Jerahmeeliterne og imod Sønden mod Keniterne.
So Achish said, Have ye not made a raid to-day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
11 Og David lod ikke en Mand eller Kvinde leve, saa at han førte dem til Gath; thi han sagde: At de ikke skulle forkynde noget imod os og sige: Saaledes gjorde David; og saaledes var hans Vis alle de Dage, han boede i Filisternes Land.
And David left neither man nor woman alive, to bring [them] to Gath, for he said, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David. And such was his custom as long as he abode in the country of the Philistines.
12 Derfor troede Akis David og sagde: Han har gjort sig forhadt for sit Folk, for Israel, derfor skal han være min Tjener evindelig.
And Achish trusted David, saying, He has made himself utterly odious among his people Israel; and he shall be my servant for ever.
