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.
David said in his heart, “I will now perish one day by Saul's hand; there is nothing better for me than to escape into the land of the Philistines; Saul will give up looking for me any more within all the borders of Israel; in this way I will 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.
David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish son of Maok, the 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.
David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each man with his own household, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite woman, and Abigail the Carmelite woman, 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.
Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, so he looked for him no longer.
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?
David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may live there. Why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
6 Da gav Akis ham Ziklag samme Dag; derfor er Ziklag Judas Kongers indtil denne Dag.
So that day Achish gave him Ziklag; that is why Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this very day.
7 Og Tallet paa de Dage, i hvilke David boede i Filisternes Land, var eet Aar og fire Maaneder.
The number of days that David lived in the land of the Philistines was a full 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.
David and his men attacked various places, making raids on the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those nations were the inhabitants of the land, as you go to Shur, as far as the land of Egypt. They had been living there in the land from ancient times.
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.
David attacked the land and saved neither man nor woman alive; he took away the sheep, the oxen, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing; he would return and come again 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.
Achish would say, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David would answer, “Against the south of Judah,” or “Against the south of the Jerahmeelites,” or “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.
David would keep neither man nor woman alive to bring them to Gath, saying, “So that they cannot say about us, 'David did such and such.'” This was what he did all the while he was living 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.
Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people Israel utterly abhor him; he will therefore be my servant forever.”
