< 2 Samuel 21 >

1 Og der var en Hungersnød i Davids Dage tre Aar, Aar efter Aar, og David søgte Herrens Ansigt, og Herren sagde: Det er for Sauls Skyld og for Blodhusets Skyld, fordi han ihjelslog Gibeoniterne.
And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, [There is] guilt upon Saul and his house because of his bloody murder, whereby he killed the Gabaonites.
2 Da lod Kongen kalde ad Gibeoniterne og sagde til dem: (Men Gibeoniterne vare ikke af Israels Børn, men af de overblevne Amoriter, og Israels Børn havde tilsvoret dem, men Saul søgte efter at slaa dem ihjel, fordi han var nidkær for Israels og Judas Børn)
And King David called the Gabaonites, and said to them; —(now the Gabaonites are not the children of Israel, but [are] of the remnant of the Amorite, and the children of Israel had sworn to them: but Saul sought to strike them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Juda.)
3 og David sagde til Gibeoniterne: Hvad skal jeg gøre for eder? og hvormed skal jeg sone det, at I ville velsigne Herrens Arv?
And David said to the Gabaonites, What shall I do to you? and wherewithal shall I make atonement, that you may bless the inheritance of the Lord?
4 Og Gibeoniterne sagde til ham: Det er os ikke om Sølv eller Guld at gøre hos Saul og hos hans Hus, og det er os ikke om at gøre at ihjelslaa nogen i Israel; da sagde han: Hvad I sige, vil jeg gøre for eder.
And the Gabaonites said to him, We have no [question about] silver or gold with Saul and with his house; and there is no man for us to put to death in Israel.
5 Og de sagde til Kongen: Den Mand, som udryddede os, og som tænkte det imod os, at vi skulde ødelægges, at vi ikke skulde bestaa inden al Israels Landemærke:
And he said, What say you? speak, and I will do it for you. And they said to the king, The man who would have made an end of us, and persecuted us, who plotted against us to destroy us, let us utterly destroy him, so that he shall have no standing in all the coasts of Israel.
6 Af hans Sønner lad der gives os syv Mænd, at vi kunne hænge dem op for Herren i Sauls Gibea, den Herrens udvalgtes; og Kongen sagde: Jeg vil give eder dem.
Let one give us seven men of his sons, and let us hang them up in the sun to the Lord in Gabaon of Saul, as chosen out for the Lord. And the king said, I will give [them].
7 Men Kongen sparede Mefiboseth, en Søn af Sauls Søn Jonathan, for Herrens Eds Skyld, som var imellem dem, imellem David og Jonathan, Sauls Søn.
But the king spared Memphibosthe son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, even between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
8 Og Kongen tog de to Sønner af Rizpa, Ajas Datter, hvilke hun havde født Saul, nemlig: Armoni og Mefiboseth, og Mikals, Sauls Datters, fem Sønner, hvilke hun havde født Adriel, Meholathiteren Barsillajs Søn;
And the king took the two sons of Respha the daughter of Aia, whom she bore to Saul, Hermonoi and Memphibosthe, and the five sons of Michol daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Esdriel son of Berzelli the Moulathite.
9 og han gav dem i Gibeoniternes Haand, og de hængte dem op paa Bjerget for Herrens Ansigt, og de faldt alle syv, og de bleve dræbte i Høstens første Dage, i Byghøstens Begyndelse.
And he gave them into the hand of the Gabaonites, and they hanged them up to the sun in the mountain before the lord: and they fell, even the seven together: moreover they were put to death in the days of harvest at the commencement, in the beginning of barley harvest.
10 Da tog Rizpa, Ajas Datter, Sørgeklædet og udbredte det paa Klippen, fra Høstens Begyndelse, indtil der faldt Vand fra Himmelen over dem; og hun tilstedte ikke Himmelens Fugle at hvile paa dem om Dagen og ej heller Markens Dyr om Natten.
And Respha the daughter of Aia took sackcloth, and fixed it for herself on the rock in the beginning of barley harvest, until water dropped upon them out of heaven: and she did not suffer the birds of the air to rest upon them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
11 Og det blev David tilkendegivet, det, som Rizpa, Ajas Datter, Sauls Medhustru, havde gjort.
And it was told David what Respha the daughter of Aia the concubine of Saul had done, [and they were faint, and Dan, the son of Joa of the offspring of the giants overtook them.]
12 Og David gik hen og tog fra Mændene i Jabes udi Gilead Sauls Ben og hans Søns, Jonathans, Ben, som de havde stjaalet fra Torvet i Bethsan, hvor Filisterne havde hængt dem paa den Dag, Filisterne havde slaget Saul paa Gilboa,
And David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the men of the sons of Jabis Galaad, who stole them from the street of Baethsan; for the Philistines set them there in the day in which the Philistines struck Saul in Gelbue.
13 og han førte Sauls Ben og Jonathans, hans Søns, Ben op derfra, og de samlede Benene af dem, som vare hængte.
And he carried up thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and gathered the bones of them that had been hanged.
14 Og de begrove Sauls og hans Søn Jonathans Ben i Benjamins Land, i Zela, udi Kis's, hans Faders, Grav, og de gjorde alt det, som Kongen havde befalet; saa bønhørte Gud derefter Landet.
And they buried the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and the bones of them that had been hanged, in the land of Benjamin in the hill, in the sepulchre of Cis his father; and they did all things that the king commanded: and after this God listened to [the prayers of] the land.
15 Og Filisterne havde endnu en Krig imod Israel, og David drog ned, og hans Tjenere med ham, og stred imod Filisterne, og David blev træt.
And there was yet war between the Philistines and Israel: and David went down and his servants with him, and they fought with the Philistines, and David went.
16 Og Jisbi-Benob, som var en af Rafas Børn, havde et Spyd, hvis Vægt var en Vægt af tre Hundrede Sekel Kobber, og han var ombunden med et nyt Sværd, han tænkte paa at slaa David ihjel.
And Jesbi, who was of the progeny of Rapha, and the head of whose spear [was] three hundred shekels of brass in weight, who also was girded with a club, even he thought to strike David.
17 Men Abisaj, Zerujas Søn, hjalp denne og slog Filisteren og dræbte ham; da besvore Davids Mænd ham og sagde: Du skal ikke ydermere drage ud med os i Krigen, at du ikke skal udslukke Israels Lampe.
And Abessa the son of Saruia helped him and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore, saying, You shall not any longer go out with us to battle, and you shall not quench the lamp of Israel.
18 Og det skete derefter, at der var endnu Krig i Gob med Filisterne, da slog Husathiteren Sibkaj Saf, som var af Rafas Børn.
And after this there was a battle again with the Philistines in Geth: then Sebocha the Astatothite killed Seph of the progeny of Rapha.
19 Og der var endnu en Krig i Gob med Filisterne, og El-Hanan, Jaare-Orgims Søn, slog Beth-Lahemi, Githiteren Goliath, hvis Spydstage var som en Væverstang.
And there was a battle in Rom with the Philistines; and Eleanan son of Ariorgim the Bethleemite killed Goliath the Gittite; and the staff of his spear [was] as a weaver's beam.
20 Og der var endnu en Krig i Gath; og der var en høj Mand, som havde seks Fingre paa hver af sine Hænder, og seks Tæer paa hver af sine Fødder, det er fire og tyve i Tallet, og han var ogsaa født for Rafa.
And there was yet a battle in Geth: and there was a man of stature, and the fingers of his hands and the toes of his feet [were] six on each, four and twenty in number: and he also was born to Rapha.
21 Og der han forhaanede Israel, da slog Jonathan, Davids Broder Simeas Søn, ham.
And he defied Israel, and Jonathan son of Semei brother of David, struck him.
22 Disse fire vare fødte for Rafa i Gath, og de faldt ved Davids Haand og ved hans Tjeneres Haand.
These four were born descendants of the giants in Geth, the family of Rapha; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

< 2 Samuel 21 >