1 Samuel 21

1 David kom derpaa til Præsten Ahimelek i Nob. Ahimelek kom ængstelig David i Møde og sagde til ham: »Hvorfor er du alene og har ingen med dig?«

And David comes to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembles at meeting David and says to him, “Why [are] you alone, and no man [is] with you?”

2 David svarede Præsten Ahimelek: »Kongen overdrog mig et Ærinde og sagde til mig: Ingen maa vide noget om det Ærinde, jeg sender dig ud i og overdrager dig! Derfor har jeg sat Folkene Stævne paa et aftalt Sted.

And David says to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commanded me [on] a matter, and he says to me, Let no man know anything of the matter about which I send you, and which I have commanded you; and [my] young men know [to go] to such and such a place.

3 Men hvis du har fem Brød ved Haanden, saa giv mig dem, eller hvad du har!«

And now, what is there under your hand? Give five loaves into my hand, or that which is found.”

4 Præsten svarede David: »Jeg har intet almindeligt Brød ved Haanden, kun helligt Brød; Folkene har da vel holdt sig fra Kvinder?«

And the priest answers David and says, “There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the youths have been kept from women.”

5 David svarede Præsten: »Ja visselig, vi har været afskaaret fra Omgang med Kvinder i flere Dage. Da jeg drog ud, var Folkenes Legemer rene, skønt det var en dagligdags Rejse; hvor meget mere maa de da i Dag være rene paa Legemet!«

And David answers the priest and says to him, “Surely, if women have been restrained from us as before in my going out, then the vessels of the young men are holy, and it [is] a common way; and also, surely it is sanctified today in the vessel.”

6 Præsten gav ham da det hellige Brød; thi der var ikke andet Brød der end Skuebrødene, som tages bort fra deres Plads for HERRENS Aasyn, samtidig med at der lægges frisk Brød i Stedet.

And the priest gives the holy thing to him, for there was no bread there except the Bread of the Presentation, which is turned aside from the presence of YHWH to put hot bread [there] in the day of its being taken away.

7 Men den Dag var en Mand af Sauls Folk lukket inde der for HERRENS Aasyn, en Edomit ved Navn Doeg, den øverste af Sauls Hyrder.

And there [is] a man of the servants of Saul detained before YHWH on that day, and his name [is] Doeg the Edomite, chief of the shepherds whom Saul has.

8 David spurgte derpaa Ahimelek: »Har du ikke et Spyd eller et Sværd ved Haanden her? Thi hverken mit Sværd eller mine andre Vaaben fik jeg med, da Kongens Ærinde havde Hast.«

And David says to Ahimelech, “And is there not spear or sword here under your hand? For I have taken neither my sword nor my vessels in my hand, for the matter of the king was urgent.”

9 Præsten svarede: »Det Sværd, som tilhørte Filisteren Goliat, ham, som du dræbte i Terebintedalen, er her, hyllet i en Kappe bag Efoden. Vil du have det, saa tag det! Thi her er intet andet!« Da sagde David: »Dets Lige findes ikke; giv mig det!«

And the priest says, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck in the Valley of Elah, behold, it is wrapped in a garment behind the ephod, if you take it to yourself, take; for there is none other except it in this [place].” And David says, “There is none like it—give it to me.”

10 Derpaa brød David op og flygtede samme Dag for Saul, og han kom til Kong Akisj af Gat.

And David rises and flees on that day from the face of Saul, and comes to Achish king of Gath;

11 Men Akisj's Folk sagde til ham: »Er det ikke David, Landets Konge, er det ikke ham, om hvem man sang under Dans: Saul slog sine Tusinder, men David sine Titusinder!«

and the servants of Achish say to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Is it not of this one [that] they sing in dances, saying, Saul struck among his thousands, and David among his myriads?”

12 Disse Ord gav David Agt paa, og han grebes af stor Frygt for Kong Akisj af Gat;

And David lays these words in his heart, and is exceedingly afraid of the face of Achish king of Gath,

13 derfor lod han afsindig overfor dem og rasede imellem Hænderne paa dem, idet han trommede paa Portfløjene og lod sit Spyt flyde ned i Skægget.

and changes his behavior before their eyes, and feigns himself mad in their hand, and scribbles on the doors of the gate, and lets down his spittle to his beard.

14 Da sagde Akisj til sine Folk: »I kan da se, at Manden er gal; hvorfor bringer I ham til mig?

And Achish says to his servants, “Behold, you see a man acting as a madman; why do you bring him to me?

15 Har jeg ikke gale Mennesker nok, siden I bringer mig ham til at plage mig med sin Galskab? Skal han komme i mit Hus?«

Am I lacking madmen, that you have brought in this one to act as a madman before me? Does this one come into my house?”