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?«

Then came David to Nob, unto Ahimelech, the priest, —and Ahimelech trembled when he met David, and said unto him—Why art thou, alone, and, no man, with thee?

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 said unto Ahimelech the priest—The king, hath charged me with a matter, and hath said unto me—Let, no man, know aught of the business on which I am sending thee, and with which I have charged thee, —But, unto the young men, have I appointed, such and such a place.

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

Now, therefore, what is there under thy hand? Five loaves, give thou into my hand, —or, whatever can be 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 answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, —but, hallowed bread, there is, if the young men have kept themselves, at least 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 answered the priest and said to him—Of a truth, women, have been withheld from us, of late, through my coming out, and the wallets of the young men have become hallowed, —while [the bread], itself, is in a manner common, and the more so since, to-day, [there are other loaves] to be hallowed, 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.

So the priest gave him hallowed [bread], —because there was there no bread, save the Presence-Bread, which had to be removed from before Yahweh, to put hot bread, on the day when it should be 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.

Now, in that very place, was a man of the servants of Saul, on that day, detained before Yahweh, whose name, was Doeg the Edomite, —chief of the shepherds that belonged unto Saul.

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.«

Then said David to Ahimelech, See whether there is here, under thy hand, a spear or a sword? for, neither my sword, nor my other weapons, did I take in my hand, for, the king’s business, 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 said: The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou didst smite in the vale of Elah, lo! that, is wrapped up in a cloth, behind the ephod, if, that, thou wilt take to thee, take it, for there is no other, save that, here. And David said—There is none, like it, give it me.

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

Then arose David, and fled, that day, from the face of Saul, —and came in unto 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 said unto him, Is not, this, David, king of the land? Was it not, of this man, that they kept responding in the dances, saying, Saul, hath smitten his, thousands, but, David, his, tens of thousands?

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

And David laid up these words in his heart, —and feared greatly, because 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.

So he feigned himself mad, in their sight, and raged in their hand, —and struck against the doors of the gate, and let his spittle run down upon his beard.

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

Then said Achish unto his servants, —Lo! ye can see, a madman playing his pranks, wherefore should ye bring him in, unto 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?«

Lacking of madmen, am I that ye should bring in this one to play his mad pranks, unto me? Shall, this, one enter my household?