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 David came to Nob to see Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came to meet David trembling and said to him, “Why are you alone and have no one 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.

David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has sent me on a mission and has said to me, 'Let no one know anything about the business I am sending you, and what I have commanded you.' I have directed the young men to a certain place.

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

Now then what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever is here.”

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

The priest answered David and said, “There is no ordinary bread on hand, but there is holy bread—if the young men have kept themselves 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!«

David answered the priest, “Surely women have been kept from us for the past three days, as usual when I set out. The things belonging to the men have been set apart even on ordinary missions. How much more today will what they have be set apart!”

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 the bread that was set apart. For there was no bread there except the bread of the presence, which was removed from before Yahweh, in order to put hot bread in its place on the day it was 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 one of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Yahweh. His name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul's herdsmen.

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.«

David said to Ahimelech, “Now is there not here on hand any spear or sword? For I brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because 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!«

The priest said, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want to take that, take it, for there is no other weapon here.” David said, “There is no other sword like that one; give it to me.”

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

David arose and fled that day from Saul and went to Achish, the 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!«

Achish's servants said to him, “Is not this David, the king of the land? Did they not sing to one another about him in dances, 'Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands?'”

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

David took these words to heart and was very afraid of Achish, the 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.

He changed his behavior before them and pretended to be insane in their hands; he made marks on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.

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

Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is mad. Why have you brought 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?«

Do I lack madmen, so that you have brought this fellow to behave like one in my presence? Will this fellow really come into my house?”