1 Samuel 22

1 Derpaa drog David bort derfra og Redde sig ind i Adullams Hule. Da hans Brødre og hele hans Faders Hus fik det at vide, kom de derned til ham.

David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.

2 Og alle Slags Mennesker, som var i Nød, flokkede sig om ham, forgældede Mennesker og Folk, som var bitre i Hu, og han blev deres Høvding. Henved 400 Mand sluttede sig til ham.

Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

3 Derfra drog David til Mizpe i Moab og sagde til Moabiternes Konge: »Lad min Fader og min Moder bo hos eder, indtil jeg faar at vide, hvad Gud har for med mig!«

David went there to Mizpeh of Moab, and he said to the king of Moab, "Please let my father and my mother stay with you, until I know what God will do for me."

4 Han lod dem da tage Ophold hos Moabiternes Konge, og de boede hos ham, al den Tid David var i Klippeborgen.

He brought them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.

5 Men Profeten Gad sagde til David: »Du skal ikke blive i Klippeborgen; bryd op og drag til Judas Land!« Saa drog David til Ja'ar-Heret.

The prophet Gad said to David, "Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart, and go into the land of Judah." Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.

6 Nu kom dette Saul for Øre, thi David og de Mænd, han havde hos sig, havde vakt Opmærksomhed. Saul sad engang i Gibea under Tamarisken paa Højen med sit Spyd i Haanden, omgivet af alle sine Folk.

Saul heard that David had been discovered, and the men who were with him. Now Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree at the high place, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him.

7 Da sagde Saul til sine Folk, som stod hos ham: »Hør dog, I Benjaminiter! Vil Isajs Søn give eder alle sammen Marker og Vingaarde eller gøre eder alle til Tusind— og Hundredførere,

And he said to them, "Hear now, you Benjamites. Will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,

8 siden I alle har sammensvoret eder imod mig, og ingen lod mig det vide, da min Søn sluttede Pagt med Isajs Søn? Ingen af eder havde Medfølelse med mig og lod mig vide, at min Søn havde faaet min Træl til at optræde som min Fjende, som han nu gør.«

that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none who discloses to me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me, or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?"

9 Da tog Edomiten Doeg, der stod blandt Sauls Folk, Ordet og sagde: »Jeg saa, at Isajs Søn kom til Ahimelek, Ahitubs Søn, i Nob,

Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

10 og han raadspurgte HERREN for ham og gav ham Rejsetæring og Filisteren Goliats Sværd!«

He inquired of God for him, gave him food, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine."

11 Da sendte Kongen Bud og lod Præsten Ahimelek, Ahitubs Søn, hente tillige med hele hans Fædrenehus, Præsterne i Nob; og da de alle var kommet til Kongen,

Then the king sent to call Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests who were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.

12 sagde Saul: »Hør nu, Ahitubs Søn!« Han svarede: »Ja, Herre!«

Saul said, "Hear now, you son of Ahitub." He answered, "Here I am, my lord."

13 Da sagde Saul til ham: »Hvorfor sammensvor du og Isajs Søn eder imod mig? Du gav ham jo Brød og Sværd og raadspurgte Gud for ham, saa at han kunde optræde som min Fjende, som han nu gør!«

Saul said to him, "Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?"

14 Ahimelek svarede Kongen: »Hvem blandt alle dine Folk er saa betroet som David? Han er jo Kongens Svigersøn, Øverste for din Livvagt og højt æret i dit Hus?

Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, "Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and a commander over your bodyguard, and honored in your house?

15 Er det første Gang, jeg har raadspurgt Gud for ham? Det være langt fra! Kongen maa ikke lægge sin Træl eller hele mit Fædrenehus noget til Last, thi din Træl kendte ikke det mindste til noget af dette!«

Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? Be it far from me. Do not let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for your servant knows nothing of all this, less or more."

16 Men Kongen sagde: »Du skal dø, Ahimelek, du og hele dit Fædrenehus!«

The king said, "You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father's house."

17 Og Kongen sagde til Vagten, som stod hos ham: »Træd frem og dræb HERRENS Præster; thi de staar ogsaa i Ledtog med David, og skønt de vidste, at han var paa Flugt, gav de mig ikke Underretning derom!« Men Kongens Folk vilde ikke lægge Haand paa HERRENS Præster.

The king said to the guard who stood about him, "Turn, and kill the priests of Jehovah; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me." But the servants of the king wouldn't put forth their hand to fall on the priests of Jehovah.

18 Da sagde Kongen til Doeg: »Træd du saa frem og stød Præsterne ned!« Da traadte Edomiten Doeg frem og stødte Præsterne ned; han dræbte den Dag femogfirsindstyve Mænd, som bar Efod.

The king said to Doeg, "Turn and attack the priests." Doeg the Edomite turned, and he attacked the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five people who wore a linen ephod.

19 Og Nob, Præsternes By, lod Kongen hugge ned med Sværdet. Mænd og Kvinder, Børn og diende, Hornkvæg, Æsler og Faar.

He struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing babies, and cattle and donkeys and sheep.

20 Kun een af Ahimeleks, Ahitubs Søns, Sønner ved Navn Ebjatar undslap og flygtede til David.

One of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

21 Og Ebjatar fortalte David, at Saul havde dræbt HERRENS Præster.

Abiathar told David that Saul had slain Jehovah's priests.

22 Da sagde David til Ebjatar: »Jeg vidste dengang, at naar Edomiten Doeg var der, vilde han give Saul Underretning derom! Jeg bærer Skylden for hele dit Fædrenehus's Død.

Then David said to Abiathar, "I knew on that day that Doeg the Edomite would surely tell Saul. I am responsible for all the lives of your father's house.

23 Bliv hos mig, frygt ikke! Den, som staar dig efter Livet, staar mig efter Livet, thi du staar under min Varetægt.«

Stay with me, do not be afraid; for he who seeks my life seeks your life. For with me you shall be in safeguard."