1 Samuel 27
1 Men David sagde til sig selv: »Jeg falder dog en skønne Dag for Sauls Haand. Jeg har ingen anden udvej end at søge Tilflugt i Filisternes Land; saa opgiver Saul at søge efter mig nogetsteds i Israels Land, og jeg er uden for hans Rækkevidde!«
And David said in his heart, Now shall I be one day delivered [for death] into the hands of Saul; and there is no good thing for me unless I should escape into the land of the Philistines, and Saul should cease from seeking me through every coast of Israel: so I shall escape out of his hand.
2 David brød da op og drog med sine 600 Mænd over til Maoks Søn, Kong Akisj af Gat;
So David arose, and the six hundred men that were with him, and he went to Anchus, son Ammach, king of Geth.
3 og David boede hos Akisj i Gat tillige med sine Mænd, som havde deres Familier med, ligesom David havde sine to Hustruer med, Ahinoam fra Jizre'el og Abigajil, Karmeliten Nabals Hustru.
And David dwelt with Anchus, he and his men, each with his family; and David and both his wives, Achinaam, the Jezraelitess, and Abigaia the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
4 Da Saul fik at vide, at David var flygtet til Gat, holdt han op at søge efter ham.
And it was told Saul that David had fled to Geth; and he no longer sought after him.
5 Men David sagde til Akisj: »Hvis jeg har fundet Naade for dine Øjne, lad mig saa faa et Sted at bo i en af Byerne ude i Landet, thi hvorfor skal din Træl bo hos dig i Hovedstaden?«
And David said to Anchus, If now thy servant has found grace in thine eyes, let them give me, I pray thee, a place in one of the cities in the country, and I will dwell there: for why does thy servant dwell with thee in a royal city?
6 Akisj lod ham da med det samme faa Ziklag; og derfor tilhører Ziklag endnu den Dag i Dag Judas Konger.
And he gave him Sekelac in that day: therefore Sekelac came into possession of the king of Judea to this day.
7 Den Tid, David boede i Filisternes Land, udgjorde et Aar og fire Maaneder.
And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was four months.
8 Og David og hans Mænd drog op og plyndrede hos Gesjuriterne, Gizriterne og Amalekiterne; thi de boede i Landet fra Telam hen imod Sjur og hen til Ægypten;
And David and his men went up, and made an attack on all the Gesirites and on the Amalekites: and behold, the land was inhabited, (even the land from Gelampsur) by those who come from the fortified [cities] even to the land of Egypt.
9 og naar David plyndrede Landet, lod han hverken Mænd eller Kvinder blive i Live, men Smaakvæg, Hornkvæg, Æsler, Kameler og Klæder tog han med; naar han saa vendte tilbage og kom til Akisj,
And he smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive; and they took flocks, and herds, and asses, and camels, and raiment; and they returned and came to Anchus.
10 og han spurgte: »Hvor hærgede I denne Gang?« svarede David: »Idet judæiske Sydland!« eller: »I det jerame'elitiske Sydland!« eller: »I det kenitiske Sydland!«
And Anchus said to David, On whom have ye made an attack to-day? And David said to Anchus, On the south of Judea, and on the south of Jesmega, and on the south of the Kenezite.
11 David lod ingen Mand eller Kvinde blive i Live for ikke at maatte tage dem med til Gat; thi han tænkte: »De kunde røbe os og sige: Det og det har David gjort!« Saaledes bar han sig ad, al den Tid han opholdt sig i Filisternes Land.
And I have not saved man or woman alive to bring them to Geth, saying, Lest they carry a report to Geth against us, saying, These things David does. And this was his manner all the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines.
12 Derfor fik Akisj Tillid til David, idet han tænkte: »Han har gjort sig grundig forhadt hos sit Folk Israel; han vil tjene mig for stedse!«
So David had the full confidence of Anchus, who said, He is thoroughly disgraced among his people in Israel and he shall be my servant for ever.
