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: 'I shall now be swept away one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel; so shall I escape out of his hand.'
2 David brød da op og drog med sine 600 Mænd over til Maoks Søn, Kong Akisj af Gat;
And David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, unto Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
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 Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
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 was fled to Gath; and he sought no more again for 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 unto Achish: 'If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there; for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?'
6 Akisj lod ham da med det samme faa Ziklag; og derfor tilhører Ziklag endnu den Dag i Dag Judas Konger.
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day; wherefore Ziklag belongeth unto the kings of Judah unto 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 a full year and 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 a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Gizrites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as thou goest to Shur, even unto 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 David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel. And he returned, and came to Achish.
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 Achish said: 'Whither have ye made a raid to-day?' And David said: 'Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.'
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 David left neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying: 'Lest they should tell on us, saying: So did David, and so hath been his manner all the while he hath 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!«
And Achish believed David, saying: 'He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.'
