2 Samuel 16
1 Da David var kommet lidt paa den anden Side af Bjergets Top, Kom Mefibosjets Tjener Ziba ham i Møde med et Par opsadlede Æsler, som bar 200 Brød, 100 Rosinkager, 100 Frugter og en Dunk Vin.
And when David had gone a little way past the top of the slope, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, came to him, with two asses on which were two hundred cakes of bread and a hundred stems of dry grapes and a hundred summer fruits and a skin of wine.
2 Da sagde Kongen til Ziba: »Hvad vil du med det?« Og Ziba svarede: »Æslerne er bestemt til Ridedyr for Kongens Hus, Brødene og Frugterne til Spise for Folkene og Vinen til Drikke for dem, der bliver trætte i Ørkenen!«
And David said to Ziba, What is your reason for this? And Ziba said, The asses are for the use of the king's people, and the bread and the fruit are food for the young men; and the wine is for drink for those who are overcome by weariness in the waste land.
3 Saa sagde Kongen: »Hvor er din Herres Søn?« Ziba svarede Kongen: »Han blev i Jerusalem; thi han tænkte: Nu vil Israels Hus give mig min Faders Kongedømme tilbage!«
And the king said, And where is your master's son? And Ziba said, He is still at Jerusalem: for he said, Today Israel will give back to me the kingdom of my father.
4 Da sagde Kongen til Ziba: »Dig skal hele Mefibosjets Ejendom tilhøre!« Og Ziba sagde: »Jeg bøjer mig dybt! Maatte jeg finde Naade for min Herre Kongens Øjne!«
Then the king said to Ziba, Truly everything which was Mephibosheth's is yours. And Ziba said, I give honour to my lord, may I have grace in your eyes, my lord, O king!
5 Men da Kong David kom til Bahurim, se, da kom en Mand ved Navn Simeï, Geras Søn, af samme Slægt som Sauls Hus, gaaende ud af Byen, alt imedens han udstødte Forbandelser,
And when King David came to Bahurim, a man of Saul's family named Shimei, the son of Gera, came out from there, calling curses after him.
6 og han kastede Sten efter David og alle Kong Davids Folk, skønt alle Krigerne og alle Kærnetropperne gik paa begge Sider af ham.
And he sent stones at David and at all the king's servants and at all the people and at all the men of war by his side, on the right hand and on the left.
7 Og Simeï forbandede ham med de Ord: »Bort, bort med dig, din Blodhund, din Usling!
And Shimei said, with curses, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, you good-for-nothing:
8 HERREN har nu bragt alt Sauls Hus's Blod over dig, han, i hvis Sted du blev Konge, og HERREN har nu givet din Søn Absalom Kongedømmet; nu har Ulykken ramt dig, fordi du er en Blodhund!«
The Lord has sent punishment on you for all the blood of the family of Saul, whose kingdom you have taken; and the Lord has given the kingdom to Absalom, your son: now you yourself are taken in your evil, because you are a man of blood.
9 Da sagde Abisjaj, Zerujas Søn, til Kongen: »Hvorfor skal den døde Hund have Lov at forbande min Herre Kongen? Lad mig gaa hen og hugge Hovedet af ham!«
Then Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said to the king, Is this dead dog to go on cursing my lord the king? let me go over and take off his head.
10 Men Kongen svarede: »Hvad har jeg med eder at gøre, Zerujasønner! Naar han forbander, og naar HERREN har budt ham at forbande David, hvem tør da sige: Hvorfor gør du det?«
And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Let him go on cursing, for the Lord has said, Put a curse on David, and who then may say, Why have you done so?
11 Og David sagde til Abisjaj og alle sine Folk: »Naar min egen Søn, som er udgaaet af min Lænd, staar mig efter Livet, hvad kan man da ikke vente af denne Benjaminit! Lad ham kun forbande, naar HERREN har budt ham det!
And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, You see how my son, the offspring of my body, has made designs against my life: how much more then may this Benjamite do so? Let him be, and let him go on cursing; for the Lord has given him orders.
12 Maaske vil HERREN se til mig i min Nød og gøre mig godt til Gengæld for hans Forbandelse i Dag!«
It may be that the Lord will take note of my wrongs, and give me back good in answer to his cursing of me today.
13 Derpaa gik David med sine Mænd hen ad Vejen, medens Simeï fulgte ham oppe paa Bjergskraaningen og stadig udstødte Forbandelser, slog med Sten og kastede Støv efter ham.
So David and his men went on their way: and Shimei went by the hillside parallel with them, cursing and sending stones and dust at him.
14 Saaledes kom Kongen og alle Krigerne, som fulgte ham, udmattede til Jordan og hvilede ud der.
And the king and his people came tired to Jordan, and took their rest there.
15 Imidlertid var Absalom draget ind i Jerusalem med alle Israels Mænd, og Akitofel var hos ham.
And Absalom and the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.
16 Da nu Arkiten Husjaj, Davids Ven, kom til Absalom, sagde han til ham: »Kongen leve, Kongen leve!«
Then Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom and said, Long life to the king, long life to the king!
17 Absalom sagde til Husjaj: »Er det saadan, du viser din Ven Godhed? Hvorfor fulgte du ikke din Ven?«
And Absalom said, Is this your love for your friend? why did you not go with your friend?
18 Husjaj svarede Absalom: »Nej, den, som HERREN og dette Folk og alle Israels Mænd har valgt, i hans Tjeneste vil jeg træde, og hos ham vil jeg blive!
And Hushai said to Absalom, Not so; I am for that man whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel have taken as king, and I will take my place with him.
19 Og desuden: Hvem er det, jeg tjener? Mon ikke hans Søn? Som jeg har tjent din Fader, vil jeg tjene dig!«
And more than this! where is my place as a servant? is it not before his son? as I have been your father's servant, so will I be yours.
20 Absalom sagde saa til Akitofel: »Kom med eders Raad! Hvad skal vi gøre?«
Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your opinion now, what are we to do?
21 Akitofel svarede Absalom: »Gaa ind til din Faders Medhustruer, som han har ladet blive tilbage for at se efter Huset; saa kan hele Israel skønne, at du har lagt dig for Had hos din Fader, og alle de, der har sluttet sig til dig, vil faa nyt Mod!«
And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's women who are here looking after his house; then all Israel will have the news that you are hated by your father, and the hands of your supporters will be strong.
22 Absaloms Telt blev saa rejst paa Taget, og Absalom gik ind til sin Faders Medhustruer i hele Israels Paasyn.
So they put up the tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father's women before the eyes of all Israel.
23 Det Raad, Akitofel gav i de Tider, gjaldt nemlig lige saa meget, som naar man adspurgte Gud; saa meget gjaldt ethvert Raad af Akitofel baade hos David og Absalom.
In those days the opinions of Ahithophel were valued as highly as if through him a man might get direction from God; so were they valued by David as much as by Absalom.
