2 Samuel 21
1 Under Davids Regering blev der Hungersnød tre Aar i Træk. Da søgte David HERRENS Aasyn; og HERREN sagde: »Der hviler Blodskyld paa Saul og hans Hus, fordi han dræbte Gibeoniterne!«
And there was a famine in the days of David for three years successively: and David consulted the oracle of the Lord. And the Lord said: It is for Saul, and his bloody house, because he slew the Gabaonites.
2 Kongen lod derfor Gibeoniterne kalde og sagde til dem — Gibeoniterne hørte ikke til Israeliterne, men til Levningerne af Amoriterne; og skønt Israeliterne havde givet dem edeligt Tilsagn, havde Saul i sin Iver for Israeliterne og Juda søgt at udrydde dem —
Then the king, calling for the Gabaonites, said to them: (Now the Gabaonites were not of the children of Israel, but the remains of the Amorrhites: I and the children of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul sought to slay them out of zeal, as it were for the children of Israel and Juda: )
3 David sagde til Gibeoniterne: »Hvad kan jeg gøre for eder, og hvorledes skal jeg skaffe Soning, saa at I kan velsigne HERRENS Arvelod?«
David therefore said to the Gabaonites: What shall I do for you? and what shall be the atonement for you, that you may bless the inheritance of the Lord?
4 Gibeoniterne svarede: »Det er ikke Sølv eller Guld, der er os og Saul og hans Hus imellem, og vi har ikke Lov at dræbe nogen Mand i Israel!« Han sagde da: »Hvad I forlanger, vil jeg gøre for eder!«
And the Gabaonites said to him: We have no contest about silver and gold, but against Saul and against his house: neither do we desire that any man be slain of Israel. And the king said to them: What will you then that I should do for you?
5 Saa sagde de til Kongen: »Den Mand, som bragte Ødelæggelse over os og tænkte paa at udrydde os, saa vi ikke skulde kunne være nogetsteds inden for Israels Landemærke,
And they said to the king: The man that crushed us and oppressed us unjustly, we must destroy in such manner that there be not so much as one left of his stock in all the coasts of Israel.
6 lad syv Mænd af hans Efterkommere blive udleveret os, for at vi kan hænge dem op for HERREN i Gibeon paa HERRENS Bjerg!« Kongen sagde: »Jeg vil udlevere dem!«
Let seven men of his children be delivered unto us, that we may crucify them to the Lord in Gabaa of Saul, once the chosen of the Lord. And the king said: I will give them.
7 Men Kongen skaanede Mefibosjet, en Søn af Sauls Søn Jonatan, af Hensyn til den Ed ved HERREN, som var imellem David og Sauls Søn Jonatan.
And the king spared Miphiboseth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord, that had been between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
8 Derimod tog Kongen de to Sønner, som Rizpa, Ajjas Datter, havde født Saul, Armoni og Mefibosjet, og de fem Sønner, som Merab, Sauls Datter, havde født Adriel, en Søn af Barzillaj fra Mehola,
So the king took the two sons of Respha the daughter of Aia, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni, and Miphiboseth: and the five sons of Michol the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Hadriel the son of Berzellai, that was of Molathi:
9 og udleverede dem til Gibeoniterne, som hængte dem op paa Bjerget for HERRENS Aasyn. Saaledes omkom alle syv paa een Gang, og de blev dræbt først paa Høsten, i Byghøstens Begyndelse.
And gave them into the hands of the Gabaonites: and they crucified them on a hill before the Lord: and these seven died together in the first days of the harvest, when the barley began to be reaped.
10 Men Rizpa, Ajjas Datter, tog sit Sørgeklæde, bredte det ud paa Klippen og sad der fra Høstens Begyndelse, indtil der atter strømmede Vand fra Himmelen ned over dem; og hun tillod ikke Himmelens Fugle at kaste sig over dem om Dagen eller Markens Dyr om Natten.
And Respha the daughter of Aia took haircloth, and spread it under her upon the rock from the beginning of the harvest, till water dropped upon them out of heaven: and suffered neither the birds to tear them by day, nor the beasts by night.
11 Da David fik at vide, hvad Rizpa, Ajjas Datter, Sauls Medhustru, havde gjort,
And it was told David, what Respha the daughter of Aia, the concubine of Saul, had done.
12 drog han hen og hentede Sauls og hans Søn Jonatans Ben hos Borgerne i Jabesj i Gilead, som havde stjaalet dem paa Torvet i Bet-Sjan, hvor Filisterne havde hængt dem op, dengang de slog Saul paa Gilboa.
And David went, and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabes Galaad, who had stolen them from the street of Bethsan, where the Philistines had hanged them when they had slain Saul in Gelboe.
13 Og da han havde hentet Sauls og hans Søn Jonatans Ben der, samlede man Benene af de hængte
And he brought from thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, and they gathered up the bones of them that were crucified,
14 og jordede dem sammen med Sauls og hans Søn Jonatans Ben i Zela i Benjamins Land i hans Fader Kisj's Grav. Alt, hvad Kongen havde paabudt, blev gjort; derefter forbarmede Gud sig over Landet.
And they buried them with the bones of Saul, and of Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin, in the side, in the sepulchre of Cis his father: and they did all that the king had commanded, and God shewed mercy again to the land after these things.
15 Da det atter kom til Kamp mellem Filisterne og Israel, drog David med sine Folk ned og kastede sig ind i Gob og kæmpede med Filisterne.
And the Philistines made war again against Israel, and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David growing faint,
16 Da fremstod Dod, som var af Rafaslægten, og hvis Spyd vejede 300 Sekel Kobber; han var iført en ny Rustning, og han havde i Sinde at slaa David ihjel.
Jesbibenob, who was of the race of Arapha, the iron of whose spear weighed three hundred ounces, being girded with a new sword, attempted to kill David.
17 Men Abisjaj, Zerujas Søn, kom ham til Hjælp og huggede Filisteren ned. Da besvor Davids Mænd ham og sagde: »Du maa ikke mere drage i Kamp med os, for at du ikke skal slukke Israels Lampe!«
And Abisai the son of Sarvia rescued him, and striking the Philistine killed him. Then David’s men swore unto him, saying: Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, lest thou put out the lamp of Israel.
18 Siden hen kom det atter til Kamp med Filisterne i Gob. Husjatiten Sibbekaj nedhuggede da Saf, som var af Rafaslægten.
There was also a second battle in Gob against the Philistines: then Sobochai of Husathi slew Saph of the race of Arapha of the family of the giants.
19 Atter kom det til Kamp med Filisterne i Gob, Betlehemiten Elhanan, Ja'irs Søn, nedhuggede da Gatiten Goliat, hvis Spydstage var som en Væverbom.
And there was a third battle in Gob against the Philistines, in which Adeodatus the son of the Forrest an embroiderer of Bethlehem slew Goliath the Gethite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
20 Atter kom det til Kamp i Gat. Da var der en kæmpestor Mand med seks Fingre paa hver Haand og seks Tæer paa hver Fod, i alt fire og tyve; han var ogsaa af Rafaslægten.
A fourth battle was in Geth. where there was a man of great stature, that had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, four and twenty in all, and he was of the race of Arapha.
21 Han haanede Israel, og derfor huggede Jonatan, en Søn af Davids Broder Sjim'a, ham ned.
And he reproached Israel: and Jonathan the son of Samae the brother of David slew him.
22 Disse fire var af Rafaslægten i Gat; de faldt for Davids og hans Mænds Haand.
These four were born of Arapha in Geth, and they fell by the hand of David, and of his servants.
