1 Samuel 11

1 Siden efter drog Ammoniten Nahasj op og belejrede Jabesj i Gilead. Da sagde alle Mændene i Jabesj til Nahasj: "Slut Pagt med os, så vil vi underkaste os!"

Then Nahash the Ammonite went and laid seige to Jabesh Gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.”

2 Men Ammoniten Nahasj svarede: "Ja, på det Vilkår vil jeg slutte Pagt med eder, at jeg må stikke det højre Øje ud på enhver af eder til Forsmædelse for hele Israel!"

Nahash the Ammonite replied, “On this condition will I make a treaty with you, that I gouge out all of your right eyes, and in this way bring disgrace on all Israel.”

3 Da sagde de Ældste i Jabesj til ham: "Giv os syv Dages Frist, så vi kan sende Bud rundt i hele Israels Land; hvis så ingen kommer os til Hjælp, vil vi overgive os til dig!"

Then the elders of Jabesh replied to him, “Leave us alone for seven days, so that we may send messengers to all the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.”

4 Da Sendebudene kom til Sauls Gibea og forebragte Folket Sagen, brast hele Folket i Gråd.

The messengers came to Gibeah, where Saul lived, and told the people what had happened. All the people wept loudly.

5 Og se, Saul kom netop hjem med sine Okser fra Marken, og han spurgte: "Hvad er der i Vejen med Folket, siden det græder?" De fortalte ham da, hvad Mændene fra Jabesj havde sagt;

Now Saul was following the oxen out of the field. Saul said, “What is wrong with the people that they are weeping?” They told Saul what the men of Jabesh had said.

6 og da Saul hørte det, overvældede Guds Ånd ham, og hans Vrede blussede heftigt op.

When Saul heard what they said, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he was very angry.

7 Så tog han et Spand Okser og sønderhuggede dem, sendte Folk ud med Stykkerne i hele Israels Land og lod sige: "Hvis nogen ikke følger Saul og Samuel, skal der handles således med hans Okser!" Da faldt en HERRENs Rædsel over Folket, så de alle som een drog ud.

He took a yoke of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel with the messengers. He said, “Whoever does not come out after Saul and after Samuel, this is what will be done to his oxen.” Then the terror of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out together as one man.

8 Og han mønstrede dem i Bezek, og der var 300000 Israeliter og 30000 Judæere.

When he mustered them at Bezek, the people of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

9 Derpå sagde han til Sendebudene, som var kommet: "Således skal I sige til Mændene i Jabesj i Gilead: I Morgen, når Solen begynder at brænde, skal I få Hjælp!" Da Sendebudene kom og meddelte Mændene i Jabesj det, blev de glade.

They said to the messengers that came, “You will tell the men of Jabesh Gilead, 'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you will be rescued.'” So the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh, and they were glad.

10 Og Mændene i Jabesj sagde: "I Morgen vil vi overgive os til eder, så kan I gøre med os, hvad I finder for godt!"

Then the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Tomorrow we will surrender to you, and you can do to us whatever seems good to you.”

11 Dagen efter delte Saul Hæren i tre Afdelinger, og de trængte ind i Lejren ved Morgenvagten og huggede ned blandt Ammoniterne, til det blev hedt; og de, som undslap, splittedes til alle Sider, så ikke to og to blev sammen.

The next day Saul put the people in three groups. They came into the middle of the camp during the morning watch, and they attacked and defeated the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

12 Da sagde Folket til Samuel: "Hvem var det, som sagde: Skal Saul være Konge over os? Bring os de Mænd, at vi kan slå dem ihjel!"

Then the people said to Samuel, “Who was it who said, 'Will Saul reign over us?' Bring the men, so we can put them to death.”

13 Men Saul sagde: "I Dag skal ingen slås ihjel; thi i Dag har HERREN givet Israel Sejr!"

But Saul said, “No one must be put to death this day, because today Yahweh has rescued Israel.”

14 Da sagde Samuel til Folket: "Kom, lad os gå til Gilgal og gentage Kongevalget der!"

Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the monarchy there.”

15 Så gik hele Folket til Gilgal og gjorde Saul til Konge for HERRENs Åsyn der i Gilgal, og de bragte Takofre der for Herrens Åsyn. Og Saul og alle Israels Mænd var højlig glade.

So all the people went to Gilgal and made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal. There they sacrificed peace offerings before Yahweh, and Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.