1 Samuel 21
1 David kom derpå til Præsten Ahimelek i Nob. Ahimelek kom ængstelig David i Møde og sagde til ham: "Hvorfor er du alene og har ingen med dig?"
David went to the town of Nob to see Ahimelek the priest. Ahimelek was trembling in fear when he met him, and he asked, “Why are you here alone? Why isn't there anybody with you?”
2 David svarede Præsten Ahimelek: "Kongen overdrog mig et Ærinde og sagde til mig: Ingen må vide noget om det Ærinde, jeg sender dig ud i og overdrager dig! Derfor har jeg sat Folkene Stævne på et aftalt Sted.
“The king has given me an assignment,” David replied. “He told me ‘Nobody must know anything about the assignment I have sent you to do.’ As for my men, I've told them where to meet me.
3 Men hvis du har fem Brød ved Hånden, så giv mig dem, eller hvad du har!"
So what do you have on hand to eat? Let me have five loaves of bread, or whatever you can find.”
4 Præsten svarede David: "Jeg har intet almindeligt Brød ved Hånden, kun helligt Brød; Folkene har da vel holdt sig fra Kvinder?"
“There's no ordinary bread,” the priest told David, “but there's some holy bread, as long as your men have not slept with any women lately.”
5 David svarede Præsten: "Ja visselig, vi har været afskåret fra Omgang med Kvinder i flere Dage. Da jeg drog ud, var Folkenes Legemer rene, skønt det var en dagligdags Rejse; hvor meget mere må de da i Dag være rene på Legemet!"
“We have not slept with any women,” David answered. “In fact that's the rule when I lead the troops on mission. They keep themselves pure even during ordinary missions, and all the more so right now.”
6 Præsten gav ham da det hellige Brød; thi der var ikke andet Brød der end Skuebrødene, som tages bort fra deres Plads for HERRENs Åsyn, samtidig med at der lægges frisk Brød i Stedet.
So the priest gave him the holy bread as they didn't have any other bread there except this “Bread of the Presence,” which had been removed from the presence of the Lord that day and replaced with fresh bread.
7 Men den Dag var en Mand af Sauls Folk lukket inde der for HERRENs Åsyn, en Edomit ved Navn Doeg, den øverste af Sauls Hyrder.
One of Saul's servants happened to be there that day, trying to make himself right with the Lord. He was Doeg the Edomite, Saul's chief shepherd.
8 David spurgte derpå Ahimelek: "Har du ikke et Spyd eller et Sværd ved Hånden her? Thi hverken mit Sværd eller mine andre Våben fik jeg med, da Kongens Ærinde havde Hast."
“Have you got a spear or sword here?” David asked Ahimelech. “I didn't bring my sword or any of my weapons with me, because what the king needed me to do was urgent.”
9 Præsten svarede: "Det Sværd, som tilhørte Filisteren Goliat, ham, som du dræbte i Terebintedalen, er her, hyllet i en Kappe bag Efoden. Vil du have det, så tag det! Thi her er intet andet!" Da sagde David: "Dets Lige findes ikke; giv mig det!"
The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine is here—the one you killed in the Valley of Elah. It's wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. You can take it if you want. It's the only one here.” “It's better than any other sword! Please give it to me,” David replied.
10 Derpå brød David op og flygtede samme Dag for Saul, og han kom til Kong Akisj af Gat.
David ran away from Saul that day and went to Achish, king of Gath.
11 Men Akisj's Folk sagde til ham: "Er det ikke David, Landets Konge, er det ikke ham, om hvem man sang under Dans: Saul slog sine Tusinder, men David sine Titusinder!"
But Achish's officials asked the king, “Isn't this David, the king of that country? Didn't they sing about him in their dances, ‘Saul has killed his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
12 Disse Ord gav David Agt på, og han grebes af stor Frygt for Kong Akisj af Gat;
David listened carefully to what they said and this made him very afraid of Achish, the king of Gath.
13 derfor lod han afsindig overfor dem og rasede imellem Hænderne på dem, idet han trommede på Portfløjene og lod sit Spyt flyde ned i Skægget.
So he changed the way he acted toward them and pretended to be crazy. He scratched marks on the town gates and let his spit run down his beard.
14 Da sagde Akisj til sine Folk: "I kan da se, at Manden er gal; hvorfor bringer I ham til mig?
Achish told his officials, “Look, you can see the man is completely mad! Why did you bring him to me?
15 Har jeg ikke gale Mennesker nok, siden I bringer mig ham til at plage mig med sin Galskab? Skal han komme i mit Hus?"
Is it because I need more mad people that you've brought this man to go crazy right in front of me? Do you think I'm going to let him come into my house?”
