2 Samuel 12
1 Og HERREN sendte Natan til David. Da han kom ind til ham, sagde han: "Der boede to Mænd i samme By, en rig og en fattig.
And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man.
2 Den rige havde Småkvæg og Hornkvæg i Mængde,
The man of wealth had great numbers of flocks and herds;
3 medens den fattige ikke ejede andet end et eneste lille Lam, som han havde købt og opdrættet, og som var vokset op hos ham sammen med hans Børn; det åd af hans Brød, drak af hans Bæger og lå i hans Skød og var ham som en Datter.
But the poor man had only one little she-lamb, which he had got and taken care of: from its birth it had been with him like one of his children; his meat was its food, and from his cup it took its drink, resting in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.
4 Men da den rige Mand engang fik Besøg, ømmede han sig ved at tage noget af sit eget Småkvæg eller Hornkvæg og tillave det til den vejfarende Mand, som var kommet til ham, men tog den fattige Mands Lam og tillavede det til sin Gæst!"
Now a traveller came to the house of the man of wealth, but he would not take anything from his flock or his herd to make a meal for the traveller who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and made it ready for the man who had come.
5 Da blussede Davids Vrede heftigt op mod den Mand, og han sagde til Natan: "Så sandt HERREN lever: Den Mand, som gjorde det, er dødsens,
And David was full of wrath against that man; and he said to Nathan, By the living Lord, death is the right punishment for the man who has done this:
6 og Lammet skal han erstatte trefold, fordi han handlede så hjerteløst!"
And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.
7 Men Natan sagde til David: "Du er Manden! Så siger HERREN, Israels Gud: Jeg salvede dig til Konge over Israel, og jeg friede dig af Sauls Hånd;
And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;
8 jeg gav dig din Herres Hus, lagde din Herres Hustruer i din Favn og gav dig Israels og Judas Hus; og var det for lidet, vilde jeg have givet dig endnu mere, både det ene og det andet.
I gave you your master's daughter and your master's wives for yourself, and I gave you the daughters of Israel and Judah; and if that had not been enough, I would have given you such and such things.
9 Hvorfor har du da ringeagtet HERRENs Ord og gjort, hvad der er ondt i hans Øjne? Hetiten Urias har du dræbt med Sværdet; hans Hustru har du taget til Ægte, og ham har du slået ihjel med Ammoniternes Sværd.
Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon.
10 Så skal nu Sværdet aldrig vige fra dit Hus, fordi du ringeagtede mig og tog Hetiten Urias's Hustru til Ægte.
So now the sword will never be turned away from your family; because you have had no respect for me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
11 Så siger HERREN: Se, jeg lader Ulykke komme over dig fra dit eget Hus, og jeg tager dine Hustruer bort for Øjnene af dig og giver dem til en anden, som skal ligge hos dine Hustruer ved højlys Dag.
The Lord says, From those of your family I will send evil against you, and before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to your neighbour, and he will take your wives to his bed by the light of this sun.
12 Thi du handlede i det skjulte, men jeg vil opfylde dette Ord i hele Israels Påsyn og ved højlys Dag!"
You did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and in the light of the sun.
13 Da sagde David til Natan: "Jeg har syndet mod HERREN!" Og Natan sagde til David: "Så har HERREN også tilgivet dig din Synd; du skal ikke dø.
And David said to Nathan, Great is my sin against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord has put away your sin; death will not come on you.
14 Men fordi du ved denne Gerning har vist Foragt for HERREN, skal Sønnen, som er født dig, visselig dø!"
But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth.
15 Derpå gik Natan til sit Hus. Og HERREN ramte det Barn, Urias's Hustru havde født David, med Sygdom.
Then Nathan went back to his house. And the hand of the Lord was on David's son, the child of Uriah's wife, and it became very ill.
16 Da søgte David Gud for Barnet, holdt Faste og gik hen og lagde sig om Natten på Jorden i Sæk.
So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.
17 De ældste i hans Hus kom til ham for at få ham til at rejse sig, men han vilde ikke, og han holdt ikke Måltid sammen med dem.
And the chief men of his house got up and went to his side to make him get up from the earth, but he would not; and he would not take food with them.
18 Syvendedagen døde Barnet; men Davids Folk turde ikke lade ham vide, at Barnet var død, thi de tænkte: "Da Barnet levede, vilde han ikke låne os Øre, når vi talte til ham; hvor kan vi da nu sige til ham, at Barnet er død? Han kunde gøre en Ulykke!"
And then on the seventh day the child's death took place. And David's servants were in fear of giving him the news of the child's death: for they said, Truly, while the child was still living he gave no attention when we said anything to him: what will he do to himself if we give him word that the child is dead?
19 Men da David så, at hans Folk hviskede sammen, skønnede han, at Barnet var død. Så spurgte David sine Folk: "Er Barnet død?" Og de svarede: "Ja, han er død!"
But when David saw that his servants were talking together quietly, he was certain that the child was dead: and he said to his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, He is.
20 Da rejste David sig fra Jorden, tvættede og salvede sig, tog andre Klæder på og gik ind i HERRENs Hus og bad; så gik han hjem, forlangte at få Mad sat frem og spiste.
Then David got up from the earth, and after washing and rubbing himself with oil and changing his clothing, he went into the house of the Lord and gave worship: then he went back to his house, and at his order they put food before him and he had a meal.
21 Da sagde hans Folk til ham: "Hvorledes er det dog, du bærer dig ad? Medens Barnet endnu levede, fastede du og græd; og nu da Barnet er død, rejser du dig og spiser!"
Then his servants said to him, Why have you been acting in this way? you were weeping and going without food while the child was still living; but when the child was dead, you got up and had a meal.
22 Han svarede: "Så længe Barnet levede, fastede jeg og græd; thi jeg tænkte: Måske er HERREN mig nådig, så Barnet bliver i Live.
And he said, While the child was still living I went without food and gave myself up to weeping: for I said, Who is able to say that the Lord will not have mercy on me and give the child life?
23 Men hvorfor skulde jeg faste, nu han er død? Kan jeg bringe ham tilbage igen? Jeg går til ham, men han kommer ikke tilbage til mig!"
But now that the child is dead there is no reason for me to go without food; am I able to make him come back to life? I will go to him, but he will never come back to me.
24 Derpå trøstede David sin Hustru Batseba, og efter at han var gået ind til hende og havde ligget hos hende, fødte hun en Søn, som han kaldte Salomo, og ham elskede HERREN.
And David gave comfort to his wife Bath-sheba, and he went in to her and had connection with her: and she had a son to whom she gave the name Solomon. And he was dear to the Lord.
25 Han overgav ham til Profeten Natan, og på HERRENs Ord kaldte denne ham Jedidja.
And he sent word by Nathan the prophet, who gave him the name Jedidiah, by the word of the Lord.
26 Joab angreb imidlertid Rabba i Ammon og indtog Vandbyen.
Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.
27 Derpå sendte Joab Bud til David og lod sige: "Jeg har angrebet Rabba og indtaget Vandbyen;
And Joab sent men to David, saying, I have made war against Rabbah and have taken the water-town.
28 kald nu Resten af Hæren sammen, så du kan belejre Byen og indtage den, for at det ikke skal blive mig, der indtager den og får mit Navn udråbt over den!"
So now, get the rest of the people together, and put them in position against the town and take it, for if I take it, it will be named after my name.
29 Da samlede David hele Hæren og drog til Rabba, angreb og indtog det.
Then David got all the people together and went to Rabbah and made war on it and took it.
30 Og han tog Kronen af Milkoms Hoved; den var af Guld og vejede en Talent; der var en Ædelsten på den, og den blev sat på Davids Hoved. Et vældigt Bytte fra Byen førte han med sig,
And he took the crown of Milcom from his head; the weight of it was a talent of gold, and in it were stones of great price; and it was put on David's head. And he took a great store of goods from the town.
31 og Indbyggerne slæbte han bort, satte dem til Savene, Jernhakkerne - og Jernøkserne og lod dem trælle ved Teglovnene. Således gjorde han ved alle Ammoniternes Byer. Derpå vendte David og hele Hæren tilbage til Jerusalem.
And he took the people out of the town and put them to work with wood-cutting instruments, and iron grain-crushers, and iron axes, and at brick-making: this he did to all the towns of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people went back to Jerusalem.
