1 Samuel 25

1 And Samuel died. And all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

Og Samuel døde, og al Israel samlede sig og sørgede over ham, og de begrove ham i hans Hjem udi Rama, og David gjorde sig rede og drog ned til Ørken i Paran.

2 And there was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel. And the man was very great in goods, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats. And he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

Og der var en Mand i Maon, og han havde sin Bedrift paa Karmel, og samme Mand var meget rig, og han havde tre Tusinde Faar og Tusinde Geder; og han klippede netop sine Faar ved Karmel.

3 Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. And the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance, but the man was churlish and evil in his doings, and he was of the house of Caleb.

Og Mandens Navn var Nabal, og hans Hustrus Navn Abigail; og Kvinden var af god Forstand og dejlig af Skikkelse, men Manden var haard og ond i sine Gerninger; og han var en Kalebiter.

4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

Men David hørte i Ørken, at Nabal klippede sine Faar.

5 And David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.

Da udsendte David ti unge Karle, og David sagde til de unge Karle: Gaar op til Karmel, og naar I komme til Nabal, da hilser ham i mit Navn.

6 And thus ye shall say to him who lives in prosperity, Peace be to thee, and peace be to thy house, and peace be to all that thou have.

Og siger saaledes: Til Lykke! Fred være med dig og Fred være med dit Hus og Fred være med alt det, du har!

7 And now I have heard that thou have shearers. Thy shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there anything missing to them all the while they were in Carmel.

Og nu har jeg hørt, at du har Faareklipning; nu! de Hyrder, som du har, have været sammen med os, vi have ikke forhaanet dem, og de savnede intet alle de Dage, de vare i Karmel.

8 Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee. Therefore let the young men find favor in thine eyes, for we come in a good day. Give, I pray thee, whatever comes to thy hand to thy servants, and to thy son David.

Spørg dine unge Karle, og de skulle kundgøre dig det, og lad vore unge Karle finde Naade for dine Øjne, thi vi ere komne paa en god Dag; kære, giv dine Tjenere og din Søn David, hvad din Haand formaar.

9 And when David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

Og Davids unge Karle kom og talede til Nabal efter alle disse Ord i Davids Navn, og de holdt sig rolige.

10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants now-a-days who break away every man from his master.

Og Nabal svarede Davids Tjenere og sagde: Hvo er David? og hvo er Isais Søn? der ere nu om Stunder mange Tjenere, som løbe bort fra deres Herres Ansigt.

11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men of whom I know not from where they are?

Og skulde jeg tage mit Brød og Vand og mit Slagtekvæg, som jeg har slagtet til dem, som klippe for mig, og give de Mænd, om hvem jeg ikke ved, hvorfra de ere?

12 So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.

Da vendte Davids unge Karle sig for at gaa deres Vej, de vendte tilbage og kom og forkyndte ham alle disse Ord.

13 And David said to his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword, and David also girded on his sword. And there went up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred abode by the baggage.

Da sagde David til sine Mænd: Ombinder hver sit Sværd; og de ombandt hver sit Sværd, og David ombandt ogsaa sit Sværd, og der droge op efter David ved fire Hundrede Mand, men to Hundrede bleve ved Tøjet.

14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master, and he railed at them.

Og en af de unge Karle gav Abigail, Nabals Hustru, det til Kende og sagde: Se, David sendte Bud fra Ørken, at velsigne vor Herre, men han foer løs paa dem.

15 But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither did we miss anything as long as we went with them when we were in the fields.

Og de Mænd have været os saare gode, og vi bleve ikke forhaanede, og vi savnede ikke noget alle de Dage, vi vandrede hos dem, naar vi vare paa Marken.

16 They were a wall to us both by night and by day all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

De have været en Mur for os baade Nat og Dag alle de Dage, vi vare hos dem og vogtede Faarene.

17 Now therefore know and consider what thou will do, for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house. For he is such a worthless fellow that a man cannot speak to him.

Saa vid nu og se, hvad du vil gøre, thi en Ulykke er fast besluttet over vor Herre og over alt hans Hus; og han er et Belials Barn, saa at man ikke kan tale til ham.

18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.

Da skyndte Abigail sig og tog to Hundrede Brød og to Flasker Vin og fem tillavede Faar og fem Maal ristede Aks og hundrede Klaser Rosiner og to Hundrede Klumper Figen, og hun lagde det paa Asener.

19 And she said to her young men, Go on before me, behold, I come after you. But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

Og hun sagde til sine Drenge: Gaar foran mig, se, jeg kommer efter eder; men hun gav ikke Nabal sin Mand det til Kende.

20 And it was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, behold, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.

Og det skete, der hun red paa Asenet og drog ned i Skjul af Bjerget, se, da drog David og hans Mænd ned imod hende, og hun mødte dem.

21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him, and he has returned me evil for good.

Men David havde sagt: Visseligen, jeg har forgæves bevaret alt det, denne havde i Ørken, og der savnedes ikke noget af alt det, som han havde; men han betalte mig ondt for godt.

22 God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that pertains to him by the morning light so much as one man-child.

Gud gøre ved Davids Fjender nu og fremdeles saa og saa, om jeg skal lade overblive af alt det, han har, indtil Morgen, det bliver lyst, nogen af Mandkøn!

23 And when Abigail saw David, she hastened, and alighted from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

Der Abigail saa David, da skyndte hun sig og steg ned af Asenet, og hun faldt ned paa sit Ansigt for Davids Ansigt og nedbøjede sig paa Jorden.

24 And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity, and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid.

Og hun faldt ned for hans Fødder og sagde: Hør mig, min Herre! denne Misgerning skal være min; Kære, lad din Tjenerinde tale for dine Øren og hør din Tjenerindes Ord.

25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him. But I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord whom thou sent.

Min Herre vende ikke sit Hjerte imod denne Belials Mand, imod Nabal, thi som hans Navn er, saa er han: Nabal er hans Navn, og Daarlighed er hos ham; men jeg, din Tjenerinde, saa ikke min Herres unge Karle, som du havde udsendt.

26 Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah lives, and as thy soul lives, since Jehovah has withheld thee from blood guiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

Og nu, min Herre, saa vist som Herren lever, og saa vist som din Sjæl lever, da har Herren forhindret dig i at udøse Blod og i at tage dig selv til Rette, saa skulle nu dine Fjender og de, som søge min Herres Ulykke, vorde som Nabal.

27 And now this present which thy servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.

Og her er nu denne Foræring, som din Tjenerinde førte til min Herre, og lad den gives de unge Karle, som følge min Herre.

28 Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid. For Jehovah will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of Jehovah, and evil shall not be found in thee all thy days.

Kære, forlad din Tjenerindes Overtrædelse; thi Herren skal berede min Herre et bestandigt Hus; thi min Herre fører Herrens Krige, og intet ondt skal times dig i dine Dage.

29 And though men be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God. And the souls of thine enemies, them he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling.

Naar noget Menneske rejser sig til at forfølge dig og til at søge efter dit Liv: Saa skal min Herres Sjæl være bunden i de levendes Knippe hos Herren din Gud; men dine Fjenders Sjæl, den skal han udslynge ud af Slyngen.

30 And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee prince over Israel,

Og det skal ske, naar Herren gør min Herre efter alt det gode, som han har talet over dig, og sætter dig til en Fyrste over al Israel,

31 that this shall be no grief to thee, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that thou have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. And when Jehovah shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid.

da skal dette ikke være dig til Selvbebrejdelse eller min Herres Hjerte til Anstød, at han har udøst uskyldigt Blod, og at min Herre har taget sig selv til Rette; og naar Herren gør vel imod min Herre, da skal du komme din Tjenerinde i Hu.

32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me,

Da sagde David til Abigail: Lovet være Herren, Israels Gud, som sendte dig mig i Møde i Dag,

33 and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, who have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.

og velsignet være din Fornuftighed, og velsignet være du, som forhindrede mig paa denne Dag fra at udøse Blod og fra at tage mig selv til Rette!

34 For in very deed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, lives, who has withheld me from hurting thee, unless thou had hastened and come to meet me, surely there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one man-child.

Og sandelig, saa vist som Herren, Israels Gud, lever, som forhindrede mig i at gøre dig ondt: Om du ikke havde skyndt dig og var kommen mig i Møde, da havde Nabal ikke beholdt tilovers indtil Morgen, naar det bliver lyst, nogen af Mandkøn.

35 So David received from her hand that which she had brought him. And he said to her, Go up in peace to thy house. See, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.

Saa tog David af hendes Haand det, som hun førte til ham, og han sagde til hende: Drag med Fred op til dit Hus, se, jeg adlød din Røst og ansaa din Person.

36 And Abigail came to Nabal, and, behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

Og Abigail kom til Nabal, og se, han havde et Gæstebud i sit Hus, som en Konges Gæstebud, og Nabals Hjerte var vel til Mode, og han var saare drukken; men hun kundgjorde ham ikke noget, hverken lidet eller stort, før det blev lyst om Morgenen.

37 And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

Og det skete om Morgenen, da Nabals Rus var forbi, da kundgjorde hans Hustru ham disse Ting; og hans Hjerte døde i ham, og han blev som en Sten.

38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that Jehovah smote Nabal, so that he died.

Og det skete ved ti Dage derefter, da slog Herren Nabal, og han døde.

39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Jehovah, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil, and the evil-doing of Nabal Jehovah has returned upon his own head. And David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

Og der David hørte, at Nabal var død, da sagde han: Lovet være Herren, som udførte min Forsmædelses Sag imod Nabal og forhindrede sin Tjener fra ondt, og Herren lod Nabals Ondskab falde tilbage paa hans Hoved; og David sendte hen og lod tale med Abigail om at tage sig hende til Hustru.

40 And when the servants of David came to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to thee, to take thee to him to wife.

Og der Davids Tjenere kom til Abigail ved Karmel, da talede de til hende og sagde: David sendte os til dig for at tage dig til sin Hustru.

41 And she arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, thy handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

Og hun stod op og bøjede sig med sit Ansigt til Jorden, og sagde: Se, her er din Tjenerinde til en Tjenestekvinde til at to min Herres Tjeneres Fødder.

42 And Abigail hastened, and arose, and rode upon a donkey, with five of her damsels who followed her. And she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

Og Abigail skyndte sig og gjorde sig rede og red paa et Asen med fem af hendes Piger, og hun drog efter Davids Bud og blev hans Hustru.

43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they became his wives, both of them.

David tog og Ahinoam at Jisreel; og de bleve ogsaa begge hans Hustruer.

44 Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.

Men Saul havde givet Mikal sin Datter, Davids Hustru, til Palti, Lais Søn, som var fra Gallim.