1 Samuel 21
1 Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no man with you?”
David kom til presten Ahimelek i Nob. Ahimelek vart forstøkt då han fekk sjå David, og spurde: «Kvifor kjem du eismall og hev inkje folk med deg?»
2 David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commanded me to do something, and has said to me, ‘Let no one know anything about the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you. I have sent the young men to a certain place.’
David svara presten Ahimelek: «Kongen hev gjeve meg ei ærend, og han sagde med meg: «Ingen må vita noko um ærendi eg sender deg i og legg på deg.» Og sveinarne mine hev eg varsla å møta meg der dei veit.
3 Now therefore what is under your hand? Please give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever is available.”
Gjev meg no det du hev for handi, fem brød, eller kva som finst!»
4 The priest answered David, and said, “I have no common bread, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.”
Presten svara David: «Uvigt brød hev eg ikkje for handi; einast heilagt brød er her; berre sveinarne dine hev halde seg burte frå kvinnor.»
5 David answered the priest, and said to him, “Truly, women have been kept from us as usual these three days. When I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was only a common journey. How much more then today shall their vessels be holy?”
David svara presten: «Ver trygg! kvinnor hev vore langt burte frå oss alt sidan fyrre dagen. Då eg drog av stad, hadde sveinarne mine helgar-likamar. Um ferdi vår er kvardagsleg, so er ho då helga ved likamen i dag.»
6 So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the show bread that was taken from before the LORD, to be replaced with hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
So gav presten honom heilagt brød; det fanst ikkje anna brød enn skodebrødi som hadde lege framfor Herren, og som no var burttekne att, då nytt brød var framlagt same dagen det gamle vart burtteke.
7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the best of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul.
Den dagen var det ein av Sauls tenarar der, som heldt seg inne framfor Herren, ein edomit, heitte Doeg, som var Sauls yverhyrding.
8 David said to Ahimelech, “Is not there here under your hand spear or sword? For I have not brought my sword or my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.”
David spurde Ahimelek: «Hev du ikkje noko spjot eller sverd her hjå deg? Korkje sverdet mitt eller dei hine våpni tok eg med meg, då kongsærendi kom so brått på.»
9 The priest said, “Behold, the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you would like to take that, take it, for there is no other except that here.” David said, “There is none like that. Give it to me.”
Presten svara: «Jau, det sverdet som filistaren Goliat åtte, han som du felte i Eikedalen; det ligg sveipt i ei kappa attum messehakelen. Vil du hava det, so tak det! Noko anna hev eg ikkje.» «Det finst ikkje maken til det, » sagde David; «gjev meg det!»
10 David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
David drog av og rømde same dagen for Saul, og kom til Akis, kongen i Gat.
11 The servants of Achish said to him, “Is not this David the king of the land? Did not they sing to one another about him in dances, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?”
Tenarane åt Akis sagde: «Er ikkje dette David, kongen i landet? Er det ikkje til æra for honom dei syng so når dei dansar: Tusund tynte Saul, David tie tusund?»
12 David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
David lagde desse ordi på minne, og vart mykje rædd for Akis, kongen i Gat.
13 He changed his behavior before them and pretended to be insane in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.
Difor lest han som han var galen, og tedde seg som ein dåre, då dei vilde taka fat på honom; han rita på dørarne i porten, og let siklet renna i skjegget.
14 Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is insane. Why then have you brought him to me?
Då sagde Akis med tenarane sine: «De ser då mannen hev mist vitet! Kvi fører de honom til meg?
15 Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Should this fellow come into my house?”
Vantar det meg på vitløysor, sidan de førar denne mannen hit, so han skal te seg galen framfor meg? Kva hev han å gjera her i huset?»
