1 Samuel 13
Saul var. . Aar, da han blev Konge, og han regerede paa andet Aar over Israel.
2 And Saul took for himself three thousand men of Israel, of whom he kept two thousand with him in Michmash and in the mountain of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah in the land of Benjamin: the rest of the people he sent back to their tents.
Da udvalgte Saul sig tre Tusinde af Israel, og to Tusinde vare med Saul i Mikmas og paa Bethels Bjerg, og tusinde vare med Jonathan i Benjamins Gibea; men de øvrige Folk lod han fare, hver til sine Telte.
3 And Jonathan made an attack on the armed force of the Philistines stationed at Gibeah; and news was given to the Philistines that the Hebrews were turned against them. And Saul had a horn sounded through all the land,
Og Jonathan slog Filisternes Besætning, som var paa Højen, og Filisterne hørte det; derfor lod Saul blæse i Trompeten i hele Landet og sige: Lad Hebræerne høre det!
4 And all Israel had the news that Saul had made an attack on the Philistines, and that Israel was bitterly hated by the Philistines. And the people came together after Saul to Gilgal.
Og al Israel hørte, at der sagdes: Saul har slaget Filisternes Besætning, og Israel har gjort sig forhadt hos Filisterne; da blev Folket sammenkaldt efter Saul til Gilgal.
5 And the Philistines came together to make war on Israel, three thousand war-carriages and six thousand horsemen and an army of people like the sands of the sea in number: they came up and took up their position in Michmash, to the east of Beth-aven.
Og Filisterne samledes til at stride med Israel, tredive Tusinde Vogne og seks Tusinde Ryttere og Folk som Sand, der er ved Havbredden i Mangfoldighed; og de droge op og lejrede sig i Mikmas, Østen for Beth-Aven.
6 When the men of Israel saw the danger they were in, (for the people were troubled, ) they took cover in cracks in the hillsides and in the woods and in rocks and holes and hollows.
Der Israels Mænd saa sig i Nød (thi Folket blev trængt), da skjulte Folket sig i Hulerne og i Tornebuskene og i Klipperne og i de faste Taarne og i Grøfterne.
7 And a great number of the people had gone over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but Saul was still in Gilgal, and all the people went after him shaking in fear.
Og Hebræere gik over Jordanen til Gads Land og til Gilead; og Saul var endnu i Gilgal, og alt Folket var forskrækket og fulgte efter ham.
8 And he went on waiting there for seven days, the time fixed by Samuel: but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were starting to go away from him.
Og han tøvede i syv Dage til den Tid, som var bestemt af Samuel, men Samuel kom ikke til Gilgal; da adspredtes Folket fra ham.
9 Then Saul said, Come here and give me the burned offering and the peace-offerings. And he made a burned offering to the Lord.
Da sagde Saul: Fører hid til mig Brændofret og Takofrene; og han ofrede Brændofret.
10 And when the burned offering was ended, Samuel came; and Saul went out to see him and to give him a blessing.
Og det skete, der han var færdig med at ofre Brændofret, se, da kom Samuel! og Saul gik ud imod ham at hilse paa ham.
11 And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were going away from me, and you had not come at the time which had been fixed, and the Philistines had come together at Michmash;
Da sagde Samuel: Hvad har du gjort? og Saul sagde: Da jeg saa, at Folket adspredtes fra mig, og du kom ikke til den bestemte Tid, og Filisterne vare samlede udi Mikmas,
12 I said, Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal, and I have made no prayer for help to the Lord: and so, forcing myself to do it, I made a burned offering.
da sagde jeg: Nu komme Filisterne ned mod mig i Gilgal, og jeg har ikke bedet for Herrens Ansigt; da tog jeg Mod til mig og ofrede Brændofret.
13 And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.
Da sagde Samuel til Saul: Du har handlet daarligen; du har ikke holdt Herren din Guds Bud, som han bød dig; saa havde Herren nu stadfæstet dit Kongedømme over Israel evindelig.
14 But now, your authority will not go on: the Lord, searching for a man who is pleasing to him in every way, has given him the place of ruler over his people, because you have not done what the Lord gave you orders to do.
Men nu skal dit Kongedømme ikke bestaa; Herren har opsøgt sig en Mand efter sit Hjerte, og ham har Herren budet at være en Fyrste over sit Folk, fordi du ikke har holdt det, som Herren har befalet dig.
15 Then Samuel went up from Gilgal and the rest of the people went up after Saul against the men of war, and they came from Gilgal to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin: and Saul took the number of the people who were with him, about six hundred men.
Og Samuel gjorde sig rede og gik op fra Gilgal til Gibea i Benjamin; og Saul talte det Folk, som fandtes hos ham, ved seks Hundrede Mand.
16 And Saul, with Jonathan his son and the people who were with them, was waiting in Geba in the land of Benjamin: but the tents of the Philistines were in Michmash.
Og Saul og Jonathan, hans Søn, og det Folk, som fandtes hos dem, bleve i Gibea i Benjamin; men Filisterne havde lejret sig i Mikmas.
17 And three bands of men came out from the Philistines to make an attack; one band went by the road which goes to Ophrah, into the land of Shual:
Og der uddrog en ødelæggende Skare af Filisternes Lejr i tre Hobe; den ene Hob vendte sig ad Vejen imod Ofra, til Landet Sual;
18 And another went in the direction of Beth-horon: and another went by the hill looking down on the valley of Zeboiim, in the direction of the waste land.
og den anden Hob vendte sig ad Vejen til Beth-Horon; og den tredje Hob vendte sig mod Vejen ved Skellet, der rager frem over Zeboims Dal, ad Ørken til.
19 Now there was no iron-worker in all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, For fear the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears:
Og der blev ingen Smed funden i al Israels Land; thi Filisterne sagde: At Hebræerne ikke skulde gøre Sværd eller Spyd.
20 But all the Israelites had to go to the Philistines to get their ploughs and blades and axes and hooks made sharp;
Derfor maatte al Israel fare ned til Filisterne, at hver kunde faa sit Plovjern og sin Hakke og sin Økse og sin Spade skærpet;
21 For they had instruments for putting an edge on their ploughs and blades and forks and axes, and for putting iron points on their ox-driving rods.
og de havde skarpe File til Spader og Hakker og Treforke og Økser, og saa ofte Æggen var sløvet paa Spader, og naar de skulde have en Braad sat ind.
22 So on the day of the fight at Michmash, not a sword or a spear was to be seen in the hands of any of the people with Saul and Jonathan: only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.
Og det skete paa Stridens Dag, at der ikke blev funden Sværd eller Spyd i nogen af Folkets Haand, som var med Saul og med Jonathan; dog fandtes der hos Saul og hos Jonathan, hans Søn.
23 And the armed force of the Philistines went out to the narrow way of Michmash.
Og Filisternes Besætning drog ud til Kløftvejen ved Mikmas.
