1 Samuel 21
1 Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was full of fear at meeting David, and said to him, Why are you by yourself, having no man with you?
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?"
2 And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has given me orders and has said to me, Say nothing to anyone about the business on which I am sending you and the orders I have given you: and a certain place has been fixed to which the young men are to go.
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.
3 So now, if you have here five cakes of bread, give them into my hand, or whatever you have.
Men hvis du har fem Brød ved Hånden, så giv mig dem, eller hvad du har!"
4 And the priest, answering David, said, I have no common bread here but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.
Præsten svarede David: "Jeg har intet almindeligt Brød ved Hånden, kun helligt Brød; Folkene har da vel holdt sig fra Kvinder?"
5 And David in answer said to the priest, Certainly women have been kept from us; and as has been done before when I have gone out the arms of the young men were made holy, even though it was a common journey; how much more today will their arms be made holy.
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!"
6 So the priest gave him the holy bread: there was no other, only the holy bread which had been taken from before the Lord, so that new bread might be put in its place on the day when it was taken away.
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.
7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, kept back before the Lord; his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the strongest of Saul's runners.
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.
8 And David said to Ahimelech, Have you no sword or spear with you here? for I have come without my sword and other arms, because the king's business had to be done quickly.
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."
9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you put to death in the valley of Elah, is here folded in a cloth at the back of the ephod: take that, if you will, for there is no other sword here. And David said, there is no other sword like that; give it to me.
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!"
10 Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.
Derpå brød David op og flygtede samme Dag for Saul, og han kom til Kong Akisj af Gat.
11 And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David, the king of the land? did they not make songs about him in their dances, saying, Saul has put to death thousands, and David tens of thousands?
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!"
12 And David took these words to heart, fearing Achish, the king of Gath.
Disse Ord gav David Agt på, og han grebes af stor Frygt for Kong Akisj af Gat;
13 So changing his behaviour before them, he made it seem as if he was off his head, hammering on the doors of the town, and letting the water from his mouth go down his chin.
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.
14 Then Achish said to his servants, Look! the man is clearly off his head; why have you let him come before me?
Da sagde Akisj til sine Folk: "I kan da se, at Manden er gal; hvorfor bringer I ham til mig?
15 Are there not enough unbalanced men about me, that you have let this person come and do such tricks before me? is such a man to come into my house?
Har jeg ikke gale Mennesker nok, siden I bringer mig ham til at plage mig med sin Galskab? Skal han komme i mit Hus?"
