1 Samuel 25
1 And death came to Samuel; and all Israel came together, weeping for him, and put his body in its resting-place in his house at Ramah. Then David went down to the waste land of Maon.
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 Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; he was a great man and had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats: and he was cutting the wool of 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 this man was named Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail: she was a woman of good sense and pleasing looks: but the man was cruel and evil in his ways; he was of the family 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 had word in the waste land that Nabal was cutting the wool of his sheep.
Men David hørte i Ørken, at Nabal klippede sine Faar.
5 And David sent ten young men, and said to them, Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and say kind words to 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 say this to my brother, May all be well for you: peace be to you and your house and all you 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 I have had word that you have wool-cutters: now the keepers of your sheep have been with us, and we have done them no evil, and taken nothing of theirs 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 If your young men are questioned they will say the same thing. So now, let my young men have grace in your eyes, for we are come at a good time; please give anything you may have by you to your servants and to your 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 said all this to Nabal, in David's name, and said nothing more.
Og Davids unge Karle kom og talede til Nabal efter alle disse Ord i Davids Navn, og de holdt sig rolige.
10 And Nabal gave them his answer and said, Who is David? who is the son of Jesse? there are a number of servants in these days running away from their masters.
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 Am I to take my bread and my wine and the meat I have got ready for my wool-cutters and give it to men coming from I have no idea where?
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, turning away, went back and gave him an account of everything he had said.
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, Put on your swords, every one of you. And every man put on his sword; and David did the same; and about four hundred men went up with David, and two hundred kept watch over their goods.
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 said to Nabal's wife Abigail, David sent men from the waste land to say kind words to our master, and he gave them a rough answer.
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 these men have been very good to us; they did us no wrong and nothing of ours was touched while we were with them 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 But day and night they were like a wall round us while we were with them, looking after the sheep.
De have været en Mur for os baade Nat og Dag alle de Dage, vi vare hos dem og vogtede Faarene.
17 So now, give thought to what you are going to do; for evil is in store for our master and all his house: for he is such a good-for-nothing person that it is not possible to say anything 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 quickly took two hundred cakes of bread and two skins full of wine and five sheep ready for cooking and five measures of dry grain and a hundred parcels of dry grapes and two hundred cakes of figs, and put them on asses.
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 in front of me and I will come after you. But she said nothing to 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 Now while she was going down under cover of the mountain on her ass, David and his men came down against her, and suddenly she came face to face with 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, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so that there was no loss of anything which was his? he has only given me back 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 May God's punishment be on David, if when morning comes there is so much as one male of his people still living.
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 quickly got off her ass, falling down on her face before him.
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 falling at his feet she said, May the wrong be on me, my lord, on me: let your servant say a word to you, and give ear to the words of your servant.
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 my lord give no attention to Nabal, that good-for-nothing: for as his name is, so is he, a man without sense: but I, your servant, did not see the young men whom my lord 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 So now, my lord, by the living God and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept you from the crime of blood and from taking into your hands the punishment for your wrongs, may all your haters, and those who would do evil to my lord, be like 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 let this offering, which your servant gives to my lord, be given to the young men who are with 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 And may the sin of your servant have forgiveness: for the Lord will certainly make your family strong, because my lord is fighting in the Lord's war; and no evil will be seen in you all your 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 a man has taken up arms against you, putting your life in danger, still the soul of my lord will be kept safe among the band of the living with the Lord your God; and the souls of those who are against you he will send violently away from him, like stones from a bag.
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 when the Lord has done for my lord all those good things which he has said he will do for you, and has made you a ruler 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 Then you will have no cause for grief, and my lord's heart will not be troubled because you have taken life without cause and have yourself given punishment for your wrongs: and when the Lord has been good to you, then give a thought to your servant.
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, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me today:
Da sagde David til Abigail: Lovet være Herren, Israels Gud, som sendte dig mig i Møde i Dag,
33 A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.
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 truly, by the living Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept me from doing you evil, if you had not been so quick in coming to me and meeting me, by dawn there would not have been in Nabal's house so much as one male living.
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 Then David took from her hands her offering: and he said to her, Go back to your house in peace; see, I have given ear to your voice, and taken your offering with respect.
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 went back to Nabal; and he was feasting in his house like a king; and Nabal's heart was full of joy, for he had taken much wine; so she said nothing to him till dawn came.
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 in the morning, when the effect of the wine was gone, Nabal's wife gave him an account of all these things, and all the heart went out of him, and he became like 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 about ten days after, the Lord sent disease on Nabal and death came to him.
Og det skete ved ti Dage derefter, da slog Herren Nabal, og han døde.
39 And David, hearing that Nabal was dead, said, May the Lord be praised, who has taken up my cause against Nabal for the shame which he put on me, and has kept back his servant from evil, and has sent on Nabal's head the reward of his evil-doing. And David sent word to Abigail, desiring to take her as his 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 David's servants came to Carmel, to Abigail, they said to her, David has sent us to you to take you to him as his 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 got up, and going down on her face to the earth, said, See, I am ready to be a servant-girl, washing 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 Then Abigail got up quickly and went on her ass, with five of her young women, after the men whom David had sent; and she became David's 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 And David had taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, to be his wife; these two were his wives.
David tog og Ahinoam at Jisreel; og de bleve ogsaa begge hans Hustruer.
44 Now Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish of Gallim.
Men Saul havde givet Mikal sin Datter, Davids Hustru, til Palti, Lais Søn, som var fra Gallim.
