1 Samuel 27
1 And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.
Så tänkte David i sitt hjerta: Jag faller dock en dag Saul i händer; det är mig bättre, att jag rymmer undan in uti de Philisteers land; på det Saul må vända igen att ytterligare söka efter mig i alla Israels gränsor; så må jag då komma ifrå hans händer.
2 So David and the six hundred men who were with him went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
Och stod upp, och gick åstad med de sexhundrad män, som med honom voro, till Achis, Maochs son, Konungen i Gath.
3 And David and his men were living with Achish at Gath; every man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, who had been the wife of Nabal.
Så blef David när Achis i Gath, med sina män, hvar med sitt hus; David desslikes med sina två hustrur, Ahinoam den Jisreelitiskon, och Abigail, Nabals hustru, den Carmelitiskon.
4 And Saul, hearing that David had gone to Gath, went after him no longer.
Då Saul vardt sagdt, att David var flydd till Gath, sökte han intet mera efter honom.
5 Then David said to Achish, If now I have grace in your eyes, let me have a place in one of the smaller towns of your land, to be my living-place; for it is not right for your servant to be living with you in the king's town.
Och David sade till Achis: Hafver jag funnit nåd för din ögon, så låt gifva mig ett rum uti en af städerna på landena, att jag må bo derinne; hvi skulle din tjenare bo uti Konungsstadenom när dig?
6 So Achish straight away gave him Ziklag: and for that reason Ziklag has been the property of the kings of Judah to this day.
Då gaf honom Achis på den dagen Ziklag. Deraf är Ziklag Juda Konungars, allt intill denna dag.
7 And David was living in the land of the Philistines for the space of a year and four months.
Tiden, som David bodde uti de Philisteers land, var ett år och fyra månader.
8 And David and his men went up and made attacks on the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for these were the people who were living in the land from Telam on the way to Shur, as far as Egypt.
Och David med sina män drog upp, och föll in uti de Gessuriters och de Girsiters och de Amalekiters land; ty desse bodde i landena af ålder, der man kommer till Zur, allt intill Egypti land.
9 And David again and again made attacks on the land till not a man or a woman was still living; and he took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the clothing; and he came back to Achish.
Och då han slog landet, lät han hvarken man eller qvinno lefva, och tog får, fä, åsnar, camelar och kläder, och vände om, och kom till Achis.
10 And every time Achish said, Where have you been fighting today? David said, Against the South of Judah and the South of the Jerahmeelites and the South of the Kenites.
När nu Achis sade: Hafven I ock i dag någorstäds infallit? Då sade David: Söderut i Juda, och söderut till de Jerahmeehter, och söderut till de Keniter.
11 Not one living man or woman did David ever take back with him to Gath, fearing that they might give an account of what had taken place, and say, This is what David did, and so has he been doing all the time while he has been living in the land of the Philistines.
Men David lät hvarken man eller qvinno lefvande komma till Gath, och tänkte: De måga säga på oss, och sqvallra. Så gjorde David, och det var hans sedvänja, så länge han bodde uti de Philisteers land.
12 And Achish had belief in what David said, saying, He has made himself hated by all his people Israel, and so he will be my servant for ever.
Derföre trodde Achis David, och tänkte: Han hafver gjort sig illa luktandes för sitt folk Israel; ty blifver han väl min tjenare till evig tid.
