1 Samuel 29
1 Then all the troops of the Philistines were gathered together at Aphek. But Israel also made camp, above the spring which is in Jezreel.
Filistarane fylkte alle herarne sine i Afek. Israel låg i læger attmed kjelda i Jizre’el.
2 And indeed, the princes of the Philistines advanced by hundreds and by thousands; but David and his men were in the rear with Achish.
Filistarfyrstarne gjekk fram med sine hundrad mann og sine tusund. Og David og kararne hans kom attarst, i lag med Akis.
3 And the leaders of the Philistines said to Achish, “What do these Hebrews intend to do?” And Achish said to the leaders of the Philistines: “Could you be ignorant about David, who was the servant of Saul, the king of Israel, and who has been with me for many days, even years, and I have not found within him anything, from the day that he fled to me, even to this day?”
Filistarfyrstarne spurde: «Kva hev desse hebræarane her å gjera?» Akis svara: «De veit då at David som var hirdmann hjå Saul, Israels-kongen, han hev vore hjå meg år og dag, og eg hev aldri funne nokon ting å segja på honom frå den stund han vart min mann og til i dag.»
4 Then the leaders of the Philistines became angry against him, and they said to him: “Let this man return, and let him settle in his place, which you appointed for him. But let him not descend with us to battle, lest he become an adversary to us when we begin to fight. For in what other way will he be able to please his lord, except with our heads?
Men filistarfyrstarne vart forarga på honom, og dei sagde ifrå til honom: «Send den karen heim att! Lat honom halda seg på den staden du hev sett honom yver! Lat honom ikkje fara i strid saman med oss! Midt i slaget kann han venda seg mot oss. Kor kunde han betre vinna att godviljen hjå herren sin, enn med hovudi av hermennerne våre?
5 Is not this the David, about whom they were singing, while dancing, saying: ‘Saul struck down his thousands, but David his ten thousands?’”
Er det ikkje til æra for denne David at dei syng med dei dansar: «Tusund tynte Saul men David tie tusund»?»
6 Therefore, Achish called David, and he said to him: “As the Lord lives, you are good and righteous in my sight, even in your departure and your return with me in the military camp. And I have not found anything evil in you, from the day that you came to me, even to this day. But you are not pleasing to the princes.
Då kalla Akis David til seg og sagde: «So sant Herren liver: Du er ein ærleg kar! og eg likar godt å sjå deg ganga ut og inn hjå meg i lægret. For eg hev inkje vondt funne hjå deg frå den stund du kom til meg og heilt til no. Men fyrstarne likar deg ikkje.
7 Therefore, return, and go in peace, so that you do not offend the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.”
So far heim att i fred, so du ikkje skal gjera noko som filistarfyrstarne mislikar.»
8 And David said to Achish, “But what have I done, or what have you found in me, your servant, from the day that I was in your sight to this day, so that I may not go out and fight against the enemies of my lord, the king?”
David sagde med Akis: «Kva hev eg då gjort? og kva hev du funne å segja på tenaren din frå den dagen eg kom fram for deg og heilt til i dag, etter som du negtar meg å ganga i strid mot uvenerne dine, herre konge?»
9 And in response, Achish said to David: “I know that you are good in my sight, like an angel of God. But the leaders of the Philistines have said: ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’
Akis svara: «Eg veit best sjølv at eg held deg som ein gudsengel! Men filistarfyrstarne stend på sitt: han fær ikkje vera med oss i striden.
10 And so, rise up in the morning, you and the servants of your lord who came with you. And when you have risen up in the night, as it begins to be light, go forth.”
Ris no tidleg upp i morgon, du og tenarane åt herren din som er komne med deg; og når det de hev gjort, so far dykkar veg so snart det ljosnar!»
11 And so David rose up in the night, he and his men, so that they might set out in the morning. And they returned to the land of the Philistines. But the Philistines ascended to Jezreel.
David og kararne hans reis då upp tidleg, for sin veg um morgonen, og kom heim att til Filistarlandet. Men filistarane drog upp til Jizre’el.
