1 Samuel 27
1 David said in his heart, "I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me except that I escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So shall I escape out of his hand."
Men David sagde til sig selv: "Jeg falder dog en skønne Dag for Sauls Hånd. Jeg har ingen anden udvej end at søge Tilflugt i Filisternes Land; så opgiver Saul at søge efter mig nogetsteds i Israels Land, og jeg er uden for hans Rækkevidde!"
2 David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
David brød da op og drog med sine 600 Mænd over til Maoks Søn, Kong Akisj af Gat;
3 So David lived with Achish, he and his men, along with his men and their families, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal's widow.
og David boede hos Akisj i Gat tillige med sine Mænd, som havde deres Familier med, ligesom David havde sine to Hustruer med, Ahinoam fra Jizre'el og Abigajil, Karmeliten Nabals Hustru.
4 Now it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he no longer searched for him.
Da Saul fik at vide, at David var flygtet til Gaf, holdt han op at søge efter ham.
5 David said to Achish, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?"
Men David sagde til Akisj: "Hvis jeg har fundet Nåde for dine Øjne, lad mig så få et Sted at bo i en af Byerne ude i Landet, thi hvorfor skal din Træl bo hos dig i Hovedstaden?"
6 So he gave him Ziklag that day. (For that reason Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.)
Akisj lod ham da med det samme få Ziklag; og derfor tilhører Ziklag endnu den Dag i Dag Judas Konger.
7 The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
Den Tid, David boede i Filisternes Land, udgjorde et År og fire Måneder.
8 Now David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Amalekites. And look, the land was inhabited from Telem, until you come to Shur, and on toward Egypt.
Og David og hans Mænd drog op og plyndrede hos Gesjuriterne, Gizriterne og Amalekiterne; thi de boede i Landet fra Telam hen imod Sjur og hen til Ægypten;
9 David struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the cattle, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the clothing; and he returned, and came to Achish.
og når David plyndrede Landet, lod han hverken Mænd eller Kvinder blive i Live, men Småkvæg, Hornkvæg, Æsler, Kameler og Klæder tog han med; når han så vendte tilbage og kom til Akisj,
10 Achish said, "Against whom have you made a raid today?" David would say, "Against the Negev of Judah," or "Against the Negev of Jerahmeel," or "Against the Negev of the Kenizzites."
og han spurgte: "Hvor hærgede I denne Gang?" svarede David: "Idet judæiske Sydland!" eller: "I det jerame'elitiske Sydland!" eller: "I det kenitiske Sydland!"
11 And neither man nor woman would he leave alive to be brought to Gath, thinking, "Otherwise they will tell about us, saying, 'This is what David did,'" and this has been his practice all the time he lived in the country of the Philistines.
David lod ingen Mand eller Kvinde blive i Live for ikke at måtte tage dem med til Gat; thi han tænkte: "De kunde røbe os og sige: Det og det har David gjort!" Således bar han sig ad, al den Tid han opholdt sig i Filisternes Land.
12 Achish believed David, saying, "He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he shall be my servant forever."
Derfor fik Akisj Tillid til David, idet han tænkte: "Han har gjort sig grundig forhadt hos sit Folk Israel; han vil tjene mig for stedse!"
