1 Samuel 13
1 Saul was no longer a young man when he became the king. He ruled Israel for 42 years.
Saul hade varit Konung ett år; och som han tu år hade rådit öfver Israel,
2 [Several years after he became king], he chose three thousand men from the Israeli army to go with him [to fight the Philistines]. Then he sent the other soldiers back home. Of the men he chose, 2,000 stayed with Saul at Micmash and in the hilly area near Bethel, and 1,000 stayed with [Saul’s son] Jonathan at Gibeah, in the area where the descendants of Benjamin lived.
Utvalde han sig tretusend män utur Israel; tutusend voro med Saul i Michmas, och uppå berget BethEl, och ett tusend med Jonathan i Gibea BenJamins; men det andra folket lät han gå, hvar och en i sina hyddo.
3 Jonathan [and the men who were with him] attacked the Philistine soldiers who were camped at Geba. The [other] Philistines heard about that. [So Saul realized that the army of Philistia would probably come to fight the Israelis again]. So Saul [sent messengers to] blow trumpets throughout Israel [to gather the people together and] proclaim to them, “All you Hebrews need to hear [that now the Philistines will start a war with us]!”
Och Jonathan slog de Philisteer i deras lägre, som i Gibea var; det kom för de Philisteer. Och Saul lät blåsa i basunen öfver hela landet, och säga: I Ebreer, hörer till.
4 The messengers told the rest of the army to gather together with Saul at Gilgal. And all the people in Israel heard the news. People were saying, “Saul’s army has attacked the Philistine camp, with the result that now the Philistines hate us Israelis very much.”
Och hela Israel hörde sägas: Saul hafver slagit de Philisteers lägre; ty Israel luktade illa för de Philisteer, och allt folket ropades till Saul i Gilgal.
5 The Philistines gathered together and were given equipment to fight the Israelis. The Philistines had 3,000 chariots, and 6,000 chariot-drivers. Their soldiers [seemed to be as many] as grains of sand on the seashore [HYP]. They went up and set up their tents at Micmash, to the east of Beth-Aven ([which means ‘house of wickedness’, and really referred to Bethel town]).
Då församlade sig de Philisteer till att strida med Israel, tretiotusend vagnar, sextusend resenärer, och eljest folk så mycket som sanden i hafsstrandene; och de drogo upp, och lägrade sig i Michmas, östan för BethAven.
6 The Philistines attacked the Israelis very strongly, and the Israeli soldiers realized that they were in a very bad situation. So many of the Israeli soldiers hid in caves and holes in the ground, or among the rocks, or in pits, or in wells.
Då de män af Israel sågo, att de i nöd voro, ty folket var förskräckt, krupo de uti kulor, och klyfter, och klippor, och i hål, och i gropar.
7 Some of them crossed the Jordan River at a place where it was very shallow. Then they went to the area where the descendants of Gad lived and to [the] Gilead [region]. But Saul stayed at Gilgal. All the soldiers who were with him were shaking [because they were so afraid].
Och de Ebreer drogo öfver Jordan in uti Gads land och Gileads; men Saul var ännu i Gilgal, och allt folket, som följde honom, vardt förtvifladt.
8 Saul waited seven days, which was the number of days that Samuel had told him to wait for him. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal [during that time], so many of the men in Saul’s army began to leave him and run away.
Då förbidde han i sju dagar, den tiden som Samuel förelagt hade; och efter Samuel icke kom till Gilgal, skingrade sig folket ifrå honom.
9 So Saul said to the soldiers, “Bring to me an animal to be completely burned [on the altar] and one for the offering to enable us to maintain fellowship [with God].” [So the men did that].
Då sade Saul: Bärer mig hit bränneoffer och tackoffer; och han offrade bränneoffer.
10 And just as he was finished burning those offerings, Samuel arrived. Saul went to greet him.
Och som han hade fullkomnat bränneoffret, si, då kom Samuel; då gick Saul ut emot honom, till att helsa honom.
11 Samuel [saw what Saul had done, and he] said to Saul, “Why have you done this?” Saul replied, “I saw that my men were leaving me and running away, and that you did not come here during the time that you said that you would come, and that the Philistine army was gathering together at Micmash.
Men Samuel sade: Hvad hafver du gjort? Saul svarade: Jag såg att folket förskingrade sig ifrå mig, och du kom icke i rättom tid, och de Philisteer voro församlade i Michmas.
12 “So I thought, ‘The Philistine army is going to attack us here at Gilgal, and I have not yet asked Yahweh to bless/help us.’ So I felt it was necessary to offer the burnt offerings [to seek God’s blessings].”
Då sade jag: Nu komma de Philisteer hitneder till mig i Gilgal, och jag hafver icke bedit Herrans ansigte; då vågade jag det, och offrade bränneoffer.
13 Samuel replied, “What you did was very foolish! You have not obeyed what Yahweh, your God, commanded [about sacrifices]. If you had obeyed him, God would have allowed you and your descendants to rule [Israel] for a long time.
Men Samuel sade till Saul: Du hafver gjort dårliga, och icke hållit Herrans dins Guds bud, som han dig budit hafver; ty Herren hade stadfäst ditt rike öfver Israel till evig tid.
14 But now [because of what you have done, you will die, and after you die, ] none of your descendants will rule. Yahweh is seeking for a man [to be king] who will be just the kind of person that he wants him to be, so that he can appoint him to be the leader of his people. Yahweh will do this because you have not obeyed what he commanded.”
Men nu skall ditt rike icke blifva ståndandes. Herren hafver sökt sig en man efter sitt hjerta, honom hafver Herren budit att vara en Förste öfver hans folk; ty du hafver icke hållit Herrans bud.
15 Then Samuel left Gilgal and went up to Gibeah. Saul stayed at Gilgal with his soldiers. There were only about 600 of them left [who had not run away].
Och Samuel stod upp, och gick ifrå Gilgal upp till Gibea BenJamins. Men Saul talde det folk, som när honom var, vid sexhundrad män.
16 Saul and his son Jonathan and the soldiers who were with them went to Geba [city] in the area of the tribe of Benjamin [and set up their tents there]. The Philistine army set up their tents at Micmash.
Och Saul med hans son Jonathan, och det folk som när honom var, blefvo uppå BenJamins hög; men de Philisteer hade lägrat sig i Michmas.
17 Three groups of Philistia men soon left the place where their army was staying, and went and (raided the Israeli towns/attacked the Israelis and took their possessions). One group went [north] toward Ophrah [city] in [the] Shual [region].
Och utu de Philisteers lägre drogo tre hopar till att förhärja landet. Den ene vände sig inpå den vägen till Ophra uti Sauls land;
18 One group went [west] to Beth-Horon [city]. The third group went toward the [Israeli] border, above Zeboim Valley, near the desert.
Den andre vände sig inpå den vägen till BethHoron; den tredje vände sig på den vägen, som drager åt den dalen Zeboim vid öknena.
19 At that time, there were no men in Israel who (were blacksmiths/could make things from iron). [The people of Philistia would not permit the Israelis to do that, because they were afraid that] they would make iron swords and spears for the Hebrews to fight with.
Och ingen smed vardt funnen i hela Israels land; förty de Philisteer tänkte, de Ebreer måtte göra svärd och spjut.
20 So [whenever the Israelis needed] to sharpen the blades of their plows, or picks, or axes, or sickles, they were forced to take those things to a Philistia man who could sharpen those things.
Ty måste hela Israel fara neder till de Philisteer, om någor ville låta hvässa sin plogbill, hacko, yxa eller lia;
21 They needed to pay (one fourth of an ounce/8 grams) of silver for sharpening a plow, and (an eighth of an ounce/4 grams) of silver to sharpen an axe, or a sickle, or (an ox goad/a pointed rod to jab an ox to make it walk).
Och när eggen på liarna, hackorna, gafflarna och yxarna, vardt slö, och uddarna vordo stubbote.
22 So [because the Israelis could not make weapons from iron], on the day that the Israelis fought [against the men of Philistia], Saul and Jonathan were the only Israeli men who had swords. None of the others had a sword; [they had only bows and arrows].
Då nu stridsdagen kom, vardt intet svärd eller spjut funnet i hela folkens hand, som var med Saul och Jonathan; utan Saul och hans son hade värjor.
23 Before the battle started, some Philistia men went to (the pass/a narrow place between two cliffs) outside Micmash to guard it.
Och de Philisteers lägre drog fram vid Michmas.
