1 Samuel 25
1 [Soon after that], Samuel died, and all the Israeli people gathered and mourned for him. They buried his body outside his home in Ramah. Then David and his men moved to the Maon Desert.
Samuel døydde. Heile Israel kom i hop og gret yver honom. Dei gravlagde honom heime i Rama. David braut upp og drog ned til øydemarki Paran.
2 In Maon [town] there was a man who owned land in Carmel, [a nearby village]. He was very rich; he owned 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats.
I Maon var det ein mann som hadde buskapen sin på Karmel. Den mannen var ovleg rik; han åtte tri tusund sauer og tusund geiter. Han heldt på nett då å klyppa sauerne sine på Karmel.
3 His name was Nabal; he was a descendant of Caleb. His wife Abigail was a wise and beautiful woman, but Nabal was very cruel and treated people very unkindly [IDM].
Nabal heitte mannen, og kona hans heitte Abiga’il. Kona hans var både vitug og væn; men mannen var hardlyndt og vondlyndt. Han var av Kalebs-ætti.
4 One day while David [and his men] were in the desert, someone told him that Nabal was cutting the wool from his sheep.
Då no David høyrde gjete i øydemarki at Nabal heldt på å klyppa sauerne,
5 So David told ten of his men, “Go to Nabal at Carmel and greet him for me.
sende han ti av sveinar med den ordsendingi: «Far upp til Karmel! Gakk til Nabal og helsa honom frå meg:
6 Then tell to him this message from me, ‘I wish/desire that things will go well for you and your family and for everything that you possess.
«Heil og sæl!» skal det segja, «og fred med deg sjølv! fred med ditt hus! og fred med alt det du eig!
7 ‘heard people say that you are cutting the wool from your sheep. Previously, when your shepherds were among us, we did not harm them. All the time that your shepherds were among us at Camel, we did not steal any sheep from them.
Eg hev spurt at du held på med saueklypping. No er det so at hyrdingarne dine hev halde seg i vårt grannelag, og me hev ikkje gjenge deim for nær, og dei hev ikkje sakna noko slag heile den tidi dei hev vore på Karmel.
8 You can ask your servants if this is true, and they will tell you [that it is true]. We have come here at a time when you are celebrating, so I ask you to please be kind to us and give these men whatever extra food you have, for me, David, and my men to eat.’”
Spør tenarane dine, so vil dei sjølve segja deg det. Syn no godvilje mot sveinarne mine! Du veit me hev kome hit i ei god stund. Gjev tenarane dine og David, son din, det du hev for handi!»»
9 When David’s men arrived where Nabal was, they gave David’s message to him, and they waited [for him to reply]. But Nabal spoke harshly to them.
Då sveinarne åt David kom dit, tala dei til Nabal i Davids namn og sagde som han hadde bode deim; og so tagde deim og gav tol.
10 He said to them, “Who [does] this man, this son of Jesse, [think that he] is? [DOU, RHQ] There are many slaves who are running away from their masters at the present time, [and it seems to me that he is just one of them].
Nabal svara tenarane åt David: «Kven er David? Kven er Isaisonen? No um dagen stryk det so mange tenarar frå husbondsfolki sine.
11 I give bread and water to the men who are cutting the wool from my sheep, and I give them meat from animals that I have slaughtered. Why should I take some of those things and give them to a group of outlaws [RHQ]? (Who knows where they have come from?/I do not even know where they have come from.)” [RHQ]
Skulde eg taka min mat og min drykk og slagt, som eg hev etla åt saueklypparane mine, og gjeva åt folk som eg ikkje veit kvar dei høyrer heime?»
12 Then David’s men returned and told him what Nabal had said.
Sveinarne åt David vende då um og gjekk sin veg. Då dei kom attende, melde dei honom alt dette.
13 When David heard that, he told his men, “[We are going to kill Nabal; ] fasten your swords!” So he fastened on his sword and about 400 men fastened on their swords and went with David. There were 200 of his men who stayed with their supplies.
Då baud David: «Alle mann spenner sverdet um seg!» Og alle so gjorde. David sjølv spente og sverdet um seg. Um lag fire hundrad mann fylgde David upp; dei hine tvo hundrad mann heldt seg attmed tyet.
14 One of Nabal’s servants [found out what David and his men were planning to do, so he] went to Nabal’s wife Abigail and said to her, “David sent some messengers from the desert to greet our master Nabal, but Nabal only yelled at them.
Men ein av drengjerne hadde meldt det til Abiga’il, kona hans Nabal: «David sende bod hit frå øydemarki og helsa husbond; men han hylja deim yver.
15 All the time that we were in the fields close to them, those men of David were very kind to us. They did not harm us. They did not steal anything from us.
Men desse kararne hev gjort oss mykje gagn. Ikkje hev dei gjenge oss for nær, og aldri hev me sakna noko heile den tidi me ferdast i lag med deim der ute på marki.
16 They protected us during the daytime and during the night. They were like a wall [MET] around us to protect us while we were taking care of our sheep.
Dei var ein mur ikring oss natt og dag, heile tidi me heldt oss i deira grannelag og gjætte småfeet.
17 So now you should think about it and decide what you can do. [If you do not do something, ] terrible things will happen to our master and to all his family. Nabal is an extremely wicked man, with the result that [he will not heed anyone when] that person tries to tell him anything [that he should do].”
Tenk difor yver, og finn på eitkvart! for det heng ei ulukka yver husbond og heile huset hans; han er slik ei uvyrda, at ingen vågar tala til honom.»
18 [When] Abigail [heard that, she] very quickly gathered 200 loaves [of bread], and also got two leather bags full of wine, the meat from five sheep, a bushel of roasted grain, 100 packs of raisins, and 200 packs of dried figs. She put all those things on donkeys.
Då skunda Abiga’il seg og tok tvo hundrad brød, tvo vinhitar, fem tillaga sauer, ti settungar steikte aks, hundrad rosinkakor og tvo hundrad fikekakor, og klyvja på asni.
19 Then she told her servants, “Go ahead of me. I will follow you.” But she did not tell her husband [what she was going to do].
Og ho sagde til drengjerne: «Far i fyrevegen! Sjå eg kjem etter.» Men med Nabal, mannen sin, gat ho det ikkje.
20 David and his men [had left the place where they were staying and were on the road to Nabal’s property. They] were coming down a hill when they met Abigail.
Då ho reid på asnet sitt og kom ned i livd av fjellet, fekk ho sjå David og kararne hans koma ned frå hi sida, so ho måtte møta deim.
21 David had been saying to his men, “It was useless for us to protect that man and all his possessions here in this desert. We did not steal anything that belonged to him, but he has done evil to me in return for our good [things we did for him].
David hadde sagt: «Til fåfengs hev eg verna um alt det den mannen åtte i øydemarki, so ingen ting vanta av all eigedomen hans. Og han gjev meg vondt i vederlag for godt.
22 I hope/desire that God will strike me and kill me [IDM] if he or even one of his men [IDM] is still alive tomorrow morning!”
So sant Gud må lata uvenerne åt David bøta no og sidan - av alle deim som høyrer honom til, let ikkje eit einaste karmannsemne liva til dagsprett i morgon.»
23 When Abigail saw David, she quickly got down from her donkey and bowed before him, with her face touching the ground.
Då no Abiga’il fekk sjå David, steig ho straks ned frå asnet, fall å gruve for David og bøygde seg mot jordi.
24 Then she prostrated herself at David’s feet and said to him, “Sir, I deserve to be punished [for what my husband has done]. Please listen to what I say to you.
Ho fall ned for føterne hans og sagde: «Mi er skuldi, herre! Men lat terna di få tala med deg! og høyr på ordi åt terna di!
25 Please do not pay attention to [IDM] what this worthless man Nabal has said. His name means ‘fool’, and he surely is a foolish man. But I, who am [willing to be] your servant, did not see the messengers whom you sent to him.
Ikkje må du bry deg um Nabal, den uvyrda. Det namnet hans tyder, det er han; dåre heiter han, og dårskap hyser han. Men eg, terna di, eg hev ikkje set dei sveinarne du sende, herre!
26 Yahweh has prevented you from getting revenge on anyone and killing anyone. I hope/desire that as surely as Yahweh lives and as surely as you live, your enemies will be [cursed] like Nabal will be.
Og no, herre! so sant som Herren liver, og so sant du sjølv liver, og Herren hev meinka deg frå blodskuld og sjølvtekt - gjev det må ganga med uvenerne dine og alle som lurer på å gjera deg mein, like eins som det gjeng med Nabal!
27 I have brought a gift for you and for the men who are with you.
Lat no desse gåvor, som terna di hev ført med til deg, verta utskifte millom dei sveinarne som fylgjer deg!
28 Please forgive me if I have done anything wrong to you. Yahweh will surely [reward you by] allowing many of your descendants to become kings of Israel, because you are fighting the battles that Yahweh [wants you to fight]. And [I know that] throughout all your life you have not done anything wrong.
Herre, tilgjev terna di det ho hev synda! Herren skal visseleg byggja upp åt deg, herre, eit hus som vert standande. For du herre, fører striden for Herren. Inkje vondt hev dei funne hjå deg heile ditt liv.
29 Even when those who are trying to kill you pursue you, you are safe, because Yahweh your God takes care of you. You will be [protected as though you were] [MET] a bundle that he has safely tied up. But your enemies will [disappear as fast as stones] that are hurled from a sling.
Ris det upp nokon og forfylgjer deg og vil taka livet av deg, gjev so ditt liv, herre, må vera bunde i bundelen av dei livande hjå Herren, din Gud! Men livet åt uvenerne dine skal han leggja i slyngja, og slengja burt.
30 Yahweh has promised to do good things for you, and he will do what he has promised. And he will cause you to become the ruler of the Israeli people.
Når Herren gjer med deg, herre, alt det gode han hev lova deg, og set deg til fyrste yver Israel,
31 When that happens, [you will be glad that you did not kill any] people in Nabal’s household. You will not think that you deserve to be punished for having taken revenge yourself and killed innocent people. And when Yahweh enables you to successfully [become the king], please do not forget [to be kind to] me.”
so skal ikkje dette verta til støytestein eller til samvitsagg for deg, herre, at du hev rent ut skuldlaust blod, og at du, herre, hev teke deg sjølv til rettes. Men når Herren gjer godt med deg, herre, so kom i hug terna di!»
32 David replied to Abigail, “I praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], because he sent you to [talk with] me.
Då svara David Abiga’il: «Lova vere Herren, Israels Gud, som i dag hev sendt deg til møtes med meg!
33 I hope/desire that Yahweh will bless you for being very wise. You have prevented me from taking revenge myself and killing many people [MTY] today.
Velsigna vere vitet ditt! og velsigna vere du sjølv, som i dag meinkar meg i blodskuld og sjølvtekt.
34 Just as surely as Yahweh the God whom we Israelis [worship] is alive, he has prevented me from harming you. If you had not come quickly to talk to me, neither Nabal nor even one of Nabal’s men [IDM] would be still alive tomorrow morning.”
Men so sant Herren, Israels Gud, liver, han som hev halde meg frå å gjera deg noko mein - hadde du ikkje straks møtt meg, so vilde ikkje karmannsemne vore att i huset hans Nabal ved solarkoma i morgon.»
35 Then David accepted the gifts that Abigail had brought to him. He said to her, “I hope/desire that things will go well for you. I have heard what you said, and I will do what you have requested.”
David tok då imot av henne det ho førde med seg til honom. Og han sagde med henne: «Far heim att i fred! Sjå, eg hev lydt dine ord og gjort som du bad.»
36 When Abigail returned to Nabal, he was in his house, having a big celebration like kings have. He was very drunk and feeling very happy. So Abigail did not say anything to him that night [about her meeting with David].
Då no Abiga’il kom heim til Nabal, heldt han nett gilde heime. Det var som eit kongsgilde. Og Nabal var lystig og fjåg, og han var ovdrukken. Difor gat ho ikkje det minste med honom, fyrr um morgonen ved dagsprett.
37 The next morning, when he was no longer drunk, she told him everything [that had happened when she talked with David]. [Immediately] (he had a stroke/a blood vessel burst in his brain) and he became paralyzed [MET].
Men morgonen etter, då Nabal hadde sove ut ruset, fortalde kona hans det som var hendt. Då lamdest hjarta hans i bringa, og han vart som ein stein.
38 About ten days later Yahweh struck him [again] and he died.
Kring ti dagar etter slo Herren Nabal, og han døydde.
39 After David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise Yahweh! Nabal insulted me, but Yahweh (vindicated me/got revenge for me). He has prevented me from [doing anything] wrong. And he has punished Nabal for the wrong that he did.” Then David sent [messengers] to Abigail, to ask her if she would become his wife.
Då David spurde at Nabal var dåen, sagde han: «Lova vere Herren som hev hemnt på Nabal den svivyrding han synte meg, og som meinka tenaren sin frå å gjera vondt, med di Herren let vondskapen hjå Nabal koma att på hans eige hovud!» David sende bod og bela til Abiga’il og vilde hava henne til kona.
40 His servants went to Carmel and said to Abigail, “David sent us to take you to become his wife.”
Då tenarane åt David kom til Abiga’il på Karmel, bar dei fram målemnet sitt: «David hev sendt oss for å bela til deg for honom.»
41 Abigail bowed down with her face touching the ground. Then she told [the messengers to tell David], “[I am happy to become your wife]. I will be your servant. And I am willing to wash the feet of your slaves.”
Då reis ho upp og å fall å gruve til jordi og sagde: «Sjå, terna di er viljug til å vera ei trælkvinna som tvær føterne åt tenarane til herren min.»
42 Abigail quickly got on her donkey and went with David’s messengers. Five of her maids went with her. [When she arrived where David was, ] she became his wife.
So skunda Abiga’il seg, reis upp og sette seg på asnet; like eins dei fem ternorne hennar som var fylgjet hennar. So fylgde ho med sendemennerne til David. Og ho vart kona hans.
43 David had previously married Ahinoam, a woman from Jezreel [town near Carmel]. So both Abigail and Ahinoam were now David’s wives.
David hadde dessutan teke til kona Ahinoam frå Jizre’el, so båe desse tvo vart konorne hans.
44 King Saul’s daughter Michal was also David’s wife, but Saul had given her to Laish’s son Paltiel, who was from Gallim [town].
Men Saul hadde gjeve Mikal, dotter si, kona hans David, åt Palti La’isson frå Gallim.
