1 Samuels 13
1 I ett år hadde Saul dengang vært konge; og da han hadde vært konge over Israel i to år,
Saul was ruling for less than a year, when he ruled during year two over Israel,
2 valgte han sig tre tusen mann av Israel; av dem var to tusen med Saul i Mikmas og i Betel-fjellene, og tusen var med Jonatan i Gibea i Benjamin; resten av folket lot han fare hjem hver til sitt.
that Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the people he sent away, each to his own home.
3 Og Jonatan slo det krigsmannskap som filistrene hadde i Geba; det fikk filistrene høre; men Saul lot basunen lyde rundt omkring i hele landet og sa: Hebreerne skal høre det.
Now Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was at Gibeah, and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear."
4 Og hele Israel fikk høre tidenden om at Saul hadde slått filistrenes krigsmannskap, og at filistrene hadde lagt Israel for hat. Og folket blev kalt til våben for å følge Saul til Gilgal.
All Israel heard that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel had become repulsive to the Philistines. So the people were called out to join Saul at Gilgal.
5 Filistrene samlet sig for å stride mot Israel, tretti tusen vogner og seks tusen hestfolk, og fotfolk så mange som sanden ved havets bredd; og de drog op og leiret sig ved Mikmas østenfor Bet-Aven.
The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, and brought up against Israel three thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude: and they came up, and camped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven.
6 Da nu Israels menn så hvilken fare de var i fordi folket blev hårdt angrepet, da skjulte folket sig i huler og tornebusker og fjellkløfter og tårner og brønner.
When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were in a difficult situation), then the people hid themselves in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in pits and cisterns.
7 Nogen av hebreerne gikk over Jordan til Gads og Gileads land; men Saul var ennu i Gilgal, og alt folket fulgte ham skjelvende.
Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
8 Han ventet syv dager - til den tid Samuel hadde fastsatt; men Samuel kom ikke til Gilgal, og folket spredte sig og forlot ham.
And he stayed seven days, according to the time that Samuel had said. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people began to abandon him.
9 Da sa Saul: Kom hit til mig med brennofferet og takkofferne! Og så ofret han brennofferet.
Saul said, "Bring here the burnt offering to me, and the peace offerings." He offered the burnt offering.
10 Men da han vel hadde ofret brennofferet, da kom Samuel, og Saul gikk ut imot ham for å hilse på ham.
It came to pass that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, look, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him.
11 Da sa Samuel: Hvad har du gjort? Saul svarte: Da jeg så at folket spredte sig og forlot mig, og du ikke kom til den fastsatte tid, og filistrene samlet sig ved Mikmas.
Samuel said, "What have you done?" Saul said, "Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash;
12 så tenkte jeg: Nu drar filistrene ned mot mig til Gilgal, og jeg har ennu ikke bønnfalt Herren, og jeg tok mot til mig og ofret brennofferet.
therefore I said, 'Now the Philistines will come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven't entreated the favor of the LORD.' I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering."
13 Da sa Samuel til Saul: Du har båret dig dårlig at, du har ikke holdt det bud som Herren din Gud gav dig; ellers hadde Herren nu stadfestet ditt kongedømme over Israel for all tid.
Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which he commanded you; for now the LORD would have established your kingdom on Israel forever.
14 Men nu skal ditt kongedømme ikke stå ved makt; Herren har søkt sig ut en mann efter sitt hjerte, og ham har Herren utsett til fyrste over sitt folk; for du har ikke holdt hvad Herren bød dig.
But now your kingdom shall not continue. The LORD has sought for himself a man after his own heart, and the LORD has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept that which the LORD commanded you."
15 Så gjorde Samuel sig rede og drog fra Gilgal op til Gibea i Benjamin, og Saul mønstret de folk han hadde hos sig - omkring seks hundre mann.
And Samuel arose and departed from Gilgal, and the rest of the people went up after Saul to meet him after the men of war, when they had come up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.
16 Og Saul og hans sønn Jonatan og de folk som de hadde hos sig, lå i Geba i Benjamin, og filistrene hadde leiret sig ved Mikmas.
Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present with them, stayed in Geba of Benjamin: but the Philistines camped in Michmash.
17 Da drog det en flokk ut av filistrenes leir for å herje; den var delt i tre hoper; den ene hop tok veien til Ofra, til Sual-bygden,
The spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah, to the land of Shual;
18 og den annen hop tok veien til Bet-Horon, og den tredje hop tok veien til den bygd som rager op over Sebo'im-dalen bortimot ørkenen.
and another company turned the way to Beth Horon; and another company turned toward the border that overlooks the valley of Zeboim.
19 Dengang fantes det ikke en smed i hele Israels land; for filistrene tenkte som så: Hebreerne kunde ellers gjøre sig sverd eller spyd.
Now there was no blacksmith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines had said, "Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears."
20 Og hele Israel måtte gå ned til filistrene for å få smidd sine plogjern og sine hakker, sine økser og sine plogskjær,
But all Israel would go down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, mattock, axe, and sickle;
21 og når eggen var sløvet på plogskjærene og hakkene og grepene og øksene, eller for å få en pigg påsatt.
and the charge was one payim for the plowshares and for the mattocks, and three shekels for picks and axes and to set the goads.
22 Således gikk det til at på den dag da striden stod, fantes det ikke sverd eller spyd hos nogen av alle de folk som var med Saul og Jonatan; bare Saul og hans sønn Jonatan hadde disse våben.
So on the day of the battle of Michmash there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan; but Saul and his son Jonathan had them.
23 Filistrenes forpost rykket frem til Mikmas-skaret.
The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
