1 Samuels 21
1 David kom til presten Akimelek i Nob, og Akimelek kom David forferdet i møte og sa til ham: Hvorfor er du alene og har ingen med dig?
Then David went into Nob, to the priest Ahimelech. And Ahimelech was astonished that David had arrived. And he said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one is with you?”
2 David svarte presten Akimelek: Kongen har gitt mig et ærend å utføre; han sa til mig: Ingen må få vite noget om det ærend jeg sender dig i, og som jeg har gitt dig å utføre. Og mine menn har jeg satt stevne på det og det sted.
And David said to the priest Ahimelech: “The king has instructed to me a word, and he said: ‘Let no one know the matter about which you have been sent by me, and what type of instructions I have given to you. For I have also summoned servants to one and another place.’
3 Men hvad har du nu ved hånden? La mig få fem brød eller hvad der finnes!
Now therefore, if you have anything at hand, even five loaves of bread, or whatever you may find, give it to me.”
4 Presten svarte David og sa: Jeg har intet almindelig brød ved hånden, men hellig brød er her - bare mennene har holdt sig fra kvinner.
And the priest, responding to David, said to him: “I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread. Are the young men clean, especially from women?”
5 David svarte presten og sa til ham: Ja visst, kvinner har vi ikke hatt leilighet til å være sammen med, hverken igår eller iforgårs; da jeg drog ut, var alt det mine menn hadde på sig hellig; og vel er dette en ferd som ikke er hellig, men idag blir den hellig ved det de har på sig.
And David responded to the priest, and said to him: “Indeed, as concerns being with women, we have abstained since yesterday and the day before, when we departed, and so the vessels of the young men have been holy. And although, this journey has been defiled, it will also be sanctified today as concerns the vessels.”
6 Da gav presten ham hellig brød, for det var ikke annet brød der enn skuebrødene, som var tatt bort fra Herrens åsyn, forat ferskt brød kunde legges isteden samme dag som de blev tatt bort.
Therefore, the priest gave to him sanctified bread. For there was no bread there, but only the bread of the Presence, which had been taken away from before the face of the Lord, so that fresh loaves might be set up.
7 Men den dag var det en av Sauls tjenere som holdt sig inne der for Herrens åsyn; han hette Doeg og var fra Edom; han var den øverste av Sauls hyrder.
Now a certain man among the servants of Saul was there on that day, inside the tabernacle of the Lord. And his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the most powerful among the shepherds of Saul.
8 David sa til Akimelek: Har du ikke et spyd eller et sverd her ved hånden? For jeg har hverken tatt mitt sverd eller mine andre våben med mig; for det hastet med kongens ærend.
Then David said to Ahimelech: “Do you have, here at hand, a spear or a sword? For I did not take my own sword, or my own weapons with me. For the word of the king was urgent.”
9 Presten svarte: Filisteren Goliats sverd, han som du slo ihjel i Terebinte-dalen, det henger innsvøpt i et klæde bak livkjortelen; vil du ta det til dig, så ta det! Det er ikke noget annet sverd her. David sa: Det finnes ikke maken til det; gi mig det!
And the priest said: “Behold, here is the sword of Goliath, the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Terebinth. It is wrapped up in a cloak behind the ephod. If you wish to take this, take it. For there is nothing else here except this.” And David said, “There is nothing else like this, so give it to me.”
10 Så brøt David op og flyktet samme dag for Saul; og han kom til Akis, kongen i Gat.
And so, David rose up, and he fled on that day from the face of Saul. And he went to Achish, the king of Gath.
11 Og Akis' tjener sa til ham: Er ikke dette David, landets konge? Er det ikke ham de sang om under dansen: Saul har slått sine tusener, men David sine titusener?
And the servants of Achish, when they had seen David, said to him: “Is this not David, the king of the land? Were they not singing about him, while dancing, saying, ‘Saul has struck down a thousand, and David ten thousand?’”
12 David la sig disse ord på hjerte og var svært redd Akis, kongen i Gat.
Then David took these words to his heart, and he became exceedingly afraid before the face of Achish, the king of Gath.
13 Derfor lot han for dem som han var vanvittig, og han raste mellem hendene på dem og risset på dørene i porten og lot sitt spytt flyte ned i skjegget.
And he altered his mouth before them, and he slipped down between their hands. And he stumbled against the doors of the gate. And his spit flowed down his beard.
14 Da sa Akis til sine tjenere: I ser jo det er en gal mann; hvorfor kommer I til mig med ham?
And Achish said to his servants: “You saw that the man is insane. Why did you bring him to me?
15 Har jeg ikke nok av gale folk siden I er kommet hit med ham der, så han skal plage mig med sin galskap? Skulde slik en få komme i mitt hus?
Or do we have need of those who are mad, so that you would bring in this one, to behave madly in my presence? How did this man get into my house?”
