2 Samuel 5
1 Så kom alle Israels stammer til David i Hebron og sa: Her er vi; vi er av samme kjød og blod som du.
Then [the leaders of] all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and said to him, “Listen, we have the same ancestors [IDM] that you do.
2 Allerede for lenge siden, da Saul var konge over oss, var det du som førte Israel ut og inn, og Herren sa til dig: Du skal vokte mitt folk Israel, og du skal være fyrste over Israel.
In the past, when Saul was our king, it was you who led our Israeli soldiers [in our battles]. You are the one to whom Yahweh promised, ‘You will be the leader [MET] of my people; you will be their king.’”
3 Og alle Israels eldste kom til kongen i Hebron, og kong David gjorde en pakt med dem i Hebron for Herrens åsyn; og de salvet David til konge over Israel.
So while Yahweh was listening, all those leaders of the people of Israel declared there at Hebron [that David would be their king]. And David made a sacred agreement with them. They anointed him [with olive oil to set him apart] to be the king of the Israeli people.
4 David var tretti år gammel da han blev konge, og han regjerte i firti år.
David was 30 years old when he became their king. He ruled them for 40 years.
5 I Hebron regjerte han over Juda i syv år og seks måneder, og i Jerusalem regjerte han i tre og tretti år over hele Israel og Juda.
In Hebron he ruled over the tribe of Judah for seven and a half years, and in Jerusalem he ruled over all the people of Judah and Israel for 33 years.
6 Så drog kongen og hans menn til Jerusalem mot jebusittene, som bodde der i landet; men de sa til David: Du kommer aldri inn her; blinde og lamme skal drive dig bort med de ord: David kommer aldri inn her.
[One day] King David and his soldiers went to Jerusalem to fight against the Jebus people-group who lived there. The people there thought that David’s army would not be able to capture the city, so they sent a message to David, saying “Your army will never be able to get inside our city! Even the blind and crippled people will be able to chase you away!”
7 Men David inntok allikevel Sions borg, det er Davids stad.
But David’s army captured the fortress on Zion [Hill], [and later it was known as] David’s City.
8 Den dag sa David: Hver den som slår jebusittene og trenger frem til vannledningen og slår de lamme og blinde som hater David han skal være høvding og fører. Derav kommer det ord: En blind og en lam skal ikke komme inn i huset.
On that day, David said [to his soldiers], “Those who want to get rid of the Jebus people-group should go through the water tunnel [to enter the city]. Then they can attack those people whom I [SYN] detest—[and we will find out if any] blind and crippled people [will be able to stop them]!” That is why people say, “Blind and crippled people cannot enter Yahweh’s temple.”
9 David tok sin bolig i borgen og kalte den Davids stad; og David bygget rundt omkring fra Milo og innover.
[After] David [and his soldiers captured] the city with its strong walls around it, he lived there, and they named it ‘David’s City’. David [and his soldiers] built the city around the fortress, starting where the [land was (filled in/terraces) on the east side of the hill].
10 David blev større og større, og Herren, hærskarenes Gud, var med ham.
David continued to become more and more powerful/influential, because the Almighty Commander of the armies of angels was with/helping him.
11 Og Hiram, kongen i Tyrus, skikket sendemenn til David med sedertre, og han sendte tømmermenn og stenhuggere; og de bygget et hus for David.
[One day] Hiram, the king of Tyre [city], sent ambassadors/messengers to David [to talk about making agreements between their countries]. Hiram agreed to provide cedar trees [to make lumber], and also that he would send carpenters and masons, to build a palace for David.
12 Og David forstod at Herren hadde stadfestet hans kongedømme over Israel, og at han hadde hevet hans rike høit for sitt folk Israels skyld.
His doing that caused David to realize that Yahweh truly had appointed him to be the king of Israel, and that Yahweh was going to cause his kingdom to prosper, because Yahweh loved the Israeli people, whom [he had chosen to] belong to him.
13 David tok ennu flere medhustruer og hustruer fra Jerusalem efterat han var kommet fra Hebron, og han fikk ennu flere sønner og døtre.
After David moved from Hebron to Jerusalem, he took more slave women to be his second-class wives, and he also married other women. [All of those women] gave birth to more sons and daughters.
14 Dette er navnene på de sønner han fikk i Jerusalem: Sammua og Sobab og Natan og Salomo
The names of the sons who were born in Jerusalem were Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
15 og Jibbar og Elisua og Nefeg og Jafia
Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
16 og Elisama og Eljada og Elifelet.
Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
17 Da filistrene hørte at David var blitt salvet til konge over Israel, drog alle filistrene ut for å søke efter David; og da David hørte det, drog han ned til borgen.
When the Philistia people heard that David had been appointed to be the king of Israel, their army went up [toward Jerusalem] to try to capture David. But David heard that they were coming, so he went down to another fortified place.
18 Og filistrene kom og spredte sig utover i Refa'im-dalen.
The [army of] Philistia arrived at Rephaim Valley [southwest of Jerusalem] and spread all over the valley.
19 Da spurte David Herren: Skal jeg dra ut mot filistrene? Vil du gi dem i min hånd? Og Herren svarte: Dra ut! Jeg vil gi filistrene i din hånd.
David asked Yahweh, “Should [my men and] I attack the Philistia army? Will you enable us to defeat them [IDM]?” Yahweh replied, “Yes, attack them, because I will certainly enable your army to defeat them. [IDM]”
20 Så kom David til Ba'al-Perasim, og der slo han dem, og han sa: Herren har brutt igjennem mine fiender foran mig, som vann bryter igjennem. Derfor blev dette sted kalt Ba'al-Perasim.
So David [and his army] went to [where the Philistia army was], and there they defeated them. Then David said, “Yahweh has burst through my enemies like a flood.” [SIM] So that place is called ‘Lord of Bursting-through’.
21 Der lot de efter sig sine avgudsbilleder, og David og hans menn tok dem med sig.
The Philistia men left their idols there; so David and his soldiers took them away.
22 Men filistrene drog ut ennu en gang og spredte sig utover i Refa'im-dalen.
Then the Philistia [army] returned to Rephaim Valley and spread all over the valley.
23 Og David spurte Herren, men han sa: Du skal ikke dra dit op; gå omkring så du kommer bakenfor dem, og gå så på dem midt for baka-trærne,
So again David asked Yahweh [if his army should attack them]. But Yahweh replied, “Do not attack them [from here]. Tell your men to go around them and attack them from the other side, near the balsam trees.
24 og når du hører lyden av skritt i baka-trærnes topper, da skynd dig! For da har Herren draget ut foran dig for å slå filistrenes hær.
When you hear something in the tops of the balsam trees that sounds like [an army] marching, attack them, because I will have gone ahead of you [to enable your army] to defeat their army.”
25 David gjorde således som Herren hadde befalt ham; og han slo filistrene og forfulgte dem fra Geba til bortimot Geser.
So David did what Yahweh told him to do, and his [army] defeated the Philistia army from Geba [city] all the way [west] to Gezer [city].
