1 Krønikebok 14
1 Og Hiram, kongen i Tyrus, sende folk til David med cedertre, og dessutan murarar og timbremenner til å byggja eit hus åt honom.
One day Hiram, the king of Tyre [city], sent some messengers to David [to talk about making an agreement between their countries]. Then Hiram sent cedar logs, bricklayers, and carpenters to build a palace for David.
2 Og David skyna at Herren hadde stadfest honom til konge yver Israel; for han hadde lyft kongedømet høgt for sitt folk Israel skuld.
[When that happened, ] David knew that Yahweh had truly caused him to be the king of Israel, and that he had caused his kingdom to be greatly respected. Yahweh did this because [he loved] his Israeli people.
3 Og David tok seg endå fleire konor i Jerusalem, og David fekk endå fleire søner og døtter.
David married more women in Jerusalem, and [those women] gave birth to more sons and daughters for him.
4 Dette er namni på dei sønerne han fekk i Jerusalem: Sammua og Sobab, Natan og Salomo,
The names of the children that were born to him there in Jerusalem are Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
5 Jibhar og Elisua og Elpelet
Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,
6 og Nogah og Nefeg og Jafia
Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
7 og Elisama og Be’eljada og Elifelet.
Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
8 Men då filistarane høyrde at David var salva til konge yver heile Israel, tok dei ut alle saman og skulde leita etter David. Då David fekk høyrde det, for han ut imot deim.
When the army of Philistia heard that David has been appointed to be king of all of Israel, they came to capture him. But David heard that they were coming, so he [and his soldiers] marched out to fight against them.
9 Filistarane kom og spreidde seg utyver i Refa’imsdalen.
The army of Philistia had attacked the people in the Rephaim Valley [southwest of Jerusalem] and had robbed them.
10 Då spurde David Gud: «Skal eg draga upp imot filistarane? Vil du då gjeva deim i mi hand?» Herren svara: «Drag upp, eg vil gjeva deim i di hand.»
David asked God, “Should [my men and] I go and attack the army of Philistia? [If we go, ] will you enable us to defeat [IDM] them?” Yahweh replied, “Yes, go, and I will enable you to defeat [IDM] them.”
11 Og dei tok ut til Ba’al-Perasim, og der vann David yver deim. Då sagde David: «Gud hev brote igjenom fiendarne mine med mi hand, liksom vatn bryt igjenom.» Difor fekk den staden namnet Ba’al-Perasim.
So David and his men went up to a town where the soldiers of Philistia were staying and defeated them. Then David said, “God has enabled me [and my soldiers] to overwhelm my enemies like [MET] a flood.” So they named that place {That place is called} ‘Baal-Perazim’ [which means ‘Yahweh breaks through’].
12 Dei let etter seg gudarne sine der, og David sagde at dei skulde brennast upp.
[As the soldiers of Philistia fled], they left their idols there. So David commanded his soldiers to burn those idols.
13 Men filistarane kom endå ein gong og spreidde seg utyver i dalen.
But soon the army of Philistia attacked the people in that valley again.
14 Då so David spurde Gud att, svara Gud honom: «Du skal ikkje fara imot deim; kringsett deim attanfrå, so du kjem yver deim ifrå den sida der bakatrei stend!
So again David prayed to God [to ask him what he should do], and God replied, saying “Do not attack the army of Philistia from the front. Instead, go around them, and attack them [from the rear] in front of the balsam trees.
15 So snart som du då høyrer ljoden av stig i toppen på bakatrei, skal du leggja ut i strid; for då fer Gud fyre deg og vil slå filistarheren.»
When you hear something in the tops of the balsam trees that sounds like [soldiers] marching, attack them. I, God, will have gone ahead of you to enable you to defeat the army of Philistia.”
16 Og David gjorde som Gud hadde bode honom, og dei slo filistarheren og sette etter deim alt ifrå Gibeon og til Gezer.
So David did what God commanded him to do, and he and his army defeated the army of Philistia, all the way from Gibeon [city in the east] to Gezer [city in the west].
17 Og gjetordet um David gjekk yver alle land, og Herren let det koma rædsla for honom yver alle folki.
So David became famous in all the nearby countries, and Yahweh caused [the leaders of] all the [nearby] nations to be afraid of him.
