1 Samuels 13
1 Saul hadde vore konge eitt år. Andre året han var konge yver Israel,
And Saul chooses for himself three thousand men of the men of Israel: and there were with Saul two thousand who were in Machmas, and in mount Baethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gabaa of Benjamin: and he sent the rest of the people every man to his tent.
2 valde han seg ut or Israel tri tusund mann. Av desse hadde Saul hjå seg tvo tusund i Mikmas og i Betelsfjellbygdii, og eitt tusund hadde Jonatan med seg i Gibea i Benjamin. Resten av krigsfolket sende han heim kvar til seg.
3 Jonatan slo i hel filistarvakti i Gibea, og filistarane høyrde gjete det. Men Saul let blåsa i lur yver heile landet og sagde: «Hebræarane må høyra det.»
And Jonathan struck Nasib the Philistine that lived in the hill; and the Philistines hear of it, and Saul sounds the trumpet through all the land, saying, The servants have despised [us].
4 Heile Israel fekk høyra at Saul hadde slege i hel filistarvakti, og at Israel hadde fenge uord på seg hjå filistarane for det same. Folket vart då utbode til å fylgja Saul til Gilgal.
And all Israel heard say, Saul has struck Nasib the Philistine; now Israel had been put to shame before the Philistines; and the children of Israel went up after Saul in Galgala.
5 Filistarane stemnde saman til krig mot Israel, tri tusund vogner og seks tusund hestfolk, og fotfolk so mange som sanden på havsens strand. Dei drog upp og lægra seg ved Mikmas austanfor Bet-Aven.
And the Philistines gather together to war with Israel; and then come up against Israel thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand by the seashore for multitude: and they come up, and encamp in Machmas, opposite Baethoron southward.
6 Då Israels-mennerne såg dei var komne i knipa, av di filistarane trengde på, so for folket av og løynde seg i hellerar, i klungerkjørr, i gil, i kjellarar og brunnar.
And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait so that they could not draw near, and the people hid themselves in caves, and sheepfolds, and rocks, and ditches, and pits.
7 Og hebræararne hadde fare yver Jordan, til Gadslandet og Gileadslandet. Saul var endå i Gilgal, og heile folket fylgde honom skjelvande.
And they that went over went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Galaad: and Saul was yet in Galgala, and all the people followed after him in amazement.
8 Han drygde sju dagar, til den tid Samuel hadde fastsett. Men då Samuel endå ikkje var komen til Gilgal, og då folket tok til å spreida seg og ganga frå honom,
And he continued seven days for the appointed testimony, as Samuel told him, and Samuel came not to Galgala, and his people were dispersed from him.
9 sagde Saul: «Kom hit til meg med brennofferet og takkofferet!» Og so bar han fram brennofferet.
And Saul said, Bring hither [victims], that I may offer whole burnt offerings and peace-offerings: and he offered the whole burnt offering.
10 Nett med same han det hadde gjort, då kom Samuel. Saul møtte honom og vilde helsa honom.
And it came to pass when he had finished offering the whole burnt offering, that Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to meet him, [and] to bless him.
11 Men Samuel sagde: «Kva er det du hev gjort?» Saul svara: «Då eg såg folket tok til å spreida seg og ganga frå meg, og du ikkje var komen til fastsett tid, og filistarane hadde samla seg i Mikmas,
And Samuel said, What have you done? and Saul said, Because I saw how the people were scattered from me, and you was not present as you purposed according to the set time of the days, and the Philistines were gathered to Machmas.
12 so tenkte eg: «No kjem filistarane yver meg i Gilgal, og eg hev endå ikkje blidka Herren.» So våga eg meg til å bera fram brennofferet.»
Then I said, Now will the Philistines come down to me to Galgala, and I have not sought the face of the Lord: so I forced myself and offered the whole burnt offering.
13 Samuel sagde til Saul: «Du var uvisleg gjort av deg. Hadde du agta på bodet frå Herren, din Gud, som han baud deg, so vilde Herren no ha grunnfest kongedømet ditt til æveleg tid.
And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; for you have not kept my command, which the Lord commanded you, as now the Lord would have confirmed your kingdom over Israel for ever.
14 Men no vil kongedømet ditt ikkje standa seg. Herren hev valt seg ut ein mann etter sin hug; og Herren hev etla honom til fyrste yver folket sitt, av di du ikkje agta på det Herren baud deg.»
But now your kingdom shall not stand to you, and the Lord shall seek for himself a man after his own heart; and the Lord shall appoint him to be a ruler over his people, because you have not kept all that the Lord commanded you.
15 Samuel reis upp og for heim frå Gilgal upp til Benjamins Gibea. Saul mynstra krigsfolket som var hjå honom; um lag seks hundrad mann.
And Samuel arose, and departed from Galgala, and the remnant of the people went after Saul to meet [him] after the men of war, when they had come out of Galgala to Gabaa of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were found with him, about six hundred men.
16 Saul og Jonatan heldt seg i Geba i Benjamin med det folket som var att hjå deim, og filistarane låg i læger i Mikmas.
And Saul and Jonathan his son, and the people that were found with them, halted in Gabaa, of Benjamin; and they wept: and the Philistines had encamped in Machmas.
17 Frå filistarlægret sende dei ut røvarflokkar i tri hopar; eine hopen tok vegen til Ofra i Sualslandet,
And men came forth to destroy out of the land of the Philistines in three companies; one company turning by the way of Gophera towards the land of Sogal,
18 andre hopen tok vegen til Bet-Horon, og tridje hopen tok vegen til kverven som hallar ned imot Sebojimsdalen, burtimot øydemarki.
and another company turning the way of Baethoron, and another company turning by the way of Gabae that turns aside to Gai of Sabim.
19 Det fanst ingen smed i heile Israelslandet; for filistarane hadde vore rædde at hebræarane skulde smida sverd eller spjot.
And there was not found a smith in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make themselves sword or spear.
20 Og so laut kvar einast israelit ned til filistarane og få kvest både plogjarn og grev og øksar og ristlar,
And all Israel went down to the Land of the Philistines to forge every one his reaping-hook and his tool, and every one his axe and his sickle.
21 so snart eggjarne vart skjemde på plogjarni, eller grevi, eller greiparne, eller øksarne, eller når dei turvte vøla på oksebroddarne.
And it was near the time of vintage: and their tools were [valued at] three shekels for a ploughshare, and there was the same rate for the axe and the sickle.
22 Av dette hadde det seg so at då slaget skulde standa, hadde ingen av mennerne åt Saul og Jonatan sverd eller spjot. Einast Saul og Jonatan, son hans hadde våpn.
And it came to pass in the days of the war of Machmas, that there was not a sword or spear found in the hand of all the people, that were with Saul and Jonathan; but with Saul and Jonathan his son was there found.
23 Filistarane sette fram ein utpost i Mikmasskardet.
And there went out some from the camp of the Philistines to the place beyond Machmas.
