1 Samuels 13
1 Saul hadde vore konge eitt år. Andre året han var konge yver Israel,
Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
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.
Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
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 stroke the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
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 that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
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 gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.
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.
When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed, ) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
7 Og hebræararne hadde fare yver Jordan, til Gadslandet og Gileadslandet. Saul var endå i Gilgal, og heile folket fylgde honom skjelvande.
And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
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 tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.
9 sagde Saul: «Kom hit til meg med brennofferet og takkofferet!» Og so bar han fram brennofferet.
And Saul said, Bring here a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the 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, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute 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 that the people were scattered from me, and that you came not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;
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.»
Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a 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: you have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which he commanded you: for now would the LORD have established your kingdom upon 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 continue: the LORD has sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD has commanded him to be captain over his people, because you have not kept that which 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 got him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present 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 present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
17 Frå filistarlægret sende dei ut røvarflokkar i tri hopar; eine hopen tok vegen til Ofra i Sualslandet,
And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leads to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:
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 turned the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border that looks to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
19 Det fanst ingen smed i heile Israelslandet; for filistarane hadde vore rædde at hebræarane skulde smida sverd eller spjot.
Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
20 Og so laut kvar einast israelit ned til filistarane og få kvest både plogjarn og grev og øksar og ristlar,
But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
21 so snart eggjarne vart skjemde på plogjarni, eller grevi, eller greiparne, eller øksarne, eller når dei turvte vøla på oksebroddarne.
Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
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.
So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
23 Filistarane sette fram ein utpost i Mikmasskardet.
And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
