1 Samuels 13
1 Saul hadde vore konge eitt år. Andre året han var konge yver Israel,
Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
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 for himself three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the Mount of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. He sent the rest of the people to their own tents.
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.»
Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the shofar 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.
All Israel heard that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was considered an abomination to the Philistines. The people were gathered 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.
The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel: thirty thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven.
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 trouble (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in tombs, 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.
Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but 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,
He stayed seven days, according to the time set by Samuel; but Samuel didn’t come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him.
9 sagde Saul: «Kom hit til meg med brennofferet og takkofferet!» Og so bar han fram brennofferet.
Saul said, “Bring the burnt offering to me here, and the peace offerings.” He offered the burnt offering.
10 Nett med same han det hadde gjort, då kom Samuel. Saul møtte honom og vilde helsa honom.
It came to pass that as soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet 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,
Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul said, “Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you didn’t come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled 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 I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven’t entreated the favour of the LORD.’ I forced myself therefore, and offered the 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.
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 the LORD would have established your kingdom on Israel forever.
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 will not continue. The LORD has sought for himself a man after his own heart, and the LORD has appointed him to be prince 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.
Samuel arose, and went from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Saul counted the people who 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.
Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present with them, stayed in Geba 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,
The raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah, to 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.
another company turned the way to Beth Horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looks down on the valley of Zeboim towards 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 blacksmith found throughout all Eretz-Israel, for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make themselves 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, each man to sharpen his own ploughshare, mattock, axe, and sickle.
21 so snart eggjarne vart skjemde på plogjarni, eller grevi, eller greiparne, eller øksarne, eller når dei turvte vøla på oksebroddarne.
The price was one payim each to sharpen mattocks, ploughshares, pitchforks, axes, and 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 neither sword nor spear was found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan; but Saul and Jonathan his son had them.
23 Filistarane sette fram ein utpost i Mikmasskardet.
The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
