1 Samuels 16
1 Herren sagde til Samuel: «Kor lenge etlar du å syrgja yver Saul? Eg hev då vanda honom, so han skal ikkje vera konge yver Israel. Fyll hornet ditt med olje og gakk av stad! Eg vil senda deg til Isai i Betlehem. Ein av sønerne hans hev eg etla til konge.»
Finally, Yahweh said to Samuel, “I have decided that I will not allow Saul to continue to be the king. So you should not [RHQ] keep feeling sad [about what he has done]. Put some olive oil in a small container and go to Bethlehem [to anoint someone with the oil, and appoint him to be king]. I am sending you there to a man named Jesse, because I have chosen one of his sons to be the king [of Israel].”
2 Samuel sagde: «Kor kann eg ganga dit? Fær Saul fretta det, drep han meg.» Herren svara: «Tak ei kviga med deg, so kann du segja: «Eg er komen og vil ofra til Herren.»
But Samuel said, “I am afraid [RHQ] to do that! If Saul hears about it, he will kill me!” Yahweh said, “Take a (heifer/young female cow) with you, and say to people that you have come to [kill it and] offer it as a sacrifice to me.
3 So skal du beda Isai til offermåltidi, so skal eg lata deg vita det du skal gjera; og du skal salva åt meg den eg segjer.»
“Invite Jesse to come to the sacrifice. [When he comes, ] I will show you what you should do. And I will show you which of his sons [I have chosen to be the king]. Then you should anoint that one [with the olive oil to be the king].”
4 Samuel gjorde som Herren sagde: Då han kom til Betlehem, kom dei øvste i byen skjelvande imot honom og spurde: «Varslar det godt at du kjem?»
Samuel did what Yahweh told him to do. He went to Bethlehem. When the town leaders came to him, they trembled, [because they were worried that Samuel had come to rebuke them about something]. One of them asked him, “Have you come [to speak] peacefully [to us]?”
5 Han svara: «Ja, eg kjem og vil ofra til Herren. Det lyt helga dykk, so det kann vera med meg ved offermåltidi!» Og han helga Isai og sønerne hans og bad deim vera med ved offermåltidi.
Samuel replied, “Yes. I have come peacefully, to make a sacrifice to Yahweh. [Perform the rituals to] make yourselves acceptable to Yahweh, and then come with me to where they will offer the sacrifice.” Then Samuel performed the ritual to make Jesse and his sons acceptable to God, and he also invited them to the sacrifice.
6 Då dei kom, og han fekk sjå Eliab, tenkte han: «Der stend visst framfor Herren den han salvar.»
When they arrived there, Samuel looked at [Jesse’s oldest son] Eliab, and thought, “Surely this is the one whom Yahweh has appointed [to be king]!”
7 Men Herren sagde til Samuel: «Skoda ikkje på kor han ser ut, kor stor og høg han er på vokster; for honom vil eg ikkje hava. Det munar ikkje det menneskja ser; menneskja ser på utsyni, men Herren ser på hjarta.»
But Yahweh said to Samuel, “No, he is not the one whom I have chosen. Don’t pay attention to his being handsome and very tall, because I have not chosen him. I do not evaluate people as people do. You people evaluate people by their appearance, but I evaluate people by what is in their inner beings.”
8 Då kalla Isai på Abinadab og let honom ganga fram for Samuel. Men han sagde: «Heller ikkje denne hev Herren valt seg ut.»
Then Jesse told [his next oldest son] Abinadab to step forward and walk in front of Samuel. [But when he did that], Samuel said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”
9 Isai let Samma ganga fram. Men han sagde: «Heller ikkje denne hev Herren valt.»
Then Jesse told [his next oldest son] Shammah to step forward. He stepped forward, but Samuel said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”
10 Isai sju av sønerne ganga fram for Samuel. Men Samuel sagde til Isai: «Herren hev ikkje valt ut nokon av desse.»
Similarly, Jesse told his other four sons to walk in front of Samuel. But Samuel said to Jesse, “Yahweh has not chosen any of these sons of yours.”
11 «Er dette alle gutarne dine?» spurde han Isai. Han svara: «Endå er den yngste att. Men han gjæter smalen.» «Send bod etter honom!» sagde Samuel med Isai; «for me vil ikkje setja oss til bords fyrr han kjem hit.»
Then Samuel asked Jesse, “Do you have any other sons?” Jesse replied, “My youngest son [is not here]; he is out [in the fields] taking care of the sheep.” Samuel said, “Send someone to bring him here! We will not sit down [to eat] until he gets here.”
12 Då sende han bod etter honom. Han var raudleitt, hadde bjarte øugo, og var væn å sjå til. Og Herren sagde: «Ris upp og salva honom; han er det!»
So Jesse sent [someone] to bring [David there. And when David arrived, Samuel saw that] he was handsome and healthy, and had bright eyes. Then Yahweh said, “This is the one [whom I have chosen]; anoint him [to be king].”
13 Då tok Samuel oljehornet og salva honom, so brørne hans såg på. Og Herrens Ande kom yver David frå den dagen og sidan. So stod Samuel upp og drog til Rama.
So as David [stood there] in front of his older brothers, Samuel took the container of oil that he had brought and poured some of it on David’s head [to set him apart to serve God. After they all ate, Samuel left] and returned to Ramah. But Yahweh’s Spirit came on David powerfully, and stayed with David for the rest of his life.
14 Etter Herrens Ande hadde vike frå Saul, kom det ei vond ånd frå Herren yver honom i brårider.
But Yahweh’s Spirit left Saul. Instead [of his Spirit staying with Saul], Yahweh sent an evil spirit to Saul to terrify him [repeatedly].
15 Tenarane åt Saul sagde med honom: «Sjå, du fær brårider av ei vond ånd frå Gud.
One of his servants said to him, “It is evident that an evil spirit sent by God is terrifying you.
16 Herre, seg med tenarane dine som stend framfor deg, at dei leitar upp ein som kann leika på harpa! Når so den vonde åndi frå Gud kjem yver deg, kann han spela; då vil du besna.»
So [we suggest that you] allow us, your servants here, to search for a man who plays the harp well. He can play the harp whenever the evil spirit bothers you. Then [you will calm down and] you will be okay again.”
17 Saul sagde då med tenarane sine: «Sjå dykk ut for meg ein mann som er god til å spela, og få honom hit til meg!»
Saul replied, “[Fine/Okay], find for me a man who can play [the harp] well, and bring him to me.”
18 Ein av sveinarne svara: «Eg veit ein son åt Isai i Betlehem som kann spela, ein gjæv gut, våpndjerv, ordhag og fager. Herren er med honom.»
One of his servants said to him, “A man named Jesse, in Bethlehem [town], has a son who plays the harp very well. Furthermore, he is a brave man, and is a capable soldier. He is handsome and he always speaks wisely. And Yahweh always protects him.”
19 Saul sende då bod til Isai og bad honom: «Send hit til meg David, son din, han som er med smalen!»
So Saul sent this message to Jesse: “Send your son David to me, the one who takes care of sheep.”
20 Isai tok då og klyvja eit asen med mat, ei vinhit og eit kid og sende til Saul med David, son sin.
[So after they went to] Jesse [and told him that, he agreed. He] got a young goat, a container of wine, a donkey on which he put some loaves of bread, and gave them to David to take to Saul [as a present].
21 So kom David til Saul og vart tenaren hans. Han vart svært glad i honom og gjorde honom til våpnsveinen sin.
Then David went to Saul and started to work for him. Saul liked David very much, and he became the man who carried Saul’s weapons [when Saul went to fight in battles].
22 Og Saul sende bod til Isai og bad: «Kjære, lat David stogga hjå meg! for eg hev fenge godvilje for honom.»
Then Saul sent [a messenger] to Jesse to tell him, “I am pleased with David. Please let him stay here and work for me.”
23 So tidt åndi frå Gud kom yver Saul, so tok David harpa og leika på henne. Då letna det for Saul. Han besna, og den vonde åndi slepte honom.
[Jesse agreed, and after that], whenever the evil spirit whom God sent tormented Saul, David played the harp. Then Saul would become calm, and the evil spirit would leave him.
