1 Samuels 18
1 Då han hadde tala ut med Saul, lagde Jonatan stor elsk på David, og Jonatan elska honom som seg sjølv.
And when he had made an ende of speaking vnto Saul, the soule of Ionathan was knit with the soule of Dauid, and Ionathan loued him, as his owne soule.
2 Saul tok honom til seg den dagen og let honom ikkje venda heim att til far sin.
And Saul tooke him that day, and woulde not let him returne to his fathers house.
3 Jonatan gjorde fostbrorlag med David, av di han elska honom som seg sjølv.
Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenant: for he loued him as his owne soule.
4 Jonatan tok av seg kappa han bar og gav til David, og våpnkjolen sin, ja jamvel sverdet sitt og bogen sin og beltet sitt gav han honom.
And Ionathan put off the robe that was vpon him, and gaue it Dauid, and his garments, euen to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
5 David drog i herferd. Kvar helst Saul sende honom, hadde han lukka med seg. Og Saul sette honom yver krigsheren. Han var vel umtykt av heile folket, endå til av tenarane åt Saul.
And Dauid went out whithersoeuer Saul sent him, and behaued himselfe wisely: so that Saul set him ouer the men of warre, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Sauls seruants.
6 Då dei kom heim, etter David hadde felt filistaren, gjekk kvendi ut frå alle byar i Israel, med song og dans, til å møta kong Saul med trummor, fagnadrop og triangel.
When they came againe, and Dauid returned from the slaughter of the Philistim, the women came out of all cities of Israel singing and dauncing to meete king Saul, with timbrels, with instruments of ioy, and with rebeckes.
7 Kvendi trødde dansen og song: «Tusund tynte kong Saul, men David tie tusund.»
And the women sang by course in their play, and sayd, Saul hath slayne his thousand, and Dauid his ten thousand.
8 Då vart Saul brennande harm. Han mislika dei ordi og sagde: «David hev dei gjeve ti tusund; meg hev dei gjeve tusund! No vantar det honom berre kongedømet!»
Therefore Saul was exceeding wroth, and the saying displeased him, and he sayde, They haue ascribed vnto Dauid ten thousand, and to me they haue ascribed but a thousand, and what can he haue more saue the kingdome?
9 Og Saul såg jamleg med skakkauga på David frå den dagen.
Wherefore Saul had an eye on Dauid from that day forward.
10 Dagen etter kom den vonde åndi frå Gud yver Saul. Og han rasa i huset sitt. David spela på harpa, som han kvar dag gjorde. Saul hadde eit spjot i handi.
And on the morowe, the euill spirite of God came vpon Saul, and he prophecied in the middes of the house: and Dauid played with his hand like as at other times, and there was a speare in Sauls hand.
11 Saul kasta spjotet og tenkte: «Eg rennar spjotet gjenom David og inn i veggen!» Men David bøygde seg undan, tvo vendor.
And Saul tooke the speare, and sayd, I will smite Dauid through to the wall. But Dauid auoyded twise out of his presence.
12 Saul vart rædd David, av di Herren var med honom, samstundes som han hadde vike frå Saul.
And Saul was afrayd of Dauid, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul.
13 Saul fekk honom då burt frå seg, med di han sette honom til herførar: han førde herfolket både ut og heim.
Therefore Saul put him from him, and made him a captaine ouer a thousand, and he went out and in before the people.
14 David hadde lukka med seg all stad: Herren var med honom.
And Dauid behaued himselfe wisely in all his wayes: for the Lord was with him.
15 Då Saul såg at han hadde so stor ei lukka, fekk han rædsla for honom.
Wherefore when Saul saw that he was very wise, he was afrayde of him.
16 Men heile Israel og Juda elska David; for han førde deim både ut og heim.
For all Israel and Iudah loued Dauid, because he went out and in before them.
17 Saul sagde med David: «Her er eldste dotter mi, Merab; henne gjev eg deg til kona. Berre te deg som ein dugande kar, og før striden for Herren!» Saul tenkte: «Ikkje for mi hand skal han falla, men for filistarane.»
Then Saul sayd to Dauid, Beholde mine eldest daughter Merab, her I will giue thee to wife: onely be a valiant sonne vnto me, and fight the Lordes battels: for Saul thought, Mine hand shall not be vpon him, but the hand of the Philistims shalbe vpon him.
18 David svara Saul: «Kven er eg? og kva er ætti mi, farsætti mi i Israel, sidan eg skal verta måg til kongen.»
And Dauid answered Saul, What am I? and what is my life, or the family of my father in Israel, that I should be sonne in law to the King?
19 Men då tidi kom at David skulde gifta seg med Merab, dotter åt Saul, gifte han henne med Adriel frå Mehola.
Howbeit when Merab Sauls daughter should haue bene giuen to Dauid, she was giuen vnto Adriel a Meholathite to wife.
20 Med Mikal Saulsdotter hadde huglagt David. Saul fekk vita det, og han lika det godt;
Then Michal Sauls daughter loued Dauid: and they shewed Saul, and the thing pleased him.
21 for Saul tenkte: «Eg skal gjeva henne åt honom, soleis at ho vert til ei snara for honom, so han fell for filistarhand.» Saul sagde med David: «Andre venda kann du verta mågen min.»
Therefore Saul said, I wil giue him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistims may bee against him. Wherefore Saul sayde to Dauid, Thou shalt this day be my sonne in law in the one of the twayne.
22 Og Saul baud folki sine: «Kviskra dette ordet i øyra på David: «Kongen likar deg godt, alle folki hans er glad i deg; no må du verta måg til kongen!»»
And Saul commanded his seruants, Speake with Dauid secretly, and say, Behold, ye King hath a fauour to thee, and all his seruants loue thee: be now therefore the Kings sonne in law.
23 Då folki åt Saul sagde dette med David, svara han: «Tykkjer de det er so lite å vera kongsmåg? eg er då berre ein ring og fatig kar.»
And Sauls seruantes spake these wordes in the eares of Dauid. And Dauid sayd, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a Kings sonne in lawe, seeing that I am a poore man and of small reputation?
24 Tenarane åt Saul fortalde honom det: «So og so sagde David.»
And then Sauls seruats brought him word againe, saying, Such wordes spake Dauid.
25 Saul sagde: «Soleis skal de segja med David: «Kongen krev ikkje onnor festargåve enn hundrad huvehold av filistarar; for kongen vil hava hemn yver fiendarne sine.»» Saul vonast fella David med filistarhand.
And Saul sayd, This wise shall ye say to Dauid, The King desireth no dowrie, but an hundred foreskinnes of the Philistims, to bee auenged of the Kings enemies: for Saul thought to make Dauid fall into the handes of the Philistims.
26 Tenarane hans melde desse ordi til David; og David lika godt å verta kongsmåg. Fyrr tidi var ute,
And when his seruantes tolde Dauid these wordes, it pleased Dauid well, to be the Kings sonne in law: and the dayes were not expired.
27 reis han upp og gjekk av stad med sveinarne sine og gav tvo hundrad filistarar banehogg. Og David førde huveholdi deira med seg og lagde fullt tal fram for kongen, so han kunde verta kongsmåg. So gav Saul honom Mikal til kona.
Afterwarde Dauid arose with his men, and went and slewe of the Philistims two hundreth men: and Dauid brought their foreskinnes, and they gaue them wholly to the King that hee might be the Kings sonne in lawe: therefore Saul gaue him Michal his daughter to wife.
28 Saul såg og skyna at Herren var med David. Mikal Saulsdotter elska honom.
Then Saul sawe, and vnderstoode that the Lord was with Dauid, and that Michal the daughter of Saul loued him.
29 Men Saul vart stendigt meir og meir rædd David. So vart Saul uvenen åt David for heile livet.
Then Saul was more and more afrayde of Dauid, and Saul became alway Dauids enemie.
30 Men filistarfyrstarne for i herferd. Og so tidt det for ut, hadde David meir lukka med seg enn hermennerne åt Saul. Og namnet hans vart høgvyrdt.
And when the Princes of the Philistims went forth, at their going forth Dauid behaued himselfe more wisely then all the seruants of Saul, so that his name was much set by.
