1 Samuels 19
1 Saul tala med Jonatan, son sin, og med alle tenarane sine um å drepa David. Jonatan Saulsson heldt mykje av David;
Then Saul urged all his servants and his son Jonathan to kill David. But Jonathan liked David very much.
2 difor nemnde Jonatan dette med David og sagde: «Saul, far min, lurar på å drepa deg. Sjå deg fyre i morgon og haldt deg roleg på eit løynd stad, og gøym deg der!
So he warned David, “My father Saul is seeking for a way to kill you. So be careful. Tomorrow morning go and find a place to hide [in the field].
3 So vil eg ganga ut med far og standa med honom på marki der du er; eg vil nemna deg med far; og vert eg visare med noko, skal du få vita det.»
I will ask my father to go out there with me. [While we are out there], I will talk to him about you. Then I will tell you everything that he tells me.” [So David did what Jonathan told him to do].
4 Jonatan tala Davids sak hjå Saul, far sin, og sagde: «Kongen må ikkje gjera synd på David, tenaren sin. For han hev ikkje gjort synd mot deg. Tvert um; det han hev gjort, hev vore til stor bate for deg.
[The next morning], Jonathan spoke with his father, saying many good things about David. He said, “You should never do anything to harm your servant David! He has never done anything to harm you! Everything that he has done has helped you very much.
5 Han våga livet og felte filistaren, og Herren gav so Israel ein stor siger. Du såg det sjølv og gledde deg. Kvifor skulde du gjera synd på skuldlaust blod og drepa David utan grunn?»
He was in danger of being killed when he fought against [Goliath, the champion of] the Philistia [army. By enabling David to kill him], Yahweh won a great victory for all the people of Israel. You were very happy when you saw that. Why would you want to do anything now to harm David [RHQ]? There is no reason for you to kill him, because he has not done anything wrong!”
6 Saul lydde Jonatan, son sin. Og Saul svor: «So sant Herren liver: Han skal ikkje lata livet!»
Saul listened to what Jonathan said. Then Saul said, “I solemnly promise that just as certain as Yahweh lives, I will not kill David.”
7 So ropa Jonatan på David og fortalde honom alt dette, og førde honom til Saul, og han var hjå honom som fyrr.
Afterward, Jonathan summoned David and told him what he and Saul had said. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David served Saul as he had done before.
8 Då krigen tok til att, for David i herferd og stridde mot filistarane, og gjorde stort mannefall millom deim, og dei rømde for honom.
One day a war started again, and David [led his soldiers to] fight against the Philistia army. David’s [army] attacked them very furiously, with the result that the Philistia army ran away.
9 Då kom ei vond ånd frå Herren yver Saul, der han sat heime med spjot i handi, medan David leika på strengjerne.
But one day when sitting in his house, an evil spirit [sent] from Yahweh [suddenly] came upon Saul. While David was playing his harp [for Saul],
10 Då freista Saul å renna spjotet gjenom David inn i veggen. Men han smatt undan, og spjotet for inn i veggen. Og David rømde og kom seg burt same natti.
Saul hurled his spear at David to try to fasten him to the wall. David (dodged/jumped to one side), and the spear did not hit him. The spear stuck in the wall, but that night David escaped.
11 So sende Saul folk til heimen hans David; dei skulde vakta på honom og drepa honom um morgonen. Men Mikal, kona hans, fortalde honom det og sagde: «Bergar du ikkje livet i natt, so er du feig i morgon.»
Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house. He told them to watch the house and to kill David [while he was leaving the house] the following morning. But David’s wife Michal [saw them and] warned him, “To survive, you must run away tonight, because if you do not do that, you will be killed tomorrow!”
12 So fira Mikal David ned gjenom vindauga; og han rømde, og berga seg undan.
So she enabled David to climb out through a window, and he ran away and escaped.
13 So tok Mikal husguden og lagde i sengi, sette eit net av geitehår kring hovudet, og breidde åklædet yver.
Then Michal took an idol and put it in the bed. She covered it with some [of David’s] clothes, and put some goat’s hair on the head of the idol.
14 Då no Saul sende folk til å henta David, sagde ho: «Han er sjuk.»
When the messengers came [to the house the next morning], she told them that David was sick [and could not get out of bed].
15 Saul sende då Saul folki til å finna David sjølv, og sagde: «Ber honom hit upp til meg i sengi, so me kann drepa honom!»
[When they reported that to] Saul, he told them to go back to David’s house. He said to them, “Bring him to me lying on his bed, in order that I can kill him!”
16 Då folki kom inn, fekk dei sjå det var husguden som låg i sengi, med geitehårsnetet kring hovudet.
But when those men entered David’s house, they saw that there was only an idol in the bed, with goat’s hair on its head.
17 Saul spurde Mikal: «Kvi hev du svike meg soleis og late uvenen min koma seg undan?» Mikal svara Saul: «Han sagde til meg: «Hjelp meg burt! elles drep eg deg.»»
[When they reported that to Saul, ] Saul [summoned] Michal [and] said to her, “Why did you trick me like that? You allowed my enemy to escape!” Michal replied to Saul, “David told me that if I did not help him escape, he would kill me!” [RHQ]
18 Men David hadde rømt og berga seg undan. Han gjekk til Samuel i Rama, og fortalde honom alt det Saul hadde gjort honom. Og han og Samuel for til Nevajot og heldt seg der.
After David had escaped from Saul, he went to Samuel, who was [at his home] at Ramah. He told Samuel everything that Saul had done to [try to kill] him. Then David and Samuel went to Naioth, [which was a section] of [Ramah city], and they stayed there.
19 Saul fekk vita at David var i Nevajot ved Rama.
Someone told Saul that David was in Naioth.
20 Og Saul sende folk til å henta David. Men då sendemennerne fekk sjå profetlyden i profetisk eldhug og Samuel standa der og vera føraren deira, då kom Gudsåndi yver deim, og dei kom i profetisk eldhug, dei og.
So Saul sent some messengers to capture David. [When] those messengers [arrived in Ramah, they] met some men who were proclaiming ecstatic messages, and Samuel was there, as their leader. When Saul’s messengers met them, the Spirit of God took control of Saul’s men, and they also spoke ecstatically.
21 Då Saul fekk høyra det, sende han andre folk dit; dei og kom i profetisk eldhug. Og då han tridje venda sende nye folk, gjekk det like eins med deim.
When Saul heard about that, he sent messengers a third time, but they also started to speak ecstatically.
22 Då gjekk han sjølv til Rama. Då han kom til den store brunnen i Seku, spurde han: «Kvar er Samuel og David?» Dei svara: «I Nevajot ved Rama.»
Finally, Saul himself went to Ramah. When he arrived at the well at [a place named] Secu, he asked people there, “Where are Samuel and David?” The people replied, “They are at Naioth in Ramah [city].”
23 Då han gjekk dit, til Nevajot ved Rama, kom gudsåndi yver honom og, so han gjekk i profetisk eldhug heile vegen, til dess han kom til Nevajot ved Rama.
While Saul was walking toward Naioth, the Spirit of God also took control of him. [While he walked on], he continued speaking ecstatic messages until he came to Naioth.
24 Då reiv han og av seg klædi, med di han og vart teken av profetisk eldhug framfor Samuel. Og han datt i koll og låg der naken heile den dagen og natti med. Difor plar dei segjer: «Er Saul og millom profetarne?»
There he took off his clothes, and he spoke messages from God in front of Samuel. He lay on the ground doing that all day and all night. That is the reason that [when people see someone doing something that is very unexpected, they think about what happened to Saul, and] they say, “We are surprised, like the people were surprised to see Saul [acting like] a prophet?” [RHQ]
