1 Samuels 20
1 David rømde frå Nevajot ved Rama, og kom til Jonatan og sagde: «Kva hev eg gjort? Kva ugjerning og kva synd hev eg gjort far din, etter di han vil taka livet av meg?»
Then David fled from Naioth, which is in Ramah, and he went and said before Jonathan: “What have I done? What is my iniquity, or what is my sin, against your father, so that he would seek my life?”
2 Han svara honom: «Aldri i verdi skal du døy! Sjå far gjer aldri noko, anten smått eller stort, utan han let meg vita det. Kvifor skulde då far løyna dette for meg? Det er ikkje so!»
And he said to him: “May this not be! You shall not die. For my father will not do anything, great or small, without first revealing it to me. Therefore, has my father concealed this word solely from me? By no means shall this be!”
3 Men David gjorde eid på det: «Far din veit alt for vel at du hev fenge godvilje for meg. Difor tenkjer han: «Lat ikkje Jonatan få greida på dette! elles fær han sorg.» Men so sant Herren liver, og so sant du sjølv liver: det er berre eit stig millom meg og dauden.»
And he swore again to David. And David said: “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your sight, and so he will say, ‘Let Jonathan not know this, lest he be saddened.’ So truly, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, there is only one step (if I may say it) separating me from death.”
4 Då sagde Jonatan med David: «Kva ynskjer du eg skal gjera for deg?»
And Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul will tell me, I will do for you.”
5 David svara: «I morgon er det nymåne. Eg skulde då sitja til bords med kongen. Lat meg no ganga og løyna meg ute på marki til i yvermorgon kveld.
Then David said to Jonathan: “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I am accustomed to sit in a seat beside the king to eat. Therefore, permit me that I may be hidden in the field, until the evening of the third day.
6 Skulde då far din sakna meg, so seg: «David nidbad meg um løyve til å springa heim til Betlehem, der som heile ætti no ber fram det årlege slagtofferet sitt.»
If your father, looking around, will seek me, you shall respond to him: ‘David asked me if he may hurry to Bethlehem, his own city. For there are solemn sacrifices in that place for all of his tribe together.’
7 Segjer han då: «Det er vel!» so kann tenaren din vera trygg. Men kjem sinnet yver honom, so skynar du han er fast meint på eitkvart ilt.
If he will say, ‘It is well,’ then your servant will have peace. But if he will be angry, know that his malice has reached its height.
8 Syn då godvilje mot tenaren din, sidan du hev late tenaren din gjera fostbrorlag med meg for Herren! Finst det nokor ugjerning eg hev gjort, so drep du meg! Kvifor skulde du føra meg til far din?»
Therefore, show mercy to your servant. For you have brought me, your servant, into a covenant of the Lord with you. But if there is any iniquity in me, you may kill me, and you shall not lead me in to your father.”
9 Då svara Jonatan: «Aldri i verdi! Skynar eg klårt at far vil deg eitkvart ilt, so skal eg sanneleg segja deg det.»
And Jonathan said: “May this be far from you. For certainly, if I ever realized that any wickedness was determined by my father against you, I would not be able to do anything other than report it to you.”
10 Då spurde David: «Kven skal no lata meg vita dette, um far din gjev deg eit hardt svar?»
And David responded to Jonathan, “Who will repeat it to me, if your father may perhaps answer you harshly about me?”
11 Jonatan svara: «Kom, lat oss ganga ut på marki!» Og dei gjekk båe ut på marki.
And Jonathan said to David, “Come, and let us go out into the field.” And when they both had gone out into the field,
12 Og Jonatan sagde med David: «Vitne er Herren, Israels Gud: når eg i morgon eller i yvermorgon ved denne tid røynar ut huglaget til far, og finn at det læt godt for David, so skal eg sanneleg senda bod til deg og lata deg vita det.
Jonathan said before David: “O Lord, God of Israel, if I will discover a decision by my father, tomorrow, or the day after, and if there will be anything good concerning David, and yet I do not immediately send to you and make it known to you,
13 Herren lata Jonatan bøta for det no og sidan: um far kjem på å gjera deg noko ilt, so let eg deg vita deg, og hjelper deg til å koma undan, so du kann fara din veg i fred. Og Herren vere med deg, som han hev vore med far!
may the Lord do these things to Jonathan, and may he add these other things. But if my father will have persevered in malice against you, I will reveal it to your ear, and I will send you away, so that you may go in peace, and so that the Lord may be with you, just as he was with my father.
14 Og vil so du, um eg endå liver, vil du so ikkje syna Herrens godvilje mot meg, so eg slepp lata livet?
And if I live, you shall show the mercy of the Lord to me. Yet truly, if I die,
15 Aldri i æva vil du vel taka godviljen burt frå ætti mi, jamvel når Herren tek alle uvenerne åt David burt frå jordi.»
you shall not take away your mercy from my house, even forever, when the Lord will have rooted out the enemies of David, each and every one of them, from the earth. May he take Jonathan from his house, and may the Lord require it from the hands of the enemies of David.”
16 So gjorde Jonatan ei pakt med Davids hus og sagde: «Herren take hemn yver uvenerne åt David!»
Therefore, Jonathan formed a covenant with the house of David. And the Lord required it from the hands of the enemies of David.
17 Og Jonatan tok David i eid endå ein gong ved sin kjærleik til honom; for han elska honom som han elska si eigi sjæl.
And Jonathan continued to swear to David, because he loved him. For he loved him like his own soul.
18 Jonatan sagde til honom: «I morgon er det nymåne. Då vert du sakna, av di sessen din kjem til å sakna deg.
And Jonathan said to him: “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be sought.
19 I yvermorgon skal du skunda deg ned til løynstaden din, der du løynde deg den dagen det du veit skulde gjerast; og haldt deg attmed Burtferd-steinen.
For your seat will be empty until the day after tomorrow. Therefore, you shall descend quickly, and you shall go to the place where you are to be hidden, on a day when it is lawful to work, and you shall remain beside the stone that is called Ezel.
20 Eg vil då vera i nærleiken og skjota til måls med tri piler.
And I will shoot three arrows near it, and I will cast them as if I were practicing for myself toward a mark.
21 So sender eg sveinen min av stad til å leita upp pilerne. Brukar eg då desse ordi til sveinen: «Sjå pilerne ligg på denne sida, tak deim!» - so kann du koma fram; for då er det ingen fåre for deg og ingen ting i vegen, so sant Herren liver.
Also, I will send a boy, saying to him, ‘Go and bring the arrows to me.’
22 Men segjer eg til guten: «Sjå pilerne ligg lenger burte!» so far din veg! for då sender Herren deg burt.
If I will say to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are before you, take them up,’ you shall approach before me, because there is peace for you, and there is nothing evil, as the Lord lives. But if I will have spoken to the boy in this way, ‘Behold, the arrows are away from you,’ then you shall go away in peace, for the Lord has released you.
23 Til æveleg tid er Herren vitne til det ordet eg og du hev tala saman.»
Now about the word that you and I have spoken, may the Lord be between you and me, even forever.”
24 So løynde David seg ute på marki. Då nymånedagen kom, sette kongen seg til bords til å eta.
Therefore, David was hidden in the field. And the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.
25 Kongen sat på sin vanlege sess, høgsætet attmed veggen; Jonatan stod upp, og Abner sat ved sida av Saul. Men sessen åt David var tom.
And when the king had sat down on his chair, (according to custom) which was beside the wall, Jonathan rose up, and Abner sat beside Saul, and David’s place appeared empty.
26 Saul gat ingen ting den dagen; for han tenkte: «Det hev vel hendt honom noko, so han ikkje er rein, av di han endå ikkje hev reinsa seg.»
And Saul did not say anything on that day. For he was thinking that perhaps something happened to him, so that he was not clean, or not purified.
27 Men då sessen åt David stod tomt ogso næste dag, dagen etter nymånedagen, spurde Saul Jonatan, son sin: «Kvi hev ikkje Isaisonen kome til bords antan i går eller i dag?»
And when the second day after the new moon had begun to dawn, David’s place again appeared empty. And Saul said to Jonathan, his son, “Why has the son of Jesse not arrived to eat, neither yesterday, nor today?”
28 Jonatan svara Saul: «David nidbad meg um løyve til å fara åt Betlehem;
And Jonathan responded to Saul, “He petitioned me earnestly that he might go to Bethlehem,
29 han sagde: «Lat meg fara, for me held offerfest heile ætti der i byen, og bror min hev sjølv bode meg koma; held du aldri so lite av meg, so lat meg få lov å fara heim so eg kann vitja brørne mine!» Difor kjem han ikkje til kongsbordet.»
and he said: ‘Permit me. For there is a solemn sacrifice in the city. One of my brothers has summoned me. Now therefore, if I have found favor in your eyes, I will go quickly, and I will see my brothers.’ For this reason, he has not come to the table of the king.”
30 Då vart Saul brennande harm på Jonatan og sagde til honom: «Du son til ei treisk og rangsnudd kvinna! Visste eg ikkje at du hev huglagt Isaisonen, til skjemsla for deg sjølv, og til skjemsla for blygsli åt mor di!
Then Saul, becoming angry against Jonathan, said to him: “You son of a woman wantonly seizing a man! Could I be ignorant that you love the son of Jesse, to your own shame, and to the shame of your disgraceful mother?
31 So lenge Isaisonen liver, stend både du og kongedømet ditt på utrygg grunn. Send difor bod og henta honom til meg! for han skal vera feig.»
For all the days that the son of Jesse moves upon earth, neither you, nor your kingdom, will be secure. And so, send and bring him to me, here and now. For he is a son of death.”
32 Jonatan svara Saul, far sin: «Kvifor skal han lata livet? Kva hev han gjort?»
Then Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said: “Why should he die? What has he done?”
33 Då kasta Saul spjotet imot honom, og vilde drepa honom. No skyna Jonatan at far hans var fast meint på å drepa David.
And Saul picked up a lance, so that he might strike him. And Jonathan understood that it had been decided by his father that David be put to death.
34 Jonatan reis upp frå bordet, harm i hugen, og smaka ikkje matbiten denne andre nymånedagen; for han syrgde sårt yver David, av di far hans hadde svivyrdt honom.
Therefore, Jonathan rose up from the table in a rage of anger. And he did not eat bread on the second day after the new moon. For he was saddened over David, because his father had confounded him.
35 Morgonen etter gjekk Jonatan ut på marki den tid han hadde avtala med David; og ein liten svein var med honom.
And when the morning had begun to dawn, Jonathan went into the field according to the agreement with David, and a young boy was with him.
36 Han sagde til sveinen: «Spring du og leita etter pilerne som eg skyt!» Medan sveinen sprang av stad, skaut han ut pili framum honom.
And he said to his boy, “Go, and bring to me the arrows that I shoot.” And when the boy had run, he shot another arrow away from the boy.
37 Då sveinen nådde dit pili låg som Jonatan hadde skote, ropa Jonatan etter sveinen: «Pili ligg då lenger burte!»
And so, the boy went to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot. And Jonathan cried out, from behind the back of boy, and said: “Behold, the arrow is there, farther away from you.”
38 Framleides ropa Jonatan etter sveinen: «Nøyt deg! skunda deg! statt ikkje der!» Då sanka sveinen åt Jonatan pilerne og bar til husbonden sin.
And Jonathan cried out again, from behind the back of the boy, saying, “Go quickly! Do not stand still!” Then Jonathan’s boy collected the arrows, and he brought them to his lord.
39 Sveinen skyna ingen ting; einast Jonatan og David skyna meiningi.
And he did not understand at all what was happening. For only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
40 Jonatan gav våpni sine til sveinen som var med honom, og sagde: «Far heim til byen med deim!»
Then Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy, and he said to him, “Go, and carry them into the city.”
41 Då sveinen var faren, reis David upp på sørsida. Han fall å gruve til jordi, og bøygde seg tri gonger. Dei kysste einannan, og gret med einannan. Og David stridgret.
And when the boy had gone away, David rose up from his place, which turned toward the south, and falling prone on the ground, he reverenced three times. And kissing one another, they wept together, but David more so.
42 Jonatan sagde til David: «Far i fred! Lat det standa med magt det me batt med ein eid i Herrens namn, då me sagde: «Herren skal vere vitne millom meg og deg, og millom mi ætt og di ætt, til æveleg tid!»» So reis David upp og gjekk sin veg. Og Jonatan gjekk heim att til byen.
Then Jonathan said to David: “Go in peace. And let us both keep all that we have ever sworn in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘May the Lord be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, even forever.’” And David rose up and went away. But Jonathan entered into the city.
