< 1 Samuels 21 >
1 David kom til presten Ahimelek i Nob. Ahimelek vart forstøkt då han fekk sjå David, og spurde: «Kvifor kjem du eismall og hev inkje folk med deg?»
Then David went into Nob, to the priest Ahimelech. And Ahimelech was astonished that David had arrived. And he said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one is with you?”
2 David svara presten Ahimelek: «Kongen hev gjeve meg ei ærend, og han sagde med meg: «Ingen må vita noko um ærendi eg sender deg i og legg på deg.» Og sveinarne mine hev eg varsla å møta meg der dei veit.
And David said to the priest Ahimelech: “The king has instructed to me a word, and he said: ‘Let no one know the matter about which you have been sent by me, and what type of instructions I have given to you. For I have also summoned servants to one and another place.’
3 Gjev meg no det du hev for handi, fem brød, eller kva som finst!»
Now therefore, if you have anything at hand, even five loaves of bread, or whatever you may find, give it to me.”
4 Presten svara David: «Uvigt brød hev eg ikkje for handi; einast heilagt brød er her; berre sveinarne dine hev halde seg burte frå kvinnor.»
And the priest, responding to David, said to him: “I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread. Are the young men clean, especially from women?”
5 David svara presten: «Ver trygg! kvinnor hev vore langt burte frå oss alt sidan fyrre dagen. Då eg drog av stad, hadde sveinarne mine helgar-likamar. Um ferdi vår er kvardagsleg, so er ho då helga ved likamen i dag.»
And David responded to the priest, and said to him: “Indeed, as concerns being with women, we have abstained since yesterday and the day before, when we departed, and so the vessels of the young men have been holy. And although, this journey has been defiled, it will also be sanctified today as concerns the vessels.”
6 So gav presten honom heilagt brød; det fanst ikkje anna brød enn skodebrødi som hadde lege framfor Herren, og som no var burttekne att, då nytt brød var framlagt same dagen det gamle vart burtteke.
Therefore, the priest gave to him sanctified bread. For there was no bread there, but only the bread of the Presence, which had been taken away from before the face of the Lord, so that fresh loaves might be set up.
7 Den dagen var det ein av Sauls tenarar der, som heldt seg inne framfor Herren, ein edomit, heitte Doeg, som var Sauls yverhyrding.
Now a certain man among the servants of Saul was there on that day, inside the tabernacle of the Lord. And his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the most powerful among the shepherds of Saul.
8 David spurde Ahimelek: «Hev du ikkje noko spjot eller sverd her hjå deg? Korkje sverdet mitt eller dei hine våpni tok eg med meg, då kongsærendi kom so brått på.»
Then David said to Ahimelech: “Do you have, here at hand, a spear or a sword? For I did not take my own sword, or my own weapons with me. For the word of the king was urgent.”
9 Presten svara: «Jau, det sverdet som filistaren Goliat åtte, han som du felte i Eikedalen; det ligg sveipt i ei kappa attum messehakelen. Vil du hava det, so tak det! Noko anna hev eg ikkje.» «Det finst ikkje maken til det, » sagde David; «gjev meg det!»
And the priest said: “Behold, here is the sword of Goliath, the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Terebinth. It is wrapped up in a cloak behind the ephod. If you wish to take this, take it. For there is nothing else here except this.” And David said, “There is nothing else like this, so give it to me.”
10 David drog av og rømde same dagen for Saul, og kom til Akis, kongen i Gat.
And so, David rose up, and he fled on that day from the face of Saul. And he went to Achish, the king of Gath.
11 Tenarane åt Akis sagde: «Er ikkje dette David, kongen i landet? Er det ikkje til æra for honom dei syng so når dei dansar: Tusund tynte Saul, David tie tusund?»
And the servants of Achish, when they had seen David, said to him: “Is this not David, the king of the land? Were they not singing about him, while dancing, saying, ‘Saul has struck down a thousand, and David ten thousand?’”
12 David lagde desse ordi på minne, og vart mykje rædd for Akis, kongen i Gat.
Then David took these words to his heart, and he became exceedingly afraid before the face of Achish, the king of Gath.
13 Difor lest han som han var galen, og tedde seg som ein dåre, då dei vilde taka fat på honom; han rita på dørarne i porten, og let siklet renna i skjegget.
And he altered his mouth before them, and he slipped down between their hands. And he stumbled against the doors of the gate. And his spit flowed down his beard.
14 Då sagde Akis med tenarane sine: «De ser då mannen hev mist vitet! Kvi fører de honom til meg?
And Achish said to his servants: “You saw that the man is insane. Why did you bring him to me?
15 Vantar det meg på vitløysor, sidan de førar denne mannen hit, so han skal te seg galen framfor meg? Kva hev han å gjera her i huset?»
Or do we have need of those who are mad, so that you would bring in this one, to behave madly in my presence? How did this man get into my house?”