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?»
And David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech trembled at meeting David, and said to him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
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 Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, Let no man know anything of the business whereon I send thee, and what I have commanded thee; and I have directed the young men to such and such a place.
3 Gjev meg no det du hev for handi, fem brød, eller kva som finst!»
And now what is under thy hand? give me five loaves in my hand, or what may be found.
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 answered David and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least 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 answered the priest and said to him, Yes indeed, women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the [bread] is in a manner common, and the more so, because to-day [new] is hallowed in 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.
And the priest gave him holy [bread]; for there was no bread there but the shew-loaves that were taken from before Jehovah, to put on hot bread in the day when they were taken away.
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 of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Jehovah; and his name was Doeg, the Edomite, chief of the shepherds that [belonged] to 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.»
And David said to Ahimelech, And is there not here under thy hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, for the king's business 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, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of terebinths, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if thou wilt take that, take it; for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that: give it me.
10 David drog av og rømde same dagen for Saul, og kom til Akis, kongen i Gat.
And David arose, and fled that day from before Saul, and 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 said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul has smitten his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
12 David lagde desse ordi på minne, og vart mykje rædd for Akis, kongen i Gat.
And David took to heart these words, and was much afraid 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 changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scratched on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on 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, Behold, ye see the man is mad: why did ye 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?»
have I lack of madmen, that ye have brought this one to rave in my presence? shall this [man] come into my house?
