1 Samuels 22
1 David drog derifrå, og kom seg undan til Adullam-hola. Då brørne hans og heile farsætti hans høyrde gjete det, kom dei dit ned til honom.
And David departed thence, and escaped; and he comes to the cave of Odollam, and his brethren hear, and the house of his father, and they go down to him there.
2 Og til honom flokka seg allslags folk, alle som var i naud, alle som var i skuld, alle som var misnøgde, og han vart hovdingen deira; ei fire hundrad mann slo lag med honom.
And there gathered to him every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was troubled in mind; and he was a leader over them, and there were with him about four hundred men.
3 Derifrå drog David til Mispe i Moab. Og han sagde til Moabs-kongen: «Lat far min og mor mi få koma hit og vera hjå dykk, til dess eg fær vita kva Gud vil gjera med meg!»
And David departed thence to Massephath of Moab, and said to the king of Moab, Let, I pray you, my father and my mother be with you, until I know what God will do to me.
4 Han førde deim fram for Moabs-kongen, og dei fekk halda seg hjå honom, so lenge David var i borgi.
And he persuaded the King of Moab, and they dwell with him continually, while David was in the hold.
5 Men profeten Gad sagde til David: «Du skal ikkje halda deg her i borgi! tak ut herifrå, og far til Judalandet!» Og David drog burt derifrå og kom til Heretskogen.
And Gad the prophet said to David, Dwell not in the hold: go, and you shall enter the land of Juda. So David went, and came and lived in the city of Saric.
6 Saul frette at dei hadde fenge greide på David og dei folki som var med honom. Saul sat ein dag i Gibea under tamariska på haugen, med spjot i handi; og alle tenarane hans stod ikring honom.
And Saul heard that David was discovered, and his men with him: now Saul lived in the hill below the field that is in Rama, and his spear [was] in his hand, and all his servants stood near him.
7 Då sagde Saul med tenarane sine, der dei stod ikring honom: «Høyr no, Benjamins born! Meiner de Isaisonen gjev åkrar og vinhagar åt dykk alle, og set dykk alle til herførar for større eller mindre flokkar?
And Saul said to his servants that stood by him, Hear now, you sons of Benjamin, will the son of Jessae indeed give all of you fields and vineyards, and will he make you all captains of hundreds and captains of thousands?
8 For de hev alle samansvore dykk mot meg; og ingen hev fortalt meg at son min hev gjort fostbrorlag med Isaisonen! Ingen hev so mykje medkjensle med meg at han hev fortalt meg det. For son min hev eggja tenaren min til meinråder mot meg, so som det no kjem for dagen.»
That you are conspiring against me, and there is no one that informs me, whereas my son has made a covenant with the son of Jessae, and there is no one of you that is sorry for me, or informs me, that my son has stirred up my servant against me for an enemy, as [it is] this day?
9 Edomiten Doeg, som ogso stod der millom folki åt Saul, tok til ords og sagde: «Eg såg Isaisonen kom til Ahimelek Ahitubsson i Nob.
And Doec the Syrian who was over the mules of Saul answered and said, I saw the son of Jessae as he came to Nomba to Abimelech son of Achitob the priest.
10 Han spurde Herren for honom, og gav honom nista; og let honom få sverdet åt filistaren Goliat.»
And [the priest] enquired of God for him, and gave him provision, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
11 Kongen sende då bod etter presten Ahimelek Ahitubsson og heile ætti hans, prestarne i Nob. Dei møtte alle fram for kongen.
And the king sent to call Abimelech son of Achitob and all his father's sons, the priests that were in Nomba; and they all came to the king.
12 Saul sagde: «Høyr meg, du Ahitubsson!» Han svara: «Kva vil du meg, herre!»
And Saul said, Hear now, you son of Achitob. And he said, Behold! I [am here], speak, [my] lord.
13 Saul sagde til honom: «Kvifor hev de samansvore dykk mot meg, du og Isaisonen, med di du gav honom mat og sverd, og spurde Gud for honom, og han fekk leggja meinråder mot meg, so som det no kjem for dagen?»
And Saul said to him, Why have you and the son of Jessae conspired against me, that you should give him bread and a sword, and should enquire of God for him, to raise him up against me as an enemy, as [he is] this day?
14 Ahimelek svara: «Kven av alle tenarane sine er so trugen som David? og han er kongsmåg og hovding yver livvakti di og høgvyrd i huset ditt!
And he answered the king, and said, And who [is] there amongst all your servants faithful as David, and [he is] a son-in-law of the king, and [he is] executor of all your commands, and [is] honourable in your house?
15 Er det fyrste gongen eg hev spurd Gud for honom? Aldri i verdi må kongen saka meg og ætti mi for dette. Eg hev ikkje visst det minste um alt dette.»
Have I begun today to enquire of God for him? By no means: let not the king bring a charge against his servant, and against you whole of my father's house; for your servant knew not in all these matters anything great or small.
16 Kongen sagde: «Du skal lata livet, Ahimelek! du og heile ætti di.»
And king Saul said, You shall surely die, Abimelech, you, and all your father's house.
17 Og kongen baud tenarane som stod ikring honom: «Fram og drep Herrens prestar! for dei er og i samråd med David. Endå dei visste han rømde, let dei meg ikkje vita det.» Men kongstenarane torde ikkje rette ut handi og hogga ned Herrens prestar.
And the king said to the footmen that attended on him, Draw near and kill the priests of the Lord, because their hand [is] with David, and because they knew that he fled, and they did not inform me. But the servants of the king would not lift their hands to fall upon the priest of the Lord.
18 Kongen baud då Doeg: «Fram du, og hogg ned prestarne!» Og edomiten Doeg gjekk fram og hogg ned prestarne med eigi hand, og drap den dagen fem og åtteti mann som bar messehakel av lin.
And the king said to Doec, Turn you, and fall upon the priests: and Doec the Syrian turned, and killed the priests of the Lord in that day, three hundred and five men, all wearing an ephod.
19 Og folket i prestebyen Nob slo han med sverd, karar og kvende, småborn og store born, bufe og smale og asen, alt hogg han ned med sverdet.
And he struck Nomba the city of the priest with the edge of the sword, both man, and woman, infant and suckling, and calf, and ox, and sheep.
20 Berre ein av sønerne hans Ahimelek Ahitubsson berga seg undan. Abjatar heitte han. Han rømde til David.
And one son of Abimelech son of Achitob escapes, and his name [was] Abiathar, and he fled after David.
21 Abjatar fortalde David at Saul hadde hogge ned Herrens prestar.
And Abiathar told David that Saul had slain all the priests of the Lord.
22 «Eg skyna det alt den gong, » sagde David til Abjatar, «at når edomiten Doeg var der, vilde han melda det til Saul. Eg er upphavet til dråpet på heile di ætt.
And David said to Abiathar, I knew it in that day, that Doec the Syrian would surely tell Saul: I am guilty of the death of the house of your father.
23 Haldt deg hjå meg! ver hugheil! Den som vil taka livet av meg, vil taka livet av deg. Du er no i mi varetekt.»
Dwell with me; fear not, for wherever I shall seek a place [of safety] for my life, I will also seek a place for your life, for you are safely guarded [while] with me.
