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 to the cave 'Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down to him thither.
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 themselves unto him every one that was in distress, and every one that had a creditor, and every one that had an embittered spirit; and he became a captain 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 went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, go forth with you, until I can know what God will do for me.
4 Han førde deim fram for Moabs-kongen, og dei fekk halda seg hjå honom, so lenge David var i borgi.
And he conducted them to the presence of the king of Moab: and they remained with him all the time that David was in the strong-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 the prophet Gad said unto David, Thou must not remain in the strong-hold: depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Chereth.
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 the men that were with him, [now Saul was sitting in Gib'ah under the tamarisk on the hill, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about 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?
Then said Saul unto his servants that stood about him, Hear, I pray you, men of Benjamin! will the son of Jesse give, indeed, to every one of you fields and vineyards? will he appoint you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds?
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 ye have conspired, all of you, against me, and there is none that informeth me, while my son hath made a covenant with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is concerned for me, or informeth me that my son hath stirred up my servant to lie in wait against me, 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.
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Achimelech the son of Achitub.
10 Han spurde Herren for honom, og gav honom nista; og let honom få sverdet åt filistaren Goliat.»
And he asked counsel for him of the Lord, and he gave him provision, and gave him also 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.
Then sent the king to call Achimelech, the son of Achitub, the priest, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came, all of them, to the king.
12 Saul sagde: «Høyr meg, du Ahitubsson!» Han svara: «Kva vil du meg, herre!»
And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Achitub. And he said, here am I, 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 unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou didst give him bread, and a sword, and hast asked counsel for him of God, that he should rise to lie in wait against me, as it 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!
Then answered Achimelech the king, and said, And who is among all thy servants so trusted as David, and the king's son-in-law, and freely admitted to thy private council, and is honored in thy 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.»
Did I this day then begin to ask counsel for him of God? far be it from me; let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, [nor] to all the house of my father; for thy servant knew not of all this, either a little or great thing.
16 Kongen sagde: «Du skal lata livet, Ahimelek! du og heile ætti di.»
And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Achimelech, thou, and all thy 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 unto the runners that stood about him, Turn round and slay the priests of the Lord; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he was fleeing, and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not stretch forth their hand to fall upon the priests 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 Doeg, Turn thou round, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned round, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day eighty and five persons that did wear a linen 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 Nob, the city of the priests, he smote with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and lambs, with the edge of the sword.
20 Berre ein av sønerne hans Ahimelek Ahitubsson berga seg undan. Abjatar heitte han. Han rømde til David.
And there escaped one of the sons of Achimelech the son of Achitub, whose name was Ebyathar, and he fled after David.
21 Abjatar fortalde David at Saul hadde hogge ned Herrens prestar.
And Ebyathar told David that Saul had slain 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 unto Ebyathar, I knew on that day, because Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have myself occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house.
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.»
Remain thou with me, fear nothing; for he that will seek my life will seek thy life; but thou shalt be well guarded with me.
