1 Samuels 25

1 Samuel døydde. Heile Israel kom i hop og gret yver honom. Dei gravlagde honom heime i Rama. David braut upp og drog ned til øydemarki Paran.

Then Samuel died, and all of Israel gathered together, and they mourned him. And they buried him at his house in Ramah. And David, rising up, descended to the desert of Paran.

2 I Maon var det ein mann som hadde buskapen sin på Karmel. Den mannen var ovleg rik; han åtte tri tusund sauer og tusund geiter. Han heldt på nett då å klyppa sauerne sine på Karmel.

Now there was a certain man in the wilderness of Maon, and his possessions were at Carmel. And this man was exceedingly great. And three thousand sheep, and one thousand goats were his. And it happened that he was shearing his sheep at Carmel.

3 Nabal heitte mannen, og kona hans heitte Abiga’il. Kona hans var både vitug og væn; men mannen var hardlyndt og vondlyndt. Han var av Kalebs-ætti.

Now the name of this man was Nabal. And the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a very prudent and beautiful woman. But her husband was hard-hearted, and very wicked, and malicious. And he was of the stock of Caleb.

4 Då no David høyrde gjete i øydemarki at Nabal heldt på å klyppa sauerne,

Therefore, when David, in the desert, had heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

5 sende han ti av sveinar med den ordsendingi: «Far upp til Karmel! Gakk til Nabal og helsa honom frå meg:

he sent ten young men, and he said to them: “Ascend to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name peacefully.

6 «Heil og sæl!» skal det segja, «og fred med deg sjølv! fred med ditt hus! og fred med alt det du eig!

And you shall say: ‘Peace be to my brothers and to you, and peace to your house, and peace to whatever you have.

7 Eg hev spurt at du held på med saueklypping. No er det so at hyrdingarne dine hev halde seg i vårt grannelag, og me hev ikkje gjenge deim for nær, og dei hev ikkje sakna noko slag heile den tidi dei hev vore på Karmel.

I have heard that your shepherds, who were with us in the desert, were shearing. We have never troubled them, nor was anything from the flock missing to them at any time, during the entire time that they have been with us in Carmel.

8 Spør tenarane dine, so vil dei sjølve segja deg det. Syn no godvilje mot sveinarne mine! Du veit me hev kome hit i ei god stund. Gjev tenarane dine og David, son din, det du hev for handi!»»

Question your servants, and they will tell you. Now therefore, may your servants find favor in your eyes. For we have arrived on a good day. Whatever your hand will find, give it to your servants and to your son David.’”

9 Då sveinarne åt David kom dit, tala dei til Nabal i Davids namn og sagde som han hadde bode deim; og so tagde deim og gav tol.

And when the servants of David had arrived, they spoke to Nabal all these words in the name of David. And then they were silent.

10 Nabal svara tenarane åt David: «Kven er David? Kven er Isaisonen? No um dagen stryk det so mange tenarar frå husbondsfolki sine.

But Nabal, responding to the servants of David, said: “Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? Today, servants who are fleeing from their lords are increasing.

11 Skulde eg taka min mat og min drykk og slagt, som eg hev etla åt saueklypparane mine, og gjeva åt folk som eg ikkje veit kvar dei høyrer heime?»

Therefore, shall I take my bread, and my water, and the meat of the cattle that I have slain for my shearers, and give it to men, when I do not know where they are from?”

12 Sveinarne åt David vende då um og gjekk sin veg. Då dei kom attende, melde dei honom alt dette.

And so the servants of David traveled back along their way. And returning, they went and reported to him all the words that he had said.

13 Då baud David: «Alle mann spenner sverdet um seg!» Og alle so gjorde. David sjølv spente og sverdet um seg. Um lag fire hundrad mann fylgde David upp; dei hine tvo hundrad mann heldt seg attmed tyet.

Then David said to his servants, “Let each one gird his sword.” And each one girded his sword. And David also girded his sword. And about four hundred men followed David. But two hundred remained behind with the supplies.

14 Men ein av drengjerne hadde meldt det til Abiga’il, kona hans Nabal: «David sende bod hit frå øydemarki og helsa husbond; men han hylja deim yver.

Then it was reported to Abigail, the wife of Nabal, by one of his servants, saying: “Behold, David has sent messengers from the desert, so that they might speak kindly to our lord. But he turned them away.

15 Men desse kararne hev gjort oss mykje gagn. Ikkje hev dei gjenge oss for nær, og aldri hev me sakna noko heile den tidi me ferdast i lag med deim der ute på marki.

These men were good enough to us, and were not troublesome. Neither did we ever lose anything, during the entire time that we conversed with them in the desert.

16 Dei var ein mur ikring oss natt og dag, heile tidi me heldt oss i deira grannelag og gjætte småfeet.

They were a wall to us, as much in the night as in the day, during all the days that we were with them, pasturing the sheep.

17 Tenk difor yver, og finn på eitkvart! for det heng ei ulukka yver husbond og heile huset hans; han er slik ei uvyrda, at ingen vågar tala til honom.»

For this reason, consider and realize what you should do. For evil has been decided against your husband and against your house. And he is a son of Belial, so that no one is able to speak to him.”

18 Då skunda Abiga’il seg og tok tvo hundrad brød, tvo vinhitar, fem tillaga sauer, ti settungar steikte aks, hundrad rosinkakor og tvo hundrad fikekakor, og klyvja på asni.

And so Abigail hurried, and she took two hundred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five cooked sheep, and five measures of cooked grain, and one hundred clusters of dried grapes, and two hundred masses of dried figs, and she set them upon donkeys.

19 Og ho sagde til drengjerne: «Far i fyrevegen! Sjå eg kjem etter.» Men med Nabal, mannen sin, gat ho det ikkje.

And she said to her servants: “Go before me. Behold, I will follow after your back.” But she did not reveal it to her husband, Nabal.

20 Då ho reid på asnet sitt og kom ned i livd av fjellet, fekk ho sjå David og kararne hans koma ned frå hi sida, so ho måtte møta deim.

And when she had climbed on a donkey, and was descending to the base of the mountain, David and his men were descending to meet her. And she met them.

21 David hadde sagt: «Til fåfengs hev eg verna um alt det den mannen åtte i øydemarki, so ingen ting vanta av all eigedomen hans. Og han gjev meg vondt i vederlag for godt.

And David said: “Truly, in vain have I preserved all that was his in the wilderness, so that nothing perished out of all that belonged to him. And he has repaid evil to me for good.

22 So sant Gud må lata uvenerne åt David bøta no og sidan - av alle deim som høyrer honom til, let ikkje eit einaste karmannsemne liva til dagsprett i morgon.»

May God do these things, by the enemies of David, and may he add these other things, if I leave behind until morning, out of all that belongs to him, anything that urinates against a wall.”

23 Då no Abiga’il fekk sjå David, steig ho straks ned frå asnet, fall å gruve for David og bøygde seg mot jordi.

Then, when Abigail had seen David, she hurried and descended from the donkey. And she fell upon her face before David, and she reverenced on the ground.

24 Ho fall ned for føterne hans og sagde: «Mi er skuldi, herre! Men lat terna di få tala med deg! og høyr på ordi åt terna di!

And she fell at his feet, and she said: “May this iniquity be upon me, my lord. I beg you, let your handmaid speak to your ears, and listen to the words of your servant.

25 Ikkje må du bry deg um Nabal, den uvyrda. Det namnet hans tyder, det er han; dåre heiter han, og dårskap hyser han. Men eg, terna di, eg hev ikkje set dei sveinarne du sende, herre!

Let not my lord, the king, I beseech you, set his heart upon this iniquitous man, Nabal. For in accord with his name, he is senseless, and foolishness is with him. But I, your handmaid, did not see your servants, my lord, whom you had sent.

26 Og no, herre! so sant som Herren liver, og so sant du sjølv liver, og Herren hev meinka deg frå blodskuld og sjølvtekt - gjev det må ganga med uvenerne dine og alle som lurer på å gjera deg mein, like eins som det gjeng med Nabal!

Now therefore, my lord, as your soul lives, and as the Lord lives, who has kept your hand to yourself, and has prevented you from coming to blood: now, let your enemies be like Nabal, and like all those who are seeking evil for my lord.

27 Lat no desse gåvor, som terna di hev ført med til deg, verta utskifte millom dei sveinarne som fylgjer deg!

Because of this, accept this blessing, which your handmaid has brought to you, my lord. And give it to the young men who follow you, my lord.

28 Herre, tilgjev terna di det ho hev synda! Herren skal visseleg byggja upp åt deg, herre, eit hus som vert standande. For du herre, fører striden for Herren. Inkje vondt hev dei funne hjå deg heile ditt liv.

Forgive the iniquity of your handmaid. For the Lord will surely make for you, my lord, a faithful house, because you, my lord, fight the battles of the Lord. Therefore, let no evil be found in you all the days of your life.

29 Ris det upp nokon og forfylgjer deg og vil taka livet av deg, gjev so ditt liv, herre, må vera bunde i bundelen av dei livande hjå Herren, din Gud! Men livet åt uvenerne dine skal han leggja i slyngja, og slengja burt.

For if a man, at any time, will rise up, pursuing you and seeking your life, the life of my lord will be preserved, as if in the sheave of the living, with the Lord your God. But the lives of your enemies will be spun around, as if with the force of a whirling sling.

30 Når Herren gjer med deg, herre, alt det gode han hev lova deg, og set deg til fyrste yver Israel,

Therefore, when the Lord will have done for you, my lord, all the good that he has spoken about you, and when he will have appointed you as leader over Israel,

31 so skal ikkje dette verta til støytestein eller til samvitsagg for deg, herre, at du hev rent ut skuldlaust blod, og at du, herre, hev teke deg sjølv til rettes. Men når Herren gjer godt med deg, herre, so kom i hug terna di!»

this will not be for you a regret or a scruple of the heart, my lord, that you had shed innocent blood, or had taken revenge for yourself. And when the Lord will have done well for my lord, you shall remember your handmaid.”

32 Då svara David Abiga’il: «Lova vere Herren, Israels Gud, som i dag hev sendt deg til møtes med meg!

And David said to Abigail: “Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me. And blessed is your eloquence.

33 Velsigna vere vitet ditt! og velsigna vere du sjølv, som i dag meinkar meg i blodskuld og sjølvtekt.

And blessed are you, who prevented me today from going to blood, and from taking revenge for myself with my own hand.

34 Men so sant Herren, Israels Gud, liver, han som hev halde meg frå å gjera deg noko mein - hadde du ikkje straks møtt meg, so vilde ikkje karmannsemne vore att i huset hans Nabal ved solarkoma i morgon.»

But instead, as the Lord God of Israel lives, he has prevented me from doing evil to you. But if you had not come quickly to meet me, there would not have been left to Nabal by the morning light, anything that urinates against a wall.”

35 David tok då imot av henne det ho førde med seg til honom. Og han sagde med henne: «Far heim att i fred! Sjå, eg hev lydt dine ord og gjort som du bad.»

Then David received from her hand all that she had brought to him. And he said to her: “Go in peace to your own house. Behold, I have heeded your voice, and I have honored your face.”

36 Då no Abiga’il kom heim til Nabal, heldt han nett gilde heime. Det var som eit kongsgilde. Og Nabal var lystig og fjåg, og han var ovdrukken. Difor gat ho ikkje det minste med honom, fyrr um morgonen ved dagsprett.

Then Abigail went to Nabal. And behold, he was holding a feast for himself in his house, like the feast of a king. And the heart of Nabal was cheerful. For he was greatly inebriated. And she did not reveal a word to him, small or great, until morning.

37 Men morgonen etter, då Nabal hadde sove ut ruset, fortalde kona hans det som var hendt. Då lamdest hjarta hans i bringa, og han vart som ein stein.

Then, at first light, when Nabal had digested his wine, his wife revealed to him these words, and his heart died within himself, and he became like a stone.

38 Kring ti dagar etter slo Herren Nabal, og han døydde.

And after ten days had passed, the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.

39 Då David spurde at Nabal var dåen, sagde han: «Lova vere Herren som hev hemnt på Nabal den svivyrding han synte meg, og som meinka tenaren sin frå å gjera vondt, med di Herren let vondskapen hjå Nabal koma att på hans eige hovud!» David sende bod og bela til Abiga’il og vilde hava henne til kona.

And when David had heard that Nabal was dead, he said: “Blessed is the Lord, who has judged the case of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and who has preserved his servant from evil. And the Lord has repaid the malice of Nabal upon his own head.” Then David sent and he spoke with Abigail, so that he might take her to himself as wife.

40 Då tenarane åt David kom til Abiga’il på Karmel, bar dei fram målemnet sitt: «David hev sendt oss for å bela til deg for honom.»

And David’s servants went to Abigail at Carmel, and they spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us to you, so that he might take you to himself as wife.”

41 Då reis ho upp og å fall å gruve til jordi og sagde: «Sjå, terna di er viljug til å vera ei trælkvinna som tvær føterne åt tenarane til herren min.»

And rising up, she reverenced prone on the ground, and she said, “Behold, let your servant be a handmaid, to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”

42 So skunda Abiga’il seg, reis upp og sette seg på asnet; like eins dei fem ternorne hennar som var fylgjet hennar. So fylgde ho med sendemennerne til David. Og ho vart kona hans.

And Abigail rose up and hurried, and she climbed upon a donkey, and five girls went with her, her attendants. And she followed the messengers of David, and she became his wife.

43 David hadde dessutan teke til kona Ahinoam frå Jizre’el, so båe desse tvo vart konorne hans.

Moreover, David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel. And both of them were his wives.

44 Men Saul hadde gjeve Mikal, dotter si, kona hans David, åt Palti La’isson frå Gallim.

Then Saul gave his daughter Michal, the wife of David, to Palti, the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.