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.

Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Maon.

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.

There was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in 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 the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. And the woman was intelligent and beautiful, but the man was harsh and evil in his dealings; and the man was a Calebite.

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

David heard in the wilderness 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:

So David sent ten young men, and said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.

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

Thus you are to say to my brother, 'Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that 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.

And now, look, I have heard that you have shearers. Now your shepherds have been with us in the wilderness, and we did not hurt them, neither was there anything missing from them, all the while they were 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!»»

Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes; for we come in a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand, 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.

So the young men came and spoke to Nabal according to all those words on David's behalf, but he behaved arrogantly.

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

Nabal answered David's servants, and said, "Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.

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?»

Shall I then take my bread, and my wine, and my meat that I have slaughtered for the shearers of my sheep, and give it to men who I do not know where they come from?"

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

So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.

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.

David said to his men, "Every man put on his sword." So every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David; and two hundred stayed by the baggage.

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.

But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, "Look, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; and he railed at them.

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.

But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, nor did we miss anything as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields.

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 both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping 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.»

Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house; for he is such a worthless fellow that one can't 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.

Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two bottles of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five measures of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.

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

She said to her young men, "Go on before me. Look, I come after you." But she did not tell her husband.

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.

It was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that look, David and his men came down toward 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.

Now David had said, "Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil 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.»

God do so to David, and more also, if I leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as one who urinates on 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.

When Abigail saw David, she hurried, and got off from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground at his feet.

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 said, "On me, my lord, be the guilt; and please let your servant speak to you directly, and hear 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!

Please do not let my lord regard this worthless fellow, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your servant, did not see the young men whom you 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 Jehovah lives, and as your soul lives, since Jehovah has withheld you from blood guiltiness, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

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

Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow 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.

Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For Jehovah will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of Jehovah; and evil shall not be found in you all your days.

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.

Though men may rise up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies, as from the hollow of a sling.

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

It shall come to pass, when Jehovah has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and shall have appointed you prince 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!»

that this will have no cause of grief or a troubled conscience for my lord, that blood was shed without cause and that my lord has gained victory by his own hand. And when Jehovah has done well with my lord, then remember your servant."

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

David said to Abigail, "Blessed is Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me.

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

Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, that have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging 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.»

For indeed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, lives, who has withheld me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there wouldn't have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one who urinates on 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.»

So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said to her, "Go up in peace to your house. Look, I have listened to your voice, and have granted your request."

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.

Abigail came to Nabal; and look, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

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.

It happened in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

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

It happened about ten days after, that Jehovah struck Nabal, so that 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 David heard, and he said, "Blessed is Jehovah, who has taken my side in the matter of Nabal's insult, and has kept back his servant from evil. Jehovah has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head." David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to him 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.»

When the servants of David had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, "David has sent us to you, to take you to be his 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.»

She got up and bowed herself with her face to the ground, and said, "Look, your servant is a lowly servant to wash the feet of your servants."

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.

Then Abigail got up quickly and rode on a donkey, and with five female servants following her; and she followed the messengers of David, and became his wife.

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

David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives.

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

Now Saul had given Mikal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.