1 Samuels 26
1 Folk frå Zif kom til Saul i Gibea og sagde: «Meiner du ikkje David held seg løynd på Hakilahøgdi, beint imot øydemarki!»
And the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, and said, Is not David waiting secretly near us in the hill of Hachilah, before the waste land?
2 Saul tok på veg ned til øydemarki Zif med tri tusund mann, utvalde or Israel, på leit etter David i Zifmarki.
Then Saul went down to the waste land of Ziph, taking with him three thousand of the best men of Israel, to make search for David in the waste land of Ziph.
3 Saul lægra seg på Hakilahøgdi beint imot øydemarki, attmed vegen. David heldt seg då i øydemarki. Då han skyna at Saul var komen etter honom inn i øydemarki,
And Saul put up his tents on the hill of Hachilah, which is in front of the waste land on the road. But David was in the waste land, and he saw that Saul was coming after him.
4 sende han ut njosnarar, og fekk vita for visst at Saul var komen.
And so David sent out watchers, and got word from them that Saul was certainly coming.
5 So braut David upp og drog til den staden der Saul hadde lægra seg. David såg staden der Saul låg saman med herhovdingen, Abner Nersson. Saul låg i vognborgi, og folket hans var lægra rundt ikring honom.
And David got up and came to the place where Saul's tents were: and David had a view of the place where Saul was sleeping with Abner, the son of Ner, the captain of his army: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts, and the tents of the people were all round him.
6 David tok til ords og spurde hetiten Ahimelek og Abisai Serujason, bror åt Joab: «Kven vil ganga med meg ned til Saul i lægret?» Abisai svara: «Eg gjeng med deg.»
Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, Who will go down with me to the tents of Saul? And Abishai said, I will go down with you.
7 So kom David og Abisai nattars tid til herfolket der, og såg Saul låg og sov i vognborgi; med spjotet stunge i marki attmed hovudgjerdi. Abner og herfolket låg rundt ikring honom.
So David and Abishai came down to the army by night: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts with his spear planted in the earth by his head: and Abner and the people were sleeping round him.
8 Då sagde Abisai til David: «I dag hev Gud gjeve uvenen din i di hand! Lat meg no få renna spjotet gjenom honom ned i marki! Det gjer eg med ein einaste støyt, eg tarv ikkje gjeva honom fleire.»
Then Abishai said to David, God has given up your hater into your hands today; now let me give him one blow through to the earth with his spear, and there will be no need to give him a second.
9 Men David svara: «Du fær ikkje gjeva honom mein! Kven hev strafflaust lagt hand på den Herren salva?»
And David said to Abishai Do not put him to death; for who, without sin, may put out his hand against the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil?
10 «So sant Herren liver, » sagde David, «Herren lyt sjølv slå honom, eller avferdsdagen hans må koma på vanleg vis, eller han lyt få sin bane i krigen.
And David said, By the living Lord, the Lord will send destruction on him; the natural day of his death will come, or he will go into the fight and come to his end.
11 Aldri i verdi vil Herren at eg skal leggja hand på den Herren hev salva. Tak likevel spjotet attmed hovudgjerdi, og vatskrukka! Lat oss so ganga vår veg!»
Never will my hand be stretched out against the man marked with the holy oil; but take the spear which is by his head and the vessel of water, and let us go.
12 David tok då spjotet og vatskrukka frå hovudgjerdi åt Saul, og so gjekk dei sin veg. Det var ingen som gådde og ingen som hådde, og ingen som vakna: Dei sov alle i hop. Herren hadde late ein tung svevn falla yver deim.
So David took the spear and the vessel of water from Saul's head; and they got away without any man seeing them, or being conscious of their coming, or awaking; for they were all sleeping because a deep sleep from the Lord had come on them.
13 Då David var komen på hi sida, steig han fram på ein fjellknaus langt burte, so det var langt imillom deim.
Then David went over to the other side, and took his place on the top of a mountain some distance away, with a great space between them;
14 Og David ropa til herfolket og til Abner Nersson: «Vil du ikkje svara, Abner?» Abner svara: «Kven er du som ropar til kongen?»
And crying out to the people and to Abner, the son of Ner, David said, Have you no answer to give, Abner? Then Abner said, Who is that crying out to the king?
15 David ropa til Abner: «Du er då ein makelaus kar! I heile Israel finst ikkje maken! Korleis vaktar du kongen, din herre? Det hev vore einkvan inne og vilja gjera mein på kongen, herren din.
And David said to Abner, Are you not a man of war? is there any other like you in Israel? why then have you not kept watch over your lord the king? for one of the people came in to put the king your lord to death.
16 Det er ikkje vel gjort, det som du hev gjort. So sant Herren liver, de hadde fortent å lata livet, av di de ikkje hev vakt yver herren dykkar, honom som Herren salva. Sjå no etter: kvar er kongens spjot, og vatskrukka som stod attmed hovudgjerdi hans?»
What you have done is not good. By the living Lord, death is the right fate for you, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil. Now see, where is the king's spear, and the vessel of water which was by his head?
17 Saul kjende att røysti hans David og sagde: «Det er då di røyst dette, David, son min!» David svara: «Ja, herre konge!»
And Saul, conscious that the voice was David's, said, Is that your voice, David, my son? And David said, It is my voice, O my lord king.
18 Og han sagde: «Kvifor forfylgjer du, herre, tenaren din soleis? Kva hev eg då gjort? Kva vondt finst hjå meg?
And he said, Why does my lord go armed against his servant? what have I done? or what evil is there in me?
19 Gjev du, herre konge, no vil høyra på tenaren din: Er det Herren som hev eggja deg imot meg, so lat honom få kjenna lukti av ei offergåva! Men er det manneborn som hev eggja deg, so vere dei bannstøytte av Herren, av di dei hev jaga meg burt, so eg no ikkje slå lag med Herrens eigen lyd! Det er som dei vil segja: «Far av og ten framande gudar!»
Let my lord the king give ear now to the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who is moving you against me, let him take an offering: but if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for driving me out today and keeping me from my place in the heritage of the Lord, saying, Go, be the servant of other gods.
20 Og må ikkje no blodet mitt renna ut på marki langt frå Herrens åsyn, når Israels-kongen dreg ut på leit etter ei einsleg loppa, liksom ein veidar rapphøns på heiderne?»
Then do not let my blood be drained out on the earth away from the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel has come out to take my life, like one going after birds in the mountains.
21 Då sagde Saul: «Eg hev synda. Kom heim att, David, son min! Eg vil ikkje gjera deg noko ilt, etter du i dag hev halde livet mitt so dyrt. Sjå, eg hev fare uvisleg, eg hev bore meg reint gale åt.»
Then Saul said, I have done wrong: come back to me, David my son: I will do you no more wrong, because my life was dear to you today truly, I have been foolish and my error is very great.
22 David svara og sagde: «Sjå her er spjotet, konge! Lat ein av sveinarne dine koma hit og henta det!
Then David said, Here is the king's spear! let one of the young men come over and get it.
23 Og Herren skal løna kvar ein som er ærleg og trufast, soleis som eg var i dag; då Herren gav deg i mi hand og eg vilde ikkje leggja hand på den som Herren hev salva.
And the Lord will give to every man the reward of his righteousness and his faith: because the Lord gave you into my hands today, and I would not put out my hand against the man who has been marked with the holy oil.
24 Difor: liksom eg hev halde ditt liv so høgt i dag, so skal Herren og halda mitt liv høgt, og han skal fria meg ut or all naud.»
And so, as your life was dear to me today, may my life be dear to the Lord, and may he make me free from all my troubles.
25 Saul sagde med David: «Velsigna vere du, David, son min! Det du tek deg fyre, skal du ogso sanneleg magtast gjera.» So for David sin veg, og Saul drog heim att.
Then Saul said to David, May a blessing be on you, David, my son; you will do great things and without doubt you will overcome. Then David went on his way, and Saul went back to his place.
