1 Samuels 27
1 Men David sagde med seg sjølv: «Ein dag stupar eg for Sauls hand. Eg veit ingen annan utveg enn å røma til Filistarlandet; då lyt Saul slutta å leita etter meg innanfor Israelslandskilet; og so bergar eg meg undan honom.»
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
2 So braut David upp og drog med dei seks hundrad kararne sine yver til Akis Maoksson, kongen i Gat.
And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
3 Og David heldt seg hjå Akis i Gat, han og kararne hans, alle med huslyden sin, David med dei tvo konorne sine; Ahinoam frå Jizre’el og Abiga’il, kona hans Nabal frå Karmel.
And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.
4 Då Saul frette at David hadde rømt til Gat, leita han ikkje meir etter honom.
And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
5 David sagde til Akis: «Hev du aldri so liten godvilje for meg, so lat meg få bu i ein av landsbyarne, so eg kann halda meg der. Kvifor skulde tenaren din bu i hovudstaden hjå deg?»
And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
6 Akis gav honom Siklag same dagen. Difor høyrer Siklag den dag i dag til Juda-kongarne.
Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
7 Den tid David budde i Filistarlandet, var i alt eitt år og fire månader.
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
8 David tok ut med kararne sine og gjorde herjeferder hjå gesuritarne, girzitarne og amalekitarne. For desse folkeætterne budde der i landet frå gamalt, burtimot Sur og heilt til Egyptarland.
And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
9 Og når David herja i landet, sparde han korkje kar eller kvende; han tok bufe og smale og asen og kamelar og klæde. Og dermed snudde han attende til Akis.
And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
10 Når då Akis spurde: «I dag hev de vel ikkje gjort nokor herjeferd?» so svara David: «Jau, sør i Judalandet, » eller: «Sør i Jerahme’eitlandet», eller: «Sør i Kenitarlandet.»
And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
11 Ingi livande sjæl sparde David, so dei kunde koma til Gat. For han tenkte: «Dei kunde slarva um oss og segja: «Det og det hev David gjort; soleis hev han fare åt heile tidi han budde i Filistarlandet.»»
And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
12 Men Akis trudde David, og tenkte: «Han hev fenge uord på seg hjå Israel, folket sitt, og no vil han tena meg alle dager.»
And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
