2 Samuel 21
1 I Davids tid kom tri store uår etter kvarandre. Då gjorde David spursmål til Herren um det. Herren svara: «På Saul og hans hus kvilar blodskuld, av di han drap gibeonitarne.»
And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said: 'It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.'
2 Kongen kalla då til seg Gibeon-mennerne og tala med deim. Gibeonitarne var ikkje israelitar, men var ei atterleiva av amoritarne. Endå Israels-borni hadde gjort eiden sin til deim, hadde Saul vore so ihuga for Israels-borni og for Juda, at han freista tyna deim.
And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them — now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them; and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah —
3 David spurde no gibeonitarne: «Kva kann eg gjera for dykk? Korleis kann eg sona brotet, so de vil velsigna Herrens arvlut?»
and David said unto the Gibeonites: 'What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?'
4 Gibeonitarne svara: «Ikkje sylv og gull krev me av Saul og hans hus. Og ikkje hev me lov å drepa nokon mann i Israel.» Han spurde: «Kva ynskjer det då eg skal gjera for dykk?»
And the Gibeonites said unto him: 'It is no matter of silver or gold between us and Saul, or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel.' And he said: 'What say ye that I should do for you?'
5 Dei svara kongen: «Den mannen som vilde tyna oss og tenktest rydja oss ut, so me ikkje lenger skulde få halda oss nokon stad innanfor Israels landskil,
And they said unto the king: 'The man that consumed us, and that devised against us, so that we have been destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,
6 av hans etterkomarar må det gjeva oss sju mann, og me vil leggja deim på stegl for Herrens augo i Sauls Gibea, han som Herren valde ut.» Kongen sagde: «De skal eg gjera.»
let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.' And the king said: 'I will deliver them.'
7 Kongen sparde Mefiboset Jonatansson, soneson åt Saul, for skuld den eiden ved Herren som David og Jonatan Saulsson hadde svore einannan.
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
8 Derimot tok kongen dei tvo sønerne Armoni og Mefiboset som Saul hadde fenge med Rispa Ajadotter, og dei fem sønerne som Adriel Barzillaison frå Mehola hadde fenge med Mikal Saulsdotter.
But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite;
9 Deim gav han yver til gibeonitarne. Og dei lagde deim på stegl på fjellet for Herrens augo. Dei fekk sin bane alle sju på ein gong. Det var dei fyrste skurddagarne, då byggskurden tok til, at dei let livet.
and he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain before the LORD, and they fell all seven together; and they were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest.
10 Rispa Ajadotter tok syrgjebunaden sin og breidde ut uppå fjellet frå skurdonni tok til, og til dess det strøymde regn yver deim frå himmelen. Ho let ikkje fuglarne under himmelen slå ned på deim um dagen, heller ikkje villdyri frå marki um natti.
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured upon them from heaven; and she suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
11 Då David spurde det Rispa Ajadotter, fylgjekona åt Saul, hadde gjort,
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
12 drog David av stad og let henta beini etter Saul og Jonatan, son hans, hjå borgarne i Jabes i Gilead. Dei hadde i løynd teke liki frå torget i Bet-San, der som filistarane hadde hengt deim upp då dei hadde slege Saul på Gilboa.
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the broad place of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines slew Saul in Gilboa;
13 Då han fekk ført beini etter Saul og Jonatan, son hans, upp derifrå, sanka dei i hop beini etter deim som var lagde på stegl,
and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
14 og gravlagde deim saman med beini etter Saul og Jonatan, son hans, i Benjaminslandet, i Sela, i gravi åt Kis, far hans. Dei gjorde alt det kongen baud. Og etterpå det vende Gud sin nåde til landet.
And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father; and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.
15 Det vart krig millom filistarane og Israel att. David drog ned med tenarane sine; og dei slost med filistarane. Men David trøytna.
And the Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines; and David waxed faint.
16 Jisbo-Benob, ein ætting av Rafa - han hadde eit spjot som vog tri hundrad lodd kopar, og han hadde spent um seg eit nytt sverd - han tenktest drepa David.
And Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with new armour, thought to have slain David.
17 Men Abisai Serujason hjelpte kongen og gav filistaren banehogg. Då svor Davids menner ein eid til honom, og sagde: «Du må aldri meir draga ut med oss i strid. Elles kann Israels lampa slokna.»
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore unto him, saying: 'Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel.'
18 So hende det sidan at det stod ein bardage med filistarane ved Gob. Då slo husatiten Sibbekai Saf av Rafa-ætti.
And it came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.
19 Då det endå ein gong stod eit slag mot filistarane ved Gob, gav Elhanan, son åt Ja’are-Orgim frå Betlehem, Goliat frå Gat banehogg, han som hadde eit spjotskaft so stort som ein vevbom.
And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Beth-lehemite slew Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
20 Då det vart eit slag att ved Gat, var der ein storvaksen mann som hadde seks fingrar på kvar hand og seks tær på kvar fot, fire og tjuge til saman. Han var ogso utstokken frå Rafa-ætti.
And there was again war at Gath, where was a champion, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
21 Han svivyrde Israels-mennerne. Jonatan, son åt Simea, bror åt David, gav honom difor banehugg.
And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
22 Desse fire var ætta frå Rafa i Gat. Og dei fall for David og mennerne hans.
These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
