2 Samuel 5

1 Då kom alle Israels ætter til David i Hebron, og tala soleis: «Du veit me og du er same folket.

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold us, thy bone and thy flesh are we;

2 Alt lenge sidan, med Saul var kongen vår, so var du føraren for Israel. Og med deg hev Herren sagt: «Du skal vera hyrding for Israel, folket mitt! du skal vera fyrste yver Israel!»»

Already yesterday, and even before, when Saul was king over us, thou wast the one that led out and brought in Israel: And the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt indeed feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a chief over Israel.

3 Då alle dei øvste i Israel var komne til Hebron, til kongen, gjorde kong David samband med deim i Hebron for Herrens åsyn. Og dei salva David til konge yver Israel.

Thus came all the elders of Israel to the king unto Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David as king over Israel.

4 Tretti år var David då han vart konge. Og han var konge i fyrti år.

Thirty years was David old when he became king, [and] forty years he reigned.

5 I Hebron var han konge yver Juda i sju år og seks månader. I Jerusalem var han konge i tri og tretti år yver heile Israel og Juda.

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.

6 Kongen drog upp til Jerusalem med heren sin mot jebusitarne, som budde der i landet. Dei sagde då til David: «Hit inn vinn du ikkje koma! Jamvel blinde og lame folk kann driva deg burt berre med dei ordi: Hit kjem David ikkje!»

And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land; who said unto David, as followeth, Thou shalt not come in hither, except thou [first] remove away the blind and the lame: meaning, David cannot come in hither.

7 David tok like vel Sionsborgi. Den borgi vart Davidsbyen.

Nevertheless David captured the strong-hold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

8 David gav den dagsordren: «Kvar ein som slær jebusitarne, lat honom ganga upp til vatsleidingi, og slå desse blinde og lame som ber David imot!» Difor plar dei segja: «Blind og lam kjem ikkje inn i huset.»

And David said on that day, Whosoever will smite the Jebusites, and reach the aqueduct and the lame and the blind, that are hateful to David's soul, —Wherefore people usually say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

9 David tok bustad der på borgi og kalla henne Davidsbyen. David bygde byen rundt ikring frå Millo og innetter.

And David dwelt in the fort, and he called it “The City of David.” And David built [it] round about from the Millo and inward.

10 Davids velde auka stødt og stendigt. Og Herren, allhers Gud, var med honom.

And David went on, and became greater and greater, and the Lord the God of hosts was with him.

11 Kong Hiram i Tyrus sende folk til David med cedertre og timbremenner og steinhoggarar. Dei bygde eit hus for David.

And Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and carpenters, and stone-masons: and they built a house for David.

12 Og David skyna at Herren hadde grunnfest kongedømet hans yver Israel, og lyft kongedømet hans upp til æra for Israel, folket sitt, skuld.

And David felt conscious that the Lord has established him as king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

13 David tok seg endå fleire fylgjekonor og konor frå Jerusalem, etter han var komen dit frå Hebron. Og David fekk endå fleire søner og døtter.

And David took yet more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were born to David yet [more] sons and daughters.

14 Dei sønerne han fekk i Jerusalem heitte: Sammua, Sobab, Natan, Salomo,

And these are the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shammua', and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

15 Jibhar, Elisua, Nefeg, Jafia,

And Yibchar, and Elishua', and Nepheg, and Yaphia',

16 Elisama, Eljada og Elifelet.

And Elishama', and Elyada', and Eliphelet.

17 Då filistarane frette at David var salva til konge yver Israel, drog alle filistarane upp og søkte åt honom. Då David spurde det, drog han ned til borgi.

But when the Philistines heard that the people had anointed David as king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David: and David heard of it, and went down to the strong-hold.

18 Filistarane kom og spreidde seg utyver i Refa’imsdalen.

The Philistines also came and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.

19 Då gjorde David det spursmålet til Herren: «Skal eg draga upp mot filistarane? Vil du gjeva deim i mi hand?» Herren svara David: «Drag upp, eg vil gjeva filistarane i di hand.»

And David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into thy hand.

20 David kom til Ba’al-Perasim. Og der vann David yver deim. Då sagde han: «Herren hev brote igjenom uvenerne mine, liksom vatn bryt igjenom.» Det er difor staden hev fenge namnet Ba’al-Perasim.

And David came to Ba'al-perazim, and David smote them there, and said, The Lord hath broken down my enemies before me, as a breach [is made by] water. Wherefore he called the name of that place Ba'al-perazim.

21 Dei let etter seg gudebilæti sine, og David og folki hans tok deim.

And they left behind there their idols, and David and his men burnt them.

22 Endå ein gong drog filistarane upp og spreidde seg utyver i Refa’imsdalen.

And the Philistines came up once again, and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.

23 Då David spurde Herren, svara han: «Drag ikkje mot deim! Kringset deim attanfrå, so du fell yver deim frå den staden der bakatrei stend.

And when David asked counsel of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but turn about and fall in the rear of them, and come upon them opposite to the mulberry-trees.

24 So snart du høyrer ljoden av stig i topparne på bakatrei, so må du springa fram. For då dreg Herren ut framfyre deg og vinn yver filistarheren!»

And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of walking on the top of the mulberry-trees, that thou shalt then bestir thyself; for then will the Lord go out before thee, to smite in the camp of the Philistines.

25 David gjorde som Herren baud; og han slo filistarane og forfylgde deim frå Geba heilt fram til Gezer.

And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him; and he smote the Philistines from Geba' until thou comest to Gezer.