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 [the leaders of] all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and said to him, “Listen, we have the same ancestors [IDM] that you do.
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!»»
In the past, when Saul was our king, it was you who led our Israeli soldiers [in our battles]. You are the one to whom Yahweh promised, ‘You will be the leader [MET] of my people; you will be their king.’”
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.
So while Yahweh was listening, all those leaders of the people of Israel declared there at Hebron [that David would be their king]. And David made a sacred agreement with them. They anointed him [with olive oil to set him apart] to be the king of the Israeli people.
4 Tretti år var David då han vart konge. Og han var konge i fyrti år.
David was 30 years old when he became their king. He ruled them for 40 years.
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 ruled over the tribe of Judah for seven and a half years, and in Jerusalem he ruled over all the people of Judah and Israel for 33 years.
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!»
[One day] King David and his soldiers went to Jerusalem to fight against the Jebus people-group who lived there. The people there thought that David’s army would not be able to capture the city, so they sent a message to David, saying “Your army will never be able to get inside our city! Even the blind and crippled people will be able to chase you away!”
7 David tok like vel Sionsborgi. Den borgi vart Davidsbyen.
But David’s army captured the fortress on Zion [Hill], [and later it was known as] David’s City.
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.»
On that day, David said [to his soldiers], “Those who want to get rid of the Jebus people-group should go through the water tunnel [to enter the city]. Then they can attack those people whom I [SYN] detest—[and we will find out if any] blind and crippled people [will be able to stop them]!” That is why people say, “Blind and crippled people cannot enter Yahweh’s temple.”
9 David tok bustad der på borgi og kalla henne Davidsbyen. David bygde byen rundt ikring frå Millo og innetter.
[After] David [and his soldiers captured] the city with its strong walls around it, he lived there, and they named it ‘David’s City’. David [and his soldiers] built the city around the fortress, starting where the [land was (filled in/terraces) on the east side of the hill].
10 Davids velde auka stødt og stendigt. Og Herren, allhers Gud, var med honom.
David continued to become more and more powerful/influential, because the Almighty Commander of the armies of angels was with/helping him.
11 Kong Hiram i Tyrus sende folk til David med cedertre og timbremenner og steinhoggarar. Dei bygde eit hus for David.
[One day] Hiram, the king of Tyre [city], sent ambassadors/messengers to David [to talk about making agreements between their countries]. Hiram agreed to provide cedar trees [to make lumber], and also that he would send carpenters and masons, to build a palace 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.
His doing that caused David to realize that Yahweh truly had appointed him to be the king of Israel, and that Yahweh was going to cause his kingdom to prosper, because Yahweh loved the Israeli people, whom [he had chosen to] belong to him.
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.
After David moved from Hebron to Jerusalem, he took more slave women to be his second-class wives, and he also married other women. [All of those women] gave birth to more sons and daughters.
14 Dei sønerne han fekk i Jerusalem heitte: Sammua, Sobab, Natan, Salomo,
The names of the sons who were born in Jerusalem were Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
15 Jibhar, Elisua, Nefeg, Jafia,
Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
16 Elisama, Eljada og Elifelet.
Elishama, Eliada, 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.
When the Philistia people heard that David had been appointed to be the king of Israel, their army went up [toward Jerusalem] to try to capture David. But David heard that they were coming, so he went down to another fortified place.
18 Filistarane kom og spreidde seg utyver i Refa’imsdalen.
The [army of] Philistia arrived at Rephaim Valley [southwest of Jerusalem] and spread all over the valley.
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.»
David asked Yahweh, “Should [my men and] I attack the Philistia army? Will you enable us to defeat them [IDM]?” Yahweh replied, “Yes, attack them, because I will certainly enable your army to defeat them. [IDM]”
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.
So David [and his army] went to [where the Philistia army was], and there they defeated them. Then David said, “Yahweh has burst through my enemies like a flood.” [SIM] So that place is called ‘Lord of Bursting-through’.
21 Dei let etter seg gudebilæti sine, og David og folki hans tok deim.
The Philistia men left their idols there; so David and his soldiers took them away.
22 Endå ein gong drog filistarane upp og spreidde seg utyver i Refa’imsdalen.
Then the Philistia [army] returned to Rephaim Valley and spread all over the valley.
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.
So again David asked Yahweh [if his army should attack them]. But Yahweh replied, “Do not attack them [from here]. Tell your men to go around them and attack them from the other side, near the balsam 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!»
When you hear something in the tops of the balsam trees that sounds like [an army] marching, attack them, because I will have gone ahead of you [to enable your army] to defeat their army.”
25 David gjorde som Herren baud; og han slo filistarane og forfylgde deim frå Geba heilt fram til Gezer.
So David did what Yahweh told him to do, and his [army] defeated the Philistia army from Geba [city] all the way [west] to Gezer [city].
