1 Samuelsboken 13
1 Saul hade varit Konung ett år; och som han tu år hade rådit öfver Israel,
When he began to reign, Saul was the son of one year, and he reigned over Israel for two years.
2 Utvalde han sig tretusend män utur Israel; tutusend voro med Saul i Michmas, och uppå berget BethEl, och ett tusend med Jonathan i Gibea BenJamins; men det andra folket lät han gå, hvar och en i sina hyddo.
And Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel. And two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and at mount Bethel. Then one thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. But the remainder of the people, he sent back, each one to his own tent.
3 Och Jonathan slog de Philisteer i deras lägre, som i Gibea var; det kom för de Philisteer. Och Saul lät blåsa i basunen öfver hela landet, och säga: I Ebreer, hörer till.
And Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines, which was in Gibeah. And when the Philistines had heard about it, Saul sounded the trumpet over all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews listen.”
4 Och hela Israel hörde sägas: Saul hafver slagit de Philisteers lägre; ty Israel luktade illa för de Philisteer, och allt folket ropades till Saul i Gilgal.
And all of Israel heard this report, that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines. And Israel raised himself up against the Philistines. Then the people cried out to Saul at Gilgal.
5 Då församlade sig de Philisteer till att strida med Israel, tretiotusend vagnar, sextusend resenärer, och eljest folk så mycket som sanden i hafsstrandene; och de drogo upp, och lägrade sig i Michmas, östan för BethAven.
And the Philistines gathered to do battle against Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and the remainder of the common people, who were very many, like the sand that is on the shore of the sea. And ascending, they encamped at Michmash, toward the east of Bethaven.
6 Då de män af Israel sågo, att de i nöd voro, ty folket var förskräckt, krupo de uti kulor, och klyfter, och klippor, och i hål, och i gropar.
And when the men of Israel had seen themselves to be in a narrowed position, they hid themselves in caves, and in out of the way places, and in rocks, and in hollows, and in pits (for the people were distressed).
7 Och de Ebreer drogo öfver Jordan in uti Gads land och Gileads; men Saul var ännu i Gilgal, och allt folket, som följde honom, vardt förtvifladt.
Then some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan, into the land of Gad and Gilead. And while Saul was still at Gilgal, the entire people who followed him were terrified.
8 Då förbidde han i sju dagar, den tiden som Samuel förelagt hade; och efter Samuel icke kom till Gilgal, skingrade sig folket ifrå honom.
But he waited for seven days, in accord with what was agreed with Samuel. But Samuel did not arrive at Gilgal, for the people were scattering away from him.
9 Då sade Saul: Bärer mig hit bränneoffer och tackoffer; och han offrade bränneoffer.
Therefore, Saul said, “Bring me the holocaust and the peace offerings.” And he offered the holocaust.
10 Och som han hade fullkomnat bränneoffret, si, då kom Samuel; då gick Saul ut emot honom, till att helsa honom.
And when he had completed the offering of the holocaust, behold, Samuel arrived. And Saul went out to meet him, so that he might greet him.
11 Men Samuel sade: Hvad hafver du gjort? Saul svarade: Jag såg att folket förskingrade sig ifrå mig, och du kom icke i rättom tid, och de Philisteer voro församlade i Michmas.
And Samuel said to him, “What have you done?” Saul responded: “Since I saw that the people were scattering away from me, and you had not arrived after the agreed upon days, and yet the Philistines had gathered together at Michmash,
12 Då sade jag: Nu komma de Philisteer hitneder till mig i Gilgal, och jag hafver icke bedit Herrans ansigte; då vågade jag det, och offrade bränneoffer.
I said: ‘Now the Philistines will descend to me at Gilgal. And I have not appeased the face of the Lord.’ Compelled by necessity, I offered the holocaust.
13 Men Samuel sade till Saul: Du hafver gjort dårliga, och icke hållit Herrans dins Guds bud, som han dig budit hafver; ty Herren hade stadfäst ditt rike öfver Israel till evig tid.
And Samuel said to Saul: “You have acted foolishly. You have not kept the commandments of the Lord your God, which he instructed to you. And if you had not acted in this way, the Lord would, here and now, have prepared your kingdom over Israel forever.
14 Men nu skall ditt rike icke blifva ståndandes. Herren hafver sökt sig en man efter sitt hjerta, honom hafver Herren budit att vara en Förste öfver hans folk; ty du hafver icke hållit Herrans bud.
But by no means shall your kingdom rise up any more. The Lord has sought for himself a man according to his own heart. And him the Lord has instructed to be the leader over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord has instructed.”
15 Och Samuel stod upp, och gick ifrå Gilgal upp till Gibea BenJamins. Men Saul talde det folk, som när honom var, vid sexhundrad män.
Then Samuel rose up and ascended from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And the remainder of the people ascended after Saul, to meet the people who were fighting against them, going from Gilgal into Gibeah, to the hill of Benjamin. And Saul took a census of the people, who had been found to be with him, about six hundred men.
16 Och Saul med hans son Jonathan, och det folk som när honom var, blefvo uppå BenJamins hög; men de Philisteer hade lägrat sig i Michmas.
And Saul, and his son Jonathan, and the people who had been found to be with them, were at Gibeah of Benjamin. But the Philistines had settled in at Michmash.
17 Och utu de Philisteers lägre drogo tre hopar till att förhärja landet. Den ene vände sig inpå den vägen till Ophra uti Sauls land;
And three companies went out from the camp of the Philistines, in order to plunder. One company was traveling toward the way of Ophrah, to the land of Shual.
18 Den andre vände sig inpå den vägen till BethHoron; den tredje vände sig på den vägen, som drager åt den dalen Zeboim vid öknena.
Then another entered along the way of Beth-horon. But the third turned itself to the way of the border, overhanging the valley of Zeboim, opposite the desert.
19 Och ingen smed vardt funnen i hela Israels land; förty de Philisteer tänkte, de Ebreer måtte göra svärd och spjut.
Now there was no worker of iron to be found in all the land of Israel. For the Philistines had been cautious, lest perhaps the Hebrews might make swords or spears.
20 Ty måste hela Israel fara neder till de Philisteer, om någor ville låta hvässa sin plogbill, hacko, yxa eller lia;
Therefore, all of Israel descended to the Philistines, so that each man could sharpen his plowshare, or pick axe, or hatchet, or hoe.
21 Och när eggen på liarna, hackorna, gafflarna och yxarna, vardt slö, och uddarna vordo stubbote.
For their plow blades, and pick axes, and pitch forks, and axes had become blunt, and even the handles needed to be repaired.
22 Då nu stridsdagen kom, vardt intet svärd eller spjut funnet i hela folkens hand, som var med Saul och Jonathan; utan Saul och hans son hade värjor.
And when the day of battle had arrived, there was found neither sword nor spear in the hand of the entire people who were with Saul and Jonathan, except for Saul and his son Jonathan.
23 Och de Philisteers lägre drog fram vid Michmas.
Then the army of the Philistines went out in order to go across Michmash.
