1 Samuelsboken 18
1 Då han hade uttalat med Saul, förband sig Jonathans hjerta med Davids hjerta; och Jonathan vardt kär åt honom, såsom sitt eget hjerta.
After David finished talking with Saul, [he met Saul’s son, Jonathan.] Jonathan [immediately] liked David; in fact, he began to love/like him as much as he loved/liked himself.
2 Och Saul tog honom i den dagen, och lät honom icke mer komma i sins faders hus.
From that day, Saul kept David with him, and did not let him return home.
3 Och Jonathan och David gjorde ett förbund tillhopa; ty han hade honom kär, såsom sitt eget hjerta.
Because Jonathan loved David so much, he made a solemn agreement with David. [They promised each other that they would always be loyal friends].
4 Och Jonathan drog af sin kjortel, som han hade uppå, och gaf honom David; dertill sin mantel, sitt svärd, sin båga och sitt bälte.
Jonathan took off his own outer robe and gave it to David. He also gave David his soldier’s tunic, his sword, his bow [and arrows], and his belt.
5 Och David gick ut, dit Saul sände honom, och skickade sig visliga; och Saul satte honom öfver krigsfolket, och han var allo folkena, och desslikes Sauls tjenarom, täcker.
[David went wherever Saul sent him. And] whatever Saul told him to do, David did it very successfully. As a result, Saul appointed David to be a commander in the army. All the officers and other men in the army (approved of/were very pleased with) that.
6 Men det begaf sig, då han igenkommen var, sedan han hade slagit Philisteen, att qvinnorna af alla Israels städer gingo emot Konung Saul med sång och harpor, med trummor, med glädje, och med gigor.
But, when the men in the army were returning home after David had killed Goliath, the women came out from many [HYP] towns in Israel to meet/greet King Saul. They were singing and dancing very joyfully, playing tambourines and lyres.
7 Och qvinnorna söngo till hvarandra, och spelade, och sade: Saul hafver slagit tusende; men David tiotusend.
As they danced, they sang this song to each other: “Saul has killed 1,000 [enemy soldiers], But David has killed 10,000 [of them].”
8 Då förgrymmade sig Saul storliga, och det talet behagade honom ganska illa, och sade: De hafva gifvit David tiotusend, och mig tusende; han varder väl ännu Konung?
[When] Saul [heard them singing that, he] did not like it. He became very angry. He said [to himself], “They are saying that David [killed] 10,000 men, but that I [have killed] only 1,000. Soon they will want to make him their king!” [RHQ]
9 Och Saul såg illa uppå David, ifrå den dagen, och allt sedan.
From that time, Saul watched David very closely because he was suspicious [that David would try to become king].
10 På den andra dagen föll den onde anden af Gudi öfver Saul, och han propheterade hemma i huset; men David spelade på strängerna med sine hand, såsom han dageliga plägade. Och Saul hade ett spjut i handene:
The next day, an evil spirit sent by God suddenly took control of Saul. He began to act like a madman, inside his house. David was playing the lyre for him, as he did every day. Saul was holding a spear in his hand,
11 Och sköt det åstad, och tänkte: Jag vill skjuta David igenom i väggena; men David gaf sig undan för honom i två gånger.
and he hurled it [at David], saying to himself, “I will fasten David to the wall with the spear!” He did that two times, but David jumped aside [both times].
12 Och Saul fruktade för David; ty Herren var med honom, och var gången ifrå Saul.
Because [it became evident that] Yahweh had abandoned Saul but [that] he was helping David, Saul was afraid of David.
13 Så satte Saul honom ifrå sig, och gjorde honom till höfvitsman öfver tusende män; och han gick ut och in för folkena.
So he appointed David as a commander of 1,000 soldiers and sent David away from him, [hoping that David would be killed in a battle]. But when David led his soldiers [in their battles],
14 Och David hade sig förnumsteliga i alla sina gerningar; och Herren var med honom.
he always had great success, because Yahweh was helping him.
15 Då nu Saul såg, att han var så ganska förnumstig, fruktade han för honom.
When Saul heard that David [and his soldiers were] very successful, he became more afraid of David.
16 Men hela Israel och Juda hade David kär; ty han gick ut och in för dem.
But all the people of Israel and of Judah loved David, because he led the soldiers very successfully [in the battles].
17 Och Saul sade till David: Si, min äldsta dotter Merob vill jag gifva dig till hustru; var manlig, och för Herrans krig; ty Saul tänkte, min hand skall icke komma vid honom, utan de Philisteers hand.
One day Saul said to David, “I am ready to give you my oldest daughter, Merab, to be your wife. I will do that if you serve me bravely by fighting battles for Yahweh [against the Philistines]”. He said that because he thought, “I will not try to get rid of David by myself. I will allow the Philistines to do that.”
18 Men David svarade Saul: Ho är jag? Eller hvad är mitt lefverne, och mins faders hus slägt i Israel, att jag skulle varda Konungens måg?
But David said to Saul, “I am not [RHQ] a very important person, and my family is not very important, and my clan is not a very important Israeli clan. So I do not deserve to become your son-in-law.” [RHQ]
19 Då nu tiden kom, att Merob, Sauls dotter, skulle vordit gifven David, vardt hon gifven Adriel den Meholathiten till hustru.
So, when it was time for Merab to be given to David to become his wife, instead, Saul gave her to a man named Adriel, from Meholah [town].
20 Men Michal, Sauls dotter, hade David kär. Då det vardt sagdt Saul, sade han: Det är rätt;
But Saul’s other daughter, Michal, fell in love with David. When they told Saul about that, he was pleased.
21 Jag vill gifva honom henne, att hon må komma honom på fall, och de Philisteers händer måga komma öfver honom. Och han sade till David: Du skall i dag varda min måg med den andra.
He thought, “I will let Michal marry him, in order that she may trap him, and the Philistines will be able to kill him.” So he said to David, [“You can marry Michal],” and by saying that, he indicated for the second time that David would become his son-in-law.
22 Och Saul böd sina tjenare: Taler vid David hemliga, och säger: Si, Konungen hafver vilja till dig, och alla hans tjenare älska dig; så blif nu Konungens måg.
Saul told his servants, “Talk to David privately, and say to him, ‘Listen, the king is pleased with you, and all of us his servants love you. So now [we think that] you should [marry Michal and] become the king’s son-in-law.’”
23 Och Sauls tjenare talade dessa orden för Davids öron; men David sade: Tycker eder det vara en ringa ting, att vara Konungens måg? Och jag är en fattig och ringa man.
So they told that to David. But David said, “It would be a great honor [RHQ] to become the king’s son-in-law. But [I do not think that I should do that, because] I am only a poor and insignificant man.”
24 Och Sauls tjenare gåfvo honom svar igen, och sade: Sådana ord hafver David sagt.
When the servants told Saul what David had said,
25 Saul sade: Säger så till David: Konungen begärar ingen morgongåfvo, annan än hundrade förhudar af de Philisteer, att man må hämnas på Konungens fiendar; ty Saul for efter att fälla David genom de Philisteers hand.
Saul replied, “Go and say to David, ‘[In order for] the king [to allow you to marry Michal, he] wants [you to kill] 100 Philistines [and cut off] their foreskins [and bring the foreskins to him to prove that you have killed them]. In that way he will get revenge on his enemies.’” But what Saul wanted was that the Philistines would kill David [while David was trying to kill them].
26 Då sade hans tjenare David dessa orden. Och David tyckte så godt vara, att han måtte blifva Konungens måg. Och tiden var ännu icke ute.
When the servants told that to David, he was very pleased that he could become the king’s son-in-law [by doing that. The king had said how many days he would allow for David to do that]. But before that time ended,
27 Och David stod upp, och drog åstad med sina män, och slog af de Philisteer tuhundrad män; och David hade deras förhudar, och förnöjde Konungen med talet; på det han skulle varda Konungens måg. Då gaf Saul honom sina dotter Michal till hustru.
David and his men went and killed, [not 100, but] 200 Philistines! He brought their foreskins to Saul, and counted them [while Saul was watching], in order to prove that he had [done what the king required so that he could become Saul’s son-in-law. So then Saul was obligated] to allow David to marry his daughter Michal.
28 Och Saul såg och märkte, att Herren var med honom. Och Michal, Sauls dotter, hade honom kär.
But when Saul realized that Yahweh was helping David, and that his daughter loved David,
29 Då fruktade Saul ännu mer för David, och vardt hans fiende i alla sina lifsdagar.
he became more afraid of David. So, as long as Saul lived, he was David’s enemy.
30 Och då de Philisteers Förstar drogo ut, handlade David förnumsteligare än alle Sauls tjenare, när de utdrogo, så att hans namn vardt mycket aktadt.
The Philistine armies repeatedly came to fight the Israelis, but every time they fought, David and his soldiers were more successful than any of Saul’s other army commanders. As a result, David became very famous.
