1 Samuelsboken 21
1 Och David kom till Nobe till Presten Ahimelech, och Ahimelech vardt häpen vid han gick emot David, och sade till honom: Hvi kommer du så allena, och ingen man med dig?
David fled from there and went to Nob [city to see] Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he saw David [because he was afraid that something bad had happened]. He said to David, “Why are you alone? Why have no men come with you?”
2 David sade till Presten Ahimelech: Konungen hafver befallt mig ett ärende, och sade till mig: Låt ingen veta hvarefter jag hafver sändt dig, och hvad jag hafver befallt dig, så hafver jag sagt mina tjenare före der och der.
David [deceived Ahimelech] by replying, “The king sent me. But he does not want anyone to know anything about what he sent me to do. I have told my men where [they should meet me].
3 Om du nu hafver något under dina händer, till en fem bröd, få mig det i mina hand; eller hvad du finner.
Now [I want to know], do you have any [food here for me to eat] [IDM]? Could you give me five loaves of bread, or whatever [other food] that you can find?”
4 Presten svarade David, och sade: dag hafver ingen menlig bröd under mine hand; utan helig bröd, om eljest tjenarena hafva hållit sig ifrå qvinnor.
The priest answered David, “There is no ordinary bread here, but I have some of the sacred bread [that was placed before Yahweh]. Your men may eat it if they have not slept with [EUP] women [recently].”
5 David svarade Prestenom, och sade till honom: Qvinnorna hafva varit oss ifråstängda i tre dagar, då jag for åstad; och tjenarens tyg voro helig; men är denna vägen ohelig, så skall han i dag helgad varda genom tygen.
David replied, “They have not been near women for many days. I do not allow my men to defile themselves by sleeping with women while they are preparing to fight in battles. They must continue to keep themselves acceptable to God when they are on ordinary trips, and [today they have kept themselves acceptable to God] because now we are doing something very special/important.”
6 Så gaf Presten honom af det helga, efter det var intet annat bröd, utan skådobröden, dem man upptog för Herranom, på det man skulle lägga fram annor färsk bröd, på den dagen då han dem borttog.
The only bread that the priest had was the sacred bread that had been placed in Yahweh’s presence [in the Sacred tent]. So the priest gave David some of that bread. On that day the priest had taken those loaves from the table and replaced them with (fresh/newly baked) loaves.
7 Men der var den dagen en man inne besluten för Herranom, utaf Sauls tjenare, benämnd Doeg, en Edomeer, den mägtigaste ibland Sauls herdar.
It happened that Doeg, from the Edom people-group, was there on that day to make himself acceptable to Yahweh, [and he saw what Ahimelech did]. He was one of Saul’s officials and the leader of Saul’s shepherds.
8 Och David sade till Ahimelech: Är icke här under dina hand ett spjut eller svärd? Jag hafver icke tagit mitt svärd eller vapen med mig; förty Konungens ärende var hastigt.
David asked Ahimelech, “Do you have a spear or a sword [that I could use]? The king [appointed us to do] this task [and told us to leave] immediately, so I did not have time to bring any weapons.”
9 Presten sade: Den Philisteens svärd, Goliaths, den du slogst i ekdalen, det är här svept uti en mantel bak lifkjortelen; vill du det, så tag det; ty här är intet annat, än det. David sade: Dess like är icke, få mig det hit.
Ahimelech replied, “I have only the sword that belonged to Goliath [the giant] from the Philistia people-group whom you killed in Elah Valley. It is wrapped in a cloth, and is behind the sacred vest [in the Sacred Tent]. If you want it, take it, because I have no other [weapon] here.” David replied, “Truly, there is no other sword that is [as good] as that one! Give it to me.”
10 Och David stod upp, och flydde för Saul, och kom till Achis, Konungen i Gath.
[So Ahimelech gave it to him], and David left there. He [and his men] and went to Gath [city in the Philistia region], to stay with King Achish.
11 Men Achis tjenare sade till honom: Denne är David, landsens Konung, om hvilken de söngo i dansen, och sade: Saul slog tusende, men David tiotusend.
But the officers of King Achish [objected to David being there. They] said to King Achish, “This man is [RHQ] David, the king of Israel! He is the one [RHQ] whom [our enemies], the [Israeli] people, [honored by] dancing and singing, ‘Saul has killed thousands [of his enemies], but David has killed tens of thousands of them!’”
12 Och David lade dessa orden på hjertat, och fruktade sig storliga för Achis, Konungenom i Gath.
David heard what those men were saying, so he was afraid of [what] King Achish [might do to him].
13 Och han förvandlade sina åthäfvor för dem, och föll neder i deras händer, och stötte sig emot dörrene i portenom, och hans spott flöt honom ut på skägget.
So he pretended that he was insane. He started scratching on the gates [of the city] and allowing his saliva to run down his beard.
14 Då sade Achis till sina tjenare: Si, I sen, att mannen är ursinnig; hvi hafven I haft honom till mig?
Then King Achish said to his men, “Look at this man! He is acting like an insane man! Why have you brought him to me?
15 Hafver jag icke nog ursinniga, att I skullen hafva denna in till mig, att han skulle rasa för mig? Skulle han komma i mitt hus?
Have you brought him because I do not have enough insane men here already [RHQ]? I do not want [RHQ] him to come into my house!”
