1 Samuel 13

1 Saul var....År ved sin Tronbestigelse, og han herskede i....År over Israel.

Saul was...years old when he became king; and he reigned two years over Israel.

2 Saul udvalgte sig 3000 Mand af Israel; af dem var 2000 hos Saul i Mikmas og i Bjergene ved Betel, 1000 hos Jonatan i Gibea i Benjamin; Resten af Krigerne lod han gå hver til sit.

And Saul chose him three thousand men out of Israel: there were with Saul two thousand in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

3 Da fældede Jonatan Filisternes Foged i Geba. Det kom nu Filisterne for Øre, at Hebræerne havde revet sig løs. Men Saul havde ladet støde i Hornet hele Landet over,

And Jonathan smote the outpost of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard [of it]. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

4 og hele Israel hørte, at Saul havde fældet Filisternes Foged, og at Israel havde vakt Filisternes Vrede. Og Folket stævnedes sammen i Gilgal til at følge Saul,

And all Israel heard say, Saul has smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and Israel also has become odious to the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

5 men Filisterne havde samlet sig til Kamp mod Israel, 3000 Stridsvogne, 6000 Ryttere og Fodfolk så talrigt som Sandet ved Havets Bred, og de drog op og lejrede sig i Mikmas lige over for Bet-Aven.

And the Philistines were assembled together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude; and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward from Beth-Aven.

6 Da Israels Mænd skønnede, hvilken Fare de var i thi Folket blev trængt, skjulte Folket sig i Huler, Jordhuller, Klipperevner, Gruber og Cisterner

And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed); and the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in cliffs, and in strongholds, and in pits.

7 eller gik over Jordans Vadesteder til Gads og Gileads Land. Men Saul var endnu i Gilgal, og hele Folket fulgte ham med Frygt i Sind.

And the Hebrews went over the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. And Saul was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

8 Han ventede syv Dage til den Tid, Samuel havde fastsat; men Samuel kom ikke til Gilgal. Da Folket så spredte sig og forlod Saul,

And he waited seven days, according to the set time that Samuel [had appointed]; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

9 sagde han: "Bring Brændofferet og Takofrene hen til mig!" Så ofrede han Brændofferet.

And Saul said, Bring hither to me the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings. And he offered up the burnt-offering.

10 Men lige som han var færdig med at ofre Brændofferet, se, da kom Samuel, og Saul gik ham i Møde for at hilse på ham.

And it came to pass, as soon as he had ended offering up the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.

11 Da sagde Samuel: "Hvad har du gjort!" Saul svarede: "Jeg så, at Folket spredte sig og forlod mig, men du kom ikke til den fastsatte Tid, og Filisterne samlede sig ved Mikmas;

And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou didst not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines were assembled at Michmash,

12 så tænkte jeg: Nu drager Filisterne ned til Gilgal imod mig, og jeg har endnu ikke vundet HERRENs Gunst; da tog jeg Mod til mig og bragte Brændofferet!"

I said, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to Jehovah; and I forced myself, and offered up the burnt-offering.

13 Samuel sagde til Saul: "Tåbeligt har du handlet. Hvis du havde holdt den Befaling, HERREN din Gud gav dig, vilde HERREN nu have grundfæstet dit Kongedømme over Israel til evig Tid;

And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of Jehovah thy God which he commanded thee; for now would Jehovah have established thy kingdom over Israel for ever.

14 men nu skal dit Kongedømme ikke bestå. HERREN har udsøgt sig en Mand efter sit Hjerte, og ham har HERREN kaldet til Fyrste over sit Folk, fordi du ikke holdt, hvad HERREN bød dig!"

But now thy kingdom shall not continue: Jehovah has sought him a man after his own heart, and Jehovah has appointed him ruler over his people; for thou hast not kept what Jehovah commanded thee.

15 Derpå brød Samuel op og gik bort fra Gilgal; men den tilbageblevne Del af Folket drog op i Følge med Saul for at støde til Krigerne, og de kom fra Gilgal til Gibea i Benjamin. Da mønstrede Saul de Folk, han havde hos sig, omtrent 600 Mand;

And Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were found with him, about six hundred men.

16 og Saul og hans Søn Jonatan og de Folk, de havde hos sig, lå i Geba i Benjamin, medens Filisterne lå lejret i Mikmas.

And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were found with them, abode in Geba of Benjamin; and the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

17 Fra Filisternes Lejr drog så en Skare ud i tre Afdelinger for at plyndre; den ene Afdeling drog i Retning af Ofra til Sjualegnen,

And the ravagers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned the way of Ophrah, into the land of Shual;

18 den anden i Retning af Bet Horon og den tredje i Retning af den Høj, som rager op over Zeboimdalen, ad Ørkenen til.

and another company turned the way to Beth-horon; and the other company turned the way to the district that looks over the ravine of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

19 Men der fandtes ingen Smede i hele Israels Land; thi Filisterne havde tænkt, at Hebræerne ellers kunde lave sig Sværd og Spyd;

Now there was no smith found throughout the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears.

20 derfor måtte hele Israel drage ned til Filisterne for at få hvæsset deres Plovjern, Hakker, Økser eller Pigkæppe;

And all Israel went down to the Philistines, every man to get his ploughshare, and his hoe, and his axe, and his sickle sharpened,

21 det kostede en Pim at få slebet Plovjem og Hakker og en Tredjedel Sekel for Økser og for at indsætte Pig.

when the edges of the sickles, and the hoes, and the forks, and the axes were blunted; and to set the goads.

22 Således fandtes der, den Dag Slaget stod ved Mikmas, hverken Sværd eller Spyd hos nogen af Krigerne, som var hos Saul og Jonatan; kun Saul og hans Søn Jonatan havde Våben.

And it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan; but with Saul and with Jonathan his son there was found.

23 Filisternes Forpost rykkede frem til Mikmaspasset.

And a garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.