1 Samuels 14

1 Det bar so til ein dag at Jonatan, Saulssonen, sagde med våpnsveinen sin: «Kom, lat oss ganga yver til filistarutposten der burte på hi sida!» Men han gat det ikkje med far sin.

Now it fell on a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side." But he did not tell his father.

2 Saul heldt seg i utkanten av Gibea under granatapallen i Migron, og folket han hadde med seg, var um lag seks hundrad mann.

Saul stayed in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people who were with him were about six hundred men;

3 Ahia Ahitubsson, bror åt I-kabod, son åt Pinehas Elison, Herrens prest i Silo, han bar no messehakelen. Og folket visste ikkje at Jonatan var gjengen.

and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the cohen of the LORD in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. The people did not know that Jonathan was gone.

4 I skardet der Jonatan freista ganga yver til filistarutposten, låg ein berghamar på kvar sida; den eine heitte Boses, og den andre Sene.

Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

5 Den eine hamaren reis upp mot nord, beint imot Mikmas, den andre mot sør, beint imot Geba.

The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.

6 Jonatan sagde med våpnsveinen sin: «Kom, lat oss klyva yver til utposten åt desse u-umskorne! kann henda vil Herren hjelpa oss. Det er ingen ting i vegen for at Herren kann gjeva siger anten dei er få eller mange.»

Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that the LORD will work for us; for there is no restraint on the LORD to save by many or by few."

7 Våpnsveinen svara: «Gjer alt det du tykkjer! Berre gakk på! eg fylgjer deg kvar du vil.»

His armor bearer said to him, "Do all that your heart inclines toward. Look, I am with you, my heart is as your heart."

8 Jonatan sagde: «Me kliv yver til dei kararne, og lager det so at dei ser oss.

Then Jonathan said, "Look, we will pass over to the men, and we will reveal ourselves to them.

9 Segjer dei då: «Stana der til dess me kjem burt åt dykk!» so stoggar me der me stend, og gjeng ikkje upp til deim.

If they say thus to us, 'Wait until we come to you.' then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up to them.

10 Men segjer dei: «Kom hit upp til oss!» då gjeng me upp; for då hev Herren hev gjeve deim i våre hender. Det skal me hava til jarteign.»

But if they say this, 'Come up to us.' then we will go up; for the LORD has delivered them into our hand. This shall be the sign to us."

11 Då no båe filistarutposten fekk sjå dei tvo, sagde dei: «Sjå hebræarane kryp ut or holorne der dei hev løynt seg.»

Both of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, "Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they had hidden themselves."

12 Og utpostkararne ropa til Jonatan og våpnsveinen hans: «Kom hit upp til oss, so skal de få full greida!» Jonatan sagde med våpnsveinen: «Fylg meg! Herren hev gjeve deim i Israels hand.»

The men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor bearer, and said, "Come up to us, and we will show you something." Jonathan said to his armor bearer, "Come up after me; for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel."

13 Jonatan kleiv uppetter på hender og føter, og våpnsveinen fylgde. Jonatan felte deim, og våpnsveinen fylgde etter og gjorde det av med deim.

Jonathan climbed up on his hands and on his feet, and his armor bearer after him. And they fell before Jonathan; and his armor bearer killed them after him.

14 I fyrste åtaket Jonatan og våpnsveinen gjorde, hogg dei ned um lag eit tjug, på ei vidd som ein halv dags plogland.

That first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow's length in an acre of land.

15 Då vart dei fjetra både i lægret og på marki heile heren; og utpostarne og røvarflokkarne vart og fjetra. Og grunnen skalv, so det kom ein støkk frå Gud yver deim.

And there was a terror in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and even the raiders were terrified. And the earth quaked, and it became a terror of God.

16 Vaktpostarne åt Saul i Gibea i Benjamin såg at heile hopen var reint i ørska, so dei vingla i kross og krok.

And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin saw, and look, the multitude was scattering here and there.

17 Saul sagde til krigsfolket sitt; «Mynstra heren, og sjå kven som vantar!» Dei mynstra heren, og fekk sjå at Jonatan og våpnsveinen hans vanta.

Then Saul said to the people who were with him, "Count now, and see who is missing from us." When they had counted, look, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.

18 Då sagde Saul til Ahia: «Kom hit med Guds kista!» For Guds kista var den tid millom Israels-borni.

And Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring near the ephod," for he wore the ephod at that time before Israel.

19 Men medan Saul tala med presten, auka ståket i filistarlægret allstødt. Saul sagde då til presten: «Det kann vera det same.»

And it happened, while Saul was speaking to the cohen, that the tumult that was in the camp of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said to the cohen, "Withdraw your hand."

20 So samla dei seg på slagmarki, Saul og alt krigsfolket hans, og fekk sjå fiendarne lyfte sverdi mot kvarandre, og dei var so forstøkte, at dei visste korkje att eller fram.

Saul and all the people who were with him were gathered together, and came to the battle: and look, every man's sword was against his fellow: a very great confusion.

21 Dei hebræarane som frå gamalt hadde vore i filistarmagt, og hadde fylgt med deim upp og var spreidde rundt i lægret, dei og slo lag med Israels-heren under Saul og Jonatan.

Now the Hebrews who were with the Philistines as before, and who went up with them into the camp, they too turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

22 Og då dei Israels-mennerne som hadde løynt seg i Efraimsfjellbygdi, høyrde gjete at filistarane var på flog, sette alle dei og etter deim og kom med i slaget.

Likewise all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed closely after them in the battle.

23 Soleis gav Herren Israel siger den dagen. Og bardagen flutte seg heilt framum Bet-Aven.

So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle passed over by Beth Aven. And all the people with Saul were about ten thousand men. And the battle extended itself into every city in the hill country of Ephraim.

24 Det røynde hardt på kvar israelit den dagen. Og Saul batt folket med denne eiden: «Forbanna den som et noko mat fyre kvelden, fyrr eg hev teke hemn yver fiendarne mine!» So var det ingen som smaka matbiten.

And Saul committed a great blunder that day, for he had placed the people under an oath, saying, "Cursed is the man who eats any food until it is evening, and I am avenged of my enemies." So none of the people tasted food.

25 Då dei alle i hop kom inn i skogen, låg det honning på marki.

All the people came into the forest; and there was honey on the ground.

26 Men då folket kom upp i skogen og fekk sjå honning strøyma ut, våga ingen føra handi til munnen, av age for eiden.

When the people had come to the forest, look, a flow of honey, but no man would raise his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath.

27 Jonatan hadde ikkje lydt på då far hans tok folket i eid; difor rette han ut staven han hadde i handi og duppa den eine enden i honningen, og førde so handi til munnen; han vart då bjartøygd att.

But Jonathan did not hear when his father commanded the people with the oath, so he put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and raised his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.

28 Ein av mennerne tok til ords og sagde: «Far din hev bunde folket med denne eiden: «Forbanna kvar den som et noko mat i dag!» - endå dei var trøytte.»

Then one of the people answered, and said, "Your father directly commanded the people with an oath, saying, 'Cursed is the man who eats food this day.'" The people were faint.

29 Jonatan svara: «Far fører ulukka yver landet! Sjå, kor augo mine ljosna av di eg smaka noko lite på denne honningen.

Then Jonathan said, "My father has troubled the land. Please look how my eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.

30 Kor mykje større mannefall skulde det ikkje vorte millom filistarane um mennerne hadde fenge eta seg mette i dag av herfanget dei vann hjå fiendarne sine!»

Would that the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies when they found it, for the slaughter among the Philistines would have been greater."

31 Like vel: dei slo filistarane den dagen og forfylgde deim frå Mikmas til Ajjalon, og folki var svært trøytte.

They struck of the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. The people were very faint;

32 So kasta folket seg yver herfanget, tok sauer og uksar og kalvar, og slagta deim på marki, og åt kjøtet med blodet i.

and the people pounced upon the spoil, and took sheep, and cattle, and calves, and killed them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.

33 Dei melde det åt Saul og sagde: «Sjå, folket syndar mot Herren og et kjøt med blod i.» Då ropa Saul: «De hev gjort svik! Velt ein stor stein hit til meg!»

Then they told Saul, saying, "Look, the people are sinning against the LORD, in that they eat meat with the blood." He said, "You have dealt treacherously. Roll a large stone to me this day."

34 Og Saul sagde: «Gakk ut millom folket og seg til deim: «Kvar og ein skal føra hit til meg uksen sin og sauen sin og slagta og eta honom her! Ikkje må de synda mot Herren og eta kjøt med blod i!»» Då førde heile folket fram um natti, kvar med eigi hand, uksarne sine, og slagta deim der.

Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the people, and tell them, 'Bring me here every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and kill them here, and eat; and do not sin against the LORD in eating meat with the blood.'" All the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and killed them there.

35 Saul bygde eit altar for Herren. Dette var det fyrste altaret han bygde åt Herren.

Saul built an altar to the LORD. This was the first altar that he built to the LORD.

36 Og Saul sagde: «Lat oss forfylgja filistarane i natt og herja millom deim, alt til det dagast i morgon, so ingen av deim kjem undan!» Dei svara: «Gjer alt det du tykkjer!» Men presten sagde: «Lat oss ganga fram for Guds åsyn her!»

Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them." They said, "Do whatever seems good to you." Then the cohen said, "Let us draw near here to God."

37 Då spurde Saul Gud: «Skal eg forfylgja filistarane? Vil du gjeva deim i Israels hand?» Men han gav deim ikkje svar den dagen.

Saul asked counsel of God, "Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?" But he did not answer him that day.

38 Då sagde Saul: «Kom hit fram alle dei gjævaste av folket! so fær det sjå og gå kva det er for ei syndi som er gjord i dag.

And Saul said, "Come here, all you leaders of the people; and investigate and see how this sin has arisen today.

39 So sant Herren liver, han som hev gjeve Israel siger, um det so er Jonatan, son min, skal han lata livet!» Ingen av folket svara honom.

For, as the LORD lives, who saves Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.

40 Då sagde han til heile Israel: «Statt de på den eine sida, so vil eg med Jonatan, son min, standa på hi.» Folket svara Saul: «Gjer som du tykkjer!»

Then he said to all Israel, "You be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side." The people said to Saul, "Do what seems good to you."

41 Då sagde Saul til Herren, Israels Gud: «Lat sanningi koma for dagen!» Då fall luten på Jonatan og Saul, og folket gjekk fritt.

Therefore Saul said, "LORD, God of Israel, why have you not answered your servant this day? If this sin is mine or in Jonathan my son, LORD, God of Israel, give Urim. But if this sin is in your people Israel, give Thummim." And Jonathan and Saul were chosen, but the people were cleared.

42 Saul sagde: «Drag strå millom meg og Jonatan, son min!» Då fall luten på Jonatan.

And Saul said, "Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. Whomever the LORD shall indicate to be taken by lot, let him die." And the people said to Saul, "This thing is not to be." And Saul prevailed over the people, and they cast lots between him and Jonathan his son. And Jonathan was selected.

43 Saul sagde til Jonatan: «Seg meg kva du hev gjort!» Då sagde Jonatan det med honom: «Med enden av staven eg hadde i handi, tok eg noko lite honning og smaka lite grand på det. Sjå her er eg, ferdig til å døy.»

Then Saul said to Jonathan, "Tell me what you have done." And Jonathan told him, and said, "I certainly did taste a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand; and look, I must die."

44 Saul svara: «Ja, Gud late meg bøta for det no og sidan! Livet lyt du lata, Jonatan!»

Saul said, "God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan."

45 Men folket sagde til Saul: «Skulde Jonatan døy? Han som hev vunne denne store sigeren for Israel! Aldri i verdi! So sant Herren liver, ikkje eit hår på hovudet hans skal vert skadt! for med Guds hjelp hev han gjort dette i dag.» Og folket løyste Jonatan ut; han vart ikkje drepen.

The people said to Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it. As the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has worked with God this day." So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.

46 Saul drog heim, og forfylgde ikkje filistarane meir. Filistarane drog og heim til seg.

Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.

47 Då Saul hadde eigna til seg kongedømet i Israel, førde han krig mot alle fiendarne sine rundt ikring: Moab, ammonitarne, Edom, kongarne i Soba og filistarane. Og kvar helst han vende seg, tukta han deim.

Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the people of Ammon, and against Edom, and against Beth Rehob, and against the king of Zobah, and against the Philistines; and wherever he turned, he was victorious.

48 Han vann seg stort velde. Han slo Amalek - og fria soleis Israel frå deim som herja det.

And he did valiantly, and struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hand of its plunderers.

49 Sønerne åt Saul var Jonatan, Jisvi og Malkisua. Av dei tvo døtterne hans heitte den eldste Merab og den yngste Mikal.

Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Jishvi, and Malkishua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn Merob, and the name of the younger Mikal:

50 Kona åt Saul heitte Ahinoam Ahima’asdotter. Hovdingen yver heren hans heitte Abner, son åt Ner, som var farbror åt Saul;

and the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abiner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.

51 for Kis, Sauls far, og Ner, Abners far, var søner åt Abiel.

Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.

52 Krigen mot filistarane var allstødt hard so lenge Saul livde. Og so tidt Saul såg ei kjempa eller ein dugande kar, tok han honom i si tenesta.

There was severe war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man, he took him to him.