1 Samuel 21
1 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said unto him: 'Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?'
David kom til presten Ahimelek i Nob. Ahimelek vart forstøkt då han fekk sjå David, og spurde: «Kvifor kjem du eismall og hev inkje folk med deg?»
2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest: 'The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me: Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee; and the young men have I appointed to such and such a place.
David svara presten Ahimelek: «Kongen hev gjeve meg ei ærend, og han sagde med meg: «Ingen må vita noko um ærendi eg sender deg i og legg på deg.» Og sveinarne mine hev eg varsla å møta meg der dei veit.
3 Now therefore what is under thy hand? five loaves of bread? give them in my hand, or whatsoever there is present.'
Gjev meg no det du hev for handi, fem brød, eller kva som finst!»
4 And the priest answered David, and said: 'There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.'
Presten svara David: «Uvigt brød hev eg ikkje for handi; einast heilagt brød er her; berre sveinarne dine hev halde seg burte frå kvinnor.»
5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him: 'Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more then to-day, when there shall be holy bread in their vessels?'
David svara presten: «Ver trygg! kvinnor hev vore langt burte frå oss alt sidan fyrre dagen. Då eg drog av stad, hadde sveinarne mine helgar-likamar. Um ferdi vår er kvardagsleg, so er ho då helga ved likamen i dag.»
6 So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away. —
So gav presten honom heilagt brød; det fanst ikkje anna brød enn skodebrødi som hadde lege framfor Herren, og som no var burttekne att, då nytt brød var framlagt same dagen det gamle vart burtteke.
7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. —
Den dagen var det ein av Sauls tenarar der, som heldt seg inne framfor Herren, ein edomit, heitte Doeg, som var Sauls yverhyrding.
8 And David said unto Ahimelech: 'And is there peradventure here under thy hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.'
David spurde Ahimelek: «Hev du ikkje noko spjot eller sverd her hjå deg? Korkje sverdet mitt eller dei hine våpni tok eg med meg, då kongsærendi kom so brått på.»
9 And the priest said: 'The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the vale of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if thou wilt take that, take it; for there is no other save that here.' And David said: 'There is none like that; give it me.'
Presten svara: «Jau, det sverdet som filistaren Goliat åtte, han som du felte i Eikedalen; det ligg sveipt i ei kappa attum messehakelen. Vil du hava det, so tak det! Noko anna hev eg ikkje.» «Det finst ikkje maken til det, » sagde David; «gjev meg det!»
10 And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
David drog av og rømde same dagen for Saul, og kom til Akis, kongen i Gat.
11 And the servants of Achish said unto him: 'Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying: Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?'
Tenarane åt Akis sagde: «Er ikkje dette David, kongen i landet? Er det ikkje til æra for honom dei syng so når dei dansar: Tusund tynte Saul, David tie tusund?»
12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
David lagde desse ordi på minne, og vart mykje rædd for Akis, kongen i Gat.
13 And he changed his demeanour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
Difor lest han som han var galen, og tedde seg som ein dåre, då dei vilde taka fat på honom; han rita på dørarne i porten, og let siklet renna i skjegget.
14 Then said Achish unto his servants: 'Lo, when ye see a man that is mad, wherefore do ye bring him to me?
Då sagde Akis med tenarane sine: «De ser då mannen hev mist vitet! Kvi fører de honom til meg?
15 Do I lack madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?'
Vantar det meg på vitløysor, sidan de førar denne mannen hit, so han skal te seg galen framfor meg? Kva hev han å gjera her i huset?»
