1 Samuel 14
1 Eines Tages nun sprach Sauls Sohn Jonatan zu dem Diener, der ihm die Waffen trug: "Auf! Laß uns hinübergehen, gerade zu dem Philisterposten, der dort auf der anderen Seite steht!" Seinem Vater aber hatte er nichts davon gesagt.
One day, Jonathan said to the young man who carried his weapons, “Come with me; we will go over to where the Philistia soldiers have put up their tents.” [So they went], but Jonathan did not tell his father [what they were going to do].
2 Saul saß nämlich gerade am Ende von Gibea unter dem Granatbaume bei Migron, und das Volk bei ihm war an 600 Mann.
On that day, Saul and the 600 soldiers who were with him were sitting around a pomegranate tree at a place where the people threshed grain, near Gibeah.
3 Und Achia, der Sohn Achitubs, des Bruders Ikabods, der Enkel des Pinechas, des Sohnes Elis, des Priesters des Herrn zu Silo, trug das Ephod. Das Volk aber wußte nicht, daß Jonatan fortgegangen war.
Ahijah the priest was also there. He was wearing the sacred vest. Ahijah was the son of Ahitub, who was a brother of Ichabod. Ichabod and Ahitub were the sons of Phinehas, who was the son of Eli, who had been Yahweh’s priest at Shiloh. No one knew that Jonathan had left [the Israeli camp].
4 Zwischen den Pässen, die Jonatan gegen den Philisterposten hin zu überschreiten suchte, war nun hüben und drüben eine Reihe Felszacken. Die eine hieß Boses, die andere Sene.
Jonathan planned that he and the young man would go through a narrow (pass/place between two cliffs) to get to where the Philistia army was. The cliff on one side of the pass was named Bozez, and the other cliff was named Seneh.
5 Die eine Zackenreihe steht säulengleich auf der Nordseite, Mikmas gegenüber, die andere auf der Südseite gegenüber Geba.
One cliff faced north toward Micmash, and the cliff on the other side faced south toward Geba [town].
6 Da sprach Jonatan zu dem Diener, der seine Waffen trug: "Auf! Wir wollen hinübergehen zu dem Posten dieser Unbeschnittenen. Vielleicht tut der Herr etwas für uns. Denn für den Herrn ist es kein Hindernis, durch viel oder wenig zu helfen."
Jonathan said to the young man who carried his weapons, “Come with me. We will go to where those (pagans/people who do not believe in Yahweh) [MTY] have set up their tents. Perhaps Yahweh will help us. It does not matter whether we are only two men or many people; nothing can hinder Yahweh from enabling us to defeat them.”
7 Da sprach zu ihm sein Waffenträger: "Tu, was du in deinem Herzen hast! Reck dich! Sieh, ich bin dir zur Seite nach deinem Wunsch."
The young man who was carrying Jonathan’s weapons said, “Do what you think is the best thing for us to do. I will help you.”
8 Da sprach Jonatan: "Nun gehen wir zu den Männern hinüber und zeigen uns ihnen.
Then Jonathan said, “Okay, come with me. We will cross the valley to where the Philistia army is, and allow them to see us.
9 Sprechen sie so zu uns: 'Haltet, bis wir zu euch kommen!', dann bleiben wir auf unserem Platze stehen und steigen nicht zu ihnen hinauf.
If they then say to us, ‘You two stay there until we come down to you,’ we will stay there and not go up to them.
10 Sagen sie aber: 'Kommt zu uns herauf!', dann steigen wir hinauf. Dann nämlich gibt sie der Herr in unsere Hand. Dies sei uns das Zeichen!"
But if they say to us, ‘Come up here [and fight against] us,’ that will show us that Yahweh will enable us to defeat them. Then we will go up and fight them.”
11 Beide zeigten sich also dem Philisterposten. Da sprachen die Philister: "Hier kommen Hebräer aus den Löchern, in die sie sich verkrochen haben."
When the two of them crossed the valley, the Philistia soldiers saw them coming. They said, “Look! The Hebrews are crawling out of the holes in which they have been hiding!”
12 Und die Leute des Postens riefen zu Jonatan und seinem Waffenträger und sprachen: "Kommt zu uns herauf! Wir zeigen euch etwas." Da sprach Jonatan zu seinem Waffenträger: "Steig mir nach! Der Herr gibt sie in Israels Hand."
Then the Philistia soldiers who were closest to Jonathan and the young man who carried his weapons said, “Come up here, and we will teach you something [about how to fight] [IDM]!” Jonathan said to the young man who was with him, “Come behind me and climb up, because Yahweh is going to help us to defeat them!”
13 Jonatan klomm nun auf Händen und Füßen hinauf, hinter ihm sein Waffenträger. Da fielen sie vor Jonatan, und sein Waffenträger tötete sie hinter ihm her.
So Jonathan climbed up, using his hands and his feet [because it was very steep]. The young man climbed up following him. As Jonathan climbed, he struck and killed many Philistia soldiers, and the young man who was with him killed many more as he followed behind Jonathan.
14 So traf der erste Schlag, den Jonatan und sein Waffenträger getan, ungefähr zwanzig Mann, auf einer Strecke ungefähr einen halben Morgen lang.
In that first battle the two of them killed about 20 Philistia soldiers in an area that was about half an acre.
15 Da entstand ein Schrecken im Lager und auf dem Feld und beim ganzen Volk. Auch der Posten und die Plündererschar waren erschrocken. Und die Gegend bebte, und so ward ein Gottesschrecken.
Then all the other Philistia soldiers, the ones in the camp and the ones who had been attacking the Israeli towns, ones who were out in the field much closer, panicked. Then God caused the ground to shake, and they all became terrified/very afraid.
16 Sauls Späher zu Gibea Benjamins sahen nun, daß die Menge hin und her wogte.
Saul’s (lookouts/men who were watching to see if enemies were coming) were in Gibeah [town] in the land of the tribe of Benjamin. They saw that the soldiers of the Philistia army were running away in all directions.
17 Da sprach Saul zu dem Volke bei ihm: "Haltet doch Musterung und seht nach, wer von uns fortgegangen ist!" Da hielten sie Musterung. Und Jonatan und sein Waffenträger fehlten.
Saul [realized that some of his soldiers must have attacked the Philistia army. So he] said to the soldiers who were with him, “Check to see if any of our men are not here.” So they checked, and they found out that Jonathan and the man who carried his weapons were gone.
18 Da sprach Saul zu Achia: "Bring die Gottestasche her!" Denn damals hatten die Israeliten noch die Gottestasche.
So Saul said to Ahijah [the Supreme Priest], “Bring the sacred vest here [and find out what we should do].” On that day Ahijah was wearing the sacred vest, going in front of the Israelis.
19 Solange aber Saul mit dem Priester redete, ward das Getöse in dem Philisterlager immer stärker. Da sprach Saul zum Priester: "Laß es sein!"
But while Saul was talking to the priest, [he saw that] the Philistia soldiers were becoming more panicked/confused. So Saul said to Ahijah, “Take your hand down [from the sacred vest. Do not waste any more time using the marked stones in the vest to find out what Yahweh wants us to do.”]
20 Und Saul und das ganze Volk bei ihm wurden mutig, und sie kamen auf den Kampfplatz. Da ward eines jeden Schwert gegen den anderen gerichtet. Eine schreckliche Verwirrung!
Then Saul gathered his men and they went toward the battle. They found that the Philistia soldiers were so confused that they were striking each other with their swords.
21 Hebräer aber waren seit langem bei den Philistern und mit ihnen ins Feld gezogen. Auch diese fielen ab, um sich Israel bei Saul und Jonatan anzuschließen.
Before that, some of the Hebrew men had deserted their army and gone to join with the Philistia army. But now those men [revolted and] joined with Saul and Jonathan and the other Israeli soldiers.
22 Und als alle anderen israelitischen Männer, die sich auf dem Gebirge Ephraim versteckt hielten, hörten, die Philister seien geflohen, setzten auch sie ihnen nach, sie zu bekämpfen.
Some of the Israeli soldiers had previously run away and hidden in the mountains where the tribe of Ephraim lived. But when they heard that the Philistia soldiers were running away, they [came down and] joined the other Israeli soldiers and pursued the Philistia soldiers.
23 So half der Herr an jenem Tage Israel. Der Kampf aber hatte sich über Bet Awen ausgedehnt.
So Yahweh rescued the Israelis on that day. The Israeli soldiers continued to pursue their enemies beyond Beth-Aven [town].
24 An jenem Tage aber kasteite sich Israels Mannschaft, hatte doch Saul das Volk schwören lassen: "Verflucht sei der Mann, der Speise vor dem Abend ißt, bevor ich an meinen Feinden Rache genommen!" Und so hatte das ganze Volk keine Speise gekostet.
Before Saul’s soldiers went to the battle, Saul declared to them solemnly, “I do not want any of you to eat any food before this evening, before we have defeated all our enemies. If anyone eats anything, [Yahweh] will curse/punish him.” So none of the Israeli soldiers ate any food, and they became faint/weak because they were very hungry.
25 Die ganze Schar aber war auf die Bergeshöhe gelangt. Auf der Hochebene aber gab es Honig.
The Israeli army went into the forest, and they found honeycombs on the ground, but they did not eat any honey.
26 Als das Volk auf die Höhe kam, floß dort der Honig; aber niemand führte die Hand zum Munde, weil sich das Volk vor dem Schwur fürchtete.
They were afraid to eat any, because they had solemnly promised that they would not eat any food.
27 Jonatan aber hatte nicht gehört, wie sein Vater das Volk beschworen hatte. So streckte er die Spitze des Stabes in seiner Hand aus, tauchte sie in eine Honigwabe und führte seine Hand zum Munde. Da wurden seine Augen wieder hell.
But Jonathan did not hear what his father commanded [because he had left the camp very early in the morning]. So [when he saw] a honeycomb, he dipped the end of his walking stick into it and ate some honey. After he ate the honey, he felt stronger.
28 Nun erhob ein Mann aus dem Volke seine Stimme und sprach: "Dein Vater hat das Volk schwören lassen: 'Verflucht sei der Mann, der heute etwas genießt!'" Das Volk aber war matt.
But one of the Israeli soldiers saw him and said to him, “Your father solemnly declared to us that [Yahweh] would curse/punish anyone who ate any food today. So now we are [very tired and] weak from being hungry [because we obeyed him].”
29 Da sprach Jonatan: "Mein Vater stürzt das Land ins Unglück. Seht doch, wie meine Augen leuchten, weil ich dies bißchen Honig genossen habe!
Jonathan exclaimed, “My father has caused trouble for all of us! See how refreshed/strong I am after eating a little honey!
30 Um wieviel mehr - hätte das Volk heute von seiner Feindesbeute, die es gemacht, tüchtig gegessen! Wäre dann nicht die Niederlage der Philister noch größer geworden?"
If he had permitted all of us to eat from the food we took from our enemies while we were pursuing them, we would have been able to kill many more of their soldiers!”
31 So schlugen sie an jenem Tage die Philister von Mikmas bis Ajjalon. Das Volk aber war sehr abgemattet.
The Israelis pursued and killed Philistia soldiers all that day, from Micmash [town west] to Aijalon. But they continued to become weaker from being hungry.
32 Da machte sich das Volk über die Beute her, nahm Schafe, Rinder und Kälber und wollte sie am Boden schlachten. Dabei wollte das Volk sogar das Blut genießen.
They had taken [many] sheep and cattle that the Philistia soldiers had abandoned. Now, because they were extremely hungry, they butchered some of those animals and ate the meat without draining the blood from the animals.
33 Da meldete man es Saul: "Das Volk versündigt sich gegen den Herrn, es will sogar das Blut genießen." Da sprach er: "Ihr tut Unrecht. Wälzt mir sogleich einen großen Stein her!"
One of the soldiers told Saul, “Look! The men are sinning against Yahweh by eating meat that still has blood in it!” Saul replied [to the men who were near him], “They have disobeyed Yahweh! Roll a large stone over here!”
34 Dann sprach Saul: "Zerstreut euch unter das Volk und sagt ihnen: 'Bringe jeder sein Rind und sein Schaf zu mir! Dann schlachtet es hier und esset und versündigt euch nicht gegen den Herrn, daß ihr das Blut mitgenießet!'" Da brachte das ganze Volk eigenhändig jeder sein Jungtier, noch in der gleichen Nacht, und sie schlachteten es dort.
After they did that, he said to those men, “Go and tell all the soldiers that each of them must bring an ox or a sheep to me, and kill it here on this stone, [and drain the blood] before he eats any of the meat. They should not sin against Yahweh by eating meat [from some animal] without draining its blood.” So that night all the soldiers brought animals and slaughtered them there. Then Saul built an altar to [worship] Yahweh.
35 Und Saul baute für den Herrn einen Altar. Das war der erste Altar, den er dem Herrn baute.
That was the first [time that he built an] altar for Yahweh.
36 Dann sprach Saul: "Laßt uns den Philistern nächtens nachsetzen und sie zusammenhauen bis zum Morgenlicht und keinen von ihnen übriglassen!" Da sprachen sie: "Tu, wie dir gut dünkt!" Da sprach der Priester: "Laßt uns zuerst zu Gott beten!"
Then Saul said [to the Israeli soldiers], “Let’s pursue the Philistia soldiers tonight. We can attack them all night. We will not allow any of them to escape alive.” The Israeli soldiers answered, “We will do whatever you think is the best thing for us to do.” But the priest said, “We should ask Yahweh [what he thinks we should do].”
37 Da befragte Saul Gott: "Soll ich den Philistern nachsetzen? Gibst du sie in Israels Hand?" Aber er gab ihm jenes Tages keine Antwort.
So Saul asked God, “Should we pursue the Philistine soldiers? Will you enable us to defeat them?” But God did not answer Saul that day.
38 Da sprach Saul: "Tretet her, all ihr Vorkämpfer des Volkes! Forschet und seht nach, durch wen heute diese Schuld geworden!
Then Saul summoned all the leaders of his army. He said to them, “[I am sure that God has not answered me because] someone has sinned. We must find out what sin someone has committed.
39 Denn so wahr der Herr lebt, der Israel half! Läge es selbst an meinem Sohne Jonatan, so müßte er sterben!" Aber niemand vom Volk gab ihm Bescheid.
Yahweh has rescued us [from the Philistia army]. Just as certain as Yahweh lives, whoever has sinned must be executed. Even if it is my son Jonathan who has sinned, he must be executed.” [His men knew who was guilty], but none of them said anything [to Saul].
40 Da sprach er zu ganz Israel. "Tretet auf die eine Seite, und ich mit meinem Sohn Jonatan auf die andere!" Da sprach das Volk zu Saul: "Tu, was dir gutdünkt!"
Then Saul said to all the Israeli soldiers, “You stand on one side. My son Jonathan and I will stand on the other side.” His men replied, “Do whatever you think is best.”
41 Da sprach Saul zum Herrn: "Gott Israels! Gib den richtigen Bescheid!" Da wurden Jonatan und Saul getroffen. Das Volk aber ging frei aus.
Then Saul prayed to Yahweh, the Israelis’ God, “Tell me who is guilty and who is not guilty.” Then the priest (cast lots/threw the stones that were marked), and they indicated that it was [either] Jonathan or Saul who was the guilty one, and that the other men were not guilty.
42 Da sprach Saul: "Loset zwischen mir und meinem Sohne Jonatan!" Da ward Jonatan getroffen.
Then Saul said to the priest, “Throw the stones again to indicate which of us two is guilty.” So he did, and the stones indicated that Jonathan was the guilty one.
43 Da sprach Saul zu Jonatan: "Sag mir, was du getan hast!" Jonatan gestand ihm und sprach: "Ich habe mit der Spitze des Stabes in meiner Hand ein wenig Honig gekostet. Ich bin bereit zu sterben."
Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done [that was wrong].” Jonathan replied, “I ate a little bit of honey. It was only a little bit that was on the end of my stick. Do I [deserve to be] executed [because of doing that]?”
44 Da sprach Saul: "So möge mir Gott antun dies und das! Ja, Jonatan, du mußt sterben."
Saul replied, “Yes, you must be executed! I hope/wish that God will strike me and kill me if you are not executed for having done that!”
45 Da sprach das Volk zu Saul: "Sterben soll Jonatan, der diesen großen Sieg in Israel errungen hat? Das sei ferne! So wahr der Herr lebt! Nicht ein Haar darf von seinem Haupte zu Boden fallen. Denn nächst Gott hat er diesen Tag geschaffen." So befreite das Volk Jonatan vom Tod.
But the Israeli soldiers said to Saul, “Jonathan has won a great victory for all us Israelis. Should he be executed for eating some honey [RHQ]? Certainly not! Just as surely as Yahweh lives, we will not allow you to injure him in any manner [IDM], [because] today God helped Jonathan [to kill many soldiers of the Philistia army]!” So [by saying that] the Israeli soldiers rescued Jonathan, and he was not executed.
46 Saul gab nun die Verfolgung der Philister auf. Die Philister aber waren in ihre Heimat gezogen.
Then Saul ordered his soldiers to stop pursuing the Philistia army, so the Philistia soldiers returned to their homes.
47 So errang Saul das Königtum über Israel. Er kämpfte ringsum gegen alle seine Feinde, gegen Moab, die Ammoniter, Edom, den König von Soba und gegen die Philister. Und wohin er sich wandte, brachte er Verheerung-
After Saul became the ruler/king of the Israeli people, his army fought against their enemies in many areas. They fought against armies of the Moab people-group, the Ammon people-group, the Edom people-group, the kings of Zobah [city/area], and the Philistia people-group. Wherever the Israeli army fought, they defeated their enemies.
48 Er bewies Tapferkeit, und so schlug er auch Amalek und rettete Israel aus seines Plünderers Hand.
Saul’s army fought bravely and defeated the [very tall] descendants of Amalek. His army rescued the Israelis from those who had (plundered/forcefully taken things from) them.
49 Sauls Söhne aber waren Jonatan, Iswi und Malkisua. Seine Töchter hießen die ältere Merab und die jüngere Mikal.
Saul’s sons were Jonathan, Ishbosheth, and Malchishua. He also had two daughters, Merab and her younger sister Michal.
50 Sauls Weib hieß Achinoam und war des Achimaas Tochter. Sein Heerführer hieß Abner; er war der Sohn des Ner, und dieser Sauls Oheim.
Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. The commander of Saul’s army was Abner, who was the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.
51 Sauls Vater Kis und Abners Vater Ner waren Abiels Söhne.
Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were both sons of Abiel.
52 Solange Saul lebte, tobte der Krieg gegen die Philister. Sah Saul einen tapferen kriegstüchtigen Mann, so zog er ihn an sich.
All the time that Saul was alive, his army fought against the Philistia army. And whenever Saul saw a young man who was (brave/not afraid to fight) and strong, he forced him to join his army.
