1 Samuels 12

1 Samuel sagde til heile Israel: «Sjå, eg hev lydt dykk i alt de hev kravt av meg. Eg hev sett ein konge yver dykk.

And Samuel said to all Israel, You see that I have given ear to everything you said to me, and have made a king over you.

2 No heretter vil kongen verta styraren dykkar. Eg er gamall og grå, og sønerne mine er hjå dykk. Frå ungdomsåri til i dag hev eg vore styraren dykkar.

And now, see, the king is before you: and I am old and grey-headed, and my sons are with you: I have been living before your eyes from my early days till now.

3 Sjå her stend eg! Vitna no mot meg, so Herren og den han salva høyrer på: Hev eg teke ein ukse frå nokon? eller hev eg teke eit asen frå nokon? hev eg trælka nokon? eller trakka på nokon? hev eg teke mutor av nokon, so eg skulde sjå gjenom fingrarne med honom? So vil eg gjeva dykk vederlag.»

Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.

4 Dei svara: «Ikkje hev du trælka oss, og ikkje trakka på oss, og ingen ting hev du teke frå nokon mann.»

And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man.

5 Då sagde han til deim: «So er Herren vitne mot dykk, og den han salva er vitne i dag, at de ingen ting hev funne å krevja hjå meg.» Dei svara ja.

Then he said, The Lord is witness against you, and the man on whom he has put the holy oil is witness this day that you have seen no wrong in me. And they said, He is witness.

6 Samuel sagde til folket: «Herren er vitne, han som vekte upp Moses og Aron, og som førde federne dykkar upp frå Egyptarland.

And Samuel said to the people, The Lord is witness, who gave authority to Moses and Aaron, and who took your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

7 Stig no fram! so vil eg gjera upp med dykk framfor Herren for alle Guds vise verk, som han hev gjort mot dykk og mot federne dykkar.

Keep your places now, while I take up the argument with you before the Lord, and give you the story of the righteousness of the Lord, which he has made clear by his acts to you and to your fathers.

8 Då Jakob var komen til Egyptarland, ropa federne dykkar til Herren. Og Herren sende Moses og Aron og førde federne dykkar ut or Egyptarland og gav deim bustad her i landet.

When Jacob and his sons had come into Egypt, and were crushed by the Egyptians, the prayers of your fathers came up to the Lord, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who took your fathers out of Egypt, and he put them into this place.

9 Men dei gløymde Herren, sin Gud, og han gav deim i henderne på Sisera, herhovdingen i Hasor, og i henderne på filistarane og på Moab-kongen; og dei gjekk i strid mot deim.

But they were false to the Lord their God, and he gave them up into the hands of Sisera, captain of the army of Jabin, king of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the king of Moab, who made war against them.

10 So ropa dei til Herren og sagde: «Me hev synda; for me hev svike Herren og tent Ba’als-bilæti og Astarte-bilæti; men frels oss no frå fiendarne våre, so vil me tena deg.»

Then crying out to the Lord, they said, We have done evil, because we have been turned away from the Lord, worshipping the Baals and the Astartes: but now, make us safe from those who are against us and we will be your servants.

11 So sende Herren Jerubba’al og Bedan og Jefta og Samuel, og frelste dykk frå fiendarne dykkar på alle kantar, so de fekk bu trygt.

So the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak and Jephthah and Samuel and took you out of the power of those who were fighting against you on every side, and made you safe.

12 Men då de såg Nahas, ammonitarkongen, kom yver dykk, so sagde de til meg: «Nei, ein konge vil me hava til styrar yver oss» - endå Herren, dykkar Gud, var kongen dykkar.

And when you saw that Nahash, the king of the Ammonites, was coming against you, you said to me, No more of this; we will have a king for our ruler: when the Lord your God was your king.

13 Og no - her stend kongen som de hev kåra, den det hev kravt. Herren hev sett ein konge yver dykk.

Here, then, is the king marked out by you: the Lord has put a king over you.

14 Berre de no vil bera age for Herren og tena honom og lyda honom, og ikkje setja dykk upp mot Herrens bod, men fylgja Herren, dykkar Gud, både de og kongen som hev vorte styraren dykkar!

If in the fear of the Lord you are his servants, hearing his voice and not going against the orders of the Lord, but being true to the Lord your God, you and the king ruling over you, then all will be well:

15 Lyder de ikkje Herren, men set de dykk upp mot Herrens bod, då vil Herrens hand vera imot dykk liksom mot federne dykkar.

But if you do not give ear to the voice of the Lord, but go against his orders, then the hand of the Lord will be against you and against your king for your destruction, as it was against your fathers.

16 Stig no fram og skoda dette store underet som Herren vil gjera beint framfor augo dykkar!

Now keep where you are and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes.

17 No er det tidi for kveiteskurden, veit det. Men eg vil ropa til Herren, at han sender tora og regn. Soleis skal de skyna og sjå kor stor ei synd det er i Herrens augo, det de gjorde då de kravde ein konge.»

Is it not now the time of the grain cutting? My cry will go up to the Lord and he will send thunder and rain: so that you may see and be conscious of your great sin which you have done in the eyes of the Lord in desiring a king for yourselves.

18 Samuel ropa til Herren. Og Herren sende torever og regn den dagen. Då fekk heile folket stor age for Herren og for Samuel.

So Samuel made prayer to the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people were in fear of the Lord and of Samuel.

19 Og heile folket sagde til Samuel: «Bed til Herren for tenarane dine, so me ikkje skal døy, for di me hev auka synderne våre med den misgjerningi at me kravde ein konge!»

And all the people said to Samuel, Make prayer for us to the Lord your God so that death may not overtake us: for in addition to all our sins we have done this evil, in desiring a king.

20 Samuel sagde til folket: «Ver ikkje rædde! Visst hev de gjort alt dette vonde. Men fall berre ikkje frå Herren no! men ten Herren av all dykkar hug!

Then Samuel said to the people, Have no fear: truly you have done evil, but do not be turned away from the Lord; be his servants with all your heart;

21 Fall ikkje frå! for då kjem de til å fara etter tome avgudar, som ingen gagnar og ingen fagnar; tome er dei.

And do not go from the right way turning to those false gods in which there is no profit and no salvation, for they are false.

22 Herren skal taka folket sitt til nåde, for sitt store namn skuld, etter di det tektest Herren å gjera dykk til sitt folk.

For the Lord will not give his people up, because of the honour of his name; for it was the Lord's pleasure to make of you a people for himself.

23 Og eg for meg: aldri i verdi vil eg synda mot Herren med å slutta å beda for dykk. Nei, eg vil læra dykk den gode og rette vegen.

And as for me, never will I go against the orders of the Lord by giving up my prayers for you: but I will go on teaching you the good and right way.

24 Berre de vil bera age for Herren og ten honom truleg av all dykkar hug! For sjå kor store ting han hev gjort for dykk!

Only go in the fear of the Lord, and be his true servants with all your heart, keeping in mind what great things he has done for you.

25 Men gjer de det som vondt er, so er det ute både med dykk og kongen dykkar.»

But if you still do evil, destruction will overtake you and your king.