1 Samuels 25

1 Samuel døydde. Heile Israel kom i hop og gret yver honom. Dei gravlagde honom heime i Rama. David braut upp og drog ned til øydemarki Paran.

And death came to Samuel; and all Israel came together, weeping for him, and put his body in its resting-place in his house at Ramah. Then David went down to the waste land of Maon.

2 I Maon var det ein mann som hadde buskapen sin på Karmel. Den mannen var ovleg rik; han åtte tri tusund sauer og tusund geiter. Han heldt på nett då å klyppa sauerne sine på Karmel.

Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; he was a great man and had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats: and he was cutting the wool of his sheep in Carmel.

3 Nabal heitte mannen, og kona hans heitte Abiga’il. Kona hans var både vitug og væn; men mannen var hardlyndt og vondlyndt. Han var av Kalebs-ætti.

Now this man was named Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail: she was a woman of good sense and pleasing looks: but the man was cruel and evil in his ways; he was of the family of Caleb.

4 Då no David høyrde gjete i øydemarki at Nabal heldt på å klyppa sauerne,

And David had word in the waste land that Nabal was cutting the wool of his sheep.

5 sende han ti av sveinar med den ordsendingi: «Far upp til Karmel! Gakk til Nabal og helsa honom frå meg:

And David sent ten young men, and said to them, Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and say kind words to him in my name;

6 «Heil og sæl!» skal det segja, «og fred med deg sjølv! fred med ditt hus! og fred med alt det du eig!

And say this to my brother, May all be well for you: peace be to you and your house and all you have.

7 Eg hev spurt at du held på med saueklypping. No er det so at hyrdingarne dine hev halde seg i vårt grannelag, og me hev ikkje gjenge deim for nær, og dei hev ikkje sakna noko slag heile den tidi dei hev vore på Karmel.

I have had word that you have wool-cutters: now the keepers of your sheep have been with us, and we have done them no evil, and taken nothing of theirs while they were in Carmel.

8 Spør tenarane dine, so vil dei sjølve segja deg det. Syn no godvilje mot sveinarne mine! Du veit me hev kome hit i ei god stund. Gjev tenarane dine og David, son din, det du hev for handi!»»

If your young men are questioned they will say the same thing. So now, let my young men have grace in your eyes, for we are come at a good time; please give anything you may have by you to your servants and to your son David.

9 Då sveinarne åt David kom dit, tala dei til Nabal i Davids namn og sagde som han hadde bode deim; og so tagde deim og gav tol.

And when David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal, in David's name, and said nothing more.

10 Nabal svara tenarane åt David: «Kven er David? Kven er Isaisonen? No um dagen stryk det so mange tenarar frå husbondsfolki sine.

And Nabal gave them his answer and said, Who is David? who is the son of Jesse? there are a number of servants in these days running away from their masters.

11 Skulde eg taka min mat og min drykk og slagt, som eg hev etla åt saueklypparane mine, og gjeva åt folk som eg ikkje veit kvar dei høyrer heime?»

Am I to take my bread and my wine and the meat I have got ready for my wool-cutters and give it to men coming from I have no idea where?

12 Sveinarne åt David vende då um og gjekk sin veg. Då dei kom attende, melde dei honom alt dette.

So David's young men, turning away, went back and gave him an account of everything he had said.

13 Då baud David: «Alle mann spenner sverdet um seg!» Og alle so gjorde. David sjølv spente og sverdet um seg. Um lag fire hundrad mann fylgde David upp; dei hine tvo hundrad mann heldt seg attmed tyet.

And David said to his men, Put on your swords, every one of you. And every man put on his sword; and David did the same; and about four hundred men went up with David, and two hundred kept watch over their goods.

14 Men ein av drengjerne hadde meldt det til Abiga’il, kona hans Nabal: «David sende bod hit frå øydemarki og helsa husbond; men han hylja deim yver.

But one of the young men said to Nabal's wife Abigail, David sent men from the waste land to say kind words to our master, and he gave them a rough answer.

15 Men desse kararne hev gjort oss mykje gagn. Ikkje hev dei gjenge oss for nær, og aldri hev me sakna noko heile den tidi me ferdast i lag med deim der ute på marki.

But these men have been very good to us; they did us no wrong and nothing of ours was touched while we were with them in the fields:

16 Dei var ein mur ikring oss natt og dag, heile tidi me heldt oss i deira grannelag og gjætte småfeet.

But day and night they were like a wall round us while we were with them, looking after the sheep.

17 Tenk difor yver, og finn på eitkvart! for det heng ei ulukka yver husbond og heile huset hans; han er slik ei uvyrda, at ingen vågar tala til honom.»

So now, give thought to what you are going to do; for evil is in store for our master and all his house: for he is such a good-for-nothing person that it is not possible to say anything to him.

18 Då skunda Abiga’il seg og tok tvo hundrad brød, tvo vinhitar, fem tillaga sauer, ti settungar steikte aks, hundrad rosinkakor og tvo hundrad fikekakor, og klyvja på asni.

Then Abigail quickly took two hundred cakes of bread and two skins full of wine and five sheep ready for cooking and five measures of dry grain and a hundred parcels of dry grapes and two hundred cakes of figs, and put them on asses.

19 Og ho sagde til drengjerne: «Far i fyrevegen! Sjå eg kjem etter.» Men med Nabal, mannen sin, gat ho det ikkje.

And she said to her young men, Go on in front of me and I will come after you. But she said nothing to her husband Nabal.

20 Då ho reid på asnet sitt og kom ned i livd av fjellet, fekk ho sjå David og kararne hans koma ned frå hi sida, so ho måtte møta deim.

Now while she was going down under cover of the mountain on her ass, David and his men came down against her, and suddenly she came face to face with them.

21 David hadde sagt: «Til fåfengs hev eg verna um alt det den mannen åtte i øydemarki, so ingen ting vanta av all eigedomen hans. Og han gjev meg vondt i vederlag for godt.

Now David had said, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so that there was no loss of anything which was his? he has only given me back evil for good.

22 So sant Gud må lata uvenerne åt David bøta no og sidan - av alle deim som høyrer honom til, let ikkje eit einaste karmannsemne liva til dagsprett i morgon.»

May God's punishment be on David, if when morning comes there is so much as one male of his people still living.

23 Då no Abiga’il fekk sjå David, steig ho straks ned frå asnet, fall å gruve for David og bøygde seg mot jordi.

And when Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her ass, falling down on her face before him.

24 Ho fall ned for føterne hans og sagde: «Mi er skuldi, herre! Men lat terna di få tala med deg! og høyr på ordi åt terna di!

And falling at his feet she said, May the wrong be on me, my lord, on me: let your servant say a word to you, and give ear to the words of your servant.

25 Ikkje må du bry deg um Nabal, den uvyrda. Det namnet hans tyder, det er han; dåre heiter han, og dårskap hyser han. Men eg, terna di, eg hev ikkje set dei sveinarne du sende, herre!

Let my lord give no attention to Nabal, that good-for-nothing: for as his name is, so is he, a man without sense: but I, your servant, did not see the young men whom my lord sent.

26 Og no, herre! so sant som Herren liver, og so sant du sjølv liver, og Herren hev meinka deg frå blodskuld og sjølvtekt - gjev det må ganga med uvenerne dine og alle som lurer på å gjera deg mein, like eins som det gjeng med Nabal!

So now, my lord, by the living God and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept you from the crime of blood and from taking into your hands the punishment for your wrongs, may all your haters, and those who would do evil to my lord, be like Nabal.

27 Lat no desse gåvor, som terna di hev ført med til deg, verta utskifte millom dei sveinarne som fylgjer deg!

And let this offering, which your servant gives to my lord, be given to the young men who are with my lord.

28 Herre, tilgjev terna di det ho hev synda! Herren skal visseleg byggja upp åt deg, herre, eit hus som vert standande. For du herre, fører striden for Herren. Inkje vondt hev dei funne hjå deg heile ditt liv.

And may the sin of your servant have forgiveness: for the Lord will certainly make your family strong, because my lord is fighting in the Lord's war; and no evil will be seen in you all your days.

29 Ris det upp nokon og forfylgjer deg og vil taka livet av deg, gjev so ditt liv, herre, må vera bunde i bundelen av dei livande hjå Herren, din Gud! Men livet åt uvenerne dine skal han leggja i slyngja, og slengja burt.

And though a man has taken up arms against you, putting your life in danger, still the soul of my lord will be kept safe among the band of the living with the Lord your God; and the souls of those who are against you he will send violently away from him, like stones from a bag.

30 Når Herren gjer med deg, herre, alt det gode han hev lova deg, og set deg til fyrste yver Israel,

And when the Lord has done for my lord all those good things which he has said he will do for you, and has made you a ruler over Israel;

31 so skal ikkje dette verta til støytestein eller til samvitsagg for deg, herre, at du hev rent ut skuldlaust blod, og at du, herre, hev teke deg sjølv til rettes. Men når Herren gjer godt med deg, herre, so kom i hug terna di!»

Then you will have no cause for grief, and my lord's heart will not be troubled because you have taken life without cause and have yourself given punishment for your wrongs: and when the Lord has been good to you, then give a thought to your servant.

32 Då svara David Abiga’il: «Lova vere Herren, Israels Gud, som i dag hev sendt deg til møtes med meg!

And David said to Abigail, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me today:

33 Velsigna vere vitet ditt! og velsigna vere du sjølv, som i dag meinkar meg i blodskuld og sjølvtekt.

A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.

34 Men so sant Herren, Israels Gud, liver, han som hev halde meg frå å gjera deg noko mein - hadde du ikkje straks møtt meg, so vilde ikkje karmannsemne vore att i huset hans Nabal ved solarkoma i morgon.»

For truly, by the living Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept me from doing you evil, if you had not been so quick in coming to me and meeting me, by dawn there would not have been in Nabal's house so much as one male living.

35 David tok då imot av henne det ho førde med seg til honom. Og han sagde med henne: «Far heim att i fred! Sjå, eg hev lydt dine ord og gjort som du bad.»

Then David took from her hands her offering: and he said to her, Go back to your house in peace; see, I have given ear to your voice, and taken your offering with respect.

36 Då no Abiga’il kom heim til Nabal, heldt han nett gilde heime. Det var som eit kongsgilde. Og Nabal var lystig og fjåg, og han var ovdrukken. Difor gat ho ikkje det minste med honom, fyrr um morgonen ved dagsprett.

And Abigail went back to Nabal; and he was feasting in his house like a king; and Nabal's heart was full of joy, for he had taken much wine; so she said nothing to him till dawn came.

37 Men morgonen etter, då Nabal hadde sove ut ruset, fortalde kona hans det som var hendt. Då lamdest hjarta hans i bringa, og han vart som ein stein.

And in the morning, when the effect of the wine was gone, Nabal's wife gave him an account of all these things, and all the heart went out of him, and he became like stone.

38 Kring ti dagar etter slo Herren Nabal, og han døydde.

And about ten days after, the Lord sent disease on Nabal and death came to him.

39 Då David spurde at Nabal var dåen, sagde han: «Lova vere Herren som hev hemnt på Nabal den svivyrding han synte meg, og som meinka tenaren sin frå å gjera vondt, med di Herren let vondskapen hjå Nabal koma att på hans eige hovud!» David sende bod og bela til Abiga’il og vilde hava henne til kona.

And David, hearing that Nabal was dead, said, May the Lord be praised, who has taken up my cause against Nabal for the shame which he put on me, and has kept back his servant from evil, and has sent on Nabal's head the reward of his evil-doing. And David sent word to Abigail, desiring to take her as his wife.

40 Då tenarane åt David kom til Abiga’il på Karmel, bar dei fram målemnet sitt: «David hev sendt oss for å bela til deg for honom.»

And when David's servants came to Carmel, to Abigail, they said to her, David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.

41 Då reis ho upp og å fall å gruve til jordi og sagde: «Sjå, terna di er viljug til å vera ei trælkvinna som tvær føterne åt tenarane til herren min.»

And she got up, and going down on her face to the earth, said, See, I am ready to be a servant-girl, washing the feet of the servants of my lord.

42 So skunda Abiga’il seg, reis upp og sette seg på asnet; like eins dei fem ternorne hennar som var fylgjet hennar. So fylgde ho med sendemennerne til David. Og ho vart kona hans.

Then Abigail got up quickly and went on her ass, with five of her young women, after the men whom David had sent; and she became David's wife.

43 David hadde dessutan teke til kona Ahinoam frå Jizre’el, so båe desse tvo vart konorne hans.

And David had taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, to be his wife; these two were his wives.

44 Men Saul hadde gjeve Mikal, dotter si, kona hans David, åt Palti La’isson frå Gallim.

Now Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish of Gallim.