1 Samuels 30
1 Då no David og kararne hans kom til Siklag tridje dagen, hadde amalekitarne gjort ei herjeferd i Sudlandet og i Siklag, hadde teke Siklag og sett eld på byen.
It happened, when David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, that Amalek had made a raid on the Negev, and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire,
2 Kvendi der i byen hadde dei rana, både store små, og drege av med deim. Dei hadde ikkje drepe nokon, berre teke deim med seg, og fare sin veg.
and had taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They did not kill any, but carried them off, and went their way.
3 Då David og kararne hans kom til byen og fekk sjå at han var brend, og fekk høyre at konorne og sønerne og døtterne deira var rana og burtførde,
When David and his men came to the city, look, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.
4 då sette dei i og gret, både David og folki som var med honom. Dei gret so lenge til dei ikkje orka gråta meir.
Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
5 Dei tvo konorne åt David var og rana, Ahinoam frå Jizre’el og Abiga’il, kona åt Nabal frå Karmel, var og hertekne.
David's two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6 David kom i stor knipa; folki hans tala frampå um å steina honom, so beiskeleg innharme var dei alle i hop for tapet av sønerne og døtterne sine. Men David henta styrke hjå Herren, sin Gud.
David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in YHWH his God.
7 David baud presten Abjatar Ahimeleksson: «Kom hit med messehakelen!» Abjatar kom fram til David med messehakelen.
David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, "Please bring me here the ephod." Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
8 David spurde so Herren: «Skal eg setja etter desse ransmennerne? Kann eg nå deim att?» Han fekk til svar: «Gjer det! Nå deim kann du! Berga kann du!»
David inquired of YHWH, saying, "If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them?" He answered him, "Pursue; for you shall surely overtake them, and shall without fail recover all."
9 So lagde David i veg med dei seks hundrad kararne sine. Dei kom til bekken Besor. Der stogga dei som laut vera etter.
So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the Wadi Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.
10 David heldt fram med fire hundrad mann. Tvo hundrad mann stogga og gjekk ikkje yver Besorbekken; dei var for trøytte.
But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn't cross the Wadi Besor.
11 Dei fann ein egyptar liggjande ute på marki, og dei henta honom til David. Og då dei hadde gjeve honom mat å eta og vatn å drikka;
They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.
12 og han fekk eit stykke fikekaka og tvo rosinkakor å eta, livna han til; for han hadde ikkje smaka anten vått eller turt i tri heile døger.
They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins. When he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
13 David spurde honom: «Kven høyrer du til, og kvar er du frå?» Han svara: «Ein egyptarsvein er eg, træl hjå ein amalekit. Husbond for frå meg i fyrrdags, av di eg var sjuk.
David asked him, "To whom do you belong? Where are you from?" He said, "I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.
14 Me hadde gjort ei herjeferd i Sudlandet og den luten som høyrer til kretarane og den som høyrer til Juda og den som Kaleb åtte, og Siklag hev me brent.»
We made a raid on the Negev of the Kerethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the Negev of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire."
15 David spurde: «Vil du syna oss veg til desse ransmennerne?» Han svara: «Gjer eid ved Gud at du ikkje drep meg eller gjev meg i henderne på herren min, so skal eg syna deg vegen til ransmennerne.»
David said to him, "Will you bring me down to this troop?" He said, "Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop." And he swore to him.
16 Han synte deim veg, og dei kom yver deim med dei låg utyver marki og åt og drakk og gama seg med det store herfanget dei hadde teke i Filistarlandet og Judalandet.
When he had brought him down, look, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
17 David hogg deim ned, og heldt på frå skumingi den eine dagen til kvelden den andre dagen. Og ingi livande sjæl berga seg undan, so nær som fire hundrad unggutar, som sette seg på kamelarne og rømde.
David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day and he put them to death. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled.
18 So berga David alt det amalekitarne hadde teke. Dei tvo konorne sine berga han og.
He recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.
19 Dei sakna ingen anten liten eller stor, søner eller døtter, ikkje noko av herfanget dessmeir eller noko av alt det dei hadde rana med seg; David førde heim att alt i hop.
There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything that they had taken to them. David brought back all.
20 David tok alle krøteri, bufe og smale, og førde fyre den andre buskapen og sagde: «Dette er herfanget åt David!»
He took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, "This is David's spoil."
21 Då David kom til dei tvo hundrad mann som hadde vore for trøytte til å fylgja, og som difor stogga attmed Besorbekken, gjekk dei til møtes med David og fylgjesveinarne hans. Og David gjekk burtåt folki og helsa deim.
David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom he also had made to stay at the Wadi Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him. And when David came near to the people, he greeted them.
22 Alle illmenni og uvyrderne millom fylgjesveinarne åt David tok til ords og sagde: «Etter di desse ikkje fylgde oss, fær dei ingen ting av det herfanget me berga. Einast kona og borni kann kvar taka med seg heim.»
Then every wicked and worthless one of the men who had gone with David answered, and they said, "Because they did not go with us, we will not give them anything of the spoil that we have recovered, except to each man his wife and his children. And let them take them, and depart."
23 Men David svara: «Far ikkje soleis, brørne mine, med det som Herren gav oss! Han hev verna oss, og let oss vinna yver ransmennerne som kom yver oss.
Then David said, "You shall not do so after what YHWH has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered into our hand the raiding party that came against us.
24 Kven vil lyda dykk i dette? Dei som fer i striden, og dei som er att og vaktar tyet, skal hava jamstor lut! Luterne skal skiftast likt!».
So who will listen to you in this matter? For they are not inferior to you. For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so will his share be who remains with the supplies; they will share alike."
25 Soleis stod det ved lag frå den dagen og alle dagar. Han gjorde det til lov og rett i Israel som gjeld den dag i dag.
It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
26 Då so David kom til Siklag, sende han noko av herfanget til dei øvste i Juda, til venerne sine, med dei ordi: «Her er ei gåva åt dykk av herfanget frå Herrens uvener!» -
When David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah and to his friends, saying, "Look, a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of YHWH."
27 Til dei øvste i Betel, i Ramot i Sudlandet og i Jattir,
He sent it to those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramath Negev, and to those who were in Jattir,
28 i Aroer, i Sifmot, i Estemoa,
and to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa,
29 i Rakal og i jerahme’elit-byarne og kenitarbyarne,
and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenizzites.
30 i Horma, i Bor-Asan, i Atak,
and to those who were in Hormah, and to those who were in Bor Ashan, and to those who were in Athach,
31 i Hebron, og alle dei staderne der David hadde ferdast med kararne sine.
and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay.
