1 Samuel 25

¹ Da Samuel var død, samledes hele Israel og holdt Klage over ham; og man jordede ham i hans Hjem i Rama. Derpå brød David op og drog ned til Maons Ørken.

¹ Then Samuel died; and all Israel gathered together and mourned for him, and buried him at his house in Ramah. And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

³ Manden hed Nabal, hans Hustru Abigajil; hun var en klog og smuk Kvinde, medens Manden var hård og ond. Han var Kalebit.

³ (now the man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. And the woman was intelligent and beautiful in appearance, but the man was harsh and evil in his dealings, and he was a Calebite),

⁵ sendte han ti af sine Folk af Sted og sagde til dem: "Gå op til Karmel, og når l kommer til Nabal, så hils ham fra mig

⁵ So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, visit Nabal and greet him in my name;

⁷ Jeg har hørt, at du har Fåreklipning. Nu har dine Hyrder opholdt sig hos os; vi har ikke fornærmet dem, og de har intet mistet, i al den Tid de har været i Karmel;

⁷ Now I have heard that you have shearers; now your shepherds have been with us and we have not insulted them, nor have they missed anything all the days they were in Carmel.

⁹ Davids Folk kom hen og sagde alt dette til Nabal fra David og biede så på Svar.

⁹ When David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in David’s name; then they waited.

¹¹ Skulde jeg tage mit Brød, min Vin og mit Slagtekvæg, som jeg har slagtet til mine Fåreklippere, og give det til Mænd, jeg ikke ved, hvor er fra?"

¹¹ Shall I then take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men whose origin I do not know?”

¹³ Da sagde David til sine Folk:"Spænd alle eders Sværd ved Lænd!" Da spændte de alle deres Sværd om, også David. Og henved 400 Mand fulgte David, medens 200 blev ved Trosset.

¹³ David said to his men, “Each of you gird on his sword.” So each man girded on his sword. And David also girded on his sword, and about four hundred men went up behind David while two hundred stayed with the baggage.

¹⁵ skønt de Mænd har været meget gode mod os og ikke fornærmet os, og vi har intet mistet, i al den Tid vi færdedes sammen med dem, da vi var ude i Marken.

¹⁵ Yet the men were very good to us, and we were not insulted, nor did we miss anything as long as we went about with them, while we were in the fields.

¹⁷ Se nu til, hvad du vil gøre, thi Ulykken hænger over Hovedet på vor Herre og hele hans Hus; han selv er jo en Usling, man ikke kan tale med!"

¹⁷ Now therefore, know and consider what you should do, for evil is plotted against our master and against all his household; and he is such a worthless man that no one can speak to him.”

¹⁹ og sagde til sine Karle: "Gå i Forvejen, jeg kommer bagefter!" Men sin Mand Nabal sagde hun intet derom.

¹⁹ She said to her young men, “Go on before me; behold, I am coming after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

²¹ Men David havde sagt: "Det er slet ingen Nytte til, at jeg i Ørkenen har værnet om alt, hvad den Mand ejede, så intet deraf gik tabt; han har gengældt mig godt med ondt.

²¹ Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have guarded all that this man has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him; and he has returned me evil for good.

²³ Da Abigajil fik Øje på David, sprang hun straks af Æselet og kastede sig ned for David på sit Ansigt, bøjede sig til Jorden,

²³ When Abigail saw David, she hurried and dismounted from her donkey, and fell on her face before David and bowed herself to the ground.

²⁵ Min Herre må ikke regne med den Usling fil Nabal! Han svarer til sit Navn; Nabal hedder han, og fuld af Dårskab er han; men jeg, din Trælkvinde, så ikke min Herres Folk, som du sendte hid.

²⁵ Please do not let my lord pay attention to this worthless man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name and folly is with him; but I your maidservant did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.

²⁷ Lad nu Folkene, som følger min Herre, få denne Gave, som din Trælkvinde bringer min Herre.

²⁷ Now let this gift which your maidservant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who accompany my lord.

²⁹ Og skulde nogen rejse sig for at forfølge dig og stå dig efter Livet, måtte da min Herres Liv være bundet i de levendes Knippe hos HERREN din Gud; men dine Fjenders Liv slynge han bort med Slyngeskålen!

²⁹ Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, then the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; but the lives of your enemies He will sling out as from the hollow of a sling.

³¹ da får du ikke dette at bebrejde dig selv, og min Herre får ikke Samvittighedsnag af, at han uden Grund udgød Blod, og at min Herre tog sig selv til Rette. Og når HERREN gør vel imod min Herre, kom da din Trælkvinde i Hu!"

³¹ this will not cause grief or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord having avenged himself. When the Lord deals well with my lord, then remember your maidservant.”

³³ priset være din Klogskab, og priset være du selv, som i bag holdt mig fra at pådrage mig Blodskyld og tage mig selv til Rette!

³³ and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.

³⁵ Og David modtog af hende, hvad hun havde bragt ham, og sagde til hende: "Gå op til dit Hus i Fred! Jeg har lånt dig Øre og opfyldt dit Ønske."

³⁵ So David received from her hand what she had brought him and said to her, “Go up to your house in peace. See, I have listened to you and granted your request.”

³⁷ Men om Morgenen, da Nabals Rus var ovre, fortalte hans Hustru ham Sagen. Da lammedes Hjertet i hans Bryst, og han blev som Sten;

³⁷ But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him so that he became as a stone.

³⁹ Da David fik at vide, at Nabal var død, sagde han: "Lovet være HERREN, som har hævnet den Krænkelse, Nabal tilføjede mig, og holdt sin Tjener fra at gøre ondt; HERREN har ladet Nabals Ondskab falde tilbage på hans eget Hoved!" Derpå sendte David Bud og bejlede til Abigajil.

³⁹ When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal and has kept back His servant from evil. The Lord has also returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent a proposal to Abigail, to take her as his wife.

⁴¹ Da rejste hun sig, bøjede sig med Ansigtet mod Jorden og sagde: "Din Tjenerinde er rede til at blive min Herres Trælkvinde og tvætte hans Trælles Fødder!"

⁴¹ She arose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, “Behold, your maidservant is a maid to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”

⁴³ Desuden havde David ægtet Ahinoam fra Jizre'el. Således blev de begge to hans Hustruer.

⁴³ David had also taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both became his wives.