¹Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh Gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.”

¹Siden efter drog Ammoniten Nahasj op og belejrede Jabesj i Gilead. Da sagde alle Mændene i Jabesj til Nahasj: "Slut Pagt med os, så vil vi underkaste os!"

²Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach on all Israel.”

²Men Ammoniten Nahasj svarede: "Ja, på det Vilkår vil jeg slutte Pagt med eder, at jeg må stikke det højre Øje ud på enhver af eder til Forsmædelse for hele Israel!"

³The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven day, that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you.”

³Da sagde de Ældste i Jabesj til ham: "Giv os syv Dages Frist, så vi kan sende Bud rundt i hele Israels Land; hvis så ingen kommer os til Hjælp, vil vi overgive os til dig!"

⁴Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

⁴Da Sendebudene kom til Sauls Gibea og forebragte Folket Sagen, brast hele Folket i Gråd.

⁵Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, “What ails the people that they weep?” They told him the words of the men of Jabesh.

⁵Og se, Saul kom netop hjem med sine Okser fra Marken, og han spurgte: "Hvad er der i Vejen med Folket, siden det græder?" De fortalte ham da, hvad Mændene fra Jabesj havde sagt;

⁶The Spirit of God came mightily on Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly.

⁶og da Saul hørte det, overvældede Guds Ånd ham, og hans Vrede blussede heftigt op.

⁷He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, “Whoever doesn’t come forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen.” The dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out as one man.

⁷Så tog han et Spand Okser og sønderhuggede dem, sendte Folk ud med Stykkerne i hele Israels Land og lod sige: "Hvis nogen ikke følger Saul og Samuel, skal der handles således med hans Okser!" Da faldt en HERRENs Rædsel over Folket, så de alle som een drog ud.

⁸He numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

⁸Og han mønstrede dem i Bezek, og der var 300000 Israeliter og 30000 Judæere.

⁹They said to the messengers who came, “Thus you shall tell the men of Jabesh Gilead, ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have deliverance.’” The messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

⁹Derpå sagde han til Sendebudene, som var kommet: "Således skal I sige til Mændene i Jabesj i Gilead: I Morgen, når Solen begynder at brænde, skal I få Hjælp!" Da Sendebudene kom og meddelte Mændene i Jabesj det, blev de glade.

¹⁰Therefore the men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you shall do with us all that seems good to you.”

¹⁰Og Mændene i Jabesj sagde: "I Morgen vil vi overgive os til eder, så kan I gøre med os, hvad I finder for godt!"

¹¹It was so on the next day, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it happened, that those who remained were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

¹¹Dagen efter delte Saul Hæren i tre Afdelinger, og de trængte ind i Lejren ved Morgenvagten og huggede ned blandt Ammoniterne, til det blev hedt; og de, som undslap, splittedes til alle Sider, så ikke to og to blev sammen.

¹²The people said to Samuel, “Who is he who said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ Bring those men, that we may put them to death!”

¹²Da sagde Folket til Samuel: "Hvem var det, som sagde: Skal Saul være Konge over os? Bring os de Mænd, at vi kan slå dem ihjel!"

¹³Saul said, “There shall not a man be put to death this day; for today Yahweh has worked deliverance in Israel.”

¹³Men Saul sagde: "I Dag skal ingen slås ihjel; thi i Dag har HERREN givet Israel Sejr!"

¹⁴Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.”

¹⁴Da sagde Samuel til Folket: "Kom, lad os gå til Gilgal og gentage Kongevalget der!"

¹⁵All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

¹⁵Så gik hele Folket til Gilgal og gjorde Saul til Konge for HERRENs Åsyn der i Gilgal, og de bragte Takofre der for Herrens Åsyn. Og Saul og alle Israels Mænd var højlig glade.