¹It happened, when David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the South, and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire,

¹Da David og hans Mænd Tredjedagen efter kom til Ziklag, var Amalekiterne faldet ind i Sydlandet og Ziklag, og de havde indtaget Ziklag og stukket det i Brand;

²and had taken captive the women and all who were therein, both small and great. They didn’t kill any, but carried them off, and went their way.

²Kvinderne og alle, som var der, små og store, havde de taget til Fange; de havde ingen dræbt, men ført dem med sig, da de drog bort.

³When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive.

³Da David og hans Mænd kom til Byen, se, da var den nedbrændt og deres Hustruer, Sønner og Døtre taget til Fange.

⁴Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

⁴Da brast David og hans Krigere i lydelig Gråd, og de græd, til de ikke kunde mere.

⁵David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

⁵Også Davids to Hustruer Ahinoam fra Jizre'el og Abigajil, Karmeliten Nabals Hustru, var taget til Fange.

⁶David 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 Yahweh his God.

⁶Og David kom i stor Vånde, thi Folkene tænkte på at stene ham, da de alle græmmede sig over deres Sønner eller Døtre. Men David søgte Styrke hos HERREN sin Gud;

⁷David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring me here the ephod.” Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

⁷og David sagde til Præsten Ebjatar, Ahimeleks Søn: "Bring mig Efoden hid!" Og Ebjatar bragte David den.

⁸David inquired of Yahweh, 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.”

⁸Da rådspurgte David HERREN: "Skal jeg sætte efter denne Røverskare? Kan jeg indhente den?" Han svarede: "Sæt efter den; thi du skal indhente den og bringe Redning!"

⁹So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.

⁹Så drog David af Sted med de 600 Mand, som var hos ham, og de kom til Besorbækken, hvor de, som skulde lades tilbage, blev stående;

¹⁰But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn’t go over the brook Besor.

¹⁰men David begyndte Forfølgelsen med 400 Mand, medens 200 Mand, som var for udmattede til at gå over Besorbækken, blev tilbage.

¹¹They 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.

¹¹Og de fandt en Ægypter liggende på Marken; ham tog de med til David og gav ham Brød at spise og Vand at drikke;

¹²They 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.

¹²desuden gav de ham en Figenkage og to Rosinkager. Da han havde spist, kom han til Kræfter; - thi han havde hverken spist eller drukket i hele tre Døgn.

¹³David 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.

¹³David spurgte ham da: "Hvem tilhører du, og hvor er du fra?" Han svarede: "Jeg er en ung Ægypter, Træl hos en Amalekit; min Herre efterlod mig her, da jeg for tre Dage siden blev syg.

¹⁴We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.”

¹⁴Vi gjorde Indfald i det kretiske Sydland, i Judas Område og i Kalebs Sydland, og Ziklag stak vi i Brand."

¹⁵David 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.”

¹⁵Da sagde David til ham: "Vil du vise mig Vej til denne Røverskare?" Han svarede: "Tilsværg mig ved Gud, at du hverken vil dræbe mig eller udlevere mig til min Herre, så vil jeg vise dig Vej til den!"

¹⁶When he had brought him down, behold, 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.

¹⁶Så viste han dem Vej, og de traf dem spredte rundt om i hele Egnen i Færd med at spise og drikke og holde Fest på hele det store Bytte, de havde taget fra Filisterlandet og Judas Land.

¹⁷David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled.

¹⁷David huggede dem da ned fra Dæmring til Aften; og ingen af dem undslap undtagen 400 unge Mænd, som svang sig på Kamelerne og flygtede.

¹⁸David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

¹⁸Og David reddede alt, hvad Amalekiterne havde røvet, også sine to Hustruer.

¹⁹There 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.

¹⁹Og der savnedes intet, hverken småt eller stort, hverken Byttet eller Sønnerne og Døtrene eller noget af, hvad de havde taget med; det hele bragte David tilbage.

²⁰David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s spoil.”

²⁰Da tog de alt Småkvæget og Hornkvæget og drev det hen for David og sagde: "Her er Davids Bytte!"

²¹David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to stay at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him. When David came near to the people, he greeted them.

²¹Da David kom til de 200 Mand, som havde været for udmattede til at følge ham, og som han havde ladet blive ved Besorbækken, gik de David og hans Folk i Møde, og David gik hen til Folkene og hilste på dem.

²²Then all the wicked men and base fellows, of those who went with David, answered and said, “Because they didn’t go with us, we will not give them anything of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away, and depart.”

²²Men alle ildesindede Niddinger blandt dem, som havde fulgt David, tog til Orde og sagde: "De fulgte os ikke, derfor vil vi intet give dem af Byttet, vi har reddet; kun deres Hustruer og Børn må de tage med hjem!"

²³Then David said, “You shall not do so, my brothers, with that which Yahweh has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.

²³David sagde: "Således må I ikke gøre, nu da HERREN har været gavmild imod os og skærmet os og givet Røverskaren, som overfaldt os, i vor Hånd.

²⁴Who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who tarries by the baggage: they shall share alike.”

²⁴Hvem er der vel, som vil følge eder i det? Nej, den, der drog i Kampen, og den, der blev ved Trosset, skal have lige Del, de skal dele med hinanden!"

²⁵It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

²⁵Og derved blev det både den Dag og siden; han gjorde det til Lov og Ret i Israel, som det er den Dag i bag.

²⁶When David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, “Behold, a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of Yahweh.”

²⁶Da David kom til Ziklag, sendte han noget af Byttet til de Ældste i Juda, som var hans Venner, med det Bud: "Her er en Gave til eder af Byttet, der er taget fra HERRENs Fjender!"

²⁷He sent it to those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramoth of the South, and to those who were in Jattir,

²⁷Det var til dem i Betel, i Ramot i Sydlandet, i Jattir,

²⁸and to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa,

²⁸dem i Ar'ara, i Sifmot, i Esjtemoa,

²⁹and 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 Kenites,

²⁹i Karmel, i Jerame'eliternes Byer, i Keniternes Byer,

³⁰and to those who were in Hormah, and to those who were in Borashan, and to those who were in Athach,

³⁰i Horma, i Bor-Asjan, i Atak,

³¹and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay.

³¹i Hebron, og ligeledes til alle de andre Steder, hvor David havde færdedes med sine Mænd.