1 Da kom David til Nob, til presten Ahimelek. Ahimelek ble redd for å møte David og sa til ham: Hvorfor er du alene og har ingen med deg?

Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was full of fear at meeting David, and said to him, Why are you by yourself, having no man with you?

2 David svarte presten Ahimelek: Kongen har gitt meg et oppdrag og har sagt til meg: Ikke si noe til noen om saken jeg sender deg ut på, og de instruksene jeg har gitt deg. Et bestemt sted er fastsatt der de unge mennene skal møte meg.

And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has given me orders and has said to me, Say nothing to anyone about the business on which I am sending you and the orders I have given you: and a certain place has been fixed to which the young men are to go.

3 Hvis du har fem brød her, så gi dem til meg, eller hva du enn har.

So now, if you have here five cakes of bread, give them into my hand, or whatever you have.

4 Presten svarte David: Jeg har ikke vanlig brød her, men det er hellig brød, forutsatt at de unge mennene har holdt seg borte fra kvinner.

And the priest, answering David, said, I have no common bread here but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.

5 David svarte presten: Kvinner har sikkert blitt holdt borte fra oss; som det har blitt gjort tidligere når jeg har reist ut, har mennene gjort seg hellige, selv om det var en vanlig tur; hvor mye mer skal de ikke gjøre det i dag.

And David in answer said to the priest, Certainly women have been kept from us; and as has been done before when I have gone out the arms of the young men were made holy, even though it was a common journey; how much more today will their arms be made holy.

6 Så ga presten ham det hellige brødet, for det var ikke annet brød der enn det hellige brødet som var blitt tatt bort fra Herrens nærvær, så nytt brød kunne legges der på dagen det ble tatt bort.

So the priest gave him the holy bread: there was no other, only the holy bread which had been taken from before the Lord, so that new bread might be put in its place on the day when it was taken away.

7 En mann blant Sauls tjenere var der den dagen, holdt tilbake for Herren; han het Doeg, en edomitt, den sterkeste blant Sauls løpere.

Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, kept back before the Lord; his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the strongest of Saul's runners.

8 David spurte Ahimelek: Har du ikke et sverd eller et spyd her? For jeg kom uten mitt sverd og andre våpen, fordi kongens sak krevde hastverk.

And David said to Ahimelech, Have you no sword or spear with you here? for I have come without my sword and other arms, because the king's business had to be done quickly.

9 Presten sa: Sverdet til Goliat filisteren, som du drepte i Ela-dalen, er her, pakket inn i en klut bak efoden; ta det om du vil, for det er ingen andre sverd her. Og David sa: Det finnes ikke et sverd som dette; gi det til meg.

And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you put to death in the valley of Elah, is here folded in a cloth at the back of the ephod: take that, if you will, for there is no other sword here. And David said, there is no other sword like that; give it to me.

10 Så reiste David seg og flyktet den dagen av frykt for Saul, og dro til Akisj, kongen av Gat.

Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.

11 Akisjs tjenere sa til ham: Er ikke dette David, kongen i landet? Sa de ikke i sine danser: Saul har slått tusener, og David titusener?

And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David, the king of the land? did they not make songs about him in their dances, saying, Saul has put to death thousands, and David tens of thousands?

12 David tok disse ordene til hjerte og fryktet Akisj, kongen av Gat.

And David took these words to heart, fearing Achish, the king of Gath.

13 Han endret oppførselen sin foran dem, og lot som om han var gal, mens han dunket på dørene til byen og lot spytt renne nedover haken.

So changing his behaviour before them, he made it seem as if he was off his head, hammering on the doors of the town, and letting the water from his mouth go down his chin.

14 Da sa Akisj til sine tjenere: Se! Mannen er klart gal; hvorfor har dere latt ham komme hit til meg?

Then Achish said to his servants, Look! the man is clearly off his head; why have you let him come before me?

15 Er det ikke nok gale menn rundt meg, at dere har latt denne mannen komme hit og oppføre seg slik? Skal en slik mann komme inn i mitt hus?

Are there not enough unbalanced men about me, that you have let this person come and do such tricks before me? is such a man to come into my house?