Saul var førti år da han begynte å regjere, og han regjerte i to år over Israel.

Saul was [forty] years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,

Saul valgte seg tre tusen menn fra Israel, hvorav to tusen var med Saul i Mikmasj og ved Betelfjellet, og tusen var med Jonatan i Gibea i Benjamin. Resten av folket sendte han hjem til teltene sine.

Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the Mount of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

Jonatan slo den filistiske vaktposten som var i Geba, og filisterne hørte om det. Saul blåste i trompeten over hele landet og sa: La hebreerne høre.

Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba: and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

Hele Israel hørte at Saul hadde slått den filistiske vaktposten, og også at Filisterne avskydde Israel. Folket samlet seg hos Saul i Gilgal.

All Israel heard say that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was had in abomination with the Philistines. The people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.

Filisterne samlet seg for å kjempe mot Israel med tretti tusen vogner og seks tusen ryttere, og folket var som sanden på havstranden i mengde. De kom opp og slo leir i Mikmasj, øst for Bet Aven.

The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude: and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven.

Da Israels menn så at de var i trengsel (for folket var i nød), gjemte de seg i huler, i busker, mellom klipper, i huler og i groper.

When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.

Noen av hebreerne hadde krysset Jordan til Gad- og Gileadlandet, men Saul var ennå i Gilgal, og hele folket fulgte ham skjelvende.

Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

Han ventet i sju dager, som Samuel hadde bestemt, men Samuel kom ikke til Gilgal, og folket begynte å spre seg fra ham.

He stayed seven days, according to the set time that Samuel [had appointed]: but Samuel didn't come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

Saul sa: Bring hit brennofferet og fredsofrene til meg. Han ofret brennofferet.

Saul said, Bring here the burnt offering to me, and the peace-offerings. He offered the burnt offering.

Så snart han hadde ofret brennofferet, se, da kom Samuel. Saul gikk ut for å møte ham og velsigne ham.

It came to pass that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him.

Samuel sa: Hva har du gjort? Saul svarte: Fordi jeg så at folket spredte seg fra meg, og at du ikke kom innen de fastsatte dagene, og at filisterne samlet seg i Mikmasj,

Samuel said, What have you done? Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you didn't come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash;

så tenkte jeg: Nå kommer filisterne ned mot meg til Gilgal, og jeg har ikke formildet Herrens velvilje. Jeg tvang meg derfor og ofret brennofferet.

therefore said I, Now will the Philistines come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven't entreated the favor of Yahweh: I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering.

Samuel sa til Saul: Du har handlet uklokt. Du har ikke holdt Herrens, din Guds, bud som han befalte deg. Ellers ville Herren ha grunnfestet ditt kongedømme over Israel for alltid.

Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you: for now would Yahweh have established your kingdom on Israel forever.

Men nå skal ikke ditt kongedømme bestå. Herren har søkt seg en mann etter sitt eget hjerte og har befalt ham å være fyrste over sitt folk, fordi du ikke har holdt hva Herren befalte deg.

But now your kingdom shall not continue: Yahweh has sought him a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept that which Yahweh commanded you.

Samuel reiste seg og dro opp fra Gilgal til Gibea i Benjamin. Saul telte folket som var med ham, omkring seks hundre menn.

Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.

Saul og Jonatan, hans sønn, og folket som var med dem, holdt til i Geba i Benjamin, men filisterne slo leir i Mikmasj.

Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present with them, abode in Geba of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

Røverne dro ut av den filistiske leiren i tre flokker. Én flokk dro veien mot Ofra, til Sual-landet;

The spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah, to the land of Shual;

og en annen flokk dro veien til Bet Horon; og en tredje flokk dro veien mot grensen ned mot Zeboim-dalen mot ødemarken.

and another company turned the way to Beth Horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looks down on the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

Nå fantes det ingen smed i hele Israel, for filisterne sa: La ikke hebreerne lage seg sverd eller spyd.

Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

Derfor gikk alle israelittene ned til filisterne for å få kvesset sine plogskjær, hakker, økser og sigder.

but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, mattock, axe, and sickle;

De hadde imidlertid en fil for hakker, plogskjær, treklør og økser, og for å rette opp piggene.

yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the plowshares, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads.

Så det hendte på kampdagen at det ikke fantes verken sverd eller spyd i noen av folkets hender som var med Saul og Jonatan. Bare hos Saul og hans sønn Jonatan fantes det.

So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

En filistisk vaktpost dro til passet ved Mikmasj.

The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.