1 Samuels 10
1 So tok Samuel oljeflaska og slo olje på hovudet hans, kysste honom og sagde: «No hev Herren salva deg til fyrste yver arvluten sin.
Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on his head and gave him a kiss and said, Is not the Lord with the holy oil making you ruler over Israel, his people? and you will have authority over the people of the Lord, and you will make them safe from the hands of their attackers round about them, and this will be the sign for you:
2 Når du gjeng frå meg, kjem du til å møta tvo menner attmed Rakel-gravi, ved landskilet mot Benjamin ved Selsah. Dei skal segja med deg: «Asnorne du leita etter, er attfunne; far din kjem difor ikkje i hug asnorne meir; men han er illhuga for dykk og segjer: «Kva skal eg gjera for son min?»»
When you have gone away from me today, you will see two men by the resting-place of Rachel's body, in the land of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The asses which you went in search of have come back, and now your father, caring no longer for the asses, is troubled about you, saying, What am I to do about my son?
3 Når du heldt fram derifrå og kjem til Taboreiki, vil du der møta tri menner som er på veg upp til Gud i Betel; ein med tri kid, ein med tri brødleivar og ein med ei vinhit.
Then you are to go on from there, and when you come to the oak-tree of Tabor, you will see three men going up to God to Beth-el, one having with him three young goats and another three cakes of bread and another a skin full of wine:
4 Dei helsar deg heil og sæl og gjev deg tvo brød, og du skal taka imot det dei gjev deg.
They will say, Peace be with you, and will give you two cakes of bread, which you are to take from them.
5 Deretter kjem du til Guds Gibea, der som filistarvakti held seg. Og når du kjem inn der i byen, råkar du på ein profetflokk som kjem ned frå offerhaugen i profetisk eldhug med harpa, trumma, fløyta og cither.
After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed: and when you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them; and they will be acting like prophets:
6 Og Herrens ande skal koma yver deg, so du og kjem i profetisk uppgløding liksom dei. Og du skal verta ein annan mann.
And the spirit of the Lord will come on you with power, and you will be acting like a prophet with them, and will be changed into another man.
7 Når du ser desse jarteigner ovra seg, so må du gjera det som fyre fell; for Gud er med deg.
And when these signs come to you, see that you take the chance which is offered you; for God is with you.
8 So må du ganga ned fyre meg til Gilgal; og der skal eg koma ned til deg og ofra brennoffer og takkoffer. Sju dagar skal du drygja, til dess eg kjem og segjer deg kva du skal gjera.»
Then you are to go down before me to Gilgal, where I will come to you, for the offering of burned offerings and peace-offerings: go on waiting there for seven days till I come to you and make clear to you what you have to do.
9 Då han no vende seg og gjekk frå Samuel; let Gud honom få ein annan hug. Og alle desse jartegnerne kom, same dagen.
And it came about, that when he went away from Samuel, God gave him a changed heart: and all those signs took place that day.
10 Då dei kom til Gibea, møtte han ein profetflokk, og Guds ande kom yver honom, so han kom i profetisk eldhug midt imillom deim.
And when they came to Gibeah, a band of prophets came face to face with him; and the spirit of God came on him with power and he took his place among them as a prophet.
11 Då no alle som kjende honom frå fyrr, fekk sjå honom i profetisk eldhug liksom profetarne, sagde dei seg imillom: «Kva er det som kjem åt son til Kis? Er Saul og millom profetarne?»
Now when Saul's old friends saw him among the band of prophets, the people said to one another, What has come to Saul, the son of Kish? Is even Saul among the prophets?
12 Ein mann der i grendi svara: «Kven er då deira far?» Av dette kom det ordtaket: «Er Saul og millom profetarne?»
And one of the people of that place said in answer, And who is their father? So it became a common saying, Is even Saul among the prophets?
13 Då eldhugen seig av honom, gjekk han upp på offerhaugen.
Then going away from the prophets, he came to the house.
14 Då spurde farbror åt Saul honom og drengen hans: «Kvar hev de vore?» Han svara: «På leit etter asnorne. Då me såg dei ingen stad var å finna, kom me til Samuel.»
And Saul's father's brother said to him and his servant, Where have you been? And he said, Searching for the asses: and when we saw no sign of them, we came to Samuel.
15 Farbroren sagde: «Fortel meg kva Samuel sagde med dykk!»
Then he said, And what did Samuel say to you?
16 Saul svara: «Han sagde med oss at asnorne var attfunne.» Men det Samuel hadde sagt um kongedømet, nemnde han ikkje med honom.
And Saul, answering him, said, He gave us word that the asses had come back. But he said nothing to him of Samuel's words about the kingdom.
17 Samuel stemnde folket saman til Herren i Mispa.
Then Samuel sent for the people to come together before the Lord at Mizpah;
18 Og han sagde til Israels-borni: «So segjer Herren, Israels Gud: «Eg hev ført Israel upp frå Egyptarland, eg frelste dykk frå egyptarmagti og frå alle dei kongeriki som trengde dykk.
And he said to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, I took Israel out of Egypt, and made you free from the hands of the Egyptians and from all the kingdoms which kept you down:
19 Men no hev de vanda dykkar Gud, som frelste dykk ut or alle ulukkor og trengslor, og det segjer til honom: «Set ein konge yver oss!» So stig då fram for Herren etter dykkar ættar og ættgreiner.»»
But today you are turned away from your God, who himself has been your saviour from all your troubles and sorrows; and you have said to him, Put a king over us. So now, take your places before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.
20 So let Samuel alle Israels ætter stiga fram. Luten fall på Benjamins-ætti.
So Samuel made all the tribes of Israel come near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
21 Då so Benjamins-ætti gjekk fram etter ættgreinerne sine, fall luten på Matri-greini; so fall han på Saul, Kis-sonen. Men då dei leita etter honom, var han ikkje å finna.
Then he made the tribe of Benjamin come near by families, and the family of the Matrites was taken: and from them, Saul, the son of Kish, was taken: but when they went in search of him he was nowhere to be seen.
22 Dei spurde då Herren ei venda til: «Er det endå ein mann her?» Herren svara: «Han hev løynt seg millom ferdagodset.»
So they put another question to the Lord, Is the man present here? And the answer of the Lord was, He is keeping himself from view among the goods.
23 Dei sprang dit og henta honom. Og då han steig fram millom folket, var han hovudet høgre enn alle dei hine.
So they went quickly and made him come out; and when he took his place among the people, he was taller by a head than any of the people.
24 Samuel sagde til folket: «Her ser de den som Herren hev valt ut; det finst ingen maken hans i heile folket.» Då sette heile folket i med fagnadrop: «Live kongen!»
And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see the man of the Lord's selection, how there is no other like him among all the people? And all the people with loud cries said, Long life to the king!
25 Samuel kunngjorde folket kongelovi, og rita henne i ei bok, som han lagde ned framfor Herren. So let Samuel heile folket fara heim att.
Then Samuel gave the people the laws of the kingdom, writing them in a book which he put in a safe place before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
26 Saul gjekk ogso heim til Gibea. Og med honom fylgde ein flokk djerve karar, som var gripne i hjarta av Gud.
And Saul went to Gibeah, to his house; and with him went the men of war whose hearts had been touched by God.
27 Men nokre illmenne sagde: «Kva hjelp kann denne mannen gjeva oss?» Dei vanvyrde honom og bar ingi hyllingsgåva til honom. Men han læst som han inkje gådde.
But certain good-for-nothing persons said, How is this man to be our saviour? And having no respect for him, they gave him no offering.
