Текст и перевод песни Stein Ingebrigtsen - Soldatens Kortstokk

Soldatens Kortstokk

Under en stor Nato øvelse i Nord-Norge var en tropp soldater ute på en lang patrulje
Sent lørdag kveld kom de slitne tilbake til leiren.

Neste dag var det søndag
Daghavende offiser, en sersjant, samlet de av soldatene som ville gå i kirken.
Etter at presten hadde lest velsignelsen holdt han sin preken.
De soldatene som hadde bønnebøker tok dem fram,
Men en soldat, en ung mening tok i stedet fram en kortstokk som han la ut foran seg.

Daghavende offiser så kortene og sa: "Soldat, få vekk det der"
Og etter at gudstjenesten var over, ble soldaten arrestert og brakt inn for leirkommandanten.

Kommandanten spurte: "Nå, sersjant, hvorfor har du brakt denne soldaten hit?"
"Fordi han har spilt kort i kirken, kaptein"

"Hva har du å si til ditt forsvar, gutt?"
"En hel del, kaptein" svarte soldaten.
"Ja, det håper jeg, hvis ikke skal jeg straffe deg hardere enn noen annen noen gang er blitt straffet"!

Soldaten sa: "Kaptein, jeg har vært på marsj i 6 dager og har verken bibel eller bønnebok,
Men jeg håper du etter hvert vil forstå sannheten i min handling"
Og med det begynte gutten sin forklaring:
"Når jeg ser esset, kaptein, så vet jeg det finnes bare en Gud -
En toer forteller meg at bibelen er delt i to deler - det gamle og det nye testamentet.

Når jeg ser en treer, tenker jeg på Faderen, Sønnen og den hellige Ånd; mens en firer minner meg om de 4 evangelistene, de var, Matteus, Markus, Lukas og Johannes.

Og når jeg ser nummer fem, tenker jeg på de fem bueganger rundt Batisda, der den lamme mannen ble helbredet.

Og jeg tenker på de fem byggbrød og to fisker Jesus brukte for å mette fem tusen ved Tiberiasjøen.

En sekser forteller meg at på 6 dager skapte Gud himmel og jord.
Og en syver forteller at på den syvende dag hvilte Gud fra sin store gjerning.

Når jeg ser en åtter, tenker jeg på det antall personer Gud reddet
Da han lot vannet flomme over jorden, Det var Noa, hans kone og deres sønner og koner.

En nier minner meg om de spedalske som Jesus renset. Ni av de ti glemte til og med og takke ham.
Tieren står for de ti bud som Herren ga Moses på to steintavler i ørkenen.

Kongen forteller meg at det finnes kun en konge i himmelen, Gud, den allmektige.

Når jeg ser Dronningen, ser jeg den hellige Jomfru Maria, Himmelens dronning og i knekten ser jeg Satan.

Når jeg sumerer verdiene på alle mine kort, kommer jeg til trehundreogsekstifem, antall dager i et år. Det er femtito kort, som uker i et år.

Det er fire farger, antall uker i en måned.
Det er tolv bildekort, slik det er måneder i et år.
Jeg kan tretten triks, antall uker i et kvartal.

Så jeg håper du forstår, kaptein. Min kortstokk er for meg min Bibel,
Min Almanakk og min Bønnebok.

Det ble ingen straff og saken ble henlagt.

Og folkens: historien er sann, jeg vet det, jeg var den soldaten.

The Soldier's Deck of Cards

During a large NATO exercise in Northern Norway, a troop of soldiers were out on a long patrol.
Late Saturday night, they returned to camp exhausted.

The next day was Sunday.
The officer on duty, a sergeant, gathered those soldiers who wanted to attend church.
After the priest had read the blessing, he delivered his sermon.
Those soldiers who had prayer books took them out,
But one soldier, a young private, instead took out a deck of cards and laid it out in front of him.

The officer on duty saw the cards and said, "Soldier, put that away!"
And after the service was over, the soldier was arrested and brought before the camp commander.

The commander asked, "Now, sergeant, why have you brought this soldier here?"
"Because he was playing cards in church, Captain."

"What do you have to say for yourself, son?"
"Quite a bit, Captain," the soldier replied.
"Well, I hope so, because if not, I will punish you more severely than anyone has ever been punished!"

The soldier said, "Captain, I have been on the march for 6 days and have neither a Bible nor a prayer book,
But I hope you will eventually understand the truth of my actions."
And with that, the young man began his explanation:
"When I see the Ace, Captain, I know there is only one God -
A Deuce tells me that the Bible is divided into two parts - the Old and the New Testament.

When I see a Three, I think of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; while a Four reminds me of the 4 Evangelists, they were, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

And when I see the number Five, I think of the five porches around Bethesda, where the lame man was healed.

And I think of the five loaves of bread and two fish Jesus used to feed five thousand by the Sea of Tiberias.

A Six tells me that in 6 days God created heaven and earth.
And a Seven tells me that on the seventh day God rested from his great work.

When I see an Eight, I think of the number of people God saved
When He caused the water to flood the earth, It was Noah, his wife, and their sons and wives.

A Nine reminds me of the lepers Jesus cleansed. Nine out of ten even forgot to thank him.
The Ten stands for the Ten Commandments that the Lord gave Moses on two stone tablets in the wilderness.

The King tells me that there is only one King in Heaven, God, the Almighty.

When I see the Queen, I see the Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Heaven, and in the Jack, I see Satan.

When I add up the values of all my cards, I come to three hundred and sixty-five, the number of days in a year. There are fifty-two cards, as weeks in a year.

There are four suits, the number of weeks in a month.
There are twelve face cards, as there are months in a year.
I can make thirteen tricks, the number of weeks in a quarter.

So I hope you understand, Captain, my deck of cards is my Bible,
My Almanac and my Prayer Book.

There was no punishment and the case was dismissed.

And folks: the story is true, I know, I was that soldier.