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| [1]Forsothe Dauid fledde fro Naioth, which is in Ramatha, and cam and spak bifor Jonathas, What haue Y do? what is my wickidnesse, and what is my synne ayens thi fadir, for he sekith my lijf? |
[1]And DavidH1732 fledH1272[H8799] from NaiothH5121 in RamahH7414, and cameH935[H8799] and saidH559[H8799] beforeH6440 JonathanH3083, What have I doneH6213[H8804]? what is mine iniquityH5771? and what is my sinH2403 beforeH6440 thy fatherH1, that he seekethH1245[H8764] my lifeH5315? |
| [2]And Jonathas seide to hym, Fer be it fro thee, thou schalt not die, for my fadir schal not do ony thing greet ether litil, `no but he schewe firste to me; therfor my fadir kepte preuy fro me this word oneli, forsothe it schal not be. |
[2]And he saidH559[H8799] unto him, God forbidH2486; thou shalt not dieH4191[H8799]: behold, my fatherH1 will doH6213[H8799][H8675][H6213][H8804] nothingH1697 either greatH1419 or smallH6996, but that he will shewH1540[H8799][H241] it me: and why should my fatherH1 hideH5641[H8686] this thing from me? it is not soH1697. |
| [3]And eft he swoor to Dauid. And Dauid seide, Treuli thi fadir woot, that Y haue founde grace `in thin iyen, and he schal seie, Jonathas wite not this, lest perauenture he be sory; certis the Lord lyueth, `and thi soule lyueth, for, that Y seie so, Y and deeth ben departid oneli bi o degree. |
[3]And DavidH1732 swareH7650[H8735] moreover, and saidH559[H8799], Thy fatherH1 certainlyH3045[H8800] knowethH3045[H8804] that I have foundH4672[H8804] graceH2580 in thine eyesH5869; and he saithH559[H8799], Let not JonathanH3083 knowH3045[H8799] this, lest he be grievedH6087[H8735]: but trulyH199 as the LORDH3068 livethH2416, and as thy soulH5315 livethH2416, there is but a stepH6587 between me and deathH4194. |
| [4]And Jonathas seide to Dauid, What euer thing thi soule schal seie to me, Y schal do to thee. |
[4]Then saidH559[H8799] JonathanH3083 unto DavidH1732, Whatsoever thy soulH5315 desirethH559[H8799], I will even doH6213 it for theeH8799. |
| [5]And Dauid seide to Jonathas, Lo! calendis ben to morewe, and bi custom Y am wont to sitte bi the kyng to ete; therfor suffre thou me, `that Y be hid in the feeld `til to euentid of the thridde dai. |
[5]And DavidH1732 saidH559[H8799] unto JonathanH3083, Behold, to morrowH4279 is the new moonH2320, and I should not failH3427[H8800] to sitH3427[H8799] with the kingH4428 at meatH398[H8800]: but let me goH7971[H8765], that I may hideH5641[H8738] myself in the fieldH7704 unto the thirdH7992 day at evenH6153. |
| [6]If thi fadir biholdith, and axith me, thou schalt answere to hym, Dauid preiede me, that he schulde go swiftli into Bethleem, his citee, for solempne sacrifices ben there to alle the men of his lynage. |
[6]If thy fatherH1 at allH6485[H8800] missH6485[H8799] me, then sayH559[H8804], DavidH1732 earnestlyH7592[H8736] askedH7592[H8738] leave of me that he might runH7323[H8800] to BethlehemH1035 his cityH5892: for there is a yearlyH3117 sacrificeH2077 there for all the familyH4940. |
| [7]If he seith, Wel, pees schal be to thi seruaunt; forsothe if he is wrooth, wite thou, that his malice is fillid. |
[7]If he sayH559[H8799] thus, It is wellH2896; thy servantH5650 shall have peaceH7965: but if he be veryH2734[H8800] wrothH2734[H8799], then be sureH3045[H8798] that evilH7451 is determinedH3615 by himH8804. |
| [8]Therfor do thou mercy in to thi seruaunt, for thou madist me thi seruaunt to make with thee the boond of pees of the Lord; sotheli if ony wickidnesse is in me, sle thou me, and brynge thou not in me to thi fadir. |
[8]Therefore thou shalt dealH6213[H8804] kindlyH2617 with thy servantH5650; for thou hast broughtH935[H8689] thy servantH5650 into a covenantH1285 of the LORDH3068 with thee: notwithstanding, if there beH3426 in me iniquityH5771, slayH4191[H8685] me thyself; for why shouldest thou bringH935[H8686] me to thy fatherH1? |
| [9]And Jonathas seide, Fer be this fro me, for it mai not be doon, that Y telle not to thee, if Y knowe certeynli, that the malice of my fadir is fillid ayens thee. |
[9]And JonathanH3083 saidH559[H8799], Far be it from theeH2486: for if I knewH3045[H8799] certainlyH3045[H8800] that evilH7451 were determinedH3615[H8804] by my fatherH1 to comeH935[H8800] upon thee, then would not I tellH5046 it theeH8686? |
| [10]And Dauid answeride to Jonathas, Who schal telle to me, if in caas thi fadir answerith harde ony thing of me? |
[10]Then saidH559[H8799] DavidH1732 to JonathanH3083, Who shall tellH5046[H8686] me? or what if thy fatherH1 answerH6030[H8799] thee roughlyH7186? |
| [11]And Jonathas seide to Dauid, Come thou, and go we forth in to the feeld. And whanne bothe hadden go in to the feeld, |
[11]And JonathanH3083 saidH559[H8799] unto DavidH1732, ComeH3212[H8798], and let us go outH3318[H8799] into the fieldH7704. And they went outH3318[H8799] bothH8147 of them into the fieldH7704. |
| [12]Jonathas seide to Dauid, Lord God of Israel, if Y enquere the sentence of my fadir to morewe, ether in the nexte dai aftir, and ony `thing of good is of Dauid, and Y sende not anoon to thee, |
[12]And JonathanH3083 saidH559[H8799] unto DavidH1732, O LORDH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, when I have soundedH2713[H8799] my fatherH1 about to morrowH4279 any timeH6256, or the thirdH7992 day, and, behold, if there be goodH2895[H8804] toward DavidH1732, and I then sendH7971[H8799] not unto thee, and shewH1540[H8804] it theeH241; |
| [13]and make knowun to thee, God do these thingis to Jonathas, and `adde these thingis. Forsothe if the malice of my fadir contynueth ayens thee, Y schal schewe to thin eere, and Y schal delyuere thee, that thou go in pees; and the Lord be with thee, as he was with my fadir. |
[13]The LORDH3068 doH6213[H8799] soH3541 and much moreH3254[H8686] to JonathanH3083: but if it pleaseH3190[H8686] my fatherH1 to do thee evilH7451, then I will shewH1540[H8804][H241] it thee, and send thee awayH7971[H8765], that thou mayest goH1980[H8804] in peaceH7965: and the LORDH3068 be with thee, as he hath been with my fatherH1. |
| [14]And if Y lyue, do thou the mercies of the Lord to me; |
[14]And thou shalt not only while yetH518 I liveH2416 shewH6213[H8799] me the kindnessH2617 of the LORDH3068, that I dieH4191 notH8799: |
| [15]forsothe if Y am deed, `thou schalt not take awei thi mercy fro myn hows `til in to with outen ende; `and yif Y do it not, whanne the Lord schal drawe out bi the roote the enemyes of Dauid, ech man fro the lond, take he awei Jonathas fro his hows, and seke the Lord of the hond of the enemyes of Dauid. |
[15]But also thou shalt not cut offH3772[H8686] thy kindnessH2617 from my houseH1004 forH5704 everH5769: no, not when the LORDH3068 hath cut offH3772[H8687] the enemiesH341[H8802] of DavidH1732 every oneH376 from the faceH6440 of the earthH127. |
| [16]Therfor Jonathas made boond of pees with the hows of Dauid, and the Lord souyte of the hond of enemyes of Dauid. |
[16]So JonathanH3083 madeH3772[H8799] a covenant with the houseH1004 of DavidH1732, saying, Let the LORDH3068 even requireH1245[H8765] it at the handH3027 of David'sH1732 enemiesH341.[H8802] |
| [17]And Jonathas addide to swere stedfastli to Dauid, for he louyde Dauid; for he louyde so Dauid, as his owne soule. |
[17]And JonathanH3083 caused DavidH1732 to swearH7650[H8687] againH3254[H8686], because he lovedH160 him: for he lovedH157[H8804] him as he lovedH160 his own soulH5315. |
| [18]And Jonathas seide to hym, `Calendis ben to morewe, and thou schalt be souyt; |
[18]Then JonathanH3083 saidH559[H8799] to DavidH1732, To morrowH4279 is the new moonH2320: and thou shalt be missedH6485[H8738], because thy seatH4186 will be emptyH6485.[H8735] |
| [19]for thi sittyng schal be souyt til after to morewe. Therfor thou schalt go doun hastili, and thou schalt come in to the place, where thou schalt be hid in the day, whanne it is leueful to worche; and thou schalt sitte bisidis the stoon, `to which the name is Ezel. |
[19]And when thou hast stayed three daysH8027[H8765], then thou shalt go downH3381[H8799] quicklyH3966, and comeH935[H8804] to the placeH4725 where thou didst hideH5641[H8738] thyself whenH3117 the businessH4639 was in hand, and shalt remainH3427[H8804] byH681 the stoneH68 EzelH237. |
| [20]And Y schal sende thre arowis bisidis that stoon, and Y schal caste as `excercisynge ether pleiynge me at a signe. |
[20]And I will shootH3384[H8686] threeH7969 arrowsH2671 on the sideH6654 thereof, as though I shotH7971[H8763] at a markH4307. |
| [21]Y schal sende also and my child, and Y schal seie to hym, Go thou, and brynge to me the arewis. |
[21]And, behold, I will sendH7971[H8799] a ladH5288, saying, GoH3212[H8798], find outH4672[H8798] the arrowsH2671. If I expresslyH559[H8800] sayH559[H8799] unto the ladH5288, Behold, the arrowsH2671 are on this side of thee, takeH3947[H8798] them; then comeH935[H8798] thou: for there is peaceH7965 to thee, and no hurtH1697; as the LORDH3068 livethH2416. |
| [22]If Y seie to the child, Lo! the arewis ben `with ynne thee, take thou tho; come thou to me, for pees is to thee, and no thing is of yuel, the Lord lyueth. Sotheli if Y speke thus to the child, Lo! the arowis ben biyende thee; go thou in pees, for the Lord deliuerede thee. |
[22]But if I sayH559[H8799] thus unto the young manH5958, Behold, the arrowsH2671 are beyondH1973 thee; go thy wayH3212[H8798]: for the LORDH3068 hath sent thee awayH7971.[H8765] |
| [23]Forsothe of the word, which thou and Y han spoke, the Lord be bitwixe me and thee til in to with outen ende. |
[23]And as touching the matterH1697 which thou and I have spokenH1696[H8765] of, behold, the LORDH3068 be between thee and me forH5704 everH5769. |
| [24]Therfor Dauid was hid in the feeld; and the `calendis camen, and the kyng sat to ete breed. |
[24]So DavidH1732 hidH5641[H8735] himself in the fieldH7704: and when the new moonH2320 was come, the kingH4428 sat him downH3427[H8799] to eatH398[H8800] meatH3899. |
| [25]And whanne the kyng hadde seete on his chaier bi custom, `which chaier was bisidis the wal, Jonathas roos, and sat `aftir Abner, and Abner sat at the side of Saul, and the place of Dauid apperide voide. |
[25]And the kingH4428 satH3427[H8799] upon his seatH4186, as at other timesH6471, even upon a seatH4186 by the wallH7023: and JonathanH3083 aroseH6965[H8799], and AbnerH74 satH3427[H8799] by Saul'sH7586 sideH6654, and David'sH1732 placeH4725 was emptyH6485.[H8735] |
| [26]And Saul spak not ony thing in that dai; for he thouyte, that `in hap it bifelde to hym, that he was not clene `nether purified. |
[26]Nevertheless SaulH7586 spakeH1696[H8765] not any thingH3972 that dayH3117: for he thoughtH559[H8804], Something hath befallenH4745 him, he is notH1115 cleanH2889; surely he is not cleanH2889. |
| [27]And whanne the secounde dai aftir the calendis hadde schyned, eft the place of Dauid apperide voide. And Saul seide to Jonathas his sone, Whi cometh not the sone of Isai, nether yisterdai, nether to dai to ete? |
[27]And it came to pass on the morrowH4283, which was the secondH8145 day of the monthH2320, that David'sH1732 placeH4725 was emptyH6485[H8735]: and SaulH7586 saidH559[H8799] unto JonathanH3083 his sonH1121, Wherefore comethH935[H8804] not the sonH1121 of JesseH3448 to meatH3899, neither yesterdayH8543, nor to dayH3117? |
| [28]And Jonathas answeride to Saul, He preiede me mekeli, that he schulde go in to Bethleem; |
[28]And JonathanH3083 answeredH6030[H8799] SaulH7586, DavidH1732 earnestlyH7592[H8736] askedH7592[H8738] leave of meH5978 to go to BethlehemH1035: |
| [29]and he seide, Suffre thou me, for solempne sacrifice is in my citee; oon of my britheren clepide me; now therfor if Y foond grace `in thin iyen, Y schal go soone, and `Y schal se my britheren; for this cause he cometh not to the `table of the kyng. |
[29]And he saidH559[H8799], Let me goH7971[H8761], I pray thee; for our familyH4940 hath a sacrificeH2077 in the cityH5892; and my brotherH251, he hath commandedH6680[H8765] me to be there: and now, if I have foundH4672[H8804] favourH2580 in thine eyesH5869, let me get awayH4422[H8735], I pray thee, and seeH7200[H8799] my brethrenH251. Therefore he comethH935[H8804] not unto the king'sH4428 tableH7979. |
| [30]Forsothe Saul was wrooth ayens Jonathas, and seide to hym, Thou sone of a womman `rauyschynge at her owne wille a man, whether Y woot not, that thou louest the sone of Ysay in to thi confusioun, and in to the confusioun of thi schendful modir? |
[30]Then Saul'sH7586 angerH639 was kindledH2734[H8799] against JonathanH3083, and he saidH559[H8799] unto him, Thou sonH1121 of the perverseH5753[H8737] rebelliousH4780 woman, do not I knowH3045[H8804] that thou hast chosenH977[H8802] the sonH1121 of JesseH3448 to thine own confusionH1322, and unto the confusionH1322 of thy mother'sH517 nakednessH6172? |
| [31]For in alle the daies in whiche the sone of Isai lyueth on erthe, thou schalt not be stablischid, nether thi rewme; therfor `riyt now sende thou, and brynge hym to me, for he is the sone of deeth. |
[31]For as long asH3117 the sonH1121 of JesseH3448 livethH2425[H8804] upon the groundH127, thou shalt not be establishedH3559[H8735], nor thy kingdomH4438. Wherefore now sendH7971[H8798] and fetchH3947[H8798] him unto me, for he shall surely dieH1121.[H4194] |
| [32]Sotheli Jonathas answeride to Saul his fadir, and seide, Whi schal he die? what hath he do? |
[32]And JonathanH3083 answeredH6030[H8799] SaulH7586 his fatherH1, and saidH559[H8799] unto him, Wherefore shall he be slainH4191[H8714]? what hath he doneH6213?[H8804] |
| [33]And Saul took the spere, that he schulde smyte hym, and Jonathas vndirstood, that it was determynd of his fadir, that Dauid schulde be slayn. |
[33]And SaulH7586 castH2904[H8686] a javelinH2595 at him to smiteH5221[H8687] him: whereby JonathanH3083 knewH3045[H8799] that it was determinedH3617 of his fatherH1 to slayH4191[H8687] DavidH1732. |
| [34]Therfor Jonathas roos fro the table in `the ire of woodnesse, and he ete not breed in the secounde dai of calendis; for he was sori on Dauid, for his fadir hadde schent him. |
[34]So JonathanH3083 aroseH6965[H8799] from the tableH7979 in fierceH2750 angerH639, and did eatH398[H8804] no meatH3899 the secondH8145 dayH3117 of the monthH2320: for he was grievedH6087[H8738] for DavidH1732, because his fatherH1 had done him shameH3637.[H8689] |
| [35]And whanne the morewtid `hadde schyned, Jonathas cam in to the feeld, and a litil child with hym, bi the couenaunt of Dauid. |
[35]And it came to pass in the morningH1242, that JonathanH3083 went outH3318[H8799] into the fieldH7704 at the time appointedH4150 with DavidH1732, and a littleH6996 lad with himH5288. |
| [36]And Jonathas seide to his child, Go thou, and brynge to me the arowis whiche Y caste. And whanne the child hadde runne, he castide another arowe biyende the child. |
[36]And he saidH559[H8799] unto his ladH5288, RunH7323[H8798], find outH4672[H8798] now the arrowsH2671 which I shootH3384[H8688]. And as the ladH5288 ranH7323[H8801], he shotH3384[H8804] an arrowH2678 beyondH5674 himH8687. |
| [37]Therfor the child cam to the place of the arowe which Jonathas hadde sent; and Jonathas criede bihynde the `bak of the child, and seide, Lo! the arowe is not there, certis it is biyende thee. |
[37]And when the ladH5288 was comeH935[H8799] to the placeH4725 of the arrowH2678 which JonathanH3083 had shotH3384[H8804], JonathanH3083 criedH7121[H8799] afterH310 the ladH5288, and saidH559[H8799], Is not the arrowH2678 beyond theeH1973? |
| [38]And Jonathas criede eft bihynde the bak of the child, `and seide, Haste thou swiftli, stonde thou not. Therfor the child gaderide the arowis of Jonathas, and brouyte to his lord, |
[38]And JonathanH3083 criedH7121[H8799] afterH310 the ladH5288, Make speedH4120, hasteH2363[H8798], stayH5975[H8799] not. And Jonathan'sH3083 ladH5288 gathered upH3950[H8762] the arrowsH2671[H8675][H2678], and cameH935[H8799] to his masterH113. |
| [39]and outerli he wiste not what was doon; for oonli Jonathas and Dauid knewen the thing. |
[39]But the ladH5288 knewH3045[H8804] not any thingH3972: only JonathanH3083 and DavidH1732 knewH3045[H8804] the matterH1697. |
| [40]Therfor Jonathas yaf hise armeris to the child, and seide to hym, Go thou, bere in to the citee. |
[40]And JonathanH3083 gaveH5414[H8799] his artilleryH3627 unto his ladH5288, and saidH559[H8799] unto him, GoH3212[H8798], carryH935[H8685] them to the cityH5892. |
| [41]And whanne the child hadde go, Dauid roos fro the place that `yede to the south; and he felde low `in to the erthe, and worschipide the thridde tyme, and thei kissiden hem silf to gidere, and `wepten to gidere; forsothe Dauid wepte more. |
[41]And as soon as the ladH5288 was goneH935[H8802], DavidH1732 aroseH6965[H8804] out of a place towardH681 the southH5045, and fellH5307[H8799] on his faceH639 to the groundH776, and bowedH7812[H8691] himself threeH7969 timesH6471: and they kissedH5401[H8799] oneH376 anotherH7453, and weptH1058[H8799] oneH376 with anotherH7453, until DavidH1732 exceededH1431.[H8689] |
| [42]Therfor Jonathas seide to Dauid, Go thou in pees; what euer thingis we bothe han swoore in the `name of the Lord, `and seiden, `The Lord be bitwixe me and thee, and bitwixe my seed and thi seed til in to with outen ende, `be stidfast. And Dauid roos, and yede, but also Jonathas entride in to the citee. |
[42]And JonathanH3083 saidH559[H8799] to DavidH1732, GoH3212[H8798] in peaceH7965, forasmuch as we have swornH7650[H8738] bothH8147 of us in the nameH8034 of the LORDH3068, sayingH559[H8800], The LORDH3068 be between me and thee, and between my seedH2233 and thy seedH2233 forH5704 everH5769. And he aroseH6965[H8799] and departedH3212[H8799]: and JonathanH3083 wentH935[H8802] into the cityH5892. |