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| [1]And David fleeth from Naioth in Ramah, and cometh, and saith before Jonathan, `What have I done? what [is] mine iniquity? and what my sin before thy father, that he is seeking my life?' |
[1]And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? What is mine iniquity? And what sin have I committed before thy father, that he seeketh my life? |
| [2]And he saith to him, `Far be it! thou dost not die; lo, my father doth not do anything great or small and doth not uncover mine ear; and wherefore doth my father hide from me this thing? this [thing] is not.' |
[2]And he said unto him, God forbid, thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing great nor small, but he will show it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? He will not do it. |
| [3]And David sweareth again, and saith, `Thy father hath certainly known that I have found grace in thine eyes, and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved; and yet, Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, but -- as a step between me and death.' |
[3]And David swear again and said, Thy father knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes: therefore he thinketh, Jonathan shall not know it, lest he be sorry: but indeed, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. |
| [4]And Jonathan saith to David, `What doth thy soul say? -- and I do it for thee.' |
[4]Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul requireth, that I will do unto thee. |
| [5]And David saith unto Jonathan, `Lo, the new moon [is] to-morrow; and I do certainly sit with the king to eat; and thou hast sent me away, and I have been hidden in a field till the third evening; |
[5]And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the first day of the month, and I should sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the fields unto the third day at even. |
| [6]if thy father at all look after me, and thou hast said, David asked earnestly of me to run to Beth-Lehem his city, for a sacrifice of the days [is] there for all the family. |
[6]If thy father make mention of me, then say, David asked leave of me, that he might go to Beth-lehem to his own city: for there is a yearly sacrifice for all that family. |
| [7]If thus he say: Good; peace [is] for thy servant; and if it be very displeasing to him -- know that the evil hath been determined by him; |
[7]And if he say thus, It is well, thy servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, be sure that wickedness is concluded of him. |
| [8]and thou hast done kindness, to thy servant, for into a covenant of Jehovah thou hast brought thy servant with thee; -- and if there is in me iniquity, put thou me to death; and unto thy father, why is this -- thou dost bring me in?' |
[8]So shalt thou show mercy unto thy servant: for thou hast joined thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee, and if there be in me iniquity, slay thou me: for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father? |
| [9]And Jonathan saith, `Far be it from thee! for I certainly do not know that the evil hath been determined by my father to come upon thee, and I do not declare it to thee.' |
[9]And Jonathan answered, God keep that from thee: for if I knew that wickedness were concluded of my father to come upon thee, would not I tell it thee? |
| [10]And David saith unto Jonathan, `Who doth declare to me? or what [if] thy father doth answer thee sharply?' |
[10]Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? How shall I know, if thy father answer thee cruelly? |
| [11]And Jonathan saith unto David, `Come, and we go out into the field;' and they go out both of them into the field. |
[11]And Jonathan said to David, Come and let us go out into the field: and they twain went out into the field. |
| [12]And Jonathan saith unto David, `Jehovah, God of Israel -- when I search my father, about [this] time to-morrow [or] the third [day], and lo, good [is] towards David, and I do not then send unto thee, and have uncovered thine ear -- |
[12]Then Jonathan said to David, O Lord God of Israel, when I have groped my father's mind tomorrow at this time, or within this three days, and if it be well with David, and I then send not unto thee, and show it thee, |
| [13]thus doth Jehovah do to Jonathan, and thus doth He add; when the evil concerning thee is good to my father, then I have uncovered thine ear, and sent thee away, and thou hast gone in peace, and Jehovah is with thee, as he was with my father; |
[13]The Lord do so and much more unto Jonathan: but if my father have mind to do thee evil, I will show thee also, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the Lord be with thee as he hath been with my father. |
| [14]and not only while I am alive dost thou do with me the kindness of Jehovah, and I die not, |
[14]Likewise I require not whiles I live: for I doubt not but thou wilt show me the mercy of the Lord, that I die not. |
| [15]but thou dost not cut off thy kindness from my house unto the age, nor in Jehovah's cutting off the enemies of David, each one from off the face of the ground.' |
[15]But I require that thou cut not off thy mercy from mine house forever: no, not when the Lord hath destroyed the enemies of David, every one from the earth. |
| [16]And Jonathan covenanteth with the house of David, and Jehovah hath sought [it] from the hand of the enemies of David; |
[16]So Jonathan made a bond with the house of David , saying, Let the Lord require it at the hands of David's enemies. |
| [17]and Jonathan addeth to cause David to swear, because he loveth him, for with the love of his own soul he hath loved him. |
[17]And again Jonathan swear unto David, because he loved him (for he loved him as his own soul) |
| [18]And Jonathan saith to him, `To-morrow [is] new moon, and thou hast been looked after, for thy seat is looked after; |
[18]Then said Jonathan to him, Tomorrow is the first day of the month: and thou shalt be looked for, for thy place shall be empty. |
| [19]and on the third day thou dost certainly come down, and hast come in unto the place where thou wast hidden in the day of the work, and hast remained near the stone Ezel. |
[19]Therefore thou shalt hide thyself three days, then thou shalt go down quickly and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself, when this matter was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel. |
| [20]`And I shoot three of the arrows at the side, sending out for myself at a mark; |
[20]And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. |
| [21]and lo, I send the youth: Go, find the arrows. If I at all say to the youth, Lo, the arrows [are] on this side of thee -- take them, -- then come thou, for peace [is] for thee, and there is nothing; Jehovah liveth. |
[21]And after I will send a boy, saying, Go, seek the arrows. If I say unto the boy, See, the arrows are on this side thee, bring them, and come thou: for it is well with thee and no hurt, as the Lord liveth. |
| [22]And if thus I say to the young man, Lo, the arrows [are] beyond thee, -- go, for Jehovah hath sent thee away; |
[22]But if I say thus unto the boy, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee, go thy way: for the Lord hath sent thee away. |
| [23]as to the thing which we have spoken, I and thou, lo, Jehovah [is] between me and thee -- unto the age.' |
[23]As touching the thing which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the Lord be between thee and me forever. |
| [24]And David is hidden in the field, and it is the new moon, and the king sitteth down by the food to eat, |
[24]So David hid himself in the field: and when the first day of the month came, the king sat to eat meat. |
| [25]and the king sitteth on his seat, as time by time, on a seat by the wall, and Jonathan riseth, and Abner sitteth at the side of Saul, and David's place is looked after. |
[25]And the king sat, as at other times upon his seat, even upon his seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, but David's place was empty. |
| [26]And Saul hath not spoken anything on that day, for he said, `It [is] an accident; he is not clean -- surely not clean.' |
[26]And Saul said nothing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, though he were clean, or else because he was not purified. |
| [27]And it cometh to pass on the second morrow of the new moon, that David's place is looked after, and Saul saith unto Jonathan his son, `Wherefore hath the son of Jesse not come in, either yesterday or to-day, unto the food?' |
[27]But on the morrow which was the second day of the month, David's place was empty again: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday nor today? |
| [28]And Jonathan answereth Saul, `David hath been earnestly asked of me unto Beth-Lehem, |
[28]And Jonathan answered unto Saul, David required of me, that he might go to Beth-lehem. |
| [29]and he saith, Send me away, I pray thee, for a family sacrifice we have in the city, and my brother himself hath given command to me, and now, if I have found grace in thine eyes, let me go away, I pray thee, and see my brethren; therefore he hath not come unto the table of the king.' |
[29]For he said, Let me go, I pray thee: for our family offereth a sacrifice in the city, and my brother hath sent for me: therefore now if I have found favor in thine eyes, let me go, I pray thee, and see my brethren: this is the cause that he cometh not unto the king's table. |
| [30]And the anger of Saul burneth against Jonathan, and he saith to him, `Son of a perverse rebellious woman! have I not known that thou art fixing on the son of Jesse to thy shame, and to the shame of the nakedness of thy mother? |
[30]Then was Saul angry with Jonathan, and said unto him, Thou son of the wicked rebellious woman, do not I know, that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thy confusion and to the confusion and shame of thy mother? |
| [31]for all the days that the son of Jesse liveth on the ground thou art not established, thou and thy kingdom; and now, send and bring him unto me, for he [is] a son of death.' |
[31]For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the earth, thou shalt not be stablished, nor thy kingdom: wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. |
| [32]And Jonathan answereth Saul his father, and saith unto him, `Why is he put to death? what hath he done?' |
[32]And Jonathan answered unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he die? What hath he done? |
| [33]And Saul casteth the javelin at him to smite him, and Jonathan knoweth that it hath been determined by his father to put David to death. |
[33]And Saul cast a spear at him to hit him, whereby Jonathan knew, that it was determined of his father to slay David. |
| [34]And Jonathan riseth from the table in the heat of anger, and hath not eaten food on the second day of the new moon, for he hath been grieved for David, for his father put him to shame. |
[34]So Jonathan arose from the table in a great anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was sorry for David, and because his father had reviled him. |
| [35]And it cometh to pass in the morning, that Jonathan goeth out into the field for the appointment with David, and a little youth [is] with him. |
[35]On the next morning therefore Jonathan then went out into the field, at the time appointed with David, and a little boy with him. |
| [36]And he saith to his youth, `Run, find, I pray thee, the arrows which I am shooting;' the youth is running, and he hath shot the arrow, causing [it] to pass over him. |
[36]And he said unto his boy, Run now, seek the arrows which I shoot, and as the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. |
| [37]And the youth cometh unto the place of the arrow which Jonathan hath shot, and Jonathan calleth after the youth, and saith, `Is not the arrow beyond thee?' |
[37]And when the boy was come to the place where the arrow was that Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the boy, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee? |
| [38]and Jonathan calleth after the youth, `Speed, haste, stand not;' and Jonathan's youth gathereth the arrows, and cometh unto his lord. |
[38]And Jonathan cried after the boy, Make speed, haste and stand not still: and Jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows, and came to his master, |
| [39]And the youth hath not known anything, only Jonathan and David knew the word. |
[39]But the boy knew nothing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter. |
| [40]And Jonathan giveth his weapons unto the youth whom he hath, and saith to him, `Go, carry into the city.' |
[40]Then Jonathan gave his bow and arrows unto the boy that was with him, and said unto him, Go, carry them into the city. |
| [41]The youth hath gone, and David hath risen from Ezel, at the south, and falleth on his face to the earth, and boweth himself three times, and they kiss one another, and they weep one with another, till David exerted himself; |
[41]As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of a place that was toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept both twain, till David exceeded. |
| [42]and Jonathan saith to David, `Go in peace, in that we have sworn -- we two -- in the name of Jehovah, saying, Jehovah is between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed -- unto the age;' and he riseth and goeth; and Jonathan hath gone in to the city. |
[42]Therefore Jonathan said to David, Go in peace: that which we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and between thy seed, let it stand forever. (20:43) And he arose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city. |