¹And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

¹David pa pobegne iz Najota v Rami ter pride in govori z Jonatanom: Kaj sem storil? Kaj je krivica moja in kaj je greh moj vpričo očeta tvojega, da mi streže po življenju?

²And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will show it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.

²On pa mu reče: Bog ne daj! ne umrješ. Glej, oče moj ne stori ničesar, ne velikega, ne malega, da ne bi prej meni razodel. Zakaj bi mar to tajil pred mano oče moj? Tega ni.

³And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

³In David še priseže in reče: Oče tvoj dobro ve, da sem našel milost v tvojih očeh, zato misli: Jonatan ne sme tega vedeti, ker bi ga bolelo! Pa zares, kakor GOSPOD živi in kakor živi duša tvoja, samo stopinja je med menoj in med smrtjo.

⁴Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.

⁴Jonatan pa reče Davidu: Storiti hočem zate, karkoli želi srce tvoje!

⁵And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.

⁵In David reče Jonatanu: Glej, jutri bo mlaj, ko bi moral sedeti pri mizi s kraljem. Toda pústi me, da se na polju skrijem do večera tretjega dne.

⁶If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

⁶Ako me oče tvoj pogreši in vpraša, reci: David me je silno prosil, da sme pohiteti v Betlehem, mesto svoje, ker ondi je letna daritev za vso rodovino.

⁷If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.

⁷Ako poreče: Dobro! pomeni to mir za hlapca tvojega, – ako pa se razjezi, vedi, da je hudo sklenil pri sebi.

⁸Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?

⁸Zato izkaži milost hlapcu svojemu, ker si me uvedel v zavezo GOSPODOVO s seboj. Ako pa je kaka krivica na meni, ubij me sam, ker zakaj bi me vodil k očetu svojemu?

⁹And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?

⁹In Jonatan reče: Nič tega se ti ne bo zgodilo! Kajti ako bi jaz res zaznal, da je sklenil oče moj hudo spraviti nadte, bi li tebi ne sporočil?

¹⁰Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?

¹⁰Nato reče David Jonatanu: Kdo mi pove, ako ti oče tvoj kaj trdega odgovori?

¹¹And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.

¹¹Jonatan veli Davidu: Pojdi, idiva ven na polje! In šla sta skupaj na polje.

¹²And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and show it thee;

¹²In Jonatan reče Davidu: GOSPOD, Bog Izraelov, bodi priča: ko bom zvedel jutri ob tem času ali tretjega dne, da je moj oče dobre volje proti Davidu, ako ne pošljem k tebi in ti tega ne razkrijem!

¹³The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will show it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.

¹³GOSPOD stóri to ali ono Jonatanu, ako ti ne razodenem, če bi bila volja očeta mojega storiti ti hudo; in pošljem te stran, da v miru odideš, in GOSPOD bodi s teboj, kakor je bil z očetom mojim.

¹⁴And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:

¹⁴Ti pa boš ne samo meni, dokler živim, izkazoval milost GOSPODOVO, da me ne usmrtiš,

¹⁵But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.

¹⁵ampak tudi hiši moji ne prikrati milosti svoje vekomaj, tudi ne, ko iztrebi GOSPOD sovražnike Davidove, vsakega s površja zemlje.

¹⁶So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.

¹⁶Tako je Jonatan storil zavezo s hišo Davidovo, rekoč: GOSPOD naj kaznuje sovražnike Davidove!

¹⁷And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

¹⁷In Jonatan je velel Davidu še enkrat priseči pri ljubezni, ki jo je imel do njega; zakaj ljubil ga je kakor svojo dušo.

¹⁸Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.

¹⁸Nato reče Jonatan Davidu: Jutri bo mlaj, in pogrešali te bodo, ker sedež tvoj ostane prazen.

¹⁹And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.

¹⁹In tretji dan stopi hitro sem doli in pridi na mesto, kjer si se bil skril ob onem delavniku, in sedi blizu kamena Azela.

²⁰And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.

²⁰Jaz pa izstrelim tri pšice mimo njega, kakor da bi se vadil v tarčo streljati.

²¹And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth.

²¹Pa pazi, pošljem dečka, veleč: Pojdi, išči pšice! Ako porečem dečku: Glej, pšice leže na tej strani za tabo, prinesi jih! – pridi, zakaj to pomeni mir tebi in nobene nevarnosti, kakor res GOSPOD živi.

²²But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.

²²Ako pa porečem dečku takole: Glej, pšice so pred teboj dalje! pojdi, zakaj GOSPOD te pošilja proč.

²³And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.

²³Za stvar pa, ki sva o njej govorila ti in jaz, glej, GOSPOD je priča med teboj in med menoj vekomaj!

²⁴So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.

²⁴David se je torej skril na polju. In ko pride mlaj, sede kralj za mizo k jedi.

²⁵And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.

²⁵In kralj je sedel na mestu svojem ob steni kakor navadno; in Jonatan vstane, da sede Abner zraven Savla; a Davidov sedež je bil prazen.

²⁶Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.

²⁶Toda Savel ni rekel ničesar ta dan, zakaj mislil je: Njemu se je kaj primerilo, morda ni čist; gotovo ni čist.

²⁷And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?

²⁷A drugi dan po mlaju, ko je bil Davidov sedež zopet prazen, reče Savel sinu svojemu Jonatanu: Zakaj ni prišel Jesejev sin k jedi, ne včeraj, ne danes?

²⁸And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:

²⁸In Jonatan odgovori Savlu: David me je silno prosil, da bi smel iti v Betlehem;

²⁹And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favor in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.

²⁹dejal je: Dovoli mi, prosim, zakaj rodovina naša opravlja daritev v mestu, in brat moj sam me je povabil; če sem torej našel milost v tvojih očeh, naj grem, prosim, da vidim brate svoje. Zato ni prišel k mizi kraljevi.

³⁰Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?

³⁰Tedaj se razvname srd Savlov zoper Jonatana in mu reče: Uporne popačenke sin! ali ne vem, da si izvolil sina Jesejevega na sramoto sebi in tudi materi svoji?

³¹For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

³¹Zakaj dokler bo živel sin Jesejev na zemlji, ne bodeš utrjen, tudi tvoje kraljestvo ne. Zatorej pošlji ponj in ga pripelji k meni, zakaj mora umreti.

³²And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?

³²Jonatan odgovori svojemu očetu Savlu in mu reče: Zakaj bi moral umreti? kaj je storil?

³³And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.

³³A Savel mahne s sulico po njem, da bi ga prebodel. Tedaj spozna Jonatan, da je trdno sklenil oče njegov Davida umoriti.

³⁴So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.

³⁴In vstane Jonatan izza mize v goreči jezi, in ne okusi jedi tisti drugi dan meseca, zakaj žalilo se mu je Davida, ker ga je oče njegov tako onečastil.

³⁵And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.

³⁵Zjutraj pa odide Jonatan na polje na kraj, določen Davidu, in majhen deček ž njim.

³⁶And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

³⁶In veli dečku: Teci in išči mi pšice, ki jih izstrelim! In ko deček teče, izstreli pšico, da je letela mimo njega.

³⁷And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?

³⁷In ko dospe deček na mesto, kamor je padla pšica, kliče Jonatan za dečkom in reče: Ni li pšica dalje pred teboj?

³⁸And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

³⁸Še kliče Jonatan za dečkom: Hitro teci, ne stoj! In Jonatanov deček zbere pšice in se vrne h gospodu svojemu.

³⁹But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

³⁹A deček ni vedel ničesar, samo Jonatan in David sta vedela, kaj to pomeni.

⁴⁰And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.

⁴⁰Nato izroči Jonatan hlapcu svojemu orožje in mu veli: Pojdi, nesi je v mesto.

⁴¹And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

⁴¹Ko pa deček odide, vstane David iz svojega skrivališča ob južni strani in pade z obrazom na tla ter se trikrat pokloni; potem poljubita drug drugega in skupaj jočeta, a David najbolj.In Jonatan reče Davidu: Pojdi v miru! Kar sva obadva prisegla v imenu GOSPODOVEM, rekoč: GOSPOD bodi med menoj in teboj in med semenom mojim in semenom tvojim, to veljaj vekomaj! [20:43] In David vstane ter odide; Jonatan pa se vrne v mesto.

⁴²And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as 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 thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.

⁴²In Jonatan reče Davidu: Pojdi v miru! Kar sva obadva prisegla v imenu GOSPODOVEM, rekoč: GOSPOD bodi med menoj in teboj in med semenom mojim in semenom tvojim, to veljaj vekomaj! [20:43] In David vstane ter odide; Jonatan pa se vrne v mesto.