¹Ary tamin'ny indray andro dia hoy Jonatana, zanak'i Saoly, tamin'ny zatovo, mpitondra ny fiadiany: Andeha isika hankany amin'ny miaramilan'ny Filistina izay erỳ an-dafy erỳ. Nefa tsy nilaza tamin-drainy izy.

¹And the day cometh that Jonathan son of Saul saith unto the young man bearing his weapons, `Come, and we pass over unto the station of the Philistines, which [is] on the other side of this;` and to his father he hath not declared [it].

²Ary Saoly nitoetra tao an-tsisin'i Gibea teo ambanin'ny hazo ampongabendanitra any Migrona; ary ny vahoaka teo aminy dia tokony ho enin-jato lahy;

²And Saul is abiding at the extremity of Gibeah, under the pomegranate which [is] in Migron, and the people who [are] with him, about six hundred men,

³ary teo koa nisalotra efoda Ahia, zanak'i Ahitoba, rahalahin'i Ikaboda, zanak'i Finehasa, zanak'i Ely, mpisoron'i Jehovah tany Silo. Fa tsy fantatry ny olona fa lasa Jonatana.

³and Ahiah, son of Ahitub, brother of I-Chabod, son of Phinehas son of Eli priest of Jehovah in Shiloh, bearing an ephod; and the people knew not that Jonathan hath gone.

⁴Ary teo an-daniny roa teo an-tenatenan'ny hadilanana izay nitadiavan'i Jonatana hankanesana ao amin'ny miaramilan'ny Filistina dia nisy harambato kitso loha: ny anaran'ny anankiray dia Bozeza, ary ny anaran'ny anankiray kosa Sene.

⁴And between the passages where Jonathan sought to pass over unto the station of the Philistines [is] the edge of a rock on the one side, and the edge of a rock on the other side, and the name of the one is Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

⁵Ny iray amin'ireo harambato ireo dia nijoro avo teo andaniny avaratra manandrify an'i Mikmasy, ary ny iray kosa nijoro avo teo atsimo manandrify an'i Gibea.

⁵The one edge [is] fixed on the north over-against Michmash, and the one on the south over-against Gibeah.

⁶Ary hoy Jonatana tamin'ny zatovo, mpitondra ny fiadiany: Andeha isika hankany amin'ny miaramilan'ireo tsy mifora ireo; angamba homba antsika Jehovah, fa tsy misy mahasakana an'i Jehovah tsy hamonjy, na amin'ny maro, na amin'ny vitsy.

⁶And Jonathan saith unto the young man bearing his weapons, `Come, and we pass over unto the station of these uncircumcised; it may be Jehovah doth work for us, for there is no restraint to Jehovah to save by many or by few.`

⁷Dia hoy kosa ny mpitondra ny fiadiany taminy: Ataovy izay rehetra ao am-ponao; mandrosoa ihany; indro, hanaraka anao aho araka ny sitraponao.

⁷And the bearer of his weapons saith to him, `Do all that [is] in thy heart; turn for thee; lo, I [am] with thee, as thine own heart.`

⁸Ary hoy Jonatana: Indro, handroso ho amin'ireo olona ireo isika ka hiseho aminy.

⁸And Jonathan saith, `Lo, we are passing over unto the men, and are revealed unto them;

⁹Ary raha hoy izy: Andraso mandra-pahatonganay any aminareo, dia hitoetra ao amin'izay itoerantsika ihany isika ka tsy hiakatra eny aminy.

⁹if thus they say unto us, `Stand still till we have come unto you,` then we have stood in our place, and do not go up unto them;

¹⁰Fa raha hoy kosa izy: Miakara etỳ aminay, dia hiakatra isika, fa efa natolotr'i Jehovah eo an-tanantsika izy; ary izany no ho famantarana ho antsika.

¹⁰and if thus they say, `Come up against us,` then we have gone up, for Jehovah hath given them into our hand, and this to us [is] the sign.

¹¹Dia niseho tamin'ny miaramilan'ny Filistina izy roa lahy, ary hoy ny Filistina: Indreo, misy Hebreo mifongatra avy any an-davaka niereny.

¹¹And revealed are both of them unto the station of the Philistines, and the Philistines say, `Lo, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hid themselves.`

¹²Ary ny miaramila namaly an'i Jonatana sy ny mpitondra ny fiadiany hoe: Miakara etỳ aminay, dia hanehoanay zavatra ianareo. Ary hoy Jonatana tamin'ny mpitondra ny fiadiany: Manaraha ahy, fa efa natolotr'i Jehovah eo an-tànan'ny Isiraely izy.

¹²And the men of the station answer Jonathan, and the bearer of his weapons, and say, `Come up unto us, and we cause you to know something.` And Jonathan saith unto the bearer of his weapons, `Come up after me, for Jehovah hath given them into the hand of Israel.`

¹³Ary Jonatana nananika, nandady tongotra aman-tanana, ary nanaraka azy ny mpitondra ny fiadiany. Dia lavo teo anatrehan'i Jonatana ny Filistina, ary ny mpitondra ny fiadiany namono teo aoriany.

¹³And Jonathan goeth up on his hands, and on his feet, and the bearer of his weapons after him; and they fall before Jonathan, and the bearer of his weapons is putting to death after him.

¹⁴Ary tokony ho roa-polo lahy no matiny aloha, izay novonoin'i Jonatana sy ny mpitondra ny fiadiany tao anatin'ny tany tokony ho antsasaky ny vavasa iray akera.

¹⁴And the first smiting which Jonathan and the bearer of his weapons have smitten is of about twenty men, in about half a furrow of a yoke of a field,

¹⁵Koa nisy hovitra tao amin'ny toby tany an-tsaha sy tamin'ny vahoaka rehetra; ary ny teo amin'ny miaramila sy ny mpandrava nangovitra koa, ary nihorohoro ny tany, ka dia nisy fampangovitana avy tamin'Andriamanitra.

¹⁵and there is a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people, the station and the destroyers have trembled — even they, and the earth shaketh, and it becometh a trembling of God.

¹⁶Ary ny mpitilin'i Saoly ao Gibean'ny Benjamina dia nitazana, ka, indro, niely ny vahoaka sady nifanaritaka be ihany.

¹⁶And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin see, and lo, the multitude hath melted away, and it goeth on, and is beaten down.

¹⁷[Ny nanenjehan'i Saoly sy ny Isiraely ny Filistina, sy ny nampianianan'i Saoly ny olona, ary ny zavatra niseho avy tamin'izany] Ary hoy Saoly tamin'ny olona teo aminy: Alaharo, ka izahao izay niala tamintsika. Ary nony voalahatra ny olona, dia Jonatana sy ny mpitondra ny fiadiany no tsy teo.

¹⁷And Saul saith to the people who [are] with him, `Inspect, I pray you, and see; who hath gone from us?` and they inspect, and lo, Jonathan and the bearer of his weapons are not.

¹⁸Dia hoy Saoly tamin'i Ahia: Ento etỳ ny fiaran'Andriamanitra (fa teo amin'ny Zanak'Isiraely ny fiaran'Andriamanitra fahizany).[Na: Ento etỳ ny efoda. (Fa nisalotra ny efoda teo anatrehan'ny Isiraely izy fahizany.)]

¹⁸And Saul saith to Ahiah, `Bring nigh the ark of God;` for the ark of God hath been on that day with the sons of Israel.

¹⁹Ary raha Saoly mbola niresaka tamin'ny mpisorona, dia nandroso sy nitombo ny tabataba terỳ an-tobin'ny Filistina. Ary hoy Saoly tamin'ny mpisorona: Aoka ihany.

¹⁹And it cometh to pass, while Saul spake unto the priest, that the noise which [is] in the camp of the Philistines goeth on, going on and becoming great, and Saul saith unto the priest, `Remove thy hand.`

²⁰Ary Saoly sy ny vahoaka rehetra izay teo aminy nivory, ka dia tonga tany amin'ny ady izy, ary indreo ny Filistina nifamely tamin'ny sabany, dia izy samy izy, ka nifanaritaka be ihany.

²⁰And Saul is called, and all the people who [are] with him, and they come in unto the battle, and, lo, the sword of each hath been against his neighbour — a very great destruction.

²¹Ary ny Hebreo izay teo amin'ny Filistina taloha ka niara-niakatra taminy ho any an-toby avy tamin'ny tany manodidina dia nikambana tamin'ny Isiraely izay teo amin'i Saoly sy Jonatana koa.

²¹And the Hebrews [who] have been for the Philistines as heretofore, who had gone up with them into the camp, have turned round, even they, to be with Israel who [are] with Saul and Jonathan,

²²Ary ny lehilahy rehetra amin'ny Isiraely izay niery tany amin'ny tany havoan'i Efraima, raha nandre ny nandosiran'ny Filistina, dia nanenjika azy fatratra koa tamin'ny ady.

²²and all the men of Israel, who are hiding themselves in the hill-country of Ephraim, have heard that the Philistines have fled, and they pursue — even they — after them in battle.

²³Ary Jehovah namonjy ny Isiraely tamin'izany andro izany; ary tafahoatra any Betavena ny ady.

²³And Jehovah saveth Israel on that day, and the battle hath passed over to Beth-Aven.

²⁴Ary ory ny lehilahy amin'ny Isiraely tamin'izany andro izany, nefa Saoly efa nampianiana ny olona hoe: Ho voaozona anie izay olona homan-kanina anio tontolo andro mandra-pamaliko ny fahavaloko. Dia tsy nisy olona nitendry hanina na dia iray akory aza.

²⁴And the men of Israel have been distressed on that day, and Saul adjureth the people, saying, `Cursed [is] the man who eateth food till the evening, and I have been avenged of mine enemies;` and none of the people hath tasted food.

²⁵Ary ny olona rehetra amin'ny tany dia niditra ny ala; ary nisy tantely teny ambonin'ny tany.[Heb. ny tany rehetra]

²⁵And all [they of] the land have come into a forest, and there is honey on the face of the field;

²⁶Ary rehefa tonga teo anaty ala ny olona, indro, nisy tantely nitsororoka; fa tsy nisy olona sahy nanainga ny tànany ho amin'ny vavany, fa natahotra ny fianianana izy.

²⁶and the people come in unto the forest, and lo, the honey dropped, and none is moving his hand unto his mouth, for the people feared the oath.

²⁷Fa Jonatana kosa tsy nandre ny nampianianan-drainy ny olona; koa dia narosony ny loha-tehiny teny an-tànany ka natsobony teo amin'ny tantely, ary nataony teo am-bavany ny tànany, ka dia nazava ny masony.

²⁷And Jonathan hath not heard of his father`s adjuring the people, and putteth forth the end of the rod, which [is] in his hand, and dippeth it in the honeycomb, and bringeth back his hand unto his mouth — and his eyes see!

²⁸Ary nisy olona anankiray niteny taminy ka nanao hoe: Rainao anie ka efa nampianiana mafy ny olona hoe: Ho voaozona anie izay olona homan-kanina anio; ka efa reraka ny olona.

²⁸And a man of the people answereth and saith, `Thy father certainly adjured the people, saying, Cursed [is] the man who eateth food to-day; and the people are weary.`

²⁹Dia hoy Jonatana: Ikaky efa nampiditra loza tamin'ny tany; koa jereo, masìna ianareo, he! izato fahazavan'ny masoko tamin'ilay nanandramako kely tamin'ity tantely ity.

²⁹And Jonathan saith, `My father hath troubled the land; see, I pray you, that mine eyes have become bright because I tasted a little of this honey.

³⁰Ka mainka fa raha navela hihinanan'ny olona ny babo azony tamin'ny fahavalony, tsy ho nahafatesana be lavitra va ny Filistina?

³⁰How much more if the people had well eaten to-day of the spoil of its enemies which it hath found, for now, the smiting hath not been great among the Philistines.`

³¹Ary izy ireo namely ny Filistina tamin'izany andro izany hatrany Mikmasy ka hatrany Aialona, ary reraka indrindra ny olona.

³¹And they smite on that day among the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, and the people are very weary,

³²Dia nanaovan'ny olona an-kazakazaka ny babo, ka naka ondry aman'osy sy omby ary zanak'omby izy, dia namono azy teo amin'ny tany, ka dia nohanin'ny olona mbamin'ny ràny.

³²and the people make unto the spoil, and take sheep, and oxen, and sons of the herd, and slaughter on the earth, and the people eat with the blood.

³³Ary nisy nanambara tamin'i Saoly hoe: Indro, ny olona manota amin'i Jehovah, fa mihinana zavatra mbamin'ny ràny izy. Ary hoy Saoly: Efa diso ianareo, manakodiava vato lehibe etỳ amiko anio.

³³And they declare to Saul, saying, `Lo, the people are sinning against Jehovah, to eat with the blood.` And he saith, `Ye have dealt treacherously, roll unto me to-day a great stone.`

³⁴Ary hoy koa izy: Mieleza eny amin'ny olona ianareo, ka lazao aminy hoe: Samia mitondra ny ombiny etỳ amiko, ary samia mitondra ny ondriny, ka vonoy eto izy, dia hano, ary aza manota amin'i Jehovah amin'ny fihinanana zavatra mbamin'ny ràny. Ary ny vahoaka rehetra samy nitondra ny ombiny niaraka taminy tamin'izany alina izany ka namono azy teo.

³⁴And Saul saith, `Be ye scattered among the people, and ye have said to them, Bring ye nigh unto me each his ox, and each his sheep; and ye have slain [them] in this place, and eaten, and ye do not sin against Jehovah to eat with the blood.` And all the people bring nigh each his ox, in his hand, that night, and slaughter [them] there.

³⁵Ary Saoly nanao alitara ho an'i Jehovah; io no alitara voalohany naoriny ho an'i Jehovah.

³⁵And Saul buildeth an alter to Jehovah; with it he hath begun to build altars to Jehovah.

³⁶Ary hoy Saoly: Andeha isika hidina hanenjika ny Filistina anio alina ka hamabo azy ambara-pahazavan'ny andro, ary tsy hasiantsika miangana izy. Dia hoy ny olona: Ataovy izay sitrakao. Fa hoy ny mpisorona: Andeha isika hanatona an'Andriamanitra etoana.

³⁶And Saul saith, `Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and we prey upon them till the light of the morning, and leave not a man of them.` And they say, `All that is good in thine eyes do.` And the priest saith, `Let us draw near hither unto God.`

³⁷Ary Saoly nanontany tamin'Andriamanitra hoe: Hidina hanenjika ny Filistina va aho? Hatolotrao eo an-tànan'ny Isiraely va izy? Fa tsy namaly azy akory Izy androtr'iny.

³⁷And Saul asketh of God, `Do I go down after the Philistines? dost Thou give them into the hand of Israel?` and He hath not answered him on that day.

³⁸Ary hoy Saoly: Manatona etỳ, ianareo loholona rehetra, ary fantaro ka izahao izay nahatonga izao fahotana androany izao?

³⁸And Saul saith, `Draw ye nigh hither all, the chiefs of the people, and know and see in what this sin hath been to-day;

³⁹Fa raha velona koa Jehovah, Izay Mpamonjy ny Isiraely, dia na amin'i Jonatana zanako aza no hahitana izany, dia ho faty tokoa izy. Fa tsy nisy namaly azy ny vahoaka rehetra.

³⁹for, Jehovah liveth, who is saving Israel: surely if it be in Jonathan my son, surely he doth certainly die;` and none is answering him out of all the people.

⁴⁰Dia hoy kosa izy tamin'ny Isiraely rehetra: Hianareo no aoka ho an-daniny, ary izaho sy Jonatana zanako kosa ho an-daniny. Ary hoy ny vahoaka tamin'i Saoly: Ataovy izay sitrakao.

⁴⁰And he saith unto all Israel, `Ye — ye are on one side, and I and Jonathan my son are on another side;` and the people say unto Saul, `That which is good in thine eyes do.`

⁴¹Dia hoy Saoly tamin'i Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely: Asehoy izay marina. Ary Jonatana sy Saoly no notànany, fa afaka ny olona.

⁴¹And Saul saith unto Jehovah, God of Israel, `Give perfection;` and Jonathan and Saul are captured, and the people went out.

⁴²Ary hoy Saoly; Manaova filokana ny amiko sy Jonatana zanako. Ary Jonatana no notànany.

⁴²And Saul saith, `Cast between me and Jonathan my son;` and Jonathan is captured.

⁴³Dia hoy Saoly tamin'i Jonatana: Ambarao amiko izay nataonao. Ary Jonatana nanambara taminy hoe: Nanandrana tantely kely monja tamin'ny tendron'ny tehina tetỳ an-tanako aho, ary, indro, tsy maintsy ho faty aho.

⁴³And Saul saith unto Jonathan, `Declare to me, what hast thou done?` and Jonathan declareth to him, and saith, `I certainly tasted with the end of the rod that [is] in my hand a little honey; lo, I die!`

⁴⁴Dia hoy Saoly: Hataon'Andriamanitra toy izany anie, eny mihoatra noho izany aza, raha tsy hatao maty tokoa ianao, ry Jonatana.

⁴⁴And Saul saith, `Thus doth God do, and thus doth He add, for thou dost certainly die, Jonathan.`

⁴⁵Fa hoy ny vahoaka tamin'i Saoly: Ho faty va Jonatana, izay nanao izao famonjena lehibe izao tamin'ny Isiraely? Sanatria izany! Raha velona koa Jehovah, tsy hisy na dia ny singam-bolony iray akory aza ho latsaka amin'ny tany, fa niara-niasa tamin'Andriamanitra izy androany. Ary ny vahoaka namonjy an'i Jonatana, ka dia tsy maty izy.

⁴⁵And the people say unto Saul, `Doth Jonathan die who wrought this great salvation in Israel? — a profanation! Jehovah liveth, if there falleth from the hair of his head to the earth, for with God he hath wrought this day;` and the people rescue Jonathan, and he hath not died.

⁴⁶Ary Saoly niakatra rehefa avy nanenjika ny Filistina; ary ny Filistina kosa dia lasa nankany amin'ny taniny.

⁴⁶And Saul goeth up from after the Philistines, and the Philistines have gone to their place;

⁴⁷[Ny ady nataon'i Saoly, sy ny filazana ny amin'ny taranany] Ary Saoly nahazo ny fanjakan'Isiraely ary niady tamin'ny fahavalony rehetra manodidina, dia tamin'ny Moaba sy ny taranak'i Amona sy ny Edomita sy ny mpanjakan'i Zoba ary ny Filistina; ary izay nalehany rehetra dia resiny avokoa.

⁴⁷and Saul captured the kingdom over Israel, and he fighteth round about against all his enemies, against Moab, and against the Bene-Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines, and whithersoever he turneth he doth vex [them].

⁴⁸Ary namory miaramila izy, dia namely ny Amalekita ka namonjy ny Isiraely tamin'ny tànan'izay namaboazy.

⁴⁸And he maketh a force, and smiteth Amalek, and delivereth Israel out of the hand of its spoiler.

⁴⁹Ary izao no zanakalahin'i Saoly: Jonatana sy Jisvy sy Malkisoa; izao kosa no anaran'ny zananivavy roa: ny anaran'ny vavimatoa Meraba, ary ny anaran'ny faravavy Mikala.

⁴⁹And the sons of Saul are Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-Shua; as to the name of his two daughters, the name of the first-born [is] Merab, and the name of the younger Michal;

⁵⁰Ary ny anaran'ny vadin'i Saoly dia Ahinoama, zanakavavin'i Ahimaza: ary ny anaran'ny komandin'ny miaramilany dia Abnera, zanak'i Nera, rahalahin-drain'i Saoly.

⁵⁰and the name of the wife of Saul [is] Ahinoam, daughter of Ahimaaz; and the name of the head of his host [is] Abner son of Ner, uncle of Saul;

⁵¹Ary Kisy no rain'i Saoly; ary Nera, rain'i Abnera, dia zanak'i Abiela.Ary mafy ny ady tamin'ny Filistina tamin'ny andron'i Saoly rehetra; koa raha nisy olona matanjaka sy mahery hitan'i Saoly, dia nalainy ho azy.

⁵¹and Kish [is] father of Saul, and Ner father of Abner [is] son of Ahiel.

⁵²Ary mafy ny ady tamin'ny Filistina tamin'ny andron'i Saoly rehetra; koa raha nisy olona matanjaka sy mahery hitan'i Saoly, dia nalainy ho azy.

⁵²And the war is severe against the Philistines all the days of Saul; when Saul hath seen any mighty man, and any son of valour, then he doth gather him unto himself.