¹[Ny faran'ny nitadiavan'i Jonatana hampihavana an-drainy amin'i Davida] Ary Davida nandositra niala tao Naiota any Rama, dia tonga ka nilaza teo anatrehan'i Jonatana hoe: Inona no nataoko? Inona no heloko? Ary inona no fahotako teo anatrehan-drainao, no dia mitady ny aiko izy?

¹And 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?`

²Ary hoy izy taminy: Sanatria izany! Tsy ho faty ianao; indro, tsy misy tsy ambaran'ikaky ahy izay ataony na be na kely, ary hataon'ikaky ahoana no fanafina izany zavatra izany amiko? Tsy misy izany.

²And 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.`

³Ary Davida mbola nianiana indray nanao hoe: Fantatry ny rainao marimarina fa efa mahita fitia eo imasonao aho, ka hoy izy: Aoka tsy ho fantatr'i Jonatana izany, fandrao malahelo izy; fa raha velona koa Jehovah, ary raha velona koa ny fanahinao, toa iray dia monja no anelanelako sy ny fahafatesana.

³And 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.`

⁴Dia hoy Jonatana tamin'i Davida: Na inona na inona no angatahinao, dia hatàoko aminao izany.

⁴And Jonathan saith to David, `What doth thy soul say? — and I do it for thee.`

⁵Ary hoy Davida tamin'i Jonatana: Indro, ho tsinam-bolana rahampitso, ary izaho tokony hiara-mipetraka hihinana amin'ny mpanjaka; nefa avelao aho handeha hiery any an-tsaha ambara-pihavin'ny afaka ampitso harivariva.

⁵And 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;

⁶Koa raha hitan'ny rainao fa tsy eo aho, dia ataovy hoe: Niera fatratra tamiko Davida mba hikaretsaka kely hankany Betlehema tanànany; fa misy fanatitra fanao amin'izy mianakavy rehetra isan-taona any.

⁶if 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.

⁷Ary raha lazainy hoe: Tsara izany, dia fiadanana no ho an'ny mpanomponao; fa raha tezitra mafy kosa izy, dia aoka ho fantatrao tsara fa misy ratsy ifofoany ahy.

⁷If 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;

⁸Koa mamindrà fo amin'ny mpanomponao; fa nampanaovinao ny faneken'i Jehovah aminao ny mpanomponao; nefa raha manankeloka aho, dia aoka ianao ihany no hahafaty ahy, fa nahoana no ho entinao any amin'ny rainao aho?

⁸and 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?`

⁹Fa hoy Jonatana: Sanatria raha hahazo anao izany! Fa raha fantatro tokoa fa misy ratsy ifofoan'ikaky anao, dia hambarako aminao mihitsy izany.

⁹And 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.`

¹⁰Dia hoy Davida tamin'i Jonatana: Iza no hanambara izany amiko, na hampandre ahy izay teny sarotra havalin-drainao anao? [Na: Iza anefa no hanambara amiko, raha tahìny mamaly sarotra anao rainao]

¹⁰And David saith unto Jonathan, `Who doth declare to me? or what [if] thy father doth answer thee sharply?`

¹¹Ary hoy Jonatana tamin'i Davida: Andeha ary isika hivoaka any an-tsaha. Dia nivoaka tany an-tsaha izy roa lahy.

¹¹And Jonathan saith unto David, `Come, and we go out into the field;` and they go out both of them into the field.

¹²Ary hoy Jonatana tamin'i Davida: Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, anie ho vavolombelona! Rehefa fotorako tsara rahampitso na afaka ampitso toy izao ny hevitry ny raiko, ka hitako fa misy soa ho an'i Davida, ka tsy maniraka any aminao aho sy manambara izany aminao,

¹²And 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 —

¹³dia hataon'i Jehovah toy izany anie Jonatana, eny, mihoatra noho izany aza; fa raha kasain'ny raiko kosa ny hanisy ratsy anao, dia hambarako aminao izany, ka halefako ianao mba handehananao soa aman-tsara; ary homba anao tahaka ny tamin'ny raiko anie Jehovah.

¹³thus 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;

¹⁴Ary raha mbola velona ihany aho, dia tsy hasehonao ahy va ny fiantran'i Jehovah mba tsy hahafaty ahy?

¹⁴and not only while I am alive dost thou do with me the kindness of Jehovah, and I die not,

¹⁵Ary tsy hesorinao amin'ny taranako koa ny famindram-ponao mandrakizay, eny, na dia avy aza izay handringanan'i Jehovah ny fahavalon'i Davida rehetra tsy ho etỳ ambonin'ny tany.

¹⁵but 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.`

¹⁶Ary dia nanao fanekena Jonatana ny amin'ny taranak'i Davida hoe: Jehovah no hamaly ny fahavalon'i Davida.

¹⁶And Jonathan covenanteth with the house of David, and Jehovah hath sought [it] from the hand of the enemies of David;

¹⁷Ary Jonatana nampianiana an'i Davida indray noho ny fitiavany azy; fa tiany toy ny tenany izy.

¹⁷and Jonathan addeth to cause David to swear, because he loveth him, for with the love of his own soul he hath loved him.

¹⁸Ary hoy Jonatana tamin'i Davida: Rahampitso ho tsinam-bolana; ary ho hita fa tsy eo ianao, fa ho foana ny fipetrahanao.

¹⁸And Jonathan saith to him, `To-morrow [is] new moon, and thou hast been looked after, for thy seat is looked after;

¹⁹Koa rehefa mby amin'ny andro fahatelo dia midìna faingana ianao, ary tongava ao amin'ilay nierenao tamin'ny andro nitrangan'ilay raharaha iny, ka mitoera ao anilan'ny vato Ezela.[Izahao xix. 2, 3]

¹⁹and 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.

²⁰Ary izaho handefa zana-tsipìka telo eo anilany, toy ny mikendry marika.

²⁰`And I shoot three of the arrows at the side, sending out for myself at a mark;

²¹Dia haniraka ny zazalahy aho ka hanao hoe: Mandehana, izahao ny zana-tsipìka. Ka raha lazaiko mihitsy amin'ilay zazalahy hoe: Indreo eo aorianao ny zana-tsipìka, ento etỳ, dia avia ianao, fa hipetraka amin'ny fiadanana ianao, ka tsy hisy haninona anao, raha velona koa Jehovah.

²¹and 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.

²²Fa raha hoy kosa aho amin'ilay zazalahy: Indreo eo alohanao ny zana-tsipìka, dia mandehana ianao, fa Jehovah no nampandeha anao.

²²And if thus I say to the young man, Lo, the arrows [are] beyond thee, — go, for Jehovah hath sent thee away;

²³Ary ny amin'ilay noresahintsika, dia izaho sy ianao, indro, Jehovah no vavolombelona amiko sy aminao mandrakizay.

²³as to the thing which we have spoken, I and thou, lo, Jehovah [is] between me and thee — unto the age.`

²⁴Ary Davida niery tany an-tsaha. Koa nony tsinam-bolana, dia nipetraka hihinana

²⁴And David is hidden in the field, and it is the new moon, and the king sitteth down by the food to eat,

²⁵teo amin'ny fipetrahany tahaka ny isanandro ihany ny mpanjaka, dia teo amin'ny fipetrahana teo anilan'ny rindrina, koa Jonatana nitsangana, fa Abnera nipetraka teo anilan'i Saoly; ary foana kosa ny fipetrahan'i Davida.

²⁵and 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.

²⁶Nefa Saoly tsy niteny na inona na inona tamin'izany andro izany; fa nataony ho nisy zavatra nanjo azy, ka tsy madio izy, eny, tsy madio izy.

²⁶And Saul hath not spoken anything on that day, for he said, `It [is] an accident; he is not clean — surely not clean.`

²⁷Ary nony tamin'ny andro faharoa dia ny ampitson'ny tsinam-bolana, ka mbola foana ihany ny fipetrahan'i Davida, dia hoy Saoly tamin'i Jonatana zanany: Ahoana no tsy mba nahatongavan'ny zanak'i Jese hihinana omaly sy androany?

²⁷And 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?`

²⁸Ary Jonatana namaly an'i Saoly hoe: Davida niera fatratra tamiko hankany Betlehema

²⁸And Jonathan answereth Saul, `David hath been earnestly asked of me unto Beth-Lehem,

²⁹nanao hoe: Masìna ianao, aoka handeha aho, fa izahay mianakavy manao fanatitra any an-tanàna, ka asain'ny rahalahiko mankany aho; koa ankehitriny, raha nahita fitia eo imasonao aho, masìna ianao, aoka handeha aho hamangy ny rahalahiko; ka izany no tsy mba nahatongavany teto amin'ny latabatry ny mpanjaka.

²⁹and 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.`

³⁰Dia nirehitra tamin'i Jonatana ny fahatezeran'i Saoly, ka hoy izy taminy: Hianao zanaky ny vehivavy maditra sy mpiodina, moa tsy fantatro va fa mifidy ny zanak'i Jese ianao ho henatrao sy ho henatry ny kibon'ny reninao.[Heb. fitanjahan']

³⁰And 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?

³¹Fa raha mbola velona etỳ ambonin'ny tany koa iny zanak'i Jese iny, dia tsy ho tafatoetra tsara ianao na ny fanjakanao. Koa maniraha haka azy hankatỳ amiko, fa meloka tokony ho faty izy.

³¹for 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.`

³²Ary Jonatana namaly an'i Saoly rainy ka nanao taminy hoe: Nahoana no hatao maty izy? Inona no nataony?

³²And Jonathan answereth Saul his father, and saith unto him, `Why is he put to death? what hath he done?`

³³Ary Saoly nitora-defona handefona azy, ka dia fantatr'i Jonatana fa nofofoin'ny rainy hovonoina Davida.

³³And 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.

³⁴Dia nitsangana niala teo amin'ny latabatra Jonatana, sady nirehitra ny fahatezerany, ka tsy nihinan-kanina izy tamin'ny ampitson'ny tsinam-bolana; fa nalahelo an'i Davida izy, satria nomen-drainy henatra.

³⁴And 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.

³⁵Ary nony maraina, dia nivoaka nankany an-tsaha Jonatana tamin'ilay fotoana nataony tamin'i Davida, ary nisy zazalahy kely nanaraka azy.

³⁵And 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.

³⁶Ary hoy Jonatana taminy: Mihazakazaha, ka izahao ny zana-tsipìka alefako. Ary nony nihazakazaka ilay zazalahy, dia nalefany nihoatra azy ny zana-tsipìka.

³⁶And 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.

³⁷Ary nony efa tonga teo amin'ilay nipetrahan'ny zana-tsipìka nalefan'i Jonatana ilay zazalahy, dia nantsoin'i Jonatana izy hoe: Tsy ireo alohanao ireo va ny zana-tsipìka?

³⁷And 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?`

³⁸Ary Jonatana niantso ilay zazalahy hoe: Haingàna dia haingàna, ka aza mijanonjanona. Ary ny zazalahin'i Jonatana nanangona ny zana-tsipìka, dia nankeo amin'ny tompony.

³⁸and Jonathan calleth after the youth, `Speed, haste, stand not;` and Jonathan`s youth gathereth the arrows, and cometh unto his lord.

³⁹Nefa ilay zazalahy tsy nahalala na inona na inona; fa Jonatana sy Davida ihany no nahalala ny anton'izany.

³⁹And the youth hath not known anything, only Jonathan and David knew the word.

⁴⁰Dia nomen'i Jonatana ilay zazalahy ny fiadiany, ka hoy izy taminy: Mandehana, ka ento ho any an-tanàna ireto.

⁴⁰And Jonathan giveth his weapons unto the youth whom he hath, and saith to him, `Go, carry into the city.`

⁴¹Ary nony lasa ilay zazalahy, dia nitsangana avy any atsimo Davida, ka niankohoka tamin'ny tany izy sady niondrika in-telo, ary nifanoroka izy roa lahy, ka samy nitomany; nefa ny an'i Davida dia mafy loatra.Ary hoy Jonatana tamin'i Davida: Mandehana soa aman-tsara; fa efa nianiana tamin'ny anaran'i Jehovah isika roa lahy hoe: Jehovah no vavolombelona amiko sy aminao ary amin'ny taranako sy ny taranakao mandrakizay.

⁴¹The 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;

⁴²Ary hoy Jonatana tamin'i Davida: Mandehana soa aman-tsara; fa efa nianiana tamin'ny anaran'i Jehovah isika roa lahy hoe: Jehovah no vavolombelona amiko sy aminao ary amin'ny taranako sy ny taranakao mandrakizay.

⁴²and 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.