¹A stalo sa, keď dohovoril Saulovi, že duša Jonatánova sa pevne spojila s dušou Dávidovou, takže ho miloval Jonatán ako svoju vlastnú dušu.

¹And it cometh to pass, when he finisheth to speak unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan hath been bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loveth him as his own soul.

²A Saul ho vzal k sebe toho dňa a nedal mu, aby sa vrátil do domu svojho otca.

²And Saul taketh him on that day, and hath not permitted him to turn back to the house of his father.

³A Jonatán učinil spolu s Dávidom smluvu, pretože ho miloval ako svoju vlastnú dušu.

³And Jonathan maketh — also David — a covenant, because he loveth him as his own soul,

⁴Jonatán si svliekol plášť, ktorý mal na sebe, a dal ho Dávidovi i svoje rúcho, ba ešte i svoj meč i svoje lučište i svoj opasok.

⁴and Jonathan strippeth himself of the upper robe which [is] upon him, and giveth it to David, and his long robe, even unto his sword, and unto his bow, and unto his girdle.

⁵A Dávid išiel všade, kamkoľvek ho poslal Saul, a rozumne si počínal. Preto ho ustanovil Saul nad vojakmi. A ľúbil sa všetkému ľudu i služobníkom Saulovým.

⁵And David goeth out whithersoever Saul doth send him; he acted wisely, and Saul setteth him over the men of war, and it is good in the eyes of all the people, and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul.

⁶A stalo sa, keď prišli, keď sa navracoval Dávid od zabitia Filištína, že vyšly ženy zo všetkých miest Izraelových, aby spievaly, i tanečnice, vústrety Saulovi, kráľovi, s bubny vesele a s cymbalmi.

⁶And it cometh to pass, in their coming in, in David`s returning from smiting the Philistine, that the women come out from all the cities of Israel to sing — also the dancers — to meet Saul the king, with tabrets, with joy, and with three-stringed instruments;

⁷A spievajúci odpovedaly si hrajúce sa ženy navzájom a vravely: Saul porazil svoje tisíce, ale Dávid svoje desaťtisíce.

⁷and the women answer — those playing, and say, `Saul hath smitten among his thousands, And David among his myriads.`

⁸Vtedy sa veľmi nahneval Saul, a tá vec bola zlá v jeho očiach, a povedal: Dávidovi daly desaťtisíce a mne daly tisíce. Iného už netreba, len aby mu ešte pririekly aj kráľovstvo!

⁸And it is displeasing to Saul exceedingly, and this thing is evil in his eyes, and he saith, `They have given to David myriads, and to me they have given the thousands, and more to him [is] only the kingdom;`

⁹Od toho dňa neprestal Saul krivým okom hľadieť na Dávida.

⁹and Saul is eyeing David from that day and thenceforth.

¹⁰A stalo sa druhého dňa, že zlý duch od Boha prišiel na Saula, a preto zúril prostred svojho domu, a Dávid hral svojou rukou jako inokedy, a kopija bola v ruke Saulovej.

¹⁰And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the spirit of sadness [from] God prospereth over Saul, and he prophesieth in the midst of the house, and David is playing with his hand, as day by day, and the javelin [is] in the hand of Saul,

¹¹A Saul hodil kopiju a povedal: Vrazím ju do Dávida, že ho prerazí, a to až do steny. Ale Dávid sa dva razy vyhnul pred ním.

¹¹and Saul casteth the javelin, and saith, `I smite through David, even through the wall;` and David turneth round out of his presence twice.

¹²A Saul sa bál Dávida, pretože bol Hospodin s ním a od Saula odišiel.

¹²And Saul is afraid of the presence of David, for Jehovah hath been with him, and from Saul He hath turned aside;

¹³Preto ho odstránil Saul od seba a ustanovil si ho za veliteľa tisíca, a vychádzal a vchádzal pred ľudom.

¹³and Saul turneth him aside from him, and appointeth him to himself head of a thousand, and he goeth out an cometh in, before the people.

¹⁴A Dávid si múdre počínal na všetkých svojich cestách. A Hospodin bol s ním.

¹⁴And David is in all his ways acting wisely, and Jehovah [is] with him,

¹⁵Keď potom videl Saul, že si počína veľmi múdre, bál sa ho.

¹⁵and Saul seeth that he is acting very wisely, and is afraid of him,

¹⁶A celý Izrael i Júda milovali Dávida, pretože vychádzal a vchádzal pred nimi.

¹⁶and all Israel and Judah love David when he is going out and coming in before them.

¹⁷A Saul povedal Dávidovi: Hľa, moja staršia dcéra Mérab, tú ti dám za ženu, len mi buď chrabrým mužom a bojuj boje Hospodinove. Ale Saul povedal sám u seba: Nech nezomrie od mojej ruky, ale nech zomrie od ruky Filištínov.

¹⁷And Saul saith unto David, `Lo, my elder daughter Merab — her I give to thee for a wife; only, be to me for a son of valour, and fight the battles of Jehovah;` and Saul said, `Let not my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.`

¹⁸A Dávid riekol Saulovi: Kto som ja, a čo je môj rod, čeľaď môjho otca v Izraelovi, aby som bol zaťom kráľovým?!

¹⁸And David saith unto Saul, `Who [am] I? and what my life — the family of my father in Israel — that I am son-in-law to the king?`

¹⁹A stalo sa v tom čase, keď mala byť Mérab, dcéra Saulova, daná Dávidovi, že bola daná Adrielovi Mecholatskému za ženu.

¹⁹And it cometh to pass, at the time of the giving of Merab daughter of Saul to David, that she hath been given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.

²⁰Ale Míchaľ, druhá dcéra Saulova, milovala Dávida, a keď to oznámili Saulovi, ľúbila sa mu tá vec.

²⁰And Michal daughter of Saul loveth David, and they declare to Saul, and the thing is right in his eyes,

²¹Lebo Saul povedal v sebe: Dám mu ju, aby mu bola osídlom, a nech zomrie od ruky Filištínov. A tedy povedal Saul Dávidovi: Toto už dvoma sa mi stávaš dnes zaťom.

²¹and Saul saith, `I give her to him, and she is to him for a snare, and the hand of the Philistines is on him;` and Saul saith unto David, `By the second — thou dost become my son-in-law to-day.`

²²Saul rozkázal svojim služobníkom: Hovorte Dávidovi tajne a vravte: Hľa, ľúbiš sa kráľovi, a všetci jeho služobníci ťa majú radi. Buď tedy zaťom kráľovým.

²²And Saul commandeth his servants, `Speak unto David gently, saying, Lo, the king hath delighted in thee, and all his servants have loved thee, and now, be son-in-law to the king.`

²³A keď hovorili služobníci Saulovi tie slová v uši Dávidovi, riekol Dávid: Či sa vám to vidí takou ľahkou vecou stať sa zaťom kráľovým, keď, ako vy dobre viete, som ja chudobný človek a opovržený?

²³And the servants of Saul speak in the ears of David these words, and David saith, `Is it a light thing in your eyes to be son-in-law to the king — and I a poor man, and lightly esteemed?`

²⁴A služobníci Saulovi to oznámili jemu, Saulovi, a riekli: Tak a tak hovoril Dávid.

²⁴And the servants of Saul declare to him, saying, `According to these words hath David spoken.`

²⁵Na to povedal Saul: Takto poviete Dávidovi: Kráľ si nežiada ženíchovho kúpneho, iba sto neobriezok od Filištínov, aby bolo pomstené na nepriateľoch kráľových. Ale Saul zamýšľal spôsobiť to, aby Dávid upadol do rúk Filištínov.

²⁵And Saul saith, `Thus do ye say to David, There is no delight to the king in dowry, but in a hundred foreskins of the Philistines — to be avenged on the enemies of the king;` and Saul thought to cause David to fall by the hand of the Philistines.

²⁶A keď oznámili jeho služobníci tie slová Dávidovi, ľúbilo sa to Dávidovi byť zaťom kráľovým. A stalo sa to, čo sa ani nevyplnily obvyklé dni.

²⁶And his servants declare to David these words, and the thing is right in the eyes of David, to be son-in-law to the king; and the days have not been full,

²⁷Lebo Dávid vstal a išiel, on i jeho mužovia, a zabil z Filištínov dvesto mužov a tak doniesol Dávid ich neobriezky, a oddali ich v plnom počte kráľovi, aby bol zaťom kráľovým, a tak mu dal Saul Míchaľ, svoju dcéru, za ženu.

²⁷and David riseth and goeth, he and his men, and smiteth among the Philistines two hundred men, and David bringeth in their foreskins, and they set them before the king, to be son-in-law to the king; and Saul giveth to him Michal his daughter for a wife.

²⁸A Saul videl a poznal, že je Hospodin s Dávidom. A Míchaľ, dcéra Saulova, ho milovala.

²⁸And Saul seeth and knoweth that Jehovah [is] with David, and Michal daughter of Saul hath loved him,

²⁹A Saul sa i ďalej, a to ešte väčšmi bál Dávida. A Saul bol nepriateľom Dávidovi po všetky dni.

²⁹and Saul addeth to be afraid of the presence of David yet; and Saul is an enemy with David all the days.

³⁰A kniežatá Filištínov vychádzavaly proti Izraelovi. A bývalo, že kedykoľvek vyšly, Dávid si rozumnejšie počínal od všetkých služobníkov Saulových, a takým činom stalo sa jeho meno veľmi drahým.

³⁰And the princes of the Philistines come out, and it cometh to pass from the time of their coming out, David hath acted more wisely than any of the servants of Saul, and his name is very precious.