¹A Dávid utiekol z Najota, v Ráme, a prijdúc vravel pred Jonatánom: Čo som urobil? Čo je mojou neprávosťou a čo mojím hriechom pred tvojím otcom, že hľadá moju dušu?

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?

²A on mu povedal: To nech je preč od teba! Nezomrieš. Hľa, môj otec nerobí ničoho, ani veľkého ani malého, bez toho, aby mi toho nepovedal. A prečože by tedy skrýval môj otec túto vec predo mnou? Niet toho.

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

³Ale Dávid ešte prisahal na to a riekol: Tvoj otec vie veľmi dobre, že som našiel milosť v tvojich očiach, a preto si povedal: Nech nezvie o tom Jonatán, aby ho to netrápilo. Ale jako že žije Hospodin, a jako že žije tvoja duša, tak isté je, že sotva je krok medzi mnou a medzi smrťou.

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

⁴Vtedy povedal Jonatán Dávidovi: Čokoľvek povie tvoja duša, všetko ti urobím.

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

⁵A Dávid riekol Jonatánovi: Hľa, zajtra bude novmesiac, a ja mám sedieť s kráľom, aby som s ním jedol; ale ma pusti, aby som sa skryl na poli až do tretieho večera.

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.

⁶Ak ma tvoj otec bude naozaj postrádať a bude sa pýtať po mne, povieš mu: Dávid ma veľmi prosil, že by smel zabehnúť do Betlehema, do svojho mesta, lebo je tam výročná obeť za celú jeho rodinu.

⁶If thy father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

⁷Ak povie takto: Dobre, pokoj tvojmu služobníkovi. Ale keď sa nahnevá, vtedy vedz, že má pevne umienené vykonať zlé.

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

⁸Ale učiníš milosť svojmu služobníkovi, lebo si uviedol svojho služobníka v smluvu Hospodinovu sám so sebou. No, ak je na mne nejaká neprávosť, zabi ma ty, lebo načo by si ma vodil až k svojmu otcovi?!

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

⁹A Jonatán povedal: To nech je preč od teba! Lebo veď jestli sa istotne dozviem, že môj otec má naozaj umienené zlé, aby prišlo na teba, či ti toho azda neoznámim?

⁹And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?

¹⁰A Dávid riekol Jonatánovi: A kto mi oznámi, čo povie alebo čo ti odpovie tvoj otec, tvrde?

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

¹¹Na to povedal Jonatán Dávidovi: Poď, vyjdime von na pole! A tak vyšli obidvaja na pole.

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

¹²A Jonatán povedal Dávidovi: Hospodin, Bôh Izraelov, svedok, že prezkúmam svojho otca zajtra o tomto čase alebo pozajtre. A keď hľa, je dobrý na Dávida, nuž dobre vtedy pošlem k tebe a zjavím ti to.

¹²And Jonathan said unto David, Jehovah, the God of Israel, [be witness]: when I have sounded my father about this time to-morrow, [or] the third day, behold, if there be good toward David, shall I not then send unto thee, and disclose it unto thee?

¹³Tak nech učiní Hospodin Jonatánovi a tak nech pridá: keby sa ľúbilo môjmu otcovi uviesť na teba zlé, zjavím ti to a pošlem ťa preč a pojdeš v pokoji, a potom nech je Hospodin s tebou tak, ako bol s mojím otcom.

¹³Jehovah do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do thee evil, if I disclose it not unto thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and Jehovah be with thee, as he hath been with my father.

¹⁴A či azda i ty, ak ešte budem žiť, či ty neučiníš so mnou milosti Hospodinovej, aby som nezomrel?

¹⁴And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the lovingkindness of Jehovah, that I die not;

¹⁵A neutneš svojho milosrdenstva od môjho domu až na veky, a to ani vtedy, keď vytne Hospodin nepriateľov Dávidových, každého, s povrchu zeme.

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

¹⁶Tak učinil Jonatán smluvu s domom Dávidovým a povedal: Hospodin vyhľadá neprávosť z ruky nepriateľov Dávidových.

¹⁶So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, [saying], And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David's enemies.

¹⁷A ešte raz dal Jonatán prisahať Dávidovi vo svojej láske naproti nemu, lebo ho miloval ako svoju vlastnú dušu.

¹⁷And Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

¹⁸A Jonatán mu povedal: Zajtra bude novmesiac, a môj otec sa bude pýtať po tebe, keď bude tvoje miesto prázdne.

¹⁸Then Jonathan said unto him, To-morrow is the new moon: and thou wilt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.

¹⁹A na tretí deň sídeš rýchle a prijdeš na miesto, na ktorom si sa bol skryl v deň činu a zostaneš pri kameni Ázele.

¹⁹And when thou hast stayed three days, 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.

²⁰A ja vystrelím tri šípy po jeho strane strieľajúc si do cieľa.

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

²¹A potom hľa, pošlem chlapca a poviem: Iď, najdi šípy! Ak poviem chlapcovi: Tu hľa, šípy sú sem bližšie od teba, vezmi to! vtedy prijdi, lebo ti je pokoj, a niet nijakého nebezpečenstva, jako že žije Hospodin.

²¹And, behold, I will send the lad, [saying], Go, find the arrows. If I say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee; take them, and come; for there is peace to thee and no hurt, as Jehovah liveth.

²²Ale ak takto poviem mládencovi: Tam hľa, šípy sú tam ďalej od teba, vtedy iď, lebo ťa prepustil Hospodin.

²²But if I say thus unto the boy, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way; for Jehovah hath sent thee away.

²³A čo do veci, o ktorej sme hovorili, ja a ty, hľa, Hospodin bude svedkom medzi mnou a medzi tebou až na veky.

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

²⁴A tak sa skryl Dávid na poli, a bola slávnosť novmesiaca, a kráľ si sadol k pokrmu jesť.

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

²⁵Kráľ sedel na svojej stolici jako inokedy, na stolici pri stene, a Jonatán povstal, a Abner si sadol vedľa Saula, a miesto Dávidovo zostalo prázdne.

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

²⁶Ale Saul nehovoril toho dňa ničoho, lebo si povedal: Niečo sa mu prihodilo, asi nie je čistý, dozaista nie je čistý.

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

²⁷A stalo sa na druhý deň, na druhý deň slávnosti novmesiaca, keď zase len bolo prázdne miesto Dávidovo, že povedal Saul Jonatánovi, svojmu synovi: Prečo neprišiel syn Izaiho ani včera ani dnes k jedlu?

²⁷And it came to pass on the morrow after the new moon, [which was] the second [day], 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?

²⁸A Jonatán odpovedal Saulovi: Dávid si veľmi prosil odo mňa, žeby smel zabehnúť až do Betlehema

²⁸And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:

²⁹a povedal: Pusti ma, prosím, lebo máme rodinnú obeť bitnú v meste, a sám môj brat mi prikázal, aby som prišiel, a tedy ak som našiel milosť v tvojich očiach, dovoľ, prosím, aby som odbehol a videl svojich bratov. Preto neprišiel ku stolu kráľovmu.

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 is not come unto the king's table.

³⁰Vtedy sa zapálil hnev Saulov na Jonatána a povedal mu: Ty synu prevrátenej matere zpurnej, či ja neviem, že si si zvolil syna Izaiho na svoju hanbu a na hanbu, nahotu svojej matere?

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

³¹Lebo po všetky dni, dokiaľ len žije syn Izaiho na zemi, nebudeš stáť pevne ani ty ani tvoje kráľovstvo. Preto teraz pošli hneď a doveď ho ku mne, lebo je synom smrti.

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.

³²A Jonatán odpovedal Saulovi, svojmu otcovi, a riekol mu: Prečo má zomrieť, čo urobil?

³²And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore should he be put to death? what hath he done?

³³Vtedy hodil Saul kopiju do neho, aby ho zabil. A Jonatán poznal, že jeho otec má pevne umienené zabiť Dávida.

³³And Saul cast his spear at him to smite him; whereby Jonathan knew that is was determined of his father to put David to death.

³⁴A Jonatán vstal od stola rozpálený hnevom, a nejedol pokrmu toho druhého dňa slávnosti novmesiaca, pretože bolestil pre Dávida, že ho potupil jeho otec.

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

³⁵A stalo sa nasledujúceho rána, že vyšiel Jonatán na pole, na čas, dohovorený s Dávidom, a malý chlapec išiel s ním.

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.

³⁶A povedal svojmu chlapcovi: Nože bež a najdi šípy, ktoré vystrelím. A chlapec bežal, a on vystrelil šíp tak, aby zaletel pred neho.

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

³⁷A keď prišiel chlapec až k miestu šípa, ktorý vystrelil Jonatán, volal Jonatán za chlapcom a vravel: Veď je šíp tam ďalej od teba!

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?

³⁸A ešte volal Jonatán za chlapcom: Ponáhľaj sa, utekaj rýchle, nestoj! A chlapec Jonatánov posbieral šípy a prišiel k svojmu pánovi.

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

³⁹A chlapec nevedel o ničom: len Jonatán a Dávid vedeli o veci.

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

⁴⁰Potom dal Jonatán svoje zbrane chlapcovi, ktorého mal so sebou, a povedal mu: Iď, zanes do mesta.

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

⁴¹A hneď, ako odišiel chlapec, vstal Dávid od poludnej strany a padol na svoju tvár na zem a poklonil sa trikrát, a bozkajúc jeden druhého plakali spolu, až Dávid veľmi plakal.

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.

⁴²Potom povedal Jonatán Dávidovi: Idi v pokoji, a to, čo sme my obidvaja prisahali, v mene Hospodinovom, že Hospodin bude svedkom medzi mnou a medzi tebou a medzi mojím semenom a medzi tvojím semenom, nech stojí až na veky.

⁴²And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of Jehovah, saying, Jehovah shall 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.

⁴³A Dávid vstal a išiel. A Jonatán sa navrátil do mesta.