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 came to pass, when he had ended speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved 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 took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.

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

³And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved 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 stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his dress, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to 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 went forth; whithersoever Saul sent him he prospered; and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

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 came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambours, with joy, and with triangles.

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

⁷And the women answered [one another] as they played, and said, Saul hath smitten his thousands, And David his ten thousands.

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 Saul was very wroth, and that saying was evil in his sight; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed the thousands; and [what] is there more for him but the kingdom?

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

⁹And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

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 came to pass the next day that an evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house, but David played with his hand, as on other days; and the spear was in Saul's hand.

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 cast the spear, and thought, I will smite David and the wall. But David turned away from him twice.

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

¹²And Saul was afraid of David, because Jehovah was with him, and had departed from Saul.

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

¹³And Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

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

¹⁴And David prospered in all his ways; and Jehovah was with him.

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

¹⁵And Saul saw that he prospered well, and he stood in awe of him.

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

¹⁶But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came 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 said to David, Behold my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife; only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah's battles. But Saul thought, My hand shall not be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines shall 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 said to Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be 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 came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.

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

²⁰And Michal Saul's daughter loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing was right in his sight.

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 said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time.

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 commanded his servants, Speak with David secretly, saying, Behold, the king has delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

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 Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Is it a light thing in your eyes to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am 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 told him, saying, On this manner did David speak.

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 said, Thus shall ye say to David: The king does not desire any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David 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 told David these words; and the thing was right in David's sight to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired,

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.

²⁷when David arose and went, he and his men, and smote of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they delivered them in full to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife.

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

²⁸And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David; and Michal Saul's daughter loved him.

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

²⁹And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David's enemy continually.

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 went forth; and it came to pass, whenever they went forth, that David succeeded better than all the servants of Saul; and his name was much esteemed.