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 by 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 seeks 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 to him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, and not apprise 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 swore again and again, and said, Thy father certainly knows that I have found favour in thy sight: and he has thought, Jonathan shall not 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.

⁴And Jonathan said to David, What thy soul may say, 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 to Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is 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 until the third evening.

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 should actually miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for there is a 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 very wroth, be sure 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?!

⁸Deal kindly then 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 knew with certainty that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, would I not 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? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?

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

¹¹And Jonathan said to 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 to David, Jehovah, God of Israel, when I sound my father about this time to-morrow, [or] the next day, and behold, there be good toward David, and I then send not to thee, and apprise thee of it,

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 and much more to Jonathan. Should it please my father [to do] thee evil, then I will apprise thee of it, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace; and Jehovah be with thee, as he has 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 shew me the kindness 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 thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever, no, not when Jehovah cuts 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.

¹⁶And Jonathan made [a covenant] with the house of David, [saying,] Let Jehovah even 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, by the love he had for 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.

¹⁸And Jonathan said to him, To-morrow is the new moon; and thou wilt be missed, for 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.

¹⁹but on the third day thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself on the day of the business, and abide 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 of it, 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 expressly say to the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come, for there is peace for thee, and it is nothing; [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 to the youth: Behold, the arrows are beyond thee, -- go thy way; for Jehovah sends 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 to the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, Jehovah is between me and thee for ever.

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

²⁴And David hid himself in the field; and it was the new moon, and the king sat at table to eat.

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 on his seat, as at other times, on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and 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.

²⁶And Saul said nothing that day; for he thought, Something has befallen [him], that 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 the next day after the new moon, the second [day of the month], as David's place was empty, that Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why has not the son of Jesse come to table, 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 Bethlehem,

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 said, Let me go, I pray thee; for we have a family sacrifice in the city; and my brother himself has commanded me [to be there]; and now, if I have found favour in thy sight, let me go away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. He has therefore not come to 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?

³⁰And Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, Son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame and to 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 lives upon earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. And now send and fetch him to me, for he must die.

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

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

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

³³Then Saul cast the spear at him to smite him; and Jonathan knew that it was determined by 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.

³⁴And Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no meat the second day of the new moon; 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, to the place agreed on 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 to his lad, Run, find now the arrows which I shoot. The lad ran, and he shot the 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 came to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad and said, Is not the arrow away 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.

³⁹And the lad knew nothing: 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 to his lad, and said to 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.

⁴¹The lad went, and David arose from the side of 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 both of us sworn in the name of Jehovah, saying, Jehovah 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.