¹David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”

¹Aga Taavet põgenes Raama Naajotist ja tuli ning ütles Joonatanile: 'Mida ma olen teinud? Mis on mu süü ja patt su isa ees, et ta püüab mu hinge?'

²He said to him, “Far from it; you shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.”

²Ja Joonatan vastas temale: 'Jäägu see kaugele! Sa ei sure! Vaata, mu isa ei tee midagi suuremat ega vähemat, ilma et ta ilmutaks minu kõrvadele. Miks peaks mu isa just seda asja minu eest varjama? See pole mitte nii!'

³David swore moreover, and said, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, ‘Don’t let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved:’ but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”

³Aga Taavet vannutas jälle ja ütles: 'Su isa teab kindlasti, et ma sinu silmis olen armu leidnud. Seepärast ta mõtleb: Joonatan ei tohi sellest teada saada, et ta ei kurvastaks. Jah, nii tõesti kui Issand elab ja nii tõesti kui sa ise elad, minu ja surma vahel on ainult üks samm.'

⁴Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.”

⁴Siis ütles Joonatan Taavetile: 'Mida sa iganes soovid, seda ma teen sulle!'

⁵David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to dine with the king; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.

⁵Ja Taavet ütles Joonatanile: 'Vaata, homme on noorkuu ja ma peaksin küll koos kuningaga istuma ja sööma; aga luba mind, et ma väljal ennast varjan kuni kolmanda õhtuni.

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

⁶Kui su isa leiab mind väga puudu olevat, siis ütle: Taavet palus mind väga, et ta võiks rutata oma linna Petlemma, sest seal on kogu suguvõsal iga-aastane ohver.

⁷If he says, ‘It is well;’ your servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, then know that evil is determined by him.

⁷Kui ta ütleb nõnda: Hea küll!, siis on su sulasel rahu. Aga kui ta viha süttib põlema, siis tea, et tema poolt on kuritöö otsustatud!

⁸Therefore deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you: but if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?”

⁸Osuta siis oma sulasele heldust, sest sa oled oma sulase viinud koos enesega Issanda liitu! Aga kui süü on minus, siis surma sina mind; sest miks peaksid sa mind viima oma isa juurde?'

⁹Jonathan said, “Far be it from you; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come on you, then wouldn’t I tell you that?”

⁹Ja Joonatan ütles: 'Jäägu see sinust kaugele! Sest kui ma tõesti märkan, et mu isa on otsustanud lasta sulle kurja sündida, siis ma ei jäta seda sulle teatamata.'

¹⁰Then David said to Jonathan, “Who shall tell me if perchance your father answers you roughly?”

¹⁰Aga Taavet küsis Joonatanilt: 'Kes teatab mulle, kui su isa vastab sulle karmilt?'

¹¹Jonathan said to David, “Come, and let us go out into the field.” They both went out into the field.

¹¹Ja Joonatan vastas Taavetile: 'Tule, lähme väljale!' Ja nad mõlemad läksid väljale.

¹²Jonathan said to David, “By Yahweh, the God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there is good toward David, shall I not then send to you, and disclose it to you?

¹²Ja Joonatan ütles Taavetile: 'Issand, Iisraeli Jumal! Kui ma homme või ülehomme sel ajal olen oma isalt järele kuulanud, ja vaata, Taaveti asi on hea, eks ma siis läkita kedagi su juurde ja ilmuta seda su kõrvale.

¹³Yahweh do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I don’t disclose it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace: and Yahweh be with you, as he has been with my father.

¹³Issand tehku Joonataniga ükskõik mida, aga kui mu isa tahab teha sulle kurja, siis ma ilmutan seda su kõrvale ja saadan sinu ära, et sa võiksid minna rahuga. Ja Issand olgu sinuga, nõnda nagu ta on olnud mu isaga!

¹⁴You shall not only while yet I live show me the loving kindness of Yahweh, that I not die;

¹⁴Jah, kui ma veel elan, siis osuta mulle küll Issanda armastust, et ma ei sureks!

¹⁵but also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever; no, not when Yahweh has cut off the enemies of David everyone from the surface of the earth.”

¹⁵Ära võta iialgi oma armastust minu soolt, ka siis mitte, kui Issand kõik Taaveti vaenlased maapinnalt hävitab!'

¹⁶So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “Yahweh will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.”

¹⁶Ja Joonatan tegi Taaveti sooga liidu: 'Issand nõudku aru Taaveti vaenlastelt!'

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

¹⁷Ja Joonatan vannutas veel Taavetit vastastikuse armastuse juures, sest ta armastas teda, nagu ta armastas oma hinge.

¹⁸Then Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon: and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.

¹⁸Ja Joonatan ütles temale: 'Homme on noorkuu ja sinust tuntakse puudust, kui su koht on tühi.

¹⁹When you have stayed three days, you shall go down quickly, and come to the place where you hid yourself when this started, and shall remain by the stone Ezel.

¹⁹Aga ülehomme mine ruttu alla ja tule sinna paika, kus sa selle teo päeval ennast varjasid, ja jää Eseli kivi juurde!

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

²⁰Mina ammun siis kolm noolt selle kõrvale, nagu laseksin ma märki.

²¹Behold, I will send the boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ If I tell the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are on this side of you. Take them;’ then come; for there is peace to you and no hurt, as Yahweh lives.

²¹Ja vaata, ma läkitan poisi, öeldes: 'Mine otsi nooli!' Aga kui ma ütlen poisile: 'Vaata, nooled on sinust siinpool, võta need!', siis tule, sest sul on siis rahu ega midagi muud, nii tõesti kui Issand elab!

²²But if I say this to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are beyond you;’ then go your way; for Yahweh has sent you away.

²²Aga kui ma ütlen poisile nõnda: 'Vaata, nooled on sinust sealpool!', siis mine, sest Issand saadab su ära!

²³Concerning the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, Yahweh is between you and me forever.”

²³Ja mis puutub sellesse, mida mina ja sina oleme rääkinud, siis vaata, Issand on igavesti tunnistajaks minu ja sinu vahel.'

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

²⁴Ja Taavet varjas ennast väljal. Kui noorkuu tuli, istus kuningas leiba võtma.

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

²⁵Kuningas istus nagu alati oma istmel, seinaäärsel istmel. Kui Joonatan tõusis, istus ainult Abner Sauli kõrval ja Taaveti koht oli tühi.

²⁶Nevertheless Saul didn’t say anything that day: for he thought, “Something has happened to him. He is not clean. Surely he is not clean.”

²⁶Aga Saul ei öelnud sel päeval midagi, sest ta mõtles: 'Temale on midagi juhtunud, ta ei ole puhas, ta ei ole kindlasti mitte puhas.'

²⁷It happened on the next day after the new moon, the second day, that David’s place was empty. Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why doesn’t the son of Jesse come to eat, neither yesterday, nor today?”

²⁷Aga kui järgmisel päeval, teisel noorkuu päeval, Taaveti koht tühi oli, küsis Saul oma pojalt Joonatanilt: 'Mispärast ei ole Iisai poeg nii eile kui täna leivale tulnud?'

²⁸Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem.

²⁸Ja Joonatan kostis Saulile: 'Taavet palus mind väga, et ta võiks minna Petlemma;

²⁹He said, ‘Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city. My brother has commanded me to be there. Now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go away and see my brothers.’ Therefore he has not come to the king’s table.”

²⁹ta ütles: Luba mind ometi, sest meil on linnas suguvõsa ohver ja mu vend kutsus mind; kui ma nüüd su silmis armu leian, siis lase mind minna oma vendi vaatama! Sellepärast ei ole ta tulnud kuninga lauda.'

³⁰Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse rebellious woman, don’t I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?

³⁰Siis Sauli viha süttis põlema Joonatani vastu ja ta ütles temale: 'Sina vastuhakkaja värdjas! Kas ma ei tea, et sa oled valinud Iisai poja häbiks enesele ja häbiks oma ema häbemele!

³¹For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Therefore now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die!”

³¹Niikaua kui Iisai poeg maa peal elab, ei ole sina ega su kuningriik kindel. Ja nüüd läkita kedagi ja too ta minu juurde, sest ta on surmalaps!'

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

³²Aga Joonatan kostis oma isale Saulile ja küsis temalt: 'Miks on vaja teda surmata? Mis ta on teinud?'

³³Saul cast his spear at him to strike him. By this Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.

³³Aga Saul viskas piigi tema suunas, et teda läbi torgata; nüüd mõistis Joonatan, et ta isa oli otsustanud Taaveti tappa.

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

³⁴Ja Joonatan tõusis lauast tulise vihaga ega võtnud leiba teisel noorkuu päeval, sest ta oli mures Taaveti pärast, oli ju tema isa teda mõnitanud.

³⁵It happened in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little boy with him.

³⁵Järgmisel hommikul läks Joonatan Taavetile määratud ajal väljale ja tal oli kaasas üks väike poiss.

³⁶He said to his boy, “Run, find now the arrows which I shoot.” As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

³⁶Ja ta ütles oma poisile: 'Jookse ja otsi nooli, mis ma ammun!' Poiss jooksis ja ta ise ambus noole temast mööda.

³⁷When the boy had come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the boy, and said, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”

³⁷Ja kui poiss jõudis sinna paika, kus oli Joonatani ammutud nool, hüüdis Joonatan poisile järele ja küsis: 'Eks ole nool sinust eespool?'

³⁸Jonathan cried after the boy, “Go fast! Hurry! Don’t delay!” Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

³⁸Ja Joonatan hüüdis poisile järele: 'Rutta nobedasti, ära seisa!' Ja Joonatani poiss noppis noole ning tuli oma isanda juurde.

³⁹But the boy didn’t know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

³⁹Aga poiss ei teadnud midagi, ainult Joonatan ja Taavet teadsid seda asja.

⁴⁰Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy, and said to him, “Go, carry them to the city.”

⁴⁰Ja Joonatan andis oma sõjariistad poisile, kes oli koos temaga, ja ütles temale: 'Mine vii linna!'

⁴¹As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another, and wept one with another, and David wept the most.

⁴¹Kui poiss oli läinud, tõusis Taavet üles lõuna poolt ja heitis silmili maha ning kummardas kolm korda; siis nad suudlesid teineteist ja nutsid üheskoos, Taavet kõige rohkem.

⁴²Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, because we have both sworn in the name of Yahweh, saying, ‘Yahweh shall be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed, forever.’” He arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.

⁴²Siis ütles Joonatan Taavetile: 'Mine rahuga, jäägu nõnda, nagu me mõlemad Issanda nime juures oleme vandunud ja öelnud: Issand olgu igavesti tunnistajaks minu ja sinu vahel, minu soo ja sinu soo vahel!'