1 Samuel 20
1 Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”
To naah David loe Ramah prae thung ih, Naioth avang hoiah cawnh moe, Jonathan khaeah caeh pacoengah, anih khaeah, Timaw ka sak? Ka zaehaih timaw oh? Nam pa nuiah timaw sethaih ka sak moe, ka hinghaih lak hanah pakrong? tiah a naa.
2 “Far from it!” Jonathan replied. “You will not die. Indeed, my father does nothing, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This cannot be true!”
Jonathan mah anih khaeah, Na dueh mak ai! Khenah, kai thaisak ai ah loe pa mah kalen maw, kathoeng maw kawbaktih hmuen doeh sah vai ai; kawbangah doeh pa mah to baktih hmuennawk to kai khaeah angphat mak ai; to bak tih hmuen to om ai, tiah a naa.
3 But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
David mah, Kai loe na mikhnukah kahoih ampui ah ka oh, tiah nam pa mah panoek, anih mah hae hmuen hae Jonathan mah panoek nahaeloe palungsae tih, tiah poek pongah, Jonathan to panoek o sak hmah, tiah thuih pae boeh; toe Angraeng loe hing moe, nang doeh na hing baktih toengah, kai hoi duekhaih salakah khok tangkan maeto khue ni oh boeh, tiah lok ka kam, tiah a naa.
4 Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you desire, I will do for you.”
Jonathan mah David khaeah, Saksak na koeh ih hmuennawk boih kang sak pae han, tiah a naa.
5 So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.
To pongah David mah Jonathan khaeah, Khenah, khawnbang loe khrah kangtha niah oh pongah, angaek ai ah siangpahrang hoi nawnto buhcaak han oh; toe ka caeh moe, omvaih ni aduem khoek to lawk ah kang hawk han vop.
6 If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’
Nam pa mah kai om ai, tiah panoek nahaeloe, David loe angmah ih imthung takohnawk boih hoi nawnto saning kruek sak ih angbawnhaih to oh pongah, a ohhaih Bethlehem vangpui ah caeh hanah ang hnik khruek, tiah nam pa khaeah thui paeh.
7 If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.
To naah nam pa mah, Hoih hmang, tiah thui nahaeloe, na tamna kai loe kamongah ka om tih; toe palungphui parai nahaeloe, ka nuiah nganbawh kana paek hanah a poek, tiah panoek ah.
8 Therefore deal faithfully with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”
To pongah nang mah na tamna kai nuiah tahmenhaih amtuengsak raeh, na tamna kai hoi nang loe Angraeng hmaa ah lokkamhaih a sak hoi boeh pongah, ka zaehaih om nahaeloe, tikhoe nam pa khaeah caeh han angai vop tih? Nang mah roe na hum ah, tiah a naa.
9 “Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”
Jonathan mah, Natuek naah doeh to tiah om hmah nasoe! Nang nganbawh kana paek hanah pa mah poek, tiah ka panoek nahaeloe, nang khaeah thui ai ah ka om tih maw? tiah a naa.
10 Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”
David mah Jonathan khaeah, Nam pa mah lok kaham hoiah na pathim nahaeloe, mi mah maw kai khaeah thui tih? tiah a naa.
11 “Come,” he replied, “let us go out to the field.” So the two of them went out into the field,
Jonathan mah David khaeah, Angzo ah lawk ah caeh si, tiah a naa. To pongah lawk ah nawnto a caeh hoi.
12 and Jonathan said, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?
To naah Jonathan mah David khaeah, Aw Israel Angraeng Sithaw loe hing baktih toengah, khawnbang hoi omvaih niah pa to ka tanoek han, to naah na nuiah poekhaih kahoih tawn nahaeloe, tamthang thaisak hanah, nang khaeah kami patoeh ai ah ka om mak ai;
13 But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.
toe pa mah nang raihaih paek hanah koeh nahaeloe, kamongah na caeh moe, na loih thai hanah, kang thaisak ai nahaeloe, Angraeng mah Jonathan nuiah kanung parai ah toksah nasoe; pa khaeah oh baktih toengah, Angraeng mah na ohhaih nasoe.
14 And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,
Ka duek han ai ah, ka hing thung Angraeng tahmenhaih ka nuiah amtuengsak ah;
15 and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”
toe Angraeng mah long nuiah kaom David ih misanawk paro boih cadoeh, ka canawknawk nuiah na tahmenhaih apetsak hmah, tiah a naa.
16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”
Oep om ai ah ka oh nahaeloe, Angraeng mah David ih misanawk hoiah lu la pathok nasoe, tiah Jonathan mah David imthung takoh hoiah lokkamhaih to sak.
17 And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.
Jonathan mah David to angmah ih takpum baktih toengah palung pongah, David to amlunghaih hoiah lokkamsak let.
18 Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon, and you will be missed if your seat is empty.
To naah Jonathan mah David khaeah, Khawnbang loe khrah kangtha niah oh; nang loe na om mak ai, nang hnuthaih ahmuen to kong sut tih boeh.
19 When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.
Ni thumto na oh pacoengah, karangah caeh tathuk loe, raihaih na tongh niah, nang hawkhaih ahmuen na phak pacoengah, Ezel ih thlung ohhaih ahmuen ah om ah.
20 I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.
To ahmuen taengah sak ih kalii kah tanoek baktih toengah, palaa thumto ka kah han.
21 Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,’ then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.
Khenah, nawkta maeto ka patoeh han, anih khaeah, Caeh loe, ka kah tanoek ih palaa to akhui ah, tiah ka naa han. Anih khaeah, Khenah, Palaa loe na taengah oh, akhui ah, tiah ka thuih naah, nang angzo ah; Angraeng loe hing baktih toengah, zit han om ai, misa monghaih oh boeh.
22 But if I say to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then you must go, for the LORD has sent you away.
Toe kai mah nawkta khaeah, Khenah, palaa loe na hmabang ah oh, tiah ka thuih nahaeloe, Angraeng mah ang patoeh ving boeh pongah cawn ah.
23 And as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”
Angraeng loe nang hoi kai salakah vaihi a thuih hoi ih lok hnukung ah dungzan khoek to om nasoe, tiah a naa.
24 So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.
To pongah David loe taw ah anghawk; khrah kangtha ni phak naah, siangpahrang loe buhcaak hanah anghnut.
25 He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.
Canghniah anghnut zong baktih toengah, siangpahrang tapang taengah anghnut naah, Jonathan to angthawk, Abner loe Saul taengah anghnut; toe David anghnuthaih ahmuen loe kong sut.
26 Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”
Hmuen maeto oh kalang mue, David loe ciim ai, ciimcai ai tangtang mue, tiah a poek pongah, to na niah loe Saul mah tidoeh thui ai.
27 But on the day after the New Moon, the second day, David’s place was still empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal either yesterday or today?”
Toe khawnbangah loe, khrah kangtha ni hnetto haih ah oh, David anghnuthaih ahmuen to kong sut let bae pongah, Saul mah a capa Jonathan khaeah, Tipongah Jesse capa loe cangduem doeh, vaihni doeh buhcaak han angzo ai loe, tiah a naa.
28 Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,
Jonathan mah Saul khaeah, David loe Bethlehem vangpui ah caeh hanah kai khaeah ang hnik khruek;
29 saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he did not come to the king’s table.”
ka imthung takohnawk mah vangpui thungah angbawnhaih sak atim o, kamya mah angzoh hanah lok pat khruek pongah, ka caeh han vop; na mikcuk naakrak ah ka oh nahaeloe, kamyanawk hoi angqum thai hanah na caehsak raeh, tiah ang hnik. To pongah anih loe siangpahrang buhcaakhaih ahmuen ah angzo thai ai, tiah a naa.
30 Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who bore you?
Saul mah Jonathan to palungphui thuih, Kasae moe, lok tahngai ai nongpata ih capa; azathaih na tongh moe, nang tapenkung nam no azatsak hanah, Jesse capa hoiah nang kom hoi, tito kai mah panoek ai mue, tiah na poek maw?
31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingship shall be established. Now send for him and bring him to me, for he must surely die!”
Jesse capa loe long nuiah hing thung, nangmah hoi na prae natuek naah doeh angdoe thai mak ai; vaihi kami patoeh loe kai khaeah na hoisak ah, anih loe duek han oh, tiah a naa.
32 “Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”
Jonathan mah ampa Saul khaeah, Tipongah anih na hum han loe? Tih hmuen sak pongah maw anih to na hum han? tiah a naa.
33 Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him; so Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.
Saul mah hum hanah Jonathan to tayae hoiah takhawh. To naah ampa mah David hum hanah pacaeng boeh, tiah panoek.
34 Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.
To pongah Jonathan loe palungphui moe, buhcaakhaih ahmuen hoiah angthawk ving; ampa mah David nuiah azat thok hmuen to sak pongah, palungset moe, khrah kangtha ni hnetto haih niah buhcaa ai ah oh.
35 In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointment with David, and a small boy was with him.
Khawnbangah angqum han khaeh ih atue phak naah, Jonathan loe David hnuk hanah, nawkta maeto hoi nawnto taw ah a caeh.
36 He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.
Nawkta khaeah, Ka kah ih palaa hae patom ah, tiah a naa. Nawkta cawnh naah, anih hmaa ah palaa maeto a kah pae.
37 When the boy reached the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called to him, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”
Jonathan mah kah ih palaa taengah nawkta phak naah, Jonathan mah nawkta khaeah, palaa loe na hmaa bangah na ai maw oh? tiah a naa.
38 Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
Jonathan mah nawkta khaeah, Karangah caeh ah, anghak hmah! tiah a hang. Nawkta loe palaa akhuih moe, angmah ih angraeng khaeah amlaem let.
39 But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.
Toe nawkta mah lok ahlong maeto doeh thai kop ai; Jonathan hoi David khue mah ni panoek.
40 Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the boy and said, “Go, take it back to the city.”
To naah Jonathan mah angmah ih palaa to nawkta khaeah paek moe, anih khaeah, Caeh loe, hae hmuennawk hae vangpui thungah sin let ah, tiah a naa.
41 When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.
Nawkta caeh pacoengah, David loe aloih bang thlung ohhaih ahmuen hoiah angthawk moe, Jonathan hmaa ah long ah vai thumto akuep tathuk; maeto hoi maeto angmok hoi moe, nawnto qah hoi, toe David qahhaih to nung kue.
42 And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.
Jonathan mah David khaeah, Kamongah caeh lai ah; aihnik mah Angraeng ih ahmin hoiah lokkamhaih a sak hoi baktih toengah, Angraeng loe na caa hoi ka caa salakah, dungzan khoek to hnukung ah om tih, tiah a naa. To pacoengah David doeh angthawk moe, a caeh; Jonathan doeh vangpui ah amlaem let.
