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?”
David te Ramah kah Naioth lamloh yong tih Jonathan taengla a pha vaengah, “Balae ka saii tih kai kathaesainah he balae? Na pa mikhmuh ah kai kah mebang tholhnah lae aka om tih ka hinglu he a tlap,” a ti nah.
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!”
Te dongah Jonathan loh, “Savisava la, na duek mahpawh, kai hna ah ham phoe pawt atah hno yit, hno len akhaw a pa loh saii rhoe saii pawt oe. Tahae kah olka he balae tih a pa loh kai taeng lamloh a thuh, hekah he a hong pawt nim,” a ti nah.
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.”
Tedae David loh koep a toem a ngam tih, “Na mikhmuh ah mikdaithen ka dang te na pa loh a ming rhoe a ming ta, Jonathan a ming sak pawt he a kothae ve a ti dongah ni. BOEIPA kah hingnah rhangneh na hinglu khaw hingnah om dae kai laklo neh dueknah laklo he khokan kan at mai ni,” a ti nah.
4 Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you desire, I will do for you.”
Jonathan loh David te, “Mebang khaw na hinglu te dawt uh lamtah nang ham kan saii eh?,” a ti nah.
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.
Te dongah David loh Jonathan taengah, “Thangvuen he hlasae coeng ni ne, kai tah buh ca la manghai taengah ka ngol rhoe ka ngol ham om. Tedae kai n'tueih lamtah a thum hlaem duela kohong ah ka thuh uh mai eh.
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.’
Na pa loh kai hah n'toem tih, “David te a cako boeih ham hmueih tue a om dongah amah kho Bethlehem la yong ham kai taengah n'dawt tih a bih,” ti nah.
7 If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.
Tete then a ti atah na sal he sading la om ni. Tedae anih te sai la sai mai koinih anih te yoethaenah neh rhoeh coeng tila ming laeh.
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?”
Tedae BOEIPA kah paipi rhangneh na sal taengah sitlohnah khueh mai. Na sal he namah taengla khuen mai. Thaesainah he ni ka khuiah a om atah kai he namah loh n'duek sak, bahamlae na pa taengla kai nan thak eh?,” a ti nah.
9 “Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”
Jonathan loh, “Nang nen tah savisava, a pa loh boethae neh a hah te ka ming la ka ming atah nang taengla pahoi ka pawk tih namah taengah ka puen moenih a,” a ti nah.
10 Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”
David loh Jonathan te, “Na pa loh namah te mangkhak la m'voek koinih ulae kai taengla aka puen eh?,” a ti nah.
11 “Come,” he replied, “let us go out to the field.” So the two of them went out into the field,
Te dongah David te Jonathan loh, “Ceh, kohong la cet sih,” a ti nah tih kohong la bok cet rhoi.
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?
Te vaengah Jonathan loh David te, “Israel Pathen BOEIPA rhangneh thangvuen a thum hnin ah a pa te rhep ka khe lah eh. Te vaengah David ham a then neh a then pawt khaw nang taengla kan tah vetih na hna kan cah bitni.
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.
Jonathan taengah he BOEIPA loh han saii saeh lamtah hang khoep nawn saeh. Nang taengah boethae ham te a pa loh a hue oeh atah na hna ah kan yaak sak vetih namah taengah ol kan tah bitni. Te vaengah sading la na cet bitni. A pa taengah a om bangla nang taengah khaw BOEIPA om saeh.
14 And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,
Tedae kai he phat ka hing pawt atah BOEIPA kah sitlohnah te kai taengah saii boeh. Tedae kai ka duek vailaih moenih.
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.”
Na sitlohnah te ka imkhui dong lamloh kumhal duela haih boeh. BOEIPA loh David kah thunkha rhoek te diklai hman kah hlang lamloh a haih vaengah pataeng haih boel saeh,” a ti nah.
16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”
Te phoeiah Jonathan loh David imkhui neh paipi a saii tih, “Thunkha kut lamkah David te BOEIPA loh toem nawn saeh,” a ti.
17 And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.
David taengah a khueh lungnah tetah amah hinglu a lungnah vaengkah lungnah la a om dongah Jonathan loh koep a rhaep tih ol a caeng.
18 Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon, and you will be missed if your seat is empty.
Te dongah Jonathan loh, “Thangvuen he hlasae la om tih na ngolhmuen tah hoeng vetih n'toem pawn ni.
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.
A thum hnin ah koe suntla lamtah na thuh hmuen la ana cet. Te vaengah hnin kah bibi neh Ezel lungto taengah ana om ne.
20 I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.
Te vaengah kai loh thaltang pathum te a hael kah ka kutnoek dongah kah hamla kan thuinuet bitni.
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.
Te phoeiah cet vetih thaltang aka so ham camoe kan tueih ni ne. Camoe te, “Na taengkah thaltang rhoek te hela hang khuen,” ka ti la ka ti coeng atah ha mop phai laeh. BOEIPA kah hingnah dongah nang ham sadingnah la om vetih olka la om mahpawh.
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.
Tedae camoe te, “Na taengkah thaltang te voelh caeh tak,” ka ti atah BOEIPA long ni nang n'tueih coeng.
23 And as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”
Tahae ah nang neh kai loh olka n'thui vanbangla kai laklo neh nang laklo ah kumhal duela BOEIPA om coeng ne,” a ti nah.
24 So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.
Te dongah David tah kohong la thuh uh. Hlasae a pha vaengah buh ca la buh kungah manghai ngol.
25 He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.
A noek noek kah bangla amah ngolhmuen, pangbueng taengkah ngolhmuen dongah manghai te ngol. Te phoeiah Jonathan te thoo tih Saul kaep ah Abner ngol. Tedae David kah a hmuen tah vik hoeng.
26 Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”
Te vaengah a hmuet a hma te cim caih pawh a ti dongah tekah khohnin ah tah Saul he kamat khaw cal pawh.
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?”
Tedae hlasae vuen a pha vaengah tah David kah a hmuen te a pabae la hoeng bal. Te dongah Saul loh a capa Jonathan taengah, “Jesse capa he balae tih hlaem ah khaw, tihnin ah khaw buh kung la ha mop pawh,” a ti nah.
28 Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,
Te dongah Jonathan loh Saul te, “Bethlehem la caeh ham te David loh kai taengah a bih ngawn tah a bih.
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.”
Te vaengah, 'Kho khuiah kaimih cako kah hmueih a om dongah kai khaw ka mop vetih ka maya ka uen dae ni. Na mikhmuh ah mikdaithen ni ka dang van coeng atah ka poeng ka hal mai saeh lamtah ka manuca rhoek te ka hmu mai eh,’ a ti. Te dongah ni manghai kah caboei taengla ha mop pawh,” a ti nah.
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?
Te vaengah Saul kah a thintoek loh Jonathan taengah sai tih, “Boekoek paihaeh capa, namah kah yahpohnah ham neh na nu kah a yah te yahpohnah ham Jesse capa taengah na kaibaeng te ka ming moenih a?
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 te diklai ah a hing khuiah namah khaw na ram na thoh thai mahpawh. Te dongah anih te ol tah lamkah kai taengla hang khuen, amah te duek ca kangna saeh,” a ti nah.
32 “Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”
Tedae Jonathan loh a napa Saul te a doo tih, “Balae tih anih te a duek eh? Balae a saii tih?,” a ti nah.
33 Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him; so Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.
Te vaengah anih ngawn hamla Saul loh a taengkah caai neh a khoh. Te daengah David duek sak ham a napa loh a taeng te Jonathan loh a ming.
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.
Te dongah Jonathan khaw caboei dong lamloh thintoek thinling neh thoo tih hlasae a pabae khohnin kah buh te ca pawh. David ham a kothae tih a napa ham a hmaithae.
35 In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointment with David, and a small boy was with him.
David kah tingtunnah ham mincang a pha vaengah Jonathan tah amah taengkah cadong ca neh kohong la cet.
36 He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.
Te vaengah a taengkah cadong te, “Yong lamtah kai loh thaltang kan thuinuet te so laeh,” a ti nah. Camoe te a yong phai vaengah amah a thuinuet palaa te a poeng.
37 When the boy reached the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called to him, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”
Jonathan kah palaa a thuinuet nah hmuen te camoe loh a pha vaengah, Jonathan loh camoe te a hnuk longah a khue tih, “Nang taengah palaa om pawt tih voelh cet coeng nama?,” a ti nah.
38 Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
Te phoeiah Jonathan loh cadong te a hnuk longah, “A loe la tawn uh latam pai boeh,” a ti nah. Te dongah palaa thaltang te Jonathan kah camoe loh a rhuh tih a boei taengla ha pawk.
39 But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.
Te vaengkah olka te Jonathan neh David bueng loh a ming dae camoe longtah pakhat khaw ming pawh.
40 Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the boy and said, “Go, take it back to the city.”
A hno a pai te Jonathan loh amah taengkah camoe taengla a paek tih, “Cet lamtah khopuei khuila khuen laeh,” a ti nah.
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.
Camoe a khum neh David te tuithim ben lamkah ha moe. Te vaengah a tal neh diklai la bakop tih voei thum a bawk. Pakhat loh a hui patoeng a mok uh rhoi vaengah pakhat loh a hui patoeng taengah rhap rhoi tih David te nah.
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.
Te phoeiah David te Jonathan loh, “BOEIPA ming neh mamih rhoi loh n'toemngam tih, 'Kai laklo neh nang laklo ah, kai tiingan laklo neh nang kah tiingan laklo ah kumhal duela BOEIPA om,’ n'ti dongah ngaimong la cet ne,” a ti nah.
