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?”
Devit teh Ramah kho Naioth hmuen koehoi a yawng teh Jonathan koe a pha. Bangmaw ka sak, ka yonnae bang hah namaw, na pa koe bang yonnae maw ka sak teh thei hane na noe telah a dei.
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 ni ahni koevah, na dout mahoeh. Apa ni kai panuek laipalah, kathoeng kalen hai sak mahoeh. Bangkong hah na maw hete lawk heh kai koe a hro han, het heh a laithoe vai aw, bout atipouh.
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.”
Devit ni kai heh nang ni lung na pataw e hah na pa ni atangcalah a panue. Jonathan ni hethateh panuek hanh naseh, a lung mathout vaih ati dawk han doeh atipouh. BAWIPA a hring e hoi nang na hring e patetlah atangcalah ka dei, duenae hoi maimouh roi rahak khoktakan vai touh doeh kaawm atipouh.
4 Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you desire, I will do for you.”
Jonathan ni Devit koevah na ngai e pueng na sak pouh han telah a ti.
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.
Devit ni khenhaw! tangtho teh thapa rei hnin doeh. Siangpahrang koe buven roeroe hane doeh. Hatei kai na cetsak lawih. Apâthum hnin tangmin totouh law lah kâhro hanelah na cet sak.
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 ni ka o hoeh e hah panuek pawiteh, Devit ni a onae Bethlehem vah cei hanelah atangcalah na dei pouh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, a imthungkhu hane kum tangkuem thuengnae tueng lah ao telah a dei pouh.
7 If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.
Ahawi tetpawiteh, a san hah a rungngang han. A lungkhuek pawiteh hnokahawi hoeh e sak han a kâcai tie panuek lawih.
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?”
Na san e lathueng lungmanae tawn. Bangkongtetpawiteh, na san heh BAWIPA lawkkamnae thung na kâkuetkhai toe. Hatei kai dawk ka payonnae na poe koe kuekluek na ceikhai han telah a ti.
9 “Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”
Jonathan ni khuet na dout ti, bangkongtetpawiteh apa ni na lathueng hno kahawihoeh a sak e ka panuek pawiteh dei laipalah ka o han na maw telah a ti.
10 Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”
Devit ni Jonathan koe na pa ni lawk kahram lahoi na pato teh apinimaw na dei pouh han telah a ti.
11 “Come,” he replied, “let us go out to the field.” So the two of them went out into the field,
Jonathan ni Devit koe law cet roi sei telah ati. Hottelah kahni touh hoi law a cei roi.
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?
Jonathan ni Devit koe Isarel BAWIPA Cathut teh kapanuekkhaikung lah awm naseh, tangtho atu e tueng dawk thoseh, apâthum thoseh apa ka tanouk han. Devit kong dawk a hawinae koelah pawiteh nang koe tami ka patoun laipalah, dei laipalah ka o han nama.
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.
Hatei apa ni na lathueng hno kahawihoeh sak hanelah kâcai pawiteh, na thaisak han. Kahawicalah na cei thai nahan na tha han, telah ka sak hoehpawiteh BAWIPA ni Jonathan dawk hot hlak hoe sak naseh. Apa koe BAWIPA ouk ao e patetlah nang koehai awm seh.
14 And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,
Ka hring nathung dawk dueng laipalah, ka hringnae abaw nah hai BAWIPA pahrennae kai dawk sak hoeh laipalah awm hanh.
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.”
Nange pahren lungmanae hai kaie imthung koehoi nâtuek hai pâpout hanh. BAWIPA ni Devit e taran talai dawk hoi he a pahma totouh pâpout hanh telah a ti.
16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”
Jonathan ni Devit e imthungnaw hoi lawkkamnae a sak. Hot hah na raphoe pawiteh, Devit e taran kut dawk hoi BAWIPA ni pathung naseh.
17 And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.
Jonathan ni amahoima lungpataw e patetlah Devit koe lawk bout a kam.
18 Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon, and you will be missed if your seat is empty.
Jonathan ni Devit koe tangtho thaparei hnin na tahungnae a houng han dawkvah, na awm hoeh tie a kamnue han.
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.
Apâthum hnin hnukkhu, karanglah cathuk nateh hete hno ao hnin hoi na kâhronae hmuen koe cet nateh, Ezel talung koe na o han.
20 I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.
Nue e hmuen dawk ka e patetlah, pala kathum touh talung teng vah ka ka 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.
Khenhaw! cet nateh, pala hah tawng telah camo ka patoun han. Camo koevah khenhaw! pala teh na hnukkhu lah ao. Lat nateh hi tho, ka tetpawiteh BAWIPA a hring e patetlah nang hane damnae, roumnae lah ao han. Taki hane awm mahoeh.
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.
Hatei camo koevah khenhaw! pala hah ahla na koe ao ka tetpawiteh, na cei han. Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA ni na ceisak e han doeh.
23 And as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”
Nang hoi kai ni dei roi e hno kong dawkvah khenhaw! nang hoi kaie rahak vah BAWIPA teh pou ao doeh telah a ti.
24 So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.
Devit teh law vah a kâhmo, thaparei nah siangpahrang teh bu ven hanelah a tahung.
25 He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.
Siangpahrang teh ouk a tahungnae hmuen tapang koe a tahung. Jonathan a kangdue teh Abner teh Sawl e a teng a tahung. Hatei Devit e hmuen teh a houng.
26 Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”
Hatei hote hnin nah Sawl ni banghai dei hoeh, hno buet buet touh mue toe. A thounghoeh dawk mue, thounghoeh katang mue telah a pouk.
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?”
Thaparei hnin tangtho vah Devit e bawitungkhung teh paroup a houng rah. Sawl ni a capa Jonathan koevah bangkongmaw Jesi capa heh paduem hoi sahnin hai buvennae koe a tho hoeh telah a pacei.
28 Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,
Jonathan ni Sawl koe, Devit ni Bethlehem cei hanelah pou a kâhei.
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.”
Na cetsak yawkaw bangkongtetpawiteh, ka imthungnaw ni thuengnae a sak awh teh ka hmaunawnghanaw ni awm van loe telah lawk a thui. Na pahren pawiteh na cetsak loe. Ka hmaunawnghanaw na hmawt sak telah ati. Hatdawkvah siangpahrang caboi koe a thohoehnae doeh telah a ti.
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?
Jonathan koe Sawl ni a lung hmatara a khuek teh, napui ka mathout e a ca, Jesi capa teh yeirai na po nahane hoi na manu caici lah onae yeiraipo hanelah na rawi tie ka panuek hoeh 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!”
Jesi capa heh talai dawk a hring nah yunglam nang hoi na ram kangning mahoeh. Atu karanglah kaw sak nateh, kai koe thokhai a due roeroe han telah Jonathan koe a dei pouh.
32 “Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”
Jonathan ni Devit bang dawk maw a due han bang hno maw a sak telah a na pa Sawl hah a pacei.
33 Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him; so Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.
Sawl ni tahroe hoi thei hanlah a noung. Hote hno dawk Jonathan ni apa ni Devit a thei hanelah a noung roeroe tie a panue.
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.
Lungkhuek lahoi Jonathan teh caboi koehoi a thaw teh apâhni hnin thapareinae dawk, bu ven van hoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, a na pa ni Devit hah yeiraipo sak dawkvah a lungmathoe.
35 In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointment with David, and a small boy was with him.
Amom vah Jonathan teh Devit hoi lawk a kâta roinae koe camo hoi law lah a cei roi.
36 He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.
Camo koe ahni ni licung pali touh, hoi palanaw hah tawng telah atipouh. Camo a yawng lahun nah a hmalah palacung buet touh a pathui pouh.
37 When the boy reached the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called to him, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”
Jonathan ni kâ e pala a bonae koe a pha nah na hnukkhu lah doeh atipouh.
38 Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
Jonathan ni camo a hnuk lahoi a tanawt teh karangbat lah yawng atipouh. Camo ni Jonathan ni a kâ e pala hah a racawng teh a bawipa koe lah a ban.
39 But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.
Camo ni banghai panuek hoeh. Jonathan hoi Devit ni dueng hote kaawm hno hah a panue roi.
40 Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the boy and said, “Go, take it back to the city.”
Jonathan ni amae senehmaica naw hah camo koe a poe teh cet lawih, khopui dawk cetkhai atipouh.
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.
Camo a cei hnukkhu Devit teh akalah a onae hmuen koehoi a thaw teh, talai dawk a hmaibei hoi vai thum touh a tabo. A kâpaco roi teh kahni touh hoi rei a ka roi. Devit teh hoe kacailah a ka.
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.
BAWIPA ni nang hoi kaie a rahak thoseh, na miphun hoi ka miphun rahak thoseh, pout laipalah awm seh telah a dei teh, maimouh roi BAWIPA min lahoi lawkkam roi toung dawkvah, Devit koe karoumcalah cet lawi atipouh.
