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?”
Epi David te sove ale kite Najoth nan Rama, e li te vin di a Jonathan: “Kisa mwen te fè? Ki inikite mwen genyen? Epi ki peche mwen gen devan papa ou, pou li ap chache lavi m?”
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!”
Li te di li: “Lwen de sa, ou p ap mouri. Gade byen, papa m p ap janm fè anyen ni gran ni piti amwenske li avèti m. Konsa pou ki rezon li ta kache bagay sa a de mwen? Se pa vrè!”
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.”
Men David te fè ve ankò, e li te di: “Papa ou konnen byen ke mwen te jwenn favè nan zye ou, e li te di: ‘Pa kite Jonathan konnen bagay sa a, oswa li va blese.’ Men anverite, jan SENYÈ a viv la e jan nanm ou viv la, gen sèlman yon pa antre mwen ak lanmò.”
4 Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you desire, I will do for you.”
Alò, Jonathan te di a David: “Nenpòt sa ou mande, m ap fè l pou ou.”
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.
Konsa, David te di a Jonathan: “Veye byen, demen se nouvèl lin nan. Mwen ta dwe chita a tab pou manje avèk wa a. Men kite mwen ale pou m kache kò m nan chan an jis rive twa jou.
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.’
Si papa ou vin wè ke m pa la, alò li di: ‘David te mande mwen favè pou l ta kab kouri rive Bethléhem, vil pa li a, akoz se lè sakrifis ane a pou tout fanmi an.’
7 If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.
Si li di: ‘Sa bon,’ sèvitè ou a va sove; men si li vin byen fache, konnen ke li te pran desizyon pou l fè mal la.
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?”
Pou sa, aji avèk bon kè avèk sèvitè ou a; paske ou te mennen sèvitè ou antre nan yon akò a SENYÈ a avèk ou. Men si gen inikite nan mwen, mete m a lanmò ou menm; paske poukisa, si se konsa, ou ta dwe mennen mwen kote papa ou?”
9 “Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”
Jonathan te di: “Sa se lwen de sa! Paske si mwen ta konprann ke papa m te detèmine pou fè ou mal; alò, èske mwen pa t ap di ou sa?”
10 Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”
Alò, David te di a Jonathan: “Se kilès ki va di mwen si papa ou bay yon repons ki di?”
11 “Come,” he replied, “let us go out to the field.” So the two of them went out into the field,
Jonathan te di a David: “Vini, annou ale nan chan an.” Konsa, toude te sòti nan chan an.
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?
Alò, Jonathan te di a David: “SENYÈ Bondye Israël la se temwen! Lè m fin sonde papa m vè lè sa a demen, oswa nan twazyèm jou a, gade byen, si gen bon repons anvè ou menm, èske mwen p ap voye yon mo ba ou pou fè ou konnen sa?
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.
Si se volonte a papa m pou fè ou mal, kite SENYÈ a fè menm jan an ak Jonathan e menm plis toujou, si mwen pa fè ou konnen e voye ou ale, pou ou kab sòti ansekirite. Epi ke Bondye kapab avèk ou menm jan ke li te ye avèk papa m nan.
14 And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,
Si mwen toujou vivan, èske ou p ap montre mwen tout lanmou a SENYÈ a pou m pa mouri?
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.”
Ou p ap retire lanmou ou vè lakay mwen pou tout tan, pa menm lè SENYÈ a vin koupe dènye lènmi David la sou fas tè a.”
16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”
Konsa tou Jonathan te fè yon akò avèk lakay David: “Ke SENYÈ a toujou mande menm devwa sa a nan men a lènmi David yo.”
17 And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.
Jonathan te fè David fè ve a ankò akoz ke li te renmen li e akoz li te renmen li tankou li te renmen pwòp vi pa li.
18 Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon, and you will be missed if your seat is empty.
Alò, Jonathan te di li: “Demen se nouvèl lin nan e absans ou ap byen klè akoz chèz ou a va vid
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.
Lè ou fin rete pandan twa jou, ou va desann vit vini nan plas kote ou te kache nan jou evenman sa yo; epi ou va rete akote wòch Ézel la.
20 I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.
Mwen va tire twa flèch akote, kòmsi se yon pratik m ap fè.
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.
Epi tande byen, mwen va voye yon ti gason e di l: ‘Ale dèyè flèch yo.’ Si mwen pale byen klè a ti gason an, e di l: ‘Gade byen, flèch yo bò sa a de ou menm, ale chache yo;’ alò, ou va vini, paske gen sekirite pou ou e nanpwen mal, jan SENYÈ a viv la.
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.
Men si mwen di ti gason an: ‘Gade byen, flèch yo lwen ou,’ alò ale, paske SENYÈ a te voye ou ale.
23 And as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”
Epi pou afè akò ke ou menm avèk mwen fin pale a, gade byen, SENYÈ a antre ou menm avèk mwen menm pou tout tan.”
24 So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.
Konsa, David te kache nan chan an. Epi lè nouvèl lin nan vin leve, wa a te chita sou tab la pou manje.
25 He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.
Wa a te chita nan plas li kòm nòmal, chèz akote mi an. Alò, Jonathan te leve e Abner te chita akote Saül, men plas David la te vid.
26 Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”
Malgre Saül pa t di anyen nan jou sa a, paske li te di a li menm: “Se yon malè ki rive e li vin pa pwòp. Asireman, li pa pwòp.”
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?”
Li te vin rive nan pwochen jou a, dezyèm jou nouvèl lin nan, ke plas David la te vid. Konsa, Saül te di a Jonathan, fis li a: “Poukisa fis a Jesse pa parèt nan repa a, ni yè, ni jodi a?”
28 Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,
Alò, Jonathan te reponn Saül: “David te swayezman mande pèmisyon a mwen menm pou ale Bethléhem,
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.”
paske li te di: ‘Souple kite m ale, akoz fanmi nou gen yon sakrifis nan vil la e frè m yo te mande m parèt. Epi koulye a, si m jwenn favè nan zye ou, souple, kite m fè yon sòti pou m kapab wè frè m yo.’ Pou rezon sa a, li pa t vin parèt sou tab a Wa a.”
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?
Alò, kòlè a Saül te brile kont Jonathan e li te di a li: “Se fis a yon fanm pèvès e rebèl ke ou ye! Èske mwen pa konprann ke w ap chwazi fis a Jesse jis pou wont pa ou e jis rive nan wont a nidite manman ou.
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!”
Paske depi fis Jesse a rete sou latè, ni ou menm ni wayòm ou a p ap etabli. Alò, pou sa, voye mennen li kote mwen, paske fòk li mouri.”
32 “Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”
Men Jonathan te reponn Saül, papa li: “Poukisa li dwe mouri? Kisa li te fè?”
33 Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him; so Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.
Alò, Saül te voye frenn nan sou Jonathan pou frape fè l tonbe. Epi konsa, Jonathan te konnen ke papa li te pran desizyon pou mete David a lanmò.
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.
Epi Jonathan te leve sou tab la byen anraje e li pa t manje nan dezyèm jou nouvèl lin nan, paske kè l te fè l mal akoz papa li te derespekte l konsa.
35 In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointment with David, and a small boy was with him.
Alò, li te vin rive nan maten ke Jonathan te parèt nan chan an pou randevou avèk David la, e yon ti gason te avè l.
36 He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.
Li te di a jennonm nan: “Kouri koulye a pou ale chache flèch ke m prèt pou tire yo.” Pandan jennonm nan t ap kouri, li te tire yon flèch ki te depase li.
37 When the boy reached the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called to him, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”
Lè jennonm nan te rive nan plas flèch ke Jonathan te tire a, Jonathan te rele jennonm nan e te di: “Èske flèch la pa pi lwen ou?”
38 Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
Jonathan te rele jennonm nan: “Pa mize, fè vit, pa fè reta!” Epi jennonm Jonathan an te pran flèch la e te retounen vè mèt li.
39 But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.
Men jennonm nan pa t konnen anyen. Sèlman Jonathan avèk David te konprann koze a.
40 Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the boy and said, “Go, take it back to the city.”
Alò, Jonathan te bay zam li yo a jennonm nan e te di li: “Ale pote antre nan vil la.”
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.
Lè jennonm nan te fin ale, David te leve soti nan fas sid la. Li te tonbe sou figi li atè e li te bese ba twa fwa. Epi yo te bo youn lòt e te kriye ansanm, men David te kriye plis.
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 te di a David: “Ale anpè. Jan nou te sèmante youn ak lòt nan non SENYÈ a, e te di: ‘SENYÈ a va antre ou avèk mwen, antre desandan pa w ak desandan pa m jis pou tout tan.’” Epi li te leve sòti pandan Jonathan t ap antre nan vil la.
