1 Samuel 20
1 Then David fled from Naioth, which is in Ramah, and he went and said before Jonathan: “What have I done? What is my iniquity, or what is my sin, against your father, so that he would seek my life?”
and to flee David (from Naioth *Q(k)*) in/on/with Ramah and to come (in): come and to say to/for face: before Jonathan what? to make: do what? iniquity: guilt my and what? sin my to/for face: before father your for to seek [obj] soul: life my
2 And he said to him: “May this not be! You shall not die. For my father will not do anything, great or small, without first revealing it to me. Therefore, has my father concealed this word solely from me? By no means shall this be!”
and to say to/for him forbid not to die behold (not to make: do *Q(K)*) father my word: thing great: large or word: thing small and not to reveal: reveal [obj] ear: to ears my and why? to hide father my from me [obj] [the] word: thing [the] this nothing this
3 And he swore again to David. And David said: “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your sight, and so he will say, ‘Let Jonathan not know this, lest he be saddened.’ So truly, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, there is only one step (if I may say it) separating me from death.”
and to swear still David and to say to know to know father your for to find favor in/on/with eye: appearance your and to say not to know this Jonathan lest to hurt and but alive LORD and alive soul your for like/as step between me and between [the] death
4 And Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul will tell me, I will do for you.”
and to say Jonathan to(wards) David what? to say soul: myself your and to make: do to/for you
5 Then David said to Jonathan: “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I am accustomed to sit in a seat beside the king to eat. Therefore, permit me that I may be hidden in the field, until the evening of the third day.
and to say David to(wards) Jonathan behold month: new moon tomorrow and I to dwell to dwell with [the] king to/for to eat and to send: let go me and to hide in/on/with land: country till [the] evening [the] third
6 If your father, looking around, will seek me, you shall respond to him: ‘David asked me if he may hurry to Bethlehem, his own city. For there are solemn sacrifices in that place for all of his tribe together.’
if to reckon: missing to reckon: missing me father your and to say to ask to ask from me David to/for to run: run Bethlehem Bethlehem city his for sacrifice [the] day: year there to/for all [the] family
7 If he will say, ‘It is well,’ then your servant will have peace. But if he will be angry, know that his malice has reached its height.
if thus to say pleasant peace: well-being to/for servant/slave your and if to be incensed to be incensed to/for him to know for to end: decides [the] distress: harm from from with him
8 Therefore, show mercy to your servant. For you have brought me, your servant, into a covenant of the Lord with you. But if there is any iniquity in me, you may kill me, and you shall not lead me in to your father.”
and to make: do kindness upon servant/slave your for in/on/with covenant LORD to come (in): bring [obj] servant/slave your with you and if there in/on/with me iniquity: guilt to die me you(m. s.) and till father your to/for what? this to come (in): bring me
9 And Jonathan said: “May this be far from you. For certainly, if I ever realized that any wickedness was determined by my father against you, I would not be able to do anything other than report it to you.”
and to say Jonathan forbid to/for you for if: except to know to know for to end: decides [the] distress: harm from from with father my to/for to come (in): come upon you and not [obj] her to tell to/for you
10 And David responded to Jonathan, “Who will repeat it to me, if your father may perhaps answer you harshly about me?”
and to say David to(wards) Jonathan who? to tell to/for me or what? to answer you father your severe
11 And Jonathan said to David, “Come, and let us go out into the field.” And when they both had gone out into the field,
and to say Jonathan to(wards) David to go: come! [emph?] and to come out: come [the] land: country and to come out: come two their [the] land: country
12 Jonathan said before David: “O Lord, God of Israel, if I will discover a decision by my father, tomorrow, or the day after, and if there will be anything good concerning David, and yet I do not immediately send to you and make it known to you,
and to say Jonathan to(wards) David LORD God Israel for to search [obj] father my like/as time tomorrow [the] third and behold pleasant to(wards) David and not then to send: depart to(wards) you and to reveal: reveal [obj] ear: to ears your
13 may the Lord do these things to Jonathan, and may he add these other things. But if my father will have persevered in malice against you, I will reveal it to your ear, and I will send you away, so that you may go in peace, and so that the Lord may be with you, just as he was with my father.
thus to make: do LORD to/for Jonathan and thus to add for be good to(wards) father my [obj] [the] distress: harm upon you and to reveal: reveal [obj] ear: to ears your and to send: depart you and to go: went to/for peace: well-being and to be LORD with you like/as as which to be with father my
14 And if I live, you shall show the mercy of the Lord to me. Yet truly, if I die,
and not if still I alive and not to make: do with me me kindness LORD and not to die
15 you shall not take away your mercy from my house, even forever, when the Lord will have rooted out the enemies of David, each and every one of them, from the earth. May he take Jonathan from his house, and may the Lord require it from the hands of the enemies of David.”
and not to cut: eliminate [obj] kindness your from from with house: household my till forever: enduring and not in/on/with to cut: eliminate LORD [obj] enemy David man: anyone from upon face: surface [the] land: planet
16 Therefore, Jonathan formed a covenant with the house of David. And the Lord required it from the hands of the enemies of David.
and to cut: make(covenant) Jonathan with house: household David and to seek LORD from hand: to enemy David
17 And Jonathan continued to swear to David, because he loved him. For he loved him like his own soul.
and to add: again Jonathan to/for to swear [obj] David in/on/with love his [obj] him for love soul his to love: lover him
18 And Jonathan said to him: “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be sought.
and to say to/for him Jonathan tomorrow month: new moon and to reckon: missing for to reckon: missing seat your
19 For your seat will be empty until the day after tomorrow. Therefore, you shall descend quickly, and you shall go to the place where you are to be hidden, on a day when it is lawful to work, and you shall remain beside the stone that is called Ezel.
and to do three to go down much and to come (in): towards to(wards) [the] place which to hide there in/on/with day [the] deed and to dwell beside [the] stone [the] Ezel
20 And I will shoot three arrows near it, and I will cast them as if I were practicing for myself toward a mark.
and I three [the] arrow side [to] to shoot to/for to send: depart to/for me to/for guardhouse
21 Also, I will send a boy, saying to him, ‘Go and bring the arrows to me.’
and behold to send: depart [obj] [the] youth to go: went to find [obj] [the] arrow if to say to say to/for youth behold [the] arrow from you and here/thus to take: take him and to come (in): come [emph?] for peace: well-being to/for you and nothing word: thing alive LORD
22 If I will say to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are before you, take them up,’ you shall approach before me, because there is peace for you, and there is nothing evil, as the Lord lives. But if I will have spoken to the boy in this way, ‘Behold, the arrows are away from you,’ then you shall go away in peace, for the Lord has released you.
and if thus to say to/for youth behold [the] arrow from you and further to go: went for to send: depart you LORD
23 Now about the word that you and I have spoken, may the Lord be between you and me, even forever.”
and [the] word: thing which to speak: speak I and you(m. s.) behold LORD between me and between you till forever: enduring
24 Therefore, David was hidden in the field. And the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.
and to hide David in/on/with land: country and to be [the] month: new moon and to dwell [the] king (to(wards) *Q(K)*) [the] food to/for to eat
25 And when the king had sat down on his chair, (according to custom) which was beside the wall, Jonathan rose up, and Abner sat beside Saul, and David’s place appeared empty.
and to dwell [the] king upon seat his like/as beat in/on/with beat to(wards) seat [the] wall and to arise: establish Jonathan and to dwell Abner from side Saul and to reckon: missing place David
26 And Saul did not say anything on that day. For he was thinking that perhaps something happened to him, so that he was not clean, or not purified.
and not to speak: speak Saul anything in/on/with day [the] he/she/it for to say accident he/she/it lest pure he/she/it for not pure
27 And when the second day after the new moon had begun to dawn, David’s place again appeared empty. And Saul said to Jonathan, his son, “Why has the son of Jesse not arrived to eat, neither yesterday, nor today?”
and to be from morrow [the] month: new moon [the] second and to reckon: missing place David and to say Saul to(wards) Jonathan son: child his why? not to come (in): come son: child Jesse also yesterday also [the] day to(wards) [the] food
28 And Jonathan responded to Saul, “He petitioned me earnestly that he might go to Bethlehem,
and to answer Jonathan [obj] Saul to ask to ask David from with me me till Bethlehem Bethlehem
29 and he said: ‘Permit me. For there is a solemn sacrifice in the city. One of my brothers has summoned me. Now therefore, if I have found favor in your eyes, I will go quickly, and I will see my brothers.’ For this reason, he has not come to the table of the king.”
and to say to send: let go me please for sacrifice family to/for us in/on/with city and he/she/it to command to/for me brother: male-sibling my and now if to find favor in/on/with eye: appearance your to escape please and to see: see [obj] brother: male-sibling my upon so not to come (in): come to(wards) table [the] king
30 Then Saul, becoming angry against Jonathan, said to him: “You son of a woman wantonly seizing a man! Could I be ignorant that you love the son of Jesse, to your own shame, and to the shame of your disgraceful mother?
and to be incensed face: anger Saul in/on/with Jonathan and to say to/for him son: child to pervert [the] rebellious not to know for to choose you(m. s.) to/for son: child Jesse to/for shame your and to/for shame nakedness mother your
31 For all the days that the son of Jesse moves upon earth, neither you, nor your kingdom, will be secure. And so, send and bring him to me, here and now. For he is a son of death.”
for all [the] day which son: child Jesse to live upon [the] land: planet not to establish: establish you(m. s.) and royalty your and now to send: depart and to take: bring [obj] him to(wards) me for son: type of death he/she/it
32 Then Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said: “Why should he die? What has he done?”
and to answer Jonathan [obj] Saul father his and to say to(wards) him to/for what? to die what? to make: do
33 And Saul picked up a lance, so that he might strike him. And Jonathan understood that it had been decided by his father that David be put to death.
and to cast Saul [obj] [the] spear upon him to/for to smite him and to know Jonathan for to end: decides he/she/it from from with father his to/for to die [obj] David
34 Therefore, Jonathan rose up from the table in a rage of anger. And he did not eat bread on the second day after the new moon. For he was saddened over David, because his father had confounded him.
and to arise: rise Jonathan from from with [the] table in/on/with burning face: anger and not to eat in/on/with day [the] month [the] second food for to hurt to(wards) David for be humiliated him father his
35 And when the morning had begun to dawn, Jonathan went into the field according to the agreement with David, and a young boy was with him.
and to be in/on/with morning and to come out: come Jonathan [the] land: country to/for meeting: time appointed David and youth small with him
36 And he said to his boy, “Go, and bring to me the arrows that I shoot.” And when the boy had run, he shot another arrow away from the boy.
and to say to/for youth his to run: run to find please [obj] [the] arrow which I to shoot [the] youth to run: run and he/she/it to shoot [the] arrow to/for to pass him
37 And so, the boy went to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot. And Jonathan cried out, from behind the back of boy, and said: “Behold, the arrow is there, farther away from you.”
and to come (in): come [the] youth till place [the] arrow which to shoot Jonathan and to call: call to Jonathan after [the] youth and to say not [the] arrow from you and further
38 And Jonathan cried out again, from behind the back of the boy, saying, “Go quickly! Do not stand still!” Then Jonathan’s boy collected the arrows, and he brought them to his lord.
and to call: call to Jonathan after [the] youth haste to hasten [emph?] not to stand: stand and to gather youth Jonathan [obj] ([the] arrow *Q(K)*) and to come (in): come to(wards) lord his
39 And he did not understand at all what was happening. For only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
and [the] youth not to know anything surely Jonathan and David to know [obj] [the] word: thing
40 Then Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy, and he said to him, “Go, and carry them into the city.”
and to give: give Jonathan [obj] article/utensil his to(wards) [the] youth which to/for him and to say to/for him to go: went to come (in): bring [the] city
41 And when the boy had gone away, David rose up from his place, which turned toward the south, and falling prone on the ground, he reverenced three times. And kissing one another, they wept together, but David more so.
[the] youth to come (in): come and David to arise: rise from beside [the] south and to fall: fall to/for face his land: soil [to] and to bow three beat and to kiss man: anyone [obj] neighbor his and to weep man: anyone [obj] neighbor his till David to magnify
42 Then Jonathan said to David: “Go in peace. And let us both keep all that we have ever sworn in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘May the Lord be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, even forever.’” And David rose up and went away. But Jonathan entered into the city.
and to say Jonathan to/for David to go: went to/for peace which to swear two our we in/on/with name LORD to/for to say LORD to be between me and between you and between seed: children my and between seed: children your till forever: enduring and to arise: rise and to go: went and Jonathan to come (in): come [the] city
