< 1 Samuel 18 >

1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
जब तिनले शाऊलसँग कुरा गरिसकेका थिए, तब जोनाथनको प्राण दाऊदको प्राणसँग बाँधियो र जोनाथनले तिनलाई आफ्‍नै प्राणलाई झैं प्रेम गरे ।
2 And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father’s house.
त्यस दिन शाऊलले दाऊदलाई आफ्नो सेवामा लिए । उनले तिनलाई आफ्‍नो बुबाको घरमा फर्कन दिएनन् ।
3 And David and Jonathan made a covenant, for be loved him as his own soul.
तब जोनाथन र दाऊदले मित्रताको करार बाँधे, किनभने जोनाथनले तिनलाई आफ्नै प्राणलाई झैं प्रेम गरे ।
4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the coat with which he was clothed, and gave it to David, and the rest of his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
जोनाथनले आफूले लगाइरहेका पोशाक फुकाले र आफ्नो हतियार, तरवार, धनु र पेटी सहित त्‍यो तिनले दाऊदलाई दिए ।
5 And David went out to whatsoever business Saul sent him, and he behaved himself prudently: and Saul set him over the soldiers, and he was acceptable in the eyes of all the people, and especially in the eyes of Saul’s servants.
शाऊलले जहाँ पठाए पनि दाऊद जान्थे, र तिनी सफल भए । शाऊलले तिनलाई युद्ध गर्ने मानिसहरूको उच्‍च पदमा स्थापित गरे । सबै मानिसहरू र शाऊलका सेवकहरूकै दृष्‍टिमा पनि यो कुरा असलै लाग्‍यो ।
6 Now when David returned, after be slew the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels of joy, and cornets.
जब तिनीहरू पलिश्तीहरूलाई पराजित गरेर आए, तब इस्राएलका सहरहरूबाट स्‍त्रीहरू खैंजडी र अन्य साङ्गितिक साधनहरूसँगै आनन्द साथ गाउँदै र चाँच्दै निस्के शाऊल राजालाई भेट्‍न आए ।
7 And the women sung as they played, and they said: I Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
ती स्‍त्रीहरूले संगीतका साधनहरू बजाउँदै एकसाथ गीतहरू गाए । तिनीहरूले यसरी गाएः “शाऊलले हजारौंलाई मारेका छन् र दाऊदले दसौं हजारलाई मारेका छन् ।”
8 And Saul was exceeding angry, and this word was displeasing in his eyes, and he said: They have given David ten thousands, and to me they have given but a thousand; what can he have more but the kingdom?
शाऊल रिसले चुर भए र यो गितले तिनलाई अप्रसन्‍न बनायो । तिनलेल भने, “तिनीहरूले दाऊदलाई दसौं हजारको श्रेय दिए, तर तिनीहरूले मलाई भने हजारौं मात्रको श्रेय दिए । राजाको दर्जाबाहेक अब अरू बढी उसले के पाउनु छ र?”
9 And Saul did not look on David with a good eye from that day and forward.
शाऊलले त्यस दिनदेखि दाऊदलाई शंकाको दृष्‍टिे हेरे ।
10 And the day after the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of his house. And David played with his hand as at other times. And Saul held a spear in his hand,
भोलि पल्ट शाऊलमा परमेश्‍वरबाटको हानिकारक आत्मा आयो र तिनले घरभित्र नै अगमवाणी बोले । त्यसैले दाऊदले हरेक दिन गरेझैं आफ्‍नो सङ्गीतको साधन बजाए । शाऊलको हातमा भाला थियो ।
11 And threw it, thinking to nail David to the wall: and David stept aside out of his presence twice.
शाऊलले भाला हाने, किनकि तिनले सोचे, “म दाऊदलाई भित्तामा छेडिदिन्‍छु ।” तर त्‍यो दिन दाऊद दुईपल्‍ट यसरी नै शाऊलको उपस्थितिबाट उम्के ।
12 And Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from himself.
परमप्रभु दाऊदसँग हुनुहुन्‍थ्‍यो, तर शाऊलसँग फेरि हुनुभएन, यसैले शाऊल तिनीसँग डराए ।
13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him a captain over a thousand men, and he went out and came in before the people.
त्यसैले शाऊलले तिनलाई आफ्नो उपस्थितिबाट हटाए र तिनलाई हजारको कमाण्‍डरमा नियुक्‍त गरे । यसरी दाऊद बाहिर निस्के र मानिसहरूको सामु आए ।
14 And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.
दाऊद आफ्‍ना मार्गमा सफलता पाए, किनभने परमप्रभु तिनीसँग हुनुहुन्थ्यो ।
15 And Saul saw that he was exceeding prudent, and began to beware of him.
जब शाऊलले तिनको फलिफाप भएको देखे, तब उनलाई तिनको डर भयो ।
16 But all Israel and Juda loved David, for he came in and went out before them.
तर सारा इस्राएल र यहूदाले दाऊदलाई प्रेम गरे, किनभने उनीहरूका सामु तिनी भित्र-बाहिर गर्थे ।
17 And Saul said to David: Behold my elder daughter Merob, her will I give thee to wife: only be a valiant man, and fight the battles of the Lord. Now Saul said within himself: Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hands of the Philistines be upon him.
तब शाऊलले दाऊदलाई भने, “मेरी जेठी छोरी मेराब यहाँ छिन् । तिनलाई म तिम्रो पत्‍नी हुनलाई दिनेछु । मेरो निम्ति मात्र साहसी हुनु र परमप्रभुको युद्ध लड्नुपर्छ ।” किनकि शाऊलले सोचे, “तिनीमाथि मेरो हात नपरोस्, तर तिनीमाथि पलिश्तीहरूको हात परोस् ।”
18 And David said to Saul: Who am I, or what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law of the king?
दाऊदले शाऊललाई भने, “म राजाको ज्वाइँ बन्‍न, म को हुँ र मेरा नातेदारहरू वा इस्राएलमा मेरो बुबाको कुल को हो र?”
19 And it came to pass at the time when Merob the daughter of Saul should have been given to David, that she was given to Hadriel the Molathite to wife.
तर शाऊलकी छोरी मेराबलाई दाऊदलाई पत्‍नीको रूपमा दिने बेलामा, तिनलाई महोलाको अद्रिएलको पत्‍नीको रूपमा दिइयो ।
20 But Michol the other daughter of Saul loved David. And it was told Saul, and it pleased him.
तर शाऊलकी छोरी मीकलले दाऊदलाई प्रेम गर्थिन् । तिनीहरूलले दाऊदलाई भने र यो कुराले तिनी खुसी भए ।
21 And Saul said: I will give her to him, that she may be a stumblingblock to him, and that the band of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David: In two things thou shalt be my son in law this day.
तब शाऊलले सोचे, “दाऊदसँग म त्‍यसकै विवाह गरिदिनेछु, ताकि त्‍यसको निम्ति यो एउटा पासो होस् र पलिश्तीहरूका हात उसको विरुद्धमा परोस् ।” यसरी शाऊलले दाऊदलाई दोस्रोपल्‍ट यसो भने, “तिमी मेरो ज्‍वाइँ हुनेछौ ।”
22 And Saul commanded his servants to speak to David privately, saying: Behold thou pleasest the king, and all his servants love thee. Now therefore be the king’s son in law.
शाऊललले आफ्ना सेवकहरूलाई आज्ञा दिए, “दाऊदसँग गोप्यमा कुरा गर र यसो भन, 'हेर, राजा तिमीसँग खुसी हुनुहुन्छ, र उनका सबै सेवकहरूले तपाईंलाई मन पराउँछन् । त्‍यसो हो भने, अब राजाको ज्वाइँ हुनुहोस्' ।”
23 And the servants of Saul spoke all these words in the ears of David. And David said: Doth it seem to you a small matter to be the king’s son in law? But I am a poor man, and of small ability.
त्यसैले शाऊलका सेवकहरूले यी कुराहरू दाऊदलाई भने । तब दाऊदले भने, “के राजाको ज्वाइँ हुनु तपाईंहरूका निम्‍ति सानो कुरा हो, किनकि म त गरीब र तुच्छ मानिस हुँ?”
24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying: Such words as these hath David spoken.
शाऊलका सेवहरूले दाऊदले भनेका यी कुराहरू उनलाई बताए ।
25 And Saul said: Speak thus to David: The king desireth not any dowry, but only a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. Now Saul thought to deliver David into the hands of the Philistines.
त्यसपछि शाऊलले भने, “दाऊदलाई यसो भन, 'राजाले आफ्ना शत्रुहरूमाथि बद्‍ला लिनलाई दुलहीको मूल्य पलिश्तीहरूको सयवटा खलडीबाहेक कुनै कुरा चाहनुहुन्‍न' ।” दाऊद पलिश्तीहरूको हातबाट मरून् भन्‍ने शाऊलको विचार थियो ।
26 And when his servants had told David the words that Saul had said, the word was pleasing in the eyes of David to be the king’s son in law.
जब तिनका सेवकहरूले दाऊदलाई यी कुराहरू बताए, तब दाऊद राजाको ज्वाइँ हुन राजी भए ।
27 And after a few days David rose up, and went with the men that were under him, and he slew of the Philistines two hundred men, and brought their foreskins and numbered them out to the king, that he might be his son in law. Saul therefore gave him Michol his daughter to wife.
ती दिन सिद्धिनअगि नै, दाऊद आफ्ना मानिसहरूसँग गए र दुई सय जना पलिश्तीहरूलाई मारे । दाऊदले तिनीहरूका खलडी ल्याए र तिनीहरूले राजालाई त्यो पूर्ण संख्यामा दिए, ताकि तिनी राजाका ज्‍वाइँ हुन सकून् । त्यसैले शाऊलले तिनकी छोरी मीकललाई उनको पत्‍नी हुनलाई दिए ।
28 And Saul saw, and understood that the Lord was with David. And Michol the daughter of Saul loved him.
परमप्रभु दाऊदसँग हुनुभएको र शाऊलकी छोरी मीकलले तिनलाई प्रेम गरेको जब शाऊलले देखे र थाहा पाए,
29 And Saul began to fear David more: and Saul became David’s enemy continually.
तब दाऊदसँग शाऊल झन् धेरै डराए । शाऊल निरन्‍तर रूपमा दाऊदका शत्रु भए ।
30 And the princes of the Philistines went forth: and from the beginning of their going forth, David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, and his name became very famous.
त्यसपछि पलिश्तीहरूका शासकहरू युद्ध गर्न आए र तिनीहरू जति पटक युद्ध गर्न आए पनि दाऊदचाहिं तिनीहरूमाथि शाऊलका अन्य सेवकहरूभन्दा धेरै सफल भए, जसले गर्दा तिनको नाउँको उच्‍च कदर गरिएको थियो ।

< 1 Samuel 18 >