1 Samuel 20
1 Then David fled from the dwellings at Ramah, and came before Jonathan and said, "What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?"
Fugit autem David de Naioth, quæ est in Ramatha, veniensque locutus est coram Ionatha: Quid feci? Quæ est iniquitas mea, et quod peccatum meum in patrem tuum, quia quærit animam meam?
2 He said to him, "Far from it; you shall not die. Look, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so."
Qui dixit ei: Absit, non morieris: neque enim faciet pater meus quidquam grande vel parvum, nisi prius indicaverit mihi: hunc ergo celavit me pater meus sermonem tantummodo? Nequaquam erit istud.
3 And David answered and said, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved:' but truly as YHWH lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death."
Et iuravit rursum Davidi. Et ille ait: Scit profecto pater tuus quia inveni gratiam in oculis tuis, et dicet: Nesciat hoc Ionathas, ne forte tristetur. Quinimmo vivit Dominus, et vivit anima tua, quia uno tantum (ut ita dicam) gradu, ego morsque dividimur.
4 Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever your soul desires, I will do for you."
Et ait Ionathas ad David: Quodcumque dixerit mihi anima tua, faciam tibi.
5 So David said to Jonathan, "Look, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king to eat. Instead, let me go so that I may hide myself in the field until evening.
Dixit autem David ad Ionathan: Ecce calendæ sunt crastino, et ego ex more sedere soleo iuxta regem ad vescendum: dimitte ergo me ut abscondar in agro usque ad vesperam diei tertiæ.
6 If your father missed me at all, then say, 'David urgently requested of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city, for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.'
Si respiciens requisierit me pater tuus, respondebis ei: Rogavit me David, ut iret celeriter in Bethlehem civitatem suam: quia victimæ sollemnes ibi sunt universis contribulibus suis.
7 If he says, 'It is well;' your servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
Si dixerit, Bene: pax erit servo tuo. Si autem fuerit iratus, scito quia completa est malitia eius.
8 Therefore deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of YHWH with you: but if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?"
Fac ergo misericordiam in servum tuum: quia fœdus Domini me famulum tuum tecum inire fecisti. Si autem est iniquitas aliqua in me, tu me interfice, et ad patrem tuum ne introducas me.
9 Jonathan said, "Far be it from you; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come on you, then wouldn't I tell you that?"
Et ait Ionathas: Absit hoc a te: neque enim fieri potest, ut si certe cognovero completam esse patris mei malitiam contra te, non annunciem tibi.
10 Then David said to Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?"
Responditque David ad Ionathan: Quis renunciabit mihi, si quid forte responderit tibi pater tuus dure de me?
11 Jonathan said to David, "Come, and let us go out into the field." They both went out into the field.
Et ait Ionathas ad David: Veni, et egrediamur foras in agrum. Cumque exissent ambo in agrum,
12 Jonathan said to David, "YHWH, the God of Israel, is witness. When I have studied my father, about this time tomorrow, or the third day, look, if there is good toward David, shall I not then send to you, and disclose it to you?
ait Ionathas ad David: Domine Deus Israel, si investigavero sententiam patris mei crastino vel perendie: et aliquid boni fuerit super David, et non statim misero ad te, et notum tibi fecero,
13 But should it please my father to do you harm, God do so to Jonathan and more also if I do not let you know and send you away, that you may go in safety. And may YHWH be with you, as he has been with my father.
hæc faciat Dominus Ionathæ, et hæc addat. Si autem perseveraverit patris mei malitia adversum te, revelabo aurem tuam, et dimittam te, ut vadas in pace, et sit Dominus tecum, sicut fuit cum patre meo.
14 And if I am still alive, deal loyally with me. But if I die,
Et si vixero, facies mihi misericordiam Domini: si vero mortuus fuero,
15 do not cut off your loyalty from my house forever. And when YHWH cuts off the enemies of David, each one from the face of the earth,
non auferes misericordiam tuam a domo mea usque in sempiternum, quando eradicaverit Dominus inimicos David, unumquemque de terra: auferat Ionathan de domo sua, et requirat Dominus de manu inimicorum David.
16 if the name of Jonathan be cut off from the house of David, then may YHWH require it at the hand of the enemies of David."
Pepigit ergo Ionathas fœdus cum domo David: et requisivit Dominus de manu inimicorum David.
17 And Jonathan swore to David again, because he loved him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
Et addidit Ionathas deierare David, eo quod diligeret illum: sicut enim animam suam, ita diligebat eum.
18 Then Jonathan said, "Tomorrow is the new moon: and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
Dixitque ad eum Ionathas: Cras calendæ sunt, et requireris:
19 On the third day you should go down quickly, and come to the place where you hid yourself when this started, and stay by that mound.
requiretur enim sessio tua usque perendie. Descendes ergo festinus, et venies in locum ubi celandus es in die qua operari licet, et sedebis iuxta lapidem, cui nomen est Ezel.
20 And as for me, on the third day I will shoot arrows to its side, aiming it toward a target.
Et ego tres sagittas mittam iuxta eum, et iaciam quasi exercens me ad signum.
21 Look, I will send the boy, saying, 'Go, find the arrows.' If I tell the boy, 'Look, the arrow is on this side of you. Take it;' then come; for there is peace to you and no hurt, as YHWH lives.
Mittam quoque et puerum, dicens ei: Vade, et affer mihi sagittas.
22 But if I say this to the boy, 'Look, the arrow is beyond you;' then go your way; for YHWH has sent you away.
Si dixero puero: Ecce sagittæ intra te sunt, tolle eas: tu veni ad me, quia pax tibi est, et nihil est mali, vivit Dominus. Si autem sic locutus fuero puero: Ecce sagittæ ultra te sunt: vade in pace, quia dimisit te Dominus.
23 Concerning the matter which you and I have spoken of, look, YHWH is a witness between you and me forever."
De verbo autem quod locuti sumus ego et tu, sit Dominus inter me et te usque in sempiternum.
24 So David hid himself in the field. And when the new moon had come, the king sat at the table to eat.
Absconditus est ergo David in agro, et venerunt calendæ, et sedit rex ad comedendum panem.
25 The king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan sat opposite, and Abner sat by Saul's side: but David's place was empty.
Cumque sedisset rex super cathedram suam (secundum consuetudinem) quæ erat iuxta parietem, surrexit Ionathas, et sedit Abner ex latere Saul, vacuusque apparuit locus David.
26 Nevertheless Saul did not say anything that day: for he thought, "Something has happened to him. He is not clean. Surely he is not clean."
Et non est locutus Saul quidquam in die illa: cogitabat enim quod forte evenisset ei, ut non esset mundus, nec purificatus.
27 It happened on the next day after the new moon, the second day, that David's place was empty. Saul said to Jonathan his son, "Why hasn't the son of Jesse come to the table, either yesterday or today?"
Cumque illuxisset dies secunda post calendas, rursus apparuit vacuus locus David. Dixitque Saul ad Ionathan filium suum: Cur non venit filius Isai nec heri, nec hodie ad vescendum?
28 Jonathan answered Saul, and said, "David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem.
Responditque Ionathas Sauli: Rogavit me obnixe, ut iret in Bethlehem,
29 He said, 'Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city. And as for me, my brothers have ordered me to be there. Now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go away and see my brothers.' Therefore he has not come to the king's table."
et ait: Dimitte me, quoniam sacrificium sollemne est in civitate, unus de fratribus meis accersivit me: nunc ergo si inveni gratiam in oculis tuis, vadam cito, et videbo fratres meos. Ob hanc causam non venit ad mensam regis.
30 Then Saul's anger flared up at Jonathan, and he said to him, "You son of a rebellious slave girl, don't I know that you are the companion of the son of Jesse, to your own disgrace, and to the disgrace of your mother's nakedness?
Iratus autem Saul adversum Ionathan, dixit ei: Fili mulieris virum ultro rapientis, numquid ignoro quia diligis filium Isai in confusionem tuam, et in confusionem ignominiosæ matris tuæ?
31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, your kingdom will not be established. Therefore now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die."
Omnibus enim diebus, quibus filius Isai vixerit super terram, non stabilieris tu, neque regnum tuum. Itaque iam nunc mitte, et adduc eum ad me: quia filius mortis est.
32 But Jonathan answered Saul, "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?"
Respondens autem Ionathas Sauli patri suo, ait: Quare morietur? Quid fecit?
33 Then Saul threw his spear at him to strike him, and Jonathan realized that this evil from his father to kill David was determined.
Et arripuit Saul lanceam ut percuteret eum. Et intellexit Ionathas quod definitum esset a patre suo, ut interficeret David.
34 So Jonathan sprang up from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month; for he was grieved for David, because his father had dishonored him.
Surrexit ergo Ionathas a mensa in ira furoris, et non comedit in die calendarum secunda panem. Contristatus est enim super David, eo quod confudisset eum pater suus.
35 It happened in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little boy with him.
Cumque illuxisset mane, venit Ionathas in agrum iuxta placitum David, et puer parvulus cum eo,
36 He said to the boy, "Run, find now the arrows which I shoot." And as the boy ran, he shot an arrow, causing it to pass beyond, toward the city.
et ait ad puerum suum: Vade, et affer mihi sagittas, quas ego iacio. Cumque puer cucurrisset, iecit aliam sagittam trans puerum.
37 When the boy had come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan called after the youth, and said, "Isn't the arrow beyond you?"
Venit itaque puer ad locum iaculi, quod miserat Ionathas: et clamavit Ionathas post tergum pueri, et ait: Ecce ibi est sagitta porro ultra te.
38 Jonathan cried after the boy, "Go fast. Hurry. Do not delay." Jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
Clamavitque iterum Ionathas post tergum pueri, dicens: Festina velociter, ne steteris. Collegit autem puer Ionathæ sagittas, et attulit ad dominum suum:
39 But the boy did not know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
et quid ageretur, penitus ignorabat: tantummodo enim Ionathas et David rem noverant.
40 Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy, and said to him, "Go, carry them to the city."
Dedit ergo Ionathas arma sua puero, et dixit ei: Vade, et defer in civitatem.
41 As soon as the boy was gone, David arose from beside the mound, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another, and wept one with another, and David wept the most.
Cumque abiisset puer, surrexit David de loco, qui vergebat ad Austrum, et cadens pronus in terram, adoravit tertio: et osculantes se alterutrum, fleverunt pariter, David autem amplius.
42 Then Jonathan said, "Go in peace, because we have both sworn in the name of YHWH, saying, 'YHWH shall be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants, forever.'" He arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.
Dixit ergo Ionathas ad David: Vade in pace: quæcumque iuravimus ambo in nomine Domini, dicentes: Dominus sit inter me et te, et inter semen meum et semen tuum usque in sempiternum. Et surrexit David, et abiit: sed et Ionathas ingressus est civitatem.
