1 Samuel 20
1 David ran away from [the] Naioth [section] of Ramah [city]. He went to Jonathan and asked him, “What have I done [to displease your father]? What did I do that was wrong? Why is he trying to kill me?”
Devid sitere na Naịọt nʼime Rema gbapụ ọsọ, chọta Jonatan, sị ya, “Ọ bụ gịnị ka m mere? Gịnị bụkwa ihe ọjọọ m mere? Olee ụzọ m si mejọọ nna gị, mere o ji na-achọsi ike ka ọ napụ m ndụ m?”
2 Jonathan replied, “My father is surely not trying to kill you! He always tells me before he does anything that he is planning. He tells me about important things and unimportant things that he plans to do. (Why would he refuse to tell me [if he were planning to kill me]?/I am sure that he would not refuse to tell me [if he were planning to kill you].) [RHQ] So what you are saying cannot be true.”
Jonatan sịrị ya, “Nke a abụghị eziokwu. Ị gaghị anwụ! Ihe dị otu a adịghị nna m nʼobi, nʼihi na ọ na-agwa m ihe ọbụla ọ na-ezube ime, ọ bụladị ihe ukwu maọbụ ihe ntakịrị. Amakwaara m na ọ gaghị ezonarị m ihe dị otu a. Mba, ọ bụghị eziokwu.”
3 Then David solemnly declared this to Jonathan: “Your father knows very well that you and I are very good friends, so he says to himself, ‘I will not tell Jonathan [what I am going to do]. If I tell Jonathan, he will be upset/distressed, [and then he will tell David].’ But just as certain as Yahweh lives and you live, I am only one step away from being killed.”
Devid ṅụrụ iyi sị, “Nna gị maara nke ọma na m anatala amara nʼebe ị nọ, nʼihi ya, o kwuola nʼime onwe ya sị, ‘Agaghị m agwa Jonatan, ka ọ ghara iwute ya.’ Ma eji m Onyenwe anyị na mkpụrụobi gị na-aṅụ iyi na-asị na ọ bụ naanị otu nzọ ụkwụ dị ugbu a nʼetiti mụ na ọnwụ.”
4 Jonathan said to David, “I will do whatever you tell me to do.”
Jonatan sịrị Devid, “Ihe ọbụla ị chọrọ ka m mee, aga m emere gị ya.”
5 David replied, “Tomorrow we will celebrate the Festival of the New Moon. I always eat with the king at that festival. But tomorrow I will hide in the field, and I will stay there for one night. I will stay there until the evening of the day after tomorrow.
Devid sịrị ya, “Lee echi ga-abụ mmemme ọnwa ọhụrụ, e kwesiri m iso eze rie nri. Ma hapụ m ka m ga zoo onwe m nʼọhịa tutu ruo uhuruchi nke nwanne echi.
6 If your father asks why I am not there at the festival, say to him, ‘David requested me to allow him to go to his home in Bethlehem, where his family will offer the sacrifice that they offer [during this festival] every year.’
Ọ bụrụ na nna gị ajụọ ase m, sị ya, ‘Devid rịọsiri m arịrịọ ike ka m hapụ ya ka ọ gbaga Betlehem, bụ obodo ya, nʼihi a na-achụ aja nke dịrị agbụrụ ya kwa afọ.’
7 If your father says ‘That is okay’, then I know I will be safe. But if he becomes extremely angry, you will know that he is determined to harm me.
Ọ bụrụ na ọ sị, ‘Ọ dị mma,’ mgbe ahụ, udo ga-adịrị ohu gị. Ma ọ bụrụ na o wee iwe nke ukwuu, mara nʼezie na o zubere ime m ihe ọjọọ.
8 Please be kind to me. Yahweh heard you when you made a solemn agreement with me [that you and I will always be loyal friends]. If I deserve to be punished [MTY], kill me yourself. I do not want [RHQ] you to allow your father to punish [IDM] me.”
Ma gị onwe gị, meere ohu gị ebere, nʼihi na i meela ka o sooro gị baa nʼọgbụgba ndụ nʼihu Onyenwe anyị. Ọ bụrụ na ikpe mara m, gị onwe gị gbuo m. Nʼihi gịnị ka ị ga-eji nyefee m nʼaka nna gị?”
9 Jonathan replied, “I will never do that! But if I find out that my father is determined to harm/kill you, I will certainly warn you.” [RHQ]
Jonatan sịrị, “Agaghị m eme ya, lee, a sịkwa na m maara na nna m na-achọ igbu gị, ọ bụ na m agaghị agwa gị?”
10 David asked him, “How will I find out if your father answers you harshly?”
Devid jụrụ ya, “Onye ga-agwa m ma ọ bụrụ na nna gị aza gị okwu ike ike?”
11 Jonathan replied, “Come with me. We will go out into the field.” So they went together out into the field.
Jonatan sịrị ya, “Bịa ka anyị pụọ gaa nʼọhịa.” Ya mere, ha abụọ pụrụ jee nʼọhịa.
12 There Jonathan said to David, “I promise this while Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], is listening: At this time the day after tomorrow, I will find out what my father [is thinking about you]. If he is saying good things about you, I will certainly send a message to you to tell that to you [RHQ].
Jonatan gwara Devid sị, “Eji m aha Onyenwe anyị, Chineke Izrel na-ekwe nkwa na-asị gị, nʼoge ugbu a echi, maọbụ nwanne echi, aga m akpanyere nna m ụka banyere gị, meekwa ka ị mata ihe ọ na-eche banyere gị. Ọ bụrụ na obi dị ya mma nʼebe ị nọ, aga m eme ka ị mata.
13 But if he is planning to hurt/kill you, I will enable you to know [IDM] that, and enable you to go away safely. I desire that Yahweh will punish me severely if I do not do that [for you]. I desire/hope that Yahweh will be with you [and help you] like he has helped my father.
Ma ọ bụrụ na nna m na-achọ imerụ gị ahụ, ka Onyenwe anyị mesoo Jonatan mmeso, otu ọbụla o si dị njọ, ma ọ bụrụ na m abịaghị gwa gị, zilaga gị ka ị laa nʼudo. Ka Onyenwe anyị nọnyere gị dịka o si nọnyere nna m.
14 But while I am still alive, please be kind to me in the same way that Yahweh is kind to me, and do not kill me [when you become king].
Chetakwa, i ghaghị igosi m ịhụnanya na obi ebere Onyenwe anyị, ma ọ bụrụ na m anwụọ.
15 But [if I die, ] never stop being kind to my family, [even] after Yahweh has gotten rid of all your enemies all over the earth.”
E wezugakwala ịhụnanya gị na obi ebere gị site nʼebe ezinaụlọ m dị, ọ bụladị mgbe Onyenwe anyị bipụchara ndị iro Devid niile site nʼelu ụwa.”
16 [David agreed]. So Jonathan made a solemn agreement with David. And he said, “I hope/desire that Yahweh will get rid of all your enemies.”
Jonatan na ụlọ Devid gbara ndụ. O kwuru sị, “Ka Onyenwe anyị kpee ndị iro Devid niile ikpe.”
17 And Jonathan requested David to repeat his solemn promise to be his close friend, because Jonathan loved David as much as he loved himself.
Jonatan mere ka Devid site nʼịhụnanya ọ hụrụ ya ṅụọra ya iyi. Nʼihi na Jonatan hụrụ Devid nʼanya dịka ọ hụrụ onwe ya.
18 Then Jonathan said, “Tomorrow we will celebrate the Festival of the New Moon. When you are not sitting at your place when we eat, my father will (miss you/see that you are not there).
Mgbe ahụ, Jonatan sịrị Devid, “Echi bụ mmemme ọnwa ọhụrụ. A ga-ele anya gị, nʼihi na ọnọdụ gị ga-atọgbọrọ nʼefu.
19 The day after tomorrow, in the evening, go to the place where you hid before. Wait by the pile of stones.
Nwanne echi ya, nʼoge uhuruchi, gaa nʼebe ahụ i zoro onwe gị mgbe nsogbu a malitere, chere nʼebe ahụ, nʼakụkụ nkume Ezel.
20 I will come out and shoot three arrows as though I were trying to shoot at a target. [The arrows will hit the ground] close to the pile of stones.
Aga m abịa gbaa àkụ atọ nʼakụkụ ya dịka a ga-asị na o nwere ihe m chọrọ iji ụta m gbata.
21 Then I will send a boy to bring the arrows back to me. If you hear me say to him, ‘They are closer to me’, then as surely as Yahweh lives, you will know that everything is fine, [and that Saul will not kill you].
Emesịa, aga m ezipu otu nwantakịrị sị ya, ‘Gaa chọta àkụ ndị ahụ.’ Ọ bụrụ na ị nụ ka m na-agwa ya okwu sị, ‘Lee àkụ ndị a dị nʼakụkụ azụ gị, chita ha ebe a,’ mgbe ahụ, pụta nʼihi, dịka Onyenwe anyị na-adị ndụ, udo dịrị gị, egwu ọbụla adịghị.
22 But if I tell him, ‘The arrows are farther away’, you will know that you must leave immediately, because Yahweh wants you to run away.
Ma ọ bụrụ na m agwa nwantakịrị ahụ okwu sị ya, ‘Lee, àkụ ahụ dị nʼihu gị,’ ọ pụtara na ị ghaghị isi nʼebe a pụọ, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị ezipụla gị.
23 I hope/desire that Yahweh will watch you and me and enable us to never forget what we have promised each other.”
Ma ihe banyere okwu ahụ anyị kwuru, cheta na Onyenwe anyị bụ onye akaebe, nʼetiti mụ na gị ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.”
24 So David went and hid in the field. When the Festival of the New Moon started, the king sat down to eat.
Ya mere, Devid gara zoo onwe ya nʼọhịa. Mgbe oge mmemme ọnwa ọhụrụ ruru, eze Sọl nọdụrụ ala iri nri.
25 He sat where he usually sat, close to the wall. Jonathan sat across from him, and Abner [the army commander] sat next to Saul. But no one was sitting in the place where David [usually sat].
Ọ nọdụrụ ọdụ nʼakụkụ aja ụlọ, bụ ebe ọ dị mbụ anọ, na ncherita ihu Jonatan. Abna nọdụrụ nʼakụkụ Sọl, ma oche Devid na-anọ enweghị onye nọ ya.
26 On that day, Saul did not say anything about David, because he was thinking, “Something must have happened that caused David to become unacceptable [to worship God].”
Sọl ekwughị ihe ọbụla banyere ya nʼụbọchị ahụ, nʼihi na o chere na ọ dị ihe ndaba mere, nke tinyere Devid nʼọnọdụ adịghị ọcha. Sọl kwuru nʼobi ya sị, “E, ọ ghaghị ịbụ ihe kpatara ya.”
27 But the next day, when David was not sitting at the place where he usually sat, Saul asked Jonathan, “Why has that son of Jesse not been here to eat with us yesterday and today?”
Ma nʼechi ya, bụ abalị nke abụọ nke ọnwa ọhụrụ, ọnọdụ Devid tọgbọrọ nʼefu ọzọ. Mgbe ahụ, Sọl sịrị nwa ya Jonatan, “Gịnị mere nwa Jesi abịaghị iso rie nri, ma ụnyaahụ ma taa?”
28 Jonathan replied, “David earnestly requested me that I permit him to go to Bethlehem.
Jonatan zara sị, “Devid rịọrọ sị m nye ya ike ka ọ gaa Betlehem.
29 He said, ‘Please allow me to go, because our family is going to offer a sacrifice. My [older] brother insisted that I be there. So please allow me to go to be with my [older] brothers.’ [I allowed David to go], and that is the reason that he is not here eating with you.”
Ọ sịrị m, ‘Kwere ka m gaa nʼihi na ndị ezinaụlọ anyị nwere aja mmemme ha na-eme nʼobodo. Nwanne m nwoke nyere m iwu sị m na m aghaghị ịbịa. Ọ bụrụ na m ahụta amara nʼebe ị nọ, biko kwere ka m gaa hụ ụmụnne m.’ Ọ bụ nke a mere ọ bịaghị na tebul eze.”
30 Saul was (furious/very angry) with Jonathan. He yelled at him, “You stupid bastard [EUP]! I know that you are being loyal to that son of Jesse. By doing that, you will bring shame to yourself and to your mother.
Iwe were Sọl nke ukwuu. Ọ gwara Jonatan okwu nʼiwe sị ya, “Gị nwa nke nwanyị na-enupu isi, nke uche ya gbagọrọ agbagọ. Ị na-eche na m amaghị na i dịnyere nwa Jesi si otu a wetara onwe gị na nne gị ihe ihere?
31 As long as Jesse’s son is living, you will never become the king, and you will never rule over a kingdom! So now, summon David, and bring him to me. He must be executed!”
Nʼihi na ụbọchị niile nwa Jesi dị ndụ nʼụwa a, ọnọdụ gị na alaeze gị agaghị eguzosi ike. Ugbu a, pụọ, zipụ ozi kpọtara m ya ka m gbuo ya!”
32 Jonathan asked his father, “Why should David be executed? What wrong has he done?”
Jonatan jụrụ nna ya Sọl sị, “Gịnị ka o mere? Nʼihi gịnị ka a ga-eji mee ka ọ nwụọ?”
33 Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan in order to kill him, [but the spear did not hit him]. So Jonathan knew that his father really wanted to kill David.
Ma Sọl tụrụ ùbe o ji nʼaka ya ka o jiri ya tugbuo Jonatan, ma Jonatan zere ya. Nke a mere ka Jonatan mata nʼezie na nna ya na-achọ igbu Devid.
34 Jonathan was very angry, and he left the room. On that second day of the festival, he refused to eat anything. He was disgusted about what his father had done, and he was worried about David.
Jonatan si na tebul ahụ bilie nʼoke iwe pụọ, o righịkwa nri nʼụbọchị nke abụọ nke mmemme ahụ, nʼihi na omume ihere nna ya mesoro Devid wutere ya hie nne.
35 The following morning Jonathan went out to the field to give a message to David, like he had agreed that he would do. He took a young boy with him.
Nʼụtụtụ echi ya, dịka ha kara aka, Jonatan gara nʼọhịa, ya na nwantakịrị nwoke so gaa.
36 Jonathan said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows that I shoot.” The boy started running, and Jonathan shot an arrow ahead of the boy.
Ọ sịrị nwantakịrị nwoke ahụ, “Gbara ọsọ gaa chọta àkụ ndị ahụ niile m na-agba.” Mgbe nwantakịrị ahụ na-agba ọsọ na-aga, Jonatan gbapụrụ àkụ, gbafee ya nʼihu nwantakịrị ahụ.
37 When the boy ran to the place where the arrow hit the ground, Jonathan called out, “The arrow is further away!” [RHQ]
Mgbe nwokorobịa ahụ na-ejeru nso ebe àkụ ahụ Jonatan gbara dị, Jonatan kpọkuru ya sị ya, “Àkụ ahụ dị nʼihu gị.”
38 Then he shouted to the boy, “Act quickly; do not wait! Do not stop!” The boy picked up the arrow and brought it back to Jonathan.
Mgbe ahụ, o tiri mkpu sị, “Mee ngwangwa! Gawa ọsịịsọ! Eguzokwala!” Nwokorobịa ahụ chịkọtara àkụ ndị ahụ niile gbaghachikwute nna ya ukwu.
39 But the boy did not understand the meaning of what Jonathan had said; only Jonathan and David knew.
Ma nwantakịrị nwoke ahụ aghọtaghị ihe Jonatan mere; ma Jonatan na Devid maara ihe gara.
40 Then Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy and told him, “Go back to the town.”
Jonatan nyere nwokorobịa ahụ ụta ya na àkụ ndị ahụ ka ọ chighachi ha nʼobodo.
41 When the boy left, David came out from the south side of the pile of stones behind which he had been hiding. He went to Jonathan and bowed [in front of Jonathan] three times, with his face touching the ground. Then David and Jonathan kissed each other [on the cheek/neck], and they cried together. But David cried more than Jonathan.
Mgbe nwokorobịa ahụ lara, Devid biliri site nʼakụkụ ndịda nkume ahụ ebe o zoro onwe kpuo ihu ya nʼala, kpọọ isiala ugboro atọ, nʼihu Jonatan. Ha suritere onwe ha ọnụ, bekọkwaa akwa. Ma Devid kwara akwa karịa.
42 Jonathan said to David, “May things go well for you as you go. Yahweh has heard what we solemnly promised to always do for each other, and what we said that our descendants must do for each other.” Then David left, and Jonathan went back to the town.
Nʼikpeazụ, Jonatan gwara Devid okwu sị, “Gaa nʼudo, nʼihi na anyị ejirila aha Onyenwe anyị ṅụọ iyi ịbụ enyi nʼetiti onwe anyị, na-asị, ‘Onyenwe anyị bụ onye akaebe nʼebe mụ na gị, na nʼebe ụmụ ụmụ m, na ụmụ ụmụ gị nọ ruo mgbe ebighị ebi.’” Ha kewara. Devid malitere ịpụ, ma Jonatan tụgharịrị baa nʼobodo.
