1 Samuel 18
1 When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Et factum est cum complesset loqui ad Saul: anima Ionathæ conglutinata est animæ David, et dilexit eum Ionathas quasi animam suam.
2 Saul took David into his service that day; he did not let him return to his father's house.
Tulitque eum Saul in die illa, et non concessit ei ut reverteretur in domum patris sui.
3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant of friendship because Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Inierunt autem David et Ionathas fœdus: diligebat enim eum quasi animam suam.
4 Jonathan took off the robe that he was wearing and gave it to David with his armor, as well as his sword, bow, and belt.
Nam expoliavit se Ionathas tunica, qua erat indutus, et dedit eam David, et reliqua vestimenta sua usque ad gladium et arcum suum, et usque ad balteum.
5 David went out wherever Saul sent him, and he succeeded. Saul set him over the men of war. This was pleasing in the eyes of all the people and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
Egrediebatur quoque David ad omnia quæcumque misisset eum Saul, et prudenter se agebat: posuitque eum Saul super viros belli, et acceptus erat in oculis universi populi, maximeque in conspectu famulorum Saul.
6 As they came home from defeating the Philistines, the women came from all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with musical instruments.
Porro cum reverteretur percusso Philisthæo David, egressæ sunt mulieres de universis urbibus Israel, cantantes, chorosque ducentes in occursum Saul regis, in tympanis lætitiæ, et in sistris.
7 The women sang one to another as they played. They sang: “Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
Et præcinebant mulieres ludentes, atque dicentes: Percussit Saul mille, et David decem millia.
8 Saul was very angry, and this song displeased him. He said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but they have ascribed only thousands to me. What more can he have but the monarchy?”
Iratus est autem Saul nimis, et displicuit in oculis eius sermo iste: dixitque: Dederunt David decem millia, et mihi mille dederunt: quid ei superest, nisi solum regnum?
9 Saul looked at David with suspicion from that day on.
Non rectis ergo oculis Saul aspiciebat David a die illa, et deinceps.
10 The next day a harmful spirit from God rushed upon Saul and he raved within the house. So David played his instrument, as he did each day. Saul had a spear in his hand.
Post diem autem alteram, invasit spiritus Dei malus Saul, et prophetabat in medio domus suæ: David autem psallebat manu sua, sicut per singulos dies. tenebatque Saul lanceam,
11 Saul threw the spear, for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David escaped from Saul's presence twice in this way.
et misit eam, putans quod configere posset David cum pariete: et declinavit David a facie eius secundo.
12 Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, but was no longer with Saul.
Et timuit Saul David, eo quod Dominus esset cum eo, et a se recessisset.
13 So Saul removed him from his presence and appointed him a commander of a thousand. In this way David went out and came in before the people.
Amovit ergo eum Saul a se, et fecit eum tribunum super mille viros: et egrediebatur, et intrabat in conspectu populi.
14 David was prospering in all his ways, for Yahweh was with him.
In omnibus quoque viis suis David prudenter agebat, et Dominus erat cum eo.
15 When Saul saw that he prospered, he stood in awe of him.
Vidit itaque Saul quod prudens esset nimis, et cœpit cavere eum.
16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
Omnis autem Israel et Iuda diligebat David: ipse enim ingrediebatur et egrediebatur ante eos.
17 Then Saul said to David, “Here is my oldest daughter Merab. I will give her to you as a wife. Only be courageous for me and fight Yahweh's battles.” For Saul thought, “Let not my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.”
Dixitque Saul ad David: Ecce filia mea maior Merob, ipsam dabo tibi uxorem: tantummodo esto vir fortis, et præliare bella Domini. Saul autem reputabat, dicens: Non sit manus mea in eum, sed sit super eum manus Philisthinorum.
18 David said to Saul, “Who am I, and who are my relatives, or my father's clan in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?”
Ait autem David ad Saul: Quis ego sum, aut quæ est vita mea, aut cognatio patris mei in Israel, ut fiam gener regis?
19 But at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.
Factum est autem tempus cum deberet dari Merob filia Saul David, data est Hadrieli Molathitæ uxor.
20 But Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David. They told Saul, and this pleased him.
Dilexit autem David Michol filia Saul altera. Et nunciatum est Saul, et placuit ei.
21 Then Saul thought, “I will give her to him, so that she can be a trap for him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David a second time, “You will be my son-in-law.”
Dixitque Saul: Dabo eam illi, ut fiat ei in scandalum, et sit super eum manus Philisthinorum. Dixitque Saul ad David: In duabus rebus gener meus eris hodie.
22 Saul commanded his servants, “Speak with David in private, and say, 'See, the king takes pleasure in you, and all his servants love you. Now then, become the king's son-in-law.'”
Et mandavit Saul servis suis: Loquimini ad David clam me, dicentes: Ecce places regi, et omnes servi eius diligunt te. Nunc ergo esto gener regis.
23 So Saul's servants spoke these words to David. Then David said, “Is it a small matter to you to be the king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?”
Et locuti sunt servi Saul in auribus David omnia verba hæc. Et ait David: Num parum videtur vobis, generum esse regis? Ego autem sum vir pauper et tenuis.
24 The servants of Saul reported to him the words which David spoke.
Et renunciaverunt servi Saul, dicentes: Huiuscemodi verba locutus est David.
25 Then Saul said, “Say this to David, 'The king does not desire any price for the bride except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged from the king's enemies.'” Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
Dixit autem Saul: Sic loquimini ad David: Non habet rex sponsalia necesse, nisi tantum centum præputia Philisthinorum, ut fiat ultio de inimicis regis. Porro Saul cogitabat tradere David in manus Philisthinorum.
26 When his servants told David these words, it pleased David to be the king's son-in-law.
Cumque renunciassent servi eius David verba, quæ dixerat Saul, placuit sermo in oculis David, ut fieret gener regis.
27 Before those days had expired, David went with his men and killed two hundred Philistines. David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, so that he might be the king's son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter as his wife.
Et post paucos dies surgens David, abiit cum viris, qui sub eo erant. Et percussit ex Philisthiim ducentos viros, et attulit eorum præputia, et annumeravit ea regi, ut esset gener eius. Dedit itaque Saul ei Michol filiam suam uxorem.
28 When Saul saw, and he knew that Yahweh was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him,
Et vidit Saul, et intellexit quod Dominus esset cum David. Michol autem filia Saul diligebat eum.
29 Saul was even more afraid of David. Saul was continually David's enemy.
Et Saul magis cœpit timere David: factusque est Saul inimicus David cunctis diebus.
30 Then the princes of the Philistines came out for battle, and as often as they came out, David succeeded more than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly regarded.
Et egressi sunt principes Philisthinorum. a principio autem egressionis eorum, prudentius se gerebat David quam omnes servi Saul, et celebre factum est nomen eius nimis.
