1 Samuel 20
1 Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came and said to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks to take my life?”
To naah David loe Ramah prae thung ih, Naioth avang hoiah cawnh moe, Jonathan khaeah caeh pacoengah, anih khaeah, Timaw ka sak? Ka zaehaih timaw oh? Nam pa nuiah timaw sethaih ka sak moe, ka hinghaih lak hanah pakrong? tiah a naa.
2 Jonathan said to David, “Far from it; you will not die. My father does nothing either great or small without telling it to me. Why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.”
Jonathan mah anih khaeah, Na dueh mak ai! Khenah, kai thaisak ai ah loe pa mah kalen maw, kathoeng maw kawbaktih hmuen doeh sah vai ai; kawbangah doeh pa mah to baktih hmuennawk to kai khaeah angphat mak ai; to bak tih hmuen to om ai, tiah a naa.
3 Yet David vowed again and said, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes. He has said, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.' But as truly as Yahweh lives, and as you live, there is but a step between me and death.”
David mah, Kai loe na mikhnukah kahoih ampui ah ka oh, tiah nam pa mah panoek, anih mah hae hmuen hae Jonathan mah panoek nahaeloe palungsae tih, tiah poek pongah, Jonathan to panoek o sak hmah, tiah thuih pae boeh; toe Angraeng loe hing moe, nang doeh na hing baktih toengah, kai hoi duekhaih salakah khok tangkan maeto khue ni oh boeh, tiah lok ka kam, tiah a naa.
4 Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you say, I will do for you.”
Jonathan mah David khaeah, Saksak na koeh ih hmuennawk boih kang sak pae han, tiah a naa.
5 David said to Jonathan, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and I ought to sit down to eat with the king. But let me go, so that I may hide myself in the field until the third day at evening.
To pongah David mah Jonathan khaeah, Khenah, khawnbang loe khrah kangtha niah oh pongah, angaek ai ah siangpahrang hoi nawnto buhcaak han oh; toe ka caeh moe, omvaih ni aduem khoek to lawk ah kang hawk han vop.
6 If your father misses me at all, then say, 'David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; because it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the clan.'
Nam pa mah kai om ai, tiah panoek nahaeloe, David loe angmah ih imthung takohnawk boih hoi nawnto saning kruek sak ih angbawnhaih to oh pongah, a ohhaih Bethlehem vangpui ah caeh hanah ang hnik khruek, tiah nam pa khaeah thui paeh.
7 If he says, 'It is well,' your servant will have peace. But if he is very angry, then know that he has decided on evil.
To naah nam pa mah, Hoih hmang, tiah thui nahaeloe, na tamna kai loe kamongah ka om tih; toe palungphui parai nahaeloe, ka nuiah nganbawh kana paek hanah a poek, tiah panoek ah.
8 Therefore deal kindly with your servant. For you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you. But if there is sin in me, kill me yourself; for why then should you bring me to your father?”
To pongah nang mah na tamna kai nuiah tahmenhaih amtuengsak raeh, na tamna kai hoi nang loe Angraeng hmaa ah lokkamhaih a sak hoi boeh pongah, ka zaehaih om nahaeloe, tikhoe nam pa khaeah caeh han angai vop tih? Nang mah roe na hum ah, tiah a naa.
9 Jonathan said, “Far be it from you! If I learned my father decided harm to come upon you, would I not tell you?”
Jonathan mah, Natuek naah doeh to tiah om hmah nasoe! Nang nganbawh kana paek hanah pa mah poek, tiah ka panoek nahaeloe, nang khaeah thui ai ah ka om tih maw? tiah a naa.
10 Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if by chance your father should answer you roughly?”
David mah Jonathan khaeah, Nam pa mah lok kaham hoiah na pathim nahaeloe, mi mah maw kai khaeah thui tih? tiah a naa.
11 Jonathan said to David, “Come, let us go out into the field.” So they both went out into the field.
Jonathan mah David khaeah, Angzo ah lawk ah caeh si, tiah a naa. To pongah lawk ah nawnto a caeh hoi.
12 Jonathan said to David, “May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be witness. When I have questioned my father around this time tomorrow, or the third day, see, if there is good will toward David, will I not then send to you and make it known to you?
To naah Jonathan mah David khaeah, Aw Israel Angraeng Sithaw loe hing baktih toengah, khawnbang hoi omvaih niah pa to ka tanoek han, to naah na nuiah poekhaih kahoih tawn nahaeloe, tamthang thaisak hanah, nang khaeah kami patoeh ai ah ka om mak ai;
13 If it pleases my father to do you harm, may Yahweh do to Jonathan and more also if I do not make it known to you and send you away, so that you may go in peace. May Yahweh be with you, as he has been with my father.
toe pa mah nang raihaih paek hanah koeh nahaeloe, kamongah na caeh moe, na loih thai hanah, kang thaisak ai nahaeloe, Angraeng mah Jonathan nuiah kanung parai ah toksah nasoe; pa khaeah oh baktih toengah, Angraeng mah na ohhaih nasoe.
14 If I am still alive, will you not show me the covenant faithfulness of Yahweh, that I may not die?
Ka duek han ai ah, ka hing thung Angraeng tahmenhaih ka nuiah amtuengsak ah;
15 Do not cut off your covenant faithfulness from my house forever—not even when Yahweh cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.”
toe Angraeng mah long nuiah kaom David ih misanawk paro boih cadoeh, ka canawknawk nuiah na tahmenhaih apetsak hmah, tiah a naa.
16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David and said, “May Yahweh require an accounting from the hand of the enemies of David.”
Oep om ai ah ka oh nahaeloe, Angraeng mah David ih misanawk hoiah lu la pathok nasoe, tiah Jonathan mah David imthung takoh hoiah lokkamhaih to sak.
17 Jonathan made David vow again because of the love that he had for him, because he loved him as he loved his own soul.
Jonathan mah David to angmah ih takpum baktih toengah palung pongah, David to amlunghaih hoiah lokkamsak let.
18 Then Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon. You will be missed because your seat will be empty.
To naah Jonathan mah David khaeah, Khawnbang loe khrah kangtha niah oh; nang loe na om mak ai, nang hnuthaih ahmuen to kong sut tih boeh.
19 When you have stayed three days, go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself when the business was in hand, and stay by the stone Ezel.
Ni thumto na oh pacoengah, karangah caeh tathuk loe, raihaih na tongh niah, nang hawkhaih ahmuen na phak pacoengah, Ezel ih thlung ohhaih ahmuen ah om ah.
20 I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I were shooting at a target.
To ahmuen taengah sak ih kalii kah tanoek baktih toengah, palaa thumto ka kah han.
21 Then I will send my young man and say to him, 'Go find the arrows.' If I say to the young boy, 'Look, the arrows are on this side of you; get them,” then come; for there will be safety for you and not harm, as Yahweh lives.
Khenah, nawkta maeto ka patoeh han, anih khaeah, Caeh loe, ka kah tanoek ih palaa to akhui ah, tiah ka naa han. Anih khaeah, Khenah, Palaa loe na taengah oh, akhui ah, tiah ka thuih naah, nang angzo ah; Angraeng loe hing baktih toengah, zit han om ai, misa monghaih oh boeh.
22 “But if I say to the young man, 'Look, the arrows are beyond you,' then go your way, for Yahweh has sent you away.
Toe kai mah nawkta khaeah, Khenah, palaa loe na hmabang ah oh, tiah ka thuih nahaeloe, Angraeng mah ang patoeh ving boeh pongah cawn ah.
23 As for the agreement of which you and I have spoken, see, Yahweh is between you and me forever.'”
Angraeng loe nang hoi kai salakah vaihi a thuih hoi ih lok hnukung ah dungzan khoek to om nasoe, tiah a naa.
24 So David hid himself in the field. When the new moon came, the king sat down to eat food.
To pongah David loe taw ah anghawk; khrah kangtha ni phak naah, siangpahrang loe buhcaak hanah anghnut.
25 The king sat on his seat, as usual, on the seat by the wall. Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul's side. But David's place was empty.
Canghniah anghnut zong baktih toengah, siangpahrang tapang taengah anghnut naah, Jonathan to angthawk, Abner loe Saul taengah anghnut; toe David anghnuthaih ahmuen loe kong sut.
26 Yet Saul did not say anything that day, because he thought, “Something has happened to him. He is not clean; surely he is not clean.”
Hmuen maeto oh kalang mue, David loe ciim ai, ciimcai ai tangtang mue, tiah a poek pongah, to na niah loe Saul mah tidoeh thui ai.
27 But on the second day, the day after the new moon, David's place was empty. Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why has the son of Jesse not come to the meal either yesterday or today?”
Toe khawnbangah loe, khrah kangtha ni hnetto haih ah oh, David anghnuthaih ahmuen to kong sut let bae pongah, Saul mah a capa Jonathan khaeah, Tipongah Jesse capa loe cangduem doeh, vaihni doeh buhcaak han angzo ai loe, tiah a naa.
28 Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked permission from me to go to Bethlehem.
Jonathan mah Saul khaeah, David loe Bethlehem vangpui ah caeh hanah kai khaeah ang hnik khruek;
29 He said, 'Please let me go. For our family has a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has ordered me to be there. Now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.' For this reason he has not come to the king's table.”
ka imthung takohnawk mah vangpui thungah angbawnhaih sak atim o, kamya mah angzoh hanah lok pat khruek pongah, ka caeh han vop; na mikcuk naakrak ah ka oh nahaeloe, kamyanawk hoi angqum thai hanah na caehsak raeh, tiah ang hnik. To pongah anih loe siangpahrang buhcaakhaih ahmuen ah angzo thai ai, tiah a naa.
30 Then Saul's anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?
Saul mah Jonathan to palungphui thuih, Kasae moe, lok tahngai ai nongpata ih capa; azathaih na tongh moe, nang tapenkung nam no azatsak hanah, Jesse capa hoiah nang kom hoi, tito kai mah panoek ai mue, tiah na poek maw?
31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Now then, send and bring him to me, for he must surely die.”
Jesse capa loe long nuiah hing thung, nangmah hoi na prae natuek naah doeh angdoe thai mak ai; vaihi kami patoeh loe kai khaeah na hoisak ah, anih loe duek han oh, tiah a naa.
32 Jonathan answered Saul his father, “For what reason should he be put to death? What has he done?”
Jonathan mah ampa Saul khaeah, Tipongah anih na hum han loe? Tih hmuen sak pongah maw anih to na hum han? tiah a naa.
33 Then Saul threw his spear at him to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.
Saul mah hum hanah Jonathan to tayae hoiah takhawh. To naah ampa mah David hum hanah pacaeng boeh, tiah panoek.
34 Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and ate no food the second day of the month, for he was grieved over David, because his father had dishonored him.
To pongah Jonathan loe palungphui moe, buhcaakhaih ahmuen hoiah angthawk ving; ampa mah David nuiah azat thok hmuen to sak pongah, palungset moe, khrah kangtha ni hnetto haih niah buhcaa ai ah oh.
35 In the morning, Jonathan went out into the field to the appointment with David, and a young man was with him.
Khawnbangah angqum han khaeh ih atue phak naah, Jonathan loe David hnuk hanah, nawkta maeto hoi nawnto taw ah a caeh.
36 He said to his young man, “Run and find the arrows that I shoot.” As the young man ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
Nawkta khaeah, Ka kah ih palaa hae patom ah, tiah a naa. Nawkta cawnh naah, anih hmaa ah palaa maeto a kah pae.
37 When the young man came to the place where the arrow that Jonathan shot had landed, Jonathan called after the young man, and said, “Is not the arrow beyond you?”
Jonathan mah kah ih palaa taengah nawkta phak naah, Jonathan mah nawkta khaeah, palaa loe na hmaa bangah na ai maw oh? tiah a naa.
38 Then Jonathan called after the young man, “Hurry, be quick, do not stay!” So Jonathan's young man gathered up the arrows and came to his master.
Jonathan mah nawkta khaeah, Karangah caeh ah, anghak hmah! tiah a hang. Nawkta loe palaa akhuih moe, angmah ih angraeng khaeah amlaem let.
39 But the young man did not know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
Toe nawkta mah lok ahlong maeto doeh thai kop ai; Jonathan hoi David khue mah ni panoek.
40 Jonathan gave his weapons to his young man and said to him, “Go, take them to the city.”
To naah Jonathan mah angmah ih palaa to nawkta khaeah paek moe, anih khaeah, Caeh loe, hae hmuennawk hae vangpui thungah sin let ah, tiah a naa.
41 As soon as the young man was gone, David stood up from behind the mound, lay facedown on the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another and wept together, with David weeping the more.
Nawkta caeh pacoengah, David loe aloih bang thlung ohhaih ahmuen hoiah angthawk moe, Jonathan hmaa ah long ah vai thumto akuep tathuk; maeto hoi maeto angmok hoi moe, nawnto qah hoi, toe David qahhaih to nung kue.
42 Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, because we have both sworn in the name of Yahweh and said, 'May Yahweh be between you and me, and between my descendants and your descendants, forever.'” Then David stood up and left, and Jonathan returned to the city.
Jonathan mah David khaeah, Kamongah caeh lai ah; aihnik mah Angraeng ih ahmin hoiah lokkamhaih a sak hoi baktih toengah, Angraeng loe na caa hoi ka caa salakah, dungzan khoek to hnukung ah om tih, tiah a naa. To pacoengah David doeh angthawk moe, a caeh; Jonathan doeh vangpui ah amlaem let.
