1 शमूएल 18
1 १ जब वह शाऊल से बातें कर चुका, तब योनातान का मन दाऊद पर ऐसा लग गया, कि योनातान उसे अपने प्राण के समान प्यार करने लगा।
After David finished talking with Saul, [he met Saul’s son, Jonathan.] Jonathan [immediately] liked David; in fact, he began to love/like him as much as he loved/liked himself.
From that day, Saul kept David with him, and did not let him return home.
Because Jonathan loved David so much, he made a solemn agreement with David. [They promised each other that they would always be loyal friends].
4 ४ योनातान ने अपना बागा जो वह स्वयं पहने था उतारकर अपने वस्त्र समेत दाऊद को दे दिया, वरन् अपनी तलवार और धनुष और कमरबन्ध भी उसको दे दिए।
Jonathan took off his own outer robe and gave it to David. He also gave David his soldier’s tunic, his sword, his bow [and arrows], and his belt.
5 ५ और जहाँ कहीं शाऊल दाऊद को भेजता था वहाँ वह जाकर बुद्धिमानी के साथ काम करता था; अतः शाऊल ने उसे योद्धाओं का प्रधान नियुक्त किया। और समस्त प्रजा के लोग और शाऊल के कर्मचारी उससे प्रसन्न थे।
[David went wherever Saul sent him. And] whatever Saul told him to do, David did it very successfully. As a result, Saul appointed David to be a commander in the army. All the officers and other men in the army (approved of/were very pleased with) that.
6 ६ जब दाऊद उस पलिश्ती को मारकर लौट रहा था, और वे सब लोग भी आ रहे थे, तब सब इस्राएली नगरों से स्त्रियों ने निकलकर डफ और तिकोने बाजे लिए हुए, आनन्द के साथ गाती और नाचती हुई, शाऊल राजा के स्वागत में निकलीं।
But, when the men in the army were returning home after David had killed Goliath, the women came out from many [HYP] towns in Israel to meet/greet King Saul. They were singing and dancing very joyfully, playing tambourines and lyres.
7 ७ और वे स्त्रियाँ नाचती हुई एक दूसरे के साथ यह गाती गईं, “शाऊल ने तो हजारों को, परन्तु दाऊद ने लाखों को मारा है।”
As they danced, they sang this song to each other: “Saul has killed 1,000 [enemy soldiers], But David has killed 10,000 [of them].”
8 ८ तब शाऊल अति क्रोधित हुआ, और यह बात उसको बुरी लगी; और वह कहने लगा, “उन्होंने दाऊद के लिये तो लाखों और मेरे लिये हजारों ही ठहराया; इसलिए अब राज्य को छोड़ उसको अब क्या मिलना बाकी है?”
[When] Saul [heard them singing that, he] did not like it. He became very angry. He said [to himself], “They are saying that David [killed] 10,000 men, but that I [have killed] only 1,000. Soon they will want to make him their king!” [RHQ]
From that time, Saul watched David very closely because he was suspicious [that David would try to become king].
10 १० दूसरे दिन परमेश्वर की ओर से एक दुष्ट आत्मा शाऊल पर बल से उतरा, और वह अपने घर के भीतर नबूवत करने लगा; दाऊद प्रतिदिन के समान अपने हाथ से बजा रहा था और शाऊल अपने हाथ में अपना भाला लिए हुए था;
The next day, an evil spirit sent by God suddenly took control of Saul. He began to act like a madman, inside his house. David was playing the lyre for him, as he did every day. Saul was holding a spear in his hand,
11 ११ तब शाऊल ने यह सोचकर कि “मैं ऐसा मारूँगा कि भाला दाऊद को बेधकर दीवार में धँस जाए,” भाले को चलाया, परन्तु दाऊद उसके सामने से दोनों बार हट गया।
and he hurled it [at David], saying to himself, “I will fasten David to the wall with the spear!” He did that two times, but David jumped aside [both times].
Because [it became evident that] Yahweh had abandoned Saul but [that] he was helping David, Saul was afraid of David.
So he appointed David as a commander of 1,000 soldiers and sent David away from him, [hoping that David would be killed in a battle]. But when David led his soldiers [in their battles],
he always had great success, because Yahweh was helping him.
When Saul heard that David [and his soldiers were] very successful, he became more afraid of David.
16 १६ परन्तु इस्राएल और यहूदा के समस्त लोग दाऊद से प्रेम रखते थे; क्योंकि वह उनके आगे-आगे आया-जाया करता था।
But all the people of Israel and of Judah loved David, because he led the soldiers very successfully [in the battles].
17 १७ शाऊल ने यह सोचकर कि “मेरा हाथ नहीं, वरन् पलिश्तियों ही का हाथ दाऊद पर पड़े,” उससे कहा, “सुन, मैं अपनी बड़ी बेटी मेरब से तेरा विवाह कर दूँगा; इतना कर, कि तू मेरे लिये वीरता के साथ यहोवा की ओर से युद्ध कर।”
One day Saul said to David, “I am ready to give you my oldest daughter, Merab, to be your wife. I will do that if you serve me bravely by fighting battles for Yahweh [against the Philistines]”. He said that because he thought, “I will not try to get rid of David by myself. I will allow the Philistines to do that.”
18 १८ दाऊद ने शाऊल से कहा, “मैं क्या हूँ, और मेरा जीवन क्या है, और इस्राएल में मेरे पिता का कुल क्या है, कि मैं राजा का दामाद हो जाऊँ?”
But David said to Saul, “I am not [RHQ] a very important person, and my family is not very important, and my clan is not a very important Israeli clan. So I do not deserve to become your son-in-law.” [RHQ]
19 १९ जब समय आ गया कि शाऊल की बेटी मेरब का दाऊद से विवाह किया जाए, तब वह महोलाई अद्रीएल से ब्याह दी गई।
So, when it was time for Merab to be given to David to become his wife, instead, Saul gave her to a man named Adriel, from Meholah [town].
20 २० और शाऊल की बेटी मीकल दाऊद से प्रीति रखने लगी; और जब इस बात का समाचार शाऊल को मिला, तब वह प्रसन्न हुआ।
But Saul’s other daughter, Michal, fell in love with David. When they told Saul about that, he was pleased.
21 २१ शाऊल तो सोचता था, कि वह उसके लिये फंदा हो, और पलिश्तियों का हाथ उस पर पड़े। और शाऊल ने दाऊद से कहा, “अब की बार तो तू अवश्य ही मेरा दामाद हो जाएगा।”
He thought, “I will let Michal marry him, in order that she may trap him, and the Philistines will be able to kill him.” So he said to David, [“You can marry Michal],” and by saying that, he indicated for the second time that David would become his son-in-law.
22 २२ फिर शाऊल ने अपने कर्मचारियों को आज्ञा दी, “दाऊद से छिपकर ऐसी बातें करो, ‘सुन, राजा तुझ से प्रसन्न है, और उसके सब कर्मचारी भी तुझ से प्रेम रखते हैं; इसलिए अब तू राजा का दामाद हो जा।’”
Saul told his servants, “Talk to David privately, and say to him, ‘Listen, the king is pleased with you, and all of us his servants love you. So now [we think that] you should [marry Michal and] become the king’s son-in-law.’”
23 २३ तब शाऊल के कर्मचारियों ने दाऊद से ऐसी ही बातें कहीं। परन्तु दाऊद ने कहा, “मैं तो निर्धन और तुच्छ मनुष्य हूँ, फिर क्या तुम्हारी दृष्टि में राजा का दामाद होना छोटी बात है?”
So they told that to David. But David said, “It would be a great honor [RHQ] to become the king’s son-in-law. But [I do not think that I should do that, because] I am only a poor and insignificant man.”
When the servants told Saul what David had said,
25 २५ तब शाऊल ने कहा, “तुम दाऊद से यह कहो, ‘राजा कन्या का मोल तो कुछ नहीं चाहता, केवल पलिश्तियों की एक सौ खलड़ियाँ चाहता है, कि वह अपने शत्रुओं से बदला ले।’” शाऊल की योजना यह थी, कि पलिश्तियों से दाऊद को मरवा डाले।
Saul replied, “Go and say to David, ‘[In order for] the king [to allow you to marry Michal, he] wants [you to kill] 100 Philistines [and cut off] their foreskins [and bring the foreskins to him to prove that you have killed them]. In that way he will get revenge on his enemies.’” But what Saul wanted was that the Philistines would kill David [while David was trying to kill them].
26 २६ जब उसके कर्मचारियों ने दाऊद को ये बातें बताईं, तब वह राजा का दामाद होने को प्रसन्न हुआ। जब विवाह के कुछ दिन रह गए,
When the servants told that to David, he was very pleased that he could become the king’s son-in-law [by doing that. The king had said how many days he would allow for David to do that]. But before that time ended,
27 २७ तब दाऊद अपने जनों को संग लेकर चला, और पलिश्तियों के दो सौ पुरुषों को मारा; तब दाऊद उनकी खलड़ियों को ले आया, और वे राजा को गिन-गिनकर दी गईं, इसलिए कि वह राजा का दामाद हो जाए। अतः शाऊल ने अपनी बेटी मीकल का उससे विवाह कर दिया।
David and his men went and killed, [not 100, but] 200 Philistines! He brought their foreskins to Saul, and counted them [while Saul was watching], in order to prove that he had [done what the king required so that he could become Saul’s son-in-law. So then Saul was obligated] to allow David to marry his daughter Michal.
28 २८ जब शाऊल ने देखा, और निश्चय किया कि यहोवा दाऊद के साथ है, और मेरी बेटी मीकल उससे प्रेम रखती है,
But when Saul realized that Yahweh was helping David, and that his daughter loved David,
he became more afraid of David. So, as long as Saul lived, he was David’s enemy.
30 ३० फिर पलिश्तियों के प्रधान निकल आए, और जब जब वे निकल आए तब-तब दाऊद ने शाऊल के सब कर्मचारियों से अधिक बुद्धिमानी दिखाई; इससे उसका नाम बहुत बड़ा हो गया।
The Philistine armies repeatedly came to fight the Israelis, but every time they fought, David and his soldiers were more successful than any of Saul’s other army commanders. As a result, David became very famous.
