I Samuel 19
1 Kinuna ni Saul kenni Jonatan nga anakna ken kadagiti amin nga adipenna a nasken a papatayenda ni David. Ngem ni Jonatan, nga anak ni Saul, ipatpategna unay ni David.
Then Saul urged all his servants and his son Jonathan to kill David. But Jonathan liked David very much.
2 Isu nga imbaga ni Jonatan kenni David, “Sapsapulennaka ti amak a ni Saul tapno papatayennaka. Isu nga agannadka ket inton bigat, aglemmengka iti nalimed a lugar.
So he warned David, “My father Saul is seeking for a way to kill you. So be careful. Tomorrow morning go and find a place to hide [in the field].
3 Rummuarakto ket agtakderak iti abay ti amak idiay away nga ayanmo, ket makisaritaakto iti amak maipanggep kenka. No adda ti maammoak, ibagakto kenka.”
I will ask my father to go out there with me. [While we are out there], I will talk to him about you. Then I will tell you everything that he tells me.” [So David did what Jonathan told him to do].
4 Nakisarita ni Jonatan iti amana a ni Saul iti nasayaat maipanggep kenni David ket kinunana kenkuana, “Saan koma nga agbasol ti ari iti adipenna a ni David. Ta saan a nagbasol isuna kenka, ken dagiti inaramidna ti nangiyeg iti kinaimbag kenka.
[The next morning], Jonathan spoke with his father, saying many good things about David. He said, “You should never do anything to harm your servant David! He has never done anything to harm you! Everything that he has done has helped you very much.
5 Impustana ti biagna ket pinatayna ti Filisteo. Nangiyeg ni Yahweh iti dakkel a balligi para iti entero nga Israel. Nakitam daytoy ket nagrag-oka. Apay nga agbasolka iti awan basolna a dara babaen iti panangpapataymo kenni David nga awan ti gapuna?”
He was in danger of being killed when he fought against [Goliath, the champion of] the Philistia [army. By enabling David to kill him], Yahweh won a great victory for all the people of Israel. You were very happy when you saw that. Why would you want to do anything now to harm David [RHQ]? There is no reason for you to kill him, because he has not done anything wrong!”
6 Dimngeg ni Saul kenni Jonatan. Insapata ni Saul, “Iti nagan ni Yahweh nga adda iti agnanayon, saanto a mapapatay isuna.”
Saul listened to what Jonathan said. Then Saul said, “I solemnly promise that just as certain as Yahweh lives, I will not kill David.”
7 Ket inayaban ni Jonatan ni David, ket imbagana amin dagitoy a banbanag kenkuana. Impan ni Jonatan ni David kenni Saul, ket adda isuna iti ayanna a kas iti kallabes.
Afterward, Jonathan summoned David and told him what he and Saul had said. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David served Saul as he had done before.
8 Ket adda manen gubat. Rimmuar ni David ket nakiranget kadagiti Filisteo ket pinarmekna ida ket adu dagiti napapatay. Intarayanda isuna.
One day a war started again, and David [led his soldiers to] fight against the Philistia army. David’s [army] attacked them very furiously, with the result that the Philistia army ran away.
9 Adda dakes nga espiritu a binilin ni Yahweh a immay kenni Saul bayat a nakatugaw isuna iti pagtaenganna nga igge-igemna ti gayangna, ken bayat a tuktukaren ni David ti instrumentona.
But one day when sitting in his house, an evil spirit [sent] from Yahweh [suddenly] came upon Saul. While David was playing his harp [for Saul],
10 Kayat ni Saul nga ibitin ni David iti pader babaen iti gayang, ngem nakalibas isuna iti imatang ni Saul, isu a ti pader ti nakaitugkelan ti gayang ni Saul. Nagtaray ni David ket naglibas iti dayta a rabii.
Saul hurled his spear at David to try to fasten him to the wall. David (dodged/jumped to one side), and the spear did not hit him. The spear stuck in the wall, but that night David escaped.
11 Nangibaon ni Saul kadagiti mensahero iti pagtaengan ni David a mangsiim kenkuana tapno mapapatayna isuna iti kabigatanna. Ni Mical, nga asawa ni David, kinunana kenkuana, “No saanmo nga isalakan ti biagmo ita a rabii, inton bigat, mapapataykanto.
Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house. He told them to watch the house and to kill David [while he was leaving the house] the following morning. But David’s wife Michal [saw them and] warned him, “To survive, you must run away tonight, because if you do not do that, you will be killed tomorrow!”
12 Isu a pinababa ni Mical ni David iti tawa. Timmaray isuna ket naglibas.
So she enabled David to climb out through a window, and he ran away and escaped.
13 Innala ni Mical ti didiosen nga adda iti pagtaengan ket impaiddana daytoy iti pagiddaan. Kalpasanna, inkabilna ti pungan a naaramid iti buok ti kalding iti ulo daytoy, ket inabbunganna daytoy kadagiti ules.
Then Michal took an idol and put it in the bed. She covered it with some [of David’s] clothes, and put some goat’s hair on the head of the idol.
14 Idi nangibaon ni Saul kadagiti mensahero a mangala kenni David, kinunana, “Agsakit isuna.”
When the messengers came [to the house the next morning], she told them that David was sick [and could not get out of bed].
15 Ket nangibaon ni Saul kadagiti mensahero tapno kitaenda ni David; kinunana, “Iyegyo isuna kaniak a nakaidda iti pagiddaan, tapno mapatayko isuna.”
[When they reported that to] Saul, he told them to go back to David’s house. He said to them, “Bring him to me lying on his bed, in order that I can kill him!”
16 Idi immuneg dagiti mensahero, nakitada ti didiosen iti pagtaengan ti adda iti pagiddaan uray ti nagpungananna a naaramid iti buok ti kalding.
But when those men entered David’s house, they saw that there was only an idol in the bed, with goat’s hair on its head.
17 Kinuna ni Saul kenni Mical, “Apay nga inallilawnak ket pinalubosam a pumanaw ti kabusorko, isu a nakalibas isuna?” Simmungbat ni Mical kenni Saul, “Kinunana kaniak, 'Palubosannak a mapan. Papatayenka no saannak a tulongan nga aglibas.”
[When they reported that to Saul, ] Saul [summoned] Michal [and] said to her, “Why did you trick me like that? You allowed my enemy to escape!” Michal replied to Saul, “David told me that if I did not help him escape, he would kill me!” [RHQ]
18 Ita, nakalibas ni David, ket napan isuna kenni Samuel nga adda idiay Rama ket imbagana kenkuana dagiti amin nga inaramid ni Saul kenkuana. Ket isuna ken ni Samuel, napanda nagtalinaed idiay Najot.
After David had escaped from Saul, he went to Samuel, who was [at his home] at Ramah. He told Samuel everything that Saul had done to [try to kill] him. Then David and Samuel went to Naioth, [which was a section] of [Ramah city], and they stayed there.
19 Naibaga daytoy kenni Saul, kinunada, “Dinggem, adda ni David idiay Najot iti Rama.”
Someone told Saul that David was in Naioth.
20 Ket nangibaon ni Saul kadagiti mensahero a mangtiliw kenni David. Idi nakitada ti bunggoy dagiti profeta nga agipadpadto, ket ni Samuel ti mangidadaulo kadakuada, immay ti Espiritu ti Dios kadagiti mensahero ni Saul, ket nangipadtoda met.
So Saul sent some messengers to capture David. [When] those messengers [arrived in Ramah, they] met some men who were proclaiming ecstatic messages, and Samuel was there, as their leader. When Saul’s messengers met them, the Spirit of God took control of Saul’s men, and they also spoke ecstatically.
21 Idi naibaga daytoy kenni Saul, nangibaon isuna kadagiti sabali pay a mensahero, ket nangipadtoda met. Isu a nangibaon manen ni Saul kadagiti mensahero iti maikatlo a daras, ket nangipadtoda met.
When Saul heard about that, he sent messengers a third time, but they also started to speak ecstatically.
22 Ket napan met isuna idiay Rama ket nakadanon iti ayan ti bubon a nauneg nga adda idiay Secu. Dinamagna, “Sadino ti ayan ni Samuel ken ni David?” Adda nangibaga, “Nakitami nga addada idiay Najot iti Rama.”
Finally, Saul himself went to Ramah. When he arrived at the well at [a place named] Secu, he asked people there, “Where are Samuel and David?” The people replied, “They are at Naioth in Ramah [city].”
23 Napan ni Saul idiay Najot iti Rama. Ket immay met kenkuana ti Espiritu ti Dios, ket bayat a mapmapan isuna, nagipadto isuna, agingga a nakadanon idiay Najot iti Rama.
While Saul was walking toward Naioth, the Spirit of God also took control of him. [While he walked on], he continued speaking ecstatic messages until he came to Naioth.
24 Ket uray met isuna, inussobna dagiti pagan-anayna, ket nagipadto met iti sangoanan ni Samuel ket nagmalem ken nagpatnag a nagidda a lamo-lamo. Gapu iti daytoy kinunada, “Maysa kadi met a profeta ni Saul?”
There he took off his clothes, and he spoke messages from God in front of Samuel. He lay on the ground doing that all day and all night. That is the reason that [when people see someone doing something that is very unexpected, they think about what happened to Saul, and] they say, “We are surprised, like the people were surprised to see Saul [acting like] a prophet?” [RHQ]
