I Samuelis 19
1 Locutus est autem Saul ad Ionathan filium suum, et ad omnes servos suos, ut occiderent David. Porro Ionathas filius Saul diligebat David valde.
And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, to slay David.
2 Et indicavit Ionathas David, dicens: Quaerit Saul pater meus occidere te: quapropter observa te, quaeso, mane, et manebis clam, et absconderis.
And Jonathan, Saul's son, loved David much: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul seeks to kill thee: take heed to thyself therefore to-morrow morning, and hide thyself, and dwell in secret.
3 Ego autem egrediens stabo iuxta patrem meum, in agro ubicumque fuerit: et ego loquar de te ad patrem meum: et quodcumque videro, nunciabo tibi.
And I will go forth, and stand near my father in the field where thou shalt be, and I will speak concerning thee to my father; and I will see what his answer may be, and I will tell thee.
4 Locutus est ergo Ionathas de David bona ad Saul patrem suum: dixitque ad eum: Ne pecces rex in servum tuum David, quia non peccavit tibi, et opera eius bona sunt tibi valde.
And Jonathan spoke favorably concerning David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against thy servant David, for he has not sinned against thee, and his deeds [are] very good.
5 Et posuit animam suam in manu sua, et percussit Philisthaeum, et fecit Dominus salutem magnam universo Israeli: vidisti, et laetatus es. Quare ergo peccas in sanguine innoxio, interficiens David, qui est absque culpa?
And he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great deliverance; and all Israel saw, and rejoined: why then dost thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
6 Quod cum audisset Saul, placatus voce Ionathae, iuravit: Vivit Dominus, quia non occidetur.
And Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, saying, [As] the Lord lives, he shall not die.
7 Vocavit itaque Ionathas David, et indicavit ei omnia verba haec: et introduxit Ionathas David ad Saul, et fuit ante eum, sicut fuerat heri et nudiustertius.
And Jonathan called David, and told him all these words; and Jonathan brought David in to Saul, and he was before him as in former times.
8 Motum est autem rursum bellum: et egressus David, pugnavit adversum Philisthiim: percussitque eos plaga magna, et fugerunt a facie eius.
And there was again war against Saul; and David did valiantly, and fought against the Philistines, and smote them with a very great slaughter, and they fled from before him.
9 Et factus est spiritus Domini malus in Saul. sedebat autem in domo sua, et tenebat lanceam: porro David psallebat manu sua.
And an evil spirit from God was upon Saul, and he was resting in his house, and a spear [was] in his hand, and David was playing on the harp with his hands.
10 Nisusque est Saul configere David lancea in pariete, et declinavit David a facie Saul: lancea autem casso vulnere perlata est in parietem, et David fugit, et salvatus est nocte illa.
And Saul sought to smite David with the spear; and David withdrew [suddenly] from the presence of Saul; and he drove the spear into the wall; and David retreated and escaped.
11 Misit ergo Saul satellites suos in domum David, ut custodirent eum, et interficeretur mane. Quod cum annunciasset David Michol uxor sua, dicens: Nisi salvaveris te nocte hac, cras morieris:
And it came to pass in that night, that Saul sent messengers to the house of David to watch him, in order to slay him in the morning; and Melchol David's wife told him, saying, Unless thou save thy life this night, to-morrow thou shalt be slain.
12 deposuit eum per fenestram. porro ille abiit et aufugit, atque salvatus est.
So Melchol lets David down by the window, and he departed, and fled, and escaped.
13 Tulit autem Michol statuam, et posuit eam super lectum, et pellem pilosam caprarum posuit ad caput eius, et operuit eam vestimentis.
And Melchol took images, and laid them on the bed, and she put the liver of a goat by his head, and covered them with clothes.
14 Misit autem Saul apparitores, qui raperent David: et responsum est quod aegrotaret.
And Saul sent messengers to take David; and they say that he is sick.
15 Rursumque misit Saul nuncios ut viderent David, dicens: Afferte eum ad me in lecto, ut occidatur.
And he sends to David, saying, Bring him to me on the bed, that I may slay him.
16 Cumque venissent nuncii, inventum est simulacrum super lectum, et pellis caprarum ad caput eius.
And the messengers come, and, behold, the images [were] on the bed, and the goat's liver at his head.
17 Dixitque Saul ad Michol: Quare sic illusisti mihi, et dimisisti inimicum meum ut fugeret? Et respondit Michol ad Saul: Quia ipse locutus est mihi: Dimitte me, alioquin interficiam te.
And Saul said to Melchol, Why hast thou thus deceived me, and suffered my enemy to depart, and he has escaped? and Melchol said to Saul, He said, let me go, and if not, I will slay thee.
18 David autem fugiens salvatus est, et venit ad Samuel in Ramatha, et nunciavit ei omnia quae fecerat sibi Saul: et abierunt ipse et Samuel, et morati sunt in Naioth.
So David fled, and escaped, and comes to Samuel to Armathaim, and tells him all that Saul had done to him: and Samuel and David went, and dwelt in Navath in Rama.
19 Nunciatum est autem Sauli a dicentibus: Ecce David in Naioth in Ramatha.
And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David [is] in Navath in Rama.
20 Misit ergo Saul lictores, ut raperent David: qui cum vidissent cuneum prophetarum vaticinantium, et Samuelem stantem super eos, factus est etiam Spiritus Domini in illis, et prophetare coeperunt etiam ipsi.
And Saul sent messengers to take David, and they saw the assembly of the prophets, and Samuel stood [as] appointed over them; and the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they prophesy.
21 Quod cum nunciatum esset Sauli, misit et alios nuncios: prophetaverunt autem et illi. Et rursum misit Saul tertios nuncios: qui et ipsi prophetaverunt. Et iratus iracundia Saul,
And it was told Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied: and Saul sent again a third set of messengers, and they also prophesied.
22 abiit etiam ipse in Ramatha, et venit usque ad cisternam magnam, quae est in Socho, et interrogavit, et dixit: In quo loco sunt Samuel et David? Dictumque est ei: Ecce in Naioth sunt in Ramatha.
And Saul was very angry, and went himself also to Armathaim, and he comes as far as the well of the threshing floor that is in Sephi; and he asked and said, Where [are] Samuel and David? And they said, Behold, in Navath in Rama.
23 Et abiit in Naioth in Ramatha, et factus est etiam super eum Spiritus Domini, et ambulabat ingrediens, et prophetabat usque dum veniret in Naioth in Ramatha.
And he went thence to Navath in Rama: and there came the Spirit of God upon him also, and he went on prophesying till he came to Navath in Rama.
24 Et expoliavit etiam ipse se vestimentis suis, et prophetavit cum ceteris coram Samuele, et cecinit nudus tota die illa et nocte. Unde et exivit proverbium: Num et Saul inter prophetas?
And he took off his clothes, and prophesied before them; and lay down naked all that day and all that night: therefore they said, [Is] Saul also among the prophets?
