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 speaks to his son Jonathan, and to all his servants, to put David to death,
2 Et indicavit Ionathas David, dicens: Quaerit Saul pater meus occidere te: quapropter observa te, quaeso, mane, et manebis clam, et absconderis.
and Jonathan son of Saul delighted in David exceedingly, and Jonathan declares [it] to David, saying, “My father Saul is seeking to put you to death, and now, please take heed in the morning, and you have abided in a secret place and been hidden,
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 go out, and have stood by the side of my father in the field where you [are], and I speak of you to my father, and have seen what [is coming], and have declared [it] to you.”
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 speaks good of David to his father Saul and says to him, “Do not let the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works [are] very good for you;
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?
indeed, he puts his life in his hand, and strikes the Philistine, and YHWH works a great salvation for all Israel; you have seen, and rejoice, and why do you sin against innocent blood, to put David to death for nothing?”
6 Quod cum audisset Saul, placatus voce Ionathae, iuravit: Vivit Dominus, quia non occidetur.
And Saul listens to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swears, “YHWH lives—he does 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 calls for David, and Jonathan declares all these words to him, and Jonathan brings in David to Saul, and he is before him as before.
8 Motum est autem rursum bellum: et egressus David, pugnavit adversum Philisthiim: percussitque eos plaga magna, et fugerunt a facie eius.
And there adds to be war, and David goes out and fights against the Philistines, and strikes among them [with] a great striking, and they flee from his face.
9 Et factus est spiritus Domini malus in Saul. sedebat autem in domo sua, et tenebat lanceam: porro David psallebat manu sua.
And a spirit of sadness [from] YHWH is to Saul, and he is sitting in his house, and his javelin [is] in his hand, and David is playing with the hand,
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 seeks to strike with the javelin through David, and through the wall, and he frees himself from the presence of Saul, and he strikes the javelin through the wall; and David has fled and escapes during that night.
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 Saul sends messengers to the house of David to watch him, and to put him to death in the morning; and his wife Michal declares [it] to David, saying, “If you are not delivering your life tonight—tomorrow you are put to death.”
12 deposuit eum per fenestram. porro ille abiit et aufugit, atque salvatus est.
And Michal causes David to go down through the window, and he goes on, and flees, and escapes;
13 Tulit autem Michol statuam, et posuit eam super lectum, et pellem pilosam caprarum posuit ad caput eius, et operuit eam vestimentis.
and Michal takes the teraphim, and lays [it] on the bed, and she has put the mattress of goats’ [hair for] his pillows, and covers [it] with a garment.
14 Misit autem Saul apparitores, qui raperent David: et responsum est quod aegrotaret.
And Saul sends messengers to take David, and she says, “He [is] sick.”
15 Rursumque misit Saul nuncios ut viderent David, dicens: Afferte eum ad me in lecto, ut occidatur.
And Saul sends the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up in the bed to me in order to put him to death.”
16 Cumque venissent nuncii, inventum est simulacrum super lectum, et pellis caprarum ad caput eius.
And the messengers come in, and behold, the teraphim [are] on the bed, and the mattress of goats’ [hair for] his pillows.
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 says to Michal, “Why have you thus deceived me—that you send my enemy away, and he escapes?” And Michal says to Saul, “He said to me, Send me away. Why do I put you to death?”
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.
And David has fled, and escapes, and comes to Samuel at Ramath, and declares to him all that Saul has done to him, and he goes, he and Samuel, and they dwell in Naioth.
19 Nunciatum est autem Sauli a dicentibus: Ecce David in Naioth in Ramatha.
And it is declared to Saul, saying, “Behold, David [is] in Naioth in Ramah.”
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 sends messengers to take David, and they see the assembly of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing, set over them, and the Spirit of God is on Saul’s messengers, and they prophesy—they also.
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 they declare [it] to Saul, and he sends other messengers, and they prophesy—they also; and Saul adds and sends messengers a third time, and they prophesy—they also.
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 he goes—he also—to Ramath, and comes to the great well which [is] in Sechu, and asks and says, “Where [are] Samuel and David?” And [one] says, “Behold, in Naioth in Ramah.”
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 goes there—to Naioth in Ramah, and the Spirit of God is on him also; and he goes, going on, and he prophesies until his coming to Naioth in Ramah,
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 strips off—he also—his garments, and prophesies—he also—before Samuel, and falls down naked all that day and all the night; therefore they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
