I Samuelis 18
1 et factum est cum conplesset loqui ad Saul anima Ionathan conligata est animae David et dilexit eum Ionathan quasi animam suam
When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2 tulitque eum Saul in die illa et non concessit ei ut reverteretur in domum patris sui
Saul took David into his service that day; he did not let him return to his father's house.
3 inierunt autem Ionathan et David foedus diligebat enim eum quasi animam suam
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant of friendship because Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
4 nam expoliavit se Ionathan tunicam qua erat vestitus et dedit eam David et reliqua vestimenta sua usque ad gladium et arcum suum et usque ad balteum
Jonathan took off the robe that he was wearing and gave it to David with his armor, as well as his sword, bow, and belt.
5 egrediebatur quoque David ad omnia quaecumque misisset eum Saul et prudenter se agebat posuitque eum Saul super viros belli et acceptus erat in oculis universi populi maximeque in conspectu famulorum Saul
David went out wherever Saul sent him, and he succeeded. Saul set him over the men of war. This was pleasing in the eyes of all the people and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
6 porro cum reverteretur percusso Philistheo David egressae sunt mulieres de universis urbibus Israhel cantantes chorosque ducentes in occursum Saul regis in tympanis laetitiae et in sistris
As they came home from defeating the Philistines, the women came from all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with musical instruments.
7 et praecinebant mulieres ludentes atque dicentes percussit Saul mille et David decem milia
The women sang one to another as they played. They sang: “Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
8 iratus est autem Saul nimis et displicuit in oculis eius iste sermo dixitque dederunt David decem milia et mihi dederunt mille quid ei superest nisi solum regnum
Saul was very angry, and this song displeased him. He said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but they have ascribed only thousands to me. What more can he have but the monarchy?”
9 non rectis ergo oculis Saul aspiciebat David ex die illa et deinceps
Saul looked at David with suspicion from that day on.
10 post diem autem alteram invasit spiritus Dei malus Saul et prophetabat in medio domus suae David autem psallebat manu sua sicut per singulos dies tenebatque Saul lanceam
The next day a harmful spirit from God rushed upon Saul and he raved within the house. So David played his instrument, as he did each day. Saul had a spear in his hand.
11 et misit eam putans quod configere posset David cum pariete et declinavit David a facie eius secundo
Saul threw the spear, for he thought, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David escaped from Saul's presence twice in this way.
12 et timuit Saul David eo quod esset Dominus cum eo et a se recessisset
Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, but was no longer with Saul.
13 amovit ergo eum Saul a se et fecit eum tribunum super mille viros et egrediebatur et intrabat in conspectu populi
So Saul removed him from his presence and appointed him a commander of a thousand. In this way David went out and came in before the people.
14 in omnibus quoque viis suis David prudenter agebat et Dominus erat cum eo
David was prospering in all his ways, for Yahweh was with him.
15 vidit itaque Saul quod prudens esset nimis et coepit cavere eum
When Saul saw that he prospered, he stood in awe of him.
16 omnis autem Israhel et Iuda diligebat David ipse enim egrediebatur et ingrediebatur ante eos
But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
17 dixit autem Saul ad David ecce filia mea maior Merob ipsam dabo tibi uxorem tantummodo esto vir fortis et proeliare bella Domini Saul autem reputabat dicens non sit manus mea in eo sed sit super illum manus Philisthinorum
Then Saul said to David, “Here is my oldest daughter Merab. I will give her to you as a wife. Only be courageous for me and fight Yahweh's battles.” For Saul thought, “Let not my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.”
18 ait autem David ad Saul quis ego sum aut quae est vita mea aut cognatio patris mei in Israhel ut fiam gener regis
David said to Saul, “Who am I, and who are my relatives, or my father's clan in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?”
19 factum est autem tempus cum deberet dari Merob filia Saul David data est Hadrihel Molathitae uxor
But at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.
20 dilexit autem Michol filia Saul altera David et nuntiatum est Saul et placuit ei
But Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David. They told Saul, and this pleased him.
21 dixitque Saul dabo eam illi ut fiat ei in scandalum et sit super eum manus Philisthinorum dixit ergo Saul ad David in duabus rebus gener meus eris hodie
Then Saul thought, “I will give her to him, so that she can be a trap for him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David a second time, “You will be my son-in-law.”
22 et mandavit Saul servis suis loquimini ad David clam me dicentes ecce places regi et omnes servi eius diligunt te nunc ergo esto gener regis
Saul commanded his servants, “Speak with David in private, and say, 'See, the king takes pleasure in you, and all his servants love you. Now then, become the king's son-in-law.'”
23 et locuti sunt servi Saul in auribus David omnia verba haec et ait David num parum vobis videtur generum esse regis ego autem sum vir pauper et tenuis
So Saul's servants spoke these words to David. Then David said, “Is it a small matter to you to be the king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?”
24 et renuntiaverunt servi Saul dicentes huiuscemodi verba locutus est David
The servants of Saul reported to him the words which David spoke.
25 dixit autem Saul sic loquimini ad David non habet necesse rex sponsalia nisi tantum centum praeputia Philisthinorum ut fiat ultio de inimicis regis porro Saul cogitabat tradere David in manibus Philisthinorum
Then Saul said, “Say this to David, 'The king does not desire any price for the bride except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged from the king's enemies.'” Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
26 cumque renuntiassent servi eius David verba quae diximus placuit sermo in oculis David ut fieret gener regis
When his servants told David these words, it pleased David to be the king's son-in-law.
27 et post dies paucos surgens David abiit cum viris qui sub eo erant et percussis Philisthim ducentis viris adtulit praeputia eorum et adnumeravit ea regi ut esset gener eius dedit itaque ei Saul Michol filiam suam uxorem
Before those days had expired, David went with his men and killed two hundred Philistines. David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, so that he might be the king's son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter as his wife.
28 et vidit Saul et intellexit quia Dominus esset cum David Michol autem filia Saul diligebat eum
When Saul saw, and he knew that Yahweh was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him,
29 et Saul magis coepit timere David factusque est Saul inimicus David cunctis diebus
Saul was even more afraid of David. Saul was continually David's enemy.
30 et egressi sunt principes Philisthinorum a principio autem egressionis eorum prudentius se gerebat David quam omnes servi Saul et celebre factum est nomen eius nimis
Then the princes of the Philistines came out for battle, and as often as they came out, David succeeded more than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly regarded.
