1 Samoela 20
1 Ary Davida nandositra niala tao Naiota any Rama, dia tonga ka nilaza teo anatrehan’ i Jonatana hoe: Inona no nataoko? Inona no heloko? Ary inona no fahotako teo anatrehan-drainao, no dia mitady ny aiko izy?
David ran away from [the] Naioth [section] of Ramah [city]. He went to Jonathan and asked him, “What have I done [to displease your father]? What did I do that was wrong? Why is he trying to kill me?”
2 Ary hoy izy taminy: Sanatria izany! Tsy ho faty ianao; indro, tsy misy tsy ambaran’ ikaky ahy izay ataony na be na kely, ary hataon’ ikaky ahoana no fanafina izany zavatra izany amiko? Tsy misy izany.
Jonathan replied, “My father is surely not trying to kill you! He always tells me before he does anything that he is planning. He tells me about important things and unimportant things that he plans to do. (Why would he refuse to tell me [if he were planning to kill me]?/I am sure that he would not refuse to tell me [if he were planning to kill you].) [RHQ] So what you are saying cannot be true.”
3 Ary Davida mbola nianiana indray nanao hoe: Fantatry ny rainao marimarina fa efa mahita fitia eo imasonao aho, ka hoy izy: Aoka tsy ho fantatr’ i Jonatana izany, fandrao malahelo izy; fa raha velona koa Jehovah, ary raha velona koa ny fanahinao, toa iray dia monja no anelanelako sy ny fahafatesana.
Then David solemnly declared this to Jonathan: “Your father knows very well that you and I are very good friends, so he says to himself, ‘I will not tell Jonathan [what I am going to do]. If I tell Jonathan, he will be upset/distressed, [and then he will tell David].’ But just as certain as Yahweh lives and you live, I am only one step away from being killed.”
4 Dia hoy Jonatana tamin’ i Davida: Na inona na inona no angatahinao, dia hatàoko aminao izany.
Jonathan said to David, “I will do whatever you tell me to do.”
5 Ary hoy Davida tamin’ i Jonatana: Indro, ho tsinam-bolana rahampitso, ary izaho tokony hiara-mipetraka hihinana amin’ ny mpanjaka; nefa avelao aho handeha hiery any an-tsaha ambara-pihavin’ ny afaka ampitso harivariva.
David replied, “Tomorrow we will celebrate the Festival of the New Moon. I always eat with the king at that festival. But tomorrow I will hide in the field, and I will stay there for one night. I will stay there until the evening of the day after tomorrow.
6 Koa raha hitan’ ny rainao fa tsy eo aho, dia ataovy hoe: Niera fatratra tamiko Davida mba hikaretsaka kely hankany Betlehema tanànany; fa misy fanatitra fanao amin’ izy mianakavy rehetra isan-taona any.
If your father asks why I am not there at the festival, say to him, ‘David requested me to allow him to go to his home in Bethlehem, where his family will offer the sacrifice that they offer [during this festival] every year.’
7 Ary raha lazainy hoe: Tsara izany, dia fiadanana no ho an’ ny mpanomponao; fa raha tezitra mafy kosa izy, dia aoka ho fantatrao tsara fa misy ratsy ifofoany ahy.
If your father says ‘That is okay’, then I know I will be safe. But if he becomes extremely angry, you will know that he is determined to harm me.
8 Koa mamindrà fo amin’ ny mpanomponao; fa nampanaovinao ny faneken’ i Jehovah aminao ny mpanomponao; nefa raha manankeloka aho, dia aoka ianao ihany no hahafaty ahy, fa nahoana no ho entinao any amin’ ny rainao aho?
Please be kind to me. Yahweh heard you when you made a solemn agreement with me [that you and I will always be loyal friends]. If I deserve to be punished [MTY], kill me yourself. I do not want [RHQ] you to allow your father to punish [IDM] me.”
9 Fa hoy Jonatana: Sanatria raha hahazo anao izany! Fa raha fantatro tokoa fa misy ratsy ifofoan’ ikaky anao, dia hambarako aminao mihitsy izany.
Jonathan replied, “I will never do that! But if I find out that my father is determined to harm/kill you, I will certainly warn you.” [RHQ]
10 Dia hoy Davida tamin’ i Jonatana: Iza no hanambara izany amiko, na hampandre ahy izay teny sarotra havalin-drainao anao?
David asked him, “How will I find out if your father answers you harshly?”
11 Ary hoy Jonatana tamin’ i Davida: Andeha ary isika hivoaka any an-tsaha. Dia nivoaka tany an-tsaha izy roa lahy.
Jonathan replied, “Come with me. We will go out into the field.” So they went together out into the field.
12 Ary hoy Jonatana tamin’ i Davida: Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny Isiraely, anie ho vavolombelona! Rehefa fotorako tsara rahampitso na afaka ampitso toy izao ny hevitry ny raiko, ka hitako fa misy soa ho an’ i Davida, ka tsy maniraka any aminao aho sy manambara izany aminao,
There Jonathan said to David, “I promise this while Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], is listening: At this time the day after tomorrow, I will find out what my father [is thinking about you]. If he is saying good things about you, I will certainly send a message to you to tell that to you [RHQ].
13 dia hataon’ i Jehovah toy izany anie Jonatana, eny, mihoatra noho izany aza; fa raha kasain’ ny raiko kosa ny hanisy ratsy anao, dia hambarako aminao izany, ka halefako ianao mba handehananao soa aman-tsara; ary homba anao tahaka ny tamin’ ny raiko anie Jehovah.
But if he is planning to hurt/kill you, I will enable you to know [IDM] that, and enable you to go away safely. I desire that Yahweh will punish me severely if I do not do that [for you]. I desire/hope that Yahweh will be with you [and help you] like he has helped my father.
14 Ary raha mbola velona ihany aho, dia tsy hasehonao ahy va ny fiantran’ i Jehovah mba tsy hahafaty ahy?
But while I am still alive, please be kind to me in the same way that Yahweh is kind to me, and do not kill me [when you become king].
15 Ary tsy hesorinao amin’ ny taranako koa ny famindram-ponao mandrakizay, eny, na dia avy aza izay handringanan’ i Jehovah ny fahavalon’ i Davida rehetra tsy ho etỳ ambonin’ ny tany.
But [if I die, ] never stop being kind to my family, [even] after Yahweh has gotten rid of all your enemies all over the earth.”
16 Ary dia nanao fanekena Jonatana ny amin’ ny taranak’ i Davida hoe: Jehovah no hamaly ny fahavalon’ i Davida.
[David agreed]. So Jonathan made a solemn agreement with David. And he said, “I hope/desire that Yahweh will get rid of all your enemies.”
17 Ary Jonatana nampianiana an’ i Davida indray noho ny fitiavany azy; fa tiany toy ny tenany izy.
And Jonathan requested David to repeat his solemn promise to be his close friend, because Jonathan loved David as much as he loved himself.
18 Ary hoy Jonatana tamin’ i Davida: Rahampitso ho tsinam-bolana; ary ho hita fa tsy eo ianao, fa ho foana ny fipetrahanao.
Then Jonathan said, “Tomorrow we will celebrate the Festival of the New Moon. When you are not sitting at your place when we eat, my father will (miss you/see that you are not there).
19 Koa rehefa mby amin’ ny andro fahatelo dia midìna faingana ianao, ary tongava ao amin’ ilay nierenao tamin’ ny andro nitrangan’ ilay raharaha iny, ka mitoera ao anilan’ ny vato Ezela.
The day after tomorrow, in the evening, go to the place where you hid before. Wait by the pile of stones.
20 Ary izaho handefa zana-tsipìka telo eo anilany, toy ny mikendry marika.
I will come out and shoot three arrows as though I were trying to shoot at a target. [The arrows will hit the ground] close to the pile of stones.
21 Dia haniraka ny zazalahy aho ka hanao hoe: Mandehana, izahao ny zana-tsipìka. Ka raha lazaiko mihitsy amin’ ilay zazalahy hoe: Indreo eo aorianao ny zana-tsipìka, ento etỳ, dia avia ianao, fa hipetraka amin’ ny fiadanana ianao, ka tsy hisy haninona anao, raha velona koa Jehovah.
Then I will send a boy to bring the arrows back to me. If you hear me say to him, ‘They are closer to me’, then as surely as Yahweh lives, you will know that everything is fine, [and that Saul will not kill you].
22 Fa raha hoy kosa aho amin’ ilay zazalahy: Indreo eo alohanao ny zana-tsipìka, dia mandehana ianao, fa Jehovah no nampandeha anao.
But if I tell him, ‘The arrows are farther away’, you will know that you must leave immediately, because Yahweh wants you to run away.
23 Ary ny amin’ ilay noresahintsika, dia izaho sy ianao, indro, Jehovah no vavolombelona amiko sy aminao mandrakizay.
I hope/desire that Yahweh will watch you and me and enable us to never forget what we have promised each other.”
24 Ary Davida niery tany an-tsaha. Koa nony tsinam-bolana, dia nipetraka hihinana
So David went and hid in the field. When the Festival of the New Moon started, the king sat down to eat.
25 teo amin’ ny fipetrahany tahaka ny isanandro ihany ny mpanjaka, dia teo amin’ ny fipetrahana teo anilan’ ny rindrina, koa Jonatana nitsangana, fa Abnera nipetraka teo anilan’ i Saoly; ary foana kosa ny fipetrahan’ i Davida.
He sat where he usually sat, close to the wall. Jonathan sat across from him, and Abner [the army commander] sat next to Saul. But no one was sitting in the place where David [usually sat].
26 Nefa Saoly tsy niteny na inona na inona tamin’ izany andro izany; fa nataony ho nisy zavatra nanjo azy, ka tsy madio izy, eny, tsy madio izy.
On that day, Saul did not say anything about David, because he was thinking, “Something must have happened that caused David to become unacceptable [to worship God].”
27 Ary nony tamin’ ny andro faharoa dia ny ampitson’ ny tsinam-bolana, ka mbola foana ihany ny fipetrahan’ i Davida, dia hoy Saoly tamin’ i Jonatana zanany: Ahoana no tsy mba nahatongavan’ ny zanak’ i Jese hihinana omaly sy androany?
But the next day, when David was not sitting at the place where he usually sat, Saul asked Jonathan, “Why has that son of Jesse not been here to eat with us yesterday and today?”
28 Ary Jonatana namaly an’ i Saoly hoe: Davida niera fatratra tamiko hankany Betlehema
Jonathan replied, “David earnestly requested me that I permit him to go to Bethlehem.
29 nanao hoe: Masìna ianao, aoka handeha aho, fa izahay mianakavy manao fanatitra any an-tanàna, ka asain’ ny rahalahiko mankany aho; koa ankehitriny, raha nahita fitia eo imasonao aho, masìna ianao, aoka handeha aho hamangy ny rahalahiko; ka izany no tsy mba nahatongavany teto amin’ ny latabatry ny mpanjaka.
He said, ‘Please allow me to go, because our family is going to offer a sacrifice. My [older] brother insisted that I be there. So please allow me to go to be with my [older] brothers.’ [I allowed David to go], and that is the reason that he is not here eating with you.”
30 Dia nirehitra tamin’ i Jonatana ny fahatezeran’ i Saoly, ka hoy izy taminy: Hianao zanaky ny vehivavy maditra sy mpiodina, moa tsy fantatro va fa mifidy ny zanak’ i Jese ianao ho henatrao sy ho henatry ny kibon’ ny reninao.
Saul was (furious/very angry) with Jonathan. He yelled at him, “You stupid bastard [EUP]! I know that you are being loyal to that son of Jesse. By doing that, you will bring shame to yourself and to your mother.
31 Fa raha mbola velona etỳ ambonin’ ny tany koa iny zanak’ i Jese iny, dia tsy ho tafatoetra tsara ianao na ny fanjakanao. Koa maniraha haka azy hankatỳ amiko, fa meloka tokony ho faty izy.
As long as Jesse’s son is living, you will never become the king, and you will never rule over a kingdom! So now, summon David, and bring him to me. He must be executed!”
32 Ary Jonatana namaly an’ i Saoly rainy ka nanao taminy hoe: Nahoana no hatao maty izy? Inona no nataony?
Jonathan asked his father, “Why should David be executed? What wrong has he done?”
33 Ary Saoly nitora-defona handefona azy, ka dia fantatr’ i Jonatana fa nofofoin’ ny rainy hovonoina Davida.
Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan in order to kill him, [but the spear did not hit him]. So Jonathan knew that his father really wanted to kill David.
34 Dia nitsangana niala teo amin’ ny latabatra Jonatana, sady nirehitra ny fahatezerany, ka tsy nihinan-kanina izy tamin’ ny ampitson’ ny tsinam-bolana; fa nalahelo an’ i Davida izy, satria nomen-drainy henatra.
Jonathan was very angry, and he left the room. On that second day of the festival, he refused to eat anything. He was disgusted about what his father had done, and he was worried about David.
35 Ary nony maraina, dia nivoaka nankany an-tsaha Jonatana tamin’ ilay fotoana nataony tamin’ i Davida, ary nisy zazalahy kely nanaraka azy.
The following morning Jonathan went out to the field to give a message to David, like he had agreed that he would do. He took a young boy with him.
36 Ary hoy Jonatana taminy: Mihazakazaha, ka izahao ny zana-tsipìka alefako. Ary nony nihazakazaka ilay zazalahy, dia nalefany nihoatra azy ny zana-tsipìka.
Jonathan said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows that I shoot.” The boy started running, and Jonathan shot an arrow ahead of the boy.
37 Ary nony efa tonga teo amin’ ilay nipetrahan’ ny zana-tsipìka nalefan’ i Jonatana ilay zazalahy, dia nantsoin’ i Jonatana izy hoe: Tsy ireo alohanao ireo va ny zana-tsipìka?
When the boy ran to the place where the arrow hit the ground, Jonathan called out, “The arrow is further away!” [RHQ]
38 Ary Jonatana niantso ilay zazalahy hoe: Haingàna dia haingàna, ka aza mijanonjanona. Ary ny zazalahin’ i Jonatana nanangona ny zana-tsipìka, dia nankeo amin’ ny tompony.
Then he shouted to the boy, “Act quickly; do not wait! Do not stop!” The boy picked up the arrow and brought it back to Jonathan.
39 Nefa ilay zazalahy tsy nahalala na inona na inona; fa Jonatana sy Davida ihany no nahalala ny anton’ izany.
But the boy did not understand the meaning of what Jonathan had said; only Jonathan and David knew.
40 Dia nomen’ i Jonatana ilay zazalahy ny fiadiany, ka hoy izy taminy: Mandehana, ka ento ho any an-tanàna ireto.
Then Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy and told him, “Go back to the town.”
41 Ary nony lasa ilay zazalahy, dia nitsangana avy any atsimo Davida, ka niankohoka tamin’ ny tany izy sady niondrika in-telo, ary nifanoroka izy roa lahy, ka samy nitomany; nefa ny an’ i Davida dia mafy loatra.
When the boy left, David came out from the south side of the pile of stones behind which he had been hiding. He went to Jonathan and bowed [in front of Jonathan] three times, with his face touching the ground. Then David and Jonathan kissed each other [on the cheek/neck], and they cried together. But David cried more than Jonathan.
42 Ary hoy Jonatana tamin’ i Davida: Mandehana soa aman-tsara; fa efa nianiana tamin’ ny anaran’ i Jehovah isika roa lahy hoe: Jehovah no vavolombelona amiko sy aminao ary amin’ ny taranako sy ny taranakao mandrakizay. Dia nitsangana Davida ka lasa; fa Jonatana kosa nankany an-tanàna.
Jonathan said to David, “May things go well for you as you go. Yahweh has heard what we solemnly promised to always do for each other, and what we said that our descendants must do for each other.” Then David left, and Jonathan went back to the town.
