1 Samweli 20
1 Kisha Daudi akakimbia kutoka Nayothi huko Rama akamwendea Yonathani na kumuuliza, “Kwani nimefanya nini? Kosa langu ni nini? Nimemkosea baba yako kwa jinsi gani, hata kwamba anajaribu kuuondoa uhai wangu?”
David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”
2 Yonathani akajibu, “La hasha! Hutakufa! Tazama, baba yangu hafanyi kitu chochote, kikubwa au kidogo, bila kuniambia mimi. Kwa nini anifiche hili? Sivyo ilivyo!”
He said to him, “Far from it; you will not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me. Why would my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.”
3 Lakini Daudi akaapa na kusema, “Baba yako anajua kabisa kwamba nimepata kibali mbele yako, naye amesema moyoni mwake, ‘Yonathani sharti asilijue hili, la sivyo atahuzunika.’ Lakini kweli kama Bwana aishivyo na kama uishivyo, kuna hatua moja tu kati yangu na mauti.”
David swore moreover, and said, “Your father knows well that I have found favour in your eyes; and he says, ‘Don’t let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved;’ but truly as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”
4 Yonathani akamwambia Daudi, “Chochote unachotaka nifanye, nitakufanyia.”
Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.”
5 Basi Daudi akamwambia, “Angalia, kesho ni sikukuu ya Mwezi Mwandamo, nami inanipasa kula chakula pamoja na mfalme; lakini niache niende kujificha shambani mpaka kesho kutwa.
David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to dine with the king; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.
6 Kama baba yako akiona ya kuwa sipo, mwambie, ‘Daudi aliniomba sana ruhusa kuwahi Bethlehemu, mji wake wa nyumbani, kwa sababu dhabihu ya mwaka inafanywa huko kwa ajili ya ukoo wake wote.’
If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem, his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.’
7 Kama akisema, ‘Ni vyema sana,’ basi mtumishi wako yu salama. Lakini kama akikasirika, unaweza kuwa na hakika kwamba anakusudia kunidhuru.
If he says, ‘It is well,’ your servant shall have peace; but if he is angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
8 Lakini kwa habari yako wewe, mtende wema mtumishi wako, kwa sababu mmeingia kwenye agano pamoja naye mbele za Bwana. Kama nina hatia, basi niue wewe mwenyewe! Kwa nini unikabidhi kwa baba yako?”
Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you; but if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?”
9 Yonathani akasema, “La hasha! Kama ningekuwa na kidokezo kidogo kwamba baba yangu amekusudia kukudhuru wewe, je, nisingekuambia?”
Jonathan said, “Far be it from you; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come on you, then wouldn’t I tell you that?”
10 Daudi akamuuliza, “Je, nani atakayeniambia kama baba yako atakujibu kwa ukali?”
Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly?”
11 Yonathani akamwambia, “Njoo, twende shambani.” Basi wakaenda huko pamoja.
Jonathan said to David, “Come! Let’s go out into the field.” They both went out into the field.
12 Kisha Yonathani akamwambia Daudi, “Ninakuahidi kwa jina la Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, hakika nitamchunguza baba yangu wakati kama huu kesho kutwa! Kama ameweka utaratibu wa kufaa kukuhusu wewe, je, sitakutumia ujumbe na kukufahamisha?
Jonathan said to David, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, when I have sounded out my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there is good towards David, won’t I then send to you and disclose it to you?
13 Lakini ikiwa baba yangu amenuia kukudhuru, Bwana na anishughulikie kwa ukali, iwapo sitakufahamisha na kukuaga uende salama. Bwana na awe pamoja nawe kama alivyokuwa pamoja na baba yangu.
The LORD do so to Jonathan and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I don’t disclose it to you and send you away, that you may go in peace. May the LORD be with you as he has been with my father.
14 Lakini nitendee wema usiokoma kama ule wa Bwana siku zote za maisha yangu, ili nisije nikauawa,
You shall not only show me the loving kindness of the LORD while I still live, that I not die;
15 wala usiuondoe wema wako kwa jamaa yangu, hata kama ni wakati ule Bwana atakapokuwa amekatilia mbali kila adui wa Daudi kutoka kwenye uso wa dunia.”
but you shall also not cut off your kindness from my house forever, no, not when the LORD has cut off every one of the enemies of David from the surface of the earth.”
16 Basi Yonathani akafanya agano na nyumba ya Daudi, akisema: “Bwana na awaangamize adui za Daudi.”
So Jonathan made a covenant with David’s house, saying, “The LORD will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.”
17 Naye Yonathani akamtaka Daudi athibitishe tena kiapo chake cha kumpenda, kwa sababu Yonathani alimpenda Daudi kama nafsi yake mwenyewe.
Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
18 Kisha Yonathani akamwambia Daudi, “Kesho ni sikukuu ya Mwezi Mwandamo. Itajulikana kwamba haupo kwa kuwa kiti chako kitakuwa hakina mtu.
Then Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
19 Kesho kutwa, inapokaribia jioni, nenda mahali pale ulipojificha wakati tatizo hili lilipoanza na usubiri karibu na jiwe la Ezeli.
When you have stayed three days, go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself when this started, and remain by the stone Ezel.
20 Nitapiga mishale mitatu kando yake, kama kwamba nilikwenda kulenga shabaha.
I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark.
21 Kisha nitamtuma mvulana na kumwambia, ‘Nenda ukaitafute mishale.’ Kama nikimwambia, ‘Tazama mishale iko upande huu wako! Uilete hapa,’ basi uje, kwa sababu hakika kama Bwana aishivyo, wewe ni salama, hakuna hatari.
Behold, I will send the boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ If I tell the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are on this side of you. Take them;’ then come, for there is peace to you and no danger, as the LORD lives.
22 Lakini kama nikimwambia huyo mvulana, ‘Angalia, mishale iko mbele yako,’ basi inakupasa uondoke, kwa sababu Bwana amekuruhusu uende zako.
But if I say this to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are beyond you,’ then go your way, for the LORD has sent you away.
23 Kuhusu yale tuliyozungumza wewe na mimi: kumbuka, Bwana ndiye shahidi kati yako wewe na mimi milele.”
Concerning the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD is between you and me forever.”
24 Basi Daudi akajificha shambani, na sikukuu ya Mwezi Mwandamo ilipowadia, mfalme akaketi ili ale.
So David hid himself in the field. When the new moon had come, the king sat himself down to eat food.
25 Akaketi mahali pake pa kawaida karibu na ukuta, kuelekeana na Yonathani, naye Abneri akaketi karibu na Mfalme Sauli, lakini kiti cha Daudi kilikuwa wazi.
The king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, but David’s place was empty.
26 Sauli hakusema chochote siku ile kwa kuwa alifikiri, “Kuna kitu cha lazima kimetokea kwa Daudi ambacho kimemfanya najisi asihudhurie karamuni, hakika yeye yu najisi.”
Nevertheless Saul didn’t say anything that day, for he thought, “Something has happened to him. He is not clean. Surely he is not clean.”
27 Lakini siku iliyofuata, siku ya pili ya mwezi, kiti cha Daudi kilikuwa wazi tena. Kisha Sauli akamwambia mwanawe Yonathani, “Kwa nini mwana wa Yese hajaja chakulani jana wala leo?”
On the next day after the new moon, the second day, David’s place was empty. Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why didn’t the son of Jesse come to eat, either yesterday, or today?”
28 Yonathani akamjibu, “Daudi alinisihi sana nimpe ruhusa aende Bethlehemu.
Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked permission of me to go to Bethlehem.
29 Alisema, ‘Niruhusu niende, kwa sababu jamaa yetu wana dhabihu mjini, na ndugu yangu ameniagiza niwepo huko. Kama nimepata kibali mbele yako, niruhusu niende kuona ndugu zangu.’ Hii ndiyo sababu hakuja mezani pa mfalme.”
He said, ‘Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city. My brother has commanded me to be there. Now, if I have found favour in your eyes, please let me go away and see my brothers.’ Therefore he has not come to the king’s table.”
30 Hasira ya Sauli ikawaka dhidi ya Yonathani na kumwambia, “Wewe mwana wa mwanamke mkaidi na mwasi! Je, sijui kuwa umekuwa upande wa mwana wa Yese kwa aibu yako mwenyewe na kwa aibu ya mama yako aliyekuzaa?
Then Saul’s anger burnt against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse rebellious woman, don’t I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?
31 Maadamu mwana wa Yese angali anaishi katika dunia hii wewe wala ufalme wako hautasimama. Sasa tuma aitwe umlete kwangu, kwa kuwa ni lazima afe!”
For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you will not be established, nor will your kingdom. Therefore now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die!”
32 Yonathani akamuuliza baba yake, “Kwa nini auawe? Kwani amefanya nini?”
Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”
33 Lakini Sauli akamtupia Yonathani mkuki wake kwa nguvu ili amuue. Hapo ndipo Yonathani alipotambua kwamba baba yake alikusudia kumuua Daudi.
Saul cast his spear at him to strike him. By this Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.
34 Yonathani akainuka kutoka mezani kwa hasira kali. Siku ile ya pili ya mwezi hakula chakula, kwa kuwa alikuwa amehuzunishwa na vitendo vya aibu ambavyo baba yake alikuwa anamtendea Daudi.
So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month; for he was grieved for David, because his father had treated him shamefully.
35 Kesho yake asubuhi Yonathani alikwenda shambani kukutana na Daudi. Alikuwa amefuatana na mvulana mdogo,
In the morning, Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little boy with him.
36 naye Yonathani akamwambia yule mvulana, “Kimbia ukatafute mishale nitakayorusha.” Mvulana alipokuwa akikimbia, akarusha mishale mbele yake.
He said to his boy, “Run, find now the arrows which I shoot.” As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
37 Yule mvulana alipofika mahali pale ambapo mshale wa Yonathani ulipokuwa umeanguka, Yonathani akamwita, “Je, mshale hauko mbele yako?”
When the boy had come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the boy, and said, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”
38 Yonathani akampigia kelele, “Harakisha, nenda haraka! Usisimame!” Mvulana akaokota mshale na kurudi kwa bwana wake.
Jonathan cried after the boy, “Go fast! Hurry! Don’t delay!” Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
39 (Mvulana hakujua chochote juu ya hayo yote; Yonathani na Daudi tu ndio waliojua.)
But the boy didn’t know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
40 Basi Yonathani akampa yule mvulana silaha zake na kumwambia, “Nenda, zirudishe mjini.”
Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy, and said to him, “Go, carry them to the city.”
41 Baada ya mvulana kwenda, Daudi akainuka kutoka upande wa kusini wa lile jiwe, naye akasujudu uso wake mpaka nchi mara tatu mbele ya Yonathani. Kisha kila mmoja akambusu mwenzake, wakalia pamoja. Lakini Daudi akalia zaidi.
As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another and wept with one another, and David wept the most.
42 Yonathani akamwambia Daudi, “Nenda kwa amani, kwa kuwa tumeapiana kiapo cha urafiki kati yetu kwa jina la Bwana, tukisema, ‘Bwana ndiye shahidi kati yako na mimi, na kati ya wazao wako na wazao wangu milele.’” Kisha Daudi akaondoka, naye Yonathani akarudi mjini.
Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, because we have both sworn in the LORD’s name, saying, ‘The LORD is between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.’” He arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.
