1 Samuela 18
1 Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, hili ʻena alea mo Saula, naʻe fepikitaki ʻae laumālie ʻo Sonatane mo e laumālie ʻo Tevita, pea naʻe ʻofa ʻa Sonatane kiate ia ʻo hangē ko hono laumālie ʻoʻona.
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2 Pea naʻe ʻave ia ʻe Saula ʻi he ʻaho ko ia, pea naʻe ʻikai toe tuku ia ke ʻalu ki ʻapi ki he fale ʻo ʻene tamai.
And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father’s house.
3 Pea naʻe toki alea ai ʻa Sonatane mo Tevita ʻi he fuakava, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene ʻofa kiate ia ʻo hangē ko hono laumālie ʻoʻona.
And David and Jonathan made a covenant, for be loved him as his own soul.
4 Pea naʻe toʻo ʻe Sonatane hono pulupulu ʻoʻona ʻaia naʻa ne kofuʻaki, ʻo ne foaki ia kia Tevita, mo hono ngaahi kofu, ʻio, ʻa ʻene heletā foki, mo ʻene kaufana, pea mo hono nonoʻo.
And Jonathan stripped himself of the coat with which he was clothed, and gave it to David, and the rest of his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
5 Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻe Tevita ki he potu kotoa pē naʻe fekau ia ki ai ʻe Saula, pea naʻa ne fai fakapotopoto: pea naʻe fakanofo ia ʻe Saula ke pule ki he kau tangata tau, pea naʻe ongolelei ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai kotoa pē, pea ʻi he ʻao foki ʻoe kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Saula.
And David went out to whatsoever business Saul sent him, and he behaved himself prudently: and Saul set him over the soldiers, and he was acceptable in the eyes of all the people, and especially in the eyes of Saul’s servants.
6 Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi heʻenau haʻu ʻi he liu mai ʻa Tevita mei he tāmateʻi ʻoe tangata Filisitia, naʻe hū mai kituʻa ʻae kau fefine mei he ngaahi kolo kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsileli ke fakafetaulaki ki he tuʻi ko Saula, ʻonau hiva mo meʻe hopohopo ʻaki ʻae ngaahi meʻa tatangi, ʻi he fiefia lahi pea mo e ngaahi meʻa faiva.
Now when David returned, after be slew the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels of joy, and cornets.
7 Pea naʻe fetaliʻaki ʻakinautolu ʻe he kau fefine ʻi heʻenau tā ʻae meʻa, ʻonau pehē, “Kuo taaʻi ʻe Saula ʻene ngaahi toko afe, ka ko Tevita ʻene ngaahi toko mano.”
And the women sung as they played, and they said: I Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
8 Pea naʻe houhau lahi ʻa Saula, pea fakahouhau kiate ia ʻae lea ko ia; pea pehē ʻe ia, “Kuo nau tuku kia Tevita ʻae ngaahi toko mano, pea kuo nau tuku kiate au ʻae ngaahi toko afe pe: pea ko e hā ha meʻa ʻoku toe ke ne maʻu, ka ko e puleʻanga pe?”
And Saul was exceeding angry, and this word was displeasing in his eyes, and he said: They have given David ten thousands, and to me they have given but a thousand; what can he have more but the kingdom?
9 Pea naʻe lamasi ʻe Saula ʻa Tevita talu mei he ʻaho ko ia.
And Saul did not look on David with a good eye from that day and forward.
10 Pea pongipongi hake, pea pehē, naʻe hoko kia Saula ʻae laumālie kovi mei he ʻOtua, pea naʻe kikite ia ʻi he loto fale: pea naʻe tā ʻe Tevita ʻaki hono nima ʻo hangē ko ʻene muʻaki fai: pea naʻe ʻi he nima ʻo Saula ʻae tao.
And the day after the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of his house. And David played with his hand as at other times. And Saul held a spear in his hand,
11 Pea naʻe velo ʻe Saula ʻae tao; he naʻe pehē ʻe ia, “Te u veloʻi ʻaki ʻa Tevita, ʻio, ki he holisi fale.” Pea naʻe kalo mālie ʻa Tevita mei hono ʻao ʻo liunga ua.
And threw it, thinking to nail David to the wall: and David stept aside out of his presence twice.
12 Pea naʻe manavahē ʻa Saula kia Tevita, he naʻe ʻiate ia ʻa Sihova, ka kuo ʻalu ia meia Saula.
And Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from himself.
13 Ko ia naʻe hiki ai ia ʻe Saula meiate ia, ʻo ne fakanofo ia ko e ʻeikitau ki he toko afe: pea naʻe feʻaluʻaki pe ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai.
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him a captain over a thousand men, and he went out and came in before the people.
14 Pea naʻe tāpuekina ʻa Tevita ʻi hono ngaahi hala kotoa pē; pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻa Sihova.
And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.
15 Ko ia ʻi he mamata ʻa Saula ʻoku fai fakapotopoto lahi ʻaupito ia, naʻe manavahē ia kiate ia.
And Saul saw that he was exceeding prudent, and began to beware of him.
16 Ka naʻe ʻofa kia Tevita ʻa ʻIsileli kotoa pē mo Siuta, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene feʻaluʻaki ʻi honau ʻao.
But all Israel and Juda loved David, for he came in and went out before them.
17 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Saula kia Tevita, Vakai, ko hoku ʻofefine tuʻukimuʻa ko Melapi, te u ʻatu ia kiate koe ko ho uaifi: ka ke fai fakatoʻa koe ʻo fai kiate au ʻae ngaahi tau ʻa Sihova. He naʻe pehē ʻe Saula, “Ke ʻoua naʻa hoko hoku nima kiate ia, ka ke hoko ʻae nima ʻoe kau Filisitia kiate ia.”
And Saul said to David: Behold my elder daughter Merob, her will I give thee to wife: only be a valiant man, and fight the battles of the Lord. Now Saul said within himself: Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hands of the Philistines be upon him.
18 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita kia Saula, “Ko hai au? Pea ko e hā ʻeku moʻui? Pe ko e fale ʻo ʻeku tamai ʻi ʻIsileli, koeʻuhi ke u hoko ai au ko e foha ʻi he fono ki he tuʻi?”
And David said to Saul: Who am I, or what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law of the king?
19 Ka naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi he hoko ʻae ngaahi ʻaho naʻe tonu ke ʻatu ai ʻa Melapi ko e ʻofefine ʻo Saula kia Tevita, naʻe ʻatu ia kia ʻAtilili ko e tangata Mihola ke na mali.
And it came to pass at the time when Merob the daughter of Saul should have been given to David, that she was given to Hadriel the Molathite to wife.
20 Pea naʻe ʻofa kia Tevita ʻa Mikale, ko e ʻofefine ʻo Saula: pea naʻa nau fakahā ia kia Saula, pea naʻe fiemālie ai ia.
But Michol the other daughter of Saul loved David. And it was told Saul, and it pleased him.
21 He naʻe pehē ʻe Saula, “Te u foaki ia kiate ia koeʻuhi ke hoko ia ko e tauhele kiate ia, pea koeʻuhi ke hiki hake ʻae nima ʻoe kau Filisitia kiate ia.” Ko ia ne pehē ai ʻe Saula kia Tevita, “Ke ke hoko he ʻaho ni ko hoku foha ʻi he fono ʻi ha tokotaha ʻo kinaua.”
And Saul said: I will give her to him, that she may be a stumblingblock to him, and that the band of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David: In two things thou shalt be my son in law this day.
22 Pea naʻe fekau ʻe Saula ki heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, ʻo pehē, Ke mou alea fakalilolilo mo Tevita, ʻo pehē, “Vakai, ʻoku fiefiemālie ʻae tuʻi kiate koe, pea ʻoku ʻofa ʻa ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki kotoa pē kiate koe: pea ko eni, ke ke fie hoko ko e foha ʻi he fono ki he tuʻi.”
And Saul commanded his servants to speak to David privately, saying: Behold thou pleasest the king, and all his servants love thee. Now therefore be the king’s son in law.
23 Pea naʻe lea ʻaki ʻe he kau tamaioʻeiki ʻa Saula ʻae ngaahi lea ni ʻi he telinga ʻo Tevita. Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Tevita, “He ʻoku mou mahalo ko e meʻa maʻamaʻa ke hoko ko e foha ʻi he fono ki he tuʻi, ka ko e tangata masiva au, pea ko e tuʻa pe?”
And the servants of Saul spoke all these words in the ears of David. And David said: Doth it seem to you a small matter to be the king’s son in law? But I am a poor man, and of small ability.
24 Pea naʻe tala kia Saula ʻe heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, ʻo pehē, naʻe lea pehē pe ʻa Tevita.
And the servants of Saul told him, saying: Such words as these hath David spoken.
25 Pea pehē ʻe Saula, “Te mou lea pehē pe kia Tevita, ʻOku ʻikai tokanga ʻae tuʻi ki he koloa, ka ko e muʻa kili ʻe teau ʻoe kakai Filisitia, ko e sauni ki he ngaahi fili ʻoe tuʻi.” Ka naʻe tokanga ʻa Saula ke taaʻi ʻa Tevita ʻe he nima ʻoe kau Filisitia.
And Saul said: Speak thus to David: The king desireth not any dowry, but only a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. Now Saul thought to deliver David into the hands of the Philistines.
26 Pea ʻi he fakahā ʻe heʻene kau tamaioʻeiki kia Tevita ʻae ngaahi lea ni, naʻe fiemālie lahi ai ʻa Tevita ke hoko ko e foha ʻi he fono ʻoe tuʻi: pea naʻe teʻeki ai kakato ʻae ngaahi ʻaho.
And when his servants had told David the words that Saul had said, the word was pleasing in the eyes of David to be the king’s son in law.
27 Ko ia naʻe ʻalu ai ʻa Tevita, ʻaia mo ʻene kau tangata, pea ne tāmateʻi ʻi he kakai Filisitia ʻae kau tangata ʻe toko uangeau; pea naʻe ʻomi ʻe Tevita honau muʻa kili, ʻo ʻatu ʻo lau kakato ki he tuʻi koeʻuhi ke hoko ia ko e foha ʻi he fono ʻoe tuʻi. Pea naʻe ʻatu kiate ia ʻe Saula hono ʻofefine ko Mikale ke hoko ko hono uaifi.
And after a few days David rose up, and went with the men that were under him, and he slew of the Philistines two hundred men, and brought their foreskins and numbered them out to the king, that he might be his son in law. Saul therefore gave him Michol his daughter to wife.
28 Pea naʻe hā kia Saula ʻo ne ʻilo ʻoku ʻia Tevita ʻa Sihova, pea ʻoku ʻofa ʻa Mikale ʻae ʻofefine ʻo Saula kiate ia.
And Saul saw, and understood that the Lord was with David. And Michol the daughter of Saul loved him.
29 Pea naʻe tupu ʻo ʻāsili ai ʻae manavahē ʻa Saula kia Tevita; pea naʻe hoko ʻa Saula ko e fili maʻuaipē ʻo Tevita.
And Saul began to fear David more: and Saul became David’s enemy continually.
30 Pea naʻe ʻalu atu kituʻa ʻae houʻeiki ʻoe kakai Filisitia: pea hili ʻenau ʻalu atu, pea pehē, naʻe fai fakapotopoto lahi hake ʻa Tevita ʻi he kau tamaioʻeiki kotoa pē ʻa Saula; ko ia naʻe hoko ʻo maʻongoʻonga ai hono hingoa.
And the princes of the Philistines went forth: and from the beginning of their going forth, David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, and his name became very famous.
