1 Samuela 20
1 Pea naʻe hola ʻa Tevita mei Naoti ʻi Lama, pea ne haʻu ʻo lea kia Sonatane ʻo pehē, “Ko e hā kuo u fai? Ko e hā ʻeku hia? Pea ko e hā ʻeku angahala ʻi he ʻao ʻo hoʻo tamai, koeʻuhi ke ne kumi ʻeku moʻui?”
Then 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 to take my life?”
2 Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate ia, “Ke taʻofi ʻe he ʻOtua; ʻe ʻikai te ke mate koe: vakai, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito fai ʻe heʻeku tamai ha meʻa lahi pe siʻi, ka te ne tomuʻa fakahā ia kiate au: pea ʻe fēfeeʻi ʻae fufū ʻe heʻeku tamai ʻae meʻa ni ʻiate au? ʻOku ʻikai pehē.”
Jonathan said to David, “Far from it; you will not die. My father does nothing either great or small without telling it to me. Why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.”
3 Pea naʻe fuakava foki ʻe Tevita, ʻo ne pehē, “Kuo ʻilo pau ʻe hoʻo tamai kuo u maʻu ʻae ʻofa ʻi ho ʻao; pea ʻoku ne pehē, ʻoua naʻa ʻilo ʻe Sonatane ʻae meʻa ni telia naʻa mamahi ai ia: kae hangē ʻoku moʻoni ʻae moʻui ʻa Sihova, pea ʻoku moʻui ho laumālie, ʻoku ai ʻae laka pe taha ʻi homa vahaʻa mo e mate.”
Yet David vowed again and said, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes. He has said, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.' But as truly as Yahweh lives, and as you live, there is but a step between me and death.”
4 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sonatane kia Tevita, “Fakahā pe ko e hā ho loto, pea te u fai ia kiate koe.”
Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you say, I will do for you.”
5 Pea pehē ʻe Tevita kia Sonatane, “Vakai, ko e tuʻu efiafi ʻapongipongi, pea ʻoku totonu ke u nofo mo e tuʻi ʻi he kai: ka ke tuku au ke u ʻalu koeʻuhi ke u toitoi ʻi he ngoue, ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi ʻo hono tolu ʻoe ʻaho.
David said to Jonathan, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and I ought to sit down to eat with the king. But let me go, so that I may hide myself in the field until the third day at evening.
6 Kapau ʻe ʻekeʻi au ʻe hoʻo tamai, pea ke pehē, naʻe kole fakamātoato ʻe Tevita kiate au, ke ne fakatoʻotoʻo ki Petelihema ko ʻene kolo: he ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae kātoanga ʻoku fai ʻi he taʻu kotoa pē ʻi honau fale.
If your father misses me at all, then say, 'David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; because it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the clan.'
7 Kapau te ne pehē ʻe ia, ‘ʻOku lelei;’ ʻe ʻi hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ʻae fiemālie: pea kapau ʻe ʻita lahi ia, ke ʻilo pau ai ʻe koe, kuo tuʻutuʻuni ʻae kovi.
If he says, 'It is well,' your servant will have peace. But if he is very angry, then know that he has decided on evil.
8 Ko ia ke ke fai angaʻofa ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki; he kuo ke fakahoko hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ko au ki he fuakava ʻa Sihova mo koe; ka ko eni kapau ʻoku ai ha hia ʻiate au, ke ke tāmateʻi au ʻe koe; he koeʻumaʻā hoʻo ʻomi au ki hoʻo tamai?”
Therefore deal kindly with your servant. For you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you. But if there is sin in me, kill me yourself; for why then should you bring me to your father?”
9 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sonatane, “Ke mamaʻo ia ʻiate koe: he kapau kuo u ʻilo kuo pau pe ʻae loto ʻo ʻeku tamai ke fakahoko ʻae kovi kiate koe, ʻe ʻikai koā te u tala ia kiate koe?”
Jonathan said, “Far be it from you! If I learned my father decided harm to come upon you, would I not tell you?”
10 Pea pehē ʻe Tevita kia Sonatane, “Ko hai te ne fakahā ia kiate au? Pea ʻe fefei ʻo kapau ʻe tali lea mālohi kiate koe ʻe hoʻo tamai?”
Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if by chance your father should answer you roughly?”
11 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sonatane kia Tevita, “Haʻu ke ta ō kituʻa ki he ngoue.” Pea ne na ō fakatouʻosi pe kituaʻā ki he ngoue.
Jonathan said to David, “Come, let us go out into the field.” So they both went out into the field.
12 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sonatane kia Tevita, “ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻo kau ka ʻeke ki heʻeku tamai ʻi he feituʻulaʻā ni ʻapongipongi, pea ʻi hono tolu ʻoe ʻaho, pea vakai, kapau ʻoku ai ha lelei kia Tevita, kae ʻikai te u fekau kiate koe, mo fakahā ia kiate koe;
Jonathan said to David, “May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be witness. When I have questioned my father around this time tomorrow, or the third day, see, if there is good will toward David, will I not then send to you and make it known to you?
13 Ke fai pehē ʻe Sihova kia Sonatane mo lahi hake ʻaupito: pea kapau ʻoku lelei ki heʻeku tamai ke fai kovi kiate koe, te u toki fakahā ia kiate koe, pea te u fekau koe ke ke ʻalu, koeʻuhi ke ke ʻalu fiemālie pe: pea ke ʻiate koe ʻa Sihova ʻo hangē ko ʻene ʻi heʻeku tamai.
If it pleases my father to do you harm, may Yahweh do to Jonathan and more also if I do not make it known to you and send you away, so that you may go in peace. May Yahweh be with you, as he has been with my father.
14 Pea te ke fakahā ʻe koe ʻae angaʻofa ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻikai ʻi heʻeku kei moʻui ni pē, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻaku mate:
If I am still alive, will you not show me the covenant faithfulness of Yahweh, that I may not die?
15 Ka ʻe ʻikai te ke tutuʻu ke motu hoʻo ʻofa mei hoku fale ʻo taʻengata; neongo hono motuhi ʻe Sihova ʻae ngaahi fili ʻo Tevita taki taha kotoa pē mei he funga ʻo māmani.
Do not cut off your covenant faithfulness from my house forever—not even when Yahweh cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.”
16 Ko ia naʻe fai ʻe Sonatane [ʻae fuakava ]mo e fale ʻo Tevita, ʻo pehē, Tuku ke ʻeke ia ʻe Sihova ʻi he nima ʻoe ngaahi fili ʻo Tevita.”
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David and said, “May Yahweh require an accounting from the hand of the enemies of David.”
17 Pea naʻe toe fekauʻi ʻa Tevita ʻe Sonatane ke fuakava ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene ʻofa kiate ia: he ne ne ʻofa kiate ia hangē ko ʻene ʻofa ki hono laumālie ʻoʻona.
Jonathan made David vow again because of the love that he had for him, because he loved him as he loved his own soul.
18 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sonatane kia Tevita, “Ko e tuʻuefiafi ʻapongipongi: pea ʻe ʻiloʻi ʻa hoʻo taʻeʻiai koeʻuhi ʻe ava pe ʻa ho nofoʻa.
Then Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon. You will be missed because your seat will be empty.
19 Pea hili haʻo tatali ʻi he ʻaho ʻe taha, pea ke ʻalu vave hifo, ʻo hoko ki he potu naʻa ke toitoi ai koe ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe ngāue, pea ke tatali ʻo ofi ki he maka ko Iseli.
When you have stayed three days, go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself when the business was in hand, and stay by the stone Ezel.
20 Pea te u fanaʻi ʻae ngahau ʻe tolu ʻi hono potu ʻo hangē ko ʻeku fana ki ha meʻa fakaʻilonga.
I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I were shooting at a target.
21 Pea vakai, Te u fekau ha tamasiʻi, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻAlu ʻo kumi ʻae ngahau.’ Kapau ʻoku ou lea fakapapau ki he tamasiʻi, ‘Vakai, ʻoku ʻi he potu mai kiate koe ʻae ngahau, toʻo ia ʻo ʻomi; pea ke haʻu koe:’ he ʻoku ai ʻae melino kiate koe ʻe ʻikai ha kovi; ʻo hangē ʻoku moʻui ʻa Sihova.
Then I will send my young man and say to him, 'Go find the arrows.' If I say to the young boy, 'Look, the arrows are on this side of you; get them,” then come; for there will be safety for you and not harm, as Yahweh lives.
22 Pea kapau te u pehē ki he talavou, ‘Vakai ʻoku mamaʻo atu ʻiate koe ʻae ngaahi ngahau; ke ke ʻalu koe: he kuo fekau koe ʻe Sihova ke ke ʻalu.’
“But if I say to the young man, 'Look, the arrows are beyond you,' then go your way, for Yahweh has sent you away.
23 Pea ʻi he meʻa kuo ta alea ki ai ʻa koe mo au, vakai, ke ʻiate kitaua maʻuaipē ʻa Sihova ʻo taʻengata.”
As for the agreement of which you and I have spoken, see, Yahweh is between you and me forever.'”
24 Pea naʻe toitoi ʻa Tevita ʻi he ngoue pea hoko ʻae efiafi, pea naʻe nofo hifo ʻae tuʻi ki he kai.
So David hid himself in the field. When the new moon came, the king sat down to eat food.
25 Pea ʻafio ʻae tuʻi ʻi hono nofoʻa, ʻo hangē ko ʻene faʻa fai, ʻio, ki he nofoʻa ofi ki he holisi: pea tuʻu ʻa Sonatane, pea nofo ʻa ʻApina ki he potu ʻo Saula, ka naʻe ava pe ʻae nofoʻa ʻo Tevita.
The king sat on his seat, as usual, on the seat by the wall. Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul's side. But David's place was empty.
26 Ka naʻe ʻikai lea ʻa Saula ki ha meʻa ʻi he ʻaho ko ia: he naʻe mahalo ʻe ia, “Kuo hoko ha meʻa nai kiate ia, ʻoku ʻikai maʻa ai; ko e moʻoni nai ʻoku ʻikai maʻa ia.”
Yet Saul did not say anything that day, because he thought, “Something has happened to him. He is not clean; surely he is not clean.”
27 Pea ʻi he pongipongi ʻe taha ʻaia ko hono ua ʻoe ʻaho ʻoe māhina, naʻe ava pe ʻae nofoʻa ʻo Tevita: pea pehē ʻe Saula ki hono ʻalo ko Sonatane, “Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai haʻu ai ʻae foha ʻo Sese ki he kai, ʻaneafi, pe ko e ʻaho ni?”
But on the second day, the day after the new moon, David's place was empty. Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why has the son of Jesse not come to the meal either yesterday or today?”
28 Pea naʻe talaange ʻe Sonatane kia Saula, “Naʻe kole fakamātoato ʻa Tevita kiate au ke ʻalu ia ki Petelihema;
Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked permission from me to go to Bethlehem.
29 ʻo ne pehē, ‘ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, tuku au ke u ʻalu; he ʻoku ai ʻae feilaulau ʻa homau fale ʻi he kolo; pea kuo fekau hoku tokoua ke u hoko ki ai: pea ko eni, kapau kuo u ʻilo ʻae lelei ʻi ho ʻao, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe tuku au ke u ʻalu, ʻo vakai ki hoku ngaahi kāinga.’ Ko ia ʻoku ʻikai haʻu ai ia ki he keinangaʻanga ʻoe tuʻi.”
He said, 'Please let me go. For our family has a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has ordered me to be there. Now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.' For this reason he has not come to the king's table.”
30 Pea naʻe tupu ai ʻae houhau ʻa Saula kia Sonatane ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “Ko e tama fakamaveuveu mo angatuʻu fau, ʻikai ʻoku ou ʻilo kuo ke fili ʻae foha ʻo Sese ke fakamaaʻi ai koe, pea ko e fakamaaʻi ʻae telefua ʻo hoʻo faʻē?
Then Saul's anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?
31 Koeʻuhi ʻi he kei moʻui ʻae foha ʻo Sese ʻi he funga kelekele, ʻe ʻikai siʻi fakatuʻumaʻu koe, pē ko ho puleʻanga. Ko ia ke ke fekau ni ʻo ʻomi ia kiate au, he ko e moʻoni ʻe mate ia.”
For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Now then, send and bring him to me, for he must surely die.”
32 Pea naʻe pehēange ʻe Sonatane kia Saula ko ʻene tamai, “ʻE tāmateʻi ia koeʻumaʻā? Ko e hā ia kuo ne fai?”
Jonathan answered Saul his father, “For what reason should he be put to death? What has he done?”
33 Pea naʻe velo leva ʻe Saula ʻae tao ke ne taaʻi ia: ko ia naʻe ʻilo ai ʻe Sonatane kuo tonupa pe ʻae loto ʻo ʻene tamai ke tāmateʻi ʻa Tevita.
Then Saul threw his spear at him to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.
34 Ko ia naʻe tuʻu lili hake ai ʻa Sonatane mei he keinangaʻanga, pea ʻikai kai ha meʻa ʻi hono ua ʻoe ʻaho ʻi he māhina: he naʻe mamahi ia koeʻuhi ko Tevita, he kuo fai fakamā ʻene tamai kiate ia.
Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and ate no food the second day of the month, for he was grieved over David, because his father had dishonored him.
35 Pea ʻi heʻene pongipongi, naʻe ʻalu kituaʻā ʻa Sonatane ki he ngoue ʻi he feituʻulaʻā naʻa na alea ki ai mo Tevita, pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae tamasiʻi.
In the morning, Jonathan went out into the field to the appointment with David, and a young man was with him.
36 Pea pehē ʻe ia ki he tama, “Lele, ʻo kumi mai ʻae ngaahi ngahau ʻoku ou fanaʻi.” Pea ʻi he lele ʻae tama, naʻe fanaʻi ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi ngahau ke mamaʻo ʻiate ia.
He said to his young man, “Run and find the arrows that I shoot.” As the young man ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
37 Pea ʻi he hoko ʻae tamasiʻi ki he potu ʻoe ngahau ʻaia naʻe fanaʻi ʻe Sonatane, pea kalanga ʻa Sonatane ki he tama, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻIkai ʻoku mamaʻo atu ʻae ngahau ʻiate koe?
When the young man came to the place where the arrow that Jonathan shot had landed, Jonathan called after the young man, and said, “Is not the arrow beyond you?”
38 Pea kalanga ʻa Sonatane ki he tama, ʻo pehē, ‘Fakatoʻotoʻo, faivave, ʻoua naʻa tatali.’” Pea tānaki ʻe he tamasiʻi ʻa Sonatane ʻae ngaahi ngahau, pea haʻu ia ki heʻene ʻeiki.
Then Jonathan called after the young man, “Hurry, be quick, do not stay!” So Jonathan's young man gathered up the arrows and came to his master.
39 Ka naʻe ʻikai ʻilo ha meʻa ʻe he tamasiʻi: ko Sonatane mo Tevita pe naʻa na ʻilo ʻae meʻa.
But the young man did not know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
40 Pea naʻe tuku ʻe Sonatane ʻene ngaahi mahafu ki he tamasiʻi, ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “ʻAlu ʻo ʻave ia ki he kolo.”
Jonathan gave his weapons to his young man and said to him, “Go, take them to the city.”
41 Pea ʻi he ʻalu ʻae tamasiʻi, naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa Tevita mei he potu naʻe hanga ki tonga, pea fakatōmapeʻe hono mata ki he kelekele, ʻo fakapunou tuʻo tolu ia: pea naʻa na fetoutou fekita pe, ʻo fai ʻae fetāngihi, ka naʻe lahi hake ʻia Tevita.
As soon as the young man was gone, David stood up from behind the mound, lay facedown on the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another and wept together, with David weeping the more.
42 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sonatane kia Tevita, ʻAlu fiemālie pe, he kuo ta fefuakava ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihova, ʻo pehē, “Ke ʻiate koe mo au ʻa Sihova, pea ke ʻi hoku hako ia mo ho hako ʻo taʻengata.” Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ia ʻo ʻalu: pea naʻe ʻalu ʻo Sonatane ki he kolo.
Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, because we have both sworn in the name of Yahweh and said, 'May Yahweh be between you and me, and between my descendants and your descendants, forever.'” Then David stood up and left, and Jonathan returned to the city.
