1 Samuel 20

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1 David fled from the sheds near Ramah, and went to Jonathan. "What have I done?" he asked him. "What crime or what offense does your father hold against me that he seeks my life?"	1 Fugit autem David de Naioth, quae est in Rama, veniensque locutus est coram Ionathan: “ Quid feci? Quae est iniquitas mea et quod peccatum meum in patrem tuum, quia quaerit animam meam? ”.
2 Jonathan answered him: "Heaven forbid that you should die! My father does nothing, great or small, without disclosing it to me. Why, then, should my father conceal this from me? This cannot be so!"	2 Qui dixit ei: “ Absit, non morieris; neque enim faciet pater meus quidquam grande vel parvum, nisi prius indicaverit mihi; hoc ergo celavit me pater meus tantummodo? Nequaquam erit istud ”.
3 But David replied: "Your father is well aware that I am favored with your friendship, so he has decided, 'Jonathan must not know of this lest he be grieved.' Nevertheless, as the LORD lives and as you live, there is but a step between me and death."	3 Et rursum respondit David et ait: “ Scit profecto pater tuus quia inveni gratiam in oculis tuis et dixit: “Nesciat hoc Ionathan, ne forte tristetur”. Quinimmo vivit Dominus, et vivit anima tua, quia uno tantum gradu ego morsque dividimur ”.
4 Jonathan then said to David, "I will do whatever you wish."	4 Et ait Ionathan ad David: “ Quid desiderat anima tua, ut faciam tibi? ”.
5 David answered: "Tomorrow is the new moon, when I should in fact dine with the king. Let me go and hide in the open country until evening.	5 Dixit autem David ad Ionathan: “ Ecce neomenia est crastino, et ego ex more sedere soleo iuxta regem ad vescendum; dimitte ergo me, ut abscondar in agro usque ad vesperam diei tertiae.
6 If it turns out that your father misses me, say, 'David urged me to let him go on short notice to his city Bethlehem, because his whole clan is holding its seasonal sacrifice there.'	6 Si requisierit me pater tuus, respondebis ei: “Rogavit me David, ut iret celeriter in Bethlehem civitatem suam, quia victimae annuae ibi sunt universis contribulibus eius”.
7 If he says, 'Very well,' your servant is safe. But if he becomes quite angry, you can be sure he has planned some harm.	7 Si dixerit: “Bene”, pax erit servo tuo; si autem fuerit iratus, scito quia malum decretum est ab eo.
8 Do this kindness for your servant because of the LORD'S bond between us, into which you brought me: if I am guilty, kill me yourself! Why should you give me up to your father?"	8 Fac ergo misericordiam in servum tuum, quia foedus Domini me famulum tuum tecum inire fecisti; si autem est in me aliqua iniquitas, tu me interfice et ad patrem tuum ne introducas me ”.
9 But Jonathan answered: "Not I! If ever I find out that my father is determined to inflict injury upon you, I will certainly let you know."	9 Et ait Ionathan: “ Absit hoc a te; neque enim fieri potest ut, si certo cognovero malum decretum esse a patre meo contra te, non annuntiem tibi ”.
10 David then asked Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father gives you a harsh answer?"	10 Responditque David ad Ionathan: “ Quis nuntiabit mihi, si quid forte responderit tibi pater tuus dure? ”.
11 (Jonathan replied to David, "Come, let us go out into the field." When they were out in the open country together,	11 Et ait Ionathan ad David: “ Veni, egrediamur foras in agrum ”. Cumque exissent ambo in agrum,
12 Jonathan said to David: "As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, I will sound out my father about this time tomorrow. Whether he is well disposed toward David or not, I will send you the information.	12 ait Ionathan ad David: “ Vivit Dominus, Deus Israel, investigabo sententiam patris mei hoc fere tempore cras vel perendie; et si aliquid boni fuerit super David, et non statim miserim ad te et notum tibi fecerim,
13 Should it please my father to bring any injury upon you, may the LORD do thus and so to Jonathan if I do not apprise you of it and send you on your way in peace. May the LORD be with you even as he was with my father.	13 haec faciat Dominus in Ionathan et haec augeat! Si autem perseveraverit patris mei malitia adversum te, hoc quoque notum faciam tibi et dimittam te, ut vadas in pace. Et sit Dominus tecum, sicut fuit cum patre meo.
14 Only this: if I am still alive, may you show me the kindness of the LORD. But if I die,	14 Et, si vixero, facies mihi misericordiam Domini; si vero mortuus fuero,
15 never withdraw your kindness from my house. And when the LORD exterminates all the enemies of David from the surface of the earth,	15 non auferas misericordiam tuam a domo mea usque in sempiternum, quando eradicaverit Dominus inimicos David unumquemque de terra ”.
16 the name of Jonathan must never be allowed by the family of David to die out from among you, or the LORD will make you answer for it."	16 Pepigit ergo foedus Ionathan cum domo David dicens: “ Requirat Dominus de manu inimicorum David! ”.
17 And in his love for David, Jonathan renewed his oath to him, because he loved him as his very self.)	17 Et addidit Ionathan ut faceret David iurare per dilectionem suam erga illum; sicut animam enim suam, ita diligebat eum.
18 Jonathan then said to him: "Tomorrow is the new moon; and you will be missed, since your place will be vacant.	18 Dixitque ad eum Ionathan: “ Cras neomenia est, et requireris;
19 On the following day you will be missed all the more. Go to the spot where you hid on the other occasion and wait near the mound there.	19 vacua erit enim sessio tua. Perendie descendes festinus et venies in locum, ubi abscondisti te in die facti illius; et sedebis iuxta acervum illum.
20 On the third day of the month I will shoot arrows, as though aiming at a target.	20 Et ego tres sagittas mittam iuxta eum et iaciam quasi exercens me ad signum.
21 I will then send my attendant to go and recover the arrows. If in fact I say to him, 'Look, the arrow is this side of you; pick it up,' come, for you are safe. As the LORD lives, there will be nothing to fear.	21 Mittam quoque et puerum dicens ei: “Vade et affer mihi sagittas”.
22 But if I say to the boy, 'Look, the arrow is beyond you,' go, for the LORD sends you away.	22 Si dixero puero: “Ecce sagittae intra te sunt, tolle eas”, tu veni ad me, quia pax tibi est, et nihil est mali, vivit Dominus. Si autem sic locutus fuero puero: “Ecce sagittae ultra te sunt”, vade, quia dimisit te Dominus.
23 However, in the matter which you and I have discussed, the LORD shall be between you and me forever."	23 De verbo autem, quod locuti fuimus, ego et tu, sit Dominus inter me et te usque in sempiternum ”.
24 So David hid in the open country. On the day of the new moon, when the king sat at table to dine,	24 Absconditus est ergo David in agro; et venit neomenia, et sedit rex ad mensam ad comedendum.
25 taking his usual place against the wall, Jonathan sat facing him, while Abner sat at the king's side, and David's place was vacant.	25 Cumque sedisset rex super cathedram suam secundum consuetudinem, quae erat iuxta parietem, sedit Ionathan ex adverso, et sedit Abner ex latere Saul; vacuusque apparuit locus David.
26 Saul, however, said nothing that day, for he thought, "He must have become unclean by accident, and not yet have been cleansed."	26 Et non est locutus Saul quidquam in die illa; cogitabat enim quod forte evenisset ei, ut non esset mundus nec purificatus.
27 On the next day, the second day of the month, David's place was vacant. Saul inquired of his son Jonathan, "Why has the son of Jesse not come to table yesterday or today?"	27 Cumque illuxisset dies secunda post neomeniam, rursum vacuus apparuit locus David; dixitque Saul ad Ionathan filium suum: “ Cur non venit filius Isai nec heri nec hodie ad vescendum? ”.
28 Jonathan answered Saul: "David urgently asked me to let him go to his city, Bethlehem.	28 Et respondit Ionathan Sauli: “ Rogavit me obnixe, ut iret in Bethlehem,
29 'Please let me go,' he begged, 'for we are to have a clan sacrifice in our city, and my brothers insist on my presence. Now, therefore, if you think well of me, give me leave to visit my brothers.' That is why he has not come to the king's table."	29 et ait: “Dimitte me, quoniam sacrificium familiae est in civitate, et frater meus ipse accersivit me; nunc ergo, si inveni gratiam in oculis tuis, vadam cito et videbo fratres meos”. Ob hanc causam non venit ad mensam regis ”.
30 But Saul was extremely angry with Jonathan and said to him: "Son of a rebellious woman, do I not know that, to your own shame and to the disclosure of your mother's shame, you are the companion of Jesse's son?	30 Iratus autem Saul adversum Ionathan dixit ei: “ Fili mulieris perversae, numquid ignoro quia diligis filium Isai in confusionem tuam et in confusionem nuditatis matris tuae?
31 Why, as long as the son of Jesse lives upon the earth, you cannot make good your claim to the kingship! So send for him, and bring him to me, for he is doomed."	31 Omnibus enim diebus, quibus filius Isai vixerit super terram, non stabilieris tu neque regnum tuum; itaque iam nunc mitte et adduc eum ad me, quia filius mortis est ”.
32 But Jonathan asked his father Saul: "Why should he die? What has he done?"	32 Respondens autem Ionathan Sauli patri suo ait: “ Quare morietur? Quid fecit? ”.
33 At this Saul brandished his spear to strike him, and thus Jonathan learned that his father was resolved to kill David.	33 Et arripuit Saul lanceam, ut percuteret eum; et intellexit Ionathan quod definitum esset patri suo, ut interficeret David.
34 Jonathan sprang up from the table in great anger and took no food that second day of the month, for he was grieved on David's account, since his father had railed against him.	34 Surrexit ergo Ionathan a mensa in ira furoris et non comedit in die neomeniae secunda panem; contristatus est enim super David, eo quod confudisset eum pater suus.
35 The next morning Jonathan went out into the field with a little boy for his appointment with David.	35 Cumque illuxisset mane, venit Ionathan in agrum ad locum constitutum a David et puer parvulus cum eo;
36 There he said to the boy, "Run and fetch the arrow." And as the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him in the direction of the city.	36 et ait ad puerum suum: “ Vade et affer mihi sagittas, quas ego iacio ”. Cumque puer cucurrisset, iecit sagittam trans puerum.
37 When the boy made for the spot where Jonathan had shot the arrow, Jonathan called after him, "The arrow is farther on!"	37 Venit itaque puer ad locum sagittae, quam miserat Ionathan, et clamavit Ionathan post tergum pueri et ait: “ Ecce ibi est sagitta porro ultra te ”.
38 Again he called to his lad, "Hurry, be quick, don't delay!" Jonathan's boy picked up the arrow and brought it to his master.	38 Clamavitque Ionathan post tergum pueri: “ Festina velociter, ne steteris ”. Sustulit autem puer Ionathae sagittam et attulit ad dominum suum
39 The boy knew nothing; only Jonathan and David knew what was meant.	39 et quid ageretur penitus ignorabat, tantummodo enim Ionathan et David rem noverant.
40 Then Jonathan gave his weapons to this boy of his and said to him, "Go, take them to the city."	40 Dedit igitur Ionathan arma sua puero et dixit ei: “ Vade, defer in civitatem ”.
41 When the boy had left, David rose from beside the mound and prostrated himself on the ground three times before Jonathan in homage. They kissed each other and wept aloud together.	41 Cumque abisset puer, surrexit David de latere acervi et cadens pronus in terram adoravit tertio; et osculantes alterutrum fleverunt pariter, David autem amplius.
42 At length Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, in keeping with what we two have sworn by the name of the LORD: 'The LORD shall be between you and me, and between your posterity and mine forever.'"	42 Dixit ergo Ionathan ad David: “ Vade in pace; iuravimus enim ambo in nomine Domini dicentes: Dominus erit inter me et te et inter semen meum et semen tuum usque in sempiternum ”.