ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΩΝ Α´ - 1 Samuele - Kings I 20

GREEK BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Και εφυγεν ο Δαβιδ εκ Ναυιωθ της εν Ραμα, και ηλθε και ειπεν ενωπιον του Ιωναθαν, Τι επραξα; τι το αδικημα μου και τι το αμαρτημα μου εμπροσθεν του πατρος σου, δια το οποιον ζητει την ψυχην μου;	1 Then David fled from Naioth, which is in Ramah, and he went and said before Jonathan: “What have I done? What is my iniquity, or what is my sin, against your father, so that he would seek my life?”
2 Ο δε ειπε προς αυτον, Μη γενοιτο? συ δεν θελεις αποθανει ιδου, ο πατηρ μου δεν θελει καμει ουδεν, ειτε μεγα ειτε μικρον, το οποιον να μη φανερωση εις εμε? και δια τι ο πατηρ μου ηθελε κρυψει το πραγμα τουτο απ' εμου; δεν ειναι ουτω.	2 And he said to him: “May this not be! You shall not die. For my father will not do anything, great or small, without first revealing it to me. Therefore, has my father concealed this word solely from me? By no means shall this be!”
3 Και ωμοσεν ο Δαβιδ ετι και ειπεν, Ο πατηρ σου εξευρει βεβαιως οτι εγω ευρηκα χαριν ενωπιον σου? οθεν λεγει, Ας μη εξευρη τουτο ο Ιωναθαν, μηποτε λυπηθη. Αλλα, ζη Κυριος και ζη η ψυχη σου, δεν ειναι παρα εν βημα μεταξυ εμου και του θανατου.	3 And he swore again to David. And David said: “Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your sight, and so he will say, ‘Let Jonathan not know this, lest he be saddened.’ So truly, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, there is only one step (if I may say it) separating me from death.”
4 Τοτε ειπεν ο Ιωναθαν προς τον Δαβιδ, Ο, τι επιθυμει η ψυχη σου θελω καμει εις σε.	4 And Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul will tell me, I will do for you.”
5 Και ειπεν ο Δαβιδ προς τον Ιωναθαν, Ιδου, αυριον ειναι νεομηνια, καθ' ην εγω συνειθιζω να καθωμαι μετα του βασιλεως να συντρωγω? αφες με λοιπον να υπαγω, δια να κρυφθω εν τω αγρω μεχρι της εσπερας της τριτης ημερας.	5 Then David said to Jonathan: “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I am accustomed to sit in a seat beside the king to eat. Therefore, permit me that I may be hidden in the field, until the evening of the third day.
6 εαν ο πατηρ σου περιβλεπων με ζητηση, τοτε ειπε, Ο Δαβιδ εζητησεν ενθερμως παρ' εμου να τρεξη εις Βηθλεεμ την πολιν αυτου. διοτι γινεται εκει ετησιος θυσια υφ' ολης της συγγενειας αυτου?	6 If your father, looking around, will seek me, you shall respond to him: ‘David asked me if he may hurry to Bethlehem, his own city. For there are solemn sacrifices in that place for all of his tribe together.’
7 εαν ειπη ουτω, Καλως? θελει εισθαι ειρηνη εις τον δουλον σου? εαν ομως οργισθη πολυ, εξευρε οτι το κακον ειναι αποφασισμενον παρ' αυτου?	7 If he will say, ‘It is well,’ then your servant will have peace. But if he will be angry, know that his malice has reached its height.
8 θελεις λοιπον καμει ελεος προς τον δουλον σου? διοτι εις συνθηκην Κυριου εισηγαγες τον δουλον σου μετα σεαυτου? εαν ομως ηναι αδικια εν εμοι, θανατωσον με συ? και δια τι να με φερης εως του πατρος σου;	8 Therefore, show mercy to your servant. For you have brought me, your servant, into a covenant of the Lord with you. But if there is any iniquity in me, you may kill me, and you shall not lead me in to your father.”
9 Και ειπεν ο Ιωναθαν, Μη γενοιτο ποτε τουτο εις σε? διοτι, εαν τω οντι γνωρισω οτι το κακον ειναι αποφασισμενον παρα του πατρος μου να ελθη επι σε, βεβαιως θελω σοι απαγγειλει τουτο.	9 And Jonathan said: “May this be far from you. For certainly, if I ever realized that any wickedness was determined by my father against you, I would not be able to do anything other than report it to you.”
10 Και ειπεν ο Δαβιδ προς τον Ιωναθαν, Τις θελει μοι απαγγειλει εαν ο πατηρ σου αποκριθη εις σε σκληρα;	10 And David responded to Jonathan, “Who will repeat it to me, if your father may perhaps answer you harshly about me?”
11 Και ειπεν ο Ιωναθαν προς τον Δαβιδ, Ελθε, και ας εξελθωμεν εις τον αγρον. Και εξηλθον αμφοτεροι εις τον αγρον.	11 And Jonathan said to David, “Come, and let us go out into the field.” And when they both had gone out into the field,
12 Και ειπεν ο Ιωναθαν προς τον Δαβιδ, Κυριε Θεε του Ισραηλ? οταν ποτε περι την αυριον η την μετα την αυριον, εξιχνιασω τον πατερα μου, και ιδου, ειναι τι καλον περι του Δαβιδ, εαν δεν αποστειλω τοτε προς σε να σοι το απαγγειλω,	12 Jonathan said before David: “O Lord, God of Israel, if I will discover a decision by my father, tomorrow, or the day after, and if there will be anything good concerning David, and yet I do not immediately send to you and make it known to you,
13 ουτω να καμη ο Κυριος εις τον Ιωναθαν και ουτω να προσθεση? εαν δε ο πατηρ μου απεφασισε το κακον εναντιον σου, θελω σοι απαγγειλει τουτο και σε εξαποστειλει, και θελεις υπαγει εν ειρηνη? και ο Κυριος ας ηναι μετα σου, καθως εσταθη μετα του πατρος μου?	13 may the Lord do these things to Jonathan, and may he add these other things. But if my father will have persevered in malice against you, I will reveal it to your ear, and I will send you away, so that you may go in peace, and so that the Lord may be with you, just as he was with my father.
14 και ουχι μονον ενοσω ζω, θελεις δειξει προς εμε το ελεος του Κυριου, δια να μη αποθανω?	14 And if I live, you shall show the mercy of the Lord to me. Yet truly, if I die,
15 αλλα και δεν θελεις αποκοψει το ελεος σου απο του οικου μου εις τον αιωνα? ουχι, ουδε οταν ο Κυριος αφανιση τους εχθρους του Δαβιδ εκαστον απο προσωπου της γης.	15 you shall not take away your mercy from my house, even forever, when the Lord will have rooted out the enemies of David, each and every one of them, from the earth. May he take Jonathan from his house, and may the Lord require it from the hands of the enemies of David.”
16 Και εκαμεν ο Ιωναθαν συνθηκην μετα του οικου του Δαβιδ, επιλεγων, Και ο Κυριος να εκζητηση λογον παρα των εχθρων του Δαβιδ.	16 Therefore, Jonathan formed a covenant with the house of David. And the Lord required it from the hands of the enemies of David.
17 Και εκαμεν ετι ο Ιωναθαν τον Δαβιδ να ομοση εις την αγαπην αυτου την προς αυτον? διοτι ηγαπα αυτον καθως ηγαπα την ιδιαν αυτου ψυχην.	17 And Jonathan continued to swear to David, because he loved him. For he loved him like his own soul.
18 Και ειπε προς αυτον ο Ιωναθαν, Αυριον ειναι νεομηνια? και θελεις ζητηθη, διοτι η καθεδρα σου θελει εισθαι κενη?	18 And Jonathan said to him: “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be sought.
19 και αφου σταθης τρεις ημερας, θελεις καταβη μετα σπουδης και ελθει εις τον τοπον, οπου εκρυφθης την ημεραν της πραξεως, και θελεις καθισει πλησιον της πετρας Εζηλ?	19 For your seat will be empty until the day after tomorrow. Therefore, you shall descend quickly, and you shall go to the place where you are to be hidden, on a day when it is lawful to work, and you shall remain beside the stone that is called Ezel.
20 και εγω θελω τοξευσει τρια βελη εις το πλαγιον αυτης, ως τοξευων εις σημειον?	20 And I will shoot three arrows near it, and I will cast them as if I were practicing for myself toward a mark.
21 και ιδου, θελω αποστειλει τον υπηρετην, λεγων, Υπαγε, ευρε τα βελη? εαν ρητως ειπω εις τον υπηρετην, Ιδου, τα βελη ειναι εδωθεν απο σου, λαβε αυτα? τοτε ελθε, διοτι ειναι ειρηνη εις σε, και ουδεμια βλαβη, ζη Κυριος?	21 Also, I will send a boy, saying to him, ‘Go and bring the arrows to me.’
22 εαν ομως ειπω ουτω προς τον νεον, Ιδου, τα βελη ειναι επεκεινα απο σου? υπαγε την οδον σου, διοτι σε εξαπεστειλεν ο Κυριος?	22 If I will say to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are before you, take them up,’ you shall approach before me, because there is peace for you, and there is nothing evil, as the Lord lives. But if I will have spoken to the boy in this way, ‘Behold, the arrows are away from you,’ then you shall go away in peace, for the Lord has released you.
23 περι δε του λογου, τον οποιον ωμιλησαμεν εγω και συ, ιδου, ο Κυριος ας ηναι μαρτυς μεταξυ εμου και σου εις τον αιωνα.	23 Now about the word that you and I have spoken, may the Lord be between you and me, even forever.”
24 Εκρυφθη λοιπον ο Δαβιδ εν τω αγρω? και οτε ηλθεν η νεομηνια, ο βασιλευς εκαθισεν εις την τραπεζαν δια να φαγη.	24 Therefore, David was hidden in the field. And the new moon came, and the king sat down to eat bread.
25 Και ο βασιλευς εκαθισεν επι της καθεδρας αυτου, ως αλλοτε, επι καθεδρας πλησιον του τοιχου? και ο Ιωναθαν εσηκωθη και εκαθισεν ο Αβενηρ πλησιον του Σαουλ, ο δε τοπος του Δαβιδ ητο κενος.	25 And when the king had sat down on his chair, (according to custom) which was beside the wall, Jonathan rose up, and Abner sat beside Saul, and David’s place appeared empty.
26 Ο Σαουλ ομως δεν ελαλησεν ουδεν την ημεραν εκεινην? διοτι ειπε καθ' εαυτον, Τιποτε συνεβη εις αυτον ωστε να μη ηναι καθαρος? βεβαιως δεν ειναι καθαρος.	26 And Saul did not say anything on that day. For he was thinking that perhaps something happened to him, so that he was not clean, or not purified.
27 Και το πρωι, την δευτεραν του μηνος, ο τοπος του Δαβιδ ητο κενος? και ειπεν ο Σαουλ προς Ιωναθαν τον υιον αυτου, Δια τι δεν ηλθεν ο υιος του Ιεσσαι εις την τραπεζαν, ουτε χθες ουτε σημερον;	27 And when the second day after the new moon had begun to dawn, David’s place again appeared empty. And Saul said to Jonathan, his son, “Why has the son of Jesse not arrived to eat, neither yesterday, nor today?”
28 Και απεκριθη ο Ιωναθαν προς τον Σαουλ, Ο Δαβιδ εζητησεν ενθερμως παρ' εμου να υπαγη εως Βηθλεεμ,	28 And Jonathan responded to Saul, “He petitioned me earnestly that he might go to Bethlehem,
29 και ειπεν, Ας υπαγω, παρακαλω, διοτι η συγγενεια ημων καμνει θυσιαν εν τη πολει? και ο αδελφος μου αυτος παρηγγειλεν εις εμε να παρευρεθω? τωρα λοιπον, εαν ευρηκα χαριν εις τους οφθαλμους σου, αφες με, παρακαλω, να υπαγω και να ιδω τους αδελφους μου? δια τουτο δεν ηλθεν εις την τραπεζαν του βασιλεως.	29 and he said: ‘Permit me. For there is a solemn sacrifice in the city. One of my brothers has summoned me. Now therefore, if I have found favor in your eyes, I will go quickly, and I will see my brothers.’ For this reason, he has not come to the table of the king.”
30 Τοτε εξηφθη η οργη του Σαουλ κατα του Ιωναθαν, και ειπε προς αυτον, Υιε διεφθαρμενης και αποστατιδος, δεν εξευρω οτι συ εξελεξας τον υιον του Ιεσσαι δι' αισχυνην σου και δι' αισχυνην της γυμνωσεως της μητρος σου;	30 Then Saul, becoming angry against Jonathan, said to him: “You son of a woman wantonly seizing a man! Could I be ignorant that you love the son of Jesse, to your own shame, and to the shame of your disgraceful mother?
31 διοτι ενοσω ο υιος του Ιεσσαι ζη επι της γης, συ δεν θελεις στερεωθη ουδε η βασιλεια σου? τωρα λοιπον πεμψον και φερε αυτον προς εμε? διοτι εξαπαντος θελει αποθανει.	31 For all the days that the son of Jesse moves upon earth, neither you, nor your kingdom, will be secure. And so, send and bring him to me, here and now. For he is a son of death.”
32 Και απεκριθη ο Ιωναθαν προς τον Σαουλ τον πατερα αυτου και ειπε προς αυτον, Δια τι να θανατωθη; τι επραξε;	32 Then Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said: “Why should he die? What has he done?”
33 Και ερριψεν ο Σαουλ δορατιον κατ' αυτου, δια να κτυπηση αυτον? τοτε εγνωρισεν ο Ιωναθαν, οτι ητο αποφασισμενον παρα του πατρος αυτου να θανατωση τον Δαβιδ.	33 And Saul picked up a lance, so that he might strike him. And Jonathan understood that it had been decided by his father that David be put to death.
34 Και εσηκωθη ο Ιωναθαν απο της τραπεζης με εξαψιν θυμου και δεν εφαγεν αρτον την δευτεραν ημεραν του μηνος? διοτι ητο λυπημενος δια τον Δαβιδ, επειδη ειχε καταισχυνει αυτον ο πατηρ αυτου.	34 Therefore, Jonathan rose up from the table in a rage of anger. And he did not eat bread on the second day after the new moon. For he was saddened over David, because his father had confounded him.
35 Και το πρωι εξηλθεν ο Ιωναθαν εις τον αγρον, κατα τον καιρον τον προσδιορισθεντα μετα του Δαβιδ, εχων μεθ' εαυτου μικρον παιδαριον.	35 And when the morning had begun to dawn, Jonathan went into the field according to the agreement with David, and a young boy was with him.
36 Και ειπε προς το παιδαριον αυτου, Τρεξον, ευρε τωρα τα βελη, τα οποια εγω τοξευω. Και καθως ετρεχε το παιδαριον, ετοξευσε το βελος περαν αυτου.	36 And he said to his boy, “Go, and bring to me the arrows that I shoot.” And when the boy had run, he shot another arrow away from the boy.
37 Και οτε το παιδαριον ηλθεν εις τον τοπον του βελους, το οποιον ο Ιωναθαν ειχε τοξευσει, εφωναξεν ο Ιωναθαν κατοπιν του παιδαριου και ειπε, Δεν ειναι το βελος περαν απο σου;	37 And so, the boy went to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot. And Jonathan cried out, from behind the back of boy, and said: “Behold, the arrow is there, farther away from you.”
38 Και εφωναξεν ο Ιωναθαν κατοπιν του παιδαριου, Ταχυνον, σπευσον, μη σταθης. Και εσυναξε το παιδαριον του Ιωναθαν τα βελη και ηλθε προς τον κυριον αυτου.	38 And Jonathan cried out again, from behind the back of the boy, saying, “Go quickly! Do not stand still!” Then Jonathan’s boy collected the arrows, and he brought them to his lord.
39 Το παιδαριον ομως δεν ηξευρεν ουδεν? μονος ο Ιωναθαν και ο Δαβιδ ηξευρον την υποθεσιν.	39 And he did not understand at all what was happening. For only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
40 Και εδωκεν ο Ιωναθαν τα οπλα αυτου εις το παιδαριον το μεθ' αυτου και ειπε προς αυτο, Υπαγε, φερε αυτα εις την πολιν.	40 Then Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy, and he said to him, “Go, and carry them into the city.”
41 Καθως δε ανεχωρησε το παιδαριον, εσηκωθη ο Δαβιδ εκ του μεσημβρινου μερους και επεσε κατα προσωπον αυτου εις την γην και προσεκυνησε τρις? και ησπασθησαν αλληλους και εκλαυσαν αμφοτεροι? ο δε Δαβιδ εκαμε κλαυθμον μεγαν.	41 And when the boy had gone away, David rose up from his place, which turned toward the south, and falling prone on the ground, he reverenced three times. And kissing one another, they wept together, but David more so.
42 Και ειπεν ο Ιωναθαν προς τον Δαβιδ, Υπαγε εν ειρηνη, καθως ωμοσαμεν ημεις αμφοτεροι εις το ονομα του Κυριου, λεγοντες, Ο Κυριος ας ηναι μεταξυ εμου και σου, και μεταξυ του σπερματος μου και του σπερματος σου εις τον αιωνα. Και εσηκωθη και ανεχωρησεν? ο δε Ιωναθαν εισηλθεν εις την πολιν.	42 Then Jonathan said to David: “Go in peace. And let us both keep all that we have ever sworn in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘May the Lord be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, even forever.’ ”
	43 And David rose up and went away. But Jonathan entered into the city.