1 Књига Самуилова 20
1 А Давид побеже из Најота у Рами, и дође и рече Јонатану: Шта сам учинио? Каква је кривица моја? И шта сам згрешио оцу твом, те тражи душу моју?
And David went in flight from Naioth in Ramah and came to Jonathan and said, What have I done? What is my crime and my sin against your father that he is attempting to take my life?
2 А он му рече: Сачувај Боже! Нећеш ти погинути. Ево отац мој не чини ништа, ни велико ни мало, а да мени не каже; а како би то тајио од мене отац мој? Неће то бити.
And he said to him, Far be the thought: you will not be put to death: see, my father does nothing, great or small, without giving me word of it: would he keep this secret from me? It is not so.
3 А Давид заклињући се опет рече: Отац твој зна добро да сам нашао љубав у тебе, па вели: Не треба да дозна за ово Јонатан, да се не ожалости. Али тако жив био Господ и тако жива била душа твоја, само је један корак између мене и смрти.
But David took his oath again and said, Your father sees that I am dear to you; so he says to himself, Let Jonathan have no idea of this, for it will be a grief to him; but as the Lord is living, and as your soul is living, there is only a step between me and death.
4 А Јонатан рече Давиду: Шта жели душа твоја? Ја ћу ти учинити.
Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever your desire is, I will do it for you.
5 И Давид рече Јонатану: Ево сутра је младина, кад треба с царем да једем, пусти ме дакле да се сакријем у пољу до треће вечери.
And David said to Jonathan, Tomorrow is the new moon, and I will not be seated with the king at his table: but let me go to a safe place in the country till the evening.
6 Ако запита за ме отац твој, ти реци: Врло ми се молио Давид да отрчи у Витлејем град свој, јер је онде годишња жртва свега рода његовог.
And if your father takes note of the fact that I am away, say, David made a request to me for himself that he might go to Beth-lehem, to his town: for it is the time when his family make their offering year by year.
7 Ако каже: Добро, биће миран слуга твој; ако ли се разгневи, знај да је зло наумио.
If he says, It is well, your servant will be at peace: but if he is angry, then it will be clear to you that he has an evil purpose in mind against me.
8 Учини, дакле, милост слузи свом, кад си веру Господњу ухватио са слугом својим; ако је каква кривица на мени, убиј ме сам, јер зашто би ме водио к оцу свом?
So, then, be kind to your servant; for you have been united with your servant in an agreement made before the Lord: but if there is any wrongdoing in me, put me to death yourself; why take me to your father?
9 А Јонатан му рече: Боже сачувај; јер да дознам да је отац мој наумио зло да те задеси, зар ти не бих јавио?
And Jonathan said, Do not have such a thought: for if I saw that my father was designing evil against you, would I not give you word of it?
10 А Давид рече Јонатану: Ко ће ми јавити ако ти отац одговори шта је зло?
Then David said to Jonathan, Who will give me word if your father gives you a rough answer?
11 А Јонатан рече Давиду: Ходи да изађемо у поље. И изиђоше обојица у поље.
And Jonathan said to David, Come, let us go out into the country. And the two of them went out together into the open country.
12 И Јонатан рече Давиду: Господе Боже Израиљев! Кад искушам оца свог сутра у ово доба или прекосутра, и буде добро по Давида, ако не пошаљем к теби и не јавим ти,
And Jonathan said to David, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be witness; when I have had a chance of talking to my father, about this time tomorrow, if his feelings to David are good, will I not send and give you the news?
13 Нека Господ учини тако Јонатану и тако нека дода. Ако ли отац мој буде наумио да ти учини зло, ја ћу ти јавити, и оправићу те, и отићи ћеш с миром; и Господ нека буде с тобом као што је био с оцем мојим.
May the Lord's punishment be on Jonathan, if it is my father's pleasure to do you evil and I do not give you word of it and send you away so that you may go in peace: and may the Lord be with you, as he has been with my father.
14 А и ти, докле сам жив, чинићеш мени милост Господњу да не погинем;
And may you, while I am still living, O may you be kind to me, as the Lord is kind, and keep me from death!
15 И нећеш ускратити милости своје дому мом довека, ни онда кад Господ истреби све непријатеље Давидове са земље.
And let not your mercy ever be cut off from my family, even when the Lord has sent destruction on all David's haters, cutting them off from the face of the earth.
16 Тако Јонатан учини веру с домом Давидовим говорећи: Господ нека тражи из руку непријатеља Давидових.
And if it comes about that the name of Jonathan is cut off from the family of David, the Lord will make David responsible.
17 И још закле Јонатан Давида љубављу својом к њему, јер га љубљаше као своју душу
And Jonathan again took an oath to David, because of his love for him: for David was as dear to him as his very soul.
18 Потом рече му Јонатан: Сутра је младина, и питаће се за те, јер ће твоје место бити празно.
Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon: and it will be seen that you are not present, for there will be no one in your seat.
19 А ти чекај до трећег дана, па онда отиди брзо и дођи на место где си се био сакрио кад се ово радило, и седи код камена Езила.
And on the third day it will be specially noted, and you will go to the place where you took cover when the other business was in hand, waiting by the hill over there.
20 А ја ћу бацити три стреле украј тог камена, као да гађам белегу.
And on the third day I will send arrows from my bow against its side as if at a mark.
21 И ево послаћу момка говорећи му: Иди, нађи стреле. Ако кажем момку: Ето стреле су за тобом овамо ближе, дигни их; тада дођи, добро је по те, и неће ти бити ништа, тако жив био Господ!
And I will send my boy to have a look for the arrow. And if I say to him, See, the arrow is on this side of you; take it up! then you may come; for there is peace for you and no evil, by the living Lord.
22 Ако ли овако кажем момку: Ето стреле су пред тобом, тамо даље; онда иди, јер те Господ шаље.
But if I say to the boy, See, the arrow has gone past you: then go on your way, for the Lord has sent you away.
23 А за ове речи што рекосмо ја и ти, ево, Господ је сведок између мене и тебе довека.
As for what you and I were talking of, the Lord is between you and me for ever.
24 Потом се Давид сакри у пољу; и дође младина, и цар седе за сто да једе.
So David went to a secret place in the country: and when the new moon came, the king took his place at the feast.
25 А кад цар седе на своје место, по обичају на место код зида, Јонатан уста, а Авенир седе до Саула, а место Давидово беше празно.
And the king took his seat, as at other times, by the wall: and Jonathan was in front, and Abner was seated by Saul's side, but there was no one in David's seat.
26 И Саул не рече ништа онај дан, јер мишљаше, догодило му се штагод, те није чист, зацело није чист.
But Saul said nothing that day, for his thought was, Something has taken place making him unclean; it is clear that he is not clean.
27 А сутрадан, други дан месеца, опет беше празно место Давидово, а Саул рече Јонатану сину свом: Зашто син Јесејев не дође на обед ни јуче ни данас?
And on the day after the new moon, that is, the second day, there was still no one in David's seat: and Saul said to his son Jonathan, Why has the son of Jesse not come to the feast yesterday or today?
28 А Јонатан одговори Саулу: Врло ме је молио Давид да отиде до Витлејема,
And answering Saul, Jonathan said, He made a request to me that he might go to Beth-lehem,
29 Рекавши: Пусти ме, јер породица наша има жртву у граду, и сам ми је брат заповедио; ако сам, дакле, нашао милост пред тобом, да отидем и видим браћу своју. Зато није дошао на царев обед.
Saying, Our family is making an offering in the town, and my brothers have given me orders to be there: so now, if I have grace in your eyes, let me go away and see my brothers. This is why he has not come to the king's table.
30 Тада се разгневи Саул на Јонатана, те му рече: Неваљали и непослушни сине! Зар ја не знам да си изабрао сина Јесејевог себи на срамоту и на срамоту својој неваљалој мајци?
Then Saul was moved to wrath against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of an evil and uncontrolled woman, have I not seen how you have given your love to the son of Jesse, to your shame and the shame of your mother?
31 Јер, докле је жив син Јесејев на земљи, нећеш се утврдити ни ти ни царство твоје; зато пошљи сада и доведи га к мени, јер је заслужио смрт.
For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death.
32 А Јонатан одговори Саулу оцу свом и рече му: Зашто да се погуби? Шта је учинио?
And Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said to him, Why is he to be put to death? What has he done?
33 Тада се Саул баци копљем на њ да га убије. Тада виде Јонатан да је отац његов наумио убити Давида.
And Saul, pointing his spear at him, made an attempt to give him a wound: from which it was clear to Jonathan that his father's purpose was to put David to death.
34 И уста Јонатан од стола његовог, и ништа не једе други дан по младини; јер се забрину за Давида, што га отац осрамоти.
So Jonathan got up from the table, burning with wrath, and took no part in the feast the second day of the month, being full of grief for David because his father had put shame on him.
35 А кад би ујутру, изађе Јонатан у поље у време како беше уговорио с Давидом, и с њим једно момче.
Now in the morning, Jonathan went out into the fields at the time he had said to David, and he had a little boy with him.
36 И рече момку свом: Трчи да ми нађеш стреле које ћу пустити. И момче отрча, а он пусти стрелу преко њега.
And he said to the boy, Go and get the arrow I let loose from my bow. And while the boy was running, he sent an arrow past him.
37 А кад дође момак до места куда беше застрелио Јонатан, викну Јонатан за момком говорећи: Није ли стрела даље напред?
And when the boy came to the place where the arrow was, Jonathan, crying out after the boy, said, Has it not gone past you?
38 Још викну Јонатан за момком: Брже, не стој. И момак Јонатанов покупи стреле, и врати се господару свом.
And Jonathan went on crying out after the boy, Be quick, do not keep waiting about, go quickly. And Jonathan's boy got the arrow and came back to his master.
39 Али момак не знаше ништа, само Јонатан и Давид знаху шта је.
But the boy had no idea what was going on; only Jonathan and David had knowledge of it.
40 И Јонатан даде оружје своје момку који беше с њим, и рече му: Иди, однеси у град.
And Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy, and said to him, Take these and go back to the town.
41 И кад момак отиде, Давид уста с јужне стране и паде ничице на земљу, и поклони се три пута, и пољубише се, и плакаше обојица, а Давид особито.
And when the boy had gone, David came from his secret place by the hill, and falling to the earth went down on his face three times: and they gave one another a kiss, weeping together, till David's grief was the greater.
42 И рече Јонатан Давиду: Иди с миром, као што смо се заклели обојица именом Господњим рекавши: Господ да је сведок између мене и тебе и између мог семена и твог семена довека. И тако Давид уставши отиде, а Јонатан се врати у град.
And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, for we two have taken an oath, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord will be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed for ever. Then David went away, and Jonathan went into the town.
