1 Samuel 19
1 Then Saul spake to Ionathan his sonne, and to all his seruantes, that they shoulde kill Dauid: but Ionathan Sauls sonne had a great fauour to Dauid.
Locutus est autem Saul ad Ionathan filium suum, et ad omnes servos suos, ut occiderent David. Porro Ionathas filius Saul diligebat David valde.
2 And Ionathan told Dauid, saying, Saul my father goeth about to slay thee: nowe therefore, I pray thee, take heede vnto thy selfe vnto the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thy selfe.
Et indicavit Ionathas David, dicens: Quærit Saul pater meus occidere te: quapropter observa te, quæso, mane, et manebis clam, et absconderis.
3 And I will go out, and stand by my father in the fielde where thou art, and will commune with my father of thee, and I will see what he sayth, and will tell thee.
Ego autem egrediens stabo iuxta patrem meum, in agro ubicumque fueris: et ego loquar de te ad patrem meum: et quodcumque videro, nunciabo tibi.
4 And Ionathan spake good of Dauid vnto Saul his father, and said vnto him, Let not the King sinne against his seruat, against Dauid: for he hath not sinned against thee, but his works haue bene to thee very good.
Locutus est ergo Ionathas de David bona ad Saul patrem suum: dixitque ad eum: Ne pecces rex in servum tuum David, quia non peccavit tibi, et opera eius bona sunt tibi valde.
5 For he did put his life in daunger, and slew the Philistim, and the Lord wrought a great saluation for al Israel: thou sawest it, and thou reioycedst: wherefore then wilt thou sinne against innocent blood, and slay Dauid without a cause?
Et posuit animam suam in manu sua, et percussit Philisthæum, et fecit Dominus salutem magnam universo Israeli: vidisti, et lætatus es. Quare ergo peccas in sanguine innoxio, interficiens David, qui est absque culpa?
6 Then Saul hearkened vnto the voyce of Ionathan, and Saul sware, As the Lord liueth, he shall not dye.
Quod cum audisset Saul, placatus voce Ionathæ, iuravit: Vivit Dominus, quia non occidetur.
7 So Ionathan called Dauid, and Ionathan shewed him all those words, and Ionathan brought Dauid to Saul, and hee was in his presence as in times past.
Vocavit itaque Ionathas David, et indicavit ei omnia verba hæc: et introduxit Ionathas David ad Saul, et fuit ante eum, sicut fuerat heri et nudiustertius.
8 Againe the warre began, and Dauid went out and fought with the Philistims, and slew them with a great slaughter, and they fled from him.
Motum est autem rursum bellum: et egressus David, pugnavit adversum Philisthiim: percussitque eos plaga magna, et fugerunt a facie eius.
9 And the euill spirit of the Lord was vpon Saul, as hee sate in his house hauing his speare in his hand, and Dauid played with his hand.
Et factus est spiritus Domini malus in Saul. sedebat autem in domo sua, et tenebat lanceam: porro David psallebat manu sua.
10 And Saul intended to smite Dauid to the wall with the speare: but hee turned aside out of Sauls presence, and he smote the speare against the wall: but Dauid fled, and escaped the same night.
Nisusque est Saul configere David lancea in pariete, et declinavit David a facie Saul: lancea autem casso vulnere perlata est in parietem, et David fugit, et salvatus est nocte illa.
11 Saul also sent messengers vnto Dauids house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal Dauids wife told it him, saying, If thou saue not thy selfe this night, to morowe thou shalt be slayne.
Misit ergo Saul satellites suos in domum David, ut custodirent eum, et interficeretur mane. Quod cum annunciasset David Michol uxor sua, dicens: Nisi salvaveris te nocte hac, cras morieris:
12 So Michal let Dauid downe through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
deposuit eum per fenestram. porro ille abiit et aufugit, atque salvatus est.
13 Then Michal tooke an image, and layde it in the bed, and put a pillow stuffed with goates heare vnder the head of it, and couered it with a cloth.
Tulit autem Michol statuam, et posuit eam super lectum, et pellem pilosam caprarum posuit ad caput eius, et operuit eam vestimentis.
14 And when Saul sent messengers to take Dauid, she sayd, He is sicke.
Misit autem Saul apparitores, qui raperent David: et responsum est quod ægrotaret.
15 And Saul sent the messengers againe to see Dauid, saying, Bring him to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
Rursumque misit Saul nuncios ut viderent David, dicens: Afferte eum ad me in lecto, ut occidatur.
16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, an image was in the bed, with a pillow of goates heare vnder the head of it.
Cumque venissent nuncii, inventum est simulacrum super lectum, et pellis caprarum ad caput eius.
17 And Saul said vnto Michal, Why hast thou mocked me so, and sent away mine enemie, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said vnto me, Let me go, or els I will kill thee.
Dixitque Saul ad Michol: Quare sic illusisti mihi, et dimisisti inimicum meum ut fugeret? Et respondit Michol ad Saul: Quia ipse locutus est mihi: Dimitte me, alioquin interficiam te.
18 So Dauid fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him: and he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
David autem fugiens salvatus est, et venit ad Samuel in Ramatha, et nunciavit ei omnia quæ fecerat sibi Saul: et abierunt ipse et Samuel, et morati sunt in Naioth.
19 But one tolde Saul, saying, Beholde, Dauid is at Naioth in Ramah.
Nunciatum est autem Sauli a dicentibus: Ecce David in Naioth in Ramatha.
20 And Saul sent messengers to take Dauid: and when they sawe a company of Prophets prophecying, and Samuel standing as appoynted ouer them, the Spirit of God fell vpon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophecied.
Misit ergo Saul lictores, ut raperent David: qui cum vidissent cuneum prophetarum vaticinantium, et Samuelem stantem super eos, factus est etiam Spiritus Domini in illis, et prophetare cœperunt etiam ipsi.
21 And when it was tolde Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophecied likewise: againe Saul sent the third messengers, and they prophecied also.
Quod cum nunciatum esset Sauli, misit et alios nuncios: prophetaverunt autem et illi. Et rursum misit Saul tertios nuncios: qui et ipsi prophetaverunt. Et iratus iracundia Saul,
22 Then went he himselfe to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu, and he asked, and sayd, Where are Samuel and Dauid? and one sayd, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
abiit etiam ipse in Ramatha, et venit usque ad cisternam magnam, quæ est in Socho, et interrogavit, et dixit: In quo loco sunt Samuel et David? Dictumque est ei: Ecce in Naioth sunt in Ramatha.
23 And he went thither, euen to Naioth in Ramah, and the Spirit of God came vpon him also, and he went prophecying vntill hee came to Naioth in Ramah.
Et abiit in Naioth in Ramatha, et factus est etiam super eum Spiritus Domini, et ambulabat ingrediens, et prophetabat usque dum veniret in Naioth in Ramatha.
24 And he stript off his clothes, and he prophesied also before Samuel, and fell downe naked all that day and all that night: therefore they say, Is Saul also among the Prophets?
Et expoliavit etiam ipse se vestimentis suis, et prophetavit cum ceteris coram Samuele, et cecidit nudus tota die illa et nocte. Unde et exivit proverbium: Num et Saul inter prophetas?
