I Samuelis 18
1 Et factum est cum complesset loqui ad Saul: anima Ionathæ conglutinata est animæ David, et dilexit eum Ionathas quasi animam suam.
And it came to pass, when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2 Tulitque eum Saul in die illa, et non concessit ei ut reverteretur in domum patris sui.
And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.
3 Inierunt autem David et Ionathas fœdus: diligebat enim eum quasi animam suam.
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
4 Nam expoliavit se Ionathas tunica, qua erat indutus, et dedit eam David, et reliqua vestimenta sua usque ad gladium et arcum suum, et usque ad balteum.
And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his belt.
5 Egrediebatur quoque David ad omnia quæcumque misisset eum Saul, et prudenter se agebat: posuitque eum Saul super viros belli, et acceptus erat in oculis universi populi, maximeque in conspectu famulorum Saul.
And David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.
6 Porro cum reverteretur percusso Philisthæo David, egressæ sunt mulieres de universis urbibus Israel, cantantes, chorosque ducentes in occursum Saul regis, in tympanis lætitiæ, et in sistris.
And it came to pass as they came, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music.
7 Et præcinebant mulieres ludentes, atque dicentes: Percussit Saul mille, et David decem millia.
And the women spoke to one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
8 Iratus est autem Saul nimis, et displicuit in oculis eius sermo iste: dixitque: Dederunt David decem millia, et mihi mille dederunt: quid ei superest, nisi solum regnum?
And Saul was very angry, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
9 Non rectis ergo oculis Saul aspiciebat David a die illa, et deinceps.
And Saul kept a jealous eye on David from that day and onward.
10 Post diem autem alteram, invasit spiritus Dei malus Saul, et prophetabat in medio domus suæ: David autem psallebat manu sua, sicut per singulos dies. Tenebatque Saul lanceam,
And it came to pass on the next day, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul’s hand.
11 et misit eam, putans quod configere posset David cum pariete: et declinavit David a facie eius secundo.
And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall. And David escaped from his presence twice.
12 Et timuit Saul David, eo quod Dominus esset cum eo, et a se recessisset.
And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and had departed from Saul.
13 Amovit ergo eum Saul a se, et fecit eum tribunum super mille viros: et egrediebatur, et intrabat in conspectu populi.
Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
14 In omnibus quoque viis suis David prudenter agebat, et Dominus erat cum eo.
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
15 Vidit itaque Saul quod prudens esset nimis, et cœpit cavere eum.
Therefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
16 Omnis autem Israel et Iuda diligebat David: ipse enim ingrediebatur et egrediebatur ante eos.
But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
17 Dixitque Saul ad David: Ecce filia mea maior Merob, ipsam dabo tibi uxorem: tantummodo esto vir fortis, et præliare bella Domini. Saul autem reputabat, dicens: Non sit manus mea in eum, sed sit super eum manus Philisthinorum.
And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee for a wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD’S battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
18 Ait autem David ad Saul: Quis ego sum, aut quæ est vita mea, aut cognatio patris mei in Israel, ut fiam gener regis?
And David said to Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
19 Factum est autem tempus cum deberet dari Merob filia Saul David, data est Hadrieli Molathitæ uxor.
But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.
20 Dilexit autem David Michol filia Saul altera. Et nunciatum est Saul, et placuit ei.
And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
21 Dixitque Saul: Dabo eam illi, ut fiat ei in scandalum, et sit super eum manus Philisthinorum. Dixitque Saul ad David: In duabus rebus gener meus eris hodie.
And Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the two.
22 Et mandavit Saul servis suis: Loquimini ad David clam me, dicentes: Ecce places regi, et omnes servi eius diligunt te. Nunc ergo esto gener regis.
And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Speak with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son in law.
23 Et locuti sunt servi Saul in auribus David omnia verba hæc. Et ait David: Num parum videtur vobis, generum esse regis? Ego autem sum vir pauper et tenuis.
And Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
24 Et renunciaverunt servi Saul, dicentes: Huiuscemodi verba locutus est David.
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.
25 Dixit autem Saul: Sic loquimini ad David: Non habet rex sponsalia necesse, nisi tantum centum præputia Philisthinorum, ut fiat ultio de inimicis regis. Porro Saul cogitabat tradere David in manus Philisthinorum.
And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
26 Cumque renunciassent servi eius David verba, quæ dixerat Saul, placuit sermo in oculis David, ut fieret gener regis.
And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days had not expired.
27 Et post paucos dies surgens David, abiit cum viris, qui sub eo erant. Et percussit ex Philisthiim ducentos viros, et attulit eorum præputia, et annumeravit ea regi, ut esset gener eius. Dedit itaque Saul ei Michol filiam suam uxorem.
Therefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife.
28 Et vidit Saul, et intellexit quod Dominus esset cum David. Michol autem filia Saul diligebat eum.
And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul’s daughter loved him.
29 Et Saul magis cœpit timere David: factusque est Saul inimicus David cunctis diebus.
And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continually.
30 Et egressi sunt principes Philisthinorum. A principio autem egressionis eorum, prudentius se gerebat David quam omnes servi Saul, et celebre factum est nomen eius nimis.
Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much esteemed.
