1 Samuela 20
1Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”
1PEA naʻe hola ʻa Tevita mei Naoti ʻi Lama, pea ne haʻu ʻo lea kia Sonatane ʻo pehē, “Ko e hā kuo u fai? Ko e hā ʻeku hia? Pea ko e hā ʻeku angahala ʻi he ʻao ʻo hoʻo tamai, koeʻuhi ke ne kumi ʻeku moʻui?”
2And he said to him, “Far from it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me. And why should my father hide this from me? It is not so.”
2Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate ia, “Ke taʻofi ʻe he ʻOtua; ʻe ʻikai te ke mate koe: vakai, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito fai ʻe heʻeku tamai ha meʻa lahi pe siʻi, ka te ne tomuʻa fakahā ia kiate au: pea ʻe fēfeeʻi ʻae fufū ʻe heʻeku tamai ʻae meʻa ni ʻiate au? ʻOku ʻikai pehē.”
3But David vowed again, saying, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’But truly, as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”
3Pea naʻe fuakava foki ʻe Tevita, ʻo ne pehē, “Kuo ʻilo pau ʻe hoʻo tamai kuo u maʻu ʻae ʻofa ʻi ho ʻao; pea ʻoku ne pehē, ʻoua naʻa ʻilo ʻe Sonatane ʻae meʻa ni telia naʻa mamahi ai ia: kae hangē ʻoku moʻoni ʻae moʻui ʻa Sihova, pea ʻoku moʻui ho laumālie, ʻoku ai ʻae laka pe taha ʻi homa vahaʻa mo e mate.”
4Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you say, I will do for you.”
4Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sonatane kia Tevita, “Fakahā pe ko e hā ho loto, pea te u fai ia kiate koe.”
5David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit at table with the king. But let me go, that I may hide myself in the field till the third day at evening.
5Pea pehē ʻe Tevita kia Sonatane, “Vakai, ko e tuʻu efiafi ʻapongipongi, pea ʻoku totonu ke u nofo mo e tuʻi ʻi he kai: ka ke tuku au ke u ʻalu koeʻuhi ke u toitoi ʻi he ngoue, ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi ʻo hono tolu ʻoe ʻaho.
6If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem his city, for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the clan.’
6Kapau ʻe ʻekeʻi au ʻe hoʻo tamai, pea ke pehē, naʻe kole fakamātoato ʻe Tevita kiate au, ke ne fakatoʻotoʻo ki Petelihema ko ʻene kolo: he ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae kātoanga ʻoku fai ʻi he taʻu kotoa pē ʻi honau fale.
7If he says, ‘Good!’it will be well with your servant, but if he is angry, then know that harm is determined by him.
7Kapau te ne pehē ʻe ia, ‘ʻOku lelei;’ ʻe ʻi hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ʻae fiemālie: pea kapau ʻe ʻita lahi ia, ke ʻilo pau ai ʻe koe, kuo tuʻutuʻuni ʻae kovi.
8Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you. But if there is guilt in me, kill me yourself, for why should you bring me to your father?”
8Ko ia ke ke fai angaʻofa ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki; he kuo ke fakahoko hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ko au ki he fuakava ʻa Sihova mo koe; ka ko eni kapau ʻoku ai ha hia ʻiate au, ke ke tāmateʻi au ʻe koe; he koeʻumaʻā hoʻo ʻomi au ki hoʻo tamai?”
9And Jonathan said, “Far be it from you! If I knew that it was determined by my father that harm should come to you, would I not tell you?”
9Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sonatane, “Ke mamaʻo ia ʻiate koe: he kapau kuo u ʻilo kuo pau pe ʻae loto ʻo ʻeku tamai ke fakahoko ʻae kovi kiate koe, ʻe ʻikai koā te u tala ia kiate koe?”
10Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly?”
10Pea pehē ʻe Tevita kia Sonatane, “Ko hai te ne fakahā ia kiate au? Pea ʻe fefei ʻo kapau ʻe tali lea mālohi kiate koe ʻe hoʻo tamai?”
11And Jonathan said to David, “Come, let us go out into the field.” So they both went out into the field.
11Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sonatane kia Tevita, “Haʻu ke ta ō kituʻa ki he ngoue.” Pea ne na ō fakatouʻosi pe kituaʻā ki he ngoue.
12And Jonathan said to David, “The LORD, the God of Israel, be witness! When I have sounded out my father, about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if he is well disposed toward David, shall I not then send and disclose it to you?
12Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sonatane kia Tevita, “ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻo kau ka ʻeke ki heʻeku tamai ʻi he feituʻulaʻā ni ʻapongipongi, pea ʻi hono tolu ʻoe ʻaho, pea vakai, kapau ʻoku ai ha lelei kia Tevita, kae ʻikai te u fekau kiate koe, mo fakahā ia kiate koe;
13But should it please my father to do you harm, the LORD do so to Jonathan and more also if I do not disclose it to you and send you away, that you may go in safety. May the LORD be with you, as he has been with my father.
13Ke fai pehē ʻe Sihova kia Sonatane mo lahi hake ʻaupito: pea kapau ʻoku lelei ki heʻeku tamai ke fai kovi kiate koe, te u toki fakahā ia kiate koe, pea te u fekau koe ke ke ʻalu, koeʻuhi ke ke ʻalu fiemālie pe: pea ke ʻiate koe ʻa Sihova ʻo hangē ko ʻene ʻi heʻeku tamai.
14If I am still alive, show me the steadfast love of the LORD, that I may not die;
14Pea te ke fakahā ʻe koe ʻae angaʻofa ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻikai ʻi heʻeku kei moʻui ni pē, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻaku mate:
15and do not cut off your steadfast love from my house forever, when the LORD cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.”
15Ka ʻe ʻikai te ke tutuʻu ke motu hoʻo ʻofa mei hoku fale ʻo taʻengata; neongo hono motuhi ʻe Sihova ʻae ngaahi fili ʻo Tevita taki taha kotoa pē mei he funga ʻo māmani.
16And Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD take vengeance on David’s enemies.”
16Ko ia naʻe fai ʻe Sonatane ʻae fuakava mo e fale ʻo Tevita, ʻo pehē, Tuku ke ʻeke ia ʻe Sihova ʻi he nima ʻoe ngaahi fili ʻo Tevita.”
17And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
17Pea naʻe toe fekauʻi ʻa Tevita ʻe Sonatane ke fuakava ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene ʻofa kiate ia: he ne ne ʻofa kiate ia hangē ko ʻene ʻofa ki hono laumālie ʻoʻona.
18Then Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
18Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sonatane kia Tevita, “Ko e tuʻuefiafi ʻapongipongi: pea ʻe ʻiloʻi ʻa hoʻo taʻeʻiai koeʻuhi ʻe ava pe ʻa ho nofoʻa.
19On the third day go down quickly to the place where you hid yourself when the matter was in hand, and remain beside the stone heap.
19Pea hili haʻo tatali ʻi he ʻaho ʻe taha, pea ke ʻalu vave hifo, ʻo hoko ki he potu naʻa ke toitoi ai koe ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe ngāue, pea ke tatali ʻo ofi ki he maka ko Iseli.
20And I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I shot at a mark.
20Pea teu fanaʻi ʻae ngahau ʻe tolu ʻi hono potu ʻo hangē ko ʻeku fana ki ha meʻa fakaʻilonga.
21And behold, I will send the young man, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’If I say to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you, take them,’then you are to come, for, as the LORD lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.
21Pea vakai, Te u fekau ha tamasiʻi, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻAlu ʻo kumi ʻae ngahau.’ Kapau ʻoku ou lea fakapapau ki he tamasiʻi, ‘Vakai, ʻoku ʻi he potu mai kiate koe ʻae ngahau, toʻo ia ʻo ʻomi; pea ke haʻu koe:’ he ʻoku ai ʻae melino kiate koe ʻe ʻikai ha kovi; ʻo hangē ʻoku moʻui ʻa Sihova.
22But if I say to the youth, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’then go, for the LORD has sent you away.
22Pea kapau teu pehē ki he talavou, ‘Vakai ʻoku mamaʻo atu ʻiate koe ʻae ngaahi ngahau; ke ke ʻalu koe: he kuo fekau koe ʻe Sihova ke ke ʻalu.’
23And as for the matter of which you and I have spoken, behold, the LORD is between you and me forever.”
23Pea ʻi he meʻa kuo ta alea ki ai ʻa koe mo au, vakai, ke ʻiate kitaua maʻuaipē ʻa Sihova ʻo taʻengata.”
24So David hid himself in the field. And when the new moon came, the king sat down to eat food.
24Pea naʻe toitoi ʻa Tevita ʻi he ngoue pea hoko ʻae efiafi, pea naʻe nofo hifo ʻae tuʻi ki he kai.
25The king sat on his seat, as at other times, on the seat by the wall. Jonathan sat opposite, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, but David’s place was empty.
25Pea ʻafio ʻae tuʻi ʻi hono nofoʻa, ʻo hangē ko ʻene faʻa fai, ʻio, ki he nofoʻa ofi ki he holisi: pea tuʻu ʻa Sonatane, pea nofo ʻa ʻApina ki he potu ʻo Saula, ka naʻe ava pe ʻae nofoʻa ʻo Tevita.
26Yet Saul did not say anything that day, for he thought, “Something has happened to him. He is not clean; surely he is not clean.”
26Ka naʻe ʻikai lea ʻa Saula ki ha meʻa ʻi he ʻaho ko ia: he naʻe mahalo ʻe ia, “Kuo hoko ha meʻa nai kiate ia, ʻoku ʻikai maʻa ai; ko e moʻoni nai ʻoku ʻikai maʻa ia.”
27But on the second day, the day after the new moon, David’s place was empty. And Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why has not the son of Jesse come to the meal, either yesterday or today?”
27Pea ʻi he pongipongi ʻe taha ʻaia ko hono ua ʻoe ʻaho ʻoe māhina, naʻe ava pe ʻae nofoʻa ʻo Tevita: pea pehē ʻe Saula ki hono ʻalo ko Sonatane, “Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai haʻu ai ʻae foha ʻo Sese ki he kai, ʻaneafi, pe ko e ʻaho ni?”
28Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem.
28Pea naʻe talaange ʻe Sonatane kia Saula, “Naʻe kole fakamātoato ʻa Tevita kiate au ke ʻalu ia ki Petelihema;
29He said, ‘Let me go, for our clan holds a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away and see my brothers.’For this reason he has not come to the king’s table.”
29ʻo ne pehē, ‘ʻOku ou kole kiate koe, tuku au ke u ʻalu; he ʻoku ai ʻae feilaulau ʻa homau fale ʻi he kolo; pea kuo fekau hoku tokoua ke u hoko ki ai: pea ko eni, kapau kuo u ʻilo ʻae lelei ʻi ho ʻao, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe tuku au ke u ʻalu, ʻo vakai ki hoku ngaahi kāinga.’ Ko ia ʻoku ʻikai haʻu ai ia ki he keinangaʻanga ʻoe tuʻi.”
30Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?
30Pea naʻe tupu ai ʻae houhau ʻa Saula kia Sonatane ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “Ko e tama fakamaveuveu mo angatuʻu fau, ʻikai ʻoku ou ʻilo kuo ke fili ʻae foha ʻo Sese ke fakamaaʻi ai koe, pea ko e fakamaaʻi ʻae telefua ʻo hoʻo faʻē?
31For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Therefore send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.”
31Koeʻuhi ʻi he kei moʻui ʻae foha ʻo Sese ʻi he funga kelekele, ʻe ʻikai siʻi fakatuʻumaʻu koe, pē ko ho puleʻanga. Ko ia ke ke fekau ni ʻo ʻomi ia kiate au, he ko e moʻoni ʻe mate ia.”
32Then Jonathan answered Saul his father, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”
32Pea naʻe pehēange ʻe Sonatane kia Saula ko ʻene tamai, “ʻE tāmateʻi ia koeʻumaʻā? Ko e hā ia kuo ne fai?”
33But Saul hurled his spear at him to strike him. So Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.
33Pea naʻe velo leva ʻe Saula ʻae tao ke ne taaʻi ia: ko ia naʻe ʻilo ai ʻe Sonatane kuo tonupa pe ʻae loto ʻo ʻene tamai ke tāmateʻi ʻa Tevita.
34And Jonathan rose from the table in fierce anger and ate no food the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David, because his father had disgraced him.
34Ko ia naʻe tuʻu lili hake ai ʻa Sonatane mei he keinangaʻanga, pea ʻikai kai ha meʻa ʻi hono ua ʻoe ʻaho ʻi he māhina: he naʻe mamahi ia koeʻuhi ko Tevita, he kuo fai fakamā ʻene tamai kiate ia.
35In the morning Jonathan went out into the field to the appointment with David, and with him a little boy.
35Pea ʻi heʻene pongipongi, naʻe ʻalu kituaʻā ʻa Sonatane ki he ngoue ʻi he feituʻulaʻā naʻa na alea ki ai mo Tevita, pea naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae tamasiʻi.
36And he said to his boy, “Run and find the arrows that I shoot.” As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
36Pea pehē ʻe ia ki he tama, “Lele, ʻo kumi mai ʻae ngaahi ngahau ʻoku ou fanaʻi.” Pea ʻi he lele ʻae tama, naʻe fanaʻi ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi ngahau ke mamaʻo ʻiate ia.
37And when the boy came to the place of the arrow that Jonathan had shot, Jonathan called after the boy and said, “Is not the arrow beyond you?”
37Pea ʻi he hoko ʻae tamasiʻi ki he potu ʻoe ngahau ʻaia naʻe fanaʻi ʻe Sonatane, pea kalanga ʻa Sonatane ki he tama, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻIkai ʻoku mamaʻo atu ʻae ngahau ʻiate koe?
38And Jonathan called after the boy, “Hurry! Be quick! Do not stay!” So Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows and came to his master.
38Pea kalanga ʻa Sonatane ki he tama, ʻo pehē, ‘Fakatoʻotoʻo, faivave, ʻoua naʻa tatali.’|” Pea tānaki ʻe he tamasiʻi ʻa Sonatane ʻae ngaahi ngahau, pea haʻu ia ki heʻene ʻeiki.
39But the boy knew nothing. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
39Ka naʻe ʻikai ʻilo ha meʻa ʻe he tamasiʻi: ko Sonatane mo Tevita pe naʻa na ʻilo ʻae meʻa.
40And Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy and said to him, “Go and carry them to the city.”
40Pea naʻe tuku ʻe Sonatane ʻene ngaahi mahafu ki he tamasiʻi, ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “ʻAlu ʻo ʻave ia ki he kolo.”
41And as soon as the boy had gone, David rose from beside the stone heap and fell on his face to the ground and bowed three times. And they kissed one another and wept with one another, David weeping the most.
41Pea ʻi he ʻalu ʻae tamasiʻi, naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa Tevita mei he potu naʻe hanga ki tonga, pea fakatōmapeʻe hono mata ki he kelekele, ʻo fakapunou tuʻo tolu ia: pea naʻa na fetoutou fekita pe, ʻo fai ʻae fetāngihi, ka naʻe lahi hake ʻia Tevita.
42Then Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, because we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘The LORD shall be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.’” And he rose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.
42Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sonatane kia Tevita, ʻAlu fiemālie pe, he kuo ta fefuakava ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihova, ʻo pehē, “Ke ʻiate koe mo au ʻa Sihova, pea ke ʻi hoku hako ia mo ho hako ʻo taʻengata.” Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ia ʻo ʻalu: pea naʻe ʻalu ʻo Sonatane ki he kolo.