¹Locutus est autem Saul ad Jonathan filium suum,Now Saul spoke to his son Jonathan,et ad omnes servos suos,and to all his servants,ut occiderent David.so that they would kill David.Porro Jonathas filius Saul diligebat David valde:But Jonathan, the son of Saul, loved David very much.

¹Locutus est autem Saul ad Jonathan filium suum,Now Saul spoke to his son Jonathan,et ad omnes servos suos,and to all his servants,ut occiderent David.so that they would kill David.Porro Jonathas filius Saul diligebat David valde:But Jonathan, the son of Saul, loved David very much.

²et indicavit Jonathas David,And Jonathan revealed it to David, saying: “Saul,dicens:my father,Quærit Saul pater meus occidere te:is seeking to kill you. Because of this, I ask you,quapropter observa te, quæso,take care for yourself in the morning.mane: et manebis clam, et absconderis.And you should conceal yourself and remain in hiding.

²et indicavit Jonathas David,And Jonathan revealed it to David, saying: “Saul,dicens:my father,Quærit Saul pater meus occidere te:is seeking to kill you. Because of this, I ask you,quapropter observa te, quæso,take care for yourself in the morning.mane: et manebis clam, et absconderis.And you should conceal yourself and remain in hiding.

³Ego autem egrediens stabo juxta patrem meum in agro,Then I, going out, will be standing beside my father in the field,ubicumque fueris:where you will be.et ego loquar de te ad patrem meum,And I will speak about you to my father.et quodcumque videro, nuntiabo tibi.And whatever I see, I will report to you.”

³Ego autem egrediens stabo juxta patrem meum in agro,Then I, going out, will be standing beside my father in the field,ubicumque fueris:where you will be.et ego loquar de te ad patrem meum,And I will speak about you to my father.et quodcumque videro, nuntiabo tibi.And whatever I see, I will report to you.”

⁴Locutus est ergo Jonathas de David bona ad Saul patrem suum:Then Jonathan spoke good things about David to his father Saul. And he said to him:dixitque ad eum:“You should not sin,Ne pecces rex in servum tuum David,O king, against your servant David.quia non peccavit tibi,For he has not sinned against you,et opera ejus bona sunt tibi valde.and his works toward you are very good.

⁴Locutus est ergo Jonathas de David bona ad Saul patrem suum:Then Jonathan spoke good things about David to his father Saul. And he said to him:dixitque ad eum:“You should not sin,Ne pecces rex in servum tuum David,O king, against your servant David.quia non peccavit tibi,For he has not sinned against you,et opera ejus bona sunt tibi valde.and his works toward you are very good.

⁵Et posuit animam suam in manu sua,And he took his life in his own hand,et percussit Philisthæum,and struck down the Philistine.et fecit Dominus salutem magnam universo Israëli:And the Lord wrought a great salvation for all of Israel.vidisti,You saw it,et lætatus es.and you rejoiced.Quare ergo peccas in sanguine innoxio, interficiens David,Why then would you sin against innocent blood by killing David,qui est absque culpa?who is without guilt?”

⁵Et posuit animam suam in manu sua,And he took his life in his own hand,et percussit Philisthæum,and struck down the Philistine.et fecit Dominus salutem magnam universo Israëli:And the Lord wrought a great salvation for all of Israel.vidisti,You saw it,et lætatus es.and you rejoiced.Quare ergo peccas in sanguine innoxio, interficiens David,Why then would you sin against innocent blood by killing David,qui est absque culpa?who is without guilt?”

⁶Quod cum audisset Saul,And when Saul had heard this,placatus voce Jonathæ,being pleased by the voice of Jonathan,juravit:he swore,Vivit Dominus,“As the Lord lives,quia non occidetur.he shall not be killed.”

⁶Quod cum audisset Saul,And when Saul had heard this,placatus voce Jonathæ,being pleased by the voice of Jonathan,juravit:he swore,Vivit Dominus,“As the Lord lives,quia non occidetur.he shall not be killed.”

⁷Vocavit itaque Jonathas David,And so Jonathan called David,et indicavit ei omnia verba hæc:and he revealed to him all of these words.et introduxit Jonathas David ad Saul,And Jonathan led in David to Saul,et fuit ante eum sicut fuerat heriand he was before him,et nudiustertius.just as he had been yesterday and the day before.

⁷Vocavit itaque Jonathas David,And so Jonathan called David,et indicavit ei omnia verba hæc:and he revealed to him all of these words.et introduxit Jonathas David ad Saul,And Jonathan led in David to Saul,et fuit ante eum sicut fuerat heriand he was before him,et nudiustertius.just as he had been yesterday and the day before.

⁸Motum est autem rursum bellum:Then the war was stirred up again.et egressus David,And David went outpugnavit adversum Philisthiim:and fought against the Philistines.percussitque eos plaga magna,And he struck them down with a great slaughter.et fugerunt a facie ejus.And they fled from his face.

⁸Motum est autem rursum bellum:Then the war was stirred up again.et egressus David,And David went outpugnavit adversum Philisthiim:and fought against the Philistines.percussitque eos plaga magna,And he struck them down with a great slaughter.et fugerunt a facie ejus.And they fled from his face.

⁹Et factus est spiritus Domini malus in Saul:And the evil spirit from the Lord came to Saul,sedebat autem in domo sua,who was sitting in his houseet tenebat lanceam:and holding a lance.porro David psallebat manu sua.And David was playing music with his hand.

⁹Et factus est spiritus Domini malus in Saul:And the evil spirit from the Lord came to Saul,sedebat autem in domo sua,who was sitting in his houseet tenebat lanceam:and holding a lance.porro David psallebat manu sua.And David was playing music with his hand.

¹⁰Nisusque est Saul configere David lancea in pariete,And Saul attempted to fix David to the wall with the lance.et declinavit David a facie Saul:But David turned aside from the face of Saul.lancea autem casso vulnere perlata est in parietem,And the lance failed to wound him, and it became fixed in the wall.et David fugit,And David fled,et salvatus est nocte illa.and so he was saved that night.

¹⁰Nisusque est Saul configere David lancea in pariete,And Saul attempted to fix David to the wall with the lance.et declinavit David a facie Saul:But David turned aside from the face of Saul.lancea autem casso vulnere perlata est in parietem,And the lance failed to wound him, and it became fixed in the wall.et David fugit,And David fled,et salvatus est nocte illa.and so he was saved that night.

¹¹Misit ergo Saul satellites suos in domum David,Therefore, Saul sent his guards to David’s house, so that they might watch for him,ut custodirent eum, et interficeretur mane.and so that he might be killed in the morning.Quod cum annuntiasset David Michol uxor sua,And after Michal, his wife, had reported this to David,dicens:saying,Nisi salvaveris te nocte hac,“Unless you save yourself this night,cras morieris:tomorrow you will die,”

¹¹Misit ergo Saul satellites suos in domum David,Therefore, Saul sent his guards to David’s house, so that they might watch for him,ut custodirent eum, et interficeretur mane.and so that he might be killed in the morning.Quod cum annuntiasset David Michol uxor sua,And after Michal, his wife, had reported this to David,dicens:saying,Nisi salvaveris te nocte hac,“Unless you save yourself this night,cras morieris:tomorrow you will die,”

¹²deposuit eum per fenestram.she lowered him down through a window.Porro ille abiit et aufugit,Then he fled and went away,atque salvatus est.and he was saved.

¹²deposuit eum per fenestram.she lowered him down through a window.Porro ille abiit et aufugit,Then he fled and went away,atque salvatus est.and he was saved.

¹³Tulit autem Michol statuam,Then Michal took a statue,et posuit eam super lectum,and placed it on the bed.et pellem pilosam caprarum posuit ad caput ejus,And she placed the pelt of a goat for the hair at its head.et operuit eam vestimentis.And she covered it with clothes.

¹³Tulit autem Michol statuam,Then Michal took a statue,et posuit eam super lectum,and placed it on the bed.et pellem pilosam caprarum posuit ad caput ejus,And she placed the pelt of a goat for the hair at its head.et operuit eam vestimentis.And she covered it with clothes.

¹⁴Misit autem Saul apparitores, qui raperent David:And Saul sent attendants to seize David.et responsum est quod ægrotaret.And it was answered that he was sick.

¹⁴Misit autem Saul apparitores, qui raperent David:And Saul sent attendants to seize David.et responsum est quod ægrotaret.And it was answered that he was sick.

¹⁵Rursumque misit Saul nuntios ut viderent David,And again, Saul sent messengers to see David,dicens:saying,Afferte eum ad me in lecto, ut occidatur.“Bring him to me on the bed, so that he may be killed.”

¹⁵Rursumque misit Saul nuntios ut viderent David,And again, Saul sent messengers to see David,dicens:saying,Afferte eum ad me in lecto, ut occidatur.“Bring him to me on the bed, so that he may be killed.”

¹⁶Cumque venissent nuntii,And when the messengers had arrived,inventum est simulacrum super lectum,they found a likeness on the bed,et pellis caprarum ad caput ejus.with a goat pelt at its head.

¹⁶Cumque venissent nuntii,And when the messengers had arrived,inventum est simulacrum super lectum,they found a likeness on the bed,et pellis caprarum ad caput ejus.with a goat pelt at its head.

¹⁷Dixitque Saul ad Michol:And Saul said to Michal,Quare sic illusisti mihi,“Why have you deceived me in this way,et dimisisti inimicum meum ut fugeret?and released my enemy, so that he may flee?”Et respondit Michol ad Saul:And Michal responded to Saul,Quia ipse locutus est mihi:“Because he said to me,Dimitte me,‘Release me,alioquin interficiam te.otherwise I will kill you.’”

¹⁷Dixitque Saul ad Michol:And Saul said to Michal,Quare sic illusisti mihi,“Why have you deceived me in this way,et dimisisti inimicum meum ut fugeret?and released my enemy, so that he may flee?”Et respondit Michol ad Saul:And Michal responded to Saul,Quia ipse locutus est mihi:“Because he said to me,Dimitte me,‘Release me,alioquin interficiam te.otherwise I will kill you.’”

¹⁸David autem fugiens salvatus est,Now David was saved by fleeing,et venit ad Samuel in Ramatha,and he went to Samuel in Ramah.et nuntiavit ei omnia quæ fecerat sibi Saul:And he reported to him all that Saul had done to him.et abierunt ipse et Samuel, et morati sunt in Najoth.And he and Samuel went away and stayed at Naioth.

¹⁸David autem fugiens salvatus est,Now David was saved by fleeing,et venit ad Samuel in Ramatha,and he went to Samuel in Ramah.et nuntiavit ei omnia quæ fecerat sibi Saul:And he reported to him all that Saul had done to him.et abierunt ipse et Samuel, et morati sunt in Najoth.And he and Samuel went away and stayed at Naioth.

¹⁹Nuntiatum est autem Sauli a dicentibus:Then it was reported to Saul by some, saying,Ecce David in Najoth in Ramatha.“Behold, David is at Naioth, in Ramah.”

¹⁹Nuntiatum est autem Sauli a dicentibus:Then it was reported to Saul by some, saying,Ecce David in Najoth in Ramatha.“Behold, David is at Naioth, in Ramah.”

²⁰Misit ergo Saul lictores,Therefore,ut raperent David:Saul sent officers to seize David.qui cum vidissent cuneum prophetarum vaticinantium,And when they had seen a company of prophets prophesying,et Samuelem stantem super eos,with Samuel presiding over them,factus est etiam spiritus Domini in illis,the Spirit of the Lord also came to them,et prophetare cœperunt etiam ipsi.and they also began to prophesy.

²⁰Misit ergo Saul lictores,Therefore,ut raperent David:Saul sent officers to seize David.qui cum vidissent cuneum prophetarum vaticinantium,And when they had seen a company of prophets prophesying,et Samuelem stantem super eos,with Samuel presiding over them,factus est etiam spiritus Domini in illis,the Spirit of the Lord also came to them,et prophetare cœperunt etiam ipsi.and they also began to prophesy.

²¹Quod cum nuntiatum esset Sauli,And when this was reported to Saul,misit et alios nuntios:he sent other messengers.prophetaverunt autem et illi.But they also prophesied. And again,Et rursum misit Saul tertios nuntios:Saul sent messengers a third time.qui et ipsi prophetaverunt.And they also prophesied. And Saul,Et iratus iracundia Saul,being exceedingly angry,

²¹Quod cum nuntiatum esset Sauli,And when this was reported to Saul,misit et alios nuntios:he sent other messengers.prophetaverunt autem et illi.But they also prophesied. And again,Et rursum misit Saul tertios nuntios:Saul sent messengers a third time.qui et ipsi prophetaverunt.And they also prophesied. And Saul,Et iratus iracundia Saul,being exceedingly angry,

²²abiit etiam ipse in Ramatha,also went to Ramah himself.et venit usque ad cisternam magnam quæ est in Socho,And he went as far as the great cistern, which is in Socoh.et interrogavit, et dixit:And he inquired and said,In quo loco sunt Samuel et David?“In which place are Samuel and David?”Dictumque est ei:And it was told to him,Ecce in Najoth sunt in Ramatha.“Behold, they are at Naioth, in Ramah.”

²²abiit etiam ipse in Ramatha,also went to Ramah himself.et venit usque ad cisternam magnam quæ est in Socho,And he went as far as the great cistern, which is in Socoh.et interrogavit, et dixit:And he inquired and said,In quo loco sunt Samuel et David?“In which place are Samuel and David?”Dictumque est ei:And it was told to him,Ecce in Najoth sunt in Ramatha.“Behold, they are at Naioth, in Ramah.”

²³Et abiit in Najoth in Ramatha,And he went to Naioth, in Ramah,et factus est etiam super eum spiritus Domini,and the Spirit of the Lord came to him also.et ambulabat ingrediens,And he continued on,et prophetabat usque dum veniret in Najoth in Ramatha.walking and prophesying, until he arrived at Naioth, in Ramah.

²³Et abiit in Najoth in Ramatha,And he went to Naioth, in Ramah,et factus est etiam super eum spiritus Domini,and the Spirit of the Lord came to him also.et ambulabat ingrediens,And he continued on,et prophetabat usque dum veniret in Najoth in Ramatha.walking and prophesying, until he arrived at Naioth, in Ramah.

²⁴Et expoliavit etiam ipse se vestimentis suis,And he also took off his garments,et prophetavit cum ceteris coram Samuele,and he prophesied with the others before Samuel.et cecidit nudus tota die illaAnd he fell down naked,et nocte.throughout that day and night.UndeFrom this,et exivit proverbium:too,Numis derived the proverb,et Saul inter prophetas?“Could Saul also be among the prophets?”

²⁴Et expoliavit etiam ipse se vestimentis suis,And he also took off his garments,et prophetavit cum ceteris coram Samuele,and he prophesied with the others before Samuel.et cecidit nudus tota die illaAnd he fell down naked,et nocte.throughout that day and night.UndeFrom this,et exivit proverbium:too,Numis derived the proverb,et Saul inter prophetas?“Could Saul also be among the prophets?”